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October 1991
. University of Maryland, Munich Campus
VoL 4, No. 2
Move to Augsburg
in planning stages
by ROBERT LORETTA
Staff Reporter
About 400 students are expected to
attend the Augsburg Campus next fall,
said Dean William McMahon.
The move from Munich to Augsburg
will begin the last week of May and
should be completed by June 30.
McMahon was in Heidelberg Oct. 1 and
2 to speak with Bruce McLeod, chief of .
Army Continuing Education Services, to
seek approval to offer a four-year degree
program in Augsburg.
"If we combine our offerings (with the
evening division), we can provide a fouryear degree," McMalJon said. "The idea
was well received."
"There were a few questions about fees,
but we can get it worked out," he added.
Coordinating the Augsburg move. is
Steve Vass, assistant to the dean for Log-
istics apd Facilities Development.
McMahon said, "Vass is an old army
type who knows the military language and
how the army operates:
Vass said he will be traveling to Augsburg soon to check the facilities and get
the keys.
"The facilities on Reese Kaserne are
being inventoried and locked as we speak,"
he said.
Though the University of Maryland.
does not physically begin the move until
May, the planning is well under way.
Vass explained, "The army will move
most, if not all, of the university equipment, chairs, tables, books, etc., that last
week of May."
"The nice thing is that we have an
architect who has finalized plans for upgrading and rehabilitating the buildings to
make them more conducive for a unIversity," Vass said.
D!ning'facllity (I) and resi.dence hall Ir) at the Augsburg Campus.
photofrom the PubUc 4JjaJrs Ojfice
"For example we'll have brand new
physic, chemistry and biology labs," he
said.
According to Vass, the donns will be
similar to those in the United States-two
students to'a room with common bathrooms on each hall.
There will be no suites, but all the
rooms have been refurbished and the bathrooms have new fixtures, he said.
"The donns aren't as spacious, but rve
seen facilities allover the U.S. and these
are at least twice as good as comparable
donns at many schools," Vass said.
Students will also eat at a dining facility
because the rooms will not have kitchens
and cooking in the rooms will not be permitted, he said.
The donns are located very close to the
Augsburg PX.
continued on page 10
Arden talks about new campuses during visit
by MAREDY BECKER
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Joe Arden, director of the University of
Maryland, European Division, visited Munich Campus in mid-September to discuss
issues relating to the Augsburg move.
Arden also talked about the Schwabisch
Gmiind Campus and the appointment of a
new dean.
Arden said, "There is no possibility Uniyersity of Maryland will not have a full
program in 92-93."
The university's move to Augsburg will
have no affect on the students, he said.
Arden explained that no major elements
of ihe university would be moved until the
summer of 1992. The exact date of the
move is not yet known.
The number of faculty and staff at the
Augsburg Campus is unknown.
Arden said he "anticipates faculty and
staff to be smaIler" than that of Munich
Campus.
Professors will come from the Maryland
system, European Division and the Asian
Division, he said.
Arden said he hopes to open the Augsburg Campus with about 450 students.
He also said there might a greater cltance
of having more international students in
one or two years if restrictions on the
Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) are
relaxed.
Augsburg will have a full range of
<;ourses below the 300 level with the possi-
bllity of 300 or 400 level courses being
ailed.
. Arden said that this would be "conceptually possible" but that Augsburg would
stillcarry the same basic curriculum.
. Dorms at Augsburg will be "more conveniently located" than many of the dorms
at Munich Campus, he said.
Housing for faculty will not be pro,:ided, he said.
continued on page 7
Yugoslavian attends campus to escape war
by ROBERT BRUTSCHE
Staff Reporter
MuniCh Campus student Milos Trajkovic is a Yugoslavian attending school here
to avoid being forced to fight in the war in
Yugoslavia.
Trajkovic, a Serbian, lived the first 17
years of his life in Yugoslavia, but he
feels that this war is just' a political battle.
. "It's not my war and I'm not going to
fight it," Trajkovic said. '"So, that's why
l'mhere."
Trajkovic points to history to defend his
position.
After World War I, when Yugoslavia
was being formed, Croatia and Slovenia
asked and were allowed to become members of the country, Trajkovic said.
But, during World War II, Croatia split
\0 form its own fascist regime called Inloo~~dffitICro~beexplained.
. This regime built concentration camps
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to house. and kill Serbians, Jews and Gypsies', as well as other groups of people,
Trajkovic said.
After this regime failed, Croatia again
asked and was allowed to rejoin the country of Yugoslavia, he said.
"This (present) war is just the repeating
of history," Trajkovic said.
Trajkovic feels that the break-away
republics should be allowed to leave.
'"I would say just stop the fighting and
let them go," he said.
Trajkovic also has family on both sides
of the war, he said.
He h.as an' aunt and other family
members in Croatia.
His mother and sister live in Belgrad,
which is in Serbia, Trajkovic said. His
girlfriend, Milica, also lives in Belgrad.
Trajkovic has heard, through phone
conversations with his family in Yugoslavia, that some members of his family
have been forced to fight in the war, he
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Club
said.
Trajkovic has not heard from his family
since about the third week in September
because phone lines in Yugoslavia have
beencuL
Trajkovic's father is working in
Frankfurt am Main, though his parents ary
not separated, he explained.
The main effect the war has had on him
is forcing his family to live separately,
Trajkovic said.
Trajkovic came to Germany in 1990 to
attend an American high school, he said.
He went one year, his sepior year, to
Frankfurt American High School.
He had taken six years of English in
Yugoslavia, but he still had some trouble
with the language at first, he said.
Trajkovic had planned to go back to
Yugoslavia after high school to srudy b!'siness in a Yugoslavian university and start
his own business, he said.
But after the war started, he was forced
to cltange his plans and come to an American university, Trajkovic said.
Now he plans to continue studying at
Munich Campus and get his associates in
business here. Then he will return to
Yugoslavia, he explained.
Trajkovic said he likes Munich Campus
and that he has really good roommates. He
said the Americans are very friendly.
He did have some trouble his first
month here, he said. He could not get an
installation pass when he first got here
because his visa application had to be
approved.
He had to be signed on every time he
went to class, he said.
Trajkovic was allowed to come to
Munich Campus under a new policy that
permits non-logistically supported students, who have at least a B+ average and
are interviewed by Admissions, to attend,
according to the Admissions Office.
Sports
program
undergoes
changes
due to
drawdown
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Munich Observer
October 1991
Editorial Page
Campus Issues: Voting
by SUSAN M A Y "
Gue~t Columnist and Government prof,essor
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A f'JEW Low
Clinic woes
The doctors at the Army health clinic seem to be the
only ones who put into practice the "hypocritic" oath. Students are advised to practice- "safe sex," but poor health
services render this philosophy useless.
It takes a month for female students to get an appointment with the gynecologist. For example, one of the
editors went on Oct I to see the nurse to get an appointment and she got one for Nov. 7.
Any female wishing to get on the Pill immediately in
order to prevent pregnancy would be having unsafe sex for
two months.
It takes a month to get an appointment and the Pill is
not effective during the first month of use.
MC students appear to be treated as second class citizens
because of their student status. It seems as though we are
given last priority for appointments. Are. we less important then other military dependents? Are we students first
and then dependents, or is it vice-versa?
We feel that adequate health care is not provided for us,
despite the fact that our dependent LD. cards entitle us to
health care benefits.
