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Ursinus College Digital Commons @ Ursinus College Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper Newspapers 10-1-1991 The Grizzly, October 1, 1991 Eric Foellmer Ursinus College Megan Mendte Ursinus College Melisa Miller Ursinus College Tom Epler Ursinus College Dana Kushwara Ursinus College See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews Part of the Cultural History Commons, Higher Education Commons, Liberal Studies Commons, Social History Commons, and the United States History Commons Click here to let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Foellmer, Eric; Mendte, Megan; Miller, Melisa; Epler, Tom; Kushwara, Dana; White, Kristin; Woytek, Judd; Sylvester, Ellen; Kratz, Keith; Louka, Lisa; Wilusz, Tom; Rawls, Annette; Zobel, Laura; Heinzinger, Chris; Baccino, Nick; Rubin, Harley David; Kershner, Joseph; Erfle, Claire A.; Choi, Steve; Richter, Richard P.; Smith, Alexis; Jacobson, Sara; Remsiw, Andy; Outwin, Christin; Pandya, Naimish; Wagner, Kris; and Neal, Casey, "The Grizzly, October 1, 1991" (1991). Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper. 278. https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/278 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. It has been accepted for inclusion in Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors Eric Foellmer, Megan Mendte, Melisa Miller, Tom Epler, Dana Kushwara, Kristin White, Judd Woytek, Ellen Sylvester, Keith Kratz, Lisa Louka, Tom Wilusz, Annette Rawls, Laura Zobel, Chris Heinzinger, Nick Baccino, Harley David Rubin, Joseph Kershner, Claire A. Erfle, Steve Choi, Richard P. Richter, Alexis Smith, Sara Jacobson, Andy Remsiw, Christin Outwin, Naimish Pandya, Kris Wagner, and Casey Neal This book is available at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/278 Design a new flag for TlieConegeGrizzly us! See page 11 for more information. Publishing the truth from good motives and for justifiable ends -Alexander Hamilton Volume 23 Number 2 October J, 1991 Whittaker Sorority Pledging Underway Relates Gulf Delta Kappa has 15 and Alpha BY MEGAN MENDTE Sigma Nu has five. News Editor Experience Both sisters and pledges are excited about the upcoming On Friday, September 27, BY MELISA MILLER pledging events. Phi Alpha Psi sorority bids were accepted by 80 Of the Grizzly pledgemistress, Julie Sommer, said, girls in Bomberger Hall. The "Everyone's looking forward to ceremony began at 7:00 p.m. Each On Tuesday, Sept. 24, Dr. pledging. This next month is going girl was called up to accept or Richard Whittaker, an orthopedic to be a big change in their lives, reject her bid. If she accepted, she specialist in Pottstown, was but it's a chance to learn a lot presented by the Brownback­ was taken away by her perspective about the sisters... and themselves." Anders Pre.-Medical Society and sorority to begin a month of Pledging ends on October 27. spoke on his experience in the pledging. All pledging activities fall under Persian Gulf War. Using the At 10 p.m., the girls re.-emerged strict non-hazing rules. Pledges are slides that he took while in Saudi on the steps of Berman Museum required to attend all classes and Arabia, his show not only for the traditional wall show. Each nightly library hours to keep consisted of the medical work that sorority's pledge class sang their grades from dropping. Pledging he did in the hospital, but a tour sorority songs as loud as they cannot occur on consecutive of when he frrst arrived there to could, trying to compete with each weeknights, and no more than when he left. other to be the loudest. three nights in a row from The audience received a taste of A small riot broke out when a Thursday to Saturday. Pledges a working and living in a different freshman tried to break the Phi Psi must be in by 1:30 a.m. on culture. The medical staff came pledge line. Five or six Phi Psi weeknights, and all pledging from all parts of the world, sisters headed him off. Keeping activities must be completed by including Australia, Pakistan, and the pledge line intact is an 5:30 Sunday mornings. Each the United States. Two of the essential aspect of pledging. sorority must schedule its pledging major cultural differences he Tau Sigma Gamma has the encountered were: the treatment largest pledge class with 24 girls. days with the Office of Student of women and the strong belief in Both Omega Chi and Phi Alpha Life at least one week in advance, religion. The women had to be Psi have 18 pledges, while Kappa and are not allowed to pledge on Sophomore Rene Doughty formally accepts her covered in black from head to toe. any other nights. bid from Tau Sig senior Megan Chmiel. The American women in the armed forces caused quite a stir, especially when seen driving. One of Dr. Whittaker's patients included a woman who had been U.S.E.A.C. CONFERENCE A SUCCESS