The Collegian Grove City College Newspaper 20 September 13, 1996 Vol. 57 No. 3 Technology takes the next step New French minor aimed at increasing global By Jonathan Cogan Technology Taskforce with the job of de- Collegian Copy Editor veloping a strategic plan for the future of awareness the information initiative. With the distribution of 625 new Com- The task force will be headed by Pro- By Melissa Lingle paq laptop computers during orientation fessor Joseph Goncz, associate dean for Collegian Staff Writer earlier this fall, 75% of the students at engineering and science. Grove City College are now in posses- "We're looking at the integration of As of September tenth minor in sion of their own laptop computer. technology campus wide," Goncz said. French has been added to Grove The computers One area of focus City College's curriculum. given to this year's will be the develop- The requirements for the minor freshman are similar ment of a multimedia are five three hour classes beyond to the computers dis- classroom where stu- the elementary level (15 hours). tributed to the class dents and professors The Modern Languages depart- of 1999, but have a can use computers ment said they hope that this will larger (810 MB) and the internet as encourage more students who hard drive, and a part of the learning have already taken lower level faster (100 MHz experience. French courses for the language Pentium) processor. Changes such as proficiency requirement, to con- The members of this obviously take tinue to the more advanced levels. the class of 2000 This year's freshmen received time and money, and Dr. Reese, a G. C. French Pro- also received a color laptops with Pentium proces- the committee is cur- fessor said, "the minor will reward ink-jet printer. sors and a color printer. rently exploring fi- students who take upper division But aside from the nancing options. French courses, but whose sched- distribution of lap- One multimedia ules will not permit them to obtain top computers, what changes will the in- classroom is already being set up in a maior." formation initiative bring to the college? Rockwell Hall. The physics department This may seem to be only a mi- A new task force has been created asses the Dr. John Moore recently announced to is completely networked with computers, nor addition to Grove City Col- college's current technologies, like the TLC. the faculty the formation of The Campus (Continued on page 2.) lege's curriculum, yet many view this as yet another step in widen- ing Grove City College's global English rally draws out students and locals awareness. "The addition of a minor," Reese said, "fits well with Grove City man Congressman Phil English's arise if people become polarized voters. He said that he has been College's desire to broaden our campaign rally. by a poor showing on the top of "particularly aggressive in moving student's horizens." English, who now represents the the ticket [presidential]." to make college affordable." He Over the past half century, indi- twenty-first district of Pennsylva- The congressman said he is cited both his vote to increase stu- vidual countries have had to nia, helped to start the Grove City counting on his campaign theme dent loan volume by 50% and his adopt a more "world-friendly" at- College Republicans 19 years ago of "Independent Voice. Pennsyl- push in the House for the reaffir- titude. This attitude includes the as the state chairman of the Penn- vania Values" along with a voting mation of tax-exempt status for tu- ability to communicate. Most in- sylvania College Republicans. record which reflects his views ition purchase programs. stitutions of higher learning are He spoke to the group of sup- and not necessarily the party Rep. English sits on the House taking steps to prepare their stu- porters about his plans to retain views. Congressman Phil English Ways and Means Committee. He dents for the international society the Congressional seat against his One such break came this sum- voted for term limits and supports they will enter upon graduation. Democratic opponent Ron DiNi- mer when the Republican leader- the balanced budget. "In addition to the two year lan- By Stacey Fox cola. ship opposed the minimum-wage He co-sponsored and helped guage proficiency requirement Collegian Staff Writer On Monday night, Rep. English increase. English showed his in- draft the Welfare Reform Bill, instituted four years ago, a new said that although he does not dependence by voting in favor of which President Clinton signed minor in French will continue to Over forty Grove City College view polling as reliable, he feels the bill and against his col- into law earlier this month. His raise the number of students mas- Republicans and Mercer County that he is "substantially ahead in leagues. record includes signing a pledge tering a foreign language," Reese Republican loyalists gathered all four counties." He admitted, English has been eager to ad- not to raise taxes and fighting for said. She added that knowing a Monday night in Mercer for fresh- however, that "problems could dress the concerns of younger tax cuts. foreign language is an asset in many careers. 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