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Show Lois and Clark 7r:.Kx i -- wy ifH sL S Dont Leave Home Without Them f 'V&j AT'- -' M-kyi- rf - .1 Jy Hes Grrrreat! For those of you in attendance at last years Hogle Hall disco spectacular, Tony Dinges, an aviation major and dorm resident, may be releasing a greatest picks disco album of all your favorite artists from that night. Now you may be able to enjoy the tunes he jams out to, like Stayin Alive and YMCA. If you have questions about tracks please contact Tony The Tiger Dinges, you can usually find him at The Vortex on disco night. (Hell be wearing his white polyester bellbottoms.) by Carrie A. McCraw Forum staff writer Two weeks ago, ASWC granted a request from the Westminster Parsons, and gave the soccer team additional funds to enable the entire team to attend their last two scheduled away games of the seasons. A policy was set prior to these games that 17 players would travel, not the entire team. Tom Steinke, athletic director, is not happy with ASWCs decision to give the team $450. The school has been outstanding in its support, morale and financing, of the soccer team, and the volleyball team. Their ASWCs donation makes the administration look bad, Steinke said in an interview. Parsons Coach Chris Dorich said, I dont know anything about the money. He went on to say a policy was set for 17 players to travel and that he had told the team, if everyone wants to travel they would have to do so on their own. This is the second time the soccer team has requested financial help from ASWC. Last year ASWC supplemented their budget for the annual Alumni game. The soccer team is not the only group getting help from ASWC: the womens volleyball team was also given additional funds by ASWC, approximately $600, according to Jed Arveseth, ASWC president. The ASWC budget committee had originally approved only $225, of the $1,024 requested, for the soccer team and left it to the players to make up the difference. ASWC amended that amount and settled on the $450 after some were discovered. problems Arveseth said, if players were travelling on their own funds they could run into problems with liability, according to Westminsters insurance policy. ASWCs gift, two more players will be able to travel with the team. Arveseth said that it is With important for the team to function as a cohesive unit, something they cant do when players are left at home. But, two of the four players, not scheduled to travel, are injured so they will not be travelling with the team. Steinke said, In sports teams, you never travel with the entire squad, it just isnt He also mentioned necessary. that some players will be left home this week and next week also. Jason Spain, a junior from Modesto, CA, said only 17 need to travel, but the policy was set before the two games in question. The soccer players made their feelings obvious by sending 10 players to the 7 a.m. ASWC meeting where the vote was made. According to Arveseth, the team offered to hold a fund raiser to pay ASWC back. Arveseth said their offer, as impressive as it was, was refused because, Were ASWC not in the business of making loans. As for the rest of the funds, the players are each kicking in Calling All Dog Walkers President Peggy Stock will be looking for students she can train to walk her dog, Hamlet, according to a Forum source. Necessary qualifications and the deadline for application have yet to be announced. However,- - you might want to polish up your canine obedience skills if you think this sounds like a rewarding position. Interested students might be able to earn those much envied physical activity credits they put off until their senior year. Horse people: we may have something for you later. Is Anybody Home? Last week Eric Daines, forum production manager, was surprised to hear three rings before 911 picked up his call. After an attempted break in at his apartment, Daines called 911 and requested assistance. Later he told us he couldnt believe the slow response to his call for help. By the time the phone had rung three times, the assailant could have already reached him. Fortunately Daines is a quick thinker and was able to disguise his voice so as to not sound like a defenseless, Colorado artist fearing for his life. Apparently Daines was traumatized by the realization of it all, judging by his extreme reaction to the scare tactics used by the local haunted houses. Maybe 911 should get an answering machine, or a touchtone response system. Press one for... UFOs: The Hidden History by Heather King Forum staff writer On , Wednesday, Oct. Robert Hastings discussed the governments role in what he considered to be a massive cover-u- p 1 1 of information about UFOs. Hastings is a UFO researcher who became interested in UFOs when he personally experienced a sighting at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana when he was 1 6. In April 1947, Hastings saw sev- eral bright lights that were unidentifiable on radar. They performed maneuvers that were and still are impossible for American or Soviet-mad- e aircraft to perform. These objects appeared to hover over several underground nuclear missile silos and just as quickly as they appeared, they shot vertically upward and disappeared. In a slide show produced by Hastings, he chronicled the reported sightings of UFOs and the explanations given by the government since 1948. Many of the were early sightings explained as, weather balloons, meteorites or low hanging clouds that reflected light. In 1952 the public and the media were fascinated with UFOs. Stories filled the papers and sightings were often front page news, but the largest wave of sightings came in 1965. In 1953, the CIA took official control of reported UFO sightings and adopted an official policy of secrecy. Until recently, the government has continued to deny the existence of UFOs, but due to the Freedom of Information Act many documents have been declassified and released to the public. Hastings said these documents are partial proof that UFOs do exist and have been reported to the government since the late 1940s. Hastings reported that in almost all UFO sightings, it seems that they have been witnessed near nuclear missile silos and major defense installations. It is interesting to note that reported have sightings drastically increased since the birth of nuclear weapons. Although Hastings has personally interviewed 21 individuals who claim to have seen UFOs, he is quick to make the point that most of his information is circumstantial and anecdotal. that supsaid However, Hastings for port governmental disclosure by prominent figures such as former Barry Goldwater, President Carter and several U.S. astronauts has done much to improve the odds of factual discoveries. Hastings also said that the information he presents is, vastly closer to the truth then what your government has told you. During the second half-hoslide show, several government documents were shown in entirety or in partial form. They are now available to the public and Hastings suggests that to receive the documents write to: Fund for UFO Research, P.O. Box 277, Mount Rainier, MD, 20712. At the end of Mr. Hastings presentation, he opened the floor to questions. Hastings informed the audience that he has never worked for the government and he thought that the idea of an alien autopsy, as seen on the television show Alien Encounters was a fraudulent hoax. ur $6 for another hotel room for their teammates. Arveseth said, was Everyone really impressed because the soccer players really act like a team." Kris Hamlet, a junior, said they asked for the money only so that the whole team could go. Steinke doesnt think ASWC is acting like part of the team with the administration by donating the funds without consulting the athletic department. Im disappointed that no one came to me about the request. It was a complete surprise, Steinke said. He also said if ASWC has so much money, Id like an Armani. The decision has been made, and ASWC did stipulate that the funds may be used in any fashion. So, it remains the decision of Coach Dorich and the Parsons to use the money to send more players, or follow the 17 player policy set by the administration. May Term Trip Hits Broadway by Diana Goodsell Forum Staff Writer Westminster College students, faculty and other interested persons will have the opportunity to go to New York City on a May Term trip offered by the Music and Theater Programs. Those interested will fly to New York City for two weeks, after some campus lectures on the history and trends of American theatre and musical theatre. The cost of the trip includes tickets to three major musicals or operas, one major drama, and one avant-gard- e performance. Participants will stay at the Edison Hotel in Times Square. Other activities include attendance at a professionally-le- d seminar on musical theatre and a performance workshop, trips to the Lincoln Center Performing Arts Library, backstage tours, and a tour of the costume collection at the Metropolitan Art Museum. Participants will have opportunities to attend other musical events, museums and other locations on their own time. The trip will run May and will cost approximately $1,200 for airfare, hotel, theatre tickets and seminarworkshop admissions. For more information, call Tamara Compton at 1 or Christopher Quinn at 7-2- 488-426488-165- 8. 1, |