Counseling Center goodbye,see page 7 Volume 68 • N um ber 29 The Student Newspaper ofDrexel University M ay 28,1993 Student fashion, designs shown Dept of Fashion and Visual Studies presents annual student show Stacy Lutkus national Fashion Group Award industiy observed Wednesday’s News Editor for the Most Creative Day show. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Wear, Hannah Rosenberg; the Among those in attendance May 25 and 26, Drexel’s Anthony J. Drexel Biddle III were Koko Hashim, fashion Department of Fashion and Award for the Best Design by a director for the Limited Corpo­ Visual Studies presented its Junior, Kate Raudenbush; and ration; Jim Siewert, fashion annual student fashion show. the Drexel Student Fashion director for Hoechest Celanese; Various awards were pre­ Group Award for the Best and Pam Keon, store manager sented on Wednesday evening for Saks Fifth Avenue. at the show. ^^Everyone worked In addition, reviewers from The awards and winners are extremely hard, and The Philadelphia Inquirer and as follows: the Frank Agostino The Main Line Times attended Award for Best of Show, Han­ every aspect of the the show. It was also featured nah Rosenberg; the Tony Lem- on the Channel 6 News on May er Award for Most Creative show was 26. Design and Execution, Le Tran; successful Smith, along with students in the Oscar de la Renta Award his fashion show production for the Best Graduate Collec­ class, produced the show. tion, Abbe Greenwood; the -Trung Nguyen, ’93 Smith said that the students did Laura Lenet Award for the Fashion Design everything from designing the Most Creative Senior Collec­ set to publicizing the event to tion, Hannah Rosenberg; the design by a Sophomore, Lieu selling tickets. Sara Cerato Award for the Tran. “We took a lot of risks this Most Saleable Senior Collec­ Nguyen said, “Everyone year,” Smith said, citing the use tion, Trung Nguyen; the Henry worked extremely hard, and of a black stage as an example. Callahan Award for the Most every aspect of the show was Smith explained that a white or Glamorous Evening Design, successful.” light-colored stage is normally Megan Rothermel; the Bill According to Joseph Smith, used in fashion shows. Blass Faculty Award for Excel­ instructor in the Department of He said, “I’m so happy lence in Design and Technique, Fashion and Visual Studies, [with the show], I can’t stand Sudents* designs were modeled at the Department o f I s b a n Kavl/ThbTuanole Le Tran; the Philadelphia Inter­ various members of the fashion it.” Fashion and Visual Studies* annual studetU fashion show. Faculty Senate holds special meeting to discuss student life P a t r ic ia O ’B r ie n the standing committee on stu­ Hackney said that improving improving each other. was asked what the student life N ews Writer dent life, was “unavoidably retention rates is a general con­ • Student life can be support­ budget was, because she had The Faculty Senate devoted a committed to being somewhere cern and “anything to do this is ive of the academic mission by stated earlier that it has been special meeting to student life else,” according to Kay, and so helpful.” helping to build an environment cut by $560,000. She was on Tuesday, May 25, in Creese Dr. Oleh Tretiak from the stu­ Hackney said that an institu­ where learning can take place. unable to give a precise num­ Student Center’s Grand Hall. dent life committee was intro­ tion has three objectives: to • Student activities can be a ber, but said that the figure was The session was called to duced. develop the whole student, to great learning experience: probably around 15 percent of order by Senate Chair Jack Kay Tretiak introduced the meet­ share the responsibility to pro­ Henry Cisneros, a member of this year’s budget. at 3:10 p.m. There were no ing’s speaker. Interim Vice duce the best graduate, and to President Clinton’s cabinet, Several professors asked minutes to be approved because Provost for Student Life and provide a learning environment. once said, “I’d have to say I about the outsourcing of the it was a special meeting. Dean of Students Diana Hack­ Collaboration between acad­ learned as much from extra-cur­ counseling center, expressing Kay announced that the idea ney. emics and student life is impor­ ricular activities as I did in the concern that an off-campus cen­ for this special meeting was Hackney used publicized tant, according to Hackney, for classroom.” ter would seem less appealing presented to the steering com­ research in order to show the the following reasons: Hackney told the senate that to students. mittee by the standing commit­ Faculty Senate the purpose of • The academic aspect, when the student life faces many Hackney responded that out­ tee on