VOLUME 31/NUMBER 16/WIDENER COLLEGE/FRIDAY, FEB. 11, 1977 ~,.~ ; ~ Additions to cut program tlll1e• •In half by Rob Nock for the installation of two display Philadelphia, this capacity will not Technicians from Burroughs terminals which will provide be utilized unless funds are made Corporation have begun the display of information on a available for the hook-up' with process of adding both internal and television like screen when these machines. external memory capacity to required. Once they have been Widener's computer facility as the tested and proven reliable it is first step in meeting commitments hope that they can be used to Already installed are two made to the college when Widener provide the business office and Genesis One rebuilt keypunch signed a lease purchase agreement registrar with rapid access to machines which are available for for the Boroughs 1726 computer. student information when needed. ) student use in the computer The agreement, which became A longer term goal will be the facility, these machines have effective last January 1st, includes installation of numerous display replaced the two Borouihs the addition of more than twice as terminals within the next" two or keypunches formerly used by much internal memory storage as three years, so that students may student programmers, con­ well as the replacement of four punch programs, receive im- sideration is being given to disk cartridges with two disk packs mediate feedback and correct their relocating the Boroughs units at a for external memory storage. errors. remote location from the computer Because each pack can hold the facility with most weight being equivalent of about twenty car­ Addition of the new terminals . given to placement in Kapelski tridges memory this will provide requires some adjustment of the Learning Center. Such a move much greater flexibility fo.r the programs which are already set up would give management and data processing facility. in the computer as well as an ex- humanities students greater ac­ In order to accomplish the task tensive testing period to insure that cess to the keypunching facilities of adding the memory Burroughs all the functions are operating when they need it. will require access to the computer smoothly. each Monday from 8 a.m. until 2 Other improvements which will Remarkably, the new agreement p.rn . until the additions bre be included are the addition of represents an ' increase in lease completed sometime in early another computer langauge fees of less than 5 percent over the March. Once completed the (Basic) and the capacity to link our l~st lease agreement. All in all it is Phil Craig . computer is expected to be able to computer with other computers heartening to know that Widener Computer additions will provide twice as much internal memory handle most student's programs in such as the one at the University of has obtained a large capacity for storage and will be able to handle most students' programs in about about half the time now required. Delaware or the IBM computer at future expansion with a minimal half the time as before. Additional plans are being made Unicoll Corporation in increase in the budget. Hundreth Night II's ot quiet on the 'C ester front. by Derek Barrow Who could imagine that they could freak out.. ... in Chester? The tradition of One Hundred Night was with us for another year. Each Spring semester the senior students begin a countdown of the remaining days of school. When the night of the hundreth day until graduation arrives - sanity leaves. After four years of labs, lectures, library hours, and all the other blessings of college the Senior class is permitted to break loose from the "juste milieau" of higher education. There was a time when this cutting loose meant malicious mischief, no longer, the modern college student is more mature than his acient counterpart. This year the celebration began with a frantic beer drinking bout in the Hobbit. The Senior class drank several half kegs of 'Mich' in four hours. Disco music dinned their ears mercilessly as sobriety absented herself from the campus. The party moved to the 'Quad' in front of Howell Hall. The military history of our school returned as the area quickly resembled a small fire fight. Rockets, pinwheels and Roman candles spewed forth flazing magnesium; firecrackers and ashcans exploded cacaphonously, filling the air with the aroma of cordite and black powder; people ran about screaming incoherently as if in a Dionesian madness. It was absolutely fantastic! The class of '77 ended their 100th Night with a minimum of alter­ cations and casualties. There was only one pugnatorial combat, one tree destroyed, and many rolls of precious toilet paper thrown over the trees of the 'quad.' The Safety people were kindly tolerant of the Clint a.d •• rantings of the Seniors, as were the underclassmen (and women) .... If Shades of the Woodstock generation as the class of '77 turned out to start the coun1down to graduation the juniors think they can do it any better.... see you all next year. on 100th night. ·2-THE DOME, FRIDAY, FEB. 11, 1977 Editorials Letters Read It whl'le" It lasts +- lOOth Nlte Thank . y~u by Tom Kerr such .as Walio's Frog Pond and Campus Casino, have the attitude that they don't The following is probably the most ·A ·sad need our ads since our students habitually regrettable thing I have ever had to print flock to their establishments. Do The­ in The Dome. On March 4, The Dome will Dome a favor; for a change support our ' Dear Editor, publish its last issue for the year. The advertisers, like Wendy's and the Anvil reasons are many, yet they all come down Inn. story to one simple statement. The cost of As a senior nursing student, I wish to printing exceeds our budget. In other . But even this is not sufficient. Therefore . extend my appreciation to Alan Columbus, words, we do g.ot h~ve the money to pay for in the near future, The Dome will be President of the senior class, for his kind remembrance of the senior nursing the printing bills of any issue after March sponsoring several fund-raising events. In the past; hundredth night has been students on l00th night. It seems although 4. Please help us so that we may contiliue to notorious 'for-the wild and riotous actions the nursing students have been neglected serve you. of soon to be graduates of Widener College. -in the past, Al did us a fine service by At present we are pursuing every Unfortunately in years past things have saving a number of l00th night T-shirts for avenue in an a ttempt to raise the capital in oten gotten out of hand; luckily this year Finally, the.re will be a staff meeting the nursing students that were scheduled order to keep publishing. But we need your proved to be a little milder .. today in The Dome office at 4: 15. It's vital to work on' Thursday evening. help. Specifically we are looking for an that all staff members attend this meeting advertiSing manager. Someone who is in order to decide the future of The Dome. Sad to say there was on regrettable Through his thoughtfulness, Al has willing to spend a little time each week If you are not a member of the staff, but incident between certain combative enabled us to hold some fond remem­ contacting local businesses in search of have some helpful suggestions please stop students. And what is worse, injuries did brance of our years at. Widener College. ads for the paper. But advertising isn't the in The Dome office. result from this confrontation . complete· answer. Unfortunately we are loca ted in an area where the advertising As the future of The Dome begins to take Aside from the obvious deplorable ac­ Thank You, market., to say the least, is wanting. And shape we will keep you up to date in future tions, there is an underlying reaction M. DeSantis these local businesses who could help us, issues. which is equally regrettable. When con­ Senior Nursing Student fronted by the Campus Safety personnel, the crowd reaction of the students was amazing. You would've thought you were watching a western movie where swift justice rules. The students were ugly to ' THEflOME Snaclc bar say the least They clllled for immediate WIDENER COLLEGE imprisonment for the attackers, while Box 1185 showing little concern for the injured and (215876-5551 Ext. 410) even less for our democratic system of Chester, P~19013 - justice. Published by the students of Widener From last resort It's sad and ironic that those people we College for the college community on Fri­ often criticize; soon become the models we days during the academic year, except dur­ follow and imitate. ing examinations and immediately follow­ ing vacation. Opinions.expressed herein do not necessarily coincide with those of the to f.irst choice administration. Mail subscription price of $6 per year. Postage paid Chester, Pa. 19013. Executive Editc:»r by Barbara J.-Rickman found that much to my surprise, the place music in the form of juke box not allowed TOM KERR is now under new management. Changes to gobble up your money, longer hours - Having been a commuter for four out of there are, and my highest commendations these are only a few of the marvelous News Editor my almost six sem.esters here at Widener, for them are extended to Pete Boisvert for innova tions for which Pete is responsible. KEN TULLY I've spent a.