Freshmen preparefor DU experience Projection screens to be

Volume 63
July 8, 1988
‘Gross immaturity*
D r e x e l s tu d e n t lo s e s
v is a o n a r m s c h a rg e
by Susan J. Talbutt
Of The Triangle
Manny Vander-Vennen/2TA« TtHmmgi*
Freshman Orientation Leader Amy Hammersmith guidesfuture freshman around campus this week. *
F resh m en p re p a re fo r D U experience
by Kevin Fosko
Triangle Staff Writer
Summer term is the time for
freshman OTientation for the in­
coming class of 1993 and this
year, the Freshman Center, under
the leadership of Mark Blaweiss,
has d e v e lq )^ a new £^proach to
the orientation format
Instead of the one-day orienta­
tion for both residents and com­
muters held in previous years,
there is now an expanded two day
orientation program for all stu­
dents and their p ar^ts. Part of
the idea behind the two-day orientation for residents, according
to Dean Blaweiss, is to “allow
students to gain experience in
living in a residence hall, to have
a roommate, and u> learn to live
together on a floor, sharing bath­
rooms and such ”
Resident students are living in
Tower Dorm, while their p a r^ ts
are staying in Myers Hall.
The program, called “Preview
’88,” includes separate activities
for both students and parents.
Resident students will meet with
members of RLO, the deans of
their respective colleges, and will
have simulated large lecture and
recitation type class experiences.
S tudents will also take mandatory
reading and writing tests, and have
several group seminars.
New this year in the orientation
program, beside the overnight
stay, are barbecues in the Creese
Volleyball Court and a schedul­
ing workshop where students can
choose their classes and request
specific sections. Freshmen also
are able to meet with college
advisors and have an evening
social in the Dragon's Den.
Commuting students will have
a similar orientation program
including group meetings, prereg­
istration, college advising and
meeting with the dean of their re­
spective colleges but wiU not,
however, stay in the dorms.
Students’ costs for the orienta­
tion program are $15 for com­
muters and $65 for residents.
Funds generated through the pro­
gram will cover DUFS meal al­
lowances, and for residents, a fee
set by RLO for the use of the
dormitory facilities.
Parents have a separate orienta­
tion, which for parents of both
commuters and residents includes
meetings with college ofHcials,
dq)artment heads, and represen­
tatives from various supped serv­
ices such as financial .aid, coop­
erative education, comptroller,
andOSIR. Campus tours are also
given, and seminars are given on
resident/commuter life and col­
lege life in general. In addition,
parents of resident freshmen have
a safety/security seminar, and are
able to take a tour of Philadelphia.
Two graduate students, Sheryl
Mette and Mary Ronan, were hired
for the summer to assist Blaweiss
in running the program. Mette
arid Ronan are master’s degree
students in college student per­
sonnel at Bowling Green State
University, in Bowling Green,
Ohio. Nineteen Drexel under­
graduates were also hired to assist
in the runnjing of the program.
continued on page 2
C o n g re ss seek s s p o rts g ra d e re p o rtin g
By Brian Goodman
Of The Triangle
If a bill introduced in Congress
June 13 becomes law, colleges
across the nation would have to
report grades and graduation rates
of their student athletes to the
federal government and to high
school seniors being recruited for
sports teams.
The bill, called the Student
Right-to-Know Act by co-spon­
sors Sen. Bill Bradley (D-NJ.)
and Rep. Tom McMillan, aims to
give a high school athlete the
means to “weigh his academic
prospects as well as his athletic
prospects’* when choosing a
school, according to Bradley.
John Semanik, University ath­
letic director, feels that the bill’s
passage would not materially
affect Drexel’s recruiting pros­
pects, claiming that the measure
is aimed primarily at schools that
are recruiting unqualified athletes.
“All our athletes are admitted
on their high school credentials,
as are all other students. If an
athlete can’t make it into my
school he doesn’t play on our
teams,” said Semanik.
Although the athletic depart­
ment was unable to release actual
grade and graduation statisitics,
pending compilation and submis­
sion for the NCAA, Semanik
claimed that athletes’ graduation
rates are “the same as regular
students or better.”
“We’re not afraid of totals.
They’re just separating student
athletes as special students.”
Tina Kunzer, senior assistant
athletic director at the University
of Nevada-Las Vegas, agreed,
saying it is unfair to isolate stu­
dent athletes from the rest of the
student body.
“I would not mind if the entire
student body’s grades were high­
lighted, but I have a problem with
isolating the student athlete,” she
said. ‘Too often we forget they
are first and foremost students,
although they have a lot more
demands on their time than other
students.**
In a hearing on Thursday, J une
30, Yoshino Kosugi was sen­
tenced to five years probation and
a $3 ,000 fine after pleading guilty
to charges that he tried to board a
night to Japan from Philadelphia
International Airport on June 12
while carrying a disassembled air
pistol, pracuce grenades, flash
powder, road flares, carbon diox­
ide cartridges, among other “in­
cendiary devices.”
Kosugi was f(Hx;ed to surrender
his student visa and return to his
native Japan. If he returns to
America, he must serve a one year
suspended sentence. Japanese
authorities say they have no in­
tendon of filing charges against
him.
Said U.S. Magistrate Edwin E.
Naythons, who acccptcd the guilty
plea, to Kosugi, “Your action, of
course, was one of gross imma­
turity and foolishness.”
Kosugi’s lawyer, F. Michael
Medway, had defended him say­
ing Kosugi was unaware that he
was breaking federal law and was
merely a collector of military para­
phernalia.
F.B.l. investigations were
unable to link Kosugi to any
known terrorist organization.
Medway, said he was pleased
that Kosugi was released and
would be reluming to his home.
Kosugi could have faced a
maximum sentence of five years
in prison and a $25,000 fine.
Information for this article was
gathered in part from the
Philadelphia Inquirer
P r o je c tio n s c r e e n s
to b e r e p la c e d
by Brian Goodman
O f The Triangle
After evaluating a number of
new LCD overhead computer
display systems, the Office of
Computing Sendees and Instruc­
tional Media Services have se­
lected Kodak’s Datashow system
to replace existing video projec­
tion equipment in lecture hialls
throughout the campus.
First installed in 1983 to sup­
port the emerging microcomputer
program, the current projectors
require lecture halls to be dark
and project a “green and fuzzy”
image, making it difficult for
students to take notes.
Acccwding to Acting Vice Presi­
dent for Academic Affairs Rich­
ard Schneider, the old projectors
were the only affordable ones
available for the Macintosh and
until recently higher quality pro­
jectors cost up to six times the
price of the existing projectors.
The Datashow system, however,
has provided the University with
a higher quality projection sys­
tem at a relatively low cost. Con­
sisting of a plate about the size of
a book that plugs into an adapter
installed in the back of the Macin­
tosh, the system is an “elecu^onic
transparency” which permits the
Macintosh image to be projected
on a standard projection screen
by an overhead projector.
Since an overhead projector is
much, brighter than the existing
video jxojectors, lights in lecture
halls need not be completely
dimmed as the overhead projec­
tors are. In addition, the projected
image is in black and white, simi­
lar to the Mac display.
The new equipment is sched­
uled to be delivered this month
and will be installed some time
during the Summer Term in the
five lecture halls around campus
that currently have video projectOTS.
M other Drexel beatified
Triangle News Desk
Vatican officials recently an­
nounced the imminent beatifica­
tion of Mother Katherine Drexel,
niece of University founder An­
thony J. Drexel.
According to Rev. Paul Molinari, who is pressing Mother
Drexel^ cause as her “postulator,” or presenter, the Congrega­
tion for the Causes of Saints unani­
mously accepted a miracle attrib­
uted to the intercession of Mother
Drexel.
The Congregation found that in
1974, a man named Robert J.
Gutherman regained hearing in
his right ear as a result of his
family and members of the Sis­
ters of the Blessed Sacrament
praying for Mother Drexel’s aid.
Mother Drexel founded the
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
in 1891 as a religious order dedcicated to working to improve the
lot of blacks and American Indi­
ans. She u^iveled extensively
throughout the United States,
particularly in the Southwest, and
lived on less than a dollar a day.
She gave approximately $20 mil­
lion of her personal inheritance to
further her order’s work.
In a written statement released
by the order, Sister M. Juliana
Haynes, president, said, “We are
delighted Uiat our foundress., .may
soon be declared blessed by the
church.
