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A Cinematic Carol Bouncing Along Nicely Index Apple Pi President Wins IFA Post Volume 64, TRNumber 10 NGLE December 2. I9S8 Survey says..! A research methods class H idden donation secured food contract recently surveyed a select sample of Drexel students in by Sophong Muy did not have the money to pay for Doelp was the University offi­ ty" an effort to find out their Triani^le Staff Writer it. cial responsible for the bidding After conferring with Vice feelings about such diverse Wood, which held the contract process. President for Administnition John topics as the usefulness of M.W. Wood, the University’s at the time, offered to help Neither Saga nor ARA were McCullough, Doelp acknowl­ the Macintosh, restructuring food contractor, was awarded finance the expansion, according informed of Wood’s “donation” edged the "food service commit­ of the Co-op program, and another three year contract in to University Business Manager during the bidding process, tee did not wv)rk with the finan­ the existence of the Drexel 1987 because of the quality of its Peter Doelp. according to spokesmen for those cial affairs of the proposal” shaft. Can you guess the food, cleanliness of the area, cus­ The offer was. of course, con­ companies. Several members of because “it was a confidential results? Story on page 4. tomer service, and the effective­ tingent on Wood receiving the the advisory Food Service matter.” ness of its presentations in com­ new contract. Committee also said they were “ It required experience to petition with four other firms. “They donated some funds to unaware of the situation. interpret that kind of knowledge.” Another reason Wood was renovate the old MacAlister Hall Doelp refused to say whether he added, "... it has been a tradi­ Fatal awarded the contract, however, dining room,” Doelp said. “Wood the other companies were aware tion.” was apparently not a matter of worked with [Food Service! in of the donation or if the donation “The food committee was only attraction competition. planning in [the renovation of the was part of the bid. there to decide for the best food The last bid was conducted in new dining room). They have “I'm not going to say any­ program among the five ven­ A recently published the spring of 1987, involving five designed teams that worked with thing,” he said, “that’s confiden­ dors," McCullough concurred. study by two Drexel profes­ companies; M.W. Wood, ARA us.” tial information. They made a “That was their task." sors has found that married Service Inc. Terminal, SAGA “Drexel decides where they contribution that helped the However, the evaluation of the women with full-time jobs Food Service (now known as want to use the funds,” he added. University build on a food facili­ See DUKS on page 3 are more likely to commit Marriott), SEILERS, and DAKA. murder than their o represent all factions of the stay-at-home counterparts. University in the bidding process, They are not, however, more a Food Service Committee com­ Soviet delegation to visit D rexel likely to kill themselves. For posed of students, faculty and full details see page 9. administrators was formed earlier by Joe Saunders management and organizational t;oon the People’s Republic of that year. of The Triangle science. “We can add to the inter­ China. For the purposes of this arti­ national flavor of the city, and “I think it’s great that the two cle, the largest three of the five Drexel will host an interna­ publicize Drexel.” countries are exchanging delega­ Why a greek? companies were interviewed: tional conference of American Wiener, who brought Drexel tions on an educational level •W(Tod, ARA. and SAGA. and Soviet educators next into the program, said she got instead of just the state level," Is the fraternal system a As Drexel’s current food ser­ Thursday as part of a week long involved in the project through said Greg Proshmuskin, 20, a conduit to a better perspec­ vice company, said Wood manag­ conference in Philadelphia that her contacts with the American junior majoring in International tive on life, leadership abili­ er John D. Hovanec, “Wood con­ will feature attendance by Center for International Area Studies and one of three ty, and greater interpersonal tinues to serve the needs of the President Ronald Reagan and Leadership (ACIL). ACIL is a University students to interpret relationships, or simply University." President-elect George Bush, and non-profit organization that for the delegates. superficial social structures? And what is that need? a live satellite broadcast by brings together young business, Proshmuskin, who has lived in The greeks answer in a col­ In the fall of ’87, officials General Secretary Mikhail cultural, and artistic leaders. the United States for about 10 umn on page 13. Also, find determined that, because