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CARDINAL COURIER

Tension between St. JohnFisher College’s faculty andadministration has surfaced

in the last several weeks, resultingin a bitter controversy that hasengulfed the entire campus com-munity.

St. John Fisher College’s FacultyAssembly, the governing body ofthe faculty, met Tuesday April 16to consider a vote of no-confidencein Fisher President KatherineKeough. Instead, however, thegroup decided to reconvene Tues-day, April 23 to vote on an alterna-tive proposal that proponents hopewill reopen the lines of communi-cation between the faculty,Keough, and the Board of Trustees.

However, this alternative pro-posal may not be the same one thefaculty considers this week. Newamendments are likely to beadded.

“The motion as written now willnot have much of an impact,” saidPolitical Science professor andProvost Search Committee mem-ber Jim Bowers. “But I will sup-port something short of no-confi-dence that has some teeth in it andimplies a cost if the presidentkeeps up her actions.”

Keough has acknowledged thather administration needs to com-municate more with faculty andstudents and she is committed todeveloping a more collegial work-ing relationship with everyone. “Allof us – faculty, staff, administra-tion, students and Board ofTrustees – have paid a price forthis rift,” she said.

She has not elaborated furtheron her plans to accomplish thesegoals.

The most recent conflict over theappointment of a provost, Fisher’ssecond highest administrator andtop academic officer, is one of a

series of problems that haveoccurred between the faculty andKeough during the last few years.

After the Provost Search Com-mittee spent most of the academicyear sifting through applications,weeding out applicants and inter-viewing candidates, Keoughbypassed the two individuals rec-ommended by the committee andasked the interim provost, DonaldBain, to remain in the position foranother two years.

Keough believes the search com-mittee did not fulfill its originalcharge of providing her with threefinalists to choose from, which shefelt was important.

“I sent a letter to the ProvostSearch Committee asking them to

provide an additional candidatefor consideration,” Keough said inan April 10 letter to faculty andstaff, which announced Bain’sappointment as provost. “Thiswould bring to three the number offinalists for the provost position,consistent with my original chargeto the committee, and a necessarynumber for a position of thisimportance.”

The Provost Search Committeeoriginally invited four finalists tocampus. One candidate withdrewher name from consideration afteraccepting a position from anothercollege. The committee deemed asecond candidate unacceptable.

Members of the search commit-tee believe that the two candidates

they submitted were the only twoin whom they felt confident.

“We met as a committee to con-sider the president’s request,” saidLisa Jadwin, an English professorand chair of the Provost SearchCommittee. “We carefully lookedthrough our field of semi-finalistsand the fifth one, who was the nextone in line, had so little supportfrom some members of the commit-tee that we felt we could not putthat person forward.”

Bowers agreed. “Her rejection oftwo very qualified provost candi-dates, and given her own contemptthat she even had for that process,this whole contempt she hasshown was basically the straw thatbroke the faculty’s back.”

When Keough announced onWednesday April 10 that Bainwould continue to serve as provost,many faculty members were out-raged, claiming that Keough’s deci-sion robbed them of its voice in col-lege governance.

“The faculty, administration, andboard of trustees need to worktogether to make decisions,” Jad-win said. “In this situation theycompletely dismissed the candi-dates that we produced.”

Faculty members cite the Ameri-can Association for University Pro-fessors Policy Documents andReports, which states that admin-istrators should be chosen by thepresident from the names submit-ted by the search committee.

However, this is not in accor-dance with Fisher’s governing by-laws, which gives the college presi-dent the complete authority toname his/her own administrators,with confirmation by the Board ofTrustees.

Compounding matters was thefact that Bain had insisted since hewas named acting provost in June,2001 that he would not be a candi-

Insidethis edition

The Fisher men’slacrosse team beganits inaugural seasonthis spring.Story on page 12

ST. JOHN FISHER COLLEGE VOLUME 1 - ISSUE 1 - APRIL 23, 2002

Photo editor AlexisSpeck explores the dif-ferent realms of nightlife in Rochester.Story on pages 6 & 7

Hi-jinks and antics onthe Off the Wall Page.Story on page 9

President Katherine Keough has come under heavy criticism in recentweeks due to conflict with faculty.

Photo by Jamie Germano, courtesy of the Democrat and Chronicle

Tension divides Fisher

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The controversy over the searchfor a provost is one of many issuesthat have caused a rift between theSt. John Fisher College faculty andPresident Katherine Keough.

While both sides are pledging tofind ways to improve communica-tions, it’s not clear when or howthese sharp differences will beresolved.

Indeed, Lisa Jadwin, chair of theProvost Search Committee, toldfaculty, staff and students in an e-mail that she was not encouragedabout the future after attending ameeting about the search processSaturday, April 13 between theFaculty Council and the Board ofTrustees.

“I would like to be able to tellyou that I think things will be dif-ferent in the future, but this meet-ing and the subsequent e-mailedcommunication to the faculty andstaff, convinced me that change isunlikely,” she wrote.

Keough understands that this isa difficult time for the Fisher com-munity and that the issues havedeep roots.

“I strongly believe that the cur-

rent disagreement is not the resultof this single issues (the provostsearch),” Keough said in a state-ment Tuesday April 16. “Rather itis the cumulative effect of theProvost search, the rapid pace ofchange on campus, and tensionsaround the Catholic identity of theCollege.”

The issues are complex. The useof temporary contracts for faculty,the limiting of tenure positions andthe college’s religious identity –and relationship to the CatholicChurch – are some of the contro-versial issues that are facing thefaculty and administration.

One example of the breakdownin communications occurred dur-ing the 2000-2001 academic yearwhen Fisher, like all American col-leges in the Catholic tradition, wasasked to consider supporting a con-troversial Papal document, calledEx corde Ecclesiae.

If the document was approvedby the Board of Trustees andauthorized by the Catholic Dioceseof Rochester, Fisher would receivea mandatum or license to be offi-cially recognized as a Catholic Col-lege. The document was rejectedby the trustees at Nazareth Col-lege.

If the approval proceeded as the

Rochester Catholic Diocese hoped,Fisher’s by-laws would contain avariety of requirements, includinghaving Catholics make up themajority of the board of trusteesand faculty and the establishmentof a diocesan-approved Catholictheology department.

However, a six-person facultycommittee reviewed the documentduring the last academic year andfound a number of disturbing ele-ments, but none larger than theissue of academic freedom, whichthe committee believes would begreatly hindered if Ex corde wasadopted at Fisher. The committeeturned it down by a vote of 4-2 andthe Faculty Assembly also rejectedit.

Despite that vote, the issue isstill alive. Keough confirmed in arecent interview with the Courierthat a new committee, made up ofrepresentatives of students, facul-ty, staff and trustees, will be estab-lished by the Fisher Board ofTrustees this September to studythe document further.

“That surprised me,” said Judi-ana Lawrence, chair of the facultycommittee that turned down thedocument. “The vote was so over-whelming that I thought it wasdead.”

Apart from Ex Corde, discus-sions are continuing over theextent to which Fisher will orshould retain its link to itsCatholic identity. “It’s morewhether we are going to continuethe Catholic tradition at Fisher ordestroy it completely,” computerscience professor Pasquale Arpaiatold the media.

Catholic identity aside, the Fish-er Faculty United website(www.fisherunited.org), offers acomprehensive account of com-plaints about Keough, rangingfrom program development issuesto “tenure caps” to the offering offull-time temporary contracts.

One position paper, “A Brief His-tory of Full-Time Temporary Con-tracts at SJFC,” detailed incidentsin which Keough offered short-term contracts to candidates fortenure-track faculty positions.

One instance occurred in thesummer of 2000 shortly after theStrategic Review Committeeapproved the hiring of a tenure-track faculty member, according tothe paper.

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INDEXVIEWPOINT.........2

Q & A....................3

NEWS................4-5

NIGHTLIFE......6-7

IN FOCUS......8, 10

OFF THE WALL...9

SPORTS..........11-12

STAFF REPORTS

History of discord on campus

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

JOHN FOLLACO

The Cardinal Courier was created to provide the St. John Fisher College commu-nity with a quality newspaper.

Not only will this publication seek, investigate, and report the news, it will striveto do so with honesty and integrity. We will be the eyes and ears of the student body.

The Courier will provide the campus with a medium in which to read interestingnews articles, thought-provoking editorials, and entertaining features.

