The College of Wooster Open Works The oV ice: 1991-2000 "The oV ice" Student Newspaper Collection 11-11-1999 The oW oster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1999-11-11 Wooster Voice Editors Follow this and additional works at: https://openworks.wooster.edu/voice1991-2000 Recommended Citation Editors, Wooster Voice, "The oosW ter Voice (Wooster, OH), 1999-11-11" (1999). The Voice: 1991-2000. 234. https://openworks.wooster.edu/voice1991-2000/234 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the "The oV ice" Student Newspaper Collection at Open Works, a service of The oC llege of Wooster Libraries. It has been accepted for inclusion in The oV ice: 1991-2000 by an authorized administrator of Open Works. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 66 have smoked a joint, and there J nothing wrong with thai ... I have donefar stupider thing on alcohol. Thursday, Give someone a Hendrix tape 11, 1999 and ajoint and stick them in November the corner, and he 's happy. The K Voice Jr$sr Wntura Volume CXVI, Issue 10 America's:ts:JOldest Weekly College Newspaper www. wooster. eduvoice Wance Cotzcsrl sstor weeJcend Gault appointed new chair of Avon College benefactor picked to revitalize cosmetics company's performance Luke Lindberg external ice dispensers, helping to Editor-in-Chi- ef vault the company into the top ranks For Stan Gault, making news at of appliance manufacturers. The College of Wooster is no big Gault left GE in 1980 to become deal. Being named chairman of a the CEO of Rubbermaid. His impact large, internationally known corpo- on the company was nothing short ration is. of fantastic. This past week, Gault, a 1948 A two-on- e split in Rubbermaid's graduate of the College, was named stock over an 1 1 -- year period earned ' ' chairman of cosmetics power Avon some investors over $15,000 on an 'mm-- mm J ', ... I Products, Inc. The 73-ye- ar old investment not a tenth of that size Gault, the former chairman of both in 1980. Essentially, someone in- Goodyear in Akron and Wooster's vesting $1,000 in Rubbermaid in own Rubbermaid Corporation, has 1980 would have made close to high hopes of turning Avon's stock $20,000 on that investment by the market performance around in the time Gault left the company in 1991. PHOTO BY BEN SPlfcLDfcNNER coming years. His success at both After leaving Rubbermaid, Gault Goodyear and Rubbermaid made took the role of chairman and CEO Sarah Young '00 will perform the self-choreograp- hed solo piece "her relicking" at the Fall Dance Concert Friday this an easy decision for Avon's of Goodyear, turning large profits at ' and Salurday.November 12 and 13, at 8:15 p.m. in Freedlander Theater. The evening, titled "Emerging board of directors. Gault replaces that corporation as well until his l n Choreographers, " v.-r'- he r.n erh'CVc cn"h!i,-ii- ethnic movements choreographed by . .. rf modern, ballet and Charles R. Perrin, who had previ- 1994 retirement. - . College of tstMster ;,..r tus. ,. .. ,..:, , ..,., - " ously resigned as Avon's acting Gault, who did not directly seek Seep. - i- - , .- --c, c ... cftke concert. - ? Z. " chairman. the position at Avon, has served on Avon, a cosmetics company that the Avon board of directors for the markets makeup to women all over past 14 years. the world, reported revenue of $5.2 Outside of the corporate realm, Students petition for reading days billion last year. However, Avon also Gault's recent community contribu- Naomi Kresge thing about it." Sunday May 7, 2000. Kollar ad- reported that their stock market per- tions, most notably to The College ,. News Editor The issue of extended reading dressed the discrepancy between formance has fallen in recent years. of Wooster, have been nothing short For the first time in two years, the days became a topic of discussion schedules for the two semesters, The stock price has fallen 34 per- of staggering. The 1995 addition of end of this semester will include early this year at the Campus Coun- saying that she is unaware "how ... cent in the past 12 months and the Gault Library for Independent three reading days for Wooster stu cil retreat over the weekend of Sep- three reading days one semester and shares, which recently closed Study is a direct result of monies dents. Campus Council member tember 24, after which White and two the next is valuable in the least." around 29 dollars per share, were that Gault donated to the school. Courtney White '01 and SGA Di- Campus Council Chair Jen Sorrells Both Kollar and White cited an down over two and a half dollars in Gault Recital Hall, located in Scheide rector of Student Services and already set graduation date as recent stock exchange