The new policy of making appointments four weeks in
advance does not make for a healthy campus. By tl)e time
an appointment comes around an illness is usually worse
or has solved itSelf.
Attempts to make an appointment for the same day can
be made, but they are often futile.
Whether attitode or policy, the efforts at the clinic seem
to discriminate against stndents, as well as coming' nowhere near practicing preventative medicine.
As Americans cheer on the emerging democracies of the
east, they seem to be growing further away from partici. pation in their own government .
Millions of patriotic Americans who tied yellow ribbons around trees to show support for the troops won't
manage to make it to the polling booth in November to
decide who will govern them for the coming year.
Can we consider ourselves patriots when only 30 perCent of Americans vote in a congressional election?
The students at Munich Campus are members of the age
group with the lowest voter tnmout in the United States.
In the coming November election, we can expect less
than a 20 percent turnout in the 18-25 year old age group.
Why?
The reasons are many and stndents at the campus have'
one additional excuse-many have not been to their state
of residence in years. Many do not even know which state
will let them exercise their right to vote.
I find that most students in government classes have an
, opinion-often a strong opinion-about Congress and the
president, but don't feel the government officials are res·
ponsive enough to make voting worthwhile.
They are right, of COurse, Members of Congress probably 1@ less concerned about the problems of college age
by R. D. ALCALA
Guest Columnist and Staff ,Member
I am snpposed to be writing an editorial on the vitality
of the vote; convincing you, the student-reader, that it is
your obligation.
It is tnrning out to be no easy task.
I could use loud phrases like "patriotic duty" or
"responsibility as an American," but they ring hollow to
me, a bit indifferent to reasol) and ill-defined; they are
phrases designed to coerce you to vote instead of convince
you.
I could invoke the pillar of our own political tenets, the
Declaration of Independence. Mter all, voting is an afflfffiation of democratic conviction and that is a principle
Thomas Jefferson, if anyone, should be able to dispense.
Yet this turns out to be problematic also since Jefferson
bases much on self-evident, objective truths, and I know
for a fact that many ·of you are adamant about the com. plete relativity of truth; conSidering it to be a trait, not a
quality, of belief.
No, I can use neither fervent, poetic phrase nor philosophy to rationalize support for the democratic process.
So I am .left with science to support the vote. Science
and the suggestion that voting is merely an extension of
elementary physics.
Weare centrifugal beings; our is an orbital existence.
We need to thrive around a nuclear notion and gauge ourselves and our enviro)lIl1ent based on the magnetic relationship we maintain with our center, our cause.
In this Sense we are like the largest solar system and the
smallest nuclei may be of interest, but to speak of them
as right or wrong is to comment on our own attraction,
our own polar position in reference to our focus: a nucleus
Americans and the reason is simple: they know that most
young people don't vote and cannot get them elected or unelected.
I think that low voter tnmout among young Americans
is also a result of a poor "political educatIon." Many
young people would like to vote, but don't know enough
about the procedures. Whatever the reason, the low voter
tnmout makes for less of a democracy .
A group of Munich Campus stndents who are interested
(or are going to becOme interested) in the running of our
country is organizing a voter registration campaign (or the
campus.
The goal is not just to get stndents to vote in next
year's presidential and congressional elections, but to provi'de them with enough information to get them to vote
intelligentiy.
Election information will be requested from most states
and will be made available. Voter registration forms will
be provided and. details on the procedures for each state
will be explained.
We hope to be able to answer any questions students or
members of the community might have about the eleCtion
and the way the system works--or doesn'L
There is no way to guarantee that your Congress
members will listen to you. But there is a way to guarantee that they won't---{fun't vote!
itself is devoid of intrinsic quality.
If we break away from an orbit it is only to circumscribe another.
If we choose to maintain an orbit we must maintain our
magnetic relationship with the nucleus.
This arrangement is true for all aspects of Our experience and certainly central to our politi,cal being.
As an American, your political nucleus is termed democracy and the magnetic relationship you maintain it with
is contingent on the collective vote of the U.S. citizenry.
This franchise no! only controls your mbit around democratic Principle but also iilfluences itS character and modifies its conditions.
If you fail to maintain your orbit, if you don't vote, you
stand the chance of drifting from your course and foregoing your nucleus.
There are other focal points, other political nuclei which
exert th.eir own magnetic attraction and if you wish to
avoid their authority you must actively reafflfffi your own
orbital system: you must vote and do so astutely.
You need ouly look around, geographically, to the
former Eastern Block atid see nations and peoples lOsing
their former political foci and attempting to course a democratic nucleus unthinkable only a few years ago.
They are choosing to center their world. on democracy:
by voting wisely you are too.
The maintenance of a system you favor requires dynamic interplay with its core in order to continue the desirable course.
Voting is dynamic interplay with democracy: exercise
the right and the system remains stable; neglect it and
things do fall apart, to quote Yeats, the center will not
hold.
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October 1991 MWlich Observer
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Survey Says: Date Rape
by CAROL EGAN
Poll Editor
This month the Munich Observer surveyed students about date or acquaintance rape and
sexual harassment. Fifty randomly selected students answered seven questions on these
topics.
Tne results of the survey were as follows:
What is your sex?
45%
Male
Female
55%
,-
Do you think date rape is a problem at Munich
Campus?
Yes
38.6%
No
61.4%
Do you think sexual barassment is a problem at Munich Campus?
42.1%
Yes
57.9%
No
How many people do you know who have been date raped at
Munich Campus?
o
73.7%
I to 2
21.1 %
3 or more 5.3%
Do you think date rape statistics should be made public at
Munich -Campus (not names, just numbers)?
Yes
91.2%
No
8.8%Have you ever been in a sitnation at Munich Campus where you
were tbreatened or bad reason to fear being date raped?
Yes
24.6%
No
75.4%
I
What is your biggest fear concerning dHte rape?
Fear or emotional or physical damage to you
Pregnancy (females)
Of contracting a sexually transmitted diseaseGuilt
Public knowledge, embarrassment
47.4%
3.5%
22.5%
3.5%
1.8%-
Several of the variables were combined to see what each sex had to say about Lbe fear of date rape and to see whether students' knowledge of someone who has
been date raped influenced whether they think it is a problem at Munich
Cainpus.
The charts, shown below, suggest that females fear the emotional or
physical consequences of date rape. Ahnost 60 percent more females fear this
by Amisa Jones
than males. The survey also suggests that the No. I fear for males is
contracting a sexually transmitted disease.
male
Date Rape Consequences
female
Emotional or physical damage
Pregnancy
Contracting an SID
Guilt
Public knowledge, embarrassment
18.8% 82.8%
6.9%
0
62.5% 10.3%
0
12.5%
0
6.3%
Knowledge of people
who bave been date raped
(nnmber of victims known)
Is date rape a
problem at MC?
yes
no
0-1
1-2
3 or more
45.5% 91.4%
40.9%
8.6%
0
13.6%
In responding to this issue, sOme students wrote comments on the survey.
"All of the above is something to be worried about. All is relevant." (male)
"I really haven't heard of any occirrrences here!" (male)
"Some of the harassers are-G.I.'s from out of town on weekends." (female)
"I, having female friends, would fear greatly for the health and happiness of those
. friends. " (male)
"I think it is mainly a problem for females more than males." (male)
"No fear, I'm a.giJy." (male)
"It's sick perverts, they don't have any right to date rape chicks, PERIOD!"
