The Griffin: volume 59, issue 08 - Nov. 11, 1988

              (cont'd on page 5) Once Residence Life officials finish drafting this procedure, it will be submitted to Sisters' administrators for approval. The administrators at Sisters did agree to supply each floor with another pay phone to accommodate the increased number of residents this year. A request has been submitted to Sisters' officials for an" extra payphone on each floor, Sister Margaret said. Residence Life officials will resolve a third grievance when it draws up a procedure stipulating when and under what circumstances Sisters officials may enter residents' rooms. Another complaint, communicated to Mulville at a meeting he recently conducted with the Seton residents, was the insufficient phone service. Sisters cannot furnish each room at Seton with a phone. The building is not wired for this kind of service, Mulville explained. said, is too much time between shuttle visits. Also, Wiley said that many Seton residents encounter animosity from other shuttle riders when they discover the shuttle must stop at Seton. Wiley added that Mulville will be meeting with residents again in two weeks at which time the shuttle issue may be reviewed. Faculty Share Veteran Memories Today is Veteran's Day, a day set aside to honor all those Americans who have fought for their country. Several faculty members are veterans, and three of them shared their thoughts on beina a veteran and Veteran's Day by Aileen Woodrich "I thought the war was Dr. Joseph Glynn, professor of management/marketing, talked about going over to fight in Vietnam. He explained that he felt it was his patriotic duty, and that he wouldn't shirk it. He was in non-combat aviation from February, 1968 until March, 1969. Major Donald Reny, professor of military science, who flew a helicopter in -Vietnam, gave his thoughts on Veteran's Day. "It's a meaningless day, nobcJy even celebrates it anymore. There used to be parades and celebrations, but now the malls and schools are open like on any other day." more right than wrong at the time, and the morale of most of the soldiers was good," he stated. "I'm proud to have served," he concluded. "If I had to do it all over again, it would be the same, I'd be drafted and take my chances. I have no regrets." Lee Fassl, director of student activities, has no regrets about serving in the military for over 20 years. "I do believe in patriotism," he stated. i'1""" BETH orlowski He also pointed out that there are fewer veterans around, since we haven't had a war for sixteen years. 'That's a positive thing," he said. "We don't want another war." He does feel that military service today is positive. Dr. Glynn agreed, saying that he doesn't really celebrate the day, and that it probably means more to veterans of World War II. Major Reny explained that Veteran's Day came to mean less after Vietnam, probably because of all the protests. Reny also spoke of the fighting saying that (cont'd on page 9) __ __ — ___ TZJZP TJ7J7JAT IvK# rltL Kjixlrrliy Serving The College Community dsHROii! 3WP-" 1 -ait 2; _-- y w- TtSk^' '//^^^8S3f BttSKa. sf JRm VviH»i^B0w>' Qpjti ffy^^F^aSHMBBIki W. HI liiMi usJS  K / *■*< FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11, 1988 VOLUME LIX, NUMBER 8 "We aren't trying to promote drinking as much as we are trying to promote attendance," stated CPB Chairman Mike Sippel '89. "We understand that there are many alternative social places for students to go off campus, and we just want to run successful events," he stated According to Smith, originally the "snow fence" was an experiment in controlling CPB, in conjunction with WCCG, sponsored the Oct. 28 mixer with The Forgotten Rebels where the snow fence separated the underage students from those 2T and over. Photo by nvNm badura This experiment without the snow fence was not tried with the first mixer of the year featuring the "goof-punk" band The Forgotten Rebels because "based on last year's performance, we knew it wouldn't be totally mellow," Sippel stated. . ,, ' 1 //>/int it tin nstora */i "We will try a mixer without a fence. If we find that there is a lot of underage drinking, we will go back to using the snow fence. If students abide by the rules and don't try to take advantage of the situation, then we can continue to have mixers where the students can mingle," Smith stated. "But I know that a lot of students don't appreciate the fence because they can't mingle. I can understand that, but we do need to have some kind of control over underage drinking. We have a responsibility to follow the law," he continued. effective. "We have had much fewer underage students drinking than before [the snow fence]," Smith stated. underage drinking, and has so far been Use Wristbands 'Snow Fence' Removal Set; Next Mixer Will by Valerie Latona At the next mixer sponsored by the Campus Programming Board (CPB), the "snow fence" that physically divides the underage students from those 21 and over will be taken away, in an effort to "experiment" with the current alcohol policy. "We are going to take the fence out and let everyone (those underage and those 21 and over) mingle together," stated Brian Smith, assistant director of Student Activities and advisor to CPB. CPB is still uncertain as to whether they will be holding the Nov. 18 mixer, the Battle of the Bands, but if it is held the snow fence will definitely be taken away, according to Smith. (cont'd on page 9) Canisius administrators met with officials of the Seton Residence Hall at Sisters of Charity Hospital Nursing School on October 25 in order to address concerns voiced by Canisius students residing at Seton. The primary concern, according to Assistant Director of Residence Life Matthew Mulville, was attaining reliable shuttle service. by Molly McCarthy Koerzdorfer said the residents' reaction to this new shuttle schedule has been primarily negative. Because the girls go to campus at all different times, Koerzdorfer believes that every 45 minutes is not enough. Residence Life officials answered the students' call for reliable shuttle service by instituting a shuttle schedule on Monday. Mulville said that the shuttle will now travel to Seton Hall every 45 minutes during the week. On the weekend, however, the residents will still have to call in order to have the shuttle pick them up. 'The atmosphere [at the meeting] was conducive to working this out," said Lillian M. Levey, assistant to the President. levey, Mulville and Director of Residence Life Kathyrn Philliben discussed the student issues with Mrs. Kuerzdorfer, Seton Hall's supervisor of building and maintenance, and Sister Margaret, dean of the School of Nursing. Li I lie Wiley '90, a resident assistant of Seton, agreed that there have been "rocky days here." Forty-five minutes, she Shuttle Service Now On Schedule at Seton This procedure, Mulville stated, will involve a waiver form whereby a resident may give maintenance personnel permission to enter her room.