The Griffin: volume 72, issue 20 - Apr. 26, 2002

              ERIC DUVALL The 2002-03 Senate e-board, back row from left: Christoper Luthi, Vice President of Programming, Amanda Trulin, Secretary, Jeffery Blake, Vice President of Business and Finance. Front row from left: Tony Maggiotto, Vice President, Katie McCarthy, President. Junior finance major Jeffery Blake won the Vice President of Business and Finance position over Daniel K. Commeford by a student center, across the hall from the office of student activities. Any student at Canisius is eligible for selection and can apply, Blake said. Senate would like to become more involved in the operation of clubs on campus according to McCarthy. She feels that too often in the past the Senate disperses the funds to clubs and loses touch. She and Blake agree that Senate should become more narrow margin. Blake will be responsible for overseeing the finance committee, who distributes funds to all of the student clubs and organizations on campus. Applications for the finance committee will be available in the Senate room on the lower level of the know we are all on the same team," he said. see Senate, page 5 Faculty member receives prestigious award On Tuesday, April 23, Dr. Kenneth M. Sroka, Professor of English, received the prestigious Kenneth L. Koessler, '29 Distinguished Faculty Award at presented by the Canisius College Office of Alumni Relations, is given out annually to a full-time faculty member of at least three years at Canisius who fosters "excellence in teaching, concern for students, scholarship and service to the College." DAN FALKNER Dr. Sroka Takes the stage at the Annual Spring Honors Convocation See Awards page 3 Ketziot, the prison camp, has a legacy of harsh conditions and inhumane treatment of persons. The camp was originally opened in 1988 to relieve overcrowded prisons in the West Bank. The camp itself was a response to the first Palestinian uprising that occurred from 1987 to 1993. The camp became known as Ansar III to the Palestinians, after prisons ran by Israeli's in southern Lebanon and Gaza. Since then the prison had been expanded five times. Prisoners are kept in military tents, which are not able to withstand the harsh environment of the desert. Temperatures range from 40 degrees centigrade in the day to below BBC NEWS The Ketziot Prison complex is a barbed wire encampment where inmates are housed in military tents. Israeli forces are being accused of the illegal relocation of Palestinian prisoners from the West Bank to a military detention camp in southern Israel, which supposedly has extremely hostile conditions. freezing at night. Disease and infection was rampant and despite the expansion overcrowding was still a problem. The location of the prison, which is in the Israeli occupied territory of the Israeli prison reopened By Matt Zogby News Editor However, since the more recent Palestinian Intifada, the prison camp has been reopened Reports indicate that the conditions are even worse than before. An account by a human rights worker by the Negev desert, is a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits the moving and holding of prisoners to a country foreign to them. This was one of the UN's top priorities to solve. The UN Economic and Social Council investigation of human rights required that this establishment be closed down after their tour of Israel on Oct 21,1994. Canisius President, Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, offered much Commenting on the significance of the award, Sroka said "It's an honor...I find myself in good company." Deflecting some of the attention from himself, Sroka also said, "Any teaching award does not belong to the individual." He highlighted the fact that he is "especially grateful" to Professor of English, Dr. E. Roger Stephenson, and Schroeder, from both of whom he learned "what it means to bring teaching excellence" into the classroom. Sroka also said his students deserve much credit. Koessler served as the Chair of the Board of Trustees and Head of the Faculty Welfare Committee at Canisius. The award is made possible by generous gifts that were dedicated in the memory of Koessler to set up an endowment for the award, which the recipient with a stipend. A selection committee comprised of several deans, faculty members and students at the College selects each year's recipient from a pool of nominations. the annual Spring Honors Convocation. The award, which is Since its inception in 1977— when the Rev. Paul McCarthy, S.J., Ph.D (Professor of Chemistry), became the first recipient of the honor — the Koessler award has been given out to several of Canisius' finest faculty members, many of whom Sroka mentioned, notably Professor Mel Schroeder,Professor of English, who received the award in 1979, Dr. Walter Sharrow, Professor of History, 1978, Dr. Peter Galie, Professor of Political Science, 1998, and Dr. Robert Butler Professor of English, 1990. Canisius College, Buffalo. NY Volume LaXXII. Number 20 Friday. April 26. 2002 Senate election results decided E-board to improve communications By Eric DuVall Managing Editor David Hill News Reporter Results for this year's Student Senate elections were announced in the lobby of the Richard E. Winter '42 Student Center late yesterday afternoon by Brian Smith, Director of f Student Activities. The new President is Katie McCarthy. McCarthy is currently a junior elementary education major. She beat Clark Banach, also a junior. "I'm very excited. I'm looking forward to building on the success of last year and furthering the respectability that last year's e-board established," McCarthy said. The Vice Presidential race was won by sophomore Tony Maggiotto. Maggiotto was the Vice President of Business and Finance last year. He defeated Jose Palma, Jr. Maggiotto has been involved with the senate for both of his years at Canisius. "We need to start working with the clubs. They need to the ©riffm "Serving the V Canisius Community since 1933" Stop and smell the tulips: As springtime blooms around campus, students prepare for the end of the semester. DAN FALKNER I See Military page 5 ©riffin Read about Dr. Morris's migratory research with the help of her "bird nerds". Check out the story on page 2. Read Op-Ed section editor Gary Bostwic's views on sex and its place at Canisius. See the story on page 6. The Quadrangle celebrated the unveiling of its 50th anniversary issue last Wednesday with the 2002 addition. For more of the evening highlights read the story on page 8. The synchronized swimming team at both the U.S. Collegiate Nationals and National Championships recently. The Griffs finished among the top ten teams at each meet. For the whole stor check out page 15 INSIDE m i MOM 6 m i JM 8 M 13