(female)
Ask your Student Government Council
\
Members of the Student Government Council would like to introduce their new question
and answer column. What we do is take the questions you have to people who will know
the answers or can ien us where to get them. Then the answers are published in this
column. Students with questions can drop them in off in the SGC box, located in the
Student Union Building or talk to an SGC meinber. So without further delay here are the
first questions.
~igned Michael Dawson Jr.
( Black man and Bobcat).
DearSGC.
Why is there not a travel board for the students who want to share the cost of a drive
home?
Signed Hitch-Hiker
-DearSGC,
I've heard thaI if you're off campus that you can still get in trouble by the U of.M.
Is this true, and if it is, isn't it kind of unfair? I mean does the U of M have the right to
do that?
Signed No Freedom Anywhere
DearNFA,
Dear Hilch- Hiker,
This is a good idea! Thanks to your suggestion, we now plan to put up travel boards
about a week before a break starts. We will try to .have it by October break, but we
cannot promise it Thank you for this great idea._
DearSGC,
_ Yes, what you've heard is true. The U of M has the rigbt to· enforce its policies
anywhere-including downtown, F1ic's, Perlacher Forst as well as the road leading past
the kaserne towards the Chiemgau area.
According to Steve Curtis, director of RLO, there have been many complaints recently from the people who live on the street leading to the Chiemgau area. He has informed
us that in order to curb this problem, there will be security sWf patroIling that street as
well as increased.MPs and Polizei around the area. So, if you're going down to Flic's or
wherever-I) try to keep the noise down and 2) when coming hom", go through the base.
Also, the university has the right to enforce off campus because of 'a university defamation clause in the handbook. Any action which causes disgrace io the university is
punishable by the university regardless of where it occurred.
Just remember, wherever you are, you represent our university. Just use common sense
and be a little considerate, and you'll never have to worry about this problem.
DearSGC,
discrimination, zigzag discrimination, and just plain out discrimination. I am just tired of
discrimination !!!!
r:w
I am a member of the white Anglo-Saxon protesters
ASP). I am up:>et at the fact
that this school allows all black fraternities (The Bobcats) but will not have the guts to
allow an all white fraternity. I am tired of this reverse discrimination.
Signed WASP
What kind of housing will there be in Augsburg?
Signed Just Wondering
Dear Just Wondering.
We will have more college-like dorms in Augsburg. There will be a community
baLhroom and kitchen, but we will have a meal program. The particulars have riot all
been worked out yet But unfortunately there will be few if any single rooms.
DearSGC.
What happens to the Student Union fees ?
Unsigned
.
Dear Student;
The SUB does not support itself. The Student Union fees are needed as a subsidy for
the Student Union Building.
DearSGC.
Why isn't there a condom issuing jJrtJgram in the student dorms?
Signed Blue Balls
Dear WASP.
Dear Blue Balls.
As a Bobcat I can tell you that we are a well integrated group. We don't discriminate
on the bases of race or creed. A fraternity should be open to all who want to apply. You
say you are tired of reverse discrimination. I am tired of reverse discrimination, diagonal
There was a program like that last year but it had to be stopped. The mililary owns
the housing thal we live in and were going to stan charging for the rooms if the practice
of distributing condoms was not stopped.
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octQber 1991
Entel~tainment
Greek· dishes served up nearby
by
ROBERT .LORETTA
Staff Reporter
A dimly lit, music "filled Greek getaway
: is waiting for you two minutes from
McGraw Kaserne.
Kukuvaja Greek Restaurant provides
live music six nightsa week and delicious
Greek cuisine with fresh fish specials,
beers, ~es and spirits.
Kukuvaja sits at the edge of Perlacher
Forst housing area It is open daily from
11 am. In 3 am.
Brazilian music fills the air on Mondays
from 8:30 p.m. to closing. From Tuesdays through Saturdays listen to Greek
sounds from 10 p.m. In closing. No cover
I
..
is charged.
Kukuvaja offers warm and cold appetizersranging from 5 to 12,50 OM.
Salads, which could be considered full
meals,cost from 6,50 In 10,50 OM.
'For the hearty appetite iry one of the
daily. specials. Both Kalamaria and Giros
are an excellent choice.
Main entrees range frorn 13 to 23 OM.
A fish platter c3J.led Kamaki Piato costs
32DM.
For dessert the obvious choice is
Baklava
Beer costs 3;50 OM and wine by the
glass runs 4 to 5 OM. Spirits and champagne are also available.
Each guest receives a complimentary
shot of Ouzo at the end of the meal.
The clientele is mixed with mostly German and American patrons. Of course a
few Greeks prowl t/Je scene. The dress is
neat, defmitely not formal.
by LARA PORFILIO
Other than a few added decorations,
Thc's pub seems to have maintained the
same atmosphere as that of the former bar
Richie's.
To get there, walk straight out the main
entrance of McGraw Kaseme. Walk along
the left side of TegemseerlandstraBe, opposite Flic's.
Flic's took over Richie's location, about .
250 meters south of the front gate of
McGraw, last spring.
Kukuvaja is located on EmersonstraJle,
just past the underpass leading In the housing area. You can It miss it.
Staff Reporter
Are you looking for a relatively inexpensive restaurant, where you can order a good
meal and get the feeling of a small, intimate restaurant?
Try Pizzeria-Ristorante-Italiano, located
on TegernseerlandstraBe 254, on the way
ID Flic's Pub.
It claims on its menu to be the oldest
pizzeria in MOOchen.
Students can grab a late night bite In eat
Monday through Friday fI;om 5 p.m. to I
.
am. and on Saturday and Sunday from II
a.m. to I a.m.
When you walk inln the restaurant, you
immediately get the feeling that you have
just entered a restaurant on the wharf.
Amidst the dim lights and cozy table settings are various wall~mounted sea animals and fish that add to the decor of the
surroundings.
A big, round table encompasses the
. front of the restaurant, giving the sense of
a big Italian family gathering.
In the background sits a jukebox that features music from the 6Os,70s and 80s.
Recommended entrees include spaghetti
Eggroll sales that raised funds
for Thailand poor discontinued
by JENNIFER GIRTON
Staff Iieporte~
The traditional Friday eggroll saleS,
held over the past few years at Municl!
Campus, have been discontinued this year.
English professor Oavid Holmes and his
wife Oa woul.d make about 125 eggrolls
and sell them for $1.50 each in the second
floor smoking stairwell.
"My wife liked In help the poor people
she knew in Thailand," Holmes said, "so
she statted making the egg rolls to raise
money."
However, he explained that over time, it
had become too much work fot her. Thus,
. they decided to stop selling this year.
"I would help her make them on Thursday .and bring them to school every Friday," he recalled.
. "Sometimes we would sell out early, it
depended on what the students were selling
at the time," he noted.
His wife, who visits her native Thailand
every year, wo"ld distribute the money
made from the eggroll sales In the poor
every other tenn.
.
by RANDY GIRE
Staff. Reporter
Kukuvaja also has an outside beer gar-·
den with full service in the warmer
months only. The restaurant {)pened in
March of this year.
Italian eatery offers fish specialties
,
Flies maintains·
atmosphere of
previous bar
dishes, fish platters and pizza. Mussels.
. when in season, are also on the menu.
Of special interest is the King Arthur
pizza, which serves eight persons for 62
OM. Another specialty is American Breakfast pizza
The average cost of small dishes is 8,50
OM while larger dishes run about 16 OM.
Customers can. choose from a selection
of beverages ranging from ·beer and wine
to soda.
