The College of Wooster Open Works The oV ice: 1991-2000 "The oV ice" Student Newspaper Collection 9-28-2000 The oW oster Voice (Wooster, OH), 2000-09-28 Wooster Voice Editors Follow this and additional works at: https://openworks.wooster.edu/voice1991-2000 Recommended Citation Editors, Wooster Voice, "The oosW ter Voice (Wooster, OH), 2000-09-28" (2000). The Voice: 1991-2000. 254. https://openworks.wooster.edu/voice1991-2000/254 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the "The oV ice" Student Newspaper Collection at Open Works, a service of The oC llege of Wooster Libraries. It has been accepted for inclusion in The oV ice: 1991-2000 by an authorized administrator of Open Works. For more information, please contact [email protected]. September 28, 2000 On The Web Vol. CXVII, No. 5 www.wooster.eduvoice America's Oldest WeeklyICECollege Newspaper A -ID ! - I : was under medication i ! I Comeback party plan proposed 1 t ; when I made the decision -- , - !i Auble : to burn the tapes. Karen j Managing Editor group of people brought together to generate it -- Richard Nixon Later this week, an ad-h- oc committee debat- ideas," Brown said. However, if the regulations all-camp- us I - . all-campus-pa- . r ing the future of rties will submit proposed last Tuesday night by the f- its revised party contract fop final approval party planning committee become policy, new from the deans. If approved, the contract will safety and security precautions will take effect lift the moratorium on all-camp- us parties in from the onset Bissman and Armington enforced early this A number of problems and potential risks all-camp- Brown attributed to the former us Yost and Gable House will academic year. The committee process, Director of Housing party contract, "any one of which I am certain new coffeehouse in all-camp- us debut and Residential Life David Brown said, "all would have killed parties for October. along ... wanted to resolve this so that we can good," he said. Brown cited, for example, --page 3 get campus parties finding out "the sta going as quickly as was to ... tistic that over half of possible." While The idea just all reported sexual Brown had suggested pause them for now, exam- assaults on campus the idea of putting a chal- are directly tied to ine the issues and all-camp- us moratorium on all-camp- us parties." parties as a lenge ourselves to resolve By limiting access to Abortion abounds: Letters way to deal with them," Brown said. dorm rooms and . responding to Gloria inherent" problems cracking down on Ralph Nadet Feldt's forum speech temporarily, he said the policy was not meant underage drinking. Brown suggested the prob- -- all-camp- page 5 to cancel us parties indefinitely. lem could potentially be minimized. lor riesiacni "While placing a moratorium i is, in and of Additional regulations which would take 17. itself, a kind decision, it doesn't decide what effect for all-camp- us parties include moving t of - i.. to do with parties. The idea was just to ... pause the bar to the larger informal lounges of them for now, examine the issues and challenge Bissman and Armington for more effective ourselves to resolve them," Brown said. monitoring; designating "hosting responsibili- Brown met with the committee whose ties" to hosting groups; increasing the Sneak peek at ;: representatives included Assistant Director of hourly pay rate of party assistants; and Homecoming attractions Residence Life David Wagner, Director of keeping the count of attendees within the --page 7 Student Activities Bob Rodda and Assistant capacity established under fire codes. Director Jen Kynkor; Linda Hanna, alcohol If the new party contract passes into policy and abuse prevention specialist; Greeks from this week, Brown said, "we will effectively year. Last the Inter-Gree- k Council and independent have only lost one week over last residents in Bissman' and Armington; and year the first party was at the end of September. members of the deans' staff five times This year, feasibly, wt could be ready for the in two weeks. first party soon," he said. for Xast year, an ad-h- oc committee had Matt Epps '01, IGC representative Council, also supported the proposed Helpful hints for one-nig-ht been appointed by Campus : Council to Campus stands over Fall Break probe the issue of alcohol and examine contract "I'm very relieved that this is happen- all-camp- us problem situation," he said. "I -- existing regulations on parties but ing. It was a page 9 more. I ultimately tabled the issue. The recently-place- d was expecting less and we're getting moratorium only added a degree of like it For the Greek