Bridgewater State University Virtual Commons - Bridgewater State University The ommeC nt Campus Journals and Publications 1987 The ommeC nt, April 2, 1987 Bridgewater State College Volume 64 Number 8 Recommended Citation Bridgewater State College. (1987). The Comment, April 2, 1987. 64(8). Retrieved from: http://vc.bridgew.edu/comment/608 This item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. -"· t. By Director. sons for the moves in an inter- Bill Bilodeau These moves were in response view on Monday,"! don't think to the revelation on Thursday anyone acted in a malicious way~ When former Bridgewater that one of the players on the I think it was a case of sloppi­ football hero Gerard Indelicato BSC baseball team may be ness. The ball was dropped. The was appointed president of ineligible to play, costing the ball was dropped in two cases, Bridgewater State College, the team five early-season victories. and in my opinion, when the ball last thing anyone expected was That news came on the heels of is dropped, someone has to that there would be trouble with . an NCAA decision denying respond, and I did. I'm struck the school~s athletic program. Bridgewater's appeal in the Fran that you could have such a prob­ However, the problems in that Leeman case. That case involved lem of ineligibility, and not go in area continue to mount. The the overturning of the Women's the next week and clean things latest of these controversies basketball team's 22-3 record up." occured last Friday when Indeli­ because of the ineligibility of Neither Ruggerio nor Thimas cato announced the reassign­ Leeman who was, according to would comment on the motives . ment of former BSC Athletic the ECAC, playing her fifth year behind the president's moves, ..... .,. ....... Director George "Bo" Rugerrio of varsity college ball. but Ruggerio did say he was ............... _ ~ to Associate Athletic Director "You take these two events," "looking forward to my new Mary Lou Thimas and George "Bo" Ruggiero and Associate A.D. Mary Lou explained Indelicato, " two very assignment as Associate Athletic Thimas to Assistant A.D. In serious, serious events in the life Director with both Saul and any pendous job and it's an honor to As to being offered the job of addition, Indelicato appointed of this college. I felt very strongly new Athletic Director." be associated with him. He's Athletic Director, Auslander Saul Auslander, a professor in that as president of this college, I Auslander, for his part, was contributed greatly t'o this ·had this to say: .. The president the Depa_rtment of Management had to take some action." also anticipating his new posi-. school and I hope he will con­ asked me to help him out. It goes Science, as the acting Athletic Indelicato expressed his rea- tion. "I feel _Bo has done a stu- tribute more." 111 Cont. p. 2 The Comment 'Bd.dgew_ater State. College April 2, 1987 Vo.I LXiV'No 8 Bridgewater, MA. group on campus issues• A student protest was held by our$,,,. "Ask not what you can a group of 15 students to bring to do for your SchooJ:..Ask what the attention of the administra- your school can do for you• .. in tion problems on campus. addition to other slogans, began The march began on the steps their march. · of the ARCC at 10 a.m. on Wed- They got as far as Tillinghast nesday, April I. From there, the Hall when another protester Protesters gather on the front steps of Boyden Hall yesterday to rally support procession made their way up to called them back, saying that . for 8 number Of C8U$9$, despite the falling SnOW. (Stall photo by Milte Abusheery) the steps of Boyden Hall, where there were more people in the they were met by President front of the building. The eight · agreed to answer their questions their contract will be terminated MaTie Sullivan stated, "The Gerard Indelicato, Vice- 'walked back through the then. and there despite the if the food quality does not administration should spend a presidents Edward Meaney, ARCC, signs aloft. The now weather. improve. week_ living as the students do. ·Joseph Chiccarelli, Robert Dil- larger group set out for Boyden · The dial9gue lasted approxi­ Many other concerns were Remember, that means they can Iman and David Deep, as well as Hall, where the administrators mately 45 minutes. addressed in much the same have no money with them.