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Lib rary services under stress
microfiche roll reading machines
locate d on the libra ry mezzanine,
only two work properly. Blaisdell
said he has called the Hartford
division of Eastma n Kodak to
come down and service the roll
film readers .
According to Blaisdell , the
microfiche roll rea ders are owned by WestConn, but are
Eastman Kodak products and as
such must be serviced by
Eastman Kodak. "By the first of
next week, they should be fixed,"
he said.
In recent months much attention and criticism has been
focused upon the Ruth Haas
Library by both faculty and students. Criticism reached a peak

by Gary Morgan

Ever waited in line to use the
copy machine in the Ruth A.
Haas Library, then when it's
your turn the thing runs out of
paper?
Ever settled down behind a
typewriter on the second floor to
find that it doesn't work?
Aggravating, isn't it?
"Yes, certain machines in the
library are overloaded, " according to Robert" Blaisde ll ,
director of library services at
WestConn. "There are more people who want to use them than
the library has facilities.
In response to a complaint
yoiced by a history class lqst
,week that of the six available

las t Se p te m ber when t he
library's hours were cut back,
but the issue was resolved with
the administration filling three
vacancies on the library staff.
Student Government President
Ray Lubus then remarked that Rut h A. Haas library was
" definitely a priority."
According to a stateme nt made
by WestConn President Robert
M. Bersi last year, student and
faculty leaders also expressed
" priority concern over the
library situation ."
· According to Blaisdell, there is
a definite problem with copying
machi n es , typewriters,
(Continued on Page 9)

Western
Conne ct icut
Sta te College,
Danbury .
Vol. 14 No. 18 March 6 , 197.
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-Board of Trus tees
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SGA fune ral to mourn
to consider dorm f ee lost high er educati on
increase for '79-' 80
by Susan Bacchiocchi

A funeral will be held this
ing for spring ·registration .
by Jan Howard
Thursday to commemora te the
The $100 increase proposed
A proposed dormitory fee indeath of higher education in
crease for the four state colleges reflects a 14 percent increase
western Connecticut, WestConn
next year will be considered at a over the current cost of $300, Student Government officials anFlynn said.
March 9 meeting of the State
The Student Advisory Board is nounced last week.
colleges Board of Trustees., acThe procession, scheduled to
comprised of 12 representatives ,
cord ing to Marty Flynn,
begin at the front of the College
three from each of the four state
WestConn representative to the
colleges. The chairman, from Union at 11 a.m ., will proceed to
Student Advisory Board.
the Westside campus site on Mill
Flynn said last week that Eastern State College, calls the Plain Road in Danbury, approxmeet ings at least once a month .
Frederick Rossamando, trustees
imately three miles from the prefinance director, has proposed an They are held on Central Connec- sent White Street facility, they
ticut's campus.
increase of $100a year for hou8'
The Student dvisory Board said.
ing costs at all four state
A few short eulogies will be
serves as a sounding board for
colleges.
the Board of Trustees, to " air out given at the gravesite , followed
If the Board of Trustees votes
by the burial of a coffin containin favor of the increase, Flynn ideas ," Flynn said . While the ing memorabilia of higher educasaid, it will be sent to the state board has no pwoer, he noted that
tion, such as a diploma and morBoard of Higher Education. The it does make recommendations.
When the proposal for the dor- tar board.
Board of Higher Education will
When asked what the purpose
have 60 days to act on the mitory fee increase was sent by of the funeral was, SGA presithe Board of Trustees to the Stuproposal, Flynn said, adding that
dent Ray Lubus said, "It is to
he hoped the decision would be dent Advisory Board for. an opi- draw a ttention to WestConn
(Continued on Page 9 )
made soon to insure correct bill- ·
throughout the state . The idea of

Dormitory
party ru les
••
see re v1s1on

the funeral is symbolic because it
is our future education that is on
the line.
"We're hoping that in r_eality
our education won't have to be
resurrected ," he added .
The funeral plans come in the
wake of the state 's most recent
delay in construction at the
Westside campus .
Plans to build a classroom
building on the 260-acre site were
sent back to the state Board of
Higher Education by the governor's office two weeks ago.
Memb e rs of Danbury 's
legislative delegation said the
move either killed the project , or
at the least , dealt it a serious
blow.
The idea of holding a mock
funeral originated at last week's
SGA meet ing after Phil Capozzi,
Hart ford liaison for the SGA,
called on the student body to take

Fire funds
approved
by Carol Rec ht

by JoAnn Sardo

The upgrading of fire safety
The_ rec entl y-revised part y systems of classrooms , library
rules for the three campus dor- and administr ation buildings at
·mitories provide for the use of WestConn received a boost last
alcohol in pre-designated loca- week when the Board of Higher
tions, according to John Wallace, Education approved a resolution
director of housing.
for $280
,800.
The new policy state that durSpokesman Brendan Kennedy
ing a part y in the dormitories
said the money was approved
alcohol consump tion must be with the understanding that bids
confined to lounges and students ' for required work will be covered
rooms.
by this amount. If the bids are
In order to hold a part y in -the not covered, the request will go
dorms , students must fill out a back to the BHE for review.
party contract. This contract inKennedy said the amount is
cludes a guest list and signatur es based on the Genovese study,
of those residents responsible for which is an engineering analysis
the party. The contr act must be of last year 's fire marshal 's
approved by the resident director report. He added that money for
of the dormitory .
upgrading fire safety systems in
In the past, there were no rules dormitories and the college union
covering parties in students'
should be forthcoming soon.
rooms. The new policy allows for
dfrector
of
WestConn's
this.
research and pla nning, J ohn
" Our goal," Wallace said, "is Deegan, said he didn't think
to give students a chance to plan $280,800 was enough "t o do the
their own social functions."
as
job 1 it should be done." He said
The party contract originated his own estimate for the work is
two years ago and since then, $43
8,000.
Wallace said, there have been
" We know more about the
more par ties than previously.
problems because we live with
The new policy sta tes in- them ," Deega n said. " They
dividual rules for each type of (Genovese) didn't have tim e to
par ty. Rules for a recognized do a rea l thorough iQvestigawing, floor or section party are : tion."
• Good majority of the wing,
He said the college '' knows
floor or secti on and the R .A. where the wires are in the walls,
must sign-up, stating that they and the miles of wires that are
plan to attend and/or wish the buried underground. There are
party to take place.
rusty pipes and so on. It's one big
(Continued on Page 4)
(Continued Page 8)

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LEGISLATIVE LIASON Philip Capozzi (right ) calls for action on
the stalle d Westside campus project as Hartford intern Marty
Smith (left ) list ens. Capozzi joined area legi slators who address ed
the senate at its meeting last Monday night. Photo by John Voorhees.

