Ursinus College Digital Commons @ Ursinus College Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper Newspapers 10-8-2009 The Grizzly, October 8, 2009 Caitlin Dalik Katie Callahan Kate Lechleitner Michael Delaney James Kilduff 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 Authors Caitlin Dalik, Katie Callahan, Kate Lechleitner, Michael Delaney, James Kilduff, Lisa Jobe, Andrea Magnolo, Jonathan Edward Barber, Gianna Paone, Abbie Cichowski, Zach Shamberg, Liz Kilmer, and Luke Benko e '"Ip Thursday, October 8, 2009 Tile student news er of Ursin us Colle e Weather cooperates for 2009 Homecoming Honing in on Housing Kate Lechleitner Starting at about II a.m. on Saturday morning, larger Mike De1aney [email protected] groups of alumni and their families gathered on lawns and [email protected] bleachers in preparation for the games that would No one was quite sure how the day commence. Many On top of tuition payments and dizzying test would pan out when they looked at the recognized old schedules, in the past two years Ursinus students have gray, rainy skies early on Saturday, Oct. friends and found another concern to face: whether there are too many 3, but the weather could not have turned roommates and students on campus. This Issue is fueled by the fact that out any better. laughed whole­ the number of ftesbm.en who have been admitted over Tents popped up on Friday hearted about golden the past two academic years has been surprisingly high. afternoon in preparation for the mass of jokes and memories. While the senior class and junior class currently have alumni to return to their faithful college At the "Meet popuiatiol1S of 338 and 373 pupils, respectively, the grounds. Saturday morning, the alumni the Coach" Football sophomore class numbers 490, and the freshmen have relations office, maintenance workers, tent, Coach Peter seemingly broken all records with a class size of515. dining services workers and student Gallagher explained The question, then, is why have the past two workers all gathered to set up flower and the keys to winning incoming classes grown by nearly 150 people in balloon arrangements. The sun slowly to former-players and comparison to the current upperclassmen? Richard started to peak out of the clouds. information about DiFeliciantonio, Vice President for Enrollment, explained The first event of the day was the this year's team. via email that Ursinus' strategies for advertiSing to high Women's Lacrosse Alumnae Game, Noon saw the school seniors have not drastically changed, nor has their where the current Ursinus Bears took start of the Bears' admission poliCy. However, planssl1ch as the Early Action the returning veterans on the Eleanor Field Hockey game, policy, by which seniors can receive a non-binding Frost Snell Alumni Turf Field. where the team faced acceptance to Ursil1us by December, have surely Shortly following that, there was a 14th-ranked increased awareness of Ursinus. Tau Sigma Gamma 80th Anniversary Gettysburg College. "Ursinlls Admis ions develops an inquiry pool of Brunch and an Alpha Sigma Nu Brunch But like many other 25,000 interestedstlldents annually," said DiFeliciantonjo. held in Wismer. Both groups loved From leflto right: Alex Peay (2008 King). Catriona Whitehead field hockey teams in "We do this by direct mail, e-mail, high school visits, gathering with old sisters, singing songs (2008 Queen). [lolly Brizell. Bennell MacLauchlan of Sigma Pi colJege fairs, receptions and on~campus events. The (2009 King). Abbie Cichowski of the UC Ambassadors (2009 the country, and chatting about the sororities of Queen). and Danielle Ilarris and Greg Little of S.U.N. (Top Gettysburg was no college has, in the past four years, increased its appHcant today and the sororities of yesteryear. Fundraisers of 2009). Each homecoming nominee had to raise a match for the Bears. pool from 2,000 to 6,000. Clearly, we have grown in name Lauren Goldstein of Tau Sigma Gamma minimum of $100. All funds raised were donated to the family Ursinus won with recognition and popularity." He attributes this to the said of the brunch, "It was fun to show of Senior Iiolly Brizell. whose parents are currently being hospi­ ease, 7-0. college's strong academics, especially in the arts. them what we do today and hear stories talized after a bad motorcycle accident. With an applicant pool that, over the past few years, how they did things similarly when they were here." ....---"-H-o-m-ec-o-m-i-n-g-"-is-co-n-u-·I-lU-e-d-t-o-N-e-w-. -s,-p-a-g-e-2-.