The Griffin: volume 63, issue 18 - Mar. 19, 1993

              While Director of Athletics, the Basketball Griffs enjoyed three consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament from 1955 to 1957.TheGriffs enjoyed a seeding in the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) in 1963. Father McEvoy devoted his entire priestly life to educational work. He served at Canisius from 1954 to 1963, where hehadaparticular concern for nursing students. Rev. Joseph J. McEvoy, S J., former dean of men and director of athletics at Canisius College, died on Mar. 8, 1993, at Murray- Weigel Infirmary, Fordham University, Bronx, New York. elections Informational meeting for USA An informational meeting will be held on Fri., Mar. 19at2:30p.m.in theStudent Center Conference room regarding the 1993 Undergraduate S tudent Association (USA) elections. the ordinary on thai particular Wednesday. When I left The Griffin office at approximately 2:15 a.m. Thursday morning, I passed the radio station, but did not notice anything unusual" Ken Kraft said. A before and after shot of WCCG. The full studio (above) with the CI) player, cassette deck and amplifiers. The studio was cleaned out after a buglary on March 11. phaos by eric Jordan A number of students were in the vicinity on the alleged evening but did not hear or sec any suspicious behavior. "Idid not hearorseeanythingoutof ercd by the College but by the club itself. II is not known when the station will re-open as insurance and financial issues arc still under consideration. Access has teen restricted to WCCG managerial staff while the ease is still pending. "Everything is up in the air — we don't know when we'll open," stated Weiner Cadet, general manager of WCCG, following the March 11 burglary of the Canisius College radio station. According toCadet,approximatcly $800 worth of stereo equipment was stolen. Taken were a cassette deck, compact disc player and amplifiers in the early morning burglary. Apparently a type of epoxy resin was placed into the bottom doorknob's lock to prevent it from engaging. Cadet staled that the station was locked at 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday night and the robbery was discovered at 8:00 a.m. Thursday morning by two student disc jockeys. Samuel G. Puma, director of Public Safety, stated that there was no sign of forced entry. WCCG will have to submit a request to the Finance Committee of Undergraduate Student Association (US A) to replace the items taken, stated Fassl. Lee F. Fassl, director of Student Activities, slated his goal is "to get the station operational again." Unfortunately there is a $5000 deductible for insurance claims, so the radio station's claim will not be cov- Former President Carter addresses social problems Due to the blizzard last weekend, the Campus Progamming Board (CPB) sponsored 70's Party was cancelled. It has been rescheduled for Fri. March 26 at 9:00 p.m. in the Palisano Pavilion. INDEX Letters 4 News 1 - 3, 9 Editorial 4 According to the Office of Public Relations, approximately 1500 people packed the Student Center Auditorium, the Grupp Fireside Lounge and the Peter Gust Economou Dining Hall Tuesday night to hear former President Jimmy Carter speak on social problems facing the United Stales today.The speech, which was sponsored by the William H. Fitzpatrick Chair of Political Science Lecture Series and broadcast via closed circuit television to both Grupp and Matthew Mulville, assistant director of Residence Life, was on duty when he received two calls about the mess at approximately 8 a.m. "The drainpipe on the floor was spurting out water and all kinds of stuff," he said. Apparently, every lime anyone in the building would use the shower or flush the toilet, sewage water would spew forth. pipe in the laundry room and seeping into the closets and the kitchen and then into the family room. Myers indicated that all of the laundry rooms were flooded, bui as of Wednesday morning he still hadn't received word of flooding "One student said that the toilets were bubbling, and 1 got another call from a person who thought the hot water lank was leaking, but I think it was all the same [incident]he said. Weekend weather causes \flood at Main-Humboldt by David Leone Special to News According to Siffringer, water was overflowing from the drain- "I woke up around 8:15, and I weni into the kitchen — and the whole thing was flooded," said Steve Siffringer, who lives in apartment Bl. He was the first of his roommates to notice thai their apartment was flooding. According to Paul Myers, director of Physical Plant, the storm left three-foot deposits of snow covering the Main-Humboldt building number one's sewage breather caps, causing its sewage systems to back up and overflow last Tuesday. Last Saturday's storm may not have hit Western New York as hard as some deemed, but it did leave its mark with some of the students residing at Canisius' Main-Humboldt apartments. See Carter page 2 The Carter Center addresses social problems not only at home but around the world. Some of the accomplishments of the center include ter fury Before speaking about the social problems that afflict the United States, he gave a brief overview of what the Carter Center is and what they do. According to Carter, the Carter Center, which is located in Atlanta, Georgia, lives under three main criteria. "We don't duplicate what other people [or organizations such as UNICEF and the World Health Organization] do." So they try to do everything on a non-partisan basis. "If we address a complicated or controversial issue, I always invite a prominent Republican to join me like former President Gerald Ford and Henry Kissinger." Finally, they do not deal with problems from a purely academic perspective. Cartoon 4 Viewpoints 5 Kaleidoscope ..6 - 8 Sports 10 - 12 Classifieds 10 the Dining Hall, opened with the former president recalling "that the first crisis that I faced as president was a horrible storm that affected Buffalo" back in January of 1977. He noted, however, that Buffalo did fare much better than Atlanta in Mother Nature's latest burst of w in- by Joan Good Griffin Asst. News Editor Former Dean of Men Dies at 81 Campus radio station victim of burglary Stolen items not covered under College's insurance FRIDAY, MARCH 19,1993 VOLUME LXIII, NUMBER 18 Synchronized swimming (see page 10) At a glance... The tractor man (see page 7) | New frat on campus (see page 3) I JSr TheGrwi in Serving the Canisius Community Since 1933 70's Party rescheduled by Ken Kraft Griffin News Editor See Flood page 4 Mass of Christian burial was celebrated on Mar. 11 at St. Peter's Church in Jersey City, New Jersey.