There are many people alive
The Triangle
J u ly
8,
1988
C iv il rig h ts le a d e r a c c e p ts fa c u lty p o s t;a w a r d s a n n o u n c e d
Triangle News Desk
Civil rights leader Julian Bond
has been appointed a visiting
professor in the University’s history>politics department for the
1988-89 academic year, accord­
ing to Dr. Thomas Canavan, dean
of the College of Humanities and
Social Sciences.
Canavan said Bond will de­
liver bi-weekly lectures in a spe­
cial topics course focusing on the
personalities and issues that have
shaped the civil rights movement,
partKularly during the 1950s and
’60s. Bond will also give public
lectures and lead woiicshop dis­
cussions on topics of interest to
the academic community and the
general public.
"Bond is one of the foremost
Hgures in the modem civil rights
movement, and we’re delighted
he’s accepted this appointment,”
Canavan said. “He will be provid­
ing historical and political per­
spectives on the civil rights cause.
in which he is playing a promi­
nent role.”
Bond became a national figure
in the 1960s, helping to lead the
effort to integrate Atlanta’s movie
theaters, restaurants, and parks.
It was by a 1966 decision of the
U.S. Supreme Court that Bond
first took his seat in the Georgia
General Assembly, having been
denied it by the legislature be­
cause of his opposition to the Vi­
etnam War. He subsequently went
on to serve four terms in the house
and six in the Senate.
Bond spend much of his child­
hood in the Philadelphia area. His
father. Dr. Horace Mann Bond,
was the first black president of the
nation’s oldest private black col­
lege, Lincoln University, located
in C h ests County, Pa.
A graduate of Morehouse Col­
lege in Atlanta, Bond holds hon­
orary degrees firom 14 colleges
anduniv^ities. Hehosts“AmCTican Black Forum,” the only blackowned show in TV syndication.
and ha3 narrated documentaries
such as PBS’s recent series, “Eyes
on the Prize.”
On other faculty and adminstrative fronts:
Richard W. Schneider, vice
president for research and acting
vice president for academic af­
fairs has recently announced the
winners in the University’s Re­
search Scholar Award competi­
tion for the 1988-89 academic
year. The winners and the titles of
their outstanding proposals in­
clude:
Avijit Baner jee - “Maintenance
of Reliability in a Complex, Dis­
crete Multiproduct M wufacturing System”, College of Business
and Administration, Department
of Management and C^ganizational Sciences
David Theo Goldberg - “Rac­
ist Discourse”, College of Hu­
manities and Social Sciences,
Department of Humanities and
Communicatons
Jesus L arralde-M uro an d
George E. Veyera - “A Labora­
tory Study of Pavement Pumping
Mechanisms with Applications of
Geotextile Fabrics”, College of
Engineering, Department of Civil
Engineering
Annette Shandler Levitt “Roger Vitrac, Premier Surreal­
ist”, College of Humanities and
Social Sciences, Department of
Humanities and Communications
Yen Wei - “New Electrically
Conductive Polymers with Multi­
dimensional CcHijugation Net­
work”, College of Science, De­
partment of Chemistry
O rie n ta tio n p re p a re s fu tu re fre s h m e n
continuedfrom page 1
Fifteen students are responsible
for small groups of about ten to
fifteen students during each of the
six orientation sessions, while the
remaining four are leaders of
parent groups for the orientation
sessions.
Out of a pool of eighty £ ^ licants, the ninetera Drexel under­
graduate students that w ^ hired
for the program are Lenny
Comma, Kevin Codce, Amy
Hammersmith, Kris Martin,
Melissa Tribuiani, Kelly Hunter,
Scott Yockus, Sabrina Khammer,
Melissa Mackin, Kristin Mischler, Pat Murgueytio, Anelle Ri­
cardo, Gwyn Urick, Marsha
Wood, Gary Rosenzweig, Susan
Edmondson, Jon Farrow, Lisa
Gensem ^, and Shawnna Key.
This is the first year that students
have gotten paid to be group
advisors. As orientation staff
members, the students have un­
dergone a two-week training pro­
gram which included meetings
with all the different departments
to review what should be covered
in the orientation program. The
students are also on call 24 hours
aday to take careof studentneeds/
problems during their ovmiight
stay.
By having a longer orientation
for freshmra, it is hoped that the
incoming students can get a more
in-depth view of college life.
1 BR, 2 BR. E f f ic ie n c ie s
FRO M $ 3 5 0 PE R M ONTH
WITH WALKING DISTANCE TO ALL
DREXEL UNIVERSITY FACILITIES.
Mother Drexel
continuedfrom page 1
today...who knew Mother Kath­
erine pers<xudly and realized she
was a holy woman. There are
many more [people] who bene­
fited fircxn her service both during
her lifetime and after h ^ death.”
Mother Drexel was 21 when
she turned away from the affluent
life of her w eal^y family to found
the Sisters of the B less^ Sacra­
m ent She died in 1966 at the age
of 96.
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C M k for your uaed M ac A Peripherals. We
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lU m io ii K a rd o ii 45 waM la tc g ra te d
Am plifier- Harmon Kardon Tuner and ADC
10 band EQ. $300 Call Pat 387-0449.
Taw R aaai Iffld a a c jr- April ItL $383 phit
eloc;
Large three bedroom , July l it 673 ptaa eiec;
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All at 3408 Race 387-7186. Mark
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R epair". A lto tax delinquent propert. Call
(803)-«44-9333. Ext. 1390 for info.
Tw ol
on 34th St. between Hamilton and Spring
Garden Stt. Ultra eat-in-kitchin, DW , tile,
badi, hardwood floors, all new phmibtng and
«riring. Available June 13. O.K . for 3 people.
$730 including heat. 729-4644.
U p frad c your M aclntoth through Simmons
Consulting (Formerly Disk Luggage) for the
quickest f t best tervice. All upgrades done in
your dorm or apt. in 13 min. Hundreds of
upgrades completed nationwide. CaU Kevin at
(213) 471-9242, II a.m . - 6 p.m .
L arge stad io a p a rtM n t on 34Ui St. and
Spring Gardan>All ne re-hab, ultra eat-inkitchin, tile bath, hardwood flo o n , new
systems. O.K. for 2 people. Available June 13
$423 including heat. 729-4644.
M o rtag M ost SeU TV, VCR, search, good
condition, other.odds and ends. Call Brian at
387-8322 o r 639-3183.
34tb f t A rch S t.- 4 BDRMS. W /D,
sundeck, 2 fUl baths, newly renovated . Can
fit up to 8 people. $1430 plus utilities call API
662-1300
Any occaatoo: fraternity and sorority form als, group meetings and trips, excursions to
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Elegant Touch Lim ousine Service, call
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Reasonable rates and quality service. Also call
213-343-0238
W est Pow dton n ear cam pua- 2/3 bedroom
house. New renovation. Deck, garden, D/W ,
W /D hookups. $330 plus. 386-1783
IBM PC /A T . C heap, m ust seU loaded, 30
m eg drive. CaU 3S7-S44L
Four/F lvc bedroom houae- New renova­
tion. Deck, garden, D/W , W /D hookups. New
Oak floors. $900/1000. 386-1783
4 pc. bcdroam set. In g rea t condotloa. In­
laid wood. $200.00. Ik ea kitchen table
w /d M in $65, Ikea 4 d raw er bui« au $40.
C an >434024 for m ore tofo.
L arg e Studio/A pt fo r rent: For 6 months.
Sublet big enough for 2 people! W /D , DW ,
central air, new carpet. O ose to campus at
3300 Ptjwehon! $473/mo. plus util. CaU Henry
after 7 p.m . at 386-1232. for more info.
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W anted- Hard drive for M acPlus, 20Meg
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I houae in W est PoweltonGarden, deck. D /W , W /D. $630 plus.
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$155 p er m onth fo r yo n r own bedroom bi
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leaae- Studio apt.- Living room w/loft. Large
eat in kitchen and large backroom . Located at
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at 201-727-9213.
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Near Supermarkets, Viedo Stores, transporta­
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Room avaUable- 2 large bedroom ;, newly
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MUce.
ot 3 bedrrom apt.
r B m I- 2/3 btdro cm t, newly
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HaU, large and tm ail. Available for view after
July 13th. Call 664-7779.
Pi operty M ai
a t 33rd f t Powelton
apartment for reiM starting July, August and
September. Prime location acrots from dorm.
0^ security, large living room, mod. Utchen, Ig. bdrm ., with sleeping k>ft, carpeting,
on-she parking available, laundry facility. Exc.
for loommates! $323 heat inchided. CaU Pro­
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Bdim ., fire place, yard and porch, $630. Leave
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1st floor-2 bedroom apt., $600/month. June
occupancy avaUable.