Courier staff members hope to inform, educate and humor its readers.In turn staff members will receive the hands-on instruction and training needed

to enter the world of professional journalism.

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April 23, 2002 Cardinal Courier

CARDINAL COURIER

Student reactsThe Pioneer will be missed

The “Pioneer” is dead? OnDecember 14, 1951, Volume I,Number 1 of the “Pioneer” beganpublication. Published by the stu-dents of St. John Fisher College,this independent newspaperappeared every year for 50 years.But now it is gone and a new jour-nal, under the auspices of the Com-munication/Journalism Depart-ment, will attempt to publish thenews of the campus and chroniclethe life of this College community.

In the first issue in 1951, it wassaid that the paper would “pre-serve the history of the college,present the students’ ideas, propa-gate the value of a college educa-tion.” The paper stated it wouldpresent information on all collegeactivities, inform the students,offer guidance to the student gov-ernment, and provide “worthwhileintellectual and entertaining” fea-tures. Indeed, the “Pioneer” didthat for most of its life, but weknow that in recent years the qual-ity suffered and only a few had theinterest to keep it going. Will thenew newspaper have a similarmission? We can hope the editorsand writers will strive to do so.

So, an era has passed and the“Pioneer” couldn’t live beyond 50. Iam sorry to see her go. She was alink to our origins. She was ourmemory. She became a victim ofindifference and sharp complaintsabout recent quality. This fact sayssomething about our campus com-munity. It is odd that in a timewhen everybody seems to have anopinion, there is an unwillingnessto articulate and print it. We haveanother chance.

Many readers know that thiswriter has expressed his opinionabout the lack of student supportfor the “Pioneer” in recent years.As members of a learning andstudying community, we need anewspaper to inform us and togoad us, to praise the good and con-demn the bad. A campus newspa-per needs to report the news and

chronicle the life of the College. Itshould facilitate discussion ofthose things we have sometimesbeen afraid to talk about – such as– does this College have an identi-ty? Or is the Core curriculumworth anything? Or should somemajors deserve to die? Or is thePresident of the College going tochoose the provost from the list ofcarefully scrutinized candidatesthat the Search Committee for-warded to the President. Or is shegoing to scuttle the search processand name her own Provost? Orwhy do some faculty want a union?A campus newspaper worthy of itssalt should not be afraid to tackleuncomfortable issues. A goodnewspaper shines the light onproblems as well as successes. Itdigs into the background of con-tentious issues and also revealswhat goes into decision-making oncampus. In other words, the news-paper tells the story of the College.Let’s see what happens.

Good luck to the editors andwriters. Thanks to them and theC/J Department for trying to dosomething about the problem.

New paper, fresh start“Progress is a nice word. But

change is its motivator. Andchange has its enemies.”

—Robert F. Kennedy

We were told from the beginningthat the process of creating a newstudent newspaper at St. JohnFisher College was not going to bean easy one.

In our initial research stages,each person that we encounteredwarned us that if we embarked onthis challenge we would comeunder a firing squad of criticism,and be met by opposition at everturn.

They were right.But they were also right about

something else: it needed to bedone.

Fisher’s fiscal crisis of the mid-’90s hit the Pioneer extremelyhard, leaving it without a full-timefaculty advisor for a number ofyears. But this wasn’t the onlyproblem. Like student newspapersthroughout the country the Pio-neer was unable to attract enoughstudents who would make the com-mitment necessary to publish at ahigh level of quality.

I have the utmost respect for theprevious editors of the Pioneer;they worked extremely hard anddid an admirable job under the cir-cumstances. Unfortunately, theywere set up to fail. The all-volun-teer model of running a newspaperis outdated; it simply does notwork.

With the ever-increasing cost ofhigher education almost every sin-gle student is forced to work part-time to offset their expenses. Inaddition students are being pre-sented with more and more intern-ship opportunities where they canhone their skills in a professional

environment. Therefore, most stu-dents lack the time to volunteer towork on their school newspapers.

In all of the newspapers welooked at during our research lastsemester, the editors were eitherawarded class credit or a cashstipend, and it became clear that ishow we needed to proceed at Fish-er. Not being ready to supportitself as a business, we asked theCommunicat ion /Journal i smdepartment to build a newspaperinto its print journalism curricu-lum. They agreed.

Next fall, we will no longer be aStudent Government Organiza-tion. Because the editors will oper-ate out of a class, we will have to befunded through an independentline. Therefore, because the Pio-neer is a Student GovernmentOrganization, and after thissemester we no longer will be, weare not named the Pioneer.

Initial plans call for a visitingprofessor from the Gannett Co. willbe brought in next fall to advisethe newspaper. We are excitedabout this new learning opportuni-ty.

Although we are ecstatic withthe results of all our hard work, ithas been extremely difficult toabsorb the criticism of a relativelysmall, but very vocal, group oncampus. Many have wonderedwhy we have not responded, andtrust me it has been very difficultnot to do so. But instead we waited

to respond until the entire processhas been decided, and for ourfuture to be on solid ground. Ourmotto this semester has been to letour actions speak for themselves,waiting for this day to prove our-selves. Hopefully we have done so.Having a strong, successful cam-pus newspaper means a great dealto us.

While to many on campus thestudent newspaper is somethingthey pick up, read, glance through,and in some cases save, to us it ismuch more. It is about learning,not nostalgia.

Our critics claim that our deci-sion has disrespected the past, andignored the fact that the Pioneerwas once an award-winning publi-cation. They claim that 50 yearsago this would never have hap-pened. But what they refuse tocomprehend is that times havechanged.

It can be argued for another 50years as to whether or not thechange has been for the good,doing so would accomplish noth-ing. Instead of arguing, we chose toact. Instead of yearning for thepast, we are leaping into thefuture.

This newspaper will have its fin-ger on the pulse of the St. JohnFisher College community. It willbe a free-flowing exchange of ideascommunicated through sound jour-nalism. It will open the lines ofcommunication and dialogue thatare needed in any institute of high-er education.

Contrary to our critics’ belief, wehave not forgotten what the Pio-neer used to be. And throughtraining, hard work, and dedica-tion, we hope to soon remind every-one else of that success as well.

by Brett Gray

After putting forth a lot oftime and energy into thisprocess for the students I feelthat Dr. Keough has basicallytaken what all of us have done,including the committee itself,and thrown it in the garbage.

The point of this committeewas to bring forth suitable can-didates that they were in favorof, to fill the provost position. Idon’t see why the Board ofTrustees and Dr. Keough didnot find either of the two candi-dates worthy of the position.This is not the first time thatshe has asked people to dosomething and then taken thework they have done and shot itdown.

She and the administrationhave walked all over the facultysince she came here in 1996,and I think this is evident withFisher Faculty United.Specifically with the process,the fact that she failed to meetwith the first candidate, con-tacting him at the last minuteto reschedule, and not evenshowing up for the second inter-view shows a complete lack ofrespect and importance on mypart.

As they say, this institution istuition-driven, and the financialviability may be weakened bythe controversy. Why are wesuch a tuition-driven institu-tion? What does that show forour institution to say that wecan’t survive if we don’t have acertain number of students toattend the college? To me, thatshows that this college isextremely weak and vulnerable,and those qualities only come atthe fault of the president.

Instead of spending all hertime fundraising to allow thisinstitution to run, I think thatshe needs to start focusing onwhat is important. Because thecollege is tuition-driven, that

means the students have animportant part in funding theschool. And if it weren’t for thefaculty, then the studentswouldn’t be here. Since theseare the fundamental compo-nents of the college, why hasn’tmore emphasis been put ontheir welfare?

I think that by allowing thisvote of no confidence, Fisherwill be able to take a step backand look at what is really hap-pening. I don’t think that any-one, at least in the administra-tion, has taken the time to stepback and reflect on what hasbeen going on.

Also, I would just like to saythat I highly take offense to thefact that the Board had theaudacity to say, and I quote,“The faculty, administration,and Board need to hear thevoices of EVERYONE, not justthose few with a passion for asingle issue.”

The Student GovernmentAssociation, the students, andthe faculty have come forwardvoicing opposition in front of theboard this year, and in yearspast, and they continue to gounnoticed for the “good of thecollege.”

If you are going to make astatement like this then youbetter damn well stick to it. Ithink it’s time that you comedown out of the heavens of exec-utive power that you live in andjoin the rest of the Fisher com-munity on campus.

