The Collegian Grove City College Newspaper April 11, 1997 Addition of RAs to end hall representative policy By Matt Summers dent for Student Affairs, said the With the increase, With the addition of the female sure intervisitation in the female Collegian News Editor decision to increase the number RDs comes the end of the floor residence halls every Friday of female RDs was made for se- the size of the representative policy during in- evening, Saturday and Sunday af- Fourteen additional Resident curity reasons. She wants the tervisitation. Beginning with the ternoons. Directors have been hired to serve students to be able to find an RD female residence new academic year a number of With the increase, the size of in the female dormitories during under any circumstance. "The behavior of our young ladies is hall staff will female RDs from each residence the female residence hall staff the 1997-1998 school year. The hall will be required to be on duty now equals the size of the male additional female RD's will end not worse than in former days; it equal that of the during intervisitation hours. staff. The total resident hall staff, the current use of floor represen- is better, but I don't want any- Male RDs currently maintain this including Resident Assistants and tatives during intervisitation. thing to happen because help was male staff practice. Resident Directors, will number Mrs. Nancy Paxton, Vice Presi- not available," Mrs. Paxon said. The change in policy will en- 91 people. Gallery newest move in GC revitalization effort By Matt Summers Borough Council for assistance, but the Borough of- Collegian News Editor fered their emotional, and not their financial, support. Foust envisions a downtown Grove City that doesn't The Grove City Chamber of Commerce is leading compete with the Factory Outlets but offers services an effort to revitalize the downtown business district that the outlets can't offer. The downtown businesses on Broad Street. Downtown Grove City has suffered need to offer exceptional personal service and create since the opening of the Grove City Factory Stores. a beautiful environment for people to come to see. "I Several businesses, including Broad Street Books am in the process of creating a destination, a place and Cafe and Collins Shoes, have closed down due to people come for a purpose and not by accident." a lack of business. She hopes this location will entice, "a generation of Lois Foust, owner of the Glass Gallery on Broad people who expect to get food, entertainment, and Street and member of the Grove City Chamber of shopping simultaneously." Commerce, is passionately leading the charge to save Foust pointed out that all the current renovations are the struggling downtown. Foust is remodeling a being financed by the local proprietors who own the large building in order to open an art studio on Broad downtown businesses. Foust has certainly taken the Street by this May. Foust also intends to open a cof- lead in renovating her large building downtown. fee shop nextdoor. A beautiful, friendly atmosphere She laments that she, "feels the Borough Council is at the core of her vision and remodeling. has written them off as a dying concept." However The Chamber of Commerce has helped to organize Foust has taken the lead, putting her money where focus groups in order to determine the market needs her heart is, and intends to lead the way in creating a for Broad Street. The downtown businesses are col- destination downtown Grove City. Other struggling lecting market data and intend to run a market sur- small towns have turned their downtown section into vey. Members have attended classes and visited a thriving shopping district and, if Foust and the other small towns to gain ideas and a perspective for Grove City Chamber of Commerce have their way, accomplishing their goal. Grove City will soon be on the map for this reason, Foust says they have approached the Grove City as so many other small towns in Pennsylvania are. Renovations on Broad Street anticipate an art gallery. The changing image of a long-standing tradition Inside: By Lindsay Oram earned praise in a USA Today arti- Colleigan Staff Writer Perspectives cle entitled School Puts its Princi- ples First. Quoting from the Col- A look at the role of Grove City College has more lege bulletin writer John Ritter national publicity now than ever. calls the college's newfound inde- religion in the media As a result, students from all over pendence "a state of grace other 3 the states are finding out about the institutions dream about but few tiny college in Western PA with could pull off," as Grove City Life the strong academics, deep-rooted clings to its purpose of spirituality, and low tuition. How "strengthening the spiritual and Alpha Phi Omega has this publicity changed the moral character of its applicants." way GCC is viewed by prospec- The articles advertise two dis- reaches out to local tive students, and how has it tinct missions: academics and re- charities 5 changed the student body in terms of academics and religion? WITHOUT WISDOM ligion. Wait a minute. Isn't this America in the 90's? Doesn't soci- Entertainment Money magazine consistently KNOWLEDGE THEREISNO ety now assume that the back- rates GCC among the top five pri- wardness of organized religion GCC alumni slowly vate school values. This high rank hinders the tidal wave of the secu- is based on cost, student-faculty lar, technological future? What climbs the comedy ratio, freshmen class rank and academic value again. While fifth page lists GCC as the coun- message is GCC sending and just club ladder SAT scores. On that basis, GCC is 7 writer Erik Larson bemoans the try's number one college bargain. who is responding? ranked above Harvard, Princeton, condition of college cost in the This ranking was based on caliber GCC's reputation for strong aca- and Stanford. Three weeks ago, 90's (sending his three daughters Sports of students and faculty and high demics and religious values are its TIME magazine ran an article en- to his alma mater of Penn State graduation rate. two biggest claims to fame. And A look at baseball titled "Why Colleges Cost Too will cost him over $350,000), a Last December, GCC's with- while they may appear to be in Much," which honored GCC's small chart in the corner of the drawal from federal regulation and softball 11 (Continued on page 2)