Parents' Weekend 2000 The Collegian Grove City College Newspaper April 29, 2000 Vol. 60 No. 20 Since Say goodbye to Calderwood Construction set to begin on new academic building next spring By Matthew Divelbiss new building one of the buildings several sizes, the building will also fea- this will increase communication Collegian Editor-in-Chief The outward appearance of the "magnetic attraction points.' ture several caserooms. among both students and faculty. building will be in a collegiate- Besides the atrium and lecture The caserooms differ from the There will be approximately 70 Grove City College is working gothic style to match the majority hall, the first floor of the building traditional classrooms in the seat- faculty offices. Dunn noted that closely with architects to design of the buildings on campus, said will tentatively be home to the ing arrangement. While the that number of faculty offices the new academic building to re- Pappalardo. According to Dr. education department, curriculum classrooms contain desks, the provides for the hiring of new place Calderwood as well as Charles Dunn, Dean of the lab and lab school. The religion cascrooms will resemble instruc- faculty, a need the administration other building projects planned School of Arts and Letters, the and philosophy and English de- tional rooms at law schools with recognizes. for the next several years. new building will bc the college's partments will share space on the tiered seating. According to Another feature of the new The college recently selected "showcase" building. second floor while the social sci- Dunn, the cascrooms allow pro- building will be a faculty com- Ballinger, an architectural firm Dunn said, "More people use ences, math, business, computer fessors to teach large classes mons area. This will be a place located in Philadelphia, to design Calderwood everyday than any science and modern language de- more effectively. where faculty from all over cam- the $18 million three-story aca- other building." This, according partments will be located on the Faculty offices will also un- pus, not just those located in the demic building and work on fu- to Dunn, is why the new building third floor. The dean's office dergo significant improvement. new building, can come together ture projects. must feel inviting to students, will also be located on the third The new faculty office will be to meet. It will also house the According to Tom Pappalardo, faculty, staff and visitors. floor. 150 square feet in size, considera- faculty copy center. vice president for institutional The main entrance to the build- Dunn says the new rooms in the bly larger than many of the cur- The building will also feature advancement, the architects will ing will feature a three-story building will be very different rent offices. In addition, each the latest technology available at be on campus about every two atrium with a large lounge to from the ones currently found in department will have its offices the time says Dr. Mike Bright, weeks for the next few months to serve as a place for students to Calderwood. The plan is for grouped together with a com- the college's chief information meet with students, faculty and meet and study as well as a place around 40 instructional rooms. mons area - another magnetic officer. While Bright acknowl- administration about items they for receptions for the nearby lec- While there will be some tradi- attraction point where students ture hall. Dunn refers to this as tional classrooms in different (Continued on.page 3) would like incorporated into the and faculty can meet. Dunn says Wiley & Edwards reign in the new Millennium College hires five new By Brigitte Hanna & faculty members Bethany Morgan Parents Weekend Committee By Meghan Price degrees, and their contacts at This year's Senior Spring Queen is Miss Zoe Collegian News Co-Editor other universities will also Wiley. Wiley is a talented and well-rounded student. prove beneficial to the college. An elementary education and early childhood major, Five new professors will join Three of the new professors she has already accepted a position teaching second the Grove City College faculty will help with the humanities grade in Richmond, Virginia. Wiley, her older sister in the fall. In a situation Dr. core courses as well as their Aisha, and her parents, Tom and Dorothy Wiley, re- Charles Dunn described as regular departments. Dunn said, side in Doylestown, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia. "rare," the college extended five "Students were the heartbeat of Not only is Wiley a good student, she is active in offers to its five first-choice ap- our recruiting." He describes the the campus community. Her activities include Kiddie plicants, and all five accepted. incoming professors as New Life, OB Co-Chair of Co-Rec, All That Jazz Joining the staff will be Dr. Paul "excellent in the classroom, ex- coordination, Parent's Weekend publicity, IM sports, C. Kemeny, Department of Re- cellent scholars, who enjoy pub- Week of the Young Child Carnival, Career Services ligion and Philosophy: Dr. lic service and working with worker, babysitter and tour guide. Wiley is also George V. Campbell, Depart- students." The new faculty among Who's Who of American Colleges and Uni- ment of Social Sciences; Dr. come at an exciting and critical versities. Linda J. Christie, Department of time, with the new academic When Wiley was asked about her reaction to being Business; Dr. Linda D. Culbert- building project just getting un- chosen as queen, she admitted to feeling both hon- son, Department of Education; derway. ored and excited, but mostly, "flabbergasted." She and Dr. Eric Potter, Department Dr. Eric Potter will be joining said, "I felt joyfully overwhelmed with the large of English and Communication. the Department of English and amount of support received from friends." These five professors will add Communication. He has earned It's clear that Wiley's friends have played an inte- significant strength to Grove his B.A. in English from Whea- gral role in her success and enjoyment at GCC. Even From front left: Leah Edwards, Zoe Wiley, City College's faculty, a great ton College, his M.A. in English her most memorable event was a result of those benefit to the students. They from the University of Virginia Vicki Hull, Laura Harper, Kate Weber and (Continued on page 5) were recruited from among ap- and his Ph.D. in English from Kelly Bailey. plicants with very prestigious (Continued on page 3) INSIDE Perspectives Life Entertainment Sports Rachael Leman and Ra- Find all the awards in- Nate Daniels reviews R.J. Bowers will be Here's a look at chel Bowser say goodbye cluding the Man and campus band Chalk Out- back for another year at what's inside this to GCC. Woman of the Year. line Party. GCC. 6 10 11 week's issue. -p. 14 p. 18