With only sophomores on campus, the summer is billed as a time for "class bonding" and the solidifying of friendships.
Los Angeles Councilwoman Jackie Goldberg called for more government programs to help the poor. Goldberg, the first openly homosexual candidate to win office in the city,said more people should run for office with the honest intent of changing government in her speech titled, "Re-examining Race, Class & Gender in Urban America." "I'm the freest politician in America," she said, "because I don't care if I'm not reelected.
Prospective students will no longer have to hassle with typewriters and correction fluid because they will soon have the option of applying to the College through the Internet. "An application on the World Wide Web for the Class of 2000 will be up and running next year," said Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg. Furstenberg said the Office of Admissions plans to put a free electronic application and viewbook on the Web as an alternative to the traditional paper application. The College is not trying to attract particular groups of students with this new method, but as time goes on, "probably fairly bright, computer-literate" students will be active Internet users, Furstenberg said. Furstenberg said "it will make a huge difference with international students," because the traditional mail system takes more time and is less reliable than the Internet. "When the form is completed the applicant can send the application to the web server, " said Computer Resource Center Manager Andy Williams.
After the search to find a permanent head of the Native American Program failed at the end of last term, the College is juggling interim directors and preparing to reopen its search later this summer. John Sirois, who served as acting director this year, left the position Wednesday to go to the Coleville Reservation in Washington state, where he will work as a paralegal.
To the Editor: It seems that Allison Sciortino has not learned completely from her Florida vacation (March 31). If she did, then she would not have glorified her first-wave immigrant ancestors and condemned "modern" immigrants. Assimilation is a process that takes several generations.