Brown and White Vol. 108 No. 25

              the brown and white vol 108 no 25 all the lehigh news first co-ed freshmen hall moves to lower cents by gina montana news writer residence life is relocating mcclintic marshall house's third-floor co-ed halls to the centennial ii houses next semester thomas dubreuil associate dean of residence life said the change is a result of difficulties surrounding an unsuitable living arrangement on m&m's third floor including excessive property damage alcoholic offenses and unsuitable commu nity living during the past year the move will create smaller more manageable co-ed halls in lower cents to create better living situations there are two gryphons on each hall in m&m to manage 48 students a rela tively high ratio of students to gryphons for the floor joseph magnotta 01 a gryphon on the floor said decreasing the number of students on the co-ed hall may eliminate some of the poor behavior and living conditions found on the floor with only twenty-five students on each hall in lower cents it will be easier to manage and control the floor he said dubreuil said it is difficult to build a comfortable suitable living community with such a large number of students living on the hall in addition to the con stant influx of visiting students from the other floors and dormitories it appears to be the social floor even if students do not live there that's where most of them go to hang out dubreuil said as a gryphon magnotta has first hand experience with this the main problem is that the third floor is the only floor that is co-ed therefore everyone wants to be there magnotta said so basically take all of the 300 students living in m&m and put them together on our floor things are bound to happen students should be able to live study and sleep comfortably in their own rooms dubreuil said unfortunately in several instances that is not a reality for some third-floor residents we are not taking away the co-ed living option for students but we feel the smaller floors in lower cents will allow us to form a more comfortable appropriate living community for all students dubreuil said dubreuil has worked with barbara hawkins assistant director of residence life throughout the year to analyze m&m's situation and to devise the best way to improve the co-ed hall community we are not punishing students for any thing we are trying to better their living b&wphoto by mark okrent the office of financial aid will lose its long-time director bill stanford in may stanford plans to retire after 33 years here at lehigh see page 3 committee selects new gryphon staffs by jennifer fluder news writer the gryphon carousel occurred this past saturday and sunday in maginnes hall as the selection committee chose the newest set of gryphons the candidates went through a rigorous process that lasted from 8:30 a.m 12 p.m on one of the two days twenty-five gryphons were chosen out of 90 applicants on tuesday the applicants found out whether they made the extremely selective cut gryphons should be able to counsel and advise refer resources and informa tion develop community programming limit setting and residential safety and do administrative work marissa gold 04 was one of the 90 people who applied to become a gryphon after i completed the application which consisted of questions like what i would think the hardest part about being a gryphon would be i had no idea what a huge deal this whole process was until i arrived on saturday gold said archana misra 04 started the applica tion process but changed her mind i applied and then i withdrew from the process because i wanted a different experience for my sophomore year misra said i would have to live with freshmen and i do not want to do that for two years in a row she said second year richards house gryphon anil trindade 01 participat ed in the carousel this is my second year helping out with the selection process and though the events have changed around i really see little change in the qualities we are looking for in every candidate trindade said matt regan 04 was accepted into the program but is unsure of whether he will take the position i would like to be a gryphon because it offers me the opportunity to develop leadership skills and signifi cantly impact the lives of other stu dents regan said i have always valued giving direction through serving as a role model to others and i am excited because this position offers me the opportunity to do so after the carousel the selection com mittee began the selection process on sunday night head gryphon matt miller 01 helped with the selection process this year's selection went very quickly but efficiently said miller there were many qualified applicants this year rob upton is a residence life coordinator and was the co-chair of the selection committee for us it is difficult not to want to hire everyone upton said there were def initely many more qualified applicants than spots for the job the admitted applicants got their acceptance letters via campus mail yes terday they must decide whether to accept their offers by jan 31 a lot of people also need to know that getting on the wait list is not a bad thing upton said we feed from the wait list every year so those candidates still have a good shot of being selected as a gryphon trindade was happy with the newly selected gryphons of the candidates who were hired i think they will all do an amazing job trindade said some of the people that i interviewed were really enthusiastic you could just tell that they would be perfect for the job gryphons receive benefits which include free housing and half of their meal plan package second year gryphons receive a personal stipend of 250 dollars a year and third year gryphons are given 375 dollars a year for extra spending the gryphon society was formed in 1957 and named after a mythological beast that guarded the gold of ancient scythia see 0-ed page 4 h wrestling team falls to financial aid director a look at controversial a v^kq perm 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