The Griffin: volume 55, issue 04 - Oct. 5, 1984

              Both Senate members and spectator Joe Greer criticized Maggio's stand. Treasurer Jim Hayes addresses Tuesday night's Senate meeting. Phntu I,v MAN! CHIDAMBARAM Senator Burt Maggio '85, a member of the Student Finance Committee. Hayes reminded the Seriate that the allocations made over the summer were all approved at past meetings. He added, "I don't know if I can recall in my memory Maggio then shocked the assembled gathering by making the motion to open the committee to all members of the student body. This action prompted one senator to say, "Burt, you're making me dizzy," a reference to Mr. Maggio's rapid shift of position. The motion was unanimously approved and a subsequent motion to have the Selections Committee set the number of members on the constitutional revision committee passed, 10-4. "Unless the name has changed, this is still the Undergraduate Student Assembly," said Greer, a senior who ran unsuccessfully for a Senate seat last spring. "As an outside student who has a great interest in what happens in this group, I don't think you can limit your committee to just represent the Senate. The would lend itself to different power plays within the committee. I just don't think it would be a good idea." In another area that caused Further discussion ensued, including comments from spectator Mike Sawicz, a Finance Committee member, who lambasted the Senate for the "pointless bickering" that the issue was causing. After the discussion concluded, Borillo amended his request to include a provision to have the Senate Selections Committee accept applications immediately for the position of secretary. Because no motion was officially on the floor, Senator Burt Maggio '85 moved to approve both actions— despite the fact that he voted against the measures at the previous meeting. In a stark contrast to last week, the motion passed 12-1-2. Finance Committee Altered by Student Senate VOLUME LV, NUMBER 4 Serving The College And Community Friday, October 5, 1984 Phi,to by W I N/ CllllbiMR iRAM National Sci Foundation Awards Kisailus Grant Dr. Kisailus warned, however, that "these will be competitive scholarships. There will only be 10,000 awarded nationwide over five years. So is a student is interested, he has to really work for it. There is currently a bill in the Senae, which has already been passed by the House, to have scholarships available for science and math students in education. This bill was originated because of the projected shortage of elementary and secondary math and science teachers. The only stipulation of this scholarship is that the student must become an elementary or secondary school science or math teacher. According Jo Kisailus, this provides the student some "tangible effect" for attending these seminars. Once passed by the Senate, the scholarships should be available to students, upon application, within a year. Dr. Edward Kisailus I'huio by iioii iu)sri:rri:ii Teachers who complete this program through BIG/PIE successfully, will receive college credit, a certificate of recognition, and a stipend. Because of the Fall Holiday, there will be no issue of The Griffin next week. The next issue will be on Friday, October 19. This program will be sponsored in conjunction with the Biology Interaction Group/Partnership in Education (BIG/PIE). This was an organization that Dr. Kisailus originated a little over a year ago. Kisailus has long been concerned with the problem of elementary and secondary school science education, as well as at the college level. Dr. Kisailus has been trying to coordinate both the high school and college courses so as to provide the student with an optimal learning experience. "We have the opportunity at Canisius to personally address this problem," said Kisailus. When discussing matters with high school faculty members, he treats them Dr. Kisailus is the second professor in as many weeks to receive a national grant. Just last week, it was announced that history professor, Dr. David Costello received a $47,000 grant from the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH). by Mani Chidambaram Dr. Edward C. Kisailus, an assistant professor of biology at Canisius, has been awarded a $34,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. The funds will be used to conduct a series of workshops and seminars for high school honors math and science teachers. Kisailus, however, still has one concern. This is regarding student involvement in this project. Notices are posted whenever a seminar on this subject is upcoming, and he hopes that more students will attend these functions. "We want students to meet these teachers. Our long term goal is to use this as a stimulus to get them (students) interested in education," said Kisailus. ganized include computer science, science education, cell biology and human anatomy and physiology. one involved had anyidea that a grant of this nature was in the works. When the National Science Foundation announced this grant early this year, the BIG/PIE members applied for it. Seven months later, the group was notified that it was selected as one of the winners from the many applications filed from all around the country. Dr. Kisailus is pleased with the grant, because plans for the upcoming year can now be formulated. Summer 1985 workshops are being organized already. Subjects of the workshops being or- When BIG/PIE was formed, no "as colleagues; we listen to them, they listen to us, and we work on the problem together." In March 1983, the biology department invited area high school teachers to come to Canisius and tour the facilities. Many questions were answered by the department faculty, and the high school instructors received a much better knowledge of what was expected of their students in college. This information was directly used to coordinate future classroom activities in the respective schools. This was the informal beginning of BIG/PIE. One month later, the first meeting of the group was held. An executive board of five high school teachers and four Canisius biology professors was selected. The teachers selected were Anton Baarslag of Kenmore East, Jim Maclsaac of Nardin Academy, Phillip Titus of the Nichols School, Ms. Pat Zelazny of West Seneca East and Donna Ersing of Mount Mercy Academy. These teachers were a major part of the steering committee that brought this grant money to Canisius. The four Canisius faculty members on the board are Dr. Kisailus, board coordinator, Dr. I. Joan Lorch, Dr. S. Chidambaram and Dr. Rebecca Rowoth. T1-JT7 rrtrrr IMtL vjixlrri "OVER A HALF CENTURY IN PRINT" J . ■ *jr ; *. ;: < ~ nKHnn^'' II fr t*SL MM x • * •l » :W Borillo renewed the debate Tuesday, commenting "We (the Senate) are just passing things through and don't know what's goin on." He also complained about the fact that many of the committee's decisions were made over the summer, when many of the senators were not available to have input into them. the umpteenth degree and say the Finance Committee should not operate in its present capacity." by Mike Harrington A controversial measure that forces the Student Finance Committee to have a secretary take minutes of its meetings was approved by the Student Sentate at Tuesday night, meeting in the Wehle Lounge after failing last week's session. controversy, President Chris Johnson announced that a committee will be formed shortly to revise the constitution of the Undergraduate Student Assembly. The question raised was who should be eligible to serve on the committee. Senator Maggio then took the floor and subsequently caused an uproar among many of the senators with his remarks. The debate raged on for almost an hour, prompting Senator Bob O'Connor '87 to say the only reason the Finance Committee was opposing the move was because of "laziness" on their part. to re-repot those (meetings) in the form of minutes. That might be a detriment to the idea of minutes." Senator Regina Del Vecchio '85 rebuffed Hayes by noting that a permanent record of the meetings should be kept so the Senate can be better representatives. "If Jim can't remember back a couple of weeks, how are we supposed to represent the students?" she said. The move upset Hayes, who sharply replied, "If you want to be more informed, you can take it to The Finance Committee, a ninemember body chaired by Senate Treasurer Jim Hayes that is in charge of allocating funds to student clubs, had voiced minor opposition to the proposal at last week's meeting. Senator Donato Borillo '86 had brought up the motion last week after expressing concern about the lack of knowledge the Senate was gaining from Hayes' weekly finance report. After a 30-minute debate, the move failed 7-5 with one abstention.Hayes then summarized his position, as he suddenly shifted his viewpoint by stating, "I am not opposed at all to this. I do think it's a bad idea in that it clouds the role and responsibility of the Finance Committee. That's why I'm pushing very hard not to have it supported here tonight." "We (the Senate) made this constitution," Maggio said. "We can't let the whole student body come in. This is a whole process. The whole process is open to a student to become a senator. Everyone knows about it. Only certain people run and only certain people are selected as senators. You can't keep letting everybody in on it.