The Griffin: volume 55, issue 05 - Oct. 19, 1984

              Photo by Bill Hamel Lieutenant Colonel Michael Zdrojewski presents an award to a cadet, by Mani Chidambaram The Canisius College chapter of the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) held their annual awards ceremony last Friday. This event, held in the Grupp Fireside Lounge, honors the cadets for their achievements in the classroom, the Corp, and the community. This year, 53 of the 114 Canisius cadets earned awards. Major Richard Dempsey was the master of ceremonies for this event. In his introductory com- crawling over a stream on a rope 40 feet in the air, a 25-meter swim in full uniform and rappelling down a five-and-a-half story tower. Lieutenant Colonel Michael Zdrojewski, professor of Military Science, stressed that these cadets are not just your average college students. "These students are carrying 15 or more credit hours per semester, working 20-40 hours a week, as well as participating in ROTC," said Zdrojewski. ments, he briefly reviewed the history of the Canisius ROTC. The detachment was established in 1951. It has since commissioned 1000 officers. Five Canisius graduates have given their lives defending this country. Some of the awards were given for superior skills in land navigation, weapons training, parachute jumping, . and various physical training events. These physical fitness tests include sliding down a rope 250 feet to drop into a river, by Tom Maulucci WASHINGTON — Last Thursday, at 1:30 a.m., the Canisius International Affairs Society departed from the Bosch Hall parking lot for the Twelfth National Security Council in Washington, D.C., sponsored by Georgetown University. Arriving at approximately 11:00 a.m., the organization's members spent four days as delegates of various nations to a United Nations Security Council, as well as to six regional foreign ministers' summits. The participants, from 20 schools on the East Coast, were expected to be well versed in the policies of their adopted countries and to be able to make appropriate stances on the issues discussed at the various summits, and also ready to take action on the periodic "news flashes" of world events invented by the Georgetown staff. Delegates were evaluated on the basis of their performance under these often rapidly changing conditions. A great deal of research was required on the part of the Canisius representatives including the writing of a position paper for their country. Intl Affairs Society Debates in D.C. cornerstone of the Canisius lobbying effort last year. "I think the group wants to see Canisius share its lobbying talents with other schools to coordinate this year's effort," Hayes said. In addition to his duties as Treasurer, Hayes, a junior Political Science major, is chairman of the Student Finance Committee, which is in charge of allocating funds to student organizations on campus, and is one of two representatives to the College Budget Committee, the body in charge of the College's budgetary matters, including proposed tuition increases. dent financial aid, with special emphasis on TAP Parity, a fouryear program aimed to increase aid through the state's Tuition Assistance Program. The role of the ISC was the major factor in the approval of the first phase of the program last spring by state leaders. Hayes was elected by a vote of the ISC representatives in attendance over a student from Nazareth College in Rochester and another from Ithaca College. Along with Johnson, Hayes made a presentation at the convention regarding the Canisius STEP (Student TAP Education Program) campaign, which was the ROTC Awards Honor Cadets by Mike Harrington Undergraduate Student Assembly Treasurer Jim Hayes was elected to a position on the six-member Board of Directors of the state chapter of the Independent Student Coalition (ISC) at the aroup's meeting last Saturday in Albany, USA President Christ Johnson announced at Tuesday night's Student Senate meeting in the Frisch Conference Room. Hayes will serve a one-year term as Upstate Coordinator for the ISC, a lobbying group comprised of students from New York's private colleges and universities. The group's main focus is stu- Treasurer Named to ISC Board of Directors Photos by Bill Hamel Both parents and students alike enjoyed the numerous festivities of Parents' Weekend. (cont'd on page 4) The Canisius delegates represented four different countries at five different summit meetings. Darryl Colosi and Bill Kubik represented Malta at the U.N. Security Council; Dave McDonald and Pravina Jeganathan had the same nation at the African Summit. Denise DiPasquale and Kim Duffin were Japan's foreign ministers at the Asian Summit. Ed Aidala and Lou Retzlaff portrayed the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) at the Warsaw Pact Summit and Jim Bailey and this reporter were delegates of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) at the N.A.T.O. Summit. Club President John Blewett acted as mediary between the club members and the organizers, attempting to gauge their opinion insuring that things were going smoothly. Professor Darald Thomas was acting moderator, in place of Dr. James A. Duran, the head moderator, who was unable to attend. mentioned messages were received in a delayed fashion to emphasize the distances between the summit meetings, which were supposedly held in major cities throughout the world. The topics debated on were flexible and often changed by the approval of the countries at the meetings in response to changing world events. After a series of speeches on the issue by the respective foreign ministers, a course of action would eventually be decided upon (although this was often not the case) through the passing of resolutions or communiques. Upon the exhausting of one issue, another would soon be proposed, so that the summit was exclusively devoted to developing policy. The sessions themselves were conducted in as realistic a manner as possible, with a representative from Georgetown as committee chairman to insure strict adherence to parliamentary procedure. The delegates in the seven individual summit meetings could contact their "home governments" or delegates in other summits for information through written messages sent through "diplomatic channels." Each hour was considered one day in time to add a sense of realism to the news flashes. Replies to the above Serving The College And Community VOLUME LV, NUMBER 5 Faculty Forum: Dr. Galie, page 3 Gridders Win First, page 12 Griffiti, page Women, Picking Up THE GRTFFTN JL X II J VXf. Ill 1 JL1 1 "OVER A HALF CENTURY IN PRINT" Friday, October 19, 1984