SPECIAL HOMECOMING 2001 EDITION The Collegian The Grove College Newspaper October 62 No. 7 Homecoming GOMING 07 royalty Five vie for title of queen Five senior women will be in science major, she is president of mentary education major, she is the spotlight tomorrow as part of Mortar Board, executive director the senior head choreographer the Homecoming celebrations. of the College Republicans and a for Orchesis, a member of the Megan Krause, Jennifer member of Omicron Delta Orientation Board executive Mahurin, Charity Pefferman, Kappa. She formerly served as committee and a dancer for the Jenn Rugg and Amy Wolff have the freshman and sophomore May Pageant. She is active in been elected to the Homecoming class presidents and as a member Warriors for Christ and I.M. Court by their classmates. of the Orientation Board. Scott sports. Mark Sallade is her Krause, an elementary educa- Sweeney is her escort. escort. tion major from San Diego, is Pefferman, a biochemistry and Wolff, a music education major the daughter of Chuck and Karen molecular biology major from from Thornton, Pa., is the daugh- Krause. Her activities on campus New Martinsville, W.Va., is the ter of Tom and Cindy Wolff. include Orientation Board, New daughter of Bill and Carol Besides serving as drum major Life, Omicron Delta Kappa and Pefferman. She is the co-captain for the Wolverine Marching Warriors for Christ. She has of the women's cross country Band, she is a member of the appeared in various musicals on team, president of Kemikos and touring choir, Gamma Sigma Phi campus and has served as a tele- a member of Omicron Delta sorority, Omicron Delta Kappa, counselor for the admission's Kappa and Mortar Board. She Mortar Board and Kappa Delta office. Andy Lanzone is her also serves as a resident director Pi. Matt Skipper is her escort. escort. and is active in New Life. Jason The queen will be crowned A native of Plano, Texas, Karpac is her escort. Photo by Matthew R. Divelbiss tomorrow as part of the halftime Mahurin is the daughter of Janice Amy Wolff, Jenn Rugg (seated), Megan Krause, Charity A native of Moon Township, ceremony at Thorn Field. The and the late Stephen Mahurin. An Pa., Rugg is the daughter of Pefferman and Jen Mahurin make up the 2001 court. The queen game begins at 2 p.m. English literature and political will be crowned during halftime of tomorrow's game. LeRoy and Karen Rugg. An ele- Construction delays demand New academic Alumni and friends return building may not to recruit grads be ready for fall By Meghan Price John Connors of Pittsburgh's By Matthew R. Divelbiss Collegian News Co-Editor H.B. Maynard and Company, Collegian Editor-in-Chief Inc., said recruiting at Grove The 110 companies; graduate City College yielded "good peo- For those looking forward to schools and seminaries that ple and good results." Maynard starting next fall in the new aca- recruited at Grove City College's had three interns from Grove demic building, you'll have to Oct. 4 career fair didn't come City this summer and has 10 to wait a little longer. just to give out free pens and 12 alumni on its staff of roughly According to Tom Gregg, vice post-its. This year's career fair 70. Connors added that Maynard president for operations, delays was crowded with recruiters is hiring. He echoed seniors' on the construction of the new from a wide range of institutions nightmares by saying, "You may building will probably cause the who shared a common bond: the not hear much of that today." opening to be moved back. Photo by Matthew R. Divelbiss connection to and desire to work Quite a few companies were Due to delays, the new academic building will not be fully with Grove City College stu- hiring for fall positions, howev- See Building on page 6 enclosed until after the first of the year. dents. See Fair on page 8 Saying Coming Looking Goodbye Home to Win Smith retires Complete Football looks after 31 years of Homecoming to Waynesburg service. coverage. tomorrow. Page 6 Pages 10-11 Page 17 2 Perspectives The Collegian October 12, 2001 Collegian Editorial Use it or lose it The college needs to let campus groups keep their cash Grove City College has long At the start of each school to "use it" on items that match " Practically speaking, the "use prided itself on frugality, on its year, 11 campus organizations the leftover dollar amount, but it lose it" policy doesn't hold ability to stay out of the red, on receive funding from the college. are not the essential items the water. its "shrewd financial manage- These include Student ment" (as the GCC Web site has Government Association, The This "use it or lose group wants to save its money Philosophically, too, this sys- for. tem flops and fails. It doesn't chosen to term it). Bridge, Religious Activities it" policy harms We've faced this dilemma at ring true with GCC's core com- And rightly so. "Grove City Committee, Orchesis, The The Collegian. A few years ago, mitments. College operates on a balanced Collegian, Drama Directors, The student we desperately needed new com- J. Howard Pew, a 1900 Grove budget," this same Web site Echo, Parents' Weekend organizations as puters and software. We had to City College graduate and board points out, "refuses federal aid Committee, Homecoming wait to the very end of the year, of trustee member from 1912 to and remains virtually debt-free." Committee, WGCC, and well as the college. since we had lost our money 1971, said the following in a It's a well-known fact: this Women's Athletic Association. from years past. Then, we rushed 1949 speech on the importance school is good at managing Here's the kicker: At the end of to make the purchase before we " of liberty and freedom: money. each year, these groups must lost our money. Thankfully, Mrs. "Grove City College has long Unfortunately and ironically, return any remaining money Paxton allowed us to hang on to believed that it matters little how however, student organizations back to the college. and wise spenders, punishment our money a little longer to make expertly students may be trained that practice this same frugality In other words, if these groups not praise - awaits them. School the purchases. If we had been in the arts and sciences, unless and "shrewdness," are punished. prove themselves good stewards policy forbids organizations from permitted to save money from they first learn an appreciation of saving surplus funds for use in years past, we could have tapped the responsibilities as well as the future years. into these resources for the pur- privileges of American citizen- The Collegian This "use it or lose it" policy chases and made them without ship." harms student organizations as much hassle. Under current poli- Can student organizations pos- well as the college. It prohibits cy, however, there were no sibly learn essential "responsibil- student groups from long-term resources to tap. This year, ities and privileges" under cur- The Grove City College Newspaper thinking by dashing any hopes though, with no major purchases rent policy? No. The ability to Since 1891 for financial planning, investing, on the horizon, we rushed to responsibly save money for 100 Campus Drive and saving. And so, with a year- spend our money before we lost future purchases is denied, as is Grove City, Pennsylvania 16127 end deadline quickly approach- it. We now have much nicer the privilege of reward for an ing, many organizations may opt chairs. Phone: (724) 458-2193 economic job well done. Fax: (724) 458-3334 Editorial Staff Matthew R. Divelbiss: Editor-in-Chief Grove City Coin Laundry Megan A. Standish: Managing Editor Kaitlin Dominoski: Copy Editor Seana Cranston: Asst. 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