The Griffin: volume 71, issue 04 - Sept. 29, 2000

              Sketch courtesy the OFFICE OF RESIDENCE UFE See Old Main page 5 Proposed look of the townhouse complex from Delavan Avenue, Football offense comes alive in 17 - 12 loss to  the Gannon Golden Knights See full story, page 20 Have you heard the constant complaints about the housing situation on campus? Feel like your dorm room has become a refugee tent? Then breathe a sigh of relief. Friday, Sept. 22, the College broke ground on the new Delavan Townhouses at the site of the former Delavan Armory. Expected to cost $15.5 million, the project is funded by a bond issue through the State Dormitory Authority.new talent and fresh perspectives into our community." The groundbreaking ceremony continued as Fr. Cooke climbed into a large construction front-end loader to move the fist bucketful of dirt Then the ritual groundbreaking concluded with Fr. Cooke, Masiello, the State Senators, Heeb, and Conley scooping and turning a shovel full of dirt The Delavan Townhouses will be completed in two stages. According to A1 Pilato, assistant director of Residence Life, "The first phase will open in the fall of2001 and have 196 beds. The second phase will be completed with an additional 130 beds in the fall of2002, [each] divided into two-, three-, and four- person apartments." He went on to point out "the apartments [along Delavan] are going to be laid out in three sections, where, unlike the Village Townhouses, the halls will be open between the apartment sections to encourage interaction." With approximately twenty people present, the groundbreaking opened at 10 am. with refreshments on the construction site. In attendance were Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, S.J., president of the College; Buffalo Mayor Anthony Masiello; State Senators A1 Coppola and Dale Volker, Undergraduate Student Association president Greg Heeb; vice president of Student Affairs Dr. Ellen Conley; and the local media. Fr. Cooke stated "When completed, this project will provide Canisius with much needed resident hall spaces for our growing resident student population. This fall, the College's existing residence halls are filled to capacity and we could have easily accommodated another 100 students if we had sufficient beds. This project is a key part of our strategy to expand recruiting for Canisius students across the Northeast and to bring News 1 Editorial 4 Viewpoints 6 Features 9 Sports 16 On the Wing 19 Dr. Raymond Clough, director of the Center for Teaching Excellence and member of the Old Main Building Committee, is adamant that the renovation to Old Main is not only absolutely worth all of the sacrifices, but a necessity because the renovations to Old Main will increase the capability of professors to teach with the assistance of technology, which will then, in turn, better prepare Canisius students for today's workplace. Once completed, Old Main will focus on learning and teaching by maximizing classroom space and minimizing office space. The number of overall classrooms in Old Main will increase because the larger sized classrooms will be condensed into smaller, seminar sized rooms. All By this point in the semester, everyone in the College community has been inconvenienced by the construction in Old Main at one time or another. Students, professors and faculty alike have all had to sacrifice convenience, whether it is trying to listen to a lecture with demolition noises in the background, waiting to cross Main Street at 8:25 in the morning or using temporary office and classroom space that has no air circulation. But what are all these sacrifices for? What will be the end result? Death of a community leader The Griffin today Been to Streetside Cafe lately and lose your appetite because of the high prices? Managing Editor Mollie Strasser investigates the cause. See full story, page 3 Funeral Home on Delaware Avenue on Sunday, Oct. 1 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The funeral will be at the Abundant Life Scripture Center (at 86 Vermont, on the corner of Vermont and Connecticut) at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 2. Monday, Sept. 25, Margaret Strasner, president of the Hamlin Park Community and Tax Payers' Association died. Strasner, 71, was a long-time resident of the Hamlin Park neighborhood, and lived on Humboldt Parkway. She had served as president of the Association for over six years, taking over after the death of her predecessor, Charlie Perkins. Strasner was a voice for her community, and worked hard to make sure that the rights of the Hamlin Park residents were respected by the College. She worked closely with Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, S.J., president of the College and Martha Veasey, director of Disability Support Services and director of Community Relations to make sure that the College could co-exist with the residents of the surrounding neighborhood. "Margaret was a great lady, just a wonderful representative of the Hamlin Park Community," explained Cooke. "She was always concerned with the good of the neighborhood. You could always rely on her.. .her death was a real loss, she will really be missed here at Canisius College and I think the neighbors will miss her," he said. " [Margaret] was a very bright, energetic woman who did a lot for Hamlin Park and we're going to miss her," said Dr. Ellen Conley, vice president for Student Affairs. Mary Hill, secretary of the Hamlin Park Community and Tax Payers' Association described Strasner as "very dedicated to this community. She made sure Hamlin Park was a safe, stable and pleasant community." "[Margaret] was a very admirable person and I loved her," Veasey said, adding, "[she] grew on you. She had a tough life. Anything she did she did because she believed in it. She was just a warrior." Strasner's wake will be at the Amigone Strasner's son, Marvin, a College Physical Plant employee, explained that Strasner was, "instrumental in bringing Hamlin Park and Canisius College closer together, because in the past they had many battles." Cooke and Strasner have met four times a year since Cooke became president of the College in 1994. Cooke was the first of the College's presidents to meet consistently with members of the Hamlin Park community. Cooke and Strasner, "became great friends," during the course of their working relationship, according to Veasey. Townhouse groundbreaking 200 beds will be ready in fall of2001 Renewing Old Main by Jen Jarman Griffin News Reporter See full story, page 6 BThe College's much awaited recycling program is in its infancy. Features writer David Hill tells us more. See full story, page 9 Viewpoints editor Mike Butler comments on America's lemming dilemma in his first installment of "Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail." http://www.canisius.edu/griffin FORECAST The Griffin by Katie Dettman Griffin Editor in Chief 1929-2000 by Michael Bridge Griffin News Editor Left to right: NYS Senators Alfred Coppola and Dale Volker; USA President, Greg Heeb; College President, Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, S.J.; vice president for Student Affairs, Dr. Ellen Conley; Buffalo Mayor, Anthony Masiello. See Delavan page 5 The Weekly Student Newspaper of Canisius College \ "Serving the Canisius Community Since 1933" \vW Volume LXXI FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2000 Nlmiu K 4 I Margaret Strasner Photo courtesy of the OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS NEWS V I E W P O I NT S FEATURES SPORTS INDEX ■ rARTLY Cloudy; y 1 Hi 60°, *- - Luu 48c r I Partly Cloudy; Hi 66°, f- - H Low 50° 11 H Sctt'd Showers;