Ursinus College Digital Commons @ Ursinus College Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper Newspapers 10-8-1991 The Grizzly, October 8, 1991 Eric Foellmer Ursinus College Judd Woytek Ursinus College Erika Compton Ursinus College Sharon Long Ursinus College Jeff Brown 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; Woytek, Judd; Compton, Erika; Long, Sharon; Brown, Jeff; Kushwara, Dana; Pandya, Naimish; Bleickardt, Eric; Rubin, Harley David; Miller, Melisa; Jones, Katie; Richter, Richard P.; Grubb, Steven; Mendte, Megan; Zelley, Elaine; Erfle, Claire; Zobel, Laura; Bunt, Patti; Warner, Dawn; Wagner, Kris; Weiss, Dave; Heinzinger, Chris; Baccino, Nick; White, Kristin; and Greene, Dan, "The Grizzly, October 8, 1991" (1991). Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper. 279. https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/279 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, Judd Woytek, Erika Compton, Sharon Long, Jeff Brown, Dana Kushwara, Naimish Pandya, Eric Bleickardt, Harley David Rubin, Melisa Miller, Katie Jones, Richard P. Richter, Steven Grubb, Megan Mendte, Elaine Zelley, Claire Erfle, Laura Zobel, Patti Bunt, Dawn Warner, Kris Wagner, Dave Weiss, Chris Heinzinger, Nick Baccino, Kristin White, and Dan Greene This book is available at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/279 TlieCouege Grizzly Publishing the truth from good motives and for jwtiftable ends -Alexander Hamilton Volume 23 Number 3 October 8, 1991 1991 Parents' Day a Great Success Homecoming BY A. JUDD WOYfEK professors outside of the In the evening, parents were hockey, and volleyball games, two Festivities Associate Editor classroom. The mixer was followed invited to join their children in exhibits in the Berman Museum of by an all-campus picnic on the Wismer Lower Lounge for a night Art, and a variety of fraternity and Planned lawn next to Zack's Place. There of the blues with Safftre - The Many strange faces appeared on Uppl'ty Blues Women. sorority activities for parents and BY ERIKA COMPTON hi S d was a tent set up by the Bruins the campus t s past atur ay. Other activities throughout the students in the houses and News Editor h f f th Club, who was selling chances to Reimert. They were t e aces 0 e many day included the soccer, field Ursinus Homecoming will take Ursinus parents who turned out \vin an Ursinus blanket. The fare place next weekend, October 18- for the annual Parents' Day. consisted of the usual picnic foods 20. There are many activities Students and their parents were of hamburgers, hot dogs, and planned for both students and invited to take part in many grilled chicken. alumni, including the football activities throughout the day or Dr. Richard King and game and the presentation and they could do things on their own Dr.Robert Dawley gave 45 minute selection of Homecoming Queen on or off campus. presentations to parents and nominees. The day began with a students on their respective The festivities will begin on continental breakfast in Wismer Liberal Studies Seminars. At 1:30 Saturday with a display of the 103 and the Parents' Lounge. At p.m. the football game against various clubs and organizations at 10:00 a.m. an Academic and Swarthmore began. The stands Ursin us, showing how they have Student Life update session was were full of students and their changed and modernized over the held in the Olin auditorium. parents enjoying the game. years. Parents listened to President There was a candlelight dinner The football game, against Richard Richter, Dean of Student served in Wismer Center. Families GettySburg College, will begin at Life Houghton Kane, and Dean of were spread out in the Faculty 1:30 PM. The first game played the College William Akin tell of Dining Room, the Parents' between UC and G-Burg was in what the college is trying to do for Lounge, and 103. Stuffed 1903. Ursinus has only won four their students. Parents were mushrooms were served as an of the last thirteen games played encouraged to ask questions about appetizer followed by a spinach against Gettysburg. At half-time, the college and life on campus. salad. Choice of Entrees included the fraternities and commuter At 11:00 a.m., an Academic broiled sea scallops or boneless students will present their Mixer was held in the Wismer chicken breast. Dessert choices homecoming queen nominations. Lower Lounge. Parents had the included German chocolate cake, There are nine nominees, who will chance to talk to a number of apple pie, or vanilla ice cream. be escorted by members of the faculty members and other The tum out for the dinner was h I organlZ' atl'ons I'n thel'r cars. Alpha administrators. Many stu d ents a Iso larger than the past few years. Fres man c ass officers sell popcorn at the Parents' Day Phi Epsilon has nominated Cara d d h·· ak 'th football game. -=at:.:.te::n=e~t=ls:...se:..:....:.ss.:.:l..:.o_n_to~spe!