of the Gorbachev. Currently, the program includes years after leaving the Soviet out the secret that could steal current and projected growth of “It’s a good opportunity for us the Soviet Union. Finland, Union with his family, teaches Christmas, from Santa’s psy­ residential students at the to join in with other groups in Hungary. Mexico. Canada, west­ Russian to freshmen at Drexel. chotherapy. University, Drexel needed to Philadelphia,” said Dr. Joan ern Europe, East Germany, Although there are no expand its cafeteria space, but Wiener, assistant professor of Poland, Czechoslovakia, and See RUSSIA on page 5 A Cinematic Carol M acFair III, new developm ents in com puters Once again it’s Christmas time. Special to The Triangle ule of seminars and guest speak­ puter animation. megabytes, or roughly 2(X) disks, There are plenty of ers is being developed to provide Again this year, the group’s MacFair II included an aca­ movies that you can find. The DUsers. the student more entertainment and instruc­ large public domain library will demic court, a place for universi­ In the local cinemas on Macintosh Users’ Group, recent­ tion for attendees, Jacquet said. be available at the fair. At ty professors and staff to demon­ the silver screen. ly announced their plans to spon­ Tentative seminars already MacFair II, the public domain strate their own work on the Read about them on page sor MacFair III. Scheduled to planned include information on library consisted of slightly more Macintosh. Included in this area sixteen. take place on April 8th, 1989, viruses, HyperCard development, than thirty megabytes of soft­ was an electronic bulletin board MacFair III is the latest in a desktop publishing, and program­ ware. The cunent library is now service sponsored by Tim series of biennial Macintosh ming techniques. Additional film 90 megabytes, and Jacquet esti­ LaBorie of the Hagerty Library, exhibitions sponsored by the and video presentations will fea­ mated the size of the library at as well as other examples of the group. ture new developments in com­ MacFair III at well over 150 See MacFair on page 2 Bouncing In April of 1985 the group sponsored MacFair I, which drew along nicely approximately 4,000 people and The Lady Dragons, last featured Andy Hertzfeld and Apple Pi president wins IFA post year’s ECC champions, Susan Kare, two of the original Macintosh team members from started another winning sea­ by Randy Dalmas six months to coincide with the is to begin working with Drexel’s son by defeating the Loyala Apple. In 1987 the DUsers held MacFair II, which boasted an Trian}>le Staff Writer co-op cycle. administration more closely to Greyhounds, who seemed to First among Schickling’s avoid problems he has seen in the be a bit sluggish Wednesday attendance of more than 6,000 people and showcased the The Intra Fraternity duties as president are to appoint past. night. For more sports, pass Association (IFA) elected next chairmen to the nine IFA com­ “I’d like the IFA board to have over to the back page. arrivals of the Macintosh SE and the Mac II. term’s officers last Monday in mittees for areas such as athlet­ more say in the administration [of MacFair III promises to con­ “the toughest election I’ve seen ics, rush, and social events. fraternity life|,” he said, explain­ tinue the trends of the past, in three and a half years”, said “I’d like to represent every ing that the decisions of the Dean Index according to Frank Jacquet, exec­ IFA president-elect Steve house [in these positions), and of Students Office to suspend or utive coordinator, with an expect­ Schickling. not be biased about anything,” punish some houses is not dis­ Weather 2 ed increa.se in both attendance According to Schickling, the Schickling said of his choices for cussed with the IFA council until Exam schedule 5 and events. Plans include the voting for the Vice-President and these offices. He added that he is after the fact. Features 8 attendance of more than 60 Recording Secretary were tied considering some of the candi­ Continuing the TownWatch Ed-op 12 Macintosh developers demon­ twice before a decision by the dates in the election as possible program, run by the fraternities Classifieds 14 strating the latest in Macintosh IFA board to break the deadlock chairmen because “they showed on campus, is another concern Entertainment 16 hardware and software. was finally made. Officers-elect great concern for being involved Schickling will have when he reaches office. TownWatch has Comics 20 In addition to the increased will officially begin their duties in the IFA.” become a banner program for the Sports 24 developer exhibit, a larger sched­ after the final day of finals this One of Schickling’s first goals term. They\will serve for the next when he assumes office, he said.
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