April 5, 1977
– Black Orchid, a subset of Orchesis, announces it’s split from Orchesis in a Letter To The Editor. The reason cited for the split is so that they can promote racial harmony and stay as a group dedicated to Black culture, arts and dance.
– A recently published poll taken by students cited a deficiency in Allegheny’s Health Center, citing a lack of a full-time physician as one of its many problems.
– The Campus Comment, an editorial section created by newspaper staff members, calls out the unnecessary “search warrants” happening in Pelletier Library. While staff members understood the concern with students stealing materials, they felt as though the implementation of the Honor Code should apply to using materials in the library.
April 5, 1979
– In a Letter to the Editor, a resident of Huling’s Hall calls for more maturity from her peers, citing that the Brooks Pine Lounge bathroom looked like a “tornado hit it.”
– Well-known American journalist and documentarian, James Reston Jr., spoke that Tuesday on the Jonestown massacre, discussing his work in Guayana in regards to Jim Jones.
– A majority of the newspaper is dedicated to discussing opinions on the March 28th incident at Three Mile Island, a nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, where their Unit 2 reactor had a nuclear meltdown. Students discuss in editorials the safety of nuclear reactors, their necessity in today’s time, and what precautions need to be taken during their operation.
April 5, 1990
– The Campus reports on a divestment meeting that occurred on April 2nd, 1990, in Ford Chapel. It was an open meeting to the Allegheny College community in anticipation of a vote the Board of Trustees would be making on May 11th as to whether or not the college should stop investing in companies doing business in South Africa in protest of apartheid policies.
– The college received a $15,000 grant from Penelec/GPU to do research into acid rain in Northwestern Pennsylvania. The grant was given specifically to Scott Wissinger, assistant professor of biology and environmental science at the time. Wissinger stayed at Allegheny College until his 2018 retirement. He passed away the following year.
April 5, 2001
– The crime blotter reports that on March 30th at 2:18 am, two students were caught wrestling on Park Avenue. Nobody was injured.
– When asked what was the best April Fool’s trick someone played on them, a class of 2004 student claimed it was when her mother convinced her that her father had passed away. Once arriving back at her house, her father was on the couch laughing.
– A feature story runs on the seminar course Environmental Science 598: Sustainable Solutions. Taught by Professor Eric Pallant, the highlighted assignment was to measure the weight of garbage at McKinleys in anticipation of a compost machine.