SGA is in the process ofpreparing their Quality of Lifesurvey at this time and it willbe interesting to see how theboard reacts to it. Will theypush it aside as they haveeverything else or in light of therecent events will they actuallytake the time to see what thestudents have to say? Never, forthe sake of peace and quiet,deny your own experience orconvictions.

By DonaldMuenchMath/Computer Scienceprofessor andFisher class of 1955

By JohnFollaco,CardinalCourierEditor-in-Chief

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

MISSION STATEMENT

The following are excerpts frominterviews with Fisher PresidentKatherine Keough conducted byCardinal Courier staff on April 3and April 10, 2002.

Q. How long have you beenat Fisher now?

A. This is the end of my sixthyear.

Q. How would you gradeyourself? A kind of six-yearassessment.

A. I think my biggest challengesare accommodating the numbers ofpeople we have on campus. Theprimary job of the president isfundraising and we have been verysuccessful in fundraising at thisinstitution. We have just finisheda $20 million capitol campaign. Sixyears ago we had a $1.5 milliondeficit budget and approximately1300 students. Today we have abalanced budget with small sur-pluses. We have 2,000 students.We have raised the quality of ourstudents, the SAT scores and theGrade Point Averages. We provideprobably triple the scholarshipmoney for students than we did sixyears ago. We have made a hugeinvestment in our physical plant.We have constructed $48 millionworth of new construction in thepast six years. The numbers of ourfaculty have increased from 96 to120. We have maintained a stu-dent to faculty ratio in the 12-13range.

Q: Now, is there anythingthat you necessarily didn’t getaccomplished in the past sixyears that you would haveliked to, and you’re looking topursue in the future? What’s onthe top of your list?

A. We would like to positionFisher as a school that falls withinthe top 25 in our region as catego-rized in the US News and World

Report. That is a very quantifiedand viable goal that I have for usas an academic institution.

Q. What has surprised youabout being at Fisher?

A. What has surprised me aboutbeing at Fisher is that it is so muchfun. This is a great school and it’sexciting and challenging. I wouldnot want to be president at a schoolwhere there wasn’t some level ofexcitement. I find that part of all ofthis very exciting. I seem to bevery good at fundraising and itappears to be what I do very well.

Q. How do you see Fisher interms of its Catholic identity?How, if at all do you want todevelop its Catholic identity?

A. Fisher is an institution thatwas founded by the BasilianFathers as a Catholic college in thelate ‘40s. The first class graduatedin the mid ‘50s and between thattime and the middle ‘70s Fisherwas clearly an independentCatholic institution and registereditself as a Catholic institution freeof state intervention. With theadvent of state funding aid thetrustees gave up their status as anindependent religious institutionso that they may receive fundingaid, which as you know we stillreceive today. The Catholic natureand identity of this institution is inits mission station and is found inthe halls in terms of motto, in theFisher Creed, and it is found inmost of all the curriculum. Ourcurriculum is one of critical con-sciousness and we teach intention-ally an awareness of who we are,how we fit into the world, and ourplace as citizens. The CatholicStudies program is certainly some-thing that I would hope the facultyand curriculum structure commit-tee would look at as a possibilityfor us to embrace.

Q. There’s a lot of talk aboutFisher becoming a university.Is that a possibility?

A. Certainly there has beentalk about Fisher becoming a uni-versity. Let me remind you thatFairfield is a university in Fair-field, Ct. with fewer than 5,000students. There are lots of univer-sities that have small enrollmentand are friendly, close-knit envi-ronments. The term university isusually used to designate an insti-tution that is a doctoral grantinginstitution. We have begun withthe trustee meetings in particularand among members of the admin-istration to talk about the possibil-ity of launching a doctoral pro-gram. And certainly, in accordancewith the launching of the doctoralprogram, would come the possibili-ty of moving to a university. I thinkit is important to have bold, auda-cious goals, and these should be inacademic areas just as they havebeen in the past in our physicalplant. Six years ago, if I said thatwe would have a stadium, that wewould have a Golisano AcademicGateway, that we would have anew dormitory, people would haveconsidered this as just a step far-ther than what is possible. And Iwant us to think that way academ-ically also. I want us to think aca-

demically just as boldly as we didin terms of our physical plant.

Q. What about high enroll-ment? How big should Fisherget? What is its ideal size andwhat does the college have todo to support that?

A. Enrollment now stands atapproximately 1950 full timeundergraduate students. Wewould expect this to be an aver-age size for a small to middleinstitution. We certainly wouldnot be able to grow beyond 2,200without major renovations andadditional buildings. But, givenclassroom studies and academicfacility studies our comfort zoneis still in between 1,900 and2,100. We are preparing to putan addition of classrooms ontoone of our buildings but it isclearly only in the planningstages right now.

Q. And related to that, whatabout concerns with housing?Will there be enough for all thestudents? Will the Woodlandsbe a permanent part of theFisher housing scene?

A. We have housing for approxi-mately 1,152 students even in com-bination of Woodlands and our cur-rent student housing. We do notanticipate building any additionalhousing at this point. It appearsthat we will continue to have touse the Woodlands at some capaci-ty. It may not be at the level thatwe are currently using the Wood-lands but we will need to use themfor a while.

Q. What about the proposalto unionize Fisher faculty? Doyou ever see there being aunion at Fisher?

A. There is no proposal to union-ize Fisher faculty. First of all, Ithink that this movement is asmall percentage of the faculty,and secondly, on every other col-lege campus where there has beena movement to unionize in the lasttwo years, the appeals court has

struck down the union on thegrounds that they cannot unionizebecause they are managers andsupervisors. There are some facul-ty members who believe that aunion on the Fisher campus wouldbe good. The courts have upheldthe decision and you will find thatin the cases of Yeshiva, RussellSage and two cases now in theMidwest all of those appeals havebeen won by the administration inturning down union activity.

Q. How would you assess theprogress of the Bills campgoing into the third year? Whathas it done for Fisher?

A. The Bills Training camp haspositioned us as a school where thecommunity can rally to participatein a professional league activity. Itcertainly has been a revenue gen-erator. The Buffalo Bills have cer-tainly brought us name recognitionas well as scholarship dollars.

Q. What about the loss ofBills camp sponsorship fromWegmans?

A. I would describe it as a spon-sorship. Wegmans did not have anarrangement with Fisher. Thiswas an arrangement with theBills, and sponsoring the trainingcamp was one part of a larger con-tract with the Buffalo Bills. Theoriginal contract between the Buf-falo Bills was dissolved so as aresult of that contract being dis-solved they no longer sponsoredthe training camp. It no longerhad to do with Fisher or the train-ing camp, it had to do with a largermarketing contract with the Buffa-lo Bills. I am confident that theBills will be able to secure anothersponsor and as you know we havea right to refuse acceptance of thatsponsor. It would be a sponsor thatwould be appropriate to the Billsand to us. A perfect example-- wewould not accept a sponsor by atobacco company or an alcoholcompany.

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Despite rapidly growing rumorsspreading throughout the campusthat Fisher has plans to steadilyincrease its enrollment over thenext few years, which will create amajor housing crunch, the Office ofAdmissions says Fisher’s enroll-ment is leveling off.

Fisher will probably grow from1,925 students to about 2,200undergraduate students withinthe next couple of years by keepingfreshman enrollment at a constantnumber but admitting more trans-fer students who are more likely tobe commuters.

“We are trying to figure out ouroptimum size, said Gerry Rooney,vice president for Enrollment Man-agement.

While the number of freshmanapplicants has increased to about2,000, Fisher still projects that itwill enroll only about 525 studentsagain next fall from a pool of 1,400accepted. “The number of fresh-man students we’ve enrolled hasincreased, but not the numberwe’ve admitted,” Rooney said.

However, as the number of fresh-man applications has increased, sohave the number of students whowant to live on campus, whetherthey are local or live further away,he said.

More than 75 percent of currentresidents wanted to come back fornext year, and with more than 500freshmen currently living in cam-pus residence halls, and the esti-mation that a similar number willbe housed in the fall, many stu-dents have wondered how Residen-tial Life plans to accommodateeveryone on campus.

“We are not in a housing crisis,”said Terri Panepento, director ofResidential Life. “We just havesome variables and we are tryingto do the best we can for the mostpeople.”

