Williams College - Gulielmensian Yearbook (Williamstown, MA)

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he Gulielmensian, originally thought to mean that which pertains to Williams, is de- rived from the Latin gula, the throatg and mensare, to get caught in and is more popularly defined as that which Williams students cannot pronounce. We just refer to it affectionately as The Gul. Re- gardless, in putting together this one- hundred thirty-first edition, we wanted to encapsulate what is so special about Williams. instead of making broad, sweeping claims about everything Williams has to offer, ffor which informa- few juniors who were due to leave for Ox- ford but found themselves stranded in Billsville. lt is rumored a few panicked and tried to make it out on their own but were soon rounded up by Chief Zoito. We thought the administration was just chang- ing the calendar, not the seasons! Exactly one month later, Williams was taken by surprise when the Berkshires ex- perienced a black-out. This night-time power outage caused many students to leave their rooms and crowd the campus in search of friends and light. lBM and Macintosh users alike lost midterm papers. For once, Williams students had a tion decided it was finally time to d something about the appearance of Hop kins now that we had become a hub. On a more serious note, in recognitio of Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Awarenes week, the BGLU distributed sticker which asked Why assume l'm heterc sexual? Several members also travelle to Washington, D.C. to participate in th largest gay and lesbian rights march i history. Many efforts were made this year b students , faculty and administration U confront and alleviate elements of racisn at Williams as well. Early in the fall semes Y,W tion we refer you to the October 26, 1987, issue of U. S. News and World Reportl , we tried to focus on the people and events that made the 1987-88 school year so memorable. A closer Look at Williams 1987-88... Let's start with the snow. When each of us decided to come to Williams, we re- signed ourselves to snowy winters. While the Gul does not usually take a stand on sensitive, controversial issues, we have to say that we were vehemently opposed to having Williams start its snow season as soon as we returned. The October 4th blizzard fokay, it was only a foot, but it felt like a blizzardl took everyone by surprise except the few people who won Pappa Charlie's Guess the first day of snow contest. Especially surprised were the 6fOpening ri fill legitimate excuse for an extension. The year saw a plethora of creative advertising for various groups. The Dean's office set the tone with a complex map giving clues as to where top adminis- trators were hidden on campus. lt was rumored that the first student to find any of those who were relocated from Hopkins would receive a free pizza from Pizza Hut, the much-welcomed alternative to Col- onial. Signs for Agora magazine expanded on this map motif. Noting that the time it takes to drive from Williamstown to Boston is the same as the time it takes to drive from Williamstown to New York, they reasoned that this put Williamstown at the center of the universe. The Admis- sions Office noted that there was a sub- stantial increase in applicants after this news was released, and the administra- ter, the Commission on Campus Flace Relations, created by the President at the end ofthe 1986-87 school year, in tanden with the College Council, sponsored a student panel on racism that packed Bax ter dining hall. In addition, concerneu students heightened campus awareness of racism with pins which read: Racism kills. Fight back!, and Kick the racis habit. This effort was followed by the occupation of the Deans' office fJenness Housel by the Coalition Against Fiacis Education CCAREJ to encourage the ad ministration to recognize the gravity o racism on campus. About the same time, Baxter Lawn, al ways the locus for some form of studen activism became a toxic waste dump for a day as students protested the negligen dumping of toxic chemicals. Other stu dent protests centered around complaints