"It's here because it's THE COWL true, not true because it's here." Volume XXIX Wednesday, September 15, 1976 Providence, R.I. 02*18 8 Pagea Ultimatum Cited: PC Takes Pains Expand Or Reduce Last ween 134 seniors returned distant students," he said. to live on campus There are PC is not the only local college To Please Frosh fewer seniors than there are experiencing logistical problems. members of any other class UR1 has an on campus population By Carol Grabowski matched with prospective according to lour priorities: living at PC. The last four fresh• of 3,855; 1959 are women and 1896 On September 8, 629 freshmen roommates by means of a requests to live with specific man classes have been are men. arrived to live at Providence Residence Preference students, male requests for single significantly larger than 154. Three years ago, there were College. Colonel Anthony Questionnaire. The Residence rooms, questionnaires indicating Michael Backes, Director of between 300 and 350 triple rooms DelCorso, assistant director of Office distributed the compatible students with the Admissions, believes that the on the Kingston campus. There residence, claims that the Class questionnaire to freshmen and same dormitory preference, problem of overcrowding must be was much student protest against of 1980 moved in with fewer transfer students during the questionnaires indicating addressed. Backes believes that the (rippling. Last September, summer orientation. Prospective compatible students with no one factor which compounds the students were no longer housed in students answered questions dormitory preference. overcrowding problem is the fact triple rooms Lounges were concerning their smoking habits, McCaffrey explained that the that numerically the four classes converted into student rooms for allergies, and personal neatness questionnaire was an ex• are not oalanced. Backes temporary use. This year, URI is According to Donna Mc• periment The Residence Office believes that the College can maintaining 100 singles. The Caffrey, head women's resident, will continue using the Residence pursue one of two options: ex• remainder of on-campus rooms new students were olaced in Preference Questionnaire if pand dormitory facilities in the are doubles dormitories and with roommates See Dorms Page 4 Chapin property or reduce enrollment "the problem Donna McCaffrey, Head Women's Resident, claims that priority for housing goes to up- of overcrowding must Building Changes perclassmen. If, next year, a significant number of up- be addressed" perclassmen return to campus, space will be reserved for them Last year, fewer freshmen 'Most Extensive' before it is reserved for incoming were accepted to live at URI. freshmen. Despite this decrease, URI The Chapin property is no "It was a tremendous job," maintains a waiting list of over Last year, the Residence Office Col. DelCorso longer no-man's land, and sighed Burns last Friday, as the 200 students who would like to Harkins Hall's second floor is last work was being completed considered converting either live on campus. McDermott or Guzman into logistical problems than did last barely recognizable He soeculated that the women's dorms. McCaffrey The Residence Office did un• year's freshmen. "We had few Starting practically when the renovations were the most ex• claims that when the Residence dertake repairs over the summer gripes from parents this year as last diploma was handed out last tensive done on existing buildings Office oaw how many students to deal with PC's own logistical opposed to last year. I think we May, the maintenance depart• since the opening of PC. intended to live on campus it was problems. Housing officials only had two or three (parental ment, under the direction of Three buildings were decided that women's facilities purchased over 100 each of complaints)," said Col. Donald Burns, remodeled much renovated to house functions did not need expansion. bureaus, desks, mattresses, and DelCorso. of the Providence College which were formally contained Currently, between 19 and 23 lockers mainly for use in Aquinas This year's freshmen were campus on the upper campus. The former rooms in Meagher Hall are and Meagher. New flooring and Service Building, which played paneling were installed in host to the registration ad• housing four women instead of the customary three Aquinas basement. The old justments quagmire last week, vending machine room was Colonel Andrew DelCorso, will be a multi-purpose building turned into a study lounge. A new Assistant Director of Residence, Frosh Enrollment Swells for such purposes as mixers. bike room was created in believes that PC does need Hindle Hall, directly behind Aquinas basement. According to another dorm If many more Dore Hall, will be the center for Richard Fritz, purchasing agent students were to decide to live at the art department. All functions for the College, $52,646 was spent Campus Population PC, DelCorso questions whether and facilities, including photo on furniture, most