The Griffin: volume 67, issue 18 - Mar. 14, 1997

              Room draw selections will be held Tuesday, April 15 through Friday, April 18 for the different living arrangements. Room rates for the 1997-98 academic year are not available at this time and will be announced as soon as they are available. Direct further questions to the Office of Residence Life at x2220. Housing applications are available in the Office of Residence Life and are due by April 7 at 5 p.m. In order to be eligible for the housing lottery, students must have paid a $200 deposit to the Office of Student Accounts by the same date. Information sessions are being held today and Tuesday, March 18 at 3 p.m. in the west wing of the cafeteria. The spring semester has just passed its midpoint and many students have begun to choose campus housing for the 1997-1998 academic year. Current campus residents received a memorandum from the Office of Residence Life in regards to what type of housing will be available and who is eligible for that housing. a computer lab lofloor and laundry facilities in the tunnel level of Bosch Philliben stated that the construction company learned a lot from the renovation of Frisch last summer which has helped the renovation of Bosch to move along smoothly. due to the fact that freshmen dorm. The dence Life, Kathryn the renovations of gressing quite well will be completed by Bosch will consuite style rooms, will be five bathlounge with a lounge. Each indihave cable televiaccess in addition to students' conve- Bosch Residence Hall is listed as a type of available housing even though it is undergoing reconstruction. Bosch was not given a room draw selection date it will be an alldirector of Resi- Philliben, said that Bosch are "proand the renovations August 1997." tain double and On each floor there rooms, a social kitchen, and a study vidual room will sion and computer phone service. For nience there will be cated on the first Nobel Prize winner holds court in Grupp By Greg Dyson Griffin News Reporter Professor Hauptmann addressed a packed audience last Friday. Photo by ASHLEY DORCELY The lecture was sponsored by the departments of Chemistry, Mathematics and Philsophy. Hauptmann stated that although Descart6s was a pioneer in the field of scientific method, he was never able to reach his full potential as a scientist because he "tried to incorporate the views of the Church into his scientific work." However, the theories and applications of Descartes live on today. ematical theory on Friday March 7 in the Grupp Fireside Lounge. Hauptmann described Descartes' one brilliant idea concerning math- He developed a mathematical method used in chemistry research in determination of molecular structures of crystallized materials Descartes applied this idea to two dimensions, where the ordered pair (x,y) were the coordinates of P in two dimensions; and the ordered triple (x,y,z) were the coordinates of a point P in three dimensions. Thus every point in this Cartesian system was quanti- ematics, which concerned "associating with each point P on the real line a number x." That is, every specific real point was quantified. "[Descartes] tried to incorporate the views of the Church into his scientific work." —Dr. Herbert Hauptmann Professor Herbert H. Hauptmann, the 1985 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, treated students and professors alike to a discussion of Rene Descartes' impact on math- structure of biological molecules, better drugs can be designed to treat diseases that harm the structure.Hauptmann later showed how the concepts of Descartes could be used to determine the molecular structure of crystals. Hauptmann took what Descartes did with a point and applied it to a crystalline structure, in an attempt to ascertain the structure of the crystal. By better understanding the life fied. Descartes further extended this idea to describe the circle, ellipse, parabola and hyperbola. From these simple concepts, the studies of analytical geometry and calculus were born. (see page 2) USA toast Tears of the tournament (see page 12) The things he carried (see page 6) VOLUME LXVII, NUMBER 18 FRIDAY, MARCH 14, J Bosch Hall renovations on schedule By Gretchen Kabza Griffin News Reporter Bosch Residence Hall is in the midst a make-over process. Photo by ASHLEY DORCELY "Bosch Hall renovations are progressing quite well and will be completed by August 1997." —Kathryn Philliben Director of Residence Life The Grifiin Serving the Canisius Community Since 1933