trading. Music Center, is another campus ar- Special Projects Erin Kollar well as the fact that senior In- Gault's career began in 1948 chitectural feature that exists courtesy '01 are currently circulating a "We are doing things because dependent Study projects will when, after graduating from of Gault's contributions. petition to give students the we think they're important to already be turned in by May as Wooster, he took a job at General Gault's most recent gift of $1 mil- same opportunity again in the students. Notjust us - we're possible reasons for the re- Electric. He spent the following lion was made over alumni weekend, future. duced number of second se- years developing refrigerators with 1998. probably not going to benefit mester reading days. According to White, the pe it, " said Kollar. tition aims to show the pro from Petition signer Alex Reed '01 This Week In the Voice: fessors and the Educational agreed, saying that "because Policy Committee that students re- 01 met with Dean of Faculty Tho- they are unwilling to move the Viewpoints Arts & Entf.rtainmknt ally care about this issue and that it mas Faulkner to discuss the topic. graduation date" to provide more Letters, letters, letters. "Emerging Choreographers." .would be both appreciated and valu- The independent petition effort co- reading days, "it does seem to be a The campus community responds, Students share their artistry, able to have the extra reading days." incides with a Council letter of rec- very senior-centr- ic system." pages 4 & 5 page 7 White said that "this has been an ommendation sent to the EPC two Both White and Kollar also em- issue since the spring semester of weeks ago. phasized the unlikelihood of the Features Sports "Community Is, Community Scots sneak by Case Western. 1998. .then I brought reading days The academic schedule for next please see READING DAYS, Ain't' Discussion of race and class at Wooster. "Game of the century" to be next week, up last year in SGA and surpris- semester currently includes two page 2 ingly enough they didn't do any reading days: Saturday May 6 and page 6 page 12 SAB and The College Under- "Short Cuts" will show 1 After Hours CaK is 10 Betty Stauffer, Executive Di- ground will present a dinner the- in Mateer Auditorium at 7:30 0i!t ijticis (Piifro Ip.m.-- l a.m. in the Under- - rector of a Cleveland transitional ater production of Lee Blessing's p.m. on Friday. """ ground on Wednesday. Bring housing project, will join former "A Walk in the Woods," featur- The FaD Dance Concert is at 8: 15 Nature photographer Jack in a canned good donation and re- resident Letha Watley to discuss ing Christopher Matsos '00 and p.m. Friday and Saturday in Winfield Ross will speak on ceive a free hot chocolate or Cof- hunger and homelessncss at 7 pm in Prof. Richard Figge. Dinner will Freedlander Theatre. Tickets required. "Heaven Under Our Feet" on Tues- fee. Limit two. the Lowry Pit on Monday, Nov. 15. begin at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, SAB is sponsoring a laser tag trip day in Mateer Auditorium at 8 p.m. The Wooster Forum Series con- The WVN board invites the Col- 11-1- 9--11 group Apollo's lege to fast next week to raise money Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3. from p.m. on Friday, $3. A seminar will follow at 9 p.m. tinues with musical Tickets are $4.00 per person for "Analyze This" will show in Fire at 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday in and awareness of world hunger. COW students. Mateer Auditorium at 8 pm on Sat, $1. McGaw Chapel. COMPILED V HaNNAUJUI BaTU News 1 QlQQ Thurs, erll UNITY: aiming for diversity Group holds all-camp-us workshop Tuesday night Camp us Crime first Alex Pries - - UNITY ar&.invited to Wednesag tughts at Cotfctvllield9:30p.m. in the Babcock -- alcohol tickets were issued in Bissman and Staff Writer Amanda Cotten, Dave Reeves or Formal On Nov. 5th, two ' ' - " Lounge. Armington. v. ' This past Tuesday night in Lbwry :' any of the other members. All are J ' Bissman s third floor was also vandalized with graffiti, and several Center, the newest campus croup, - welcome at future meetings; which " all-camp- students on the second floor were caught with marijuana. " ' -- : UNITY, had their first us " : On Nov. 6th, six alcohol tickets were issued in Armington, Holden workshop. According to UNITY and the Underground. An angry student also refused to cooporate member Amanda Cotten '02,;"the-evening'- s yM J si with security outside of Holden. A case of indecent exposure was workshop was "to help later reported, when a student was caught Urinating outside the students ... recognize prejudices -- Severence Chemistry building.