Every year, Residential Lifelooks at the number of studentsfrom each class who chose to stayon campus for the current year,and then estimates that a slightlylarger number will elect to live oncampus for the next year, Panepen-to said.

“This year the number was 24percent over our projection, whichwas big in a way,” she said.

However, Panepento and herstaff have dealt with the situationby once again offering the Wood-lands as an off-campus housingoption, and after originally elimi-nating the shuttle option, will onceagain provide a shuttle to and fromcampus.

“Very few people took the shuttleevery day. We thought that once itstarted snowing, students wouldn’twant to brush off their cars, butthey kept driving. It didn’t seem

worth the $100,000 investment,”Panepento said.

However, students expressedconcerns about the Woodlands’accessibility without the shuttleoption, so the college has agreed tokeep it as long as student interestremains.

Next year’s housing selection isincluding a new residence hall forthe first time since the early 90s.

On April 15, selection day forsuites, quads and singles, upper-classmen vied for spots in thebrand new Founders Hall. This $10million construction project will beready for occupancy next semester.

Special Assistant to the Presi-dent Joe Burkart said that the col-lege wanted to build another resi-dence hall only for upperclassmenso that these students wouldremain on campus for their lastyears at Fisher. “We want to keepthe Fisher community and create arapport between upper and under-classmen.”

The new hall clearly sparked theinterest of Fisher upperclassmen,and practically everyone hoped fora housing number low enough tobe part of the first Founders Hallcommunity next year.

Founders Hall, which will housea total of 192 students next year,contains 36, four-person, suite-style rooms with two bedrooms andone bathroom connected by a com-mon living area. The building willalso have 48 single rooms with two

Fisher students dealt full houseSTAFF WRITER

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singles sharing one bathroom.Other features of the new hall

include a first-floor computer labwith six computers and 24-hourslide-card access for hall residents.Each room will also be fully fur-nished and equipped with air con-ditioning and internet access,according to Burkart.

While undergraduate enroll-ment levels off, graduate enroll-ment is increasing, with about 600enrolled graduate students thissemester, and the number of grad-uate programs growing from two to12, Rooney said.

Furthermore, the increased

interest in Fisher and the growingnumber of freshman applicationshas become an opportunity for theOffice of Admissions to raiseadmissions standards.

“This year’s freshman class isthe strongest academically of thosewe have enrolled in the last fewyears,” Rooney said.

Despite the recent growth instudents, the college has alsomaintained its student-teacherratio of 16:1 by increasing thenumber of full-time faculty to 128,Rooney said.

Do you have confidence in thePresident’s ability to lead?

Why or why not?

“How can we be led bysomeone we don’t know andwho doesn’t know us? She’snot a visible leader on cam-pus.”~Kara Smith, junior

“I think because of thisissue, people won’t be asconfident in her, but herleadership ability remainsstrong.”~ Tevea Beaty, freshman

“She seems to worry moreabout where the money’scoming from than if the stu-dents are happy. If I was onthe board, I would vote noconfidence.”~ Ray Jonak, junior

“I think she’s a good presi-dent, but she’s got to workon her people skills.”~ Africah Harrigan, junior

“I feel she’s done a good jobwith external affairs butinternally dealing with facul-ty it seems like somethingneeds to be done.”~ John Heberger, junior

“I think that she has no con-tact with the students so Idon’t think she can makedecisions in their best inter-est since she has no ideawhat our needs are.”~Vanessa Cardinale, junior

date for the permanent position.But Bain believes that he was in

a difficult situation, and he feltobligated to remain loyal to Fisherand the provost position.

“I was not, and throughout theyear continued not to be a candi-date for this position. I’m doingthis because there is nobody elsethat the president has asked to doso. In a sense, I am a defaultprovost,” Bain said.

“I feel that I have a responsibili-ty to stay at my post. And until wehave another provost who isacceptable to the faculty, to thepresident and the Board ofTrustees I will not turn my back onthis job. I feel I have a responsibil-ity to the students, to the collegeand to the alumni in our communi-ty.”

However many have questionedwhether a no-confidence vote isgoing too far, too quickly.

After all, in her six years aspresident, Keough has managed toerase a $1.5 million budget deficit,launch a massive improvement toFisher’s physical plant, land theBuffalo Bills training camp, andincrease enrollment by approxi-mately 700 students while raisingadmission selectivity.

Keough’s many successes maypartly be why the faculty assemblyvoted 63 to 54 to replace the no-confidence vote with this newmotion.

Despite her external success aspresident, the faculty believes thatKeough has been unable to buildone crucial element with them:trust.

“This is not about her externalleadership,” said Bowers, who isalso the president of Fisher Facul-ty United. “This is about trying toget across to the president and theBoard of Trustees that this is nother own personal little fiefdom.This is an institution that has along history of shared governanceand faculty rights.”

The Faculty Assembly recon-venes Tuesday, April 23 to take fur-ther action.

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Uncertainty and confusionThe provost search and the

threat of a no confidence vote inCampus President KatherineKeough has left a sour taste in themouths of anyone who has utteredthe words: “St .John Fisher Col-lege.”

There is a war underway oncampus and as the Rev. JosephLanzalaco put it, “Will there be anywinners?”

The mood around campus hasbeen an unstable one as the facul-ty, the board of trustees, andKeough reach their respective boil-ing points.

The combination of a defensivepresident, a divided faculty, and aconfused and jilted student bodymakes for an uncomfortable air inthe halls of Basil.

“Are the faculty going to strike?”asked a confused student in aCommunication class last week.

The closed-door meetings andthe “hush-hush” attitudes of manyfaculty members have caused aswirl of questions and rumorsamong students. Many classes, infact, have dedicated significanttime to discussing the issues.

There’s no way to escape hearingabout this controversy every dayas campus e-mail has been a hub ofactivity with pleas, rebuttals, and

snide remarks being sent and for-warded constantly since this newsbroke. Even the Faculty Assemblymeeting last week didn’t clear any-thing up.

Basil Hall was a ghost town dur-ing the Faculty Assembly meeting.Unlike most free periods, therewere no faculty members millingaround the halls or students loiter-ing in the lobby.

When the meeting recessed forthe day, there was a mass exodus oftight-lipped faculty streamingfrom B-135. The uncomfortablefeeling of division loomed onceagain. The new question being:How long will it last?

STAFF WRITER

JAY ADAMS

“When a candidate for thetenure-track position came to cam-pus for interviews, the administra-tion offered the candidate a 20 per-cent increase on the contractedsalary if the candidate wouldaccept a five-year temporary posi-tion instead,” the position paperstated.

“The administration extendedthis offer without prior consulta-tion with the SRC or the depart-ment chair and thus clearly violat-ed the understanding that hadbeen reached with the SRC ad thefaculty as a whole.”

According to the document, thepresident indicated to a subgroupof the SRC “that the administra-tion would refrain from makingsuch offers again but wouldinstead bring the general issue ofnon-tenure track appointments tothe SRC in the Fall of 2001.”

“Despite the president’s assur-ance, just two weeks later, theadministration again offered a full-time temporary contract combinedwith a salary increase to anothercandidate for a tenure-track posi-tion in a different department,” thedocument stated.

After objections were raised, thecandidate was eventually offered atenure-track position.

Later on, the administrationproposed a revision to the FacultyStatutes that would have giventhe president statutory authorityto make non-tenure track appoint-ments as long as the number ofnon-tenure track contracts did notexceed 20 percent of full-time fac-ulty contracts. A revised proposalwas later submitted and approvedby the Faculty Assembly. In a sim-ilar case last year involving theEnglish Department, the adminis-tration had no contact with thedepartment or the provost beforeextending an offer of a short-termcontract. “The issue here is theabsence of consultation,” saysWilliam Waddell, chairman of theEnglish Department.

Keough was not available forfurther comment.

Alexis SpeckFounders Hall was constructed to met increased housing needs.

Fisher Faculty United, a groupattempting to unionize faculty, hasreceived increased support recent-ly in the aftermath of the contro-versy ignited by the college’sProvost Search.

“Her (Katherine Keough) actionshave resulted in Fisher FacultyUnited growing even stronger thanit already is,” said Jim Bowers, thegroup’s president.

However Fisher PresidentKatherine Keough says the groupwill never be recognized by theadministration.