3 rd floor-1 bedroom a p t., $390/month.
June occupancy available.
3 rd flo o r-e fflc le n c y , $293/m onth.
Septem ber occupancy available.
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l i t floor-3roam and b a th , $400/mondi. Im­
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For appointments caU Claude Boni Real
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A partm ent 4 ren t for one or two people,
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tiled kitchen and bathroom , sunny, high ceUings, smaU fenced in courtyard. Washer and
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34th St. between Hamilton and Spring Garden
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AvaUable June 13. O.K. for 3 people. $730 in­
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systems. O.K. for 2 people. AvaUable June 13
$423 including heat. 729-4644.
OiM bedroom apartm ent340 6 Spring
Garden St. 3rd floor, newly decorated, painted.
AvaUable June 1. $400 plus. CaU 386-6722.
F or Sale- Free to a good home. 3 mo. old
grey kitten. Litter trained. Food.dish and lit­
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Victor.
D rexel/Penn apartm entt-Efficiencies/one
bedroom s/two bedrooms. Unfurnished. Heat
included in rent. M onth to month leases. CaU
349-9429.
DeU 286 com puter- 100 percent IBM -PC
compaiable. 20 MB hard drive, 1-2MB flop­
py drive, Herculas graphic card and Mono
screen. DOA 3.3 and other software includ­
ed. Asking $1800 o r Mb.o. Call (213)
343-4827 ask for David.
C lark P ark e Real EtU te-N ew Renovation
Efficiencies, studios, 1, and 2 bedroom apts.
$300-600. All new kitchen frost free
refrigerators, some with disw ashen, intercoms,
hardwood floors, washer/diyer, security guard.
CaU 387-0327.
A pt. fo r sublet- AvaUable now! Option to
renew lease. 1 bedroom with extremely
spacious rooms. $4(X)/mo. 3409 Powelton/K
Kapp Apts. Please call 662-JJ798.
A partm ent A vailablet- A ir conditioning,
carpMed, w/kitchin, table f t desk. One
bedroom, new fn g , new bath! CLEAN- Only
$420/mo. plus elec. Please contact: Art-(Day
of night-676-0817). Or Scott: (Day 271-3330
Night 609-677-7387) o r Learner Courts at
213-886-9999 f t ask for Norm Lemer!
EH Idency- first floor 3406 Spring Garden.
High ceilings, new carpet, new kitchen. Securi­
ty bars. $300 plus. 386-6722.
H ouse for ren t- 309 N . 33th St. at Spring
Garden St. Four bedrooms totally renovated.
Large bedroom and dining room. Two new
ceramic bathrooms. Finished notty pine floors.
New appliances. W asher and dryer. Ideal for
6 students. $1200/month. Call 386-6722.
Tw o bedroom a p t.. 3823 Hamilton Street.
Entire third floor, large roonu , lots of light.
Only $320/month. Owner pays for heat and hot
water. AvaUable 9-1-88, call Sid at 727-6488.
A partm ent for sublet, 3307 Powelton Ave.
- July and August, with option to renew lease
in S ^ . WaU to waU carpeting, modem kitchen
and bath. Great location - across from dorms.
W asher and dryer avaUable. $230/month plus.
CaU 222-6844.
THANK YOU DREXEL STUDENTS
FOR YOUR PATRONAGE IN THE PAST
YEARS.
N ETH ERLA N D APTS.
1 BR and 2 BR A pt. - 3412 HamUton. 1
HR with bath, large Uving room, eat-in-kitchen,
$473-300 includes all utilities. AvaU Sept. 1.
2 BR, one very large, one very small, large
living room, bath eat-in-kitchen, recently
renovated, $673-720 includes all utilities.
Avail, immediately. CaU Jay at 386-1104.
A pt. for rent • AvaU. imm ., one bdrm.
w/lof^, bath, combination living rm. and din­
ing rm ., kitchen. W asher/dryer facUities. Con­
venient location at 33rd and Powelton. Call
841-6173 day, 382-0107 evening.
4300 CHESTNUT ST.
ANNOUNCES
MODERN
ON PREMISES LAUNDRY
SMOKE DETECTORS
A SECURE WARM
ROOMY APT.
6-7 Rooms, 2 Baths,
FROM $640
Suitable for 1 to 4 students
387-8870 Day
After 6 p.m. 667-6187
Some smaller apartments also available.
LOST & FOUND
■h
^K .O aD raaal
daded. 387-39M
June-Sept. Availability
Act now to reserve an apartment
Carriage house (2 story), 4 Bdrm.,
2 bath, c/air conditioning, gas heat,
caipeted, wash/ dryer, exc. loc.,
great security (Sept. avail.)
-Modem Apt., 3 Bdrm., 2 bath,
c/air, carpet, gas heat,wash/dryer,
exc. loc., great sec. (Sept. avail.)
-Apt., 4 Bdrm, bath, wash/diyer
in bldg., (no c/air / heat incl.) (avail.
June)
-Apt., 1 Bdrm., 1 bath, c/air, gas
heat, w/diyer in bldg.($42S-$S9S)
(3 left for June)
387-8686
886-9999
SZ29/nto. electric ia-
I of a large aewly rtaofvatad apartmeai. It’s M ly fbraiih ed . cloae to campus f t
hat (ood Mcarity. Located in Lemer court.
Available inm ediatelyl Plaate call Jeimifer or
Miaay at 3« M 26« after 2 p.m.
F w M lt r a a t a l i w m M ASAPt- Share a
large, lecure l it floor apt. with 2 considerate
loomatet! WaU to wall carpetiagi AU modem
fK ilitietl Laundry ftcilitietl Ctoae to c a n ^
(33rd ft Powelton) Only $187.30 phu electric
per momh! Avail, immediately! C dl Sue at
387-4176 or 387-3167!
Hnaman Ni id id To ihare apttmem in OM
Quaker Building. Available Immediately.
3314nLancatler Ave. CaU 387-0973.
R oom ate Naedad 114 N. 34th St. Great
location near cam put, gym etc. One bedroom
avail of a 4 bedroom apt. 3rd floor. REm
$220/mo. plus util, bnm ed for summer term.
662-1763.
R oom ate needed to sh a re 3 bedroom ap tat 313th N. 38th St. Just renovated!! $163 per
person plus utUities. Call Rich or Tom at
222-9033 any evening.
1 fem ale room ate needed to share a
spadoua 6 be<h«im hooae-Near 39th ft
Hamilton. Each bedroom W /large closet f t
hardwood floon. Houae includes W /D, D/W ,
baaement, large sunny living room f t kitchin
a re u , 2'A baths, f t wood burning stove.
$I93/m o. plus util. CaU PauU at 387-2674.
M ale room ate Needed-Good location weU
maintained 1 Br. at 33 f t Powelton to share
w/one person. Large BR. f t LR. Plenty of
storage space. Only $223 Plus utU. C d l Pete
at (609) 234-0204.
Sum m er SoblH - A quiet non-smoking
roomate needed to share one bedroom in 3400
block o f Powelton Ave. Reasonable rent. C d l
222-7373.
R oom ate Needed- 312 N. 33rd St. Apt. No
4. Grey Gables $220 plus util. Summer w/option to renew lease. HAve own large bedroom
w/bay windows and hardwood floors in 4
bedroom ape. Must REnt For more info caU
M aria at (201)361-3614.
GU Rom ano- The apt is avaUable on 33rd
street to sublet. Please cd l MAry immed. (201)
361-3614.
Room ate needed- To share a bi-level apartmem. Safe, clean, and quiet. Rent is $207 plus
utilities, wilh a month leaae. 3211 Powelton
Ave. C d l Eric 386-8814.
R oom ate N eeded- To share large, two
bedroom, fiiUy Aunished apt. Private backyard,
w dl to w dl carpeting, a ir conditioning, etc.
Cloae to campus $225/iiio. plus utUities. C d l
387-6076.
Rom ate Needed for Ju ly l- Own room in
large 2 BDRM apt. Beautiful bldg. widi POOL
$273/mo. includes utilities MT. Airy, Just off
Lincoln Dr. 20 min. from campus-1 block fiom
t r a ^ . Phone 474-8887 Ask for Rick -Leace
Message.
W anted: M de roommate, 34th and Baring,
share huge house widi your own spacious
bedroom. $230/month, including heat. C d l
387-1809, w on't last long!