---' numbers roughly 3,000, Ursinus expects to enroll 475 to 500 students, \>.. hieh is still a 40 percent increase from our senior class. At the same time, DiFe1iciantonio notes that .II-<.D...... '!"' __ •• Museum opens new water color exhibit the ratio of acceptance to admittance (roughly 16 percent), has remained steady for the past three years. and installation, while the PWCS volunteers handled the Jared Rodrigues, the Residence Director of First-Year juror selection, the delivery ofthe artwork and the entries Students, commented that despite the number of to the exhibition. Despite the recent construction on Saturday, Oct. 3rd marked the opening of the 109th fi'eshmen currently enrolled, Ursinus is still within the Berman, there is no impact on the exhibition held there. Anniversary of the Philadelphia Water Color Society in limits of being able to support student life comfortably. The Philadelphia Water Color Society holds this the Main Gallery of the Berman Museum of Art. Thanks to For instance, lasryear Sprankle House, which is located event annually and the Berman Museum has hosted it the combined efforts of Lisa Hanover, Suzanne Calvin and behind Corson Hall, was refitted as a fi'eshman dorm, and four times in the past 20 years. The installation includes Julie Choma, the Griz:;/y was given a plethora of information freshmen were allowed the first two floors of New Hal1. the work of80 artists, mostly from the Philadelphia area, about the exhibit and an inside look. The exhibit opened This year, however, the entire class of 2013 has been but from several other parts of the country as well. They on the day of Homecoming, providing more for visitors accommodated within Brodbeck-Wilkinson-Curtis, range from multicolored lobsters to peaceful wooded and students alike to do on an already eventful day. The Beardwood-Paisley-Stauffer, and the first floor of New scenes. Calvin sent a press release stating that, Stephen Philadelphia Water Color Society (PWCS) has had a good Hall. This has been accomplished through multiple new Quiller, an artist from Colorado and member of the relationship with the Berman Museum of Art since 1992, living arrangements, including the conversion of study American Watercolor Society and National Watercolor when they proposed to the Berman Museum a juried lounges in New into Single rooms. exhibition. The Berman staff handled the documentation "Berman" is continued to News, page 3. "Housing" is continued to News, page 3. News [email protected] News-in-brief: u.s. troops withdrawn, earhquake strikes Lisa Jobe of Tonga has not fared as well. Tonga's acting prime Britain, France, Russia, and China ("the five permanent Iijobe @ursinus.edu minister said that their hospital was majorly damaged and members of the U.N. Security Council"), as well as Germany telephone systems were down, among other things. and Iran, are attending the Geneva discussion. Wednesday, September 30 President Obama IRAQ - General Ray Odierno, the military commander in has ordered ~~-~:=.-:==-==-~---:~-===~~~=====~--, Friday, October 2 Iraq, announced Wednesday that the United States plans federal aid to JERUSALEM - The to withdraw another 4,000 troops from Iraq by the end of American Samoa; delivery ofa "proof of October. Odierno is expected to tell the House Armed the Coast Guard life" video of a Services Committee that there has been a significant drop will transport 20 kidnapped Israeli in violence in Jraq. In his prepared statement, he said, FEMA members soldier led to the "overall attacks have decreased 85 percent over the past there. release of a group of two years from 4,064 in August 2007 to 594 in August Palestinian women. 2009, with 563 in September so far." However, he cautioned Thursday, The video shows that security in Iraq is "not yet enduring." He did have October I Gilad Shalit, who was good things to say about the Iraqi forces that have taken GENEVA, kidnapped by over the security in Baghdad. President Obama has said SWITZERLAND Palestinian militants that he plans to end U.S. combat in Iraq by August 31, - Two unnamed two years ago, 2010. He also plans to keep around 25,000 to 35,000 "senior officials" reading a newspaper support troops in Iraq after combat troops have withdrawn. from the United dated September 14, States and Iran 2009. He says, "T feel Thursday, October 1 spoke face to face well in health terms SAMOA - A 5.5 earthquake struck the Samoan islands on for the first time and I'm being treated Wednesday evening; the area has already been regarding Iran's very well." Shalit was devastated by an 8.0 earthquake that struck Tuesday and nuclear program. Photo courtesy of Google Images. 19 when he was taken. the resulting tsunami. More than 130 people have been The talk occurred In exchange, on killed on the island nations of Samoa (or Western Samoa), on the sidelines of a discussion on Iran's nuclear program Friday Israel released nineteen Palestinian female prisoners American Samoa (or Eastern Samoa), and Tonga.