Faculty Senate dissolves,
seeks new constitution
'

by Lesly Krosky
The faculty senate met last
Thursday and voted to accept Dr.
Frank. Dye' s amm ended motion
to dissolve the senate .
The present form of the senate
will function until the creation of
a new senate . Ele ctions for the
senate must be held before July
1.

In discussion before the vote,
Thomas R . Doyle, alterna te
re pr es enting
th e fo r e ign
language departments spoke in
defense of the motion, saying the

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senate doesn't functio n as it
should.
" We need a whole new look,"
Doyle said, adding, " we have
trouble gett ing quorums."
The senate' s Constitutiona l
Review Committe e' s document
will no longer be followed
because of the motion to form a
new senate.
SGA preside nt, Ray Lubus addressed the faculty senate about
the new Westside campus. He
(Continued on Page 5)

action and let the Grasso administration know the students'
displeasure with that move.
Funeral arrangements began
circulating on campus last Friday, urging people to take part in
the procession . Support and
enthusiasm for the funeral was
apparent shortly after students
learned of the event.
''The response in the dorms is
overwhelming," Lubus said. " It
seems like they (the students )
have been wanting to be involved
for a long time. Now's their
chance. "
He stressed however, that the
event is not an attack on the
'
governor.
"We're showing our strong disappointment as a community
from the western part · -of the
state with the hope that the situation will swing our way."
The funeral is supported by the
college 's admini st ration , who
view it as a student effort to
voice their displeasure with the
governor's action.
Lubus addres sed the faculty
senate at its meeting last Wednesday, asking for teachers support in the funeral. Following his
appeal , several students said that
some tests and classes for that
day had been rescheduled .
" We hope to gain statewide
recognition for the problems we
have here at WestConn," Capozzi
said.
" And we hope that the entire
student body will support this endeavor to show that we care
about the future of higher education at Western Connecticut ," he
added.

1
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record on page 8.
• New SGA senato rs make
pledges. See page 3.
• NORML credit dispute. See
page 10.
• Pub-Nite incident spotlights
campus problems, on page 4.
• Westside campus stall causes
widespread disappointm ent. See
page 5.
• New fra tern ity plans daycar e
center , Do-Day, energy audit.
See page 3.
• Ten commandment s rewritten. See Publick Occurences.
page 10.
• News Briefs on page 11.
• Colonials set record with 16th
win. See page 12.
• Pub-Nite pictures in Around
Campus. See pages 6 and 7.
• Guest editoria l : Why learn
foreign languages? See page 2.
• Girls' basketball wrap-up and
badminton on page 12.

Page 2 The Echo Tuesday, March 6, 1979

_EDITORIALS_
Love and death
Some things die hard.
Take Higber Education , for examp le . She put up a
tough fight in western Connecticut, but the odds were
stacked against her .
You could say she had a full, rich life here . Sevent.yfive beautiful years in Danbury - first at the normal
school, then at the teachers college and finally at
WestConn.
But those last few years really took their toll .
She first became sick in the 1960s - overcrowding
and poor facilities, the doctors said. They prescribed a
new campus, and the Legislature backed them up, approving construction funds that could get her back in
shape.
Things looked good for her in 1970- the physicians
had ordered a complete face and body lift and began
spending those approved funds to get her out of her
cramped quarters. They bought her a new home on
Danbury's westside in 1971,and in 1974built her a road
there, just to keep her spirits . up. Dr. Meskill took part
in a groundbreaking ceremony, but even then there
were symptoms of trouble .
That trouble hit in 1975.The State Deficit Disease attacked her in her most vulnerable place - the pocketbook. Chief of Staff Grasso, now in charge of the case,
ordered her to remain on White Street. And ever since
then , despite a few periods of remission, things went
downhill.
Oh, she did !get a few shots-in-the-arm - a dose of
Bond Commission money here artd there, and even
construction money for a classroom building last October . Dr . Grasso tried to pull her through, but she just
couldn't staµd up against those invading viruses.
And invade they did. One of the worst was the Creeping New Haven Delay Syndrome, characterized by
cries of dropping college enrollments and calls ' for
comprehensive reviews .
Another was the familiar Tie It Up In Bureaucracy
Blues , marked by lost work orders and very crossed
signals .
Consulting physicians
Bersi , Dyer , Baker ,
Walkovich, Osieki and countless others tried to help.
She was prescribed for, picked at, prodded and poked
until her case history filled a library. Her family at
WestConn watched politely, not wanting to step on the
sensitive toes of those who might find a cure. The
Bond Commission , they were told, the Bond Commission would find a way. ·
But before the commission could act, Higher Education died. February 15 the Westside campus was sent
back to the Board of Higher Education for .review.
Now what are we, her survivors, to do?
To start with, let u~ mourn. Let's show the state how
much we'll miss her, how much we cared about her.
Let's bring them here to see the conditions she had to
live in - overcrowded classrooms and dorms, traffic
jams, athletic facilities many high schools would turn
their noses up at.
Let 's have a funeral, and let 's have a good one - one
with sadness, with sympathy, but one with spirit.
For some things do die hard . But some things have
been known to rise again.
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Letters To The Editor
We will not publish a lett er unless we
know who has writte n it. but will consider
withholding the name of the writ er. Letters should be typewritt en an<f double
spaced. We may condense or edit long let ters. We will not publish letters we cor.- ider libelous or in poor tast e.
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Exclusive Commentary:·

