Bridgewater State University Virtual Commons - Bridgewater State University The ommeC nt Campus Journals and Publications 1984 The ommeC nt, February 2, 1984 Bridgewater State College Volume 58 Number 2 Recommended Citation Bridgewater State College. (1984). The Comment, February 2, 1984. 58(2). Retrieved from: http://vc.bridgew.edu/comment/557 This item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Wood Hall.· R·oach Motel? By John Marciano connect all of the bathrooms. to the and Laura DonohuP. trashbin in the basement of the dorm. Unsatisfied with the results of the· previous spraying, the residents went The trouble started after Christmas to the House Director, Ms. Maureen break when a Woodward Hall resident Fitzgerald, who reacted positively to spotted some cockroaches in a first the residents complaints. Ms. ·Fitzge­ M floor bathroom at the all-girls dorm. raid acted quickly on the matter, and The resident reported the event-to the soon the residents were informned that . housernnther, Mrs. Wheaton, who on February 2nd, each room will be · stated that the staff would do the best sprayed again with an insecticide. She that they could do to control the prob- warns the residents to carefully wash rem. As a result, the first floor all glasses, plates, silverware, bed­ bathroom was closed for a week while dings, etc., prior to using them after the ... _. lJt was sprayed with an insecticide. Evi- spraying is finished. ;~:,. ·• denUy, this did not stpp the cock- Hopefully this will extinguish the .. ~·. rq_aches because 'they were soon problem, but if it does not, the whole '-' spotted in the bathrooms and halls on dorm must be evacuated for and both the first and second floors. upcoming lo·ng weekend. This is so the Apparently the cockroaches ·had dorm maybe "bombed", which is a new Photo: Ed Donahue migrated from the trashshoots that pesticide method. Voter Registration 'T'L • " · 1 .. Drive . ..I. nlS ~ppie''lsFor You! There will be a nationwide dent 1eaders trom across the .\ 1 ....--~~ilallllllill.i!Wli,._~...,iaiaui~...,...,........,,..~~~nry. The State Student Associa.., r· very easy to learn. Robert problems. !ng at Harvard University on tiqa· q+f: .. ,.M;o~e~iet~~.«·;1~HI li-~~;l:"J,f:~·ater .· ,, -~Jmmons.• C.._1.,J~ricul_ ..u:!' The ·~~ole comput~r sys- 1 1 February 10th -12th. The meet on ThurSday, FebruaP' , ;;.-:..: ,···, ··. ·. · .. · . , , . · '· , '' . :b;t"' - 1 ~,~YS. 111!-e ,,, '91'~·1·. · 1e:i:n :·,f)(\>,~1r,.lr:t;Q:.r;., 0'· conference wilt focus on a 1,togetthedrivegoing.On~ · t;omputers-they're'eve,Y- '.stu '~flow 'to' tfti$" is'madei:\lpofr s~,. proposed NaUonal Student of the main purposes of the where, in our schoors, computer in five minutes. / a color monitor, a·jay.stick, Registration drive. ::;onference will be to draw homes, stores and restau- There are teaching manuals that allows..... the operator to 'fhe Bridgewater State Stu­ attention' to students, who rants. ·They have become a for the Apple II E that can be move things on the ,screen dent Government Associa­ are b-ecoming more and more way of life for ·many people, read by the operator, ye1 snd ·an Epson Printer. "It was tion alloted $700 to be used to politically sophisticated in but for those who have never everything that needs to be a good pric~ considering send 20 Bridg~water stu­ the Democratic world of elec- used one, the first experience ;mown about the computer is what we got," says Simmons. dents. to the convention. The toral politics. can be quite traumatic. Once gtven within the computer Simmons also notes that $700 will also cover the $35 The annual voter Registra- a person gets to know the idi- system as a sort of self- the computer was acquired registration .fee. tion week runs from February osyncrasies of a computer, prompting. Nith versatility in mind. Th·e The conference will 7 through February 14. Any the results can be very bene- Since its acquisition· in A.pple II E can be useq for include.speeches and forums student who registers to vote ficial and rewarding. October of 1983, approxi- variety of dHferent things. An featuring national leaders before the 14th will be eligi- Learning how to use a mately three or four students :iviation major, who uses the with diverse viewpoints on ble to vote in the March Mas- computer isn't as difficult as have been using the Apple II ::omputer quite frequently, our nation's most prominent sach u ~etts Presidential it may seem. In fact, members E computer a day, according says Simmons, ptays a simu- issues; training on how to Primary. of the B.S.C. community can to Simmons. This particular ·ated flight game, recreating conduct voter registration ·Any Bridgewater student learn how to operate an computer was chosen . the actual feel of flying. By drives on campus and in the interested in attending the Apple Computer in the Cur~ because it seemed to be very using the computer, the stu- community; student leader­ conference should leave riculum Library of the Cle- durable. So far, with all the dentbroadens!"Jisknowledge ship development and organ­ their names at either the ment C. Maxwell Library. The use it has be.en getting by the continued on p. 12 ..... ization skills workshops; and MASSPIRG office or The Apple II E Computer, succes- B.S.C. comtnunity,-says Sim- the oppurtunity to meet stu- Comment office. sor to the Apple 11, Plus, is mons, there hasq't been any Wood. Speaks. on :·····················-=· Women in TV ~INSIDE i ,Sy David Carreiro ers· were" the. trailblazers, the ones whc f• -· : proved -women could succeed in a field •••••• ••••• Patrice Wood, anchorwoman of WJAR that has long been dominated· by men. : · : Channel 1 o in Providence; spoke to Pro­ When asked to comment on_the Christine:· Phantom Diner ! ·. fessor Maureen Connelly's i:Journalism Craft dismissal, Ms. Wood expressed a • 6 : .class· on January.2·5. Ms. Wood ·t:iad been feeling a pride for Ms. Craft. She did, how~ : p. : invited to speak on t-he rofe of women in .ever, believe that Ms. Craft will have a : -Menu • broadca·st journalism; .. - difficult time getting another job in : p. 9 : Ms. Wood spoke of many of the now­ television. : Straight from The .... : famous anchorwomen who had to work Ms. Wood has been involved in broad-• : 16 ·hour days in order to gain their profes­ cast journalism for nine years. She first : p. 12 : sional status. Women'· were in a position oecame in.terested in this field while : Bear Hunt Continues • where ·they. ,h_ad to pr.c>ve to television attending Bowling Green University in: p. 14 : managemtant that they were indeed quali~ Ohio. She tpok an internship at a local: Everything you : fled to be on-air reporters. It was a widely public-broadcasting station as. a news • _: held belie.f that the viewing public could writer, and got her first chance to go on : wanted to know- : not, or would not, accept women as news the a.ir when someone took a surprise : about B.S.C. 'but : reporters. Thus, women had to work vacation and the station was left without : were afraid. to ask. • . Patrice Wood spolte to. a CJ!P" extremely hard to break through this bar­ anyone to do the news. She convinced : : dvated journalism class. rier. Barbara Walters, Diane Sawy~r. • p. 8 • · Photo: Ed Donahue Gonnie Ctiung, J~ssiql,2 Savitch, and oth- continued on p. 12 . .. : . : .. -~·····················~ 2 The Comment Thursday, February 2, 1984 Editorial A Mistake Far More Serious~ .. Editor's View By Nancy L. DuPont thing that hasn't already been of you v_who are r.eading this [ In light of the snowstorm identical. It had a differen said about the horrors of ·who, perhaps this 'Friday or that swept through here outcome, but the judgement I never knew her. A month drunk driving; I cannot know Saturday night, will h~ve to Tuesday, there has been a was stil.1 poor. This storm also or so from nowthedailypres-. that the ears my words fall- make the decision to drive or change in the subject matter ·had promised sufficien sures of life will have caused upon will be any les~ ·deaf not'to drive when the party's of this editorial. Originally, 1 snowfall, and comparing this me to forget her name. I know than they were the last time · finally over. Don't let this be ·was going to discuss the storm with the previous one, I it now only because it is star- someone tried to make· them your last wild weekend at overcrowded situation at the th.ought ~he result would be .ing at me from an ugly black listen. I can only offer a good old BSC. college, however, since this the same. However, schoo headline; I remember it now prayer for strength to those is a timely subject, 1felt it bet- wasn't cancelled, which led only because of the tragedy ter to take up this issue now. - me to this editorial. which surrounds it. But there In my view, the administra- t'm not . going , to decid are those who will never c · · · · ·tion has showed poor judge-· whether or not we should forget her name, and among om· ·menta· ry ment concerning the two have had classes or not on them is Craig MacTavish, the · . _. snow storms we've had since either day. The thing tha man driving the car which return'ing. bothers me is the inconsis- killed 26 year old Kim Radley. · During the first.