of which was or not all of them could be fed on The second largest freshmen category, as compared to 122 last labs and art studios were moved used in Aquinas and Meagher there. campus. The cost could be class in Providence College fall. prohibitive. history formally enrolled last The former Laundry Building Hospital beds, desks, and lights week, boosting the College Most of the new class (843) are houses the ceramics department, DelCorso believes that students in Fennell were replaced. In Dore population to its largest ever. from the tn-state area of Rhode and the former Administration living more than 20 miles away Hall, seven, - six, - and five-man rooms were converted into four, - The class total of 1028 is a drop Island, Massachusetts, and Building, now named Howley from the campus should be given three, - and two-man rooms of 26 from the previous year's Connecticut, as is traditional. Hall, is home for the offices of the on-campus housing priority over Aquinas and McDermott were freshman sum. The freshman There are also 106 transfer sociology, mathematics, local students. "The 20-mile limit completely painted. New win• commuter population increased students. philosophy, political science, and doesn't mean that these students dows were installed in Joseph approximately 10 percent, while economics derjartments. couldn't live on. They would get and Stephen. the freshman resident population See Offices Page 7 on after we took care of more decreased 10 percent. But the new class is larger than the Class of 1976, which accounts for the larger total student population. In addition, applications in• creased three percent over the previous application season. There were 2139 applications, and 1028 paid tuition deposits. Fewer women joined the fresh• man class than last year (440- 417). This counteracts a gradual increase since 1971, when women were first admitted to PC. The most popular major among freshmen in business (254). Political Science (144) and otology (112) lollow. There is, however, a significantly smaller portion of the new student population electing to defer their choice of major. There are only 31 frosh in the undecided Inside Orleans Concert Page 3 Sport Quiz Page 7 . the lower campus Is where the action Is This l» Fennell Hall. -Cowl photo by Mike Delaney Page 2 Wednesday. September IS, 1 Congress Gears Up: Obituaries: "A Learning Experience" The Student Congress of Athletic Board, the Cowl, Dillon scholarship policies. Through the Providence College, occasionally Gub, Veritas. course of the year Congress PC Employee Stricken referred to as an "aristocracy," The entire Providence College would also be interested in fin• does not "try to control the whole community is a passive member ding out where PC is going from school; it's more like the op• of the Congress, said Sanford here and how much larger the Pasquale Carraccio, a chef at Campus of Roger Williams posite, we try to get everyone Anyone may come to a meeting school will become. Alumni cafeteria for the last five College together," stated Stephen San- and have a voice if recognized by Another Career Day is also years, died Monday night after He was born on July 24, 1911 in ford, Student Congress president. Sanford, but only active Congress planned, similar to the successful being stricken by an apparent Providence, and lived there for 51 The Student Congress is members may vote. The open Career Day of last year in which heart attack on Monday morning. years before moving to Johnston. composed of class officers and meetings are Sunday nights 3040 alumni from different fields Despite the quick efforts of He was an avid sports fan, and is representatives from various commencingat7:00p.m, usually set up tables in Slavin Center and First Sgt. Jackie Upton of the described by fellow workers as clubs and organizations on in Room 110 Slavin. Cowl Echtor- spoke to students. R.O.T.C. department to revive being "a good worker, and campus. Together with uvChief, George Lennon will Another major plan already Mr. Carraccio, the Johnston loyal." legislating bills, solving address the Congress at the under way is the reconstruction resident passed away at Roger The wake will be held through problems, and representing the September 19 meeting. of the faculty survey to make it William Hospital. He was 65 Wednesday night, from 7-9 p.m., students. Coneress is concerned Sanford views the Congress as less expensive and more helpful years old. at Tarro and Sons' Funeral with the Academics of PC. a "learning experience." He is The Student Congress Faculty Following World War II, he was Home, 425 Broadway, The eignt congressional pleased with how the Congress Survey," said Sanford, "is in• the proprietor of Pat's Arco Providence. A Mass of Christian committees, finance, ethics, has worked together. He has had tended to be a tool for the use of Station on Knight Street for 17 Burial will be celebrated at 9 ways and means, security and no problems with absenteeism or the Providence College ad• years.