Pizzeria-Ristorante-ltaliano offers a rehued atmosphere and reaso;"ble prices for
good quality eating.
Flic's opens daily at 6 p.m. and closes
at I a.m. on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday. Thursday through Saturday Thc's closes at 3 a.m:
At Flic's, beer, shots and mixed driuks
are served at a variety of prices. A 0,3 I
expon beer costs 3 OM and a mixed driuk
goes for about 6,50 OM..
Flic's also serves pub food such as soup
and sandwiches.
Part-iime student Kristen Stocki'; said,
"The people who frequent Thc's are Munich students, CIO, G.!. 's and German
dmnks who trip over fro":, the Boot"
As In the music, Stockin said, "The mu. sic ranges from cheesy Top 40 In thrash
metaL'"
Friday and ~anirday nights, Flic's sometimes features a live band. A 5 OM cover
is charged.
Sunday nights are football nights, staning at 7 p.m.
THE AMERICAN DRAMA GROUP EUROPE
presents:
THE RAINMAKER
by RICHARD NASH
Other semesters, the money went to the
poor in Sri Lanka.
Last semester, the sales earned $900 for
the poor in Thailand, Holmes said.
The University of Maryland Munich Campus
Theatre Department
needs
Backstage Technicians
(Techies!) .
Assistant Directors. Stage Managers • Assistant Stage
Managers. Stage Crew. light Crew. Sound Crew.
Costume Crew. Make-up Crew. Prop Crew. Ticket
Sellers • Publicity Crew • Refreshment Sellers
for our
Fall Production
See Mr. Denison in Room 400 for more information
Director: Richard Clodfelter; Producers: G.rantfy Marshall/Gunnar Kuehn
AmericanAir1ines'
THEATERAUFFOHRUNGEN IN ENGLISCHER SPRACHE
THEATER AN DER LEOPOLDSTR.,
Miinchen.
11., 12., 13., 14., 15., 16., 18., 19. November 1991, 20.00 Uhr
11., 12., 14., 18 November 1991,
Uhr
Eintrittspreise: OM 25,-, 22,-, 20,-; VHS OM 20,-; Studenten/SchOler OM 11,- .
moo
Karten: American Drama Group Europe, Tel. 089 I 34 38 03;
StudiosLJs-Aeisen. Amalienstr., rv1ontag-Freitag 9.30-13.30 Uhr. Tel. 089/280768
Abendkasse: eine Stunde VOl" Beginn der VorstelJung, Tel. 089/39 40 81
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0ct0ber1991 Munich Observer
5
Initiates rush for clubs
by JENNIFER GIRTON
Staff Reporter
Rushes for various Munich Campus
social clubs were held for two weeks during mid-September.
Forty-two students were chosen as initiates to rush for a spot in one of eight of
the clubs involved.
.
Club members met interested individuals at an open rush held Sept.! 3 at the
Student Union Building.
They then passed outinvitations to their
rush parties.
The Turtles, Mongooses and Pandas
held their parties the weekend of Sept 13.
"I thought our party went really well,"
said Robbin Ciraulo, head Turtle. "We
met a lot of people and had fun."
M~ of the clubs had two parties, the
fIrst to meet possible initiates and a second to get to know them better.
Although all of the parties were by invi-
tation only, others who showed up were
not turned away, social club offIcers said.
The Bobcats, Dawgz, Katz, Doves and
Panthers held their rush parties from Sept
20 to Sept 26.
"It was a fantastic rush," said Delilah
Green, vice president of the Panthers. "We
were really happy with the way it went"
Chuck Williams, president of the
Dawgz, said, "It was a pretty rockin' party.
We had 12 racks of beer and four vodka
b9ttIes disappear."
As part of Rush Week activities, initiates were seen around campus cleaning lip
other club members' apartments, taking
out trash and dressed in unusoaI costumes.
Initiates are selected to become club
members based on the type of person they
are and how well they get along with the
other members, social club offIcers said.
About 100 students are involved in
Munich Campus social clubs.
Greek Council.ru1es groups
by DAVE REINHOLT
Staff Reporter
The Greek Council is the organization
that regulates Munich Campus fraternities
and sororities.
This semester's offIcers include: Joey Alvarado, chair; Charby Linn, vice chair;
Sam Harris, secretary and April MooseFox, treasurer.
Greek Council regulates the rules that allow fraternities and sororities to become
members, she explained.
Other fratemity and sorority functions
controlled by Greek Council include planning social events, allowing Student Union Building use and allowing food sales
in campus buildings, Linn said.
The sororities that belong to Greek
Council are the Katz, Mongooses, Pandas, Panthers and Turtles. The fraternities
include the Bobcats, Dawgs and Doves.
Funds raised by Greek Council are used
for the traditional spring semester events.
-Field Day and Block party.
Field Day usually includes food and beverages and a football game between the
Dawgz and Doves.
The Block Party is a day of free beer
drinking. Both events are open to anyone.
Greek Council meetings are held on
every other Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in
Elkins A-7.
For more information. contact Alvarado
in Elkins B-1 or Linn in Elkins A-7.
by Arnisa
Jones
FROM THE TOURS OFFICE:
Spaces are still available for the ball break tours.
(Student Life Office Week-Sept. 23 thru 29)
Weezils try to organize
by NICK LACOSTA
Staff Reporter
A new social group called the Weezils
started on Munich Campus this semester.
Head Weezil Paul Campbell said the
group began with six members but now
has eight after Rush Week, including one
female.
Campbell said the Weezils had hoped to
join the Greek Council. However, the
Greek Council bylaws limit membership
to the original nine Munich Campus fratemities and sororities.
But, the Weezils still hope to find a
sponsor once they are organized, Campbell
said. Until then, he joked thaI they will
stay with their present sponsor: Jack
Daniels..
The WeeziIs began because none of the
other fraternities had what they wanted,
Campbell said.
He said the WeeziIs are open-minded and
have no prejudice against other social
groups.
Member Lance Jorgensen said, "We're
not trying to be better, just different"
Campbell added that they want to be
"just another social group."
Campbell said Ii'le name Weezil was
chosen based on the defInition of a weasel
in the American Heritage Dictionary.
He summarized it as to be evasive; to
back out of a situation in a sneaky manner.
Campbell said one of the things they
look for in their initiates is this ability to
stay out of trouble.
Jorgensen said the Weezils must be
"slick, but have to be themselves and
enjoy the company of the other Weezils."
He continued, "We all have the same
quality in us."
The Weezils have set up their book of
Weezil guidelines and set the goal of being
around for 10 more years.
They hope that once the campus has
moved to AugsbiJrg that they will be accepted on the Greek Council and be a
recognized group.
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Stateside News
''Ugly Woman" contest found lawful
(CPS)-George Mason University officials acted unconstitutionally when they
suspended a fraternity for holding an "ugly
woman contest,~ regardless of how
tasteless the event might have been, a federal judge has ruled.
The Sigma Chi fraternity chapter was
suspended last spring for two years because university officials said the contest
was offensive to women and minorities.
Women from different sororities dressed
Sigma Chi brothers ir.... omen's clothes
and paraded them on stage. One man padded his chest and buttocks and painted his
face black.
"One of the fundamental rights secured
by the First Amendment is that of free, uncensored expression, even on matters of
Helen Ackerman.