Room m ate wanted: Fem de to share an apt.
in Grey Gables (33rd St.) for the summer and
possible lease renew d in the fd l. WUI have
own room for $210/month. C dl ASAP
662-1774.
Fem ale A pt.-m ate w anted. Own bedroom,
waU to waU carpet, ridkulously low rent, park­
ing space, located in beautiful, cool Jenkinlown; only 1/2 hour away from city. CaU Diane
at 376-1902.
W anted: 3 female roomnutfcs sUrting Sept.
1988 to share a 4 bdrro. apt. in Gray Gables.
One single room avaUable and one double room
avulable. Rent is reasonable. For more infor­
mation, c d l Mara or Helene at 662-1774 or
387-4977.
Roommate needed- to share a bi-levd apart­
ment. Safe, clean, and quiet. Rent is $207 plus
utUities, with a month lease. 3211 Powelton
ave. CaU Eric at 386-8314.
Black f t T an G erm an Shepard- Lost on
6/19 aroun d the “ 7-11” are a . A m w ert
“ tom itim M ” to “ B n td i” If foiMd ptaaM c a
387-6449.
L erner C ourt Apartm ents
3406-15 Race Street
120 N. 34th St.
(C om er Bldg.)
h
PERSONALS
DO YOU know someone who is having a
birthday, an anniveraary, or a special honor??
D o you want to get to know someone better,
but are loo shy (and inbtuated) to aak?? O r,
do you ju st want to w y “ W !” to somebody?
Say It in the reRSON ALSI! tt's easy, U 't Ibn,
and it't FREE lo D rexd Sudenti, FacuUy, and
Staff! Stop in to TXw THmgU office and pick
up a classified form today. U a tii 0 ) |
per pertoo, per ittu e.
T a a l m e IM M p w kh tiM Bnliys ia Jd y S hdly B adi, Diaa D eitt, Daaiae Dlgby, Dka
Efcarty, and Gail U p p n a a - Happy BirdHiayl
L ow , die t i i t m at « £ £
n H f ta f c r a p s S B B Q n K ^ -w e lo w y o a ll
The liners of « £ £
ANNOUNCEMENTS
TriMngle aimouncemenls u c li»ted by
day. When placing an announcement
please indicate what day of the upcom'
ing week the event is for or if it should
be listed as "F utu re" or "Oeneral.”
Please limit announcements to one per
page. Form must be completed in full
or no guarantees will be made.
Sunday
Bowt a g C lab m eeu every Sunday m om ii^
from 9-12, at Oregon Lanea, located at 24th
and Oregon Ave. in South PhUly. AU snidealt
are welcome! Join for die f ^ . or to compete
clooegiately. For more info cd l Angela at
467-8995.
Snnda(y M ondng W orabiit II a.m ., Asbuiy
Methodist Church. 3311 CheMnut Street. All
are invited to join us for worship. Rev. Ruth
Hope Woodlen, pastor
Tuesday
Ice C ream Sandam AU Drexd studenti and
staff are invited ti join us in an afternoon of
food and fiui from 12:30 until 2:30. Pleaae
come and bring your friends.
T a d Praparatlo*-G etting ready to take teats
and planning ahead are a criticd aspect o f teat
taking. WeU thought out processes take the
stre u out of test taking.
Come to room 201 in Creeae at 3:00 p.m.
Facing anger an d d e p rr id ia Moat of ut
experience anger and d q ireu io n , but we find
difficulty in deding widi these feelingt. There
are ways of cope. Learn about some tohitions
in the workshop. Come to room 201 in Creese
at 2:00 p.m.
General
Awareneaa G ronp The Interfiidi Coondl ia
sponsoring an AIDS A wareneas Group. If you
are interested or have any questions, p lo a a
contact one o f the follow ing people
immediately!
Rev. Ruth Hope W oodlen or Anne Koper
W agner at either 893-2322 or 386-0724.
Sister Adele Solari, SSJ, or Rev. Kari A.
Zeuner at 893-2393.
Rabbi M on Levine or Carrie M atez, MSW,
at 893-2331
T reatm ent fo r Pieine m ti nal Syadrom e
Free diagnostic and treatment services are now
available to women between die ages of 18 and
43 who suffer moderate to severe premenstrud
symptoms. C d l the H ospitd of the University
of Pennsylvania for more information:
662-3329.
G reat Claaa For Sum m er! Intro to Dance
-Jazz, Modem, B dlroom , Folk, FUmt, Conc eru , and much more. K303, Tuesdays f t
Thursdays 12:30-2 p.m. Info. Jan Schldger
1923.
Hey, aU you D rexd students, how many of
you know that Jesus is Lord? In John 3:3 it
says, " I teU you the truUi, no one can see the
Kingdom of God unless he is b o n again. "John
3:16 suiles "F o r God so loved the worid. He
gave His one and only Son, that who ever
believes in him shd l not perish, but have eternd life ." John 14:6says, “ Jesusanswered, ‘I
am the way and the truth and die life. No one
comes to the Father except duough m e 'J e s u s
wants you to be widi him in Heaven for aU eter­
nity instead nf Hell for aU eternity, but it's your
choice. JESUS LOVES YOU
Thoae who went on Spring Break Ski T rip
io Stone, VT widi die Drexel Ski Club and
haven't recieved dieir deposits shouU caU Todd
at (213) 433-8782.
A ttention all Drexel m eni If you are in­
terested in playing for die D rexd M ea't
VoUeybdl Club for die 1988-89 season, pleaae
contact Bryan Sheehan at 222-1731 aa soon u
poadble, or drop a note at Myers 193B, 3301
Race S t., Including the addreu and phone
number at which you can. be reached this
D rexd M a r k e t ^ AsaocM ioa a iiB ib in
and other intereated itudenu. For detaUt oonc en iiig the
te rn programs and eventa
c d l Ed, 222-87S9, or Paul, 747-6924. Keep
in touch and have a great tummer!
R IN ,
M ytUrj ikadow, you w e n in bronze and
black die other night. I w at dreaied (maybe you
couU gu eu ) in the p alett white. Loving and
thinkii^ o f you.
Dawn (aka Sunihine) KockiaU
U ly s a a a ^
Your image itanda clear in Ih n t of me. But
you probably don't look the tam e aa in my
y e l l o ^ p h M . Needbaa to Mgr... I m iat yon.
P otdope K.
Tune fliea when you’re haviai ta il And I
year sure went f u ll Lova Yal
Tim
r.
I love you.
D.
Good luck.
We love You!
Love,
Urizen and
The Triangle
T h e T ria n g le
J u ly
letters to the Editor
R L O is n o t a ll t h a t b a d
32nd and Chestnut Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 895-2585
THE O F n C IA L WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF
DREXEL UNIVERSITY
Published Fridays during the academic year;
by and fo r the students o f Drexel University
EDITOR
Eric T. LaBorie
BUSINESS MANAGER
Michael Coyne
EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR
Susan J. Talbutt
Preview ^88 a success!
Kudos are in order for the Freshman Center Director Mark
Blaweiss and his hand picked crew assembled to carry out this year's
freshman pre-registration and orientation program, titled “Preview
•8 8 ”
This group of adminstrators, graduate students and undergraduate
students has created an intelligent as well as fun program for the
parents and new students who will be attending school in this fall.
' The program included sample lectures and recitations, socials,
dances, bart>ecues, wokshops to supplement the normal orientation
type of drudgery. It focused sessions on relevant issues to both
parents and students.
In addition to the structured activites that make up the two day
visit, this year's version of the orientation program allows for
quality interaction between current students.and the incoming
freshmen, a subject sorely missed in past attempts.
Let’s hope nobody else from the Dean of Students Office finds out
that a E)rexel program could actually be fun and effective, for in a fit
o f jealousy, this good program might be suspended due to
innovative thinking.
Editor:
I am writing to rebut Stacey
Crown’s statements in “ RLO and
the Dorms Are No Home Sweet
Home.”
I would agree that Stacey
Crown has some valid points
about the the problems in RLO
and the dorms. But she is placing
total blame for these problems at
the feet of RLO; all of the pro­
blems do not stem from RLO.
I will admit in my nine-month
stay in the dorms I had several
unpleasant run-ins with RLO staff
members. However, having dir­
ty bathroom and kitchens, broken
lounge furniture, or holes in the
walls are caused by inconsiderate
and overly destructive residents.