Why learn _anguages?
l
by John P. Dever

Like ping-pong , a game at and corporations abroad there is
which the Chinese excel, we'll but a handful of individuals who
probably start learning Chinese can handle the language of the
if we get smitten by the jovial, country. Yet in our own com" straight-shooting " Premier
munity
there
are many
Teng Hsiao-ping. But what then? foreigners repre~e nting their
To the Editor :
firms in the United States and
Ten years ago when I was of- Will we stop three or four years
hence just as we stopped study- making a success of their enterfered the job of teaching
economics at Western Connec- ing Russian after the sputnik 's prises.
ticut State College, I was influen- success in 1957? Last count inA few erroneous ideas exist
ced in my decision by the dicated that Russian is being about Americans and their study
studied above the second year
. prospect of a new campus. Sure,
of languages.
One is that
back in 1969there were virtually level by only 3,500 American
Americans are physiologically
high school students . Presently,
non-existant athletic facilities;
and psychologically ill-equipped.
not enough classrooms and park- according to the same source, Is it possible that we do not have
only 197students were enrolled in
ing ; two or three .faculty jammed
the same linguistic competence
in a one-man classroom and third year Chinese and fewer known to Everyman or that
than 200in fourth-year Japanese.
parking ; two or three faculty
perhaps our physiological endowjammed in a one-man office ; and No doubt these numbers will in- ments are deficient? Absurd!
crease , but for how long? Does
little money to implement new
the mountain come to Moham- Psychologically, however, there
programs - but I was reassured
med or does Mohammed come to is room for comment. In many
all would change soon, for
countries of the world , the
WestConn was in a growth area the mountain ?
A recent guest of the modern knowledge of more than one
of the state and nothing could
language department, Mrs. Irene_ language is considered the norm
stop her future development.
Hung from Yorkshire Heights, . and not the exception . In
Ten , years
later
with
Holland, for example, a univerdramatically increased enroll- New York, who ha s been
teaching Chinese for the last sity student is required to know
ment we still do not have a new
at least five other languages
campu s and are continuing to decade , said that she began usually Greek , Latin, French,
studying English in grammar
operate out of a facility that most
English and German. Here , in
small high schools could put to school, using descriptive gram- our own countr y, people become
mars and learning the passive
shame . Now, not only do we lack
successful without ever learning
facilities for our increased stu- skills of reading and writing to to perform adequately in their
perfection . Mrs. Hung's school
dent body, but the facilities we do
own language . For many ,
have been left to deteriorate to did not have the technological ad- knowledge of a foreign language
vances of the tape recorder and
an unbelieveable degree .
seems to be a hindrance,
I have asked myself how this language laboratory , but prac- something to be ashamed of,
ticed with as many Englishcould happen to a college which
speaking visitors as was their rather than an asset to be proud
has continued to enjoy increased
good fortune to come across . of. This is a sad state of affairs
enrollments while others have
when you consider that the Unnot and is located in one of the Patience and tenacity through ited States is the fourth largest
the earl y years resulted in the
fastest growth area s in the UnSpanish-speaking country in the
ited States , an area soon to be the pleasure of having learned the world.
most important
Western
home of several large corpora Whatever you do, don't fall for
tions . After being deeply in- language .
Today only 15 percent of all the tempting advertisements :
volved in the West Side Campus
Saga as a concerned facult y high school students in the United ' ' Span i sh made easy ,'' o r
member, advisor to the Student Stat es study a modern language . " French in ten easy lessons."
Impossible . Language learning is
Government Association and Study of a modern foreign
language in our schools is said to a deliberate and progressive acPresident
of the American
Association
of Universit y be aimless , an exercise in quisition of skills : After the tenth
Professors , I have sadly con- futilit y. But those who have per - lesson -in t he language you might
cluded that the answer is politics . severed have come to enjoy a be able to say " the pen is on the
richer life in the Aristotelian
table " but no more , and undoubThe governor last October
urged the Bond Commission to sense . One thing is to learn how tedly with an accent . In 14th cento earn a living. Another is to . tury England it was decreed by
approve over five million dollars
Parliament that its upper classes
for the construction of a much enrich our lives .
People in multi-national cor- be taught the language of the
needed classroom building on the
porations are aware of the im- enemy . So, in good times and in
West Side Campus , although
almost a year before , the es- portance of modern languages . bad, language acquisition has
timated cost of construction of Estimated trade with China served its master.
alone will rise by 600,000,000over
this classroom building was
next year to a total of $1 pillion.
(Dr . Dever is chairman of the depart seven million dollars. In January
ment of modern languages, literatures and
a short time after elections , bids Not bad for a beginning.
In American-owned businesses linguistics. )
for the classroom building were
opened and came in at about
seven million dollars, really not · cost over-runs as a basis for
over what would have been ex- shelving the campus after her reelection.
, pected f om the estimate made
To the Editor:
the previous year . Nevertheless ,
Feb. 28, 1979
In view of her stated continued
the governor , through ComAs usual The Echo and the
support of the new campus , I will
missioner Milano, had the whole
be kind and assume that the yearbook photographers ignored
issue of the proposed West Side
of The Afrogovernorwas not informed of the the requests
Campus resubmitted
to the
original cost estimates and is American Club to cover the
Board of Higher Education for
only double checking all the Valentine 's Day dance on Feb .
further consideration. Either the
17, 1979.
facts .
governor was not aware of the esThis is not the first time that
All faculty , students, ad- we have asked someone from
timated cost of the building or
ministration
and concerned
The Echo or the yearbook to our
su~pos_
ed
planned long ago to use_
citizens must make certain that functions to take pictures and get
she lives up to her commitment. some coverage. Are we asking
The Student Government has too much? The lack of response
planned a funeral for Thursday at has made us wonder .
11 a.m . at the College Union of
We are very disappointed that
the WestConn Campus, followed this has happened. It is not that
by a procession . At this time the we do not communicate our
governor and her officials will be thoughts or messages clearly .
given the chance to revive the What is that we have to do to get
victim - higher education in this some pictures of our functions in
part of the state. This may be the The Echo? Should we perhap s
last chance for a wests1de hire an outside photographer?
campus as the Board of Higher
I have been at WestConn four.
Education reports are already in(Continued on Page 8)
dicating their preference for
building a dormitory and a
The Echo is published weekly during the
classroom
building
on
academic year for Western Connecticut
WestConn's only athletic field. State College Opinions expressed here in
We have been told that it will no way reflect the official position of the
college. Distribution free on campus ; mail
take a minimum of four years
subscription $5 per year Editorial office
before these buildings would be · College Union, Western .Connecticut State:
ready for occupancy..
College, Danbury , Ct. 06810 Tel. 792-1231.
.
I urge everyone to participate
Editor
Su-san Bacchiocchi
Thursday and demonstrate to the Managing Editor
Genevieve Reilly
Candy Port
governor and the state that we at Copy Editor
Assistant Editors
Tao Woolfe
WestConn will not allow higher Photography Staff Jim Seri,Pete Woolfe
.
education to take a back seat to
John Voorhees, Greg Symon
politics .
Advertising Manager
Betty Esandrio

Years later

Club ignored

Laurence R. Fisher
President , WestConn chapter
Of the American Association
Of University Professors

Laurie 'LaReau
Assistant Ad Manager
Business Manager
1J1aneCirillo
Cartoonists
Chris Durante , Bob Beards
Circulation Manager
Rich Hendersen
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Harold Burke

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The Echo Tuesday, March 6, 1979 Page 3

New Senators promise effort
,
by Jim Seri

Newly elected Student Government Association Senators have
pledged to make students aware
of the issues at WestConn and to
devote time and effort to the
SGA.
In an interview last week ,
Mary Lynch , elected by the
senior class, said she will participate as much as she can in the
SGA " to help benefit the
WestConn campus and to help
make students more aware of the
issues on campus ." She hopes for
" personal fulfillment to see how
the senate works."
Newly elected sophomore
senator Jim Norman said he will
work with Senator Marty Flynn
on the budget and that he will
assist the senate in studying
possible student fee increases .