Meanwhile, the University of Texas'
Phi Kappa Psi chapter has settled a lawsuit in the hazing death of Mark See"Because that fundamental right extends
berger, a freshman pledge who died from
to students at a state university, a state unialcohol poisoning in 1986. His family
versity may not hinder the exercise of
settled it's lawsnit against the fraternity for
First Amendment rights simply because it '
than $1.9 million prior to a Sept. 3
more
feels that exposure to any given group's
trial date.
ideas may be somewhat harmful to certain
The local and national 'chapters of the
sludents," he added.
fraternity, three former fraternity officers
The university responded by saying,
and the foundation that owned the frater"We were disappointed. We felt the behavnity. house will pay the bulk of the
ior of these students was not consistent
amount.
with the goals of George Mason Univerc
And, at Iowa State University, members
sity. II
MPhiKappa Tau, and Tau Kappa Epsilon
"We want to teach people to live in a '-remain at odds, one year after two, TKE's
multicultural world," said spokeswoman
torched the Phi Tau house.
some may think are trivial, vulgar or profane," U.S. District Judge Claude M.
Hilton said in an Aug. 27 ruling.
A judge found two TKE brothers guilty
of arson offenses last spring and ordered
them to pay about $26,000 in restilution,
according to a report in the Iowa State
Daily.
Now, the Phi Kappa Taus have med a
civil suit against the TKEs asking for
more than $260,000 for punitive and actnal damages.
At the University of Virginia, Tau
Kappa Epsilon is still nying to work with
the federal goverment to regain it's house,
which was seized last March in a drug raid.
The goverment has returned ownership
to Phi Epsilon, and Delta Upsilon, two
other fraternities that had their houses
taken.
Over 65% of undergraduates pay by credit card
(CPS)---COllege Track Inc., a New York
research firm that specializes in the college
financial market, estimates th,!t about 68
percent of undergraduates possess a general
credit card, according to March 1991
figures.
An estimated 4 million students are card-,
holders, according to estimates by banks,
card companies and Credit Card News, a
trade magazine. Figures from June 1990
show that about 40 percent of all students
own a specialized credit card such as department store and gas cards.
The 68 percent figure shows a 7 percent
increase since 1988 and College Track vice
president Jim Knepper says that increase
"is almost exclusively because of the (marketing) push" by creditors.
Although 7 percent may not sound like
a lot, that figure represents an increase of
1.3 million people, according to Credit
Card News.
-,
Some of the most common cards held
by students are Discover, Visa, Mastercard
and American Express,
"What we did about a year ago was start
a nationwide direct-mailing campaign and
a 'Take One' display campaign for students," says Amy Sudol, spokeswoman
for Chase Manhattan Bank, one of the largest student Visa and Mastercard creditors
nationwide. "It was an excellent move for
Chase to expand into the student market"
"We made credit available when people
need it the mast," Sudol said.
Chase isn't the only one. American Express has enticed students for a couple of
years now with a bonus for card membership--airplane ticket vouchers that give
stUdents significantly discounted airfare
rates.
"We,figure students travel a great deal so
this is a way of giving them a benefit
based on their lifestyle," Wasserman said.
Most of the credit and charge corporations offer students the same card benefits
that other members receive, such as purchase protection, extended warranties, and
insurance on rental cars.
In addition, Chase, American Express
and others also send students cardholders
quarterly magazines and other publications
that give them credit and money management tips.
"ill school you're learning to budget a
lot of things-time, expenses and creditfor the flrst time. We think (American
Express) is a good first card because it's a
pay-as-you-go system," Wasserman said.
American Express charges cardholders an
annual fee ($55) to have the card and members avoid interest by paying their entire
balance at the end of each month.
Visa, Discover and Mastercard sometimes charge a smaller annual fee, but they
always offer cardholders the ootion of
Chocolate, fries affect romance
SALT LAKE CITY (CPS)-Got a hot date that might end in a romantic interlude? If '
you're a gny, then you probably should avoid a hamburger, french fries and a chocolate
shake for dinner.
A recent issue of Prevention magazine reports that researchers at the University of Utah
have discovered a connection between sex drive and fatty foods.
The study looked at how a high-fat meal affects the production of testosterone in men.
Wbat the researchers found was that four hours after drinking milkshakes, men's
testosterone levels dropped by 30 percent
Although the findings are preliminary, the researchers believe that the fatty acid in
foods like mi11cshakes inhibits production of testosterone.
Stress increases cold catching
PITTSBURGH (CPS)-The results of a recent Carnegie Mellon University study came
as no surprise to most medical experts-high stress levels can almost double a person's
chances of getting a cold.
, That finding is nothing ,to sneeze at if you're a college student Health experts estimate
that the common cold accounts for about one-third of the illnesses for which students seek
treatment
"There's no question that a link exists" between stress and its suppression of the body's
immune system, says Barbara Driscoll, health center director at Clark University in
Worster, Mass.
Driscoll thinks that link is especially strong in college students. "Students are a very
high stress group because they are always in such a state of flux;" she said.
flrst-time cardholders face. Many students
paying off their balance at their own pace
at a varied monthly interest rate. The rate , offer testimony to back up those concerns.
is currently estimated at about 18 to 20
The Ohio State Daily Lantern quoted
percent
senior Mary Ann Wargo as saying: "I used
Students "have been very responsible
(a credit card) for my tnition and then my
users of credit," Sudol says.
'car broke down and I had to use another
Not only have students proved to be a
card. Next I started buying clothes and
stable short-term credit risk while in
now my credit is up to the limit." Wargo
school, students also tend to payoff in the
owes about $1,500.
long
University of Maine student Tony Sierra
"Students, as they come out of school,
wound up owing $2,400 on his Visa and
will be making more money," Knepper
Discover cards.
says. "If (companies) can influence them
"I told myseIf I'd be rational with the
now, they will most likely have a cuscards, but then you start to think of it as a
tomer for life."
layaway. You get what you want and pay
'College Track estimates a student's
it later," Sierra told the New York
for
average monthly bill at $94. Knepper says
Times.
students have the same approximate default rate on credit cards as other adults.
Many institutions allow students to,
S till, some worry about the temptation
charge tuition, fees and books. ,
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Anti-obscenity crusade
targets UWand'hotline
MADISON, Wis. (CPS)-The man responsible for 2 Live Crew's troubles has
started another anti-obsCenity crusade, this
time against the UniversilY of Wisconsin
and a Miami teen hotline.
Jack Thompson, head of the Coral
Gables, Fla., group Parents Opposed to
the Propaganda in Schools, claims, that
audio information tapes distributed by the
university promote homosexuality, drug
use and masturbation and do not comply
with a Florida obscenity statllte.
"We've had our own opinions rendered
by a legal staff aiJd they tell us we are not
out of compliance with the law," said
George McKinney, associate executive
director of the Switchboard of Miami, the
non-profit crisis prevention service that
uses the tapes for its teen hotline.
"The man is after one tape-the
recording on homosexuality-because he's
highly homophobic," McKinney said.
"What can you do about that? It's a matter
of personal opinion."
The tapes, distributed by the University
of Wisconsin at Madison, are part of a
service the school's University Outreach
program offers.
The 875 tapes provide information about
topics that range from health care and
diagnosis to social issues such as homosexuality, abortion, drug abuse and masturbation.
Each tape plays for three to five
minutes, and the subjects are determined
, by the people who request them.
The tapes are distributed nationa11y under
the name Health-Line in more than 25
states to about 70 health and social service
organizations, secondary school systems
and colleges and universities.
