The Griffin: volume 68, issue 05 - Oct. 10, 1997

              Six Canisius graduates, headlined by a former editor-inchief of The Griffin, were honored as distinguished alumni on Saturday. Features Editor Jen Gorczynski profiles the recipients, who have found significant success long after their college years. Page 13 by Marisa Loffredo Griffin News Reporter Ignatian seminar in exchange for trick-or-treating by Stephanie Houck Griffin News Reporter "Dick Winter's donation became the motivating factor in the decisions of other donors as they were astonished by his generos- Cooke also highlighted the importance of Winter's monetary donation to the capital campaign. "The newspaper articles this past summer did not tell enough about him [Winter]," said Cooke. "It is only fitting that we dedicate the Student Center in his name since this was the origin of many football games where Dick cheered on the Golden Griffins as president of the Blue and Gold Club for three years." Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, S.J., Canisius College president, offered some words as part of the dedication. "The Jesuit education I received made all of this possible," said Winter. "It is always a pleasure for me to come back and contribute to Canisius and Buffalo."On Monday, October 6, Canisius College dedicated the Student Center in honor of Richard E. Winter for his outstanding contributions to the campus community. Photo by CHRIS DEVINE Canisius president Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, S J., presents Richard E. Winter with a plaque this past Monday at the dedication of the Student Center. No longer referred to as Women in Communication, Inc., the Association for Women in Communication chapter at Canisius has increased their membership and activities. The year's agenda includes networking in the Buffalo community and attending an, educational conference. Page 14 See Dedication page 5 College sporting $2.5 million budget deficit What kind of restaurant deserves five burps? Art Editor and resident food expert Michael Bowen urges his readers to check out the Polish Villa on Union Road in Cheektowaga. This find follows the old axiom, "you can't judge a book by its cover." Page 15 The New York Yankees have been eliminated from the baseball playoffs and Sports Editor Christopher Brownsey isn't sorry to see them go. This Cleveland Indian fan shares his witicisms about the Yankees and alcoholic cousins. Page 19 The Finance Committee of the Full Board of Trustees met with Canisius College administration on Monday, Oct. 6 to discuss problems in the school's 1997-98 budget. The college is currently suffering a budgetary deficit of $2.5 million in a total budget of $60 million. Prior to meeting with the full board this past Monday, the president of the College, Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, S.J. and all Canisius vice presidents decided to make cuts of approximately $1.4 million in this year's budget and to use $350,000 in budget reserves to help account for the 4 percent shortage. For additional help, they also decided to increase the spending of Canisius' $50 million endowment from 5 percent to 7 percent. Explaining the decline in college enrollment, Cooke related that "there has been a pattern in regard to undergraduate enrollment which has been going down over the last six or seven years." It is now that the cumulative effect of small decreases has had a significant effect, because we haven't been adjusting the size of our faculty to the decreased number of students." See Finance Committee page 3 Computer labs try to get back on feet by David Gannon Griffin News Reporter The gridders jumped on the back of Nick Adinolfi on their way to a 14-7 victory over Iona College. The junior tailback carried the ball a Canisius record 50 times to bolster a fourth quarter comeback. Page 20 The Ignatian Seminars are named after St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits and a great, courageous man. Ignatius founded the Jesuits after experiencing a spiritual conversion upon returning home from fighting the French. At previous Ignation Seminars, spiritual exercises were done, but that has not been the case recently. The faculty now reads a chapter On Halloween while many students are attending parties, some Canisius faculty members will be participating in the first Ignation Seminar of the semester. Normally, three seminars are held per semester and any member of faculty is allowed to attend. computer's hard drive, making it unusable. Every day computer technicians come to the various labs on campus to help fix problems with the computers. Most of the time the techs only have to put software back onto the computer that was corrupted. With so many students using the computers every day, there tends to be corruption on the computers simply from daily use. There is really nothing that can be done about that. As technology increases, so do soft- News 1-5 Editorial 4 Viewpoints 7-8 Features 9-14 Gobbledeygook 15 Sports 16-20 See Computer lab page 3 All of those "out of order" signs are somewhat bothersome to most of us. Usually the only open computer a student sees has a sign on it that says, "Out of Order." Most of the time there is merely a software corruption on that functions almost instantly, but software corruption must be done by ITS staff themselves. Dr. Joel Cohen, director of ITS, offered advice as to what students encounter and what students can do in order to sidestep common problems and expand their computing capabilities. See St. Ignatius page 5 Have you ever walked into the computer lab just to find that there would be no computers available for at least half an hour? Yes, we all have. Just this past Tuesday there was a problem with all of the computers in the labs. A file on the server was corrupted and had to be restored from a tape backup, which took a long time. Information Technology Servies (ITS) has a program called "Foolproof" which is able to repair hardware mal- Volume LXVIII Number 5 October 10, 1997 "Serving the Canisius Community Since 1933" by Matt Becker Griffin News Reporter INSIDE It is under the opinion of some that the caring administration that students enter Canisius with is not the same with which they graduate. Several members of the College faculty have moved on with definite effects on the student body. Page 8 After the recent death of a Western New York resident by way of over-indulgence in alcohol, college students may start to evaluate their alcholic consumption. With abstention virtually non-existent in campus life, knowing your limit is a key lesson to be learned. Page 8 Student Center is dedicated to Canisius alumnus Richard Winter, class of '42