Connecticut College Digital Commons @ Connecticut College 1988-1989 Student Newspapers 12-6-1988 College Voice Vol. 12 No. 13 Connecticut College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1988_1989 Recommended Citation Connecticut College, "College Voice Vol. 12 No. 13" (1988). 1988-1989. 2. https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1988_1989/2 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1988-1989 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. THE CO GE VOICE Volume XII, Number 12 Ad Fontes December 6, 1988 Decision '88: Students Michael Deaver Speaks Rally Against ~ Lecture . Despite Student Protest by Craie TIIlIberI by Renner Johnston TheCoIIegoVoke The College Vol« Fonner AssistantDePuty,~ -. Amid continuing protests and campus divisioo, Michael K. Deaver, Chief of Staff for the Reagan ~ former deputy chief of staff to Ronald Reagan, addressed a standing room Administration Micheal Deaver. 1 ooly audience Thursday, December 1, in Dana HalL The Student Activi- met with considerable protest last" l!>.._---l "'--'--' ties Council (SAC) reportedly paid Deaver $4000 plus expenses to speak Thursday by Connecticut College Michael K. Deaver speoldog 10students In Dana Hall as a part of the "Decisions '88 Lecture Series." students who felt that such an "un- "He wasn't very energetic; he wasn't very inspiring," complained ethical" man should not be paid Arnold Madison Kee, staff intern at Unity House and member of the $4000 to speak on their campus. discussioo panel. "In the future, SAC should "What he delivered was basically the mainstream republican line:' know what they are talking about," said Doug Berenson, '91, editor of thecampus magazine In Politics and said one student the during the pIan- . student member of the panel. ning stages of the protest. "The Deaver, a close associate of President Ronald Reagan for twenty years and a former member of the so-called troika, a group of Reagan ' stop Student Activities Council," he I accused, "did not know that Deaver advisors which also included Ed Meese, James Baker ill,opened the pres- was a crook, and had been con- entation with a short speech in which he analyzed the 1988 presidential and victed of perjury. They made a congressional elections. He then responded to questions from a panel mistake." consisting ofKee, Berenson, Kim cress, '89, and government professors However, Betsy Grenier of Raj K. Kapur and Maureen Moakley. Student Activities Council (SAC) "The dirty campaign issue is particularly interesting," explained said that they had done research on : Deaver. "I do not share the view that this campaign, and especially the Deaver and were well aware of his campaign by George Bush, was dirty." tainted record before the contract, Deaver asserted that the negative tone in the 1988 election was "not Grenier said that she had" ...no re- Students protesting Deaver set by the Bush campaign. It was set by a determined effort in the media, gretatall,"aboutSAC'sdecisionto ~--------------------- -i, including the Doonesbory cartoon strip, to portray the vice president as a hire Deaver for the '88 Election SAC had "..• no regret at all," about their wimp." lecture series and said that she was He also blamed the democratic convention and its "litany of verbal " ...glad that there was a protest" decision to hire Deaver for the '88 Election low blows as the senator from Chappaquiddick asked where George was because she thought it brought out lecture series and said they were .•• "glad that and a woman with enough hairspray in her hair to cushion a fall from a more people. motorcycle fired cheap shot after cheap shot at the vice president." During the press conference, there was a protest." because it brought out AJthough Deaverpraised the Bush campaign for using "classic,mod- Deaverresponded to the controver- more people em political techniques," he stressed the shortcomings of the campaign as cia! posters that had flooded the portrayed by television news, saying "you must give them what they want; See Deal'er p.6 See stll!l_~~_p:6 _. 13 Seniors Selected as 1988 Winthrop Scholars cent, the remaining 1. percent is "This conege was almust by Mlcbael S. Borowski selected sometime in the spring. namedWinthropCollegeafterhjm, The College Voice The chapter does not, however, you know. He was a man of great Thirteen seniors were se- have to have a complete 10percent learning:' she said. lected before Thanksgiving to of the class. For example, if after Since then. the name origi- become Winthrop Scholars. The geuing 6 percent more there is a nally intended for the bonor society scholars are junior members of Phi large break in grade point averages has become the name for the junior Beta Kappa. Marian Doro, lasn (GPA), Phi Beta Kappa does not members of Phi Beta Kappa. year's president of the Connecti- have to select the remaining 1per- Connecticut College also has a. cut College chapter of