“There are two reasons,” Keoughsaid. “I think that this movementis a small percentage of faculty,and secondly, on every other col-lege campus where there has beena union movement to unionizewithin the last two years theappeals court has struck down theunion.”

Keough cited a Supreme CourtCase, National Labor RelationsBoard v. Yeshiva University, which

ruled that Yeshiva professors hadenough influence over universitygovernance to be considered mana-gerial employees and were not eli-gible to bargain under the NationLabor Relations Act.

Bowers disagrees, pointing tothe recent Provost search as evi-dence that the Fisher Faculty arenot managers or supervisors.

“We can battle her to death onthat one too. Yeshiva would we alegal burden to overcome, howeverwe have done our homework tomake sure that we could overcomeit,” Bowers said. “This Presidentover the last six years has done somany things without facultyinvolvement that it would not behard to prove that we do not havesignificant managerial involve-ment.”

The group is in the initial stagesof the organizing process, collectingunion cards from faculty.

Representatives declined toelaborate on the progress that hasbeen made in this area, or whatsteps are on the horizon.

NEWS April 23, 2002Cardinal Courier

New computers hitcampus in September

When students return to cam-pus this fall, they will be greetedby many new faces. No, not thefaces of other students, but thefaces of brand new Compaq com-puters in the labs and classrooms.

“We are always purchasing thefastest, most reasonable computersavailable at that time,” says JimLuke, chief information officer ofComputer Services. For an idea ofwhat the new computers will belike, check out the ones in thePioch lab.

The older computers will then berefurbished and renewed, and thenpassed on to others that need themon campus. “Each year we do takea number of computers out of serv-ice that are no longer able to han-dle the operating system andapplications that are running oncampus. Most of these computershave been donated to inner cityschools for the underprivileged,”said Luke.

During winter break, many

changes were made to currentcampus computers. These changeswere made in the students’ inter-est, to protect the users on campus.All computers in the labs and theCyber Cafe now require a username and password.

The login function is a new addi-tion to the Cyber Café computers.This took effect back in March, toincrease security against un-authorized users, or those userswho have harmful intentions.There is a log-on agreement thatmust be accepted before logging on.The computers also have a newsecurity package that preventsusers from installing new pro-grams. That means an end tothings like the Snood craze, whichtook the campus by storm last year.

Many students were not con-cerned about the lack of a log-on.“The Cyber Café is just for peopleto goof around on. It’s not for work,so security’s not an issue,” saidBouaketh Chanthavisouk, the sen-ior lab assistant in the KearneyLab. Chanthavisouk feels comfort-able that the computers are safewithout a logon being required.

The exception on campus is thecomputers in the library. Thiscould present a security issue oncampus.

In the library the log-on processwill not be added. Those computersare for public access, and thereforeneed to be available for use bythose not attending Fisher. “Theydo require a log-in when you bootthem up, but we log them in,” saidLori Wagoner, the media andinstruction librarian.

The library also does not have toenforce the login policy becausethere is less chance for problemswhen computers are being used.“Since there is always library staffthere it is monitored,” said PaulGoverts, PC support for ComputerServices, “otherwise we’d changethat.”

Many students do not thinkabout the fact that their actions oncampus can be traced. The serveron campus keeps track of where auser is logged on, and the timesthey are logged on for in each loca-tion. Fisher e-mail is traceable, butan off-campus account is harder totrack, he said.

STAFF WRITER

ANGELA MERADJI

The Mr. Fisher Contest fea-tured five of Fisher’s most talent-ed men as they strutted their stuffin women’s and men’s clothing.

The winner of the April 13 con-test, sophomore Matt Conners,impressed judges enough to walkaway with a crown and a $100gift certificate.

“This event without a doubtwas a success, perhaps the mostsuccessful event that RSA hasput on all year,” said KevinMiller, RSA president.

Miller filled in as a last-minutecontestant after several othersdropped out. He was originallyslated to act as emcee, along withKate Haywood, a freshman, butsenior Josh Harris took over thatrole.

Judges included Jean Barneyand Michael Puglisi from theOffice of Res. Life; Jeff Brown,

Office of Admissions; PattiGaudy, Reservations Office; andSally Vaughan, Campus MinistryOffice.

The show opened with a dancenumber in which the guys, inwhite t-shirts and jeans, showedoff some bump n’ grind moves tothe “Build Me Up Buttercup.”

One highlight of the eveningcame when Conners appeared onstage in a strappy, stuffedturquoise number which showedoff both his muscles and hiscleavage. He received rousingapplause, as did his fellow con-testant, Derek “Diesel” DeSol,who wore a tight, short, sequineddress and flexed his pecs for theaudience, which included mostlywomen.

When asked to describe hishero during the Q&A portion ofthe contest, Conners named‘Spiderman’ because “a lot of girlswant him, which is a lot morethan I can say for myself.”

The talent portion gave themen an opportunity to showcasetheir entertainment skills.Randy Ashby, freshman, beganUsher’s “Nice and Slow” by say-ing, “This one’s for the ladies.”

Sophomore Sean Smith sangAdam Sandler’s “Opera Man” odeto Osama bin Laden from theNYC telethon. He changed thelast line to “St. John Fisher, you’llalways be the one.”

Clad in an open, button downshirt and bright red Union Jackbriefs, DeSol offered the mostcomical segment, if audienceapplause is any indication. A hattilted to the side, a cane, whitesocks and brown shoes completedhis outfit. The women in theaudience sighed “awww” when hesaid he would sing a song he“learned in the beginning of theyear about being in love.”

During the formal wear por-tion, each guy, dressed nicely inmen’s clothes, received a rose and

walked the stage with a femaleescort while Haywood and Harrisdescribed their hobbies.

Conners said his included“birdwatching, being rejected bygirls, and attending Def Leppardconcerts.”

Smith’s hobbies are weightlift-ing and eating, while DeSol likes“eating garbage plates,” and hewanted the girls in the audienceto know that he “enjoys music,comedy, and long walks on thebeach at night.”

The event was put together bya committee of RSA members.The committee researched othercolleges who had held similarevents, and added their ownideas, Miller said.

Miller urged those who areinterested to participate. “Guysshould definitely do it next yearbecause it was so much fun. Itdoesn’t matter what you looklike, because it’s all about havingfun and cutting loose,” he said.

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

COLLEEN FARRELL

Sophomore Matt Conners wasthe winner of Fisher’s first everMr. Fisher pageant

Kara Race

Fisher’s “Most Feminine” men compete

Acting Provost DonaldBain has agreed toremain provost of the col-

lege for the next two years.“I will not turn my back on this

job. I have a responsibility to stayat my post,” Bain said.

He plans to provide support foracademic affairs, and to work asan arbiter between the facultyand the managerial dimensionsof what he calls a “multimillion-dollar enterprise.”

He plans to work with the var-ious departments to assess theirstrengths and weaknesses, andthen provide the tools necessary

to fulfill the academic mission ofthe college.

Bain was asked to take theposition by the Board of Trusteesafter college president KatherineKeough rejected the candidatesprovided by the faculty searchcommittee.

Bain emphasizes that he wasnot, nor did he want to be, a can-didate for the position at anypoint.

“Nothing changed. I’m doingthis because there is no one elsethat has been asked to do this bythe President. I had no plans tocontinue this,” he said.

He held the position of actingprovost this year at the requestof Keough, and has been at

Fisher for 27 years.Most recently he was chair of

the History Department, whichhe took on in 1979. He has alsoserved one term as Dean ofFaculty.

Bain truly misses workingwith students. “I miss being inthe classroom desperately,” hesaid. Bain has received theCollege Award for teachingExcellence twice.

He looks forward to the timewhen a candidate can be foundthat is acceptable to all parties.

“If, by the grace of God, aprovost could be produced, comeSeptember I could return to mystudents. This is not the way Iwanted things to turn out. I washopeful, indeed eager, that anacceptable candidate would befound.”

Bain, who received his Ph.D.from the state University of NewYork in Buffalo in 1974, worked

in the Defense Department dur-ing the George H. Bush adminis-tration. There he worked underformer Defense Secretary andcurrent Vice President DickCheney.

In addition to his responsibili-ties as provost, Bain currentlyserves as a Town Justice inWilliamson.

Bain has faith in the campus,including its faculty, and is confi-dent that together the campuswill be able to find ways toaddress the issues.