RLO and the housekeeping
staff can only do so much, and
having residents trash and destroy
the dorms only creates more pro­
blems. Who do you expect will
have to pay for all of these? RLO
must continuously replace and
repair property that is usually
ruined by drunk and disorderly
residents and their guests. Keep­
ing the dorms clean and livable is
each and every resident’s respon­
sibility. RLO can not be respon­
sible for the actions of such
destructive students.
Desk workers and RA’s should
not be criticized for doing their
jobs. If I was a desk worker who
had to demand key tags or inspect
suspicious bags and contend with
die surly attitudes of diese teenage
residents, I could sec myself be­
ing a little to greatly irritated.
Also, if I had to remind residents
about the rules on quiet hours and
the consumption of alcoholic
beverages 24 hours a day, I don’t
think I would be in the most plea­
sant of moods. Frankly, a legal
adult should not have to be con­
stantly asked to behave
themselves—it’s about time to
grow up. The desk workers and
RA’S are trying to do their jobs
and make the dorms more plea­
sant for everyone, but this takes
effort on everyone’s part.
As far as the elevators are con­
cerned, these damages are just
another result of destructive
residents. If left to my discretion,
all willfully broken elevators
would stay that way. Try climb­
ing seven or eight flights of steps
for a couple of weeks.
I think we were all aware that
until the beginning of Spring term
the lounges in Kelly and Van
Rensselaer were used as dorm
rooms. We were also made aware
by RLO that lounge ftimiture
would be provided as soon as
possible, which due to budget
constraints would not be until the
Fall. Let’s not rehash old pro­
8,
1988
blems that are currently being
solved.
Before any accusing fingers are
pointed at the management, look
for the true source of all these
problems. In my view, it is the
destruction of the dorms by in­
considerate
and juvenile
residents. RLO and Drexel would
not be forced to continuously
raise the prices if the dorms were
not so wantonly destroyed.
My only complaint with RLO
is that the workers are too lenient
on the infringements of alcohol
abuse in the dorms. There are
rules and penalties for these in­
fractions that should be strictly
enforced. However, RLO cannot
do all of this alone, each resident
should pitch in and show some
pride and respect for the dorms
and Drexel.
Leslie A. Pope
Fashion Design
M o re R L O
Editor:
I’m not even sure where to
start, as Stacey Crown’s [column]
“ RLO and the dorms are no
‘home sweet home’ ” seemed to
have no discernible point, but
here we go. In lieu of any strucContinued on page 5
Correction
In the June 24th issue of The Triangle, the editorial criticized the
Dean of Students Office for its suspension of Sigma Alpha Mu after
an incident at that Fraternity House. Information unavailable to The
Triangle at the time has shown that the two students arrested were
originally invited guests. It was only after they began exhibiting
unacceptable b ^ av io r that they were asked to leave the party.
C o s m e tic s o c ia lis tic p r o g r a m s o r r e a l s o lu tio n s ?
One of the state senators from
my own home county o f Bucks
has introduced a bill into the
senate (Number 1525) to expand
the definition of child abuse to in­
clude “ use of alcoholic beverages
or chemical substances when
Elevator from Hell
Susan J. Talbutt
pregnant to such a degree as to
cause offspring to be bom with
fetal alcohol syndrome, neonatal
abstinence syndrome or the
systemic presence of a substance
listed in clause ( 1) or (2 ) of sec­
tion 4 of the act of April 14,1972
(P.L. 233, No. 64), known as the
‘The Controlled Substance,
Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act,’
unless the neonatal abstinence
syndrome or systemic chemical
presence relates directly to a
chem ical substance legally
medically prescribed to the
birthmother. ”
James C. Greenwood says that,
while doctors and public officials
would be able to remove children
from the custody of the mothers,
no criminal charges will be
brought against the mothers.
The reasoning behind the
legislation, said Greenwood, is
that “ the babies of addicts may
not yet show the scars of [^ysical
abuse, fractured skulls and inter­
nal injuries; they may not yet
show the scars of emotional abuse
in their failure to thrive socially
and emotionally. But these babies
are victims of child abuse, and
unless we draw the line at the
cradlei 9nd insist that these
children be protected, we risk
producing a generation of
children who are disturbed,
neglected and unable to function
in society.”
Greenwood’s sentiments are
admirable—I’m all for protecting
the weak and innocent and you
can’t get any weaker or more in­
nocent than a newborn—but his
legislation would create more
problems than it would solve.
The bill has many problems,
some minor, some major. Taking
children away from their mother
is a controversial solution to the
problem at best, and it is the on­
ly one offered by this legislation.
The bill does not even take into
consideration addicted fathers.
No final solution, only a tem­
porary one, is provided. Most im­
portantly, the bill presumes that
the mother will abuse her child,
although she has not yet done so.
In this age of ‘‘save us from the
godless communists who abuse
the rights of the citizens of the
countries they control” , I am sur­
prised that legislation that is such
a gross violation of human rights
was even proposed. The bill not
only decides the mother is guilty
of child abuse without any
evidence, but before anyone has
been abused.
It goes on to violate her right
to bear and raise children by
allowing “ child protective service[s] [to] make available...care
for infants bom with chemical or
alcohol dependence” (along with
the other services provided, but
this one is targeted for the ad­
dicted mother, somewhat like an
ad campaign). Greenwood has
stated, as reported in the June 17
issue of The Philadelphia In­
quirer, that the bill is designed so
that custody can be taken away
from the mother. Children rais­
ed by the state—isn’t that
socialistic or communistic or
something?
How are hospitals to test babies
for controlled substances? Is it
every baby, or just the ones with
suspicious looking mothers?
What about false positive results?
One would assume that the
hospital or other agency would
need some evidence before
testing babies for dmgs. Of
course, employers don’t need
evidence to test employees, and
three-hour old babies are not as
likely to be so offended as to pur­
chase urine samples or engage in
other methods of defeating the
test to defend their rights.
The bill doesn’t really solve the
problem, though. The govemment takes the child away, and
leaves an addicted mother, a baby
in the hands of strangers who may
or may not take care of the child,
and one more problem for an
already overtaxed social services
system. No treatment is provid­
ed for the mother to overcome
her addiction, although counsel­
ing and education are available.
The first focus should be treat­
ment of the mother, since, accor­
ding to Senator Greenwood, this
is what would cause her to abuse
her child. However, no one can
force her to seek it.
And if Greenwood thinks ad­
dicted parents raise children who
are “ unable to function in socie­
ty” (gee, all my friends who are
children of alcoholics are fimctioning), what does he think plac­
ing them in foster homes will do?
The departments that are suppos­
ed to insure the welfare of foster
children and the fitness of the
foster parents don’t have spec­
tacular
track
records,
Philadelphia’s Department of
Human Services in particular.
Children have a habit of getting
bounced from foster home to
foster home, and there have been
many cases where foster children
have been abused and even killed.
The tme solution to the pro­
blem is showing addicted mothers
how to care for their children and
to wean them from the dmgs.
In 1977 (hey, it was Drexel’s
library), Geraldine Wilson, MD
presented to the National Institute
on Dmg Abuse Symposium on
Comprehensive Health Care for
Addicted Families and their
Children a study she had done in
Houston on the children of heroin
addicts, methadone maintained
addicts, and a control group,
from pregnancy onward. She concluded that “ Women
who are, first, reasonably well
controlled on methadone and, se­
cond, have a relatively stable
relationship with the baby’s father
are more likely to take advantage
of prenatal care, to become ac­
tively involved w ith their
newborn infant, and to seek atten­
tion for his m edical p ro ­
blem s... Even these families,
however, require intensive sup­
port which must continue after
the mother assumes responsiblility for the child’s care...Highly
active measures are necessary to
begin to effect successful paren­
ting by the dmg abusing family. ’’
The bill is an iffy solution to an
iffy problem. If Greenwood is
trying to strengthen the family
unit and protect the innocent he
picked an odd way of going about
it.
Is it better to spend the $5
million this bill would appropriate
on teaching these mothers how to
raise their children, or is it better
to spend it on a totalitarian and ar­
rogant assumption that someone
else can raise their children
better?
•Double Trouble I thought I
had conquered the Elevator from
Hell early on in winter term (for
those of you who forgot to get a
subscription to The Triangle
while on coop, the Elevator from
Hell is the elevator on the left in
MacAlister), but, one moming,
after calling the elevator from the
lobby, two elevators arrived, and
I didn’t have to wait. Hesitandy,
I stepped into old Hell, figuring
I had done it before, I could do
it again. I pressed three. As I rode
up, I thanked the gods above that
at least I was going in the right
direction. The elevator stopped,
the bell dinged, the doors open­
ed, and I stepped off to find the
other elevator there, doors wide
open, with no passengers. I’m
t ^ n g the stairs again.