"The tapes are developed and written by
our faculty and staff and are periodically
reviewed by faculty and staff for
revisions," said program director Ann
Whitaker.
Thompson, unavailable for comment,
earlier told the Associated Press that the
tapes "mentally molest minors .... behind
parents' backs."
The University of Wisconsin's response
to Thompson's threat of a suit was shon:
"We are cooperating with the Florida Bar
(Association's) investigation and are not
commenting any further on it," said
Cbuck Stathas, general counsel for the
University of WiSconsin System.
McKinney said over 600,000 teenagers
have used the tapes via the hotline since
the hotline emerged in JJlIluary 1990.
"(Thompson) is distorting this to make
it sound like we are promoting smut on
, the telephone," McKinney said. "What we
are promoting is responsible behavior."
Last year, Thompson convinced a federal
judge that rap group 2 Live Crew's album
"As Nasty As They Wanna Be" was
legally obscene.
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October 1991 Munich Observer
7
Campus awards various scholarships
by RANDY GIRE
Staff Reporter
Munich Campus awards numerous scholarships based on students' academic
achievements.
Twelve scholarships are awarded to in·
coming freshmen. Two types are offered.
One is the President's Scholarship-four
$1,000 scholarships ($2S0 ·per term for
both the freshman and sophomore Yelif).
The other is the Munich Campus Fresh·
man S.cholarship--eight $1,000 scholarships donated by Burger King.
Both scholarships are based on a high
school minimum grade point average of
3.0 and a combined SAT score of9S0.
Entering freshmen with the 12 highest
grade point averages and SAT scores are
automatically awarded these scholarships.
Sophomores can be considered for three
types of scholarships.
Bike Club tours Munich area
by ANDREA J.L. SMITH
Staff Reporter
I
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The Munich Campus Bike Club is open
to people who enjoy bike riding, said Mi·
chael Denison, theater professor and dub
co-adviser.
The club leads tours around the Munich
area, ranging from short one-hour rides to
beer gardens to all-<lay ex:cursions, he said.
The Bike Club also works with the repair and maintenance of members' bikes,
he noted.
A couple of times during the term, Den·
ison offers workshops to teach members
how to maintain and repair their bikes.
Upcoming events for members include
the Murtich Community bike race on Oct.
20 and a 6-day bike race at the Olympic
Stadium in November.
"We don't just sit around and talk," Denison stressed
Nearly every weekend, members cycle
off to a destination selected at the Tuesday
meetings.
The IS·member club meets on Tuesdays
at noon in the Student Union Building,
Denison said.
To join the club, one can see Denison,
go to a meeting or talk to co-adviser Dan
Wolter. Members must have their own
bikes, Denison said:
Denison said he thinks biology professor Martin Smith came up with the idea
of the Bike Club a few years ago.
For a while, it was called the Outspokin' Freewheelers, but the current members thought
name was "too cutsie,"
Denison said.
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Staff Reporter
She added that students can also ask a
professor to recommend them for a scholarship if they think they deserve one. .
For more information on these scholarships and other financial aid possibiliti.es, stop by the Financial Aid office in
room 319.
club began late fall 1990, Curran said.
The club meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6: IS p.m. to about 8 p.m. in
the Outer Srudent Lounge .
Class length depends on the lesson anq
how many members attend, Curran said
. Students who want to learn a new sport
at Murtich Campus might try their hand at
fencing.
Fencing club sponsor and Counseling
The club currently has 24 members but
Center director Barry Curran said the club
he expects a decline later in the term.
is structured as a beginning class, designed
"It's a pretty big time. commitment and
for those interested in fencing.
a lot of people just lose interest," he said
"It's a club, not a class. But it is taught
Last year ·the club visited a local Gerlike a class because that is the only way
man
fencing club. Curran said this may be
you can learn to fence," he stressed.
done
again, depending on members' interClub membership is free. Members need
est.
only obtain an old glove and a wrist strap ..
Curran, who is a maestro fencer, holds a
Curran added, though, that this "doesn't·
have to be expensive or immediate."
certificate of achievement from the Selberg
Fencing Academy in North Dakota.
The club provides the rest of the fencing
He fenced for four years with the Uniequipment, he said.
The club was formed when srudents and
versity of San Francisco fencing team and
experienced fencers Damien Centeno and . . was captain during the last year, he said.
Robin Douglas asked Curran last year if
He also taught fencing in California and
he was interested in starting a club. The
was a coach in Santa Cruz.
New Campuses continued from page 1
"We expect to be able to help fapulty to
identify houses or apartments in the area,"
he said
Arden did no(say how this would be
done.
Arden said that the proposed four-year .
school in Schwabisch Gmiind should open
in 1992-93.
However, .Arden said, "A lot of things
have to get accOmplished before then."
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"Of the people who are nominated, few
take the time to write out the essay," she
noted.
Fencers take stabs in club
CULTURAL TOURS
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Sophomores must be recommended by a
professor for these three SCholarships.
In addition, candi9ates must write an
essay for .the StrauB and Elkins scholarships, said Jocelyn Isedore-Makepeace, assistant fmancia! aid officer.
Cultural events in the city cof Munich,
your larger campus!
The city has not yet bought the property
to lease it to the University of Maryland ..
Arden said the university there would
not be associated with the European Divi-.
sion. It would be a branch of University
College in College Park, Md.
He said that tuition would also be much
higher, perhaps as much as $\0,000 per
year.
Arden said that if a campus cannot be
opened in Schwlibisch Gmiind, there is no
consideration of opening elsewhere:A new dean has not been selected for the
spring semester.
Arden said he was in no great hurry to
choose one because he is happy with Dean
McMahon.
"We owe Dean McMahon a vote of
thanks for his very dedicated service," he .
said. "His departure is a significant loss."
Arden described the qualifications for th~
new dean as someone with mature judgment, a doctorate and extensive teaching
experience'.
"We are looking for someone who has
experience in an intematioual teaching environment," he eXplained:
He also said that experience with $e
military was very important .as well as
knowledge of UM systems aIld the American military communities overseas.
Arden said he had not discussed the idea
of having McMahon stay on as dean.
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October 1991
New faculty, staff positions at Munich
by NICKLACOSTA
Staff Reporter
I
Math professor Gordon Vandervort came
to Munich from Zimbabwe in mid-August
to teach at MWlich Campus.
Vandervort, who received his bl!Chelors
and masters from the University of Wisconsin and a doctorate from the University
o(Virginia, teaches IS credit hoors of
math classes.
These include elementary math models,
introduction to trigonometry "md three
levels of calculus classes.
Vandervort said that before coming to
MWlich, he taught at the University of
Zimbabwe in Africa.
Although his students were African,'he
taught in English.
The Wliversity offered a full slate of
classes and had an enrollment of about
7,000 students.
He noted that Wliversity enrollment
there increased after Zimbabwe gained its
_iTIdependence in 1980.
After having lived most of his life in
Asia, Africa and Eorope, Vandervort said
his decision to come to Munich was related-to his desire to stay overseas.
Vandervort said he has not encountered
any problems so far in MWlich.
However, he has noticed that student
interest here is not as strong as student interest at the University of Zimbabwe.
future is not so bright without an educa· tioo."
Rajky'said he appreciates students who
make an effort in his classes.
He said he does not have-time to "chase"
students who do not take time to learn.
"Some students must fail -before they
learn to suceed," he believes.
Rajley likens the student/professor relationship to that of an actor and audience.
