The The Independent Student Newspaper of Agnes Scott College i AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE Friday, September 18, 1992 Vol. 79, Issue 1 Agnes Scott gets W.I.S.E. for 1 992 elections By Janelle Bailey News Editor From now until November 3, Students for Feminist Awareness and Student Government Asso- ciation are co-sponsoring Women Involved Swing Elec- tions (W.I.S.E.), providing presi- dential campaign information and arranging on-campus voter registration. Platforms and fact sheets from both the Democratic and Repub- lican parties are on display in Lower Alston until the Presiden- tial election on November 3. On-campus voter registration began Tuesday. Eight ASC stu- dents have been officially depu- tized by Dekalb County. Two students will be in Lower Alston every Tuesday and Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. to regis- ter students to vote. Registration on campus al- lows you to vote at the site for the district ASC falls in. If you are already registered in your home county, Dekalb County will au- tomatically cancel it for you. In- formation on absentee voting will also be available. To be eligible to vote in the November 3 election, you must be registered for at least one month. The last day of on- campus registration will be October 1 . An ASC van or carpools will be available every hour on No- vember 3 to take students to the voting site. More details will be provided closer to the election. The idea behind W.I.S.E. is to better inform the students about the present state of politics and DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE BILL CLINTON 0 Tfi&XW *WM S'r suspicious activity you see on campus to Public Safety imme- diately at 371-6400. OR CALL (404) 898-1189 EWS The Profile Page 3 Silhouette emerges from shadows Annuals to be issued in May Friday, September 18, 1992 \ Crime Continued from page 1 policies concerning crime report- ing, and policies regarding ille- gal substances and alcohol. Some campus officials express concern about the new policy because of the effect it may have PRINCETON, NJ. (CPS) For every additional year of schooling, the average person makes 9 percent to 16 percent more money, says a study by two Princeton University econo- mists. "The results of our study indi- cate that the economic returns to schooling may have been badly underestimated in the past," said authors Orley Ashenfelter and Alan Krueger. Thestudy used identical twins for data. Ashenfelter, Krueger and other interviewers ques- tioned nearly 500 identical twins upon recruiting. Some prospec- tive students and parents may use the crime report as a way to compare schools, according to Bill Whitman of the Campus Safety and Security Institute. The Public Safety department of Agnes Scott has been compil- last year at a festival in Twinsburg, Ohio. Twins are ideal study subjects because they have the same ge- netic makeup and more than likely have the same home envi- ronment. Since environment and innate intelligence could be re- moved as factors, the research- ers were more able to gauge ef- fectively the way one's level of education affects eventual earn- ings. "I think it suggests there's a big payoff for encouraging people to stay in school," Krueger said. by Josie Hoilman Assistant Editor Current Silhouette plans aspire to provide the Agnes Scott gradu- ating class of 1993 with the first yearbook in two years issued prior to graduation. Providing that production re- mains on schedule, the classes of 1991 and 1992 will also receive the belated editions of their re- spective senior yearbooks. Editor-in-Chief Natasha Browner and Assistant Editor Andrea Bradner, along with their ing statistics and information since becoming a state certified law enforcement agency in 1 983. This information is published in the Profile twice a year and is available from the Public Safety office. "We are proud of our record," officer Russ Drew says. "We staff of 22 tentative members, held the first organizational meet- ing last Wednesday evening. Another meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, September 23, at 7 p.m. in the CLC Conference Room, is open to everyone. The editors strongly encourage all in- terested students to attend. Completion of the unfinished yearbooks from the past two years will coincide with the pro- duction for the '92-'93 edition. Presently, the May 1 is tar- geted as the issue period for each of the three annuals. Browner work as police, not just security." The only change that Public Safety is implementing because of the new law involves making the information more accessible to the public. Agnes Scott's Public Safety Department aided other schools in preparing for the Crime comments that "if completion of the older yearbooks appears to be interfering with a timely issue of the current edition, then the , 92- , 93 annual will be given high- est priority." Recently, in response to rec- ommendation by the Dean of Students' Office, Rep Council hired graduate Pat Arnzen as an assistant to student publications. She has been working in a vol- unteer capacity for two years and will continue as a technical advi- sor and aid throughout the pro- duction of the yearbooks. Awareness and Crime Preven- tion Act this summer. "There was a lot of scrambling to get it working" at other schools, Drew says. Crime statistics for the past three academic years are avail- able at the information area in the Public Safety office. DOTHE ONE. Instant Checking. One Dollar. NationsBank Instant Checking can make it easy to keep track of your money. You'll have a safe place to stash your cash and 24-hour access to your money at NationsBank automated teller machines (ATMs) for just one dollar a month. Instant Checking means: No minimum balance required You can write seven checks a month at no additional charge (Over seven, there's a 75