••· other administrators. · waited in the falling snow. One of the first questions was manner, with Indelicato shoot- Concerns over the protest The group assembled on the When they arrived, Indelicato in regard to the Dunfey•s inci­ -ing back answers as quickly as began last week at the weekly steps of the· ARCC; at approxi- asked the protesters to set a time dent of a year ago, wh~n the Stu­ the questions were raised. SGA meeting. During Executive. mately 10 a.m., eight people car- and date to sit down and discuss dent Government Association One vocal student said that Session, it was decided that the rying signs that read 0 "President the problems, towhich several of went to a hotel on Cape Cod to the grO'Up was afraid ofretribu.:.. prob I ems need·ed to be Undemocrato ... What's Next?," the protesters responded, "We're revise their constitution; Indeli­ tion" by the administration, that addressed, so.another meeting of ''Dunfey's-No Justice-Where's speaking now." Indelicato cato responded that the incident Indelicato would "try to cut the Gener.al Assembty'was sche­ occurred under the previous funding" of the student organi- duled for Thursday. The leaders administration and that.the case zations that the protesters are of the protest were invited to Chorale Society was closed. When one student involved with. uPeople are attend. but none showed up said the problem was still scared," she said. · because DeSilva warned them unsettled, Indelicato responded, "There•s no retribution," that they should notattenp. visits Europe for "It's unsettled only in that it Indelicato said. "111 go· any- "I told them not to show up;• didn't go the way you wanted it where, anytime, anyplace and said DeSilva, ••1 didn't want to." meet with anyone." anyone to get in frou ble." He, concert tour On the problem of the school's Dilip DeSilva, spokesman for too, feared that the administra­ By Austria. Numerous perfor­ snow. policy, Indelicato the protesters, ended the rally by tion would seek retribution. Patrick Morin mances were held in each informed the students that there thanking the president fo:r On Wednesday, flyers were country with . the Bridge­ · is a call-in system to find out if speaking with them, and told the distributed around.· campus by The Bridgewater State water group holding center classes have been cancelled. students, "You all showed these the protest organizers that read: Chorale Society concluded a stage at each. When food service on campus things have to be addressed.'' FED.;;UP, two week visit to. Eastern Each of the nat.ions was brought up, Indelicato said The protest ended at 10:45 Sick and Tired, Europe·· last week which emphasized cultural that he was not happy with with Afterwards, . one of the only Had Enough? proved to be very successful. exchanges, enabling the the present situation. He protesters who would, identify or... A group comprised of Dr. group to perform at concert explained that he had ·been in themselves to the adminstration 1. Comm~ter/ Resident Parking Jacob Libetles, 18 BSC sin­ halls nearly 300 years old. contact with the people at Cus­ or the press, J .A.· Berard,.· said9 Problems .gers and others, stopped in Chorale member Sean tom Service Management, and "President Indelicato is a 2. Tripled-up Dorms 11 Cont. Romania, Hungary, and p. 2 he informed the company that manipulator." •·Cont. P• 4 . ' ·,' 'j 2 The Comment Thursday, April 2, 1987 News 8 j1 ~4 s I, A Notebook L~ By present problems of the judi­ Edmund F. Ward cial system. The assembly then moved into an open 1. General Assembly meet­ discussion to debate the ing March 24, 1987 issue of a "students-fed-up" The meeting began at 6:04 flier that had been distrib­ as President Dilip Desilva uted. The debate lasted welcomed the General thirty two minutes. In a Assembly back from spring powerful speech, Presiden­ break and introduced Paul tial advisor Dan Darcy Goulart ·as his personal cho­ warned the. General Assem­ ice for SGA Elections Direc­ bly against supporting any tor pending the resignation anonymous group, but to of Dean Toppi . from _that take action itself, its own position in Motion number way, the SGA way. 108 that night. Paul Gou- Applause followed Darcy's 1art's appointment was. speech and t~e meeting approved. Motion number adjourned shortly there­ I 09 proposed to raise the after. SGA secretary's salary but was ta bled pending informa­ Members of the Chorale Society perform outside a church in tion from the Personnel 3. General Assembly meet­ Hungary. Office. ing on March 31, 1987 At 6:50 pm, at the request. Called to order at 6: 10 • of President Desilva, the' pm, the first Motion on the Chorale Society 1n General Assembly entered Assembly's agenda was to Executive session. At 7:45 promote the SGA secretary pm the Assembly left Execu­ from Junior Clerk and Europe tive Session and no informa­ Typist status to Senior Clerk tion was disclosed. The and Typist.