He also pledged to work for the
proposed Westside campus by
visiting local high schools and
talking to seniors and juniors
who may enroll at WestConn.
Norman noted that a petition
will be sent to cities and towns
around the state " to show Gov.
Grasso that not only this area
wants better higher education."
He added that he wouici work
toward securing state funds to
repair
fire violations
at
WestConn. " Of the four state
colleges, WestConn's repairs will
have the greatest cost, " Norman
said.
Dawn Larson, recently elected
to the SGA as a freshman alternate , said that she would " express the views of the freshman
class as they pertain to the
freshman class." She added that

Need a Break

she would "give time and effort
to the SGA as a whole.'
Susan Bacchiocchi, elected as
a senior class senator on write-in
ballots, last week submitted a
letter of resignation to SGA
president Ray Lubus.
She said that she was "honored
to have been elected as an SGA
senator ," but that to serve on the
senate in addition to her duties as
editor of this newspaper , may be
considered a "conflict of interest " by some people at
WestConn.
Also elected from the senior
class were Jan Jerus and Dave
Weber. Cathy Kogut and Patricia
Shaham were elected junior
class alternates. Joni Gomes was
elected assistant treasurer of the
SGA.
Statements from these SGA officers will be reported in the near
future .

from Mid-Terms?
Come in and enjoy our
friendly atmosphere
and fine selection

Frat set daycare goal
want and need for a childcare
facility .
Alpha Phi Omega , (APO) ,
Herald said last week that a
WestConn's new service fraterservice fraternity is needed at
nity, has set as its ultimate goal WestConn because, in light of
the establishment of a daycare delays on the Westside campus
project , students must "live with
center on campus .
According to fraternity presi- this campus a while longer."
The frat plans to host a " Dodent Jeff Herald , APO will conduct a fact -finding poll within the , day" April 1. In addition to sprnext few weeks to establish the ing cleanup, one of the activities
slated for Do-day is an energy
audit. The audit will seek ways to
help improve the efficiency of
WestConn's buildings.
A clothing and toy drive for the
needy in the community is also
planned.
" Continuing involvement on
campus " will make this fraternity different from others on
campus , Herald said . Other
organizations tend to be "cliqueish" and do not deal with the entire campus , he added.
by Fred Hammond

Obituary

Higher Education
Higher Education , 75, formerly of Western Connecticut, died Feb. 15 in Danbury after a long, illness.
She is survived by 6,392 children, .all WestConn
students.

SPONSORED BY THE bog FILM COM.

A funeral procession in honor of the deceased will
leave the College Union Thursday, March 8, at 11a.m.

!he p~ocession will pass to the Westside campus,
Mill Plain Road, where a funeral service and burial
will take place.

Cars taking part in the procession should line up on Seventh and
Roberts Avenues before 11 a.m .

MARCH 11th and 12th

WestConn
Bloodmobile

Volunteers Needed

April 4th & 5th
9:30 A.M. - 2:30 P.M.

to work at Blood.mobile

Second Floor in the
College Union

March 8th, 7: 00 P .M.
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Sponsored by the SGA

College Union Norwalk Lounge

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rules

(Continued from Page 1)
• How many people attend are
determined by fire regulations .
• The R.A. on the wing or section must be in attendance at the
party or be on the floor, or
another R.A. must be in attendance .
Rules for individuals wishing
to have parties in the residence
halls are :
• Parties are only permitted in
the lounges , not bathrooms ,
hallways or stairwells .
• The floor section or wing
must give approval to use their
lounge.
• Guest lists consisting of nonbuilding or non-resident students
will be examined closely before
approval is given.
• The guest list must be submitted with a party contract 24
hours in advance. All guests must
sign in at the duty desk .
Rules for room parties are :
• A list of guests and party contract must be submitted 24 hours
in advance .
• The maximum number of
people in a room is 10 to 15. ·
• The party must be contained
in that student 's room .
• Sunday through Thursdays end by 11:30 p .m., no alcohol after 11 p .m .
• Friday through Saturday end by 1 :30 a .m ., no alcohol after
1 :00 a .m .

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Pub-Nite incident spotlights 2 campus problems

gathered in front of •· , desk ,
waiting for persons to , .ve so
An incident at the sorority- that the crowd inside could be
sponsored Pub-Nite on Feb. 23 kept to 175 individuals .
has turned the spotlight on two
Because the security office had
problems that many WestConn been unable to provide security
students have been aware of for for the event, the sorority had
some time .
chosen a number of college stuThe first problem concerns the dents to act as bouncers .
small number of security personA WestConn student soon
nel employed by the college, and became impatient with the long
the difficulty of the security of- wait and allegedly pushed to the
fice to comply with requests
front of the crowd with two of his
from campus organizations such friends. As two persons were
as the sorority to provide person- leaving the event, the student ,
nel at their functions.
leading his two friends, allegedly
The second problem concerns forced his way past the desk.
While the sorority's adviser
the lack of a facility on campus
for social drinking functions that went to call security, it was
made known to two of the
is large enough to accommodate
the number of students turning sorority 's bouncers that the student had forced his way in.
out for these events.
During the attempt to evict the
The sorority Pub-Nite on Feb.
23 was held in the snack bar . In student through the rear entrance of the snack bar, the stucompliance
with the fire
marshall 's law, only 175 persons dent 's left arm went thro ugh a
were allowed in the snack bar at window in one of the doors .
In state ments later received by
a time by the sorority officers
and the sorority faculty advisor . a state trooper, who was conThe sorority had placed a desk ducting an investigat ion of the inacross the hallway near the cident , the evicted student
bookstore in the college union claime d he alone had been asked
and all students entering or leav- to leave becau se he was black.
Observers later pointed out ,
ing the event had to pass by this
however , that there were blacks
desk.
A large crowd of students had and members of other ethnic
groups at the event , and that
there was no evidence of racial
discrimination there.
1 The student also claimed he
.
had suffered the arm injury,
which required
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becaus e of " malicious intent " on
the part of the bouncers , and
asked that assault charges be
filed against the two bouncers .
The trooper presented several
statements
to the state
prosecutor 's office last Thursday , but the office determined

that, because of a disparity in
claims of intent , no charges
could be lodged.
The injured student , however ,
has written Gov. Ella Grasso to
inform her of the event, and to
make her aware that he " feels
unsafe " on this campus.

