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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.)
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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,
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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
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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.
Mathematics Department
Weekly Review Sessions
Starting this week, review sessions for
MATH 131, 141, 142, 166 and 151
will be given by experienced assistants
according to the following schedule:
MATH 131 THURSDAYS ZACH 203 7-9 p.m.
MATH 141 THURSDAYS BLOC 102 7-9 p.m.
MATH 142 WEDNESDAYS HELD 111 7-9 p.m.
MATH 166 THURSDAYS HELD 111 7-9 p.m.
MATH 151 THURSDAYS BLOC 158 7-9 p.m.
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