Phi Beta cent," she said. long history with Phi Beta Kappa. Kappa, explained that only 3 per- Those students selected in the "We have been fortunate to have cent of the senior class is invited to spring are judged on their work had presidents who !!ave been join during the first semester, from freshman year up to and in- members of Phi Beta Kappa, " Doro "It was based entirely on aca- cluding ftrst semester of senior said ' demics. Those invited the first half year. The College's current Presi- of the year are judged on their According to Doro, Winthrop dent, Claire Gaudiani. is also a work from .freshman to junior Scholars wpe created because the member of Phi Beta Kappa. While ......... Doro's COllllllClllS were ech- year," she said. "Thattop 3percent college needed an honors society to no exact ftgures were available, Beta KapPa is the highestacademic oed by WintJtroP Scholar Jennifer constitutes the best in the class." become chartered as part of Phi Doro said that approximately half award one can earn as an under- Perry. "It is one of the most w0n- "The chapter allows up to 10 BetaKawa Thesocietywasnamed of the faculty at Connecticut Col- graduate. Unlike cJmt laude, we derful honors the College can be- percent of the senior class to join," after John Winthrop, Connecticut's lege are members. take into account freshman year," See SdoGIan I" Doro said. "After the initial 3 per- first governor. "Becoming a member of Phi she said Arts &Leisure Page 4 PageS Page 7 Page 12 ' ... '. 1 ..... 00====================== 1~VIEWPOINT j.l: TIleSGA~ident MustBea - i :,.::.:-.:..:,.,:.:/:..:-,~;~< < ' Vanguard Not an Umpire ~""=:i~~~~~~.<\(:::.:-:::.<~:.~>:.::'.;...... ..' ~ bas~=~:::::S:~~~~~~ .1£ indleSllldeDtassembly:be~procedtoabstalnf~~eryassembly ~ vote. 'I1Iou8b lJIlder die gov.......... ures 0 ''''0> assembly, as � _;=~~ specified in Robert's Rules o/Order, die president may choose to _; ~ .-=.~.-.::::--,- voteoolyincasesofatie, Bottum'schoice raises many important areasofcoocem. , ~ When we e1ect our leaders, we do so believing that they will --=--- SClVeus acconlingto our interests. We vote for a candidate because of what that person represents: his or her ideas, policies, charisma - and effectiveness. Similarly, we personally gauge a leader's suc- cess by how that person fulfills our expectations, expectations promised during die previous year's campaign. The Long Term Effects and Benefits of Any SlOdent on campus can walk into the assembly on a Thwsday nigbt and hear issues of concern discussed by our elected the Beehive Would be Considerable house senators and executive board members. When the time comes for a vote, stodents witness each elected official's stand on Letter to the Voice: needs of the College. such as raising faculty salaries or making technological improvements. Essentially, the plan is an Issue, This provides an accountability: we then know if.one of our representatives isholding firmly to campaign promises made Several points inthe Editorial of the November 16th issue to fund the renovation from donations. Realistically, there to additional1y showing the public his or her individual beliefs of the Voice ("Needed Improvements are Far MoreImportant are donors who will give to therenovating ofCro who will not us, then Cro Renovation") need to be addressed Beyond the fact oontribute to other areas of the college. No renovations will andconcems, OJrrently, iJ.lan effort to maintain a Ievelofneutra1 that this editorial represents a singular viewpoint on this occur until acertain levelof financial security is reached from ity boMering ou anonymity, BOttum bas made abstention from matter, it simplifies many of the issues. and the writer is external donations. In. addition, in the estimated total figure voting a rule, not an exception, J misinformed. included in the editorial, nearly half of that has been desig- Allboughhe may rear swaying orpolarizing theassemplyQVer First, the editorial assumes that lhe proposed renovations nated for an academic department, deferred maintenance, his single vote, such thoughtS are bardly Wammted: theP-"l~ident would not be beneficial improvements, that they would not and handicapped facilities. The renovation of Cro is an does, after all, vote last.. Perhaps 6Ottum. wishes toaygi/l·.the contribute to making Connecticut College "great," Of objective which has been sought for several years. The Trustees. the new President, administrators, faculty and "public eye" of the assembly but does bave~trong()Qinio'Q$: on course, the renovation of Cro would not, and should not, be assembly issues; (lCIbaps he avoids public SCtUtlnyl,>Y doing most the only factor thateonstitutes a "great school," 'The work of students have been working for. and share a commitment to. of WOIk "behind the "If this isthe is the space planner illustrates that the long term effects and the renovation of Crozier-Williams as part of the continuing his scenes.