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"Weber doesn't need a
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Students resigned to
Westside site stall
by John Kazzi
If the attitude of most students
toward the on-again off-again
Westside campus could be
described in one word, that word
might well be " resignation. "
Although virtually no student
at Westconn today was here
when the subject of a new
campus was first raised in 1968,
everyone has been exposed to the
events of these past three weeks.
It was just 19 days ago that the
governor 's office announced that
plans for construction of a
classroom
building on the
Westside campus were being
sent back to the Board of Higher
Education for review - a decision that shocked and dismayed
the WestConn and Danbury communities .
After seeing first-hand the
more unpleasant side of politics
and hearing accusations of
broken promises , many students
have resigned themselves to the
fact that a new campus is, in all
probability, a long way off.
Random samplings of opinions
around campus this week showed
widespread feelings of disappointment over the most recent
developments .
Interviews with 12 students in
the Inquiring Photo section of
this newspaper one week after

Gov. Grasso 's announcement
reflect meant another delay in
construction - if there is to be
construction at all .
Of the 12 students questioned ,
eight saw almost no chance of a
new campus being built , and
three believe a new campus is
still very much in the future .
SGA Judge Larry Selnick,
although responding negatively
to the events of the past three
weeks, provided an optimistic
note for the future.
"Because of what has happened, I think that the students
are going to create their own
direction , one that will make it
work for all of us," Selnick said.
He added that he believed the
new campus was the "universal
motivating factor " for the student population.
Selnick, "very disappointed"
by Gov. Grasso 's decision, pointed out that many students had
"worked with the system for so
long, lobbying and getting a little
more each time only to have the
system let us down."
The latest setback produced a
"very deep reaction - you could
amost touch the pessimism ," he
said . But according to Selnick,
the Westside· campus issue will
no longer create a " passive " student body.

Faculty Senate

Recommendation .
• Formation of Senate Committee on Deparfmental Curriculum
to determine who will be responsible for the addition/ deletion of
courses .

(Continued from Page 1)
said they have 30 days to voice
support before the bids expire.
Lubus said on Thursday at 11
a.m . there will be a mock funeral
for the future of higher education
at WestConn. There will be a
funeral procession to the burial
site at the proposed Westside
campus on Mill Plain Road ,
where several eulogies will be
given.
Lubus asked the professors to
either reschedule their classes or
excuse students so they can attend the funeral. Lubus also encouraged professors to attend.
The key is numbers, " Lubus
said. The SGA hopes the campaign will attract a lot of press,
including local television sta tions. This funeral will be a kickoff to other things the SGA plans
for the future of the new campus,
Lubus added.
Raymond L. Baubles, Jr.,
president of the faculty senate ,
said President Robert Bersi approved the Department Chairperson 's Proposal as the senate
passed and amended it.
The Promotion and Tenure
Committee
has met their
deadline and completed their
work, Baubles added.
" Five departments have not
filed bylaws with the senate ,"
Baubles said . He asked them to
file one copy with him and three
copies with Dr . Dye as soon as
they are rea dy.
At the Sept . 20, 1978 meeting
the senate passed the amended
Varsity
Pol icy Commi ttee
bylaws. The senate then sent a
recommendation to Dr. Bersi
that the va r sit y comm it tee
report di rectly to an a dministrative per son, 'Baubles
said, adding that Dr. Bersi is
waiting for senate acti on.
The senate car ried a motion
that the senate reaffirm its
amendme nts to the varsity Committee Policy Document of Sept.
28, 1978 Baubles said the senate
.
would now resubmit the original
proposal to Dr. Bersi .
The senate also delayed decisions on the following issues until
the next meeting on Wednesday,
March 28:
• Review of Committee Bylaws
because members of the committee were absent .
• Discussion of a motion entered by Dr . Braun concerning
the division of the business administration department into two
separate departments .
• Library Policy Committee

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Milk is a natural.

Help !

"Hey let's go get that guy with the dry look."

"But I thought it said .Men!"

Joe College - the dry look.

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'You got your foot stuck where?!?!"
Photos by Pete Woolfe and John Voorhees
Layout by Susan Selnick

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Drinking buddies .

"Hmmm ... I wonder who that guy, with the dry look is."

Sing us a song you're the piano man.
"Sam e to you fella!"

"Look what I found in my mailbox!'.'
"I pledge allegiance to the frat ... "

Page 8 The Echo Tuesday , March 6, 1979

-INQUIRING- Record

_PHOTO
by Cheryl Lauer
Photos by Pete Woolfe
QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

·President Carter has proposed
gas rationing in light of anticipated shortages due to the
crisis in Iran . How do you feel
about rationing?

ANSWERS:Matt
Fuller,
sophomore: If we don't have

enough gas we'll have to ration,
but I can't believe we have to
rely so heavily on Iran .
Scott Evans , senior: It 's the
most equitable way instead of
raising the price .