“I have great faith in this facul-ty. The vast majority are dedicat-ed professionals. It is the bestinterest of the students thateveryone has at heart.”

“I will not turnmy back on thisjob. I have aresponsibilityto stay at mypost.”

STAFF WRITER

ANGELA MERADJI

Bain hopes to help heal

FFU determinedto build supportfor union effort

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

JOHN FOLLACO

Cardinal Courier April 23, 2002

Spot Coffee200 East Ave.

Did you know that there is championship coffee right here in Rochester?Spot Coffee won the US Barista Championship and has won variousawards for best coffee.

The baristas, who are trained by Spot Coffee, custom make your drink ofchoice every time you visit. You can order a small house cup of coffee for 99cents or a mocha mucho grande for $4.75. If coffee is not what you wantSpot Coffee offers a variety of drinks such as, hot chocolate, italian soda,slushes, Rishi teas, iced tea and chai tea.

The coffee shop also serves eggs, soups, salads and sandwiches. Spotmakes everything from scratch and does not allow artificial elements in itsfood. You can eat there, order and pick up or have them cater a party.

The decorative fabrics and pictures complement the architecture creatinga relaxing yet funky atmosphere, where you can read a book or hang outwith friends.

Spot Coffee is open Sunday through Thursday from 7 a.m.-12 a.m. andFriday and Saturday from 7 a.m.-1 a.m.

Jillians61 Commercial St.

Do you like to bowl, play video games or dance? Jillians, a 45,000 squarefoot building located in High Falls, has something to entertain everyone.

Hi Life Lanes is the bowling alley located on the second floor of Jillians.There are 15 lanes with a retro lounge and bar. Every Tuesday and Wednes-day at 7 p.m. the Bowling Wars are taking place. The team entry fee is $125and includes three games for five weeks, shoes and an appetizer buffet. Thegrand prize winner receives a cash prize of $1,000.

Also, located on the second floor is the video arcade with a bar located inthe center. Before 9 p.m. any age is welcome, but after 9 p.m. a 21 and overcrowd is invited. With over 100 electronic games, you can hang out all day.They have the latest simulation games and all the classics. To play, you haveto purchase a Players Card for $1 that is good for a year. You can keepadding money for more points.

Jillians also has a restaurant, dance club, outside deck and billiardsroom. The hours are Sunday 11 a.m. -Midnight, Monday-Wednesday 11a.m.-1 a.m. and Thursday to Saturday 11 a.m.-2 a.m.

Movies 102611 West Henrietta Road

Brickyard Pub240 South Ave.

Night life in RochesterHere are some places around the city where youcan relax and have a good time. Take a look . . .

Tucked away in downtown Rochester is Brickyard Pub with the largestoutdoor patio in the city. With live music, tables and a bar outside all sum-mer this is a favorite hangout for college students.

Brickyard Pub, is named after its appealing brick outdoor patio. The brickdeck is lined with blue lights and scattered around are circle umbrellatables, were you can sit and hang out under the stars. Later in the night, themusic starts playing, either a live band or disc jockey depending on the night.There is an outside bar so that you do not have to go inside for a drink.

Thursday night is college night and works well with a college kid’s budg-et. The specials are Budweiser, Bud Light and Busch drafts for $1 and RedBull and vodka’s for $3. Every week there is a drawing for either a moun-tain bike, a 13-inch TV or a DVD player. Every time you order a drink thebartender will give you a ticket, so the more you buy, the better the chanceyou will win.

On Wednesdays, ladies drafts and well drinks are 50 cents. DJ Semlo andDJ Pepper keep the people dancing and hold contests such as anchor man,

limbo and scavenger hunts for various prizes.Monday and Tuesday nights are guest bartending nights. Don’t worry

about knowing how to bartend, they will help you out. If you are interestedin guest bartending, just go to the Brickyard Pub and ask the bartender tosign you up. The Monday night bartenders battle the Tuesday night bar-tenders each week for higher sales. Every week the winner receives a $25 giftcertificate.

The Brickyard Pub also offers customers specials on the weekend. On Fri-day, everyone can get a two for one deal on draft beers and well drinks.Rolling Rock and Red Bull and vodkas are on special for $3 on Saturday.

If you like hanging out outside and drinking with friends, the BrickyardPub offers this atmosphere all summer long.

The hours of operation are Monday through Saturday 4 p.m. to 2 a.m.A 21 and over crowd is welcome.

Compiled by Alexis Speck

Do you only have a dollar and some change left in your wallet? Go seea movie. At Movies 10 in Henrietta you can see movies for 50 cents to $2.The movies are not new releases, but are not classics either. Currently,Movies 10 is showing films such as Crossroads, Vanilla Sky, HarryPotter and the Sorcerers Stone, Oceans 11 and Big Fat Liar.

If you are free before 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, movies are 50cents and after 6 p.m. they are $1.50. On weekend nights movies are $2.The best deal is Tuesday nights, when you can see a movie for $1.

IN FOCUSApril 23, 2002

Cardinal Courier

MANAGING EDITOR

KARA RACE

During this school year, therewas a new face among Fisher’s his-tory professors. Carolyn Vacca isnot just a new professor, however.She is also the historian of MonroeCounty.

As MonroeCounty Historian,she works withthe county gov-ernment, areaschools, and thepublic library sys-tem to developinitiatives forkeeping an accu-rate, up-to datehistory of the county, she said.

Vacca, who has a doctorate inhistory from the University ofRochester, has always had atremendous interest in history.

“When I was growing up, I wasfortunate enough to have a lot ofolder relatives and the stories thatthey would tell always intriguedme,” Vacca said. “That was my firstreal connection with history.”

She is now passing that interestand love of history on to studentshere at Fisher through coursesthat she had the ability to designon her own. These include “Historyof Rochester” and “Women inAmerican History” which are bothunique to her individual areas ofexpertise.

“The ‘History in Rochester’course was calling upon my knowl-edge as County Historian and the‘Women in America’ course is whatI did my dissertation work on,”Vacca said.

The best part of teaching for her,however, is getting to know thestudents. At the beginning of thespring semester, she said, at least adozen of her students stopped in tovisit or ask questions.

“It was really nice to know wewere connecting,” Vacca said.“That’s the best part of teaching.”

Vacca says that she tries to pro-mote a classroom setting thatallows students to get involved,usually through group work.

“I like to promote discussion inclass,” she said. “I really believe incooperative or collaborative learn-ing.”

Outside of Fisher, Vacca is work-ing on a project relating to theSept. 11 tragedies and how theyaffected the Rochester area. Theproject, she said, will be an archiveof materials from newspaper andtelevision as well as personal arti-cles from members of MonroeCounty.

“There are so many great thingsthat have been done by peoplethroughout this county,” she said.“We are getting a lot of interestingthings.”

The display will include pic-tures, various forms of writing,quilts and many other mementosconcerning the day of the attacks.

Vacca hopes that the project willbe done soon but said that it is anongoing process because a lot ofpeople are still dealing with thetragedy.

Somewhere in her busy scheduleshe has found time for a family.

“I have a really wonderful hus-band and three great kids,” shesaid.

“I don’t know if I would call[them] my greatest achievement ormy greatest blessing,” Vacca said.

As for the future, Vacca plans toremain in the area, possibly evenat Fisher.

“In 10 years, I still plan to be thecounty historian and I want to stillbe teaching,” she said. “If it is it atFisher, that’d be nice.”

Professoradds sense oflocal history

Civil War tripGordon Shay led a group of 50 to Manassas,Harrisburg and Washington, D.C., in March.

Shay’s troops march to Washington

Lanzalaco: Notyour average Joe

“We can’t live in fear becausethat would be giving into the ter-rorists. But by taking the kids towhere history is made and com-memorated, it also gives them achance to reach out to each other.They are interdependent on eachother, really,” said “Colonel” GordonShay after returning from his mostrecent student trip this March.

Just over six months afterhijacked American Airlines flight 77crashed into the west side of thePentagon, Shay led a group of 50people, including his Civil War stu-dents, personal friends, and Fisherstaff members down to Washington.

At least twice a year since hebegan teaching at Fisher in 1991,Shay has taken his Civil War stu-dents on a trip to a historical mon-ument or battlefield such as Get-tysburg or Antietam.

This semester’s trip, from March15 to 17, also included stops atManassas, Va., the site of the battleof Bull Run, and the New Civil WarMuseum in Harrisburg, Pa. wherethe group stopped on the way backto Rochester.

