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Welcome Family and Friends S>prtngfielii ^tuient Columbus Week Mini-Issue Volume 103 Springfield, MA aUjursdag, <§ct. 13, 1908 4 How to Use the Triangle S C Grads Share Insight of the Real World It is essentially about the ability and “woman choosing to be mother of the note. Although she went to a school other potential to achieve. Achieve success, year,” for, while the choice may not be for than SC, she came here to graduate school. financial security, independence, an everybody, it is great if one is happy with Through working in the individual counsel equality with men, respect, love, hap the choice she made. ing center with Dick Whiting, she found piness, self-confidence, and above all — President Frank Falcone opened the that she learned a whole new way of listen balance. A balance, in evefy sense of one’s panel discussion with some welcoming ing and respect. Fahey also served as a spirit, mind, and body as a woman with the remarks. He saluted the Achieving Women Resident Director which also taught her benefit of a Springfield College education. program in general, and also announced how to “ learn about different sides of peo Springfield College’s number fourteen ple and how to be open-minded.” The fourth annual Celebration of Achiev ranking in the latest US News & World After all this she also mentioned the in ing Women was held last Wednesday, Oc Report top 25 small comprehensive col ability to work at a desk, which is why she tober 5, featuring a luncheon followed by a leges in America. “ I’d like to think it was is currently the Assistant Dean of Students panel discussion. The panel was made up good leadership,” Falcone cracked. at Mt. Holyoke College. She is able to deal of five Springfield College graduates: Ms. The mediator was Dr. Diane Potter, Pro directly with the students, and the paper Denise Deautels ’77, M s. Kate Fahey, G , fessor of Physical Education. Potter, work takes a definite back seat. ’85, M s. Nancy Hunter, G , ’77, D r. Carol graduate of the first class with female Dr. Carol Taylor and Mr. Scott Taylor Smith Taylor, ’64, and Mr. Scott Taylor, students in 1957, also received her Masters spoke on how they have dealt with working at the same campus being married. They ’66. degree in 1963 and served as the first varsi The luncheon, which started with a ty softball coach at SC. She introduced emphasized that it like they are “tem champagne with raspberries cocktail, was each speaker as s/he approached the porarily divorced” throughout the day, for by invitation only and included the podium. it is the only way that they could effective panelists, members of the faculty, and a One of the most popular things that the ly get their work done. select few of the student body as well. panelists discussed was the difficult tran Scott Taylor is the first man ever chosen Through the beginning of the meal, the sition it was from the active environment to speak on the panel, and it was implied guests were privileged with hearing Olym of Springfield to the mundane world of the that it is something which may be included pic gymnastic medalist Cathy Corrigan, desk job. in future programs. an SC graduate, speak on the woman’s role “ Not to mention the clothing change,” Ms. Fahey perhaps had the most in in today’s society. Dr. Carol Taylor, Assistant to the Presi first speaker Denise Desautels explained. teresting thing to add at the end of her seg She touched upon the dual role of career/ dent, shared her views on dual careers at “You don’t realize that your friends, and ment. She read a poem which proposed the family woman, and. .the selection of the this year’s Celebration of Achieving what you learned as a teacher and coach possibility of a world a little closer to that right man. “ It is important to pick a man Women. dealing with people ail hurt*you when you of kindergarten. “A world of milk and who will be secure,” Corrigan ration get time to a 9-5 desk job.” Not that this cookies, followed by nap time everyday, alized, — “secure in the sense that he will was a bad thing, she noted, but others also holding hands, sharing, unbiased feelings, support you with any decisions you may realize that she is stronger than most. A emphasized that having desk jobs, they respect for each other’s belongings, name have to make whether it be your job, role good husband should not be intimidated by felt a loss for dealing with people the way tags, good friends, smiles, and lunch as mother, as wife, or anything.” She this. they