(Continued from Page 1)
To the Editor :
job - -like putting a new kitchen
I would like to take this oppor- or bathroom into an old house."
tunity to congratulate Gov. Ella
by John Hatch
Deegan said the major project
Grasso and the students, faculty is the fire alarm and emergency
Sleep Dirt - Frank Zappa
and administration of WestConn. power systems. He said the many
Mr. Zappa, rock and roll's sick At a recent regional meeting of
uncle, has released yet another the Sierra Club International , it
exellent record in a long series of was decided by unanimous vote of their truly apathetic stance
bizarre works. After a decade to jointly award Gov. Grasso and which it was felt contributed
and a half, and more than 25 WestConn the 1979 Ecological greatly to the "Let's not Build a
albums to his credit, the mad Preservation Award in recogni- Westside Campus" campaign .
Ch apter
Presi d ent R olf
maestro continues to make each tion of their efforts to preserve
opus better than the last. F .Z.'s the proposed Westside campus McCracken closed the meeting
albums cover an incredible range
acreage in its present un- with the followi ng remarks :
" These people have had
of styles .
developed state .
There are those who think of
After a prot racte d discussion it remarkable success here ; if only
Frank Zappa as an incorrigable
was determi ned that the faculty, we had more groups like this,
pervert . They are right. But what · administratio n and student body nothing would ever be built! "
Your humble reporter,
they may not know is that Zappa should share this awar d with
has repeatedly proven himself to Gov. Grass o in acknowledgement
Harry Limms
be an outstanding musician as
well. Not for nothing has he been
elected jazz guitarist of the year
(by himself and others) for
several years in a •row.
Sleep Dirt is in this trad ition.
This album is totally instrume ntal. Zappa's well-known verbal
bombast on such subjects s
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but also recurring cycles spaning
many albums . While this album
harks back to such gems as Hot
Rats or Chunga's Revenge, more
recent albums " Zoot Alures ,"
" Zappa in New York ", are
reminicent of other gross offerings like " Live at the Fillmore
East" or "Just another Band
from L.A."

Reviews

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Pickett , senior:

Positive. With what could be facing the country , it 's the only
recourse.
Tim Hastings, freshman: I've
never faced the problem , but it
would be inconvenient.

Fire

Congratulations

va rieties of, fire alarms are
currently connected to a central
system in Old Main which rings
in the Danbury Fire Department .
If electrical power in the individual buildings fail, however ,
emergency
power is not
available to alert st udents ,
teachers and personnel that there
is a fire in the building. Deegan
said security personnel are now
trai ned to communicate with
each other , by radio in an
emergency .

Other concerns involve additional emergency lighting, fireproof doors , self-closing devices
on doors and automatic fire
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Laura Vasile,

fres hman : I

don't think Carter could come up
with a valid enough program for
the U.S.
Mike Cahill, sophomore: It 's
better to ration than to have a
shortage.

John Esteban, junior: I'm going to get a motorcycle . I think
Carte r should get all his facts
straight before he does anything.
June Skiba, sophomore: I
believe there is enough gas and
the government is using this as a
political game.

years and have never seen any
functions given by the Afro.America n Club in The Echo or
the yearbook. Yet all other clubs
function get some coverage in
The Echo and the year book.
WestConn, we want you to
wake up, it 's time that you
realize The Afro-American Club
is a part of the WestConn community . You cannot hide from
the fact so why not make this fact
a reality.
Marlene Foreman
Marcia Lynch
Directors of Publicity
Afro-American Club

BOG upset

To the Student Body:
This semester the Board of
Governors published 2,500 Coffeehouse Calendars. They were
paid for by student fees, as are
all BOG events and promotions .
Unfortunatefy, there are other
campus organizations using the
blank side of the poster for their
own publicity.
It is impossible that the student
body is not aware of the functions
of the Publicity Office, located in
the Information Center of the
College Union. They will not only
Cindy Hooar, freshman : I don't provide paper for your own
think it will happen, I've heard posters, but advice on publicity if
requested. All we are asking is
we will have enough oil.
Kelly Karpich, sophomore: I respect for this student-funded
don't think they should. If people project and the amount of work
have money to pay for it, just in- that was involved in creating it.
As the BOG maintains jurisdiccrease the price .
tion over the Union building,
there are certain rules we will
enforce to keep organization and
fairness.
Posters
made of
current BOG publications will
not be stamped. Posters that
have not been approved and
stamped in the BOG office will
be removed from bulletin boards.
Posters placed over upcoming
Janet Dumonski, senior: I events' publicity will also be
don't think we need to, there's removed . Future misuse of BOG
plenty of oil in this country, they materials will jeopardize future
will use the rationing to raise the publications. Please do not work
price.
against us; we are funded by
Ms. Mancuseo, residents'
your money.
office: I think we have the gas ,
Public Relations
but they're just trying to raise
Committee, BOG
the prices.

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Fees
(Continued from Page 1)
nion Flynn said , the Advisory
Boa;d recommended a $50 increase , a 7 percent hike over
current costs.
According to Flynn , the dorms
are operating at a deficit. ~lynn
said he hopes the trustees will approve the $100 increase . He added that the board could recommend a different increase .
Some students said they are
against the proposed increase in
dorm fees . Others , while admitting they don't want to pay
fee increases , said that inflation
has affected services provided in
the dorms .
Students said the $100increase
would not improve conditions,
·but be use d only to satisfy
current needs.
According to
some students, a $5 increase
0
would fall short of providing for
current needs .

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Library
(Continued from Page 1)
microfiche roll reading machines
and such breaking down because
they receive a high volume of
use. Library statistics show an '
average of 1,500individuals using
the library each day, or 10,500
per week, more than twice the
total student enrollment at the
college.
According to unoffi cial estimates , 4,962 full and part-time
students are currently enrolled
at WestConn. The number of students who use the library each
day is recorded by the security
machine locate d at the entrance
to the library , Blaisdell said.
Last week a third copying
machine was installed on the
first floor of the library to " take
the load off of the other two
presently in use," Blaisdell said ,
adding that all three machines
are available for use by students
and faculty .
Blaisdell said that in previous
years faculty had use of the copying machines apart from that of
the students .
" This is no longer true ," he
said. He added that no distinction
is made among individuals who
use the copying machines .
However, faculty are entitled to
use the copying machines under
the terms of the AAUP contract
ratified last year, Blaisdell added.
According to the contract ,
" Duplication of instructional
materials and professional work
directly r_lated to college ace
tivities shall be free of charge
and readily accessible , including
adequate copying mach ine services for faculty and support service use."
The new machine, an IBM-II,
uses a roll of paper to make
copies, Blaisdell said . The other
two copying machines use reams
of paper .
Blaisdell noted that a log of
faculty member s' names who use
the copying machines is kept at
the librar y, but as far as distinguishing who has used what
machine, " It can't be done," he
said.
Whenasked if the Ruth A. Haas
Library would be retained as a
library if and when the Westside
Campus is constructed , Blaisdell
said that the library would be
retained as such at is present
site.
" Eventually , if the new
campus is constructed , this
library can be used for other purposes," he said, adding that it
would retain its function as a

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PUBLICKOCCURRENCES
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by Karen J. Chase
Alcoholics Hurt

It is hardly a new observation
to say that alcoholism severely
hurts not only those afflicted
with the disease , but . th,ose
around them as well.
But were you aware of the extent that others are affected? Recent statistics indicate that for
every alcoholic there are at least
five people close to him who are
strongly affected .
The strain of an alcoholic's
wife, for example , may be so
great that she could develop a
dual personality - functioning in
the external realm but so ineffec·tual within her own household
that she may take to her bed in
depression .
The Ten Suggestions

The Washington Post reported
that the Ten Commandments are
outdated and have been rewritten.
No, Woodward and Bernstein
weren ' t assigned to rewrite
them , but a religious organization known as the Davis
Memorial Unitarian Institute
did, and now the famous laws of
God handed down to Moses centuries ago are called the " Ten
Suggestions for the Human
Race.''
The organization , which is
r epo r ted
to
avoid
authoritarianism at any and all
costs, rewrote the originals to include a few " thou shalts " that
cover self-respect , sex and even
a sense of humor .

