October 4, 1974
Volume 57 Number,3
ALCOHOLIC 111 FORCE
Woodrow Wilson Fellow Robert Dietsch speaks to the college community on President Ford and ex-President Nixon.
Woodrow Wilson Fellow This past week, Mr. Robert Dietsch has been attending classes and meeting informal ly with students and faculty. By all reports the Campus Community is very impressed with this important and per sonable man. He states his opinions candidly, and will discuss or argue any issue pre sented to him. Mr. Diet ch is the Woodrow Wilson Senior Fellow staying at Otterbein this week under the auspices of the Lilly Foun dation. Dietsch is national business and economics editor for Scripts-Howard News papers, and writes indepen dent!) for national magazines. His knowledge extends to a great number of issues, includ ing: international finance, the middle east, Cuba, the civil rights movement, Watergate,
and many more. Mr. Dietsch expressed his willingness to work 24 hours a day while he was here, and his wishes have been taken quite literally. The Fellow spoke to a large number of classes, informally answering questions and asking a few of his own. The response was al ways good. Dietsch also host ed a number of students in his college provided home, discus sing national issues as well as life at Otterbein, once even discussing poetry. The Wilson Fellow will re main at Otterbein through to day, and will leave sometime tomorrow to visit his son at Denison University, before flying back to Washington, D. C. to resume his role as editor.
an open container of alcoholic . "Several Otterbein students beverage on campus grounds, have expressed their concern public areas of College build to us over the time element ings, and public areas of resi involved in the consideration dence halls and fraternities of the alcoholic beverage pro and sororities is prohibited. posal, which can't be brought Disruptive behavior while un before the Board of Trustees der the influence of alcohol is until June, 1975," stated the prohibited in all on-campus student members of the Alco areas, public and private. The hol Task Force at the Friday, penalties assessed for a major Sept. 27 meeting. violation are: Mr. Edwin Roush, chair I. first offense: disciplinary man of the Task Force ex probation or suspension. plained to the students that 2. second offense: suspen not enough information could sion for a minimum of be obtained and studies made one full term or dismis to bring the alcohol proposal sal. before the November meeting 3. third offense: dismissal. of the Board of Trustees. The penalties assessed for a The major order of business minor violation are: for the first task force meeting I. first offense: disciplinary were to review the Senate Bill alert. No. 13, titled "Alcoholic Bev 2. second offense: discipli erage Proposal," which passed nary probation or suspen the College Senate 3/ 6/74, s10n. adopt parameters for the task 3. third offense: suspension force, and the selection of a for a minimum of one full special consultant. term or dismissal. In brief, the Alcoholic Bev 4. fourth offense: dismissal. erage proposal states that Ot Students will be allowed to terbein does not encourage the consume alcoholic beverages use of alcoholic beverages; in the priv~cy of their rooms however, in our society the in residence halls and fraterni choice to abstain from or use ties and sororities according alcohol is widely recognized, although use is circumscribed 'to law. Parameters chosen in brief by laws relating to age, time, to guide the task force are: 1.) place and behavior. The con sumption and / or possession of Otterbein policy should con-
Artist Series Opens Otterbein opens this year's Artist Series season with ragtime piano by Terry Waldo on Friday, Oct. 11 , at 8:15 p.m. Ragtime music will be presented on the "rug" in the main lounge of the Campus Center, and students are invited to pull up a cushion and have a seat. Waldo will present the top hits of the era in his own vibrant and classic style. A Columbus resident, Waldo's interest in ragtime included researching its history and presenting lecture-concerts on the development of ragtime all over
the world. Waldo's style of ragtime is a combination of knowledge and creative talent. After an evening of gusty rag tunes, an ice cream social sponsored by the Campus Programming Board, will be offered upstairs. Any student can build his own banana split for just a quarter, topping off the old-fashioned evening just right. Tickets are now available in Cowan Hall box office 1-4 p.m. weekdays. Concert at no charge and ice cream social only a quarter for students with I.D.
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Attention Comuters & off-campus students: You do have a mailbox in the basement of Towers. So get with it and start checking your box. Mail is piling up fast.
form to law. 2.) Otterbein, as an institution related to the United Methodist Church, should have policies in general accord with the policies of the church. 3.) College policy should generally reflect \\hat is viewed as acceptable and desirable by a majorit) of its constituents including stu dents, parents, alumni. and friends . 4.) Policy hould gi\e consideration to the College's role as an educational institu tion. 5.) College polic) should recognize the adulthood of stu dents. 6.) Policy should con sider problems of administra tion. Gilmour Associates of Co lumbus were decided upon as the consultant group for the Alcoholic Task Force. Much discussion will be compiled during December so reports can be made to the Task Force at the December 13 meeting. A sub-committee of the Task Force will review the questionnaires by Wed., Oct. 9 at 2:00 P.M., when the Task Force is meeting to apprO\e the questionnaire. The current usage questionnaire will be sent out around October 18 and the attitude questionnaire about Oct. 31.
Owls Beer Boou1e 1onlte Boogie and drink to your heart's content tonight at the Owls' Beer Boogie. The event, sponsored by Sigma Alpha Tau sorority, will take place at the Westerville Armory, 240 South State St., from 9:00 pm - 1:00 am. Providing the tunes will be
"Burnt." Tickets by the way are $1.50 presale and $2.00 at the door. They can be purchased today in the Campus Center during the lunch and dinner hours (In last week's T & C, the ticket prices for the Beer Boogie were erroneously listed.)
PROGRAMMING INNOVATION TGIF (Thank God Its Friday) dances will begin on Friday Oct. 11 from 3 to 5 P.M. in the Pit area of the Campus Center and will continue every Friday throughout the school year. This regular event sponsored by the Campus Programming Board hopes to provide Otterbein students with a chance to unwind after a hard week of classes. It will give students the regular opportunity to get together, and meet some new people with the background of your favorite sounds. "Music to boogie by" will be provided by MC Tony Tarentelli who guarantees sounds that will blow your mind. A Stereo Unit will be set up in the pit and
-records from various personal collections on campus will be spun. You'll hear popular stuff and sometimes some golden oldies that will take you back. If there are students who would like to bring records that can be used please mark them so they can be identified. You'll get them back immediately after TGIF. It really can be a lot of fur and laughs on a regular basis. Sc instead of playing cards in youi room or walking around wondering what to do before dinner, why not make the PITSTOP every Friday afternoon starting Oct. 11 for TGIF. Who knows, you may really enjoy it.
Executive Meeting Uneventful As President Kerr predicted. the meeting of the Board and Budget Control Committet was a fairly typical one. Progress of the Alcohol Task Force was the major i~ sue reported. A budget ol $1800 was approved for the force's use . The members also accepted the help of a con sultant who will survey stu dents, faculty, and parents to be completed in mid-winter. This survey's results and other factors will determine the force's decision which is to be made in June. The. next meet ing was set for October 9. Student enrollment, use ot dining facilities, and housing were also examined, but Ill)t enough information was arnil able to come to any specific conclusions. This will be dis cussed further at the next meeting. Two resignations and four teen appointments were ap proved and a report on the financial operation of the bookstore was delivered. An application to the Exxon foundation (Project Shape) was considered. This is a three year financial proposal which could benefit the College.