community, this means a urgency an incentive for the committee lot" to get problems resolved quickly. "This The proposed contract, however, remains it implemented, parties, t Should be f-- r was a group that really wanted to see proposed. Many stuJcnts. expressed sur-p-u- to or Armington. A poten- solutions," Brown said. will return Bissman Nader's policies hut sjiJ t!.ey be!. cm i In" sponsor cannot yet be n. ' independent party " i-ti- . i Committee member and tial first cotiU not v.;n t! ' A -- comment-ed,"O- n ' resident, Kim Fukai 03 authorized. f t : .1 Wooster keeper Adam Bissman t. ::i ci::.. i v. ... i.i Brown explained, "We ' -- we com- In the meantime, ' ! ; : up, . every problem that came . Wegner gains NCAC vte iurN.. r v : ,e out- this committee and member- -- promised a lot We came up with a good will maintain c s- - ; jrecognition rnoiL" i.f an .'. :''., j r ; on to deal with ; ... in the I 1 line. We made parties safer than last year ship committee eljr.ts v.. ! y t' 1. t u t ' ' --page 11 now will be ' - ! ' so there 1 ! terms of potential," she said. future problems; V.iJ-- M cop :: t!..it s' deal with problems com- group to .- -.; "It is important to recognize that this an advisory . ') mittee is not a decision-makin- g body; it's a that come up," he said. 2 News Editor: Laura Nesler Assistant Editor: Alex Pries Hanna to raise alcohol awareness 2U72SSIG AbeAbrams. which students who have these Jill Treftz Staff Writer - issues can come and talk about . Chief Staff Writer' . Counseling services is holding them in a safe, comfortable and The newest addition to the support group meetings for stu- undrstandixig environnicnt," he said. Student Health Center staffs dents who have been diagnosed ' Students who suspect that they Prevention Specialist . Linda with depression, bipolar disor- ,are suffering from any of these Hanna has a lot to teach the stu- der or obsessive-compulsiv- e disorders and have not been diag Malmon-rBer-g dents at the College of disorder. .. nosed yet should see Dr. Wooster. The group was started a few privately before1 attending ; stu- Citing a survey sent out to years ago by Dr. Mike Malmon-Ber- g ' the meetings. - dents last (spring, she discussed after he noticed that the stu : The group meets -- Tuesdays the alarming tendency of many dent body was becoming increas from 7:30 to 9 p.m. ki' Hygeia. Wooster students to use alcohol to ingly depressed. - . For more information, call Dr. "connect" with their peers. W "I wanted to start a group in Malmon-Ber- s at ext. 2343. "We're going to talk about the long-ter- m effects of that. We're going to talk about the short term Students Offer Help effects," she said. In her capacity as a prevention Auca Nathison Relations, an idea what their specialist, Hanna works with a Staff Writer opinions are. number of organizations on cam- Some students on campus are the input they receive in pus to promote awareness of With, Linda Hanna, the new specialist at Photo by Amelia Kays -- playing a vital role in improving the groups Walton and and education about drug and focus alcohol abuse. Hygeia, is working with students to address concerns they have the future for this college. Hanna will make a "recommen- Two weeks ago, Vice President as to what She began by looking at the with alcohol and substance abuse issues. dation to the trustees for Finance and Business Bob should do campus and identifying what she they think the college Thursday. The goal of this alcohol and substance abuse Walton sent out 300 random sur based on the information," Walton referred to as "at risk students," ' ' veys to students, asking them to. - - .' those who are most seriously committee is to increase con- issues training in her work on said. sciousness - of substance a youthadult hotline for be part of a focus group which Walton is very pleased with the threatened by substance ' abuse. abuse problems. Portage Path Behavioral would discuss certain aspects of groups so far and sr.iJ, "everyone These students, including first Hanna believes that raised Health, an Akron-base- d the college atmosphere that is doing a red'y good job." i rrr-rove-d. At": or,1 v. ' Greek awareness among the student organization. should te :r a In the f .-- w ; ;;s to pick years, athletes, members of ' -- - : s.v "s i, . ..- organizations and women stu- population is one of 'the most A longtime Ohio resident, she few r: p::J V'Zon ;r in trying " ; ' ' .11 - dents (because of the correla- important issues she must has programmed special events t' i e-- r cico-t- 1 1 J their ::!!' ' ' - tion between substance abuse address. - and worked with a number of r .