His work, however, was to be
man 's migraine headache may
somewhat unconventional - he
be through his heart.
Propanonol, a drug used to was to be state coordinator of the
treat heart ailments , was found National Organization for the
to relieve heart patients of Reform of Marijuana Laws.
Everything was going fine for
migraine headaches and is now
being used on migraine patients. Kaplan and the five students
But the drug, under study for working under him until state
the last eight years , has only senator Les Houston entered the
been recommended for use by picture .
regular migraine sufferers who · Houston, a member of the
get more than two headaches a legislature 's finance committee
month, since the side effects of threatened to vote against ali
the drug may be more serious state funding for the university
than the attacks themselves .
unless Kaplan was denied credit
for his decriminalization work.
Pay Hike Sought
University officials initially
Faculty members at Wesleyan defended the pending approval of
University have found a way to the for-credit lobbying. Jean
pay for the fast-increasing oil Hedberg, a faculty member who
had verbally agreed to Kaplan's
and gas prices .
The local chapter of the request for credit, dropped out of
American Association of Univer- the project and refused to sponsity Professors will sit down with sor it in any form.
" She got so wasted from the
the Wesleyan administration
next week to discuss a 20 percent controversy that she didn't want
salary increase for the coming
academic year .
The faculty bargaining committee contends that inflation
has hit college faculties harder
than the general population and
Wesleyan's harder than other institution 's faculties .

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Kaplan said. " She was just beat.
I don't blame her . I'm beat , too."
NORML's western regional
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not uncommon.
Kaplan refuses to give up. " I'll
try it again , man ," he declared .
" They haven't heard the last of
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than 30 international counter- Hustler ma~azines Larry Flynt ,
parts , is tr ying out a design to br- and now sister Gloria Carter
ing the house call back to Spann has been arrested ...for ilAmerican medicine .
legal harmonica playing at
Plains ' McWaffle restaurant. She
Pop Skates
was playing " I'm So Lonesome I
Fir st there were pet rocks , Could Cry."
then Pop Rocks, and if you think
you can take it , now there are
Credit Dispute
pop skates .
Alex Kaplan, a business major
What are pop skates?
at the University of New Mexico
Funny you should ask , because at Albuquerque, was set to earn
a Califorriia firm wants to make three credits through an indepenthem household words across the dent study p~ogram.
country by the time spring is
here .
·
Pop skates are a speciallydisguised wedgie shoe that has a
button you can press and 'POP'
you are now weari ng roll er
skates. They are prese ntly going
like mad for $37 a pair . You
might think this a bit much, but
consider it an investment - with
some parking spaces so far away
from the college you might find
them a quick way to get to class.

by Glenn Johnson

A mu lt i-media

experienc

e

A blend o f bot h si gh t and sound

Ives Hall Auditorium
Mar 7
ch
8:15

Free Admission

Missing Migraine

Doctors say that the way to a

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Sanitation route for sale . One-man
.
operation . For information call 792--4955
Reasonable .
Residence
Assistant
Position :
Residence Assistant 's will be needed in all
3 _ orms for the .1979 fall semester . Apd
plications are ava1lable immediately in the
Housing office, first floor, Newbury Hall.
The !~st day to pick up an application will
~e Friday , March 16 at 4 p .m. All applications must be returned to the Housing office by Friday , March 30 at 4 p.m. if it is to
be considered .
Spring is coming - I will have herbs for
sale (organically grown) in about 1 to 2
months. Call earl y if you want plants or
fresh cut herbs . I will bring specific orders
for people to campus . Pat , Box 381 or call
:late p .m., 261
.
-5053
.
Professional painting at student rates .
Interi or , exter ior, free estimates . Call 354
6446 or inquire at WCSCBox 650, No Job
too small .

1/EVERY MON. TUES. WED. 4:10
Sat . 6 : 30 (Confession
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every
Mass)

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LOUNGE

LENT ' n SOUP Hearty blend of pray er and r eflection
follo wing 4:10 Ma , ever y Tuesd ay . Skip a meal
ss
and tra de t he cos t fo r a bowl of so up la ced with
provative
conversatio n. This TUESD
AY, March 6t h,
RODVARNEY (a member of t h e facul ty ' an d c an qidate
,
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(Resident students
please notify SAGA i f y ou plan to
fast.
For more info call 797- 4313 . )

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_ NEWS BRIEFS
Afro-Am Society

The Afro-American Society
will present a Black and White
Cabaret upstairs in the Student
Union on Saturday from 9 p .m. to
3 a .m.
Admittance is $2 per couple
and $1.50 for singles .
All people not dressed in black
and/ or white must pay an additional fee of $.50.
I.D . is required.
Education Majors

All Education majors who wish
to student teach in the fall are
asked to attend a meeting in
White Hall 306, on Wednesday at
4 p.m .
Bloodmobile Workers

Anyone interested in working
for the Bloodmobile being held
April 4 and 5 can sign up in the
- . SGA office or contact Larry
' Selnick, Box 1532.
Health Club

The Health Educator's Club
will present Mrs. Janet Ande rhe g gen , biofeedback
therapist , associated with the
Fairfield Psychotµerapy Center
on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in the
Iron Door Room of the student union.

on Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. in
Ives Auditorium. Admission is
free .