student life. student life. integrated with the social challenges, among which are a sourcing the counseling center The student life committee She reported that students aspect, improves retention shrinking student life budget; “was the right thing to do.” She thought that the Faculty Senate have approximately 70 hours of rates. lower enrollment,which impacts said that even without budget didn’t pay enough attention to idle time a week, not including • Both the faculty and stu­ income due to the general fee; cuts it would have been consid­ student life, and this meeting sleeping and eating. She also dent life have a stake in the and image studies, which indi­ ered because, “I care that much was to educate the faculty about reported that it has been shown education of the students. cate that alumni and other out­ about the students.” student life and to remedy the that students who participate in • Student life can enhance siders perceive Drexel as a Hackney explained that out­ lack of attention paid to student student life activities are more the academic mission. That is, school lacking a student life. sourcing the counseling center life. satisfied and less likely to drop student activities and academic Hackney then fielded ques­ resulted in counselors holding Dr. Edward Koziara, head of out of school. work can be useful tools in tions from the senators. She higher degrees, a program that focuses more on problem solv­ ing so that continuous counsel­ Student Congress plans barbecue for DU students ing is not necessary, and diver­ sity counseling which was not Retail complex also discussed at last meeting under current Student Congress leadership possible with the former coun­ J o n a t h a n C. P o e t Douglas Smith, student vice we have received,” said Smith. of design arts, raised concern seling center which only had News Writer provost for student life, Smith also announced that over the publication of votes in three counselors. Student Congress held its last announced that the Building the standard operating proce­ The Triangle'^ May 7 issue. The faculty also asked sever­ meeting under current leader­ and Properties Committee of dures (SOP), an integral part of The votes on the impeachment al questions about the Universi­ ship on Monday, May 24. The the Board of Trustees has com­ the new constitution, are near­ of Chuck Maun, former senior ty’s heath services. major issues discussed were a missioned Bower and Lewis ing completion. The SOP will class president, and Mike Traz- Currently, approximately barbecue to be held for the gen­ Architects to do a study of the govern those procedures not in erra, former senior class vice 5,200 Drexel students are pri­ eral student body, and the state Creese Student Center. Con­ the constitution. president, were published with­ vately insured, 1,200 purchase of the proposed retail complex. gress had urged the Board of Gershenoff announced that out warning to congress mem­ insurance through Drexel’s Student Congress President Trustees to re-examine the stu­ all positions were not yet filled bers. Greater Atlantic plan, and 5,500 Robyn Gershenoff asked Con­ dent center as a site for a retail for the new government. Next Chris Grazioso, vice presi­ See SENATE on page 3 gress to approve $2,500 for a complex on campus. year’s Undergraduate Student dent and treasurer, responded barbecue to be held on June 2. The retail center, which Government Association will that such a publication should The money will be used for the would bring several area stores decide on those positions which have been announced at the iNf TWS ISSUE purchase of food and a deejay. to campus, was going to be have not yet been filled. time of voting, but noted that it The approval was granted by a built on Market Street, between Guled Hersi, international was a constitutional act to do m - Q p vote of 17-0-1. The money will the Personnel Building and representative, asked if it was so. “ C u i ^ S 1 0 come out of the programming Commonwealth Hall. However, possible to computerize some Certainly, we are all held budget. congress put pressure on the of the records for voting. accountable for the decisions G ^henoff said that the bar­ administration to make the Jason Livingood, chief jus­ we make here in congress,” said becue would be a way for stu­ retail center an addition to tice, said that the elections Grazioso. He also added that he dents to meet the new congress, Creese Student Center. committee was interested in would like to make all votes “The project is moving along computerizing voting in some registered next year, so that stu­ student organizations, and the i;v successful sportS| teams of the quite quickly ..
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