The Collegían Grove City College Newspaper September 8, 2000 Vol. 61 No. 2 They call Zerbe home Ten reside in health center due to unusually large freshman class By Jacob Smith members of the GCC family Collegian Perspectives Co-Editor without beds. It was at this point that those associated with hous- If you see young men walking ing discovered that Zerbe had into Zerbe Health Center late at been approved as a residence. night, there is no need to call se- Moving through the preferred curity. housing list of sophomores with- More than likely, the intruders out rooms, Weichman and Ton- are actually residents of Zerbe, cic assessed the residence situa- the newest residence facility at tion, always trying to keep exist- Grove City College. ing roommate pairs together. Ten male sophomores augment The final eight freshmen were Zerbe's regiment of nurses, doc- then contacted with some good tors and counselors. These stu- news and some "interesting dents are calling Zerbe their news"-that, yes, they had rooms, home due to the large freshman but they would be living in class this year. Zerbe. While the same number of pro- The news actually caused one spective freshmen were offered resident, sophomore Jim Arter, to spots at GCC as last year, more laugh, and the disbelief was accepted and fewer upperclass- shared among many of the resi- men dropped out over the sum- dents. mer than previous years. "I'm going to be living where?" Director of Admissions Jeff was a popular question. Mincey released the same num- After the new residents of the ber of acceptance offers as last health center moved past the ini- Jacob Smith year. But the difference was that Sean Corbett tidies up his room in Zerbe Health Center. tial shock, there remained some in 1999, these offers resulted in apprehension. Once move-in day 586 acceptances; in 2000, 631 arrived, however, the "Zerbe prospective freshmen decided to cey said. housing the sophomore men fell GCC is today. boys," as they've come to be attend GCC. This 3 percent in- During Dean of Men Andy upon Director of Housing Karen When Toncic returned to cam- crease was unforeseeable, Min- Toncic's vacation, the problem of Weichman, whose last day at pus in mid-August, there were 20 See ZERBE on page 6 Health Matters College fights meningitis Smoking policy, Disease on the rise among students, study finds remains gray area By Russ Parker FYI. after hearing of several recent cases in which college students By Rachel Leonard Collegian Perspectives Co-Editor The college contracted meningitis and died. Collegian News Editor will offer men- In response to growing concern College students are at greater ingitis vaccina- over the spread of meningitis, risk, according to Danielson, be- Grove City College initiated a tions from 1 to Grove City College, in conjunc- cause of communal living. new smoking policy over the tion with Vaccess Health, will p.m. Sept. 19 Menigococcal meningitis is eas- summer. at Zerbez Those offer vaccinations for the disease. ily spread - a cough, a sneeze or In recent years, smoking was interested should call Karen The shots will be administered drinking after a diseased friend permitted in all dormitories, Danielson at x3850 at Zerbe Health Center from 1-7 can spread the contagion. with the permission of one's p.m., Sept. 19. According to Vaccess Health, roommate. The exception was Karen Danielson of Zerbe "Behavioral and social aspects of in freshman dorms - Memorial Health Center said, "There seems college life appear to be risk fac- and North halls. in effect since Aug. 15, all a lot of media hype." to be more and more of a scare According to the new policy, Many parents called the college See MENNINGITIS on page 4 See SMOKING on page 4 Inside this week's Collegian March Surf's Need On Up for Speed The Wolverine Summer rock Junior Maria Marching Band, ready winds down with Mayerchak for a new season, Star Lake concerts talks about tunes up for its featuring the her summer performance Counting Crows as a race car at the home opener. and Live. driver. FEAT Page 4 Page 8 Page 7 2 Perspectives The Collegian September 8, 2000 We still have a chance Pat Buchanan's running mate Ezola Foster talks to The Collegian By Jacob Smith and since we would qualify for it, Collegian Perspectives Co-Editor we certainly deserve to be in the for the past 40 to 50 years." the Republicans were putting debates. Could you explain how the two And on a show by parading minori- major parties have converged, Matthew R. Divelbiss ties across the stage. What did There is a dispute right now particularly with respect to the you think of the conventions? Collegian Editor-in-Chief over the $12.6 million allotted black community? Were they just a show? for the Reform Party. How do On Saturday, Aug. 25, while you propose to deal with the I think if we look at the platform I understand the Republican plat- campaigning in Pittsburgh, Ezola Foster, Pat Buchanan's running dispute and would you oppose that was published during the Re- form, for example, is against af- splitting the funds with Mr. publican Party convention, re- firmative action and yet, instead mate on the Reform Party ticket, garding their stand on the various Hagelin? of bringing a Republican who is took time for an interview with issues. Abortion, for example. also against affirmative action The Collegian. Right now, the Federal Elections The vast majority of black par- like Ward Connerly, they brought Commission is considering who ents do not want their daughters Colin Powell who is for affirma- The Collegian: Should your ticket be elected, what is your will get the money. I have to say having abortions and certainly tive action. So, they re not stand- that two of the commissioners not without their consent, and ing true to their own platform in first priority in the White were at the convention so they they do not want the government an effort to appease a certain House? witnessed firsthand what was go- funding abortion clinics. They do group. When you hear both the ing on there. We have filed all of not want the teaching of homo- Democrats and Republicans talk Ms. Foster: The first thing we Ezola Foster sexuality within the schools. the necessary papers. We have about reaching out to minorities, want to do is make sure our for- They teach their children that that followed all of the rules. So, we what they'r really saying is that eign policy is put in place and that would be one that would pro- are very confident that the ruling lifestyle is wrong. It is biologi- ers should be out there funding to reach out to blacks, you have will be in our favor and we ex- cally, psychologically, physio- campaigns and we are taking a to be for affirmative action, for tect American sovereignty. We pect the ruling around September logically unsafe. They do not look at the soft money that is reparations for slavery. To reach would bring our troops home 6. We are hoping to get it before want their children to emulate it, there. We had Bush and Gore out to Latinos, you have to be for from Kosovo and other areas Labor Day. and yet, under the school pro- where they' there acting as po- speaking against soft money but an open borders policy, for illegal grams now, young children are liceman. We would we see to it yet they continue to receive it. immigration, and think that is An article in a recent edition of being recruited into that lifestyle. So, we certainly would take a the wrong thing to do. What that there are no more undeclared the New York Times reported look at that. So the wishes of the parents, par- we're saying to the people is that wars. We would follow the Con- on the measures some states are ticularly of black parents, are not this is our platform. This is what stitution to make sure only Con- being met. Black schools were taking to decide who will ap- You have said you are a propo- we believe. Anyone who believes gress can declare war, and we used for the introduction of sex pear on the ballot as the Re- would insist that we would not nent of school choice. How the way we do, those who care form Party candidate. Why is clinics on their campuses and our would you accomplish this? about our sovereignty, those who get involved in any war except your ticket the true Reform black students are being used as care about what is right for all for the purpose of defending our Party ticket? little pawns to promote political