The Psychology Club invites all
interested students to a gather ing in the Stamford Lounge at 3
p.m . tomorrow. Featured will be
Dr . Joanne Hackney, who will
discus s
'' Careers
in
Psychology. "
Multi-media presentation

"A Call to Live " will be
presented by Glenn W. Johnson ,

ALL
I.P'S

DISCOUNT ,
PIKED

BOG Coffeehouse

Jim Norman will host a coffeehouse sponsored by the BOG
from 7 to 11 p.m . tonight in the
Connecticut
Lounge of the
College Union. B.Y.O.B.
Peace Corps/ Vista

Margaret
Chamberlain,
a
Peace Corps / Viata representative will be on campus Tuesday, March 13 in the Career
Placement Office to answer
questions about careers in this
field.
,
All interested students may
stop by the Placement Office or
call 797-4054
.
Fantasy Jugglers

The Fantasy Jugglers will perform on stage this Thursday at 2
p.m . in the Berkshire gym and
will give a workshop at 8 p.m .
that night in the gym.
On Friday at 11 a.m. there will
be another
workshop
in
Berkshir e Auditorium followed
by a T.G.I.F. party in the Connecticut Lounge at 3 p.m.
English Society

Psychology Club

NOW PEN
<

The English Society will sponsor novelist and playwright, Jim
Magnuson, who will speak today
at 8:15 in the Hartford Lounge of
the Student Union.
BOG Film

As part of the WestConn Arts
Festival, the BOG Film Committee will present "The Turning
I?oint" in the Connecticut Lounge
on March 11 and 12.

Wooleo

Plaza.

Brookfield

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Colonials

down ·
WNEC, set new
WCSC reCord -

by Joe Bivona
Bill Yar bo had his usual specWestConn's basketball team tac ular game , chalki ng up a
registered its 16th victory of the tea m-high 27 points, 8 rebounds,
season on Monday night , and 6 assists, along with some
smashing the previous school sparkli ng defensive plays .
record for victories established
WestConn had only 8 players in
during the 1958-59
season .
uniform when they traveled to
The Colonials romped over
Western New England College, Ridge , New Hampshire to play
the top-ranked NAIA team in Frankli n Pierce last Wednesday
night. The Colonials have been
New England , 94-85to break this
hit hard by injuries late in the
long-standing school record .
WestConn lost its final two season. With many regulars out
games of the season to Fra nklin of the lineup, many players with
Pierce and to Dowling, ending little or no varsity experience
their tru ly remarka ble season were forced to suit up.
Fra nklin Pierce concentrated
with a 16-10record.
The first . five minutes of the on stopping Al Silverman, who
game was played fairly evenly, .has been WestConn's high scorer
with WestConn holding a slim 21- over the last couple of games .
The strategy worked to perfec18 lead. The Colonials then suddenly went on a tear in which tion. Once Pierce stopped Silverthey
eliminated
they increased their lead to 15 m an ,
points , 38-23 their biggest lead of WestConn's only real scoring
,
the game .
threat . Pierce , as a result ,
Western New England came breezed to an easy 82-71 victory
back to cut the 15-point advan- over the injury-ridden Colonials.
Al Silverman still managed to
tage to an 8-point WestConn lead
behind the hot shooting of Marc score 21 points in the losing
Rosenberg . The half closed with cause. T.J . Calabrese added 15,
and Billy Yarbro had 13 points
WestConn leading, 49-41.
WestConn broke open this close for WestConn.
WestConn played a poor defengame in the opening minutes of
the second half as they scored the sive game in a 97-65 loss to Dowln
fir st seven points. From there on --i g College last Saturday night in
they coasted to a relatively easy the season fina'ls.
Silverman led the Colonials in
victory.
Al Siverman , who has played scoring with 24 points .
Playoff-bound Dowling put the
some great basketba ll since the
injuries to Darryl Gar rison and game out of rea ch in the first half
Don McGran, had another super as the team, shot 66 percent from
to
game as he pumped in 24 points the floor , compared
and pulled down a game -high 18 Westconn's 31 percent. Dowling
rebounds.
led 54-25at the half.

Varsity Tennis
Those interested in playing men's vars ity tennis please see coach
Edward Hines in Berkshire Hall immediately.

Women lose finale 88-38
by Staff

The West'Conn Women ' s
basketball team finished their
season last Thursday night with a
disappointing 88 - 38 loss against
Quinnipiac College.
This brought the team 's overall record to seven wins and eight
losses .
The high scorer of Thursday
night's game was Kathy Reilly
with 15 points. Margaret Reilly
and Chris Lynch were the high

scorers for the season.
The girls ' team was made up of
two seniors , Mary Lynch and
Chris Lynch; two juniors , Sharon
Collins and Kathy Reilly ; three
sophomores , Mary Rose Collins,
Mary Dondero and Margaret
Reilly; and three freshmen ,
Cammy Carlton, Lovie Petteway
and Maria Sullo.
This is Coach Anna Lee
Serrano 's first year coaching the
WestConn girls .

THE BASKETBALL team set a record for the number of victories but dropped their final game. In the
bottom photo Coach Rhodes and co-captain Steve Mendycka argue a ref's call.

WestConn
by Staff

The State " C" Badminton
Tournament, sponsored by the
Connecticut Badminton Association, was held in the Berkshire
Gym Saturday , Feb. 24. Individuals from WestConn competed .
·
The WestConn players were
among approximately 80 entrants vying for titles in men 's
and women's singles, men 's and
- women's doubles and mixed doubles.
The WestConn participants included Tom Williams , Dave
Douyard, Israel Mendez, Ray
Lubus, Steve Varga , Mark Crane,
Sue Thyren , Betsey Bielefield ,

hosts State tourney
Pam Smyk and facult y member
Georgette Ashe-Kinney.
While none of the WestConn entrants won i state title , several
played ver y well. Williams
reached the semi-finals in the
men 's singles competition , and
Thyren reached the semi-finals
in women's singles.
Williams and Douyard placed
third in the men ' s doubles
bracket, while Smyk and Kinney
were runners-up in the firials of
the ladies ' doubles. Varga and
Kinney reached the quarter finals of the mixed doubles competition .
In the consolation matches ,
Smyk pla~~~ ~rst in women's

singles, ' wnue Douyard finished
third in men 's singles .
The Intercollegi at e Badminton
Toµrnament , sponsored by the
Connecticut Badminton Association and WestConn, will be held
in the Berskshire Gym Saturda y,
March 10. It is expected tha t approximately 15WestConn players
will compete .
Those schools that ha ve
already accepted invitation s to
participate include Princeton ,
Mitchell College,the University
of Bridgeport , Central Connecticut and Southern Connectic ut.
The public is encouraged to a ttend and support the WestConn
player s.

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THE WESTCONN Colonials' baseball team has started their spr,ing training recently in the Berkshire Gymnasium.

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Photos by Greg Symon.