1980 Brown and Gold Vol XII No 11 January 23, 1980

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Volume XII Regis College Denver, Colorado Wednesday, January 23, 1980 Number 11 Former Regis College President Billing Errors Dies of Heart Attack Plague Finalization attending class and buying Finalization this semester, books on credit. scheduled for Sunday, De Comptroller, Beverly Matulik, cember 13, continued into offered a different explanation. Monday and Tuesday of last "Students were not prepared to week as man)' studentsdiscov pay their tuition," stated ered errors in billing of tuition Matutik. "Students and parents and fees, some in excess of don't read what is sent to $1,000. them," she said in reference to Several different reasons statements sent out in No have been given as to the ori vember which included a letter gin of the errors and problems. about tuition and a statement Steve Kelly, Dir9ctorof Student of bills for the spring ~emester. Accounts, stated that much of "It's a reflection of the financial the difficulty was due to compu state of the country," stated ter programming errors. Kelly Matulik. "People try to delay stated that lab fees were not cash payments as long a~ pos, printed in the appropriate sible." Ms. Matulik reiterated space on the computerized bill that the basis, though, for the ing invoices and that there was problems was rooted in pro confusion about the addition of gramming errors. previous balances to the spring Terry Hoefar, Director of the semester tuition- charges. In Computer Center, says that he addition to these errors, Kelly was unaware of any errors in stated · that there was not the programming. "This is the enough time allowed (one day) first we've heard about it," says to finalize all students. He esti Hoefar. "It's possible that we mated that approximately 250 made errors in our program students were forced to finalize ming, but we program the com late, preventing many from puter the way we're told." Beer Bottles Banned .. Dorm Damage Escalates By Maureen Corbley ted that beer bottles will no . The late Rev, Richard F. Ryan, S.J., former Regis College President. The Student Life Office re longer be allowed in the ports that the Residence Halls' dorms. After investigating the damages charged to residents dorms, the Student Life Office The Reverend Richard F. the popular Regis Week pro A memorial fund has been for September, October, and has discovered that much of November, 1979 total approxi Ryan, S.J., President of Regis gram in 1958. The program established in Fr. Ryan's name the damage was caused by the. College from ,1953 to 1 968, focused on the needs ' and at Regis College. The Father mately $2,860.00. The division throwing of beer bottles. Ste died of a heart attack_in Mil plans of the greater Denver Ryan Memorial Fund has been of this figure among the three phanie Wernig, Dean of Stu dorms shows O'Connell billed waukee, Wisconsin at 5 p.m. on area. Regis Week was high inaugurated by Mr. William dent Life, commented, "I think for $677, West .for $983, and Monday, December 31, 1979, lighted by the presentation of Blackburn, a friend of the people were getting scared of DeSmet for $1,200. flying glass, and we, as an he was 67. the "Civis Princeps" (First College. Gifts should be made When the person or persons Father Ryan was active in Citizen) Award. Many promi- . to Regis College and sent in institution, could be liable. I responsible for an incident of don't believe in waiting until many community activities in nent Denver and Colorado care of the President's Office, damage are not known by the somP.one gets sAriously hurt." Denver, and in planning for the business, education and relig 3539 W. 50th Parkway, Den- Dorm Director, it is up to his The procedure for enforcing future of the city and of Regis ious leaders participated in this ver, CO, 80221. discretion whether or not to the r.Jw 'ule will be the same as College. Father Ryan began program. charge it to the resident stu for any other offense, which is dents as a whole. The respon the writing up of an offender Temporary Resident Director sibility of residents to pay for and prosecution through the damages covers three different Dorm Director of the Dorm are,as of the dorm: wing, floor, Board. and Six R.A.'s Chosen and common area (such as the In hopes of kindling a better lobby). Thus, the bill for an attitude among students, Stu By Tony Lee ence and education. Unfortu- applicants most likely already incident of damage to a wing dent Life is working to improve The Office of Student Life nately, that one candidate did have jobs and they would have would be divided by and char the environment of the resident has named a new t~mporary not accept the job after it was to break their contract to come ged to the number of people on halls. Before Christmas, Resident Director for DeSmet offered to her. Dr. Wernig ·here which shows that they that wil"g; ancl incident of Dr. Wernig and the Hall and has chosen six new decided to 'simply name a cur might be willing to break a con- lounge damage to the people Dorm Directors went through Resident Assistant to replace rent R.A. as the temporary head tract witl'l R~gis if a l)etter op on that floor; ana an inciaent of each dorm and over vacation, those who left over the semes- · ot all of the A.A.'s in DeSmet portunity should arise. common area damage to the $5,000.00 worth of repair and ter break. Dan Harris, currently until this semester ends and a The new A.A.'s chosen m people in that dorm. The actual maintenance was done. More a fu~l-time student at Regis, suitable person can be found clude Jim Haedrich (3rd floor charge to each resident is a money is also being spent to was named as head of the for the R.D. position. Dr. Wernig O'Connell), Joe Gomes (2nd sum of these three charges. increase cleaning services in ·· A.A.'s in DeSmet Hall but wa,s commented that she did not floor O'Connell), Ron Spinuzzi A step to decrease the the dorms to seven days a not named as an official Resi- want to "fill the job just for the - (1st floor O'Connell), Jim Dris amount of damages in the re week plan with the idea ttiat a dent Director. This move was sake of. filling it" but would coll (3rd floor DeSmet), Mary sidence halls was taken during cleaner environment will make made by Dr. Stephanie Wernig, rather wait and hire someone Parker (2nd floor DeSmet) and Christmas break when a letter people want to keep things Dean of Student Life, because who met up to her require Bruce Smith (1st floor was sent to students which sta- clean. out of all the applications she ments. She added that it is as DeSmet). Steve Chaudoin was received for the job, only one pecially difficult to hire at mid moved from 2nd floor O'Con ,was qualifiE;ld in both experi- semester bec~useprospective nell to the Ghetto in O'Connell.., r· "" r In this issue... Tony Lee's Paul Gallo version of stifles himself.•. Dear seniors •.. Rolling stone ..• p.2 p.4 p.7 Dean Wernig ~ ~ \. ~ Page 2 - Brown & Gold - January 23, 1980 Editorial 'Been a Long TimeComin' Well, seniors, as we enter the home stretch, what's harder to believe- that Regis survived 100 years or that you survived 3% years of R~gis? If the freshmen stick around long enough, they'n know the answer to that question. · So, what does it feel like to be a s~nior, about to enter the big, wide world, diploma in hand? It may be a feeling of accomplishment, gratitude for friends and good times, relief, expectation, perhaps even disillusionment. But one thing is certain. The range of experience of Ranch life for the class of 1980 has been broad indeed. We began our college careers in an atmosphere radically,different in many aspects than the one in which we now find ourselves. We have seen Regis as the 'playschool' for which it was dubbed 'Playground of the Rockies' and "Harvard of the West," much to.the chagrin of our Ivy League compatriots. And for all we could see, the nickname was well deserved. ,. ,.· But then came the steady rise in academic emphasis , ~·II and the more abrupt decline in recreational importance. College Press Service ·•l'l · ~ .......... ''·'"'···- ·.· :'· With the arrival of Lonnie Porter, we've seen the Rangers go from an embarrassment to true competitors in the Rhetoric . _ RMAC, and women actually have organized intercol legiate programs. Student government interest and Attrition and Suspensions on Downswing activ1sm has disintegrated to almost nil, along with the By Tony Lee suggestion has been made: provement can be attributed influence of the frats and sorority.

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