killed in an automobile accident because her ten year-old son was driving the car in the absence of BY TOM EPLER American reformers like reserves safe from any whose livelihood depends on the the father. The culture also Of the Grizzly Rodrigues have tirelessly fought deforestation; and, most region and working with them to centered around the Muslim seemingly inconceivable injustices importantly, simple conservation of religion, and people stopped Six members of the Ursinus enforce selective cutting and to their homeland by corporate natural resources. regeneration ... whatever they were doing to pray Students' Environmental Action forces. The rain forest is a delicate and It is the responsibility of man, it fIVe times a day. Coalition completed a three day Numerous problems are complex microcosm of nature, and, was stressed, to involve himself Another adjustment that had to conference on the current and unknown to many, is a refuge to associated with current trends in with his environmental affairs. For do with the war was having to future threats to the Amazon Rain deforestation. "Slash and burn" many species of life not found more information on how you can cany a gas mask wherever he Forest. It was held from Sept. 27 policies do simply that, clearing anywhere else on the planet. be directly involved with the effort went, continually listening for the to Sept. 29, at Princeton Threatening their environment, it acres of land without regenerating to preserve the environment, air raid sirens.. In one of the University. was said, robs their existence, and useful products back into the contact Jolene at 489-4942 or just slides, there was a scud missile Incorporating awareness and extinction is now so common that marketplace, or selectively show up at the Meditation Chapel being destroyed by a patriot education about problems of transplanting strains of endangered it is daily among life here on on Thursday nights at 6:30. missile right over the city. In the deforestation, students from wildlife to elsewhere in the earth. Medical treatments and morning, there was debris from around the country also engaged environment. The burning of the human vaccine components also lie the collision in a field near the in interactive discussions with forest also releases large amounts within the forests, with certain hospital. leading experts on conservation of C02 into the atmosphere while flora being known to have more Moving into the medical aspects and management of the earth's eliminating future oxygen effective components than The Grizzly of the lecture; Dr. Whittaker delicate resources. Mr. Osmarino production. synthetic compounds. Experts showed the showers outside the Amancio Rodrigues, who heads Conference leaders stressed that stressed that it is essential that w~nts you! hospital that would have been the Rural Worker's Union of gradual deforestation is necessary rain forests like those found in used if there had been chemical Brasilia, was one of several on to the people of the land, and that South America become all of our Writers, typists, and warfare. He also showed slides of hand to deliver emotional in dealing with their economic problem, as they face extinction. testimony of the effects that proofreaders are needed some of the injuries he treated. needs and demographics, careful Jolene Prowse came back corporate insurgence and gradual To end the lecture, students planning and strategy must be excited and newly educated about for all sections of the deforestation are having on the asked questions about the cases utilized in rain forest use. Some deforestation issues. She stated newspaper. If you would that Dr. Whittaker saw and how Brazilian people. suggestions included time and area that prior to the conference, like to become a part of they were treated. Then they Although awareness has recently schedules to spread out destruction boycotting companies in looked at some of the things that heightened about global warming the top ranked Ursinus and encourage regeneration; deforestation seemed to be an Dr. Whittaker brought back from and the rain forest's role in it, the paper, contact Eric mandatory "area-selective" farming answer for students. But now, she Saudi Arabia. All in all, it was an questions of conserva~ion and to reduce topsoil erosion and says, 'There are other methods of Foellmer (454-0388) or interesting evening for the students strategic exploitation of rain forest flooding; protection of large involvement, such as first Judd Woytek (454-0459). and faculty that attended. resources are not new. South understanding the native people Page 2 The Grizzly News October 1, 1991 V.C. Welcomes New Instrllctors College Tutorial IlY KRISTIN WHITE Dr. Gross comes to the Criticism course. Originally from Of tire G/lzzly Education dcpartment, tcaching a Boston, Dr.

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