\ eacon Monday, February 24,2003 William Paterson University • Volume 69 No. 19 Planning the future of WPU What do students want?"More University Master Planning at William Paterson?" buildings, more parking and ren- Committee's "Charette," held last Over 300 students, staff, and fac- ovations costing millions of dol- week in the Student Center. ulty signed up for the event, while lars, according to WPU Master "We've come a long way as an • approximately another 150 walked Planning Commitee's "Charette" institution over the last couple of through and participated, according decades," said Arnold Speert, uni- to Bob Bennett, assistant vice-pres- By Larry Clow versity president. "...We need to ident of capital planning for WPU. The Beacon take stock of who we are and what The culmination of the Charette we're doing." was a two-hour presentation of new Imagine this: you drive through Over the course of two days, the concepts to the campus community. Entry 4 near the library, passing the Student Center Cafe housed build- "We don't have any answers," William Paterson University ing blueprints and sitemaps of the said Michael Rudden, a member of Visitor's Center. A tree-lined road, university, as members of the the Saratoga Associates. "What we starting where Row A in lot 5 used Master Planning Committee and do have are emerging concepts." to be, leads you around campus. consultants from The Saratoga You pass the new residence hall Associates, a group of architects, Land rich, site poor behind Century and Hillside and engineers and planners, consulted speed by the Rec Center, now near- with students, compiled sugges- Those emerging concepts include ly double its original size. The road tions, and drew up plans for the the upcoming Wayne Hall/Student brings you to the new four-story future of the university. Center expansion; extensive reno- parking garage behind the Student . Students were encouraged to vations to the Science Building, Center. You park, catch the eleva-' walk through and write suggestions Rec Center, and Shea Center; a new tor, and walk into the heart of cam- on the maps as well as answer a residence hall; and the relocation of pus. series of 13 questions, with topics several university departments. This could be the .WPU of the ranging from "What do you consid- er the heart of campus?"-'to "What Continued on page 6 Assistant«*ftb«ll coach Vanessa Lenoir examines suggestions regarding WPtJ's athletic fields at future, based on suggestions and last week's Charette. Approximately 450 students and faculty attended the event. comments obtained at the is your most memorable experience Parking problems continue, Essence holds Langston but solutions are near Hughes poetry night By Steve DeGennaro Commuters who arrive on campus any- "Parking has gotten worse since I got By Jim Schofield Hughes' poetry, Essence . The Beacon , time after 8 a.mYwill find Lot 5, which is here," said junior Josh Vieria. "There are The Beacon provided a trio of jazz ' opposite Wayne, White, and Matelson less spots every time. I have to get here at musicians with flute, Mention the word "parking" and Halis, in a state of gridlock as students 7 a.m. for a 9:30 a.m. class." The poetry of Langston drums and keyboard to chances are William Paterson students circle around the lot or line up and wait Anew parking lot, which can hold 275 Hughes and a jazz trio provide background music will cringe in terror. Full lots, too many for other students to walk to their cars. vehicles, has been completed at the served as a backdrop for to accompany the poetry. reserved parking spaces, 30-minute waits Most students are forced to either arrive Valley Road campus. Students have not Essence Magazine's open "He is one of my ; for spots—it's no surprise that parking hours before their class is scheduled to yet had a need to utilize that lot as of yet, mic night on Feb. 19. favorite poets because his provokes strong reactions from WPU stu- begin, or park in Lot 6, which is near the Horvath said. The first hour of the whole style is different dents. Rec. Center and make the hike to the aca- "As more and more classes are sched- event was dedicated to than anyone else's," said "Sometimes vehicles are parked in two demic buildings. uled at [Valley Road] it should free up readings of Langston Michael. "He set the stage spots at once," said one WPU senior. Many students claim the university has space at the main campus," Horvath said. Hughes' poetry by Essence for many poets to follow." "Other times, you can wait an hour for a done nothing to alleviate these problems, According to Steve Bolyai, vice presi- President Lori Michael, Essence holds a number: spot and someone will drive up out of but that's not true, according to top uni- dent of administration and finance, the James Suit, Christina of open mics and poetry nowhere and steal it from you." versity officials. For the last few months, Master Planning Committee is in the Cummings and Andrew nights throughout the year According to one student, the best time the administration has been working hard middle of a process to look at the facili- Visconti. Following this, with a variety of different to find a space is to arrive 15 minutes to address the commuter-parking issues. ties and infrastructure of the campus. students were permitted to themes. Essence also puts before classes start. According to Police Chief Michael The University has hired an engineer to come to the mic and read out a yearly literary maga- zine. Submissions can be "The only way to find a spot is to Horvath, the campus has 3,422 spaces on look at the traffic patterns as part of a their own poetry, tell sto- sent to: come when classes are getting out," she campus that students are allowed to park larger master plan ries or perform music, all said. "If you go early, you wind up wait- in. Lot 5 has 1,049 and in Lot 6 there are "There will be no radical changes staples of Essence events. [email protected] ing." 942. If a student arrives at school by [made to parking] until we get findings The event was "well anytime before February 28. ; The chief complaints that commuter 7:30 a.m., Horvath said he or she can see from the traffic engineer," Bolyai said. attended" according to students have echoed over the years has that Lot 5 is nearly filled with resident Michael. been the lack of parking on campus. student's vehicles. Continued on page 4 During the readings of TT. WPU's Check out Fixer "Above Black" reviewed Snow-pocalypse! Page 12 Page18 Page 7 beacon Produced on The independent, student-run Staff newspaper of William Paterson University. Published every Monday. 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ASSOCIATE D C PLC Mass Prince of Peace Chapel Majors and Minors Day SAPB Meeting 12:30 p.m. SC Ballroom SC203 Calender 11:30-1:30 5 p.m. SGA Club Presidents Meeting SC203 Mass SABLE Meeting Events 4 p.m. Towers Pavillion ; Prince of Peace Chapel 8 p.m. 12:30 p.m. Poetry Slam "Jake's Women" featuring MUMS Beacon Staff meeting sponsored by SAPB & NAACP Black Box Theatre SC310 8 p.m. SC Ballroom Common hour 7 p.m. Sister to Sister Conference Entries due for Essence SC Ballroom SGA Executive Board Meeting 8:30 a.m.-4, p.m. Magazine Mass SC 326 email: Pioneer Basketball vs. Stockton Prince of Peace Chapel 4 p.m. [email protected] Men: 2 p.m. for details 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Women: 4 p.m. Spotlight Series Center Cafe Mass "Jake's Women" 6 p.m. Prince of Peace Chapel Black Box Theatre Campus Calendar submissions are taken 5 p.m. 8 p.m. on a space-available basis: "Jake's Women" first come, first printed. Black Box Theatre "Jake's Women" Submissions for calendar due 12:30 and 8 p.m. Black Box Theatre fridays by noon for following 8 p.m. Come up and check out The Monday's publication. Beacon in the Student Center, Fax: 973-720-2093 room 310 Email: [email protected] 2 the beacon weekly • february 24, 2003 By Jim Schofield and Karf Mozian Environmentalists express concern over dumping The Beacon snow in rivers Following the massive amounts of snow dropped in the Philadelphia and New York Tri-State Areas during the recent Snowpocalypse {see page 7), the snow removal Philippine teadm respond cautiously to corotmt roles capacities of several municipalities in New Jersey and for US Soldiers eastern Pennsylvania were stretched to their limit.