The Collegian The Grove City College Newspaper August 31, 2001 Vol. 62 No. 1 On the rise Parking fees jump 400 percent By Matthew R. Divelbiss $125 fee, though he did not Collegian Editor-in-Chief reveal the actual cost per space. $140.00 Many students reacted nega- Grove City Many students remember the tively to the increase. day the letter came in the mail- "I think they shouldn't have $120.00 parking will now cost $125. made the jump so severe," senior That's up from last year's fee of Brian McCall said. "Driving is Clarion $100.00 $25. not a part of your education; it's According to Tom Gregg, vice a part of your life." McCall is referring to the Messiah president for operations, the col- $80.00 lege realized parking fees were administration's letter to students not covering the expenses associ- in which he said, "In general, car ated with parking. The college ownership is not an educational $60.00 figured out the cost per space requirement." Wheaton and then based the new parking "The most frustrating thing," fee on that cost. junior Amanda Ahlers said, "is $40.00 Included in the cost per space that you're not ensured a parking is an opportunity cost, since the space still and you're paying this Allegheny Bethany Westminster land cannot be used for other much money." $20.00 Edinhoro purposes such as buildings or Most colleges comparable to Slippery Rock Juniata recreational fields, as well as lot GCC charge less for parking. Waynesburg development and maintenance Westminster College charges $20 costs. per year, Allegheny College Gregg said the actual cost of a charges $25, and Hillsdale fee. Of 20 colleges surveyed, charges more, with parking fees parking space is higher than the College does not have a parking only Carnegie Mellon University at CMU going as high as $1,206. See Parking on page 5 Welcome back Slip-sliding Former professor returns as provost and away? dean of academic affairs GCC drops to # 20 on Princeton By Meghan Price school, Anderson accepted the Collegian News Co-Editor job at Grove City College. Review's Stone-Cold Sober list "All my values, all my ideals The saying "absence makes the were right in here," Anderson heart grow fonder" may be the said. By Seana Cranston best way to describe Dr. William From 1987 to 1998 he held Collegian Staff Writer P. Anderson's relationship with several positions on campus. Grove City College during the These included acting chairman "Hey, we're throwing a keg past 14 years. Anderson enters and assistant professor of sociol- party in my room, so come on the school year as new vice pres- ogy; assistant to the dean and over!" ident of academic affairs and as associate professor of sociology; Not words you'd expect to provost for Grove City College. acting dean and vice president hear at Grove City College, Anderson, a native of for academic affairs; and dean of right? Memphis, Tenn., said that his Dr. William P. Anderson the school of arts and letters. Maybe not, but it seems that new position at Grove City Before his time at Grove City, GCC might not be as "dry" as it College is an opportunity and "a dent in the early 1980s when he Anderson had served as chair- was a few years ago. According privilege." He called the college was accepted for a week-long man of business administration to the recently released 2002 edi- the United States. Public Policy Institute. Five and economics and as assistant tion of The Princeton Review's a very special place," and said Four years-ago, GCC ranked that being away from it only years later Grove City College professor of sociology and busi- "The Best 331 Colleges," Grove No. 2 on the same list. clarifies that vision. was in search of a sociologist, ness at Tennessee's Lambuth City College has fallen to num- Most students expressed sur- Anderson first came to Grove and Anderson's name came up. ber 20 on a list of the top Though working at another See Provost on page 7 "Stone-Cold Sober Schools" in See Sober City College as a graduate stu- on page 3 Welcome Making It's Back Progress Here Dr. Moore The new Laura LeVake offers insight on building takes previews the the coming year. shape. Fall sports. Page 3 Page 4 Page 7 The Collegian 2 August 31, 2001 A new year means new professors Six full-time, two part-time join college faculty Six faculty members will Education, Speech make fresh starts on the Grove Communication Teacher, the City College campus as the Christian Library Journal and the 2001-2002 academic year gets Chicago Tribune. He has adapt- under way at the end of August. ed, produced and/or directed five The new faculty members Readers Theater productions, come to Grove City from around including "An Evening with the country. They will take on Garrison Keillor" and "Destiny classroom leadership in the com- in Dayton: The Scopes 'Monkey' munication, education, econom- Trial." He is contributing a book ics, history and physics depart- chapter on the academic study of ments. communication to a forthcoming Dr. Daniel S. Brown, pro- book, "A Student's Guide to the fessor of communication, comes Liberal Arts." to Grove City College from For the past decade, the Indiana Wesleyan University, Browns have actively served and where he served as director of worshipped in Presbyterian the Indianapolis campus for tra- Church of America congrega- ditional programs. Prior to this tions. Most recently, they were assignment, he and his wife, members, small group leaders Susan, a reading and literacy spe- and Bible teachers at Christ cialist, ministered for seven years Community Church of Carmel, at Bryan College. There, Brown Ind. was an associate professor of Constance N. Nichols, Courtesy GCC Public Relations communication arts, chair of the instructor of education, a 1993 Seated: Mrs. Barbara Lyle (part time Accounting), Mrs. Constance Nichols (Education) and Dr. D.J. humanities division, and director Grove City College graduate, is Wagner (Physics). Standing: Dr. Shawn Ritenour (Economics), Dr. Daniel Brown (Communication), of the college-wide honors pro- excited to return to her alma Dr. Jeffrey Wolinski (Physics), Dr. Sam Heastie (part time Psychology) and Dr. Earl Tilford gram. He also teaches part-time mater where she earned a degree (History). Dr. Heastie, who is also serving as special assistant to the president for enrollment and with the University of Phoenix's in elementary education. While a staffing, will be featured in next week's Collegian. online degree programs. student, she was active in the ele- the Language Arts in 1996. attending Auburn University, he After retiring, Tilford was an Brown earned his Ph.D. in mentary education honorary, the Also in 1996 she began worked as an economist for the associate professor of history at communication at Louisiana Gamma Chi sorority, and partici- working at the McKeesport Area United States Bureau of Labor Troy State University in State University and his M.A. at pated in dramatic, musical and School District as a reading spe- Statistics. Montgomery and a visiting pro- Miami University in Ohio. He dance activities on campus. cialist. Her work focused on pre- While at Auburn University, fessor of military history at the completed specialized communi- After graduating, Nichols venting reading and math diffi- Ritenour was awarded a U.S. Air Force Air Command cation coursework at The Ohio taught at Eden Christian culties for students at risk. She Carthage Foundation Fellowship and Staff College. In 1993 he State University and Edinboro Academy prior to returning to has also written several grants, and a Mises Fellowship.