Junior Rachel Borchard, whohas gone to Gettysburg three timesand Antietam twice on Shay’s tripssaid this trip was incomparable tothe others. “This was very differ-ent because it was something wedid ourselves. There was not a lotof lecturing, and we could walkaround the monuments at our ownpace,” she recalled.

This experience was Senior Ali-cia Granville’s first visit to ournation’s capital.

“It was a powerful introductionto the city because it’s one thing tolearn all the information in class,but it’s another thing to go thereand actually see our national histo-ry,” she said.

In Washington, Shay took the

group to see the Lincoln and FDRMemorials along with the VietnamMemorial.

“Most of the kids have neverbeen to the Vietnam Memorialbefore, and they were all laughingand joking, but when they start toread the names, they got quiet,” hesaid.

“I cried at the Vietnam Memori-al because so many people wereable to give their lives for some-thing none of us could truly under-stand. Seeing all the letters andthe gifts people left really got tome,” Granville recalled.

While the group did not attemptto tour or visit the Pentagon, themassive structure, located inArlington, Va., could be seen fromthe bus as they toured Washing-ton.

“I kept thinking the other shoecould drop at anytime, and won-dered what I would do if the terror-ists struck again, but I felt thatwhat we were doing, what we wereteaching the kids in Washingtonwas important,” Shay said.

Shay, who was actually a staffsergeant in the Army was affec-tionately given the title “Colonel”by his students at Penfield highschool, where he taught AmericanHistory before teaching Civil Warand advising freshmen at Fisher.

It was at Penfield where he readMichael Shaara’s Killer Angels, anovel that dramatically recreatesthe infamous battle at Gettysburg.Shay was so moved that he took afew personal days from school towalk the fields of Gettsyburg.“After we walked through thefields, I turned to my brother andsaid, ‘I know what we gotta do now,Bros.’”

His idea was to have each of hisstudents read Killer Angels andthen bring them to the battlefieldto help them understand its signif-icance.

However, in light of the events of

the past six months, Shay felt itwas important for his students tosee and appreciate Washingtonwhile also taking them to the bat-tlefield at Manassas.

“This fits into the curriculumbecause it’s a major historicalevent, and they need to know allthere is to know. Bull Run was the

first big battle of the east, and itwas significant for the use of rail-roads to move troops,” Shay said.

“I plan to keep on taking thesetrips in years to come, and the stu-dents will come back with a senseof history they never had before.That’s my hope,” he said.

STAFF WRITER

MICHELLE GIRARDI

Most people wouldn’t expect apriest to be a big Cher fan. Mostpeople also wouldn’t expect a manof the cloth to break into song dur-ing a sermon, especially when thatsong is “Express Yourself” by thecontroversial Madonna. However,if you meet the new director ofCampus Ministry, the Rev. JosephLanzalaco, expect the unexpected.

Lanzalaco, a Rochester nativeand a 1983 graduate of St. JohnFisher, became the new director ofCampus Ministry in June ’01 andhas been turning heads ever since.

“You’d never think that he is apriest just by looking at him,” saidSophomore Wally Scutt. “Healways gave us a prayer before thefootball games, but it was so hardto get past the fact that he has aponytail. He is really a character.”

Seeing Lanzalaco roaming thecampus with a cigarette hangingout of his mouth, wearing motorcy-cle gloves and his trademark pony-tail, you’d think he was just anaverage Joe.

And he is. But this average Joejust happens to be “Father Joe.”And he loves every minute of it.

Father Joe’s ‘character’ has beenshaped by his experiences through-out his life. After graduating fromBishop Kearney High School, he

went straight to Vietnam to fight.“After Vietnam, I left the army

for about six years and got myCriminal Justice degree fromMCC. Then I went back [into thearmy] and that was going to be mycareer,” said Father Joe.

However, during his secondhitch in the army as a militarypoliceman, his career plans beganto change.

“I started to practice my religionagain and I felt a very strong callto the priesthood,” said Father Joe.“It was a very strong feeling withinmy heart and soul that made mehave to make some tough deci-sions. I was doing very well in themilitary as a sergeant in the mili-tary police. I was asked to go to adrill sergeant school, which is thenext step to the next highest rank.So I had to weigh everything in thebalance.”

Father Joe followed his heartand his call from God and decidedthat the priesthood was his calling.

“I don’t look over my shouldermuch. I don’t regret my decision. Ireally like being a priest,” saidFather Joe.

After he was ordained in 1987,Father Joe taught religious studiesat the high school level in Indianaand even worked part-time at amaximum-security prison teachingand saying Mass at Michigan CityState Penitentiary in Indiana.

“While I was working at theprison, I was referred to someoneon death row who was a Catholicand wanted to see a priest so Istarted seeing him regularly,” saidFather Joe. “He referred me to hisfriends on death row so then deathrow became a big part of my timeat the prison.”

As Father Joe was visiting themen on death row, he wasapproached by one of the inmateshe knew. The inmate asked him tobe with him during his execution.

“I went to his execution and twomore after him. To see people die inthat fashion has made me verymuch against the death penalty,”said Father Joe. “I’ve been to Viet-nam and seen people die violentlyin my life, but I’ve never seen amore cold-hearted, lack of dignitytype of death as a prison execu-tion.”

These experiences have roundedout Father Joe’s life in more of apositive way.

“Once I decided that I had tomove on, I moved back toRochester. The Basilian Fathershad told me that Father Paul Eng-lish was leaving St. John Fisherand the director of Campus Min-istry job was open. It was like adream come true,” said Father Joe.

Since joining St. John Fisher asthe director of Campus Ministry,he has created quite a fan base

among students.“Compared to Father Paul Eng-

lish, Father Joe is very different,”said Rob Gilmore, internal coordi-nator for the Campus Council Min-istry. “Father Joe is very muchinvolved with what’s going on oncampus. He’s very prominent atthe athletic events. You couldalways find him on the sidelinesduring football games. Very rarelydo you see him in his office. He’salways somewhere on campusmaking himself available for any-one.”

Father Joe’s strategy for reach-ing out to people is to always beavailable to anyone of any denomi-nation.

“Anytime I attend an event oncampus, I’m always dressed as apriest. I want people to know thisbecause I am here to help in anyway possible,” said Father Joe. “Mydoor is always open.”

STAFF WRITER

JAY ADAMS

Vacca

Alexis SpeckFather Joe Lanzalaco became thedirector of Campus Ministry inJune of 2001.

OFF THE WALL April 23, 2002Cardinal Courier

Have you ever had a weirddream that makes you wonder if itreally happened? Have you everhad your roommates complainbecause you were talking in yoursleep the night before? How aboutfinding yourself walking in yoursleep trying to swat at rainbow col-ored bugs? If you answered yes toany of these questions, especiallythe last one, then you and sopho-more Chris Bruder have a lot totalk about.

For Bruder, swatting at rainbowcolored bugs in his sleep is anevery night occurrence. He hasexperienced some wild and crazydreams, or “hallucinations,” as helikes to call them, for the past fewyears of his life.

“[Eight years ago], I started hav-ing reoccurring dreams that some-one was breaking into my window,”said Bruder, “I’d totally flip out andyell and scream about it and fallback asleep. Now it’s evolved intoso much more.”

Bruder says that his dreams arenot very “dream-like.”

“When these dreams happen, Ireally believe that I’m awakebecause the room doesn’t changeexcept for whatever dream I’m see-ing. That’s why I freak out.”

Not only does Bruder freak him-self out with these unique dreams,but also they make him quite diffi-cult to live with.

“Last year, my roommates and Ihad our beds bunked. Jon Mercerwas in the bed above me and onenight I had a dream that a book-shelf was falling on me. Apparent-ly, I flipped out and pushed up onthe bottom of his bed. His bed camecompletely off the pegs and healmost fell out,” said Bruder.

Mercer was not amused when hewas almost thrown out of his topbunk by his hallucinating room-mate.

“It was unusual to say the least.At first, I thought I was the onethat was dreaming, but after I real-ized I wasn’t, my main objectivewas to wake him up so I wouldn’ttake a swan dive onto the floor,”said Mercer.

From that night on, Mercernever went to bed without a hock-ey stick near by.

