The Griffin: volume 69, issue 22 - Apr. 23, 1999

              Call Buffalo Sex Offense Squad The Police Department also recently released a sketch and detailed description of the suspect who is accused of the sexual assualt which occurred near Main St. and Minnesota St. on March 5. That suspect is described as a black male, aged 22-23 years old. He is between 5*5" and 5'7" and weighs approximately 145 pounds. The suspect has brown eyes and closely cropped dark hair. He was last seen in the area of Main Street and Minnesota Ave. petrator as a black male appraximitely 20- 30 years old, about5'6"and weighing 165 pounds. On Sunday, Apr. 11 at about 6:30 a.m., a womanwaiting a for a bus near the corner of Jefferson Ave. and Best St. was dragged behind a house and raped. The victim reported the perpetrator threatened her with a weapon but none was displayed The second rape occurred at 5:30 a.m. Six plus two equals eight That's the new, but by no means improved, number of sexual assaults/rapes that have occurred in the northeast quadrant of the city since July of last year. 888-4494 Bennett passes The police, who have little doubt that these last two rapes were committed by the same person, describe the per- on Tuesday, Apr. 13 in the area of Sycamore St and Jefferson Ave. The victim was forced behind a building on Brown St. where she was threatened with an unidentifed object which was pressed against her head. Despite the disturbingly high number of sexual assaults that have occurred in recent weeks, the Gty of Buffalo Police Department has made progress in the case towards arresting the perpetrator(s). Niagara and Canisius join forces The Griffin today | NEWS Who's running for your student government? The candidates campaign for senatorial and Executive board positions, giving you their best qualities. See full story on pages 6 and 7. VIEWPOINTS Viewpoints Columnist Jeff Schragel presents his case for inviting a nationally renowned band to campus as a "reward" for years of student loyalty to Canisius. See full story on page 7. FEATURES Check out a review of Chris Brownsey's Something Like a War, at the Marie Maday Theatre for one weekend only! See full story on page 10. SPORTS The Men's Lacrosse team broke their losi n g streak in overtime versus the Providence Friars. To see who scored the winning goal, see the full story on page 20. FORECAST Ein Friday- Mostly Cloudy; High of 55°; Low of 43° Saturday- Fair; Sunday- Partly High of 54°; Cloudy; High Low of 33° of 59°; Low of 36° INDEX | News 1 Editorial 4 Viewpoints 8 Features 10 Sports 19 On the Wing 23 http://www.cariisius.edu/griffin by Meredith Christman Griffin News Editor Sexual assault count mounts The Griffin Hv^The Weekly Student Newspaper of Canisius College "Serving the Canisius Community Since 1933" by Paul Dumansky Griffin News Reporter In terms of scholarships received, the Canisius Class of '99 may go down as the most honored in school history. Seniors Ben Krass, Michael O'Sullivan, and John Shea all were awarded Failbright Fellowships and will be overseas next year to work on projects they chose to undertake. Including those three, the tally of Canisius students to receive Fulbrights in the last 12 years rose to 16. Riga agrees with Krass that becoming more proficient in a foreign language is an undeniable benefit of being abroad. See Award page 5 Krass noted that he would like to visit the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland when not busy working on his project in Oviedo, Spain (located in the northwestern part of the country). There, he hopes to develop his Spanish skills in a setting where he has no choice but to do so in order to understand and communicate effectively with those he meets. "I'm looking forward to becoming fluent in Spanish. There's only so much you can learn in the classroom. And I'm really interested in being able to talk to the people over there." Krass, who is majoring in political science, European studies, and Spanish, is especially thrilled about the opportunity to tour the continent. "They give us a monthly stipend, and they want us to keep our weekends free so we can travel around Europe, which I'm really excited about. I've been in Germany, Belgium, and Spain before, but I'd really like to get into Eastern Europe." Dr. Frank P. Riga, professor of English, described the Fulbright and how it benefits the three honorees. "The intention of it is to provide Federal scholarship money for American students to study abroad. What it also does is give Americans a chance to see Europe." In addition, senior Steven Seegel became the first student in the history of the college to be granted the prestigious Andrew W. Mellon Scholarship. Seegel also was one of 54 selected from a pool of 1,200 applicants to receive the Jacob Javits Scholarship. He becomes the second Canisius student to be awarded a Javits Scholarship. by Stephen J.Molvarec Griffin News Reporter William Bennett, a professor of the Education department at Canisius, passed suddenly from this world on Friday Apr. 9, 1999. Yet, as with the death of any great man, Bill Bennett's legacy is left among the living. Among Canisius community members, the impact Dr. Bennett has left will be extant for years to come. Before arriving at Canisius, Bill Bennett taught chemistry, coached basketball, and was coordinator of Student Activities at East High School. Following his teaching position, he became principal of East High School, and later of Buffalo Vocational/Technical Center.Also, Bennett was the founder and director of the Harvey Austin/ Daniel Kwlatek Mentoring Program. Bennett has been recognized for his excellence with the Stan See Bennett page 5 Bennett decided to return to his alma mater, Canisius College, of which he is a graduate of the Class of 1961. In his position with the department of Education, he both taught and worked with secondary education student teachers. He was particularly concerned with the quality of those student teaching. Nochelski stated, "Bill felt that he owed it to student teachers to mentor and correct their mistakes with wisdom, prudence, and kindness. He felt that if he did not help them to bring out the best within themselves, he was doing them an injustice." In addition to his faculty position, Bill Bennett served on numerous committees at Canisius and elsewhere, including the Canisius College Alumni Association (of which he was president), the New York State Mentoring Committee, and the Mayor's Commissior on Academic Excellence.Photo by BRIAN LORENTZ Niagara University Student Government (NUSG) President Andrew Pruski shakes USA president Matt Watters' hand, thus forming an historical alliance between the two rival colleges. Fr. Paul Nochelski, Canisius chair of Teacher Education, said, "At East High School, Bill was a mastermind in making it a first rate institution. Even in the worst of situations, he never denied reality, but tried to help the people involved to get something positive out of the situation." Eleven years ago, William Scholarly year for the class of '99 Volume LXIX FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1999 Number 22