EDITORIAL Fall Fizzle

On Saturday, Sept. 12, the Campus Activities Programming Board sponsored a Fall Fling/Welcome Back Weekend. Included jn the festivities were performances by bands Flip Like Wilson and Brothers Past, as well as various amusements and giveaways. For those of us who actually attended the event, Fall Fling was an enjoyable and entertaining day. The question is, where were all the students for whom the day was created for?

We have two major reasons for the lack of attendance on Saturday. Although we would like to commend the CAP board for coming up with a great idea and implementing it, we wonder if CAP could have spent more of their increased budget and time towards advertising the event. The only visible advertising on campus were signs written with Magic Marker on the back of this year's fall activities calendar and a chalk-drawn message outside of the Widener Center. Where were the voice mail or mail messages? We believe that had a greater effort been devoted towards publicizing Fall Fling, the end results would have been much more positive.

We also question the day selected for the festivities. On the day chosen, three fall sports teams-men's soccer, women's volleyball and cross country-all,had away contests, while the women's softball team was away at a tournament in New York. How were the students on these teams, who make up a rather large number, expected to attend Fall Fling? With a little more organization and thought, this problem could have been prevented.

We congratulate and thank CAP for sponsoring and planning Fall Fling. Overall, the day was a success. However, had there been more emphasis on promoting Fall Fling and research into the day it was held, students would be talking about how great Fall Fling was instead of asking when it was.

Public figures, private lives

It has happened before, and it will, in all certainty, happen again. Even though President Bill Clinton was, indeed, caught up in an adulterous affair with intern Monica Lewinsky, what business is that of ours?

The mainstream media who broke the story should be the first to let it die. Focusing on this relationship, which, by all indications has not affected the work that Clinton is doing for the country, will only serve to distract him and make us the laughingstock of other countries.

Public figures should still be entitled to their private lives. Let the president do his job, and leave the gossip reporting to the tabloids.