(Adit cm fan dll (flwi “Bwi, TOicte & Spinet ct&ecU! Page 9 Thursday • September 5, 1996 JEI l/laryland students choose >ubstance-free dormitories >ept COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — aces like the sixth floor of Denton all at the University of Maryland redefining what it means to ive a good time at college these tys: It’s a no-smoking, no-drink- g, no-drugs zone. In fact, although the College rk campus has something of a putation as a party school, ere’s a waiting list of students lio want to get into the univer- ty’s "substance-free housing.” Some students say they just int to avoid temptation. Most, iwever, say it’s just quieter and s fewer distractions. “People don’t come back from e bars and throw up on the )or like in other dorms,” said Rosenberg, a 19-year-old phomore from Potomac who es on Denton’s sixth floor, st year, the floor above us was ally disgusting.” About 1,000 students of the people in campus housing at illege Park picked substance-free using this year, signing contracts reeing not to bring alcohol or '(jj aacco into their rooms. (Drugs ^; banned in all dorms already.) ® Some entire buildings on mpus are substance-free, tile some floors in otherwise eta/ rcjee Tuveti 1 M ■ s- unrestricted dorms allow no alcohol or cigarettes. Substance-free dorms began in 1989 at the University of Michigan, which now has 2,600 students opting for the subdued atmosphere. “People don’t come back from the bars and throw up on the floor like in other dorms.” J.R. Rosenberg Denton resident Vassar, Washington University in St. Louis and the Rochester Institute of Technology in upstate New York are among dozens of other schools offering substance-free housing. The 32,900-student University of Maryland started the program in 1993 as requests rose for non drinking roommates, said Jan Davidson, assistant director of resident life. Davidson said fewer than 10 stu dents have broken their pledge to refrain from smoking and drinking in the substance-free dorms. Violators are asked to move some where else on campus. Every Saturday night when other students head for bars and fraternity houses, the residents of Denton’s sixth floor head to the student lounge. “Club Ed,” as they call it, has all the trappings of a dance club with loud music and strobe lights — but without smoke and alcohol. Meg Smith, 19, a sophomore from Silver Spring, moved into a substance-free dorm as a freshman because she didn’t think she would be able to relate to students who smoke or drink. "I thought the friendships in a regular dorm would be all superfi cial,” Smith said Wednesday Instead, she found “the family” on Denton Hall’s sixth floor. "This is our haven,” she said. "It’s custom-made for us.” Their choice isn’t universally popular. “Maybe we have acquired a rep utation as a bunch of geeks,” said sophomore Pete Murray a 19-year- old from Bel Air. LatnSouth Carolina evacuates for Fran BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s governor called out the National Guard and ordered a half-million people evacuated oun wn from the coast Wednesday as Hurricane Fran swirled toward i land with 115 mph winds on a 1 \ ^ path alarmingly similar to Hugo’s seven years ago. ^ "Fran is a large and brutal storm, and she is not to be trifled ^ with in any shape*, way. fashion or form," Gov. David Beask‘\ said. a The storm is most likely to hit |and Thursday night north of harleston, the National urricane Center said. That’s here Hurricane Hugo, packing 40 mph winds, came ashore tvith devastating effect in 1989. ‘T’ve ridden them all out, but |’m debating whether to go this ime,” 76-year-old Joe Lipsitz aid as he stood outside his store n Beaufort, about 70 miles outh of Charleston. His son, Neil, wasn’t hesitating. "This one I’m getting out, '■W after seeing what Hugo did to Charleston,” he said. Hugo caused almost $8 bil lion in damage and killed 35 people as it tore through the Caribbean and up the East Coast. Most of the damage was in South Carolina. At 5 p.m., Fran was centered 410 miles southeast of Charleston, wobbling northwest at 12 mph, with hurricane-force wind — 74 mph or higher — extending 145 miles out. A hurri cane warning was posted from north of Brunswick, Ga., to just north of Cape Lookout, N.C. Fran was about as large as Hugo and had the potential to become just as strong as it passed over warm water, the National Hurricane Center said. “I do believe this one is going to get us, that’s the way it’s head ing,” said John Gallop, dockmas- ter at Beaufort’s marina, where workers boarded up windows. In addition to announcing a mandatory evacuation of the South Carolina coast, Beasley declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard. Guardsmen took up posi tions directing traffic, and at least 1,000 were arriving in the coastal towns. In Charleston, a sign on one restaurant read “Scram Fran” and boat owners scrambled to get their craft out of the water or to tie them down. The Federal Emergency Management Agency sent crews to the Southeast. FEMA Director James Lee Witt said six tractor- trailers loaded with cots, tents, generators, blankets and other supplies were ready to go; the Agriculture Department has ear marked food; and eight medical teams were on alert. Earlier in the day, Fran brushed the Bahamas and the Navy ordered ships in Florida and Georgia out to sea to ride out the storm. Congress aims to adjourn early 7 WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to /A?// - candidates home to fend Republican congressional lajorities, GOP leaders decided esday to drop any plans for an ction-season tax-cut bill. They apped a curtailed agenda that aid let Congress adjourn for the ar by late September. With lawmakers back at work er a month of political conven- ns and vacations, the announce- ent signaled that top epublicans saw little gain — for ir own candidates or GOP presi- aitial contender Bob Dole — in cing a long series of high-profile o battles with President Clinton. Instead, they believe it best to jve lawmakers stumping at [me, where the campaign can ome a series of local races, mocrats would like to make the tests a referendum on unpop- r House Speaker Newt grich, R-Ga. "It’s important we have the d opportunity to go back and get engaged in debate back home, and not here,” said Sen. Connie Mack, R-Fla., a member of the Senate GOP leadership. To achieve their goal, leaders want Congress to complete the 12 remaining spending bills for the upcoming fis cal year, tackle issues, and leave. Democrats, eager to deflate the tax-cut drive that has become the heart of Dole’s presidential cam paign, expressed little displeasure that there would be no congres sional fight over lowering levies. “There is very little desire at this time to have a debate on tax cuts,” said Senate Minority Leader Gingrich a few other Tom Daschle, D-S.D. With Election Day just two months off, Gingrich and Lott gathered their leadership teams to chart plans for the coming weeks. Afterward, they said they hoped to adjourn by Sept. 27, a week earli er than the initial target, and said they had ruled out sending the president a bill trimming taxes. Before the recess, some Republicans — especially conserv atives — had been eager to send Clinton a measure reducing vari ous levies, thinking the likely veto would show anew that he is not as dedicated to tax-cutting as they are. But Dole has since staked his presidential fate on a sweeping tax-cut plan that includes a 15 percent reduction in income-tax rates. That leaves many Republicans worrying that a fight with Clinton over a different pack age of congressional tax reduc tions would distract and confuse voters over the GOP’s message. 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