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page 10
crime, ignorance is not
bliss, pages 6-7
is in full swing, see
page 12
Long awaitedrenovations to Anselm
Hall, begun last year, are now near
not allow any smoke to escape from it
or enter in to the lounge from the halls.
According to Russell, the other
buildings on campus will need renova-
tions because they are facing the same
problems that Anselm faced. This is the
extremely expansive earth around the
UD/Las Colinas area.
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(Editor’s note: November 22-28 marks
National Adoption Week)
In January of 1972 it was impos-
sible for a woman with an unplanned
pregnancy to place the child through an
adoption agency and know anything
about her child thereafter. She would
not even be informed if the.child died.
With the Roe vs Wade decision she was
allowed to know about the death-
through abortion. Some thought that
was a step forward.
Those were not good times. Tragi-
cally, now, 20 years later, Roe vs Wade
remains. Fortunately, agency adoption
practices have changed. The practices
surrounding what is now called “open
adoption” are rapidly forming one of
the rocks in the foundation that will lead
to the overturning of Roe vs Wade.
Open adoption is simply the elimi-
nation of the secrecy that was written
into the adoption laws of our country
during the first 40 years of this century.
Prior to that time, the sharing of infor-
mation in the adoption process was al-
lowed. From the beginning of time, as
adoption was necessary, it was normal
for the birth parent to know the family
that would raise her natural child. And
the adopting parents would normally
know the natural parents.
What came to be called open adop-
tion was pioneered in an agency through
Catholic Charities of Green Bay, Wis-
consin, in 1974. Open adoptions are
practiced by almost all adoption agen-
cies in some form. The traditional adop-
tion agency that does not allow any
exchange of information between the
birth and adoptive parents has almost
gone out of existence in this country.
There still exist a few agencies that are
resisting these life-saving practices but
they are rapidly either changing or
closing their doors.
A fully open adoption has evolved
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President discusses long-term
maintenance problems page 7
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The UD BACCHUS chapter won
the 1992 BACCHUS Outstanding
Chapter International Award for Ex-
cellence at its annual General Assem-
bly held last week in Pittsburgh. Those
who attended from UD wereTexas State
Coordinator and chapter President Chad
Jacobsen, Vice President and newly-
elected National Student Advisory
Committee Member Kendall Snouffer,
newly-elected National Student Advi-
sory Committee Member Jennifer
Rudak, UD chapter members Mary
Trimble and Eddy Ho and Chapter Ad-
visor and Area Six Consultant Dr. Lisa
Grubbs.
Awards are given in three catego-
ries based on enrollment size. UD was
one of three chapters out of schools
with an enrollment of less than 3500
students to win the award. Awarded
annually. Outstanding recognition
goes to only nine colleges or universi-
ties in the international network, and
there are over 600 active BACCHUS
chapters in the United States, Canada
and Mexico.
According to the proposal submit-
ted to the National BACCHUS office
by the UD chapter lastyear, “We believe
UD BACCHUS has become deserving
of the designation of Outstanding
Chapter the old fashioned way—we
earned it.” The submission was the
only requirement to apply for the award,
stating in no more than five pages why
the chapter was worthy of the out-
standing recognition. It could be ac-
companied by a maximum of 15 pages
of supportive material, such as flyers
produced by the chapter, copies of post-
ers and pictures of events and displays.
The UD chapter submission focused
on programming with an emphasis on
involvement and attitude. Membership
was emphasized, because of its diver-
sity, including members of many cam-
pus constituencies. According to the
UD proposal, the diversity “reinforces
their presence as effective representa-
tives of the chapter,” while displaying
an attitude of pride for the cause and
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the new systems.
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Anselm, after most of the renovations have been completed
Anselm renovations to end
The door leading to and from the lounge
is able to withstand fire on it for one
hour before it bums through. The walls
, r in the lounge area are also solid and
completion, according to UD Director connected to Campus Safety, allowing have a special sealing material that will
of Facilities, John Russell. “Anselm is them to know when a fire alarm in
looking fabulous,” said Russell. “We Anselm has gone off. “When we had
are looking at completing the interior the fire in Gregory, there were six main-
renovations by the 21st of November, tenance men in the smoke-filled build-
and the probable move-in scheduled for ing, a pair of R.A.s, and God knows
the week of Thanksgiving. That will be how many students, and no one pulled
[when] the GSM people [will be] mov- . the fire alarm!” said Russell. He also
ing in.” The newly renovated Anselm
will be ready for occupancy Nov. 23.
Apartments will be rented on a semes-
ter basis, but students may move in
before the spring semester.
Graduate students and upper-
classmen will be given first pri-
ority.
Anselm will consist of a
bottom floor of super single and
super double living areas, along
with one living area that will be
accessible to handicapped stu-
dents. The top floor of Anselm
will consist of classrooms and
offices that may later be reno-
vated to living facilities if the
need should arise.
Due to the recent Gregory
fire, Anselm has also been pro-
vided with fire-retardant doors
and walls around the lounge
area and the halls.
Anselm also has a sprinkler
and fire alarm systems which is
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