The information for this cohmn
came from the June 17 issue o f
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Symposim on Comprehensive Health
Care for Addicted Families and
their Children, Services Research
Report, 1977, andfrom a copy o f
Bill 1525 provided by Senator
Greenwood's office. Susan J.
Talbutt’s political views are con­
fusing at best.-
J u ly
8,
The
1988
Letters cont*d
Continued from page 4
tured format, let’s follow that of
her [column].
^ It started off describing a “ sur­
ly looking person” demanding
keys, and later referred to desk
receptionists as giving “ new
meaning to the word boredom” .
In what seemed to be a good in­
dication of the amount of research
[Ms. Crown] has done for her
[column], she asks “ what does
[the receptionist] do for seven
hours by themselves?” Well,
during their eight hour shifts
these people are responsible for
giving the dorms a degree of safe­
ty that isn’t found in any apart­
ment. It’s a tough job. I ’m sure
I wouldn’t find it easy. And yet
she cuts into these people for en­
suring her safety. I would much
rather have a person asking for
my tag, as proof that I live in the
dorms, than somebody sneaking
into the dorms and surprising me
in the shower while I bend over
to get my soap.
I don’t know what hole [Ms.
Crown] was taking showers in,
but, in the three years that I’ve
lived in the dorms, all of the
bathrooms I ’ve ever used have
been cleaned every weekday.
Whether they need it, or not.
[Ms. Crown] goes on to ask
who cares that students were pay­
ing ‘‘ridiculously overpriced ’’
rates and in the very next
paragraph, she complains about
vandalism in the dorms.
Hnun, could there be some
correlation here?
Instead of con^)laining to RLO
about the prices of the dorms,
why not take it up with the Board
of trustees? Because the group
that was responsible for the tui­
tion raise also dictates the prices
that Residential Living must
charge for its dormitory rooms.
Now let’s talk about RA’s.
Yes, I imagine all she could [M s]
see would be “ having the free
room” , and that says something
very sad* about her. The reason
that I am an RA is simply because
I enjoy it. The job is always in­
teresting, and you meet a lot of
great people, but sometimes,
great job or not, the free room
isn’t enough. You really have to
like what you’re doing and I im­
agine that it’s the same for other
RA’s. If that make us mentally
unbalanced then so be it.
At least we’re trying to make
the dorms a better place to live in.
Craig Andrew Phillippe
Mechanical Engineering
Class of 1990
Residential Assistant
Editor’s note: The Triangle
received a nurriber o f letters from
angered RA’s and dorm residents.
Unfortunately, we did not have
enough space to print all o f them.
A S M E re s is ts
b e in g m o v e d
Editor:
I would like to tell the readers
[of The Triangle] about the plan
for a relocation of the Financial
Aid Office and the resulting loss
to academia at Drexel. According
to “ rumor” , the new Financial
Aid Office will be on the second
floor of building two. This does
not propose any serious problem,
as only three classrooms will be
molested.
The problem I would like to
discuss is the possible relocation
of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers’ office
[now] in room 2-236. Rumor has
it that the ASME will be moved
to somewhere on the fourth floor
of building one. If you were not
aware of such a place, that is
because it is 4F real estate, and
few people find any reason to go
there. This is not limited to the
ASME; the Society of Auto­
motive Engineers; ASHRAE, and
Pi Tau Sigma all use the office as
a headquarters. There is a large
student, alumni, and faculty
populations who are all aware of
the assorted services these
societies perform; in particular,
the helping hand offered to
freshmen engineers in the jungle
of core courses. It is my goal to
keep the ASME office visible to
the common student rather than
turn it into an exclusive club
“ somewhere in building one” .
Nick Achterberg
Mechanical Engineering
Class of 1989
Editor’s note: Mr. Achterberg
expressed a desire to have other
students share their views on the
subject, and to respond via The
Triangle. Unfortunately, as Mr.
Achterberg did not leave a phone
number with us, we have no way
o f reaching him. Try the
personals.
W h e r e ’s th e
F lic k ?
Editor:
One thing I would like to know
is why there are no SPA movies
during summer term. Sure there
are less students on campus, and
probaWy many students are not
on campus on the weekend, but
there is an interest in movies. I
saw this for myself Friday night.
Evidently enough people like
m yself
read
the
“ An­
nouncements” section of The
Triangle and believed that the
Friday Night Flick would be
Good Morning Vietnam. (Now
who says nobody reads The
Trianglel) In just the two or three
minutes we were there trying to
get into a very closed Nesbitt Hall
for the 9:30 show, about ten odier
people were doing the same
thing.
I believe there is a definite in­
terest in SPA movies on Fridays.
In talking to other students, [I
have found that] people miss hav­
ing movies on Friday night. Sure,
perhaps it would not pay to have
four movie showings, but two
movies would probably draw
enough interest to make them
profitable. For those people on
campus, social activities/life is
dead enough already, with
Cavanaugh’s closed and very few
fraternity/sorority parties.
Kevin Fosko
Computer lQ:^,rmation Systeii^s
Class of 1990
Job hunting
U n d e r g r a d a l u m n u s g r a d u a te s
Throughout our college careers
we all look forward to the day
when we are able to call ourselves
college graduates. The status and
rew ard
accorded
college
graduates, although steadily
dim inishing, rem ains con­
siderable. Upon reaching senior
year the celebrations begin, with
a dearth of “ Days-to-go” parties
and other senior events taldng up
a great deal of the graduating
senior’s last year.
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Unfortunately, with graduation
also comes responsibility. Col­
lege loans come due, parental
support gradually, or immediate­
ly, diminishes, and the reality of
a nine-to-five job begins to dawn
on the graduating senior. Drexel
students are admittedly much bet­
ter prepared to deal with this than
most college graduates, but the
prospects remain somewhat
daunting.
Corporate America has failed
in its repeated attempts to make
the employment process any
more palatable. Personnel depart­
ments expect prospective
employees to have their careers
completely mapped out, from
graduation until death, gold
watch included. This is simply
not the case with most new
graduates, many of whom liave
no clue what they want to do with
the next six months, let alone
eternity.
This leads to the area of per­
sonnel departments. While wellmeaning, they often seem to have
as their main objective the com­
plete fhistration of any job can­
didate. From the initial interview
to the job offer, personnel depart­
ments manage to make the
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graduating senior feel like a piece
of cattle being fattened for the
slaughter. Who among us has not
felt as though an interviewer was
doing his absolute best to make us
squirm? Is this really the best way
to determine who would make a
suitable employee?
Then again, ^ y are faced widi
the difficult task of trying to make
us think that we are not going to
be reduced to a series of
employee numbers and the like
once hired. In spite of slogans and
proclamations to the contrary, the
A d m in is tra tio n
Well, Sammy sure did it this
time. What did they do? To tell
you the truth, I’m not sure.
Whatever they did, however,
caused them to be put on suspen­
sion for a year.
Sweet Hemlock
Stacey Crown
Let’s look at this situation
closely. A fight occurred at Sam­
my on May 26 (see the June 24,
1988 issue of The Triangle for
full coverage). Was this Sammy’s
fault? I think not. Obviously
neither does the administration
because they didn’t put them on
suspension for fighting.
What they did put Sanuny on
suspension for was underage
drinking. Of course. If you can’t
nail them for fighting no matter
how hard you try, you can always
blame them for underage drink­
ing. What was the point? Well,
I’ll let you use your imagination
for that one, but the words
“ scapegoat” and “ appeasement”
come to my mind.
There is no doubt that the peo­
ple in the same types of positions
as those who put Sammy on
suspension have never done
majority of individuals who enter
a large corporation are very easily
replaced. The individual’s office,
if a generic and impersonal cube
can be so classified, is simply
reassigned and a new nameplate
hung on the door. Voile! Ten
days later no one can even
remember the name of the guy
who was in there in the first
place.
The newest rage in business to­
day is the increasing use of lie
detector tests and urine tests in the
interview process. Enough has
been said about the inaccuracy of
polygraph machines and inexpen­
sive drug tests to fill a book, suf­
fice to say that the main tenet of
American business in the hiring
process seems to have become
“ Guilty until proven innocent,”
an interesting juxtaposition of the
original. Given the level of trust
accorded prospective job can­
didates, is it any wonder the can­
didates themselves are somewhat
les§ than trusting?