"When you see the students' faces are interested, you know that what you are
doing works," he said.
He finds that Math 10 I is the most difficult coorse to teach because he must
teach discipline.
He described his teaching method as
"very medium" as opposed to very demanding.
Outside of work, Rajky enjoys reading
and traveling as well as a "bit of' jazz.
Rajky,who commutes 120 kilometers
to Munich Campus from Memmingen,
has a degree in engineering from a Hungarian university.
Rajley commented on the changes in
HWlgary.
"It is very nice that the. old system has
collapsed, yet the new system has problems as well," he noted.
He has been in Germany "a good 10
years," he said.
Rajlcy will possibly teach at the Augsborg Campus next fall.
by CHERI THOMPSON
by CHERI THOMPSON
Staff Reporter
Staff
Tibor Rajky, one of Munich Campus's
new math professors, is not sure what to
think of the campus' young, full-time
students. Rajky, a Hungarian native, has taught
evening school for the University of Maryland, Eoropean Division, since 1987
He finds the difference between nightschool students, who are often older, and
full-time students, usually just out of high
school, boils down to determination.
"The night-school students are more
disciplined," he said. "They see that th_eir
R~porter
Susan May, the new government and
history professor at Munich Campus, described her first weeks here as bectic.
She- finally got her fomiture a month
iUter she moved to Munich
Her -departure from Heidelberg's European Division and arrival at MWlich Campus has left little time for other activities.
_A self·styled Buckeye, May originally
-came from Ohio, where she attended Bowling Green State University.
_May also studied at the University of
Salzburg in Austria.
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She holds two masters degrees in
Political Science and German:
She said she will begin work on her
doctorate in American Studies at the University of Munich. _She-was accepted to
the university in September.
May enjoys the flexibility full· time
teaching allows her.
"I have taught several eight-week
coorses and they don't allow the students
as much time to absorb the material," she
said.
"The I S-week' courses are better for both
the professor and the student"
9utside of teaching, May enjoys travel·
ing, especially touring developing thirdworld nations.
"Hopefully I'll be in Argentina over the
Christmas holidays,"she said. "Pan Am
keeps kicking me off their -flights and sending me complimentary tickets."
May hopes to move to Augsborg next
year as part of the new campus.
by LARA PORFILIO
Staff Reporter
Last month Steve Vass assumed the pos·
ition of assistant to the dean for Logistics
and Facilities at Munich Campus.
Vass replaced Kurt Zacherle, who took a
poSition at the University of Maryland,
College Park.
Vass's responsibilities include handling
supplies, vehicle maintenance, building
maintenance, property, book accounts of
purchasing and most equipment for Munich Campus.
He is also responsible for' allocating
and repairing the university's seven vehicles, he said.
Currently, Vass is involved in the move
of Munich Campus to Augsburg. He will
oversee the moving of the university's supplies and equipment
Supplies and equipment range from
residence hall beds to the chemicals in the
Chemistry Lab, which will be iransported
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Vass said that- he expects that "the move
to Augsburg will go very smoothly."
"It's just a matter of getting the information out," he no~.
Vass made the transition from his pre_vious job as Computer Services coordinator, which he assum¢ when he came to
Munich Campu~ in fall 1987.
Keith Gordon filled this position when
Vass transferred to his current job,
by
JENNIFER GIRTON
Staff Reporter
Bill Kellogg is the new area coordinator
for Chiemgau. However, he is not new to
Munich Campus.
"I worked in the accounting office for
three years, and I was also a student here at
Munich Campus," he said.
He attended Munich Campus from 1978
to 1980.
Kellogg replaced Scott Ellertson who
left in May.
When the position of Chiemgau area
coordinator opened up this summer, he applied.
"I wanted to interact with the students
on a more personal level, not somuch in
a businesslike manner," Kellogg said.
Some area coordinator duties include supervising all the resident assistants as well
as faculty members who live in Chiemgau, coordinating maintenance and acting
as a liaison between students and the Residence Life Office.
He also sees that Munich Campus policies are enforced.
"I treat the students as adults. I don't
feel I should have to nag them about excessive noise and other things that aren't appropriate behavior," he remarked.
"A big part of dorm life is learning to
live on your own," he noted.
"It's better that they learn here, from a
social aspect, how to live with other peop.
Ie than in the real world," Kellogg added.
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October 1991 Munich Observer
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Sports· & Recreation
Bouvier 227-229 wins volleyball tourney
by DUANE WILLIS
StUtf Reporter
Bouvier 227-229 beat Bouvier 225 for
the Intramural Volleyball championship,
ending the season Sept 30.
Bouvier 227-229 fmished the season undefeated 5-{), while Bouvier 225 finished 32, the second loss coming in the championship..
The championship game went two
games in a best-of-three series, with 227229 winning both games by a score of 1510.
The first game saw rapid point scoring
at the beginning, with 227,229 laking the
early lead 6-4 and never looking back.
Bouvier 225 made a solid comeback to
pull the game to 12-10, but 227-229
broke serve and went on to win.
The second game was more of the same
for Bouvier 227-229. The' game was
fought for by both sides in the beginning,
neither team giving up any points. .
Bouvier 227-229 fmally broke the game
open with a 9-4 lead, ignited by a great
hustling effort from team member Joe
Traficante.
Bouvier 225 was far from out The best
server for 225, Chris Nowland, Sparked a
come-back to get his team back into contention at 9-11.
Callan Warthen, player for 227.229,
spiked brutally to give his team back the
serve, which they surrendered only once
more at 12-9.
Bouvier 225 scored again, but a vicious
spike by Chris Warthen of 227-229 gave
his team a 13-10 lead, and it was soon
follOwed by a straight-sets victory.
Rick Munn, MC sports director, said
the Championship "finished off a great
season of pla~ by all the teams."
"Anytime you have 20 percent of the
total enrollment participating in a sport,"
he said, "you are bound to have an ex. cellent season."
Munn then handed out the championship T-shirts to 227:229.
Members of the winning team were
Jessika Birge, Benita Johnson, Michelle
Lamberg, Veronica Latonio, Sean Miller, .
Maggie Sheldon, Andrea Smith, Joe Traficante, Callan Warthen and team captains
Sean Nordenhold and Chris Warthen.
Chris Warthen called the team's performance this year "awesome."
"We had up to 20 players show up for
every game," Warthan said.
"We practiced once a week prior to our
games," he noted.
Nordenhold added thatthe team's organization was due to the sense of team unity.
5 K Fun Run
sponsored by the Counseling Center
"The team goes to the Boot after every
game to celebrate," Nordenhold said. "We
even have our own handshake."
October 18
2:15 p.m.
Harlaching Sports Field
Both captains praised beginning and
veteran players.
Open to everyone! Walkers also welcome!
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T-shirts available for $4.
The military draw down will have some
effects on this year's Munich Campus
sports program, according to Rick Munn,
MC sports director.
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Despite
the effects, Munn' has a strong
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line-up of sports activities planned for this
last year in Munich.
Munn said .the drawdown will cause this
year to be a strange one. But he added that
the sports program will also benefit from
the coming closure.
For example, one benefit will be more
"gym time," as Munn called it. Because
fewer peOple will be here, Ml!nich Cam.pus will be able to use the PhYSical
Fitiless Center facilities more, he said.
However, one disadvantage resulting
from drawdown is the loss of the Alpine
League, which Munich Campus belonged
to, Munn said.
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Bouvier 225 captain Jack Jones Jr. also
praised his team's play.