were taught at SC. boxes.” added that being an SC woman, one must Corrigan also spoke in support of a Kate Fahey also continued bn the same Sounds good. ATTENTION SENIORS Alcohol Awareness It’s time to have your Senior Picture taken Week Begins Sunday Sign up NOW at B.C. Desk (Oct. 11-17) Next week all members of the Spring- Social Research, University of Michigan, Pictures will be taken October 17-21 field College Community are invited to ob Ann Arbor, MI, Drug Use Among Ameri serve Alcohol Awareness Week. A variety can High School Students and Other Young THIS IS THE LAST TIME of events have been scheduled by SADD Adults, 1985.) TO HAVE YOUR PICTURE DON’T BE LEFT OUT (Students Against Drunk Driving) and the • Alcohol is the most widely used and Dean of Students Office. destructive drug in America. In. 1984, the TAKEN BY THE SCHOOL 0F YOUR SENIOR YEARBOOK! Alcohol kills. Think about these facts be equivalent of 2.65 gallons of absolute alco fore hitting “The Well” this weekend: hol was consumed per person over age 14, ANY QUESTIONS? • About 2 out of every 5 people in the U .S. down from 2.77 gallons in 1981. This is will be in an alcohol-related crash in their about 50 gallons of beer, or 20 gallons of Hathv DeSalvo fBox 754i lifetimes. (National Highway Traffic Safe table wine, or more than 4 gallons of whis ty Administration, U.S. Department of key, gin or vodka. Heavier drinkers (those Transportation, Drunk Driving Facts, Na consuming more than 14 drinks per week) tional Center for Statistics and Analysis, who constitute 10 percent of the drinking Ju ly 1987.) population, account for half the alcohol • Alcoholism is a chronic, progressive consumed in the United States. (NIAAA, and potentially fatal disease characterized Sixth Special Report, p. xix.) by tolerance and physical dependency or • Children of alcoholics have a four pathologic organ changes, or both. All are times greater risk of developing alcohol the direct or indirect consequences of the ism than children of non-alcoholics. There alcohol ingested. (National Institute on Al are 28.6 million children of alcoholics in cohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the U.S. today. 6.6 million of whom are un Fourth Special Report to the U .S. Congress der the age of 18. (Children of Alcoholics on Alcohol and Health, ed. John R. De- Foundation, Children of Alcoholics: A Re Luca, D H H SPub. No. (ADM) 82-1080,1981, view of the Literature, 1985. Introduction p. 36.) and p. 2) • Alcohol is America’s No. 1 drug prob • A child will see alcohol consumed an lem among youth. In 1985, an estimated 4.6 average of 75,000 times on TV before he or million adolescents aged 14 through 17 ex she is of legal drinking age. (Dr. Thomas perienced negative consequences of alco Radecki, Chairman of the National Coali hol abuse (e.g., arrest, involvement in an tion on Television Violence and psychia accident, impairment of health or job per trist with the University of Illinois School formance). (NIAAA, Projection of data in of M edicine, 1983.) Alcohol and Health Monograph I, Alcohol Responsible drinkers never mix alcohol Consumption and Related Problems 1982, ic beverages with other drugs or use p. 85, updated with Bureau of the Census alcohol to relieve depression. They sip 1985 Population Projections.) drinks and pace themselves. • Alcohol is over twice as popular among Responsible drinkers never push drinks college stiidents as the next leading drug, on others or serve liquor to people who are marijuana, and over five times as popular intoxicated. They offer alcohol only with as cocaine. Ninety-two percent of coUege food. students reported using alcohol in a Observe Alcohol Awareness Week. Show twelve-month period compared to 42 per that you care about yourself . and about Come cheer on the Chiefs! Saturday, 1:30 p.m. at Benedum Field vs. Central cent who had used marijuana and 17 per . others. Connecticut State University. cent who had used cocaine. (Institute for Page 2, TH E STU D EN T, October 13,1988 The View From My Office The By Ken Childs In the fall of my freshman year in col lege, John F. Kennedy was elected presi Line dent. It was an exciting and wonderful time to be alive. Our young, vibrant, ra By Jeffrey Berk F diant president challenged us all: “Ask not Associate Editor what your country can do for you,” he It is now past the five week said, “but what you can do for your coun tory, but if I am still too lazy to milestone, or one third, into the try .” semester, and I am still stuck in se pick it up (could be 50 ft.