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THE GLANCE
Slightly Off-Campus
Campus Prostitution Ring Uncovered
Following 3-Month Undercover Security Sting
Selma Body
Students reacted in shock and
anger yesterday, when the college security
department announced it had uncovered
what they described as “A deeply imbed
ded prostitution ring."
"It was really hard to catch these
girls," the campus security chief said.
"They were really sharp and careful. They
rarely dealt with outsiders."
"We've been suspicious for
months," the chief said. "When you've had
as much experience as we have, you leam
to notice little clues."
According to the chief, security
began noticing large numbers of male
students emerging from women's dorms
long after visiting hours were over.
"Once we established a pattern, it
was a simple matter to send our undercover
agents in," the chief said.
The chief reacted angrily when
asked why it took 3 months to complete the
operation.
"We had to recruit our under
cover operatives from the male population
of the student body," the chief said. "They
take longer to train than experienced law
enforcement professionals."
^Campus Ladies " and their "associates" were rounded
up in a recent security department undercover operation.
Apnl 1,1988
Underground News
paper "Digging ifs
Own Grave''
The rumors flew on campus this
week concerning the publication of so
called "underground newspaper" which
would compete with the akeady well es
tablished, well written and well edited,
The Glance.
"I can't understand it" said
Glance editor Farmer Riter. "We are such
a tough act to follow, it is difficult to
understand why anyone would want to
take us on,"
"I mean, it's not like you don't
already have the best newspaper you can
possibly have," Riter said.
Many students echoed Riter's
sentiments. "I think it's great," one lovely
young female student said. "They really
turn it loose when they publish a newspa
per."
Another student had the same
feelings. "An underground newspaper?
Why? We've got everything we could
possibly want fight here and we don't have
to associate with idiots and lowlife, not to
mention all kinds of creepy crawly things
underground."
Another student summed it up.
"My daddy was a coal miner and spent
most of his life underground. Why he used
to tell me stories about the kind of things
that went on down there. Anyway, they
would have to dig mighty deep to beat The
Glance."
Hiring/Spending Freeze Taken Too Far
Some High Ranking Officials Say
Some administrators and staff
members have begun to voice opposition
to the current hiring and spending freeze,
proposed by the new presidentandratified
by the Board of Trustees.
Virtually every department is
affected, from maintanence to the Dean's
office.
"I don't think it's a good idea,"
said one high ranking official who asked
not to be identified. "It's just paralyzing
the campus."
Other officials have gotten
chilly receptions when thier department
asked for money.
"We needed the money in ques
tion to meet our payroll." said one depart
ment head. "When we tried to find out
about getting it, we were laughed at
The consensus of the officials we
talked to was that, while most of them had
indured financial hardship in the past, ei
ther in their own lives, or in their job, few
had seen such aconcrete measure take hold
so quickly.
"I barely knew what happened,"
said one official. "I was off one day and
when I came back, they had set up a con-
scession stand where my office used to be.
This official is not alone in the
rude awakenings employees of the college
have been exposed to during the last few
months. "They've been the toughest," said
one official. I think that things would get
better if only the new president would get
here. The waiting is the hardest part"
But for some, the freeze's affects
are real. "I tried to go out and buy a car, one
staffer said." But it didn't seem to matter
which dealership I went to, someone from
the college had already been there and ru
ined any chance I had for getting it>"
"If this continues," one staffer
said, "there will be some mighty hard
ground to hoe during the spring thaw.
Some staffers are concerned that current wage/
spending freeze, is paralyzing the campus.