However, instead of Mercer tak-ing a swan dive to the plush car-peting of the Fisher dorms, Bruderwas the victim of his own uncon-scious insanity this year. One ofBruder’s current roommates,Kevin Keiser, has witnessed theseweird happenings.

“Bruder has a loft bed. Onenight, he was hanging from his bedmumbling something. Our otherroommate, Mike Porano, told himto be careful because he was fallingout of bed. He fell anyways,” saidKeiser. “He then stood up andlooked at me like he was fright-ened of me, then he ran to the door.Eventually, he just went back tobed.”

As scary as this may sound to beawakened in the middle of the nightby a sleepwalking roommate, bothMercer and Keiser agree that it issomething they’ve gotten used to.

“As you got more and more usedto him screaming in his sleep, youwould either sleep through it ortell him to shut up,” said Mercer.

For Bruder however, there is anupside to his sleep phenomenon.It’s a great way to meet the girl ofyour dreams- literally.

“Freshman year, I was goinghome for Thanksgiving break.Because of the snow, I couldn’tleave [campus] until the day afterbreak started,” Bruder said.

“I called a friend to pick me upand while I waited for him I decid-ed to take a little nap. After awhile, I woke up and saw this girlwearing a straw hat, blue jeans,and a piece of hay in her mouth.She was playing the banjo on myroommate’s desk. She was aboutmy age and she was pretty hottoo!”

And what man wouldn’t want towake up to a hot girl playing thebanjo?

As for the future, Bruder hopesthat his “hallucinations” stickaround for a while.

“They make life interesting. It’sbetter than just going to bed andnot remembering what you dreamtabout in the morning. It’s just real-ly entertaining.”

STAFF WRITER

JAY ADAMS

Inside the twisted mind of Phil LorigoIn a smoke-filled room he sits

silently sipping his coffee and mak-ing snide remarks at every oppor-tunity. His trademarked blackframed glasses and spikedblondish hair in full effect and awry grin coming on his face.

It’s time to FOCUS ON… PhilLorigo.

Q: So first off, give us all aglimpse into the every day lifeof Phil?

A: Living off campus is a changefor me, considering I spent my firstthree years on campus. It was apain cleaning snow off your carearly in the morning, but it doeshave its benefits. There’s no way Icould get away with shouting intoa megaphone on my front porch at2 a.m. on campus. Listen for meevery Tuesday night. I’ll try tobust out Freebird.

Q: Any major pet peevesyou’d like to share? Likemeats-in-a-can or overuse ofthe word “So.”

A: I got really sick of that wholewinter thing. I figure I hit mybreaking point with snow aroundage 18. Now it’s [Phil pulls out acalculator and punches numbersfor a while] three years later, so

I’ve had three-years-too-many ofsnow. Snow is the Tony Danza ofweather effects.

Q: Word ‘round the campfire’says you are pretty nifty withcard tricks?

A: Totally. Like, all you have todo is pick a card, and I’ll be dis-gusted with you.

Q: They ever get you any-where?

A: I’m sick of them now. Ithought they were really cool to do,then I realized they’re card tricks.Card tricks just aren’t cool. I usedto think I could break dance whenI was 4. I thought I was cool then.I wasn’t. And I’m not now.

Q: I hear you are also goodwith computers?

A: Yeah, sadly. I might as welljust start playing Dungeons &Dragons to totally become a dork.The computer field is a lucrativeone, but I had to change my majorfrom Computer Science. I just did-n’t like programming. Plus Isucked at it.

Q: So what are you majoringin now?

A: English. I was hoping to geta degree in Sanskrit, but it turnsout anyone who is really into San-skrit most likely has a foot fetish. Iread that on the Internet. I’m on-the-line!

Q: What year are you in here

at Fisher?A: I’m in my fourth year, but I’m

technically a junior. I’m on mythird major, so I’m a little behind.Plus, since tuition is about$20,000, I think I can totally bank-rupt my mom if I change my majora few more times.

Q: What do you think ofFisher?

A: That is such a loaded ques-tion. Why don’t you just ask me todenounce my religion?

Q: So you plan to graduatesometime, and then what?

A: I’m going to be famous. Yeah,I heard all you have to do is mail

Hollywood a letter with your nameon it, and you’re in. I’ll be headingwest to do something with TV,movies or homelessness. Beinghomeless is obviously my thirdchoice.

Q: Obviously, so what do youdo for fun?

A: Well, being able to legallydrink is a nice way to “let offsteam” on the weekends. AndTuesdays. And before every class.Seriously, alcoholism isn’t funny.And neither is Carrot Top.

Q: Yeah, there’s only so manytimes a person can be told howto make a collect call, anyother special interests youhave?

A: Marmalade, and a little writ-ing.

Q: Do you ever publish anyof your writing?

A: In bathrooms stalls, bus sta-tions and Redbook. I think some-thing of mine might be in TheAngle, but I’m not sure if it got in.Also, I use that Internet to publishstuff. I’m on-the-line, buddy! I’vegot the email. http://www.rebel-alliance.net is a fun place where Iwrite.

Q: Ever publish any of yourMarmalade?

A: Those Smuckers people arelike a fickle little girl. They havestringent marmalade guidelines.

And they make you do a physicalchallenge, Double Dare style, if youwant to get in their dirty littleguild. I draw the line at physicalchallenges.

Q: What about aspects of cul-ture that venture far beyondthe realm of sandwich condi-ments, like movies, music, TV?Ever get into that?

A: I recently found out that FOXcancelled Family Guy. That’s nogood. And if I could smite thosedamn RBI commercials they showlate at night when I’m watchingsuch quality programming asBlind Date and The People’s Court,I might die a little less each night.

Q: You are kind of a smallguy about 5’ 10” 160 poundssoaking wet, any problemswith bullies? To some peopleyou kind of scream “bully tar-get?”

A: Actually, I stopped screaming“bully target.” My new thing is toyell “your girlfriend is fat” at guysin bars. It has the same effect.

Q: Maybe you should havetried the card tricks instead….

A: Maybe you should have triedto get into McDonalds U.

Q: Touché. Describe yourselfin one word for the Fishercommunity?

A: Sometimes.

STAFF WRITER

KEVIN AUBREY

Will you hold me?Jay and Aubs scoured campus looking for peopleto hold them. Here are a few that made the cut.

Jay gets friendly with thestatue outside Ward hall.

Juli Leavens, Kristen Deyoe, andElise Burmeier give Aubs a hug.

Tim Vink’s version of holding Jay.

Charlene Husser, Bethanne Foust,and Lisa Kuczmarski embrace Jay. Scott Friedman gives Aubs

a piggy back ride.

Kevin Aubrey

Along with maramalade, Philloves the camera.

Kevin Aubrey

Laying in his bed, Chris Bruder calmly dreams of rainbow bugs.

Rainbow bugs and banjo girl:A night with Chris Bruder

IN FOCUSApril 23, 2002 Cardinal Courier

Woodlands: Looking Back

Kevin AubreyJunior Dave Finch taunts roommate Paul Emborsky during a gameof NHL 2K2 in the living room of their Woodlands townhouse.

Alexis SpeckThe April 17 showing of “Ali,” sponsored by SAB, drew a small crowd.

Words like “Woodlands Estates,”“Shuttle buses,” and “Off-campushousing” weren’t even in the St.John Fisher College vocabularylast May. Now, one year after anover-crowding problem forced theschool to expand its walls, studentsreflect on the year that was.

Life in the Woodlands wasunique. Students appreciated theapartment space, including a livingroom, kitchen (with dishwasher)and closets. But they found them-selves in situations they wouldnever have seen on campus – deal-ing with neighbors – non-Fisherpeople, families and retirees, whoweren’t quite sure what to make ofthe Fisher students.

“I think that the neighborsthought it was going to be very dif-ficult living near college students,because of the different type ofschedule students have, but it did-n’t turn out to be that big of adeal,” said Melissa Zeigler, a juniorliving in the Woodlands.

Zeigler added that she thoughtshe had a great relationship withher neighbors even having snow-ball fights with the kids who livednext door.

This first year has produced a

variety of challenges and led tosome good and bad experiences.“This was my first year as a profes-sional staff member and this wasthe school’s first year in the situa-tion, so the experience has beenvery interesting,” said MichaelPuglisi.

Puglisi is an area coordinatorwho lives at the Woodlands. Hisresponsibilities include overseeingthe four resident assistants