The Griffin: volume 70, issue 10 - Nov. 19, 1999

              The Beastie Boys will be releasing a 42-track collection on Nov. 23. Find out what Gary Bostwick thinks about it. See full story, page 11 Why? Why Knot? The clever Dr. Colin Adams was here last Friday. Get the details and tie a knot. See full story, page 3 The Griffin today What does having Commencement at the Niagara Falls Convention Center say about the College's view of its students? Read one man's opinion and judge for youself. See full story, page 8 In the spring of 1997, there were 12 seminar I sections, 24 seminar II sections, and 32 other sections (ASIII, electivcs, requirements, etc.) in English. While the number of seminar sections offered has gone down only slightly (to 10 and 23, respectively), the number of others has dropped one quarter to 24. English is not the only department suffering. Physical Education has 44 sections this Fall as opposed to the 50 it had last Fall. In addition Sports Medicine offered only 18 sections this semester after offering 23 the previous Fall. Also losing faculty is Biology, as it will have 54 sections (including Labs) next semester as opposed to the 61 it had three years ago, a 10 percent loss. Despite the change in the course offerings, Dr. Paula Dehn of the Biology Department explained,"we're down one faculty member because of a loss but that person will be replaced. We're really not in dire titatively it's hard to cover everything in terms of all the kinds of courses we should be covering. And then orchestrating things for the majors —the kinds of courses we should offer them, the electives they can choose from —becomes vastly more difficult." ENG 376 - The Immigrant Experience. ENG 262 - Images of Aging in Literature. ENG 331 - Joyce & Yeats. What do these courses have in common? They are all English courses offered in the Spring. Of 1997. None of them, however, will be offered in the Spring of 1999. While the number of overall courses and sections has gone up, the numbers in certain areas, English among them, has gone down. The main reason, according to Mr. Melvin W. Schroeder, acting chair of English is that his department, like others, is losing professors. "Quite simply, for one thing, they have not found anyone to take the place of people in this department who have retired fully, are partially retired, or otherwise left "They haven't replaced sheer personpower —they've let it slide. What this means is every semester is that quan- See Departments page 6 Senator Schumer speaks on schools by Michael Bridge Griffin News Reporter FRIDAY - PARTLY CLOUDY; HIGH OF 57°; LOW OF 34° by Shannon Rohring Griffin Editor in Chiet Danielle Veltz "sees heaven" in Jeff Spain's eyes at this year's Semi-Formal. Nearly 400 students attended the event which was held downtown at the Statler Towers. The evening was sponsored by CPB and featured a buffet dinner followed by the traditional Baked Alaskadessert and a whole lot of dancing. A few weeks ago, 600 residents of Hamlin Park and the Lyndon B. Johnson Building received their invitations to the Second Annual Community Appreciation Dinner. Monday was the last day to R.S.V.P. By today, those attending are probably laying out the clothes they plan to wear for tomorrow's dinner, an event which is quickly becoming a neighborhood tradition. The spaghetti dinner, hosted by the Undergraduate Student Association (USA), will be held in the Richard E. Winter '42 Student Center Saturday at 5 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by the G-Squad and the Chamber Music Ensemble.USA president Greg Heeb came up with the idea last year to host an event that would strengthen ties with the community. The Community Appreciation dinner was born and, See Dinner page 5 SATURDAY • RAIN; SUNDAY - SHOWERS; HIGH OF S2*; HIGH OF 49°; LOW OF 43® LOW OF 57' News |Sj 1 Editorial 4 6 sr w» On the Wing 15 http://www.canisius.edu/griffin and political satirist Mark Russell. In a brief interview before his presentation, when asked if he had noticed a learning curve in transiting from the House to the Senate, Senator Schumer acknowledged there was a huge difference. He first noted the size difference, "In the House 1 represented 600,000 in a 10 square mile area, In the Senate I represent 20 million in a 50,000 square mile area. It takes a lot of time learning." Secondly he pointed out that in the House, members are expected to be experts in one area, whereas in the Senate, they're It's time to play hoops. The men's and women's teams are featured in the annual basketball preview. Check out all the information. See full story, page 17 Paul E. and Walter D. Fitzpatrick presented the William H. Fitzpatrick Chair of Political Science to the College in 1958 in A capacity crowd attended Senator Schumer's presentation, part of the William H. Fitzpatrick Chair of Political Science Lecture Series inaugurated in 1962 with a visit by the Honorable Harry S. Truman, thirty-third President of the United States. The College was honored Monday night to welcome U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer to the Canisius community in the Grupp Fireside Lounge. memory of their parents. Their father William was active in state and local politics for many years, and believed political leaders should be trained for the profession of politics. This contention established the goal of the Fitzpatrick Chair, bringing prominent individuals whose professional careers attest to their expertise on political issues and who, therefore, would have something significant to say to the Canisius community. Past Lecturers in the series include former President Jimmy Carter, Senators Alfonse M. D'Amato and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and Congressmen Jack Kemp and John J. LaFalce. Other participants have included TV journalist Diane Sawyer, the Reverend Bernice A. King, daughter of the late Martin Luther King Jr., Dapper dinner See Lecture page 5 Heaven in your eyes The Griffin "Serving the Canisius Community Since 1933" mThe Weekly Student Newspaper of Canisius College - Imagine P Faculty & J=u Is a marked lack of course selections tipping the scales out of Canisius students' favor? Departments in distress by Paul Dumansky and Marisa Loffredo Griffin News Reporter and Griffin News Editor straights." Similarly, Dr. Peter Schaber of the Chemistry department noted that despite the loss of professors in analytical and organic [chemistry], they will be fortified with replacements. "If we had more people we could offer more area studies," but, he declared, "we can't offer seniors a good variety of electives."F r . Benjamin Fiore, S.J., chair of Religious Studies clarifies that immediate faculty replacement is not always possible. "Two members of the faculty who left last year have taken very unique courses out of the lineup." He is referring to the department's loss of Fr. Steven Hawkes-Teeples, S.J. and Dr. lames P. McDermott to the Arts and Sciences deanship, who have left a considerable gap in the Eastern and Comparative religious studies which formely provided a wide array of courses that are now sorely missed by students. Only one adjunct professor has been allotted to help this situation, and Religious Studies doesn't predict getting funding to replace full timers anytime soon. "People leave and the money doesn't remain in the department," Fr. Fiore commented. "The money leaves and goes to a department that the College decides has stronger needs." Volume LXX FRIDAY, NOVEMBER W, 1W Numim:R 10 NEWS VIEWPOINTS FEATURES S PO RTS FORECAST INDEX