-_Wl____________________ ------------.---------------1 COllsole of Phi Alpha Psi, Alison SedgwiCk, also of Phi Alpha Psi, Blood Drive was chosen to represent Alpha Phi Is the Soviet Union Dead? Omega, Beta Sigma Lambda has BY SHARON LONG capitalism was Laura Lecrone, who chosen Brenn Conner of Omega Dr. Berry of the politics The Red Cross Blood Of Th~ GnZziy spent last year in the Soviet Union Chi, and Leigh Dickinson of Tau department confidently asserted as a foreign exchange student. Drive will be held from S·Igma G amma was pIC. k e d to According to moderator, Dr. the inevitability of a new unity After observing the mentality or 12:30 to 5:30 P.M. on represent Delta Mu Sigma. Also, among the remnants of the King, and the participants of the "mindset" of the people, she Tuesday and Wednesday, Michele Yost, a commuter, was U.S.S.R. Shortly following any Open Dialogue on Oct. 3, it was concluded that such a system is October 15 and 16th. It will chosen to represent Delta Pi disintegration of a political union, one of the most successful of its not feasible do to their overall Sigma, Pi Omega Delta nominated the tendency of its states is to seek take place in the Utility's kind. misunderstanding of capitalism. All S d Gina Solensky of Phi Alpha Psi, some kind of unity. Besides citing Open Dialogl:es, informal She saw people in the Soviet Gym. tu ents are M egan Ch'mle I was c h osen to discussions on current issues, are the inevitability of unity, Dr. Berry Union who admired the encouraged to come out represent Sigma Rho Lambda, and open to all students and faculty cited its necessity to preserve abundance of goods available to and ~. A little blood goes Zeta Chi chose Heather Roberts members. Although a regular time stability in a region with republics the public in a market economy a long way. The drive is to represent their fraternity. As of for Dialogues is still being possessing nuclear weapons. but did not acknowledge the long, being sponsored by campus publishing date, the commuter established, they are usually held Another provocative issue painful transition to capitalism. K, students organization had not yet on Wednesdays from 12:30 to 1:00 discussed was how the economic sororities, Circle and Dr. King, also a skeptic of the nominated anyone. After the pm in Wismer's Parents' Lounge. situation in the region could be feasibility of an immediate move APO fraternity. nommees. arc presented t 0 th e This particular Dialogue improved. With a collapsed toward capitalism, responded to +-........, ______________1 student body, alumni, and guests, successfully took on the intended distnbution system and the fast­ nature of an "Open Dialogue" in approaching winter months, the Lecrone by saying, "These societies the 1991 Homecoming Queen will that students intelligently debated need for installing an entirely new are not going to be very receptive 1be G":-t.. wants you! be crowned. the issue at hand, among economic system was discussed. to 'Yankee' ways." --,7 Throughout the day, tailgating Chris Torak, a senior politics WRITERS are desparately will be taking place with themselves and with faculty. In According to Dr. Saleh of the major, posed the frightening needed for aU sections of fraternity/sorority alumni and the past, such Dialogues were economics department, the obvious prospect of people in the troubled the newspaper. Meetings students. In the evening, the often dominated by faculty solution to the economic ills is a members because of the students' region choosing a totalitarian ruler are on Monday nights at fraternities will have their general move from command under desperate economic 8:30 p.m. in the Student Homecoming dances at a place reluctance to express their economic systems to free market opinions. circumstances. Vladmir Publications Room (3rd off-campus. Alumni and current economic systems. The inherent Zhirinovsky is now a dangerous students will attend the dances. Issues debated at the ftrst Open inefficiencies of any bureaucratic Dialogue, entitled 'The Soviet demagogue in the Soviet Union, floor Bomberger, Myrin Several reunions will also be held central authority would need to be who openly supports the Library side).