This is not to say there are no
good companies out there, nor
that the personnel people in large
companies are not well meaning.
A while back it was determ'ned
that the term “ Personnel Depart­
ment” was not suitably, and that
it should be replaced with the
term “ Human Resources.” Un­
fortunately, somewhere along the
line it seems to have been forgot­
ten that the resources involved
here are indeed human beings,
and should be treated that way.
Chris Erb, former Entertain­
ment Editor, recently graduated
Drexel with a degree in Com­
merce and Engineering, and also
graduated in 1967 (at least accor­
ding to OSIR—now that's getting
your tuition’s worth). The only
time we see him is when he stops
by to print his resume' or drop off
a column.
s h a ftin g
anything wrong. They especially
have never abused alcohol. Let’s
just forget about ex-president
Gaither who had a few too many
in Toronto and tried for some ex­
tra action under the table. Let’s
also forget about those times
when several members of the ad­
ministration themselves were
pledging fraternities. I am sure
that they never had a drop to
drink. There are many other
members of the administration
that don’t need alcohol to act
foolishly, it just comes naturally.
But what did these irresponsi­
ble fraternity members do while
drinking? They tried to avoid a
fight. They went out of their way
to avoid a violent scene, and
many brothers were hurt because
of it. That sure sounds irrespon­
sible to me. Many people have
praised Sammy for how they
handled that situation, but not
Drexel. It would be too hard to
admit that maybe a fraternity did
something right. They thanked
Sammy by closing them down for
a year.
Let’s take a look next at the
sixty-page report that the people
investigating the incident compil­
ed, Oops! I forgot that we can’t
because at the time of the deci­
sion, they wouldn’t show it to
anybody.
S A M
Now, I don’t know about you,
but something about that doesn’t
seem right to me. If 1 were ar­
rested, I’d like to see proof of
what I was charged for. I ’m a lit­
tle rusty on the legal system, but
I think that it is mandatory that
you be shown proof of what you
are charged for, I would think
that would be the same if you
were charging a fraternity with
something, I forgot, however,
that we are dealing with Drexel,
not the government.
Is the Drexel fraternity system
being reprimanded for what they
have done, or for what frater­
nities at colleges such as Rutgers
and University of Pennsylvania
have done? It seems to me that
compared to most colleges, Drexel’s fraternities have behaved m
a relatively conservative manner.
In my opinion, Sammy has por­
tra y ^ itself in a respectable
fashion.
It is my hope that those respon­
sible for this decision realize their
misjudgement before Sanuny has
to bear the weight of other peo­
ple’s mistakes.
While recovering from her ac­
cident, Stacey Crown has decid­
ed to do something or other, but
I forget quite what.
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BLO O M
8 , 1988
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July 8, 1988
T h e T ria n g le
Movie Reviews
Schwarzenegger, Belushi
and Hanks
Triangle Entertainm ent Desk
Red Heat
Arnold is back again with the
sensitive, tear-jeridng film Red
Heat which deals with masculine
emotions and a man’s love for his
parakeet [Just wanted to make
sure you were paying attention].
Captain Vanya Danko (Arnold
Schwarzenegger) of the Moscow
Police is a hard hitting tough guy
bearing no resemblance to his
cinematic compatriot, the mildmannered Aricady of Gorky Park
. Amold does have a parakeet,
which he dotes upon like a fa­
vored p e t
A GeOTgian (as in the autono­
mous Rq)ublic in Soviet Union)
drug dealer and hoodlum shoots
Danko’s partner and escapes to
America. Vanya is sent after him
with the caveat tiiat he must be
discrete, so as not to air Soviet
dirty laundry in public. Danko
may be tight-lipped, but his ac­
tions are as discrete as an RPG
[ct.. that’s Rocket Propelled Gre­
nade - kinda bazooka].
Detective Sergeant Ridzig
(James Belushi) of the Chicago
Police is unconventional in
American legal t^m s but Danko
is barbaric in his treatment of
society’s misunderstood souls.
Instead of showing them love and
compassion, he beats them sense­
less. Ridzig is as pleased as the
audience watching this film. The
powers that be in the Chicago
Police Department nearly have a
bird over tiie Soviet’s excesses.
Ridzig, a maverick and depart­
mental liability, is assigned as
Danko’s partner. Ridzig’s cap­
tain figures that if Uiey su ccec^
everyone will look good and if
they fail, the blame will easily fall
on a Russian goon and a loser cop.
The Schwarzman must be tak­
ing dialogue lessons from Miami
Vice’s
Lt. Castille (James
Olmos)- clipped monosyllabic
sentences. Wooden, but believ­
able for a cop that must work
among his nation’s enemies.
Amold sticks to experimentation
within his arena and it usually
works - while Red Heat is no
Terminator or Running Man, it is
good.
(Beer Rick)
Big
Big is one of this summer’s
“sensitive movies” that also
woiics surprisingly well as a
comedy. Three or four films
have recentiy been released witii
a “man and boy switch bodies”
plot variation (e.g. 19 Again).
Big is a well handled treatment
of an overworked subject - no
body swaps.
An ancHiymous teenage boy is
granted a wish by an ancient,
spirit-possessed arcade game. The
next morning he wakes up with
the body of a thirty year old. Tom
Hanks plays the enlarged version
of his character’s 13 year old self
with his usual skill. Hanks has the
art of looking like a goofy and
permanentiy confused teenager
pCTfected.
Mom freaks out (naturally) up(Mi
seeing a strange man in her house.
Hank’s character flees and con­
sults his best friend (who is easier
to convince of his plight than his
hysterical m oth»). The only
logical sbluticm is to find the
supm atuial slot machine and get
a new wish. Unfortunately the
only source for that information
is the city’s licensing bureau and
the paperwork will take six weeks
to appear.
Stuck for a month and a half in
his present fwm without creden­
tials, Hanks gets a menial com­
puter cterical job (his only “realworld” skill) with a toy manufac­
turer and is subsequentiy pro­
moted to a high-level product
testing position. He plays with
toys all day - the firm’s president
noticed his better grasp of the
products and youthful spirit while
visiting one of his stores. [ Sounds
like Professor Zuspan’s tiieory on
imagination inflexibility being the
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direct result of potentially stag­
nating education].
Hank’s haphazard success wears
away at his youthful spirit, alien­
ating his best (13 year old) friend
while drawing him cIosot to a
grown-up love interest. Thus is
the dilemma of the film: in which
world does Hank’s character re­
ally wish to be?
In one scene he walks down his
street, sees his friends playing in
the leaves and his spirits nose­
dive with the realization of what
he’s missing. Here Uie film shifts
gears out of the story line and into
the illustration of a moral; How
often are we so eager to “grow
up”, only to turn around and sudd ^ ly see how fast parts of our
lives have dis^>peared forever?
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E n te rta in m e n t
8
J o e W a ls h
F o r P re s id e n t
well to the older standards.
Many of the concert-goers were more familiar
with Joe’s work with the Eagles. From the Hotel
California Album Joe worked some pretty impres­
I have been Entertainment Editorfor over a month
sive finger moves with “Life in the Fast Lane.” Later
now and I feel it is important for people in my
on
in the evening he also played a powerful version
position to take strong political standsfor what they
of
“In
the City” from The Long Run.
believe is right. This is a presidential election year,
One'of the many high points of the concert was
and once again we arefaced with a choice, a choice
“Rocky Mountain Way.” To play the human-voicemost would consider to be between the lesser of
sounding guitar solo Joe actually sticks a tube down
evils. However, there is one candidate who stands
his throat and plays his vocal chords from his guit^.
above all the rest in all aspects. I am proud to
The effect is amazing, years from now Joe will still
support,for president of the United States, guitarist,
be playing “Rocky Mountain Way” and the crowds
celebrity and part time politician, Mr. Joe Walsh.
will still love it.
