The Griffin: volume 68, issue 18 - Mar. 13, 1998

              On Monday, March 9, the Board of Trustees approved the college operating budget of approximately $60 million for 1998-1999. It contains indications that the college has gone through its worst times and that live with. Echoing this sentiment, Dr. Laurence Franz, vice president for Business and Finance and College Treasurer, noted, "I don't think anyone was happy with it." Dr. Richard Wall, interim Vice President for Student Affairs, commented that "it [the budget] shares the burden as the budget situation is on the upswing. The 1998-1999 budget runs from June 1, 1998 through May 31, 1999. There seemed to be consensus that the budget which eventually emerged was a compromise and that while everybody was not totally happy with it, it was a budget that everyone could by Jennifer Gorczynski Griffin Managing Editor International Fest '98 concludes Page 5 Page 7 Page 8 Page 11 Page 15 What did you do with your weekend? At least a few of us were productive—Habitat for Humanity helped out the community by reconstructing a house. Read all about it in News... YMCA—The Village People still bringing together people of different cultures and ethnic backgrounds after all these years. Check it out in Viewpoints...The votes are in! Canisius students choose the Academy Awards. ..see who won and who lost in Features... The Griping Griffin Poets express their remorse over the loss of their fair-weather feathered friends in Features...Upon completion of the performance by the The casual wear portion of the fashion show followed with representation of American clothing styles, especially those that are worn on the Canisius campus. The Afro-American Gospel Ensemble performed a traditional African song accappella. Following their crowd pleasing performance, Champa and Chmpey Kong recited Cambodian poetry on the topic of love and revenge. Despite a minor glitch with the tape, Joanne Shen and Wayland Chin sang a beautiful duet of a Chinese love song. Opening remarks were made by the event's cochairs, Daniel Csapody, Nancy Gaudreault, and Monica Razo. The entertainment proportion of the event was then kicked off with Emcee Peter Cumbo bringing his wit to help host the fashion show portion. Traditional wear was worn by Canisius student models from Oman, India, Mexico, Hungary, Spain, Japan, China, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The evening commenced with an international buffet with a wide range of food from countries and regions such as Africa, China, France, Greece, India, Poland, and Spain. Robert Shufelt, a Festival night attendee as well as committee member stated, "The variety of the food was awesome, and it all tasted extravagant." Festival Night was a success drawing a crowd of about 460 to a packed cafeteria for an evening of entertainment and food. With Festival Night on Friday, March 6 this year's International Fest celebration came to a close. The week, coordinated by the International Fest Committee and the Office of International Student Programs was host to three themed evenings, Noche de Carnivale, a Cultural Evening, and the Festival night. The women's lacrosse team will take to the field soon for the first time ever at Canisius as an NCAA Division I team. For a preview and schedule, check out Sports... Canisius students got up early last Saturday morning to help reconstruct a house on Walden Ave. See related story, page 5. See Fest Page 5 Frisch Hall egg mystery remains unsolved by Matt Becker Griffin New Reporter See Eggs page 2 News 1-5 Editorial 4 Viewpoints 6-7 Features 8-11 Gobbledeygook 12 Sports 13-16 Public Safety is working with Residence Life in solving the However, the victims immediately filed a report with Public Safety. "People came to me with rumors about who did it. However, nobody is coming forward with anything definite," said Jessica Drewing, a Resident Assistant of one of the vandalized floors. One problem was that many victims were not home at the time of destruction and no witnesses exist. Unknown assailants egged the doors of three rooms in Frisch Hall last Saturday night in an apparent random act of vandalism. "I've heard people talking about the eggs but I don't think any of my residents did it," said Young. In addition to fining the floors $200, Resident Assistants Drewing and Becky Young, another victim, scheduled floor meetings to discuss the incident with intentions of finding more information.. A1 Pilato, Assistant Director of Residence Life, said they will start by fining the floors for damages and hope that someone will either confess or provide information to find the culprit. matter and expects to do a follow-up review on any new information according to John Barker, the Director of Public Safety. Both Young and Drewing maintain that no previous problems See Budget page 5 INSIDE Volume LXVIII Number 18 March 13, 1998 Budget results reveal 5 % tuition increase "Serving the Canisius Community Since 1933 " I I v_m. . . •>">A| I T -"• ■ by Ben Krass Griffin News Reporter undergraduate tuition will increase by $20, totaling $400 per credit hour. For graduate education students, tuition increased $20 to $415 per credit hour and for MBA students, tuition increased $24 to $499 per credit hour. Tuition increases are stabilizing after a 7.1% ($900) tuition increase last year (1997-98 budget) and more than an 8% ($950) tuition increase two years ago (1996-97 budget). Next year, fulltime undergraduate tuition will increase a modest 5% or $670 to a total of $14,170 a year. Part-time fairly as it possibly can." INDEX