Ursinus College Digital Commons @ Ursinus College Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper Newspapers 2-9-1979 The Grizzly, February 9, 1979 Jack Hauler Ursinus College Thomas A. Reilly Ursinus College Gary Aaronson Ursinus College Mark Woodland Ursinus College Brian Barlow 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 oy u. Recommended Citation Hauler, Jack; Reilly, Thomas A.; Aaronson, Gary; Woodland, Mark; Barlow, Brian; Newman, Michael; Ayres, Frank; Bassett, Jennifer; Lyding, Christopher; O'Neill, John; Emmons, Wesley; Armbrust, Lori; Dougherty, Raymond; Garner, David; and Cogger, Robert B., "The Grizzly, February 9, 1979" (1979). 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Cogger This book is available at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/13 VOLUME 1, NO. 13 URSINUS COLLEGE, COLLEGEVILLE, PA. 19426 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1979 -False AI.arm Leads To Student Arrest A Ursinus junior was arraigned Bruce Penuel then informed the Residents of the dormitory Tuesday morning on six charges student that he had sufficient agree with police that the student relating to the false alarm in the cause to arrest the student and was drunk, but say that they do College's Curtis dormitory the would reveal his hand without the not know who pulled the alarm. night before. student's cooperation. Police say he then z.ssaulted the officer box. They transported the student The student, who is a resident while resisting arrest. to the Pottstown Police station of Norristown, appeared before where police say he assaulted two District Justice Bernard Maher on After handcuffing the student, Lower Providence police officers. charges of aggravated assault, police took samples of blood He was held by police until his simple assault, resisting arrest, from the floor around the alarm arraignment. turning in _a false alarm, public drunkenness and disorderly con­ duct. He was released on his own recogmzance and will appear before Maher again on Thursday, .Alarm Penalty February 15, for a preliminary hearing. Admitting to a false alarm need mary penalty. Police say they entered the Curtis Hall not lead to arrest or penalty The staff member went on to say (Photo by Gary Aaronson) dormitory to investigate the alarm, according to a member of the that the majority of students who and found the glass cover of an Dean of Students office. admit pulling a false alarm report alarm box smashed and blO:9d on According to the staff member, that the alarm was accidental. Annual Report Reveals .the surrounding floor and walls. the fire company and police as Even though some students admit Police allege that when they well as local district justices have to sounding false alarms and all asked the student to show them allowed students who come false alarms are investigated by Enrollment Decline his hands, which police say he forward and admit turning in the school and authorities, most was hiding beneath a jacket, he by Thomas A. Remy false ftre alarms to go unpunished false alarm cases on campus are efused. According to police. or accept a non criminal, sum- never solved, the dean concluded. The annual Report of the students. The sophomore class :ollegeville Borough Officer Presiden t for the 1977-1978 consists of 167 men and 96 school year has indicated that women, totaling 263 students; the Ursinus' total enrollment was 2% junior class is made up of 126 men 10 Crackdown lower in September 1978 than in and 92 women, with a total of 218; the preceding September. Also, and the senior class has a total of According to a member of the ~ the number of freshman women 226 students, 134 being men, and Wood Food Service organization, and day students matriculating in 92 women. Also, there are 14 men the new rules announced yester­ September 1978 increased over and 13 women Who are special or :lay requiring students to show the comparable number ' in Sep­ ')art-time students. college identification cards during tember 1977, but the number of -Other items in the annual meals were called for by the incoming men turned out to be 35 ~eport concerned health profes­ college Dining Hall Committee. fewer. Total enrollment for the iions placement and Ursinus' The committee, composed of new year is 1034 students. budget last year. Seventy-six per faculty and students, says that Also reported in the Urslnus cent of Ursinus students applying the identification procedure CoUege BaUetin for January was for admission to graduate school which required students to show the distribution of class size for in the health professions were their cards before entering cafete­ 1978-79. In the freshman class, accepted. In addition, last year ria style meals failed to stop an there is a total of 166 men and 134 Ursinus oper.a!t!d again without a estimated average of ten non­ women for..a total class size of 300 deficit. residents a day, according to the employee. The price tag for meals eaten by Coacb Skip Werley w&tehes his team as the Brains spUt USGA Election Results non-residents may be as high as two games this week•••• See Page 8 (Photo by ~aronson) One day after the polls closed major, will face a run off election 53400 if the estimate is correct. tn the 1979 Ursinus Student Gov- for Men's Vice President follow­ ernment Association election, ing their tie in Thursday's USGA Will new committee reflect student voice? four offices have yet to be filled. ballotting. Also to be decided is John Fuller, a sophomore eco- who will fill the offices of corres· . nomics major, and David I ponding Secretary, one of two McPhillips, a junior biology Continued on page 6 SFARC Disbandment Questioned The disbandment of the Stu- however, many differences can lated that this majority of staff 1ent Faculty Administration Re­ be seen between its structure and members will result in a faculty lations Committee (SFARC) and that of SFARC. First, the Campus committee chairmanship. Tradi­ What's Inside ••• the subsequent creation of a new Life Committee is now a sub­ tionally, SF ARC had been chaired Campus Life Committee has been committee of the faculty as well by a student. brought under criticism by at as the USGA, and it is believed Another negative view ex­ Falae Alarm aDd the oath of sUeDce •••••••••••••••••••• Page 2 least one . senior member of that the faculty will acquire an pressed is that since the Campus SF ARC. Speculation has been unequal balance of its control. Life Committee is now a faculty Career Co1lJlle1lDg Servleel offered ..•••...•....•••... Page 2 expressed that the action - will As a result of this change, the sub-committee, formal reports strongly inhibit student opinion in chairmanship will also be open to will be given at monthly staff A mukallook at AI u~ Allee ••••.••••••••••.•. Pages 4 ud 5 campus affairs, and possibly either student or faculty commit­ meetings. As a rule, students are weaken the influence which tee members. Inasmuch as there not permitted to attend such Jim SueD revlewl dlDlna ehugel •••••.•••••••••••..• Page 6 SFARC had acquired in recent will be five student members, five meetings. In recent months, there years. faculty representatives, one ad­ . has been much controversy over A vIetorioas week In lPOrts ...•. _....••...•••.•..•.... Page 8 The new Campus Life Commit­ ministration member and one the pUblication and openness -of tee will be effect ive as of April; board representative, it is specu- Continued on page 6 '---....----------- ........---- ............ ................... PAGE 2 THE GRIZZLY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9,1979 ,COMMENT••. The View From Here by Robert B. Coller False Alarms Career Counseling & Placement Services An editorial dealing with false alarms has become an annual event Again this year we are pleased most students. other career materials is main­ for this paper. In fact. false alarms tend to occur with peculiar that large numbers of students The Placement Bureau services tained in the Career Resources re~ularity . are using the services and facili­ are available to all college stu­ Room, adjacent to the Placement Seldom. though. has a false alarm resulted in an arrest. The ties of the ?Iacement Bureau dents and alumni. Information Office. Notices about campus public mood. measured by police and fire company reaction. has which is located on the first floor about full time and part-time interviews and some vacancy changed. The nominal response to the alarm of the fire company of Corson Hall. This article may employment and summer jobs is announcements are listed in the coupled with the activity of state and local police signal a weariness; an help inform Ursinus students available in the Placement Office. Dally BuUetin. Sign-up sheets are unwillingness to allow the problem of campus false alarms to remain a about the various services avail­ In addition to bulletin board and available in the Placement Office problem within the domain of college discipline. There is no reason to able to them in the Placement clipboard postings of positions for campus interviews which take believe that the arrest Tuesday is atypical of what students and Office.