"We had several members of the team
who really knew what they were doing,"
Jones said. "In the championship game we
didn't play bad, we were simply outmatched."
Jones went on to thank the entire
stairwell, both those who played and the
others who came as fans.
"Support for our team was great," Jones
said. "We had excellent fans, an outstanding season and a great record."
"There is really nothing at all to be
disappointed with," he noted,
Eight teams played during the Intramural Volleyball season. Four made up
the National League and the other four the
American League.
Bouvier 225 was the American League
winner while Bouvier 227-229 led the
National League.
Sports program feels
effects of drawdown
by DUANE WILLIS
Staff Reporter
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Members of the Bouvier 225 team included Melissa Aguon, Rosa Arevalo,
Mike Curd,Cathy Hocke, Jack Jones,
Sara Montes, Chris Nowland, Jonnieka
Perry, Annette Santiago, Chris Sheldon,
Michael Shoates. and Erik Strabala
The Alpine League consisted of basketball and volleyball teams from places such
as Bad Nbling imd Garmisch who played
against Munich Campus.
With the league gone, these competitors
are also gone, Munn explained. This, in
turn,. will limit the structure of this year's
programs.
"We won't be able to playas many
games this year, which is either good or
bad, depending on your viewpoint," he
said.
Munn said the university plans to offer
a "comprehensive sports program with
even more activities happening this year."
The university has several reurrning
coaches, which will help keep the foundations of last year's programs theslune
for this year, Munn said.
Returning to coach this year are Munn,
flag football and women's basketb,all;
Brian Heming," soccer and Dan Woiter,
men's basketball. A volleyball coach remains to be chosen.
Some sports returning for this year include volleyball and soccer. New to the
schedule are flat football, which fell
through last year, and an intramural hike
in the Alps.
Flag footbali tryouts were held in
September. The team plays in the Munich
Community league;
"We have 10 to 12 players, which is all.
we need," Munn said.
He said students interested in the' intramural hike should talk with German
professor Al Traunsteiner, head of the Alpine Club.
Men's basketball is also on schedule.
The team will play the community teams
and possibly a few friendship games with
.
German teams, Munn said.
The traditional basketball game against
Prague, however, is gone. Muon explained
that there is no longer a Prague team to
play.
"The lack of a Prague team and the
Alpine League," he $aid, "makes the schedule easier 011 the players."
Women's basketball is also tips off this
semester.
"We have a solid core of three or four
women who will contribute greatly to the
team," Munn said.
But, he added, "The women's team needs
more players, so don't be afraid to try
out."
'Women's basketball starts around the
end of October.
10 Munich c»Jserver
October 1991
University's image in
yearbook questioned
by LISA DEL VALLE
. Co-Editor-ill-Chief
Does the Munich Campus yearbook appear to place too much emphasis on partyiiiSicild of3cademics?
Joe Arden, director of University of
Maryland, European Division, seems to
think so.
"He [Arden] wants us to use more discretion in the order that we put the layout," said Cerisse Zellmer, yearbook adviser and administrative assistant for Logistics.
Arden discussed his feelings about the
yearbook with Zellmer and Special Projects Coordinator Rusty Low during his
recent visit to Munich Campus.
"He said that the yearbook is used for
promotional and public relations .purposes," Zellmer said
The book is sometimes shown to the
parents of prospective students, Zellmer
explained.
"Dr. Arden approached me and asked me
to look at the yearbook from a parental
perspective," Low said
Low gave the example of the opening
picture of the yearbook which shows a
former student with an iaQ!e fake penis
hanging out of his shorts at the Dawgz's
Hell Night
.
Arden suggested that this picture might
have been more appropriate had it been
placed in a montage with other pictures of
students in costume, Low-said
Low explained that a military community tends to be more conservative and that
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some of the layouts might not be appropriate by community standardS .
Arden said that he would not have removed any of the pictures from the yearbook but would have arranged them differendy.
"He's not trying to censor the yearbook," said Low. "He ouly felt that it was
not portraying an image consistent with
the goals of Munich Campus. "
She added that many of the images in
the pictures, such as the ones of the study
tours to Egypt and Medieval Regensburg,
play as large a part of Munich Campus
life as the beer steins on every page do.
Arden told Low that the students did
good job and that the book: looked professional, but the adViser should have assumed a iaQ!er role and been more aware of _
community standards.
"He felt uncomfonable showing the yearbook to parents," Low said.
. As a result, pictures stressing academics
might be moved closer to the front of this
year's book while the "partying" pictures
might be moved towards the middle or the
end. Zellmer said.
"We'll' just use 'discretion,''' Zellmer
a
by ROBERT BRUTSCHE
Staff Reporter
noted.
Otherwise, the yearlJook will remain essentially the same, she said.
The yearbook staff is "expecting a good
one," she added. This will be the last
Munich Campus yearbook.
Zellmer, who was last year's yearbook·
editor, said that she feels that the yearbook
is an accurate reflection of life at Munich
Campus.
University gets new address
by ROBERT BRUTSCHE
Staff Reporter
On OCt 1 the address for Munich Campuschanged
-The new address for mail sent to students is:
Name
University of Maryland. Munich
(Box Number)
Unit 24560
APO AE 09183
Mail sent to the old addreSs will still be
accepted until July 15, 1992, according to
Jim Jensen, Munich Campus mail clerk.
The change was made because the U.S.
Postal- Service is installing new automation equipment, Jensen said.
The new address is easier for the equipment to read, he added. Thus, less sorting
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time is needed and students should get
mail faster.
However, a post office flyer about the.
new addresses indicated that the Postal Service has not yet begun using the new
equipment It should do SO later this year.
According to the post office- flyel, all
APO numbers are being realigned by country.
The code •AE," meaning"Armed Forces
Europe,' replaces the state code "NY." AE
must be used on all letters, even those .
sent to military addresses within Europe,
the flyer reported
The campus will keep this address wilen
it moves to Augsburg next year, Jensen
said.
Change of address cards are available at
the_ Army Post Office
is more infor. mation about the address changes and a
listing of the new APOs.
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will begin closing facilities in January
1992.
These closings were ordered by Col.
Richard Manupella, Munich military come
munity commander.
At the Tenant Unit In Progress Review
meeting, held Sept 10, Manupella announced that, contrary to rumors, no one currendy living in military housing, including civilian residents, will be allowed to
remain after the military has tomed those
buildings over to the German government,
Students can sign up at the Study Tours
ofIIce for a free bus trip to see the facilities at Reese Kaseme on Oct 19. The
bus leaves at 11 a,m. in from of the
Student Union Building.
About 20 students went on such a university-sponsored trip to Augsburg on
Oct 6.
The students ate a free lunch at Burger
King, took a walking tour of Augsburg,
saw the new campus and visited the COIDmissary and BX, said Vee Boehringer,
Public Affairs coordinator.
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will move to Augsburg-in all, about one
third of the total faculty.
"It depends on what opportunities open
up for these people," McMahon said
V ass said. "The staff and faculty will
have to live on the economy. They are responsible for moving their own belongings. "
"A few faculty members wbo've been
with the university for several years will
have their move paid for; Vass said.
The dorms are scheduled to open Aug.
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said Kun Zacherle, assistant to the dean
for Logistics, who attended the meeting.
The Shoppette on the kaseme, which
was originally to close in January, will
now remain open until May 15, 1992,
confirmed Vee Boehringer, Munich Campus Public Affairs.
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