Joe used his older material freely. He played a new
At a speech given at the Valley Forge Music Fair
_____ version of “Funk 49” that
on Tuesday, June 28th,
-----he created for the sound­
Mr. ,Walsh spoke at
track to ‘T he Great Out­
'7 / 7 become president a lot o f
length about his cam­
doors.” Die-hard fans
paign. “If I become
things are going to change around might recognize some of
president a lot of things
“Asshtonpark” in that new
will change around here
here . . . like my socks/*
version. He also played
. . . like my socks.” He
Joe
Walsh
‘Turn
to Stone.” which first
ti»en went on to promise
'
appeared
in 1972 onBarnto end terrorism and
—
storm.
make David Crosby the
‘T his is a song for ourplanet This isa song for our
head of tiie Drug Enforcement Agency.
children’s
children.” Joe introduced his 1985 rock
His biggest crowd response came when he stated
radio hit, “The Confessor.” The first half he played
that everyone that doesn’t vote should be fined $25
entirely by himself, a quiet mysterious guitar and
and all those that do vote should get $250 off of their
vocal solo. After about 20 seconds of silence his
income tax.
band took the stage fw the explosive second half of
Just like any good politician, Mr. Walsh sprinkled
the song.
a little humor into his speech. “Why do female
Walsh ended the main set with “Life’s Been Good.”
skydivers wear tampax?... So they won’t whistie on
Besides “Rocky Mountain Way” this is the only
the way down.”
song that the ‘classic rock’ radio stations have
played to death. However, Walsh’s concert version
The crowd was restiess after Leon Redbone left
is full of lyric changes and improvisations that keep
the stage. Some went for the bar, others fished
the song fresh.
around for change to tip the bathroom attendants.
After a short break Joe was back for an encore. “I
The sell-out crowd of over 3,(XX) contained many
know what you want to h ^ e .” The crowd goes wild
veterans of Joe Walsh concerts, labeled by their
as Joe breaks into his 1983 underground hit,
“Confessor Tour” T-shirts. Joe Walsh fans new and
“I.L.B.T.’s” ("I Like Big Tits").
old reclaimed their seats as the unique and highly
Walsh closes Uie evening with “All Night Long,”
talented personality took the stage.
a hit for him in 1980 and a regular at the last Eagles
“How’s it going?” Joe asks as he straps a violin­
tour. The crowd cheered for a second encore for
shaped guitar around his neck. To his right is Rick
about 10 minutes before Uie lights came on.
‘The Bass Player,’ and behind him is J. ‘Boom
“I wish he would have played all night” I heard a
Boom’ Cromwell on drums. The three-man band
man say on his way o u t
type set-up goes back to the days of the James Gang
in the early 70's.
Joe Walsh is probably the most underrated musi“Welcome to the Club” from his 1974 solo album.
cian/songwriter/perfonner in the industry. His
So What began the s e t This led directiy into an even
albums can be found in many cut-out or budget bins
older tune from the James Gang, “Walk Away.”
or not at all. If you see one, any one, pick it up, you
While othCT performers push their new album onto
may be surprised at the quality, humor and original­
the concert crowds Joe played nothing from his new
ity of Mr. Walsh's music.
album, Got Any Gum? However, this was a slight
disappointment as his latest work stands up quite
by Gary Rosenzweig
Of The Triangle
S t e v e W in w O O d : Rolling with Success
by Jack P ersko
Triangle Stc^ Writer
Many purists like myself get
very skeptical when they see an
accomplished rock and roll art­
ist on the top 40 charts. The as­
sumption is that they have sold
out— gone for the easy money
at the ex p o se of their credibil­
ity. This is almost always the
case, but lately there have been
a few praiseworthy exceptions.
Artists like Peter Gabriel, U2.
and Steve Winwood have been
gradually invading the singles’
charts, but the thought that qual­
ity music may one day reclaim
the charts is really just wishful
thinking.
Anyway, Steve Winwood’s
new dbum , Roll With It, is des­
tined to be a huge commercial
success, and it deserves it. The
title song is already on its way
to becoming a smash, and other
infectious songs like “Holding
On” and “Hearts On Fire” are
likely to follow. These are genu­
inely good songs, as opposed to
the annoying, childish crap that
is typical of top 40 radio. It’s
wonderful that Winwood can
be a pop star while retaining his
style and sc^histication. He’s
beating them at their own game.
In 1977, Winwood began a
solo career that has reached its
peak in recent years. After
exploring synthesizer-based
pop rock on his Hrst few solo
albums,\9%6'sBackin the High
Life depicted Winwood as a
mature and contemporary artist
Roll With It marks a return to
his Spencer Davis Group roots.
It’s a mixture of 1960’s R&B
and Winwood’s characteristic
soul vocals.
The multi-talented Winwood
(he played literally every in­
strument on some songs), de­
livers a polished set of highly
texuired songs — each ranges
from five to seven minutes. Un­
fortunately, there’s surprisingly
little dqHh.
The insubstantial lyrical con­
tent prevents this album from
being truly amazing. Admit­
tedly, Winwood is known more
for his musicianship than fw
his lyrics. So, from a top 40
viewpoint (where lyrics are not
only meaningless, they border
on moronic), Winwood’s aes­
thetics cleariy outshine his cli­
che-ridden lyrics.
However, from a rock and
roll viewpoint, Winwood is
really pressing his luck (and
our tolerance) on more than one
occasion, llie most notable
being,“Don’t You Know What
the Night Can Do?”, which is
destined to be another Michelob commercial (you have to
wonder if the use of the word
“night” was intentional). It
evokes disturbing images of
Whitney Houston’s fatuous
simplicity.
Listen to this
schmaltz: ‘There are times tiiat
never ever come again/Memories there for the making/When
the night calls, we better let it
in/All this love for the taking”.
Yuck! Pass the Maalox.
Therefore, despite how
entertaining Roll With It is, as
a whole, it’s not as earnest as
Back in the High Life . There is
no outstanding sentiment, like
the gospel-influenced “Higher
Love” or the rejuvenation of
spirit of “Back in the High Life
Again” Lyrically, the best song
is probably “One More Morn­
ing”. Although it’s wall-towall cliches, it’s sincere and
poignant.
Roll With It will increase
Winwood’s already substantial
mass acceptance, but I’m con­
cerned where this success will
lead him. Will he become a hit
monger like Phil Collins, or will
he use his commercial appeal
to introduce intelligent music
to today’s top 40 audience? I
really hope that Winwood
doesn’t b ^ o m e the male ver­
sion of Whitney Houston. He
is much too talented to end his
critically-acclaimed career as a
slave to his newfound image.
Book Review
S te p h e n K in g 's M ise ry
by Adrien Albitz
Triangle S tc^ Writer
The cover of Stephen King’s
latest bestselling novel Miserv
caught my eye the minute I walked
into the l^ k sto re . My first
thought was, “Pretty creepy!”
Dam tootin’!
From page one tiiis “torturous”
tale snatches your attention and
keeps you fuinly “captivated”.
Our hero Paul Sheldon is the be­
stselling author of a series of cultcreating romance/adventure nov­
els featuring the escapades of 19tii
century heroine Misery Calthorpe.
It seems everyone adores these
novels except Paul who has dis­
continued the Misery series to
write a more substantial novel,
one he hopes will establish him as
a serious writer. At the comple­
tion of his new novel, Paul de­
cides to celebrate by downing a
bottle of Dom Perignon before
heading back to his New York
apartment to deliver his first and
only manuscript to his publisher.
Unfortunately, Paul gets a case of
the old “sense of adventure” and
opts to drive instead of fly from
his hotel in snowy Colorado.
Having made this drastically
unwise decisi(m, he has a run-in
with a nasty snowstorm and a
near-fatal accident.
This is when we meet Paul’s
“number-one-fan” and captor-tobe Annie Wilkes. Annie is not
your typical ex-RN; she happens
to enjoy utilizing hypodermic
needles and large cutting devices
entirely too much. She is the one
who fmds Paul and saves his life
by bringing him back to her se­
cluded farmhouse for a nice long
'recovery' period.
His legs shattered and twisted
from the wreck, Paul is helpless to
dispute any of Annie’s orders,
one of which is to revive the dead
Misery character for an encore
performance in Paul Sheldon’s
last and greatest novel Misery’s
Return. Though Paul has come to
detest these shallow, fanciful
novels, he has no choice but to
write - or else.
During the course of bizarre
events, Paul sneaks an opportu­
nity to find out why his obviously
disturbed captor keeps insisting
that everyone is “out to get her”
and why she was “put on the stand
in Denver.” But, if Annie finds
out that he’s been snooping, she’11
put that cuUery to w(xk, no ques­
tions asked.
This is not the best Stephen King
novel I have read, but it does
deserve m erit King’s insight into
the mentality of the crippled,
dependent prisoner of a madwo­
man is absolutely maddening, and
several chapters will positively
turn your stomach with their
graphic detail. Although this novel
didn’t quite have the pizazz of
Thg Shining or Pet Sematarv. it
was no disappointment. However,
I must warn you as I was warned
by the guy who sold me this book:
“It’ll keep you up all night!”