Fire Alarm Problem Seems to Be Resolved
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Viewpoints In Campus Life In Sports With about 500 students on Bulldog football will try to Bulldog football will try to campus, parking lots, cafeteria improve its record to 1-1 when improve its record to 1-1 when and residence halls are more the team takes on Kansas the team takes on Kansas crowded than usual. Wesleyan University Saturday. Wesleyan University Saturday. PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PAGE 7 The McPherson College Volume 92, Issue 1 September 14, 2007 SPECTATORTHE STUDENTS’ VOICE SINCE 1916 NEWS BRIEFS Chartered clubs’ Toss a ring... Fire alarm problem budgets due today All fall semester budgets for chartered seems to be resolved clubs are due Sept. 14. Electronic or paper cop- ies are accepted. SGA New sensors, bug lights to be installed in Metzler also has a mailbox in the bookstore. Things to include JORDAN SHAY said. “ I was asleep and then over the next few weeks,” in the budgets are News Editor it went off, so I had to try to Rothrock said. proposed earnings, get back to sleep again.” In addition to the new units, proposed expenses, any Ringing alarms and the However, Metzler residents a bug trap was installed in money requests from sight of firefighters in Met- should rest easier knowing the lobby. This should elimi- SGA and comments zler Hall seem to be a com- the problem is close to being nate the false alarms caused about the current finan- mon occurrence lately. resolved. by gnats crawling into the cial position of the club. Although the last week or “We’ve already purchased units and setting the sensors so has been quiet, the be- new units for the rooms and off. Also, automatic sprayers Interterm ‘08 trip ginning of the school year hallways,” said LaMonte were installed near the side destination: Thailand was filled with two sensor Rothrock, dean of students. doors and in the stairwells. malfunctions, an alarm trig- “When we did some re- “Every fifteen minutes Herb Smith welcomes gered by smoke from burnt search, our first immediate they shoot a fine mist, like an students to join the Pop Tarts, and most recently step was to look to see if we aerosol can,” Rothrock said. interterm travelers as a pulled alarm. could do heat sensors versus “It is basically a repellent so they explore Thailand The disturbances forced motion sensors in the stair- that insects won’t want to this January. Metzler residents outside wells, because that’s where come inside (the units).” Some sights on the when they would rather be we’re getting most of our When the fire alarm sys- trip will include a visit to sleeping. malfunctions,” Rothrock tem malfunctions, the fire a university exclusively “When the alarm goes off said. department does not charge for monks, a cruise at 4 o’clock in the morning, I Rothrock said the smoke the college. However, the along the Chao Praya get pretty angry,” said Mark sensing units are typically recent pull of the alarm is a River, cobra snakes at Josh Pimental, sr., McPherson, attempts to ring a bottle Johnson, jr., Healy. good for 3-5 years, after $500 cost to the college. Buddhist temples, and of pop at the carnival hosted by SAB last week., while Chris LeBlanc, fr., Lake which they get replaced. “It’s a federal offense,” a school in the jungle Abby Alfs, fr., XXXX watches. 30-40 people attended Dallas, Texas, agreed with Upon inspection, the units Rothrock said. “If we know where children ride the carnival held in the gazebo. “The carnival was a suc- Johnson. were approaching their fifth elephants. cess,” said SAB President Megan McKnight, jr., Salina. “It went off three or four year. The replacement of the Please see ALARMS, page 8 For more informa- times one night,” LeBlanc units “should be happening tion, contact Smith on second-floor Mohler. Write Place open Miscalculation in budget won’t affect students’ cost for tutoring KIMBERLY MORRIS stricted pool of funds given spent, Hovis said. The college is doing three Spectator Staff by donors. There were two main rea- things to fix the situation. The Write Place will Instead, the college spent sons the expenses exceeded The first is a new set of begin regular operating The prediction that revenue $11.4 million, meaning expectations. policy guidelines for ex- hours on Sept. 16. would equal expenditure in about $2.8 million was re- The student institutional pense reimbursement. The Write Place also last year’s budget seems to quired from the endowment. financial aid was $315,000 Also, the college contacted works by appointment. have been miscalculated. “We look at this like a blip higher than expected and Noel-Levitz, an admissions Regular hours will McPherson College ex- on the screen,” said Presi- facilities management spent and financial aid consultant be Mondays 4-6 p.m., pected an expenditure of dent Ron Hovis. “It’s some- $175,000 more than expect- company, to review the fi- Tuesdays 7-9 p.m., $11.1 million for the 2006- thing we need to work on.” ed. nancial aid packaging. Wednesdays 4-6 p.m. 2007 school year. The good news is that the One cause for this was a The college is also pulling and Sundays 6-10 p.m. This figure would have college ended up raising clogged sewer line between together a more detailed plan Contact either Cam- meant the college needed more revenue than predict- Miller Library and Brown for facility management that eron Snell or Kevin Had- courtesy photo to use $2.7 million from the ed. It just didn’t match up Auditorium that eventually duck for more informa- President Ron Hovis endowment, which is a re- with the amount the college had to be dug up. Please see BUDGET, page 8 tion. Timeline for construction projects lengthened Project is still under “discussion and active planning” Hovis says ASHLEY ANDREWS four years” to work towards start- Spectator Staff ing and finishing the new residence hall. Over-the-summer campus improve- This year’s enrollment of 495 stu- This will delay other projects dents is the highest it’s been in nearly such as renovation of the Hoffman Laundhry Facilities Metzler Improvements Intramurals kick off 40 years. Student Union, some residence with pool tourney The ever-growing number has left halls, some classrooms and park- New stackable washers and The ceiling tiles in the hall- some wondering where students will ing lots. dryers were added to Bittinger ways were replaced and the hall- Along with the typical live in the near future. With the building of the new and Morrison Halls this summer. ways were also repainted. “Next basketball, flag football, Late last spring, The Spectator is- residence hall will come additional “Laundry facilities kept com- summer we’ll be working in the soccer, volleyball and sued a story about the proposed plans parking and a change in the en- ing up as an issue and we’re still rooms themselves, replacing tiles softball leagues, this to start the building process of a new trance to the college. working on those,” said LaMonte and painting,” Rothrock said. year’s intramural sea- residence hall supposed to be com- One question raised by board Rothrock, dean of students. son will include some pleted in the fall of 2008. members board was, “what can Dotzour Updated more obscure sports as That process has been delayed due to we do to help us make additional Dotzour Swing Dotzour’s main lobby has well. the unknown amount of funds that are room?” “Something that’s been talked traded in maroon furniture for Robert Talley, assis- accessible at this point. Last March, The alternative plan projections about for the past three or four comfortable, durable microfiber tant soccer coach and the plans to build went to the board of are based on retention needed, how years is a swing over at Dotzour,” chairs and couches. “Dotzour’s new director of intramu- trustees for presentation. many students will be graduating Rothrock said. “Now a lot of peo- lobby was, believe it or not, last rals, has announced the The board was interested, but could this year and the number of beds ple are asking if they can have one remodeled in 1987,” Rothrock first intramural event, not make any decisions until it could needed. in their residence halls.” said. “We’re crossing our fingers an 8-ball pool tourna- confirm that the financial resources Currently, there are 15-20 vacant on the furniture, because it’s not ment, which began necessary to pay for the projects beds on campus. With enrollment Flat Screen TVs what you would call ‘resident hall Tuesday. would be forthcoming. projected to be around 535 for next Flat screen monitors were added grade.’” Flag football and Over the next few months, the board year, students will need additional to the main lobbies in Morrison, soccer are scheduled reviewed the plans and announced housing plans. McPherson Col- Bittinger and Dotzour Halls. The Wireless Internet to start Sept. 23, and that fundraising plans could be put lege owns around 12 houses/apart- flat screens are popular for gam- “We upgraded all the buildings participants need to into action. The board met again in ment complexes near campus. One ing. “Metzler purchased one last to wireless because it actually signed up before Sept. late July and discussed the results of option is to use those for student year with funds from their pop simplifies the process,” Rothrock 16 to participate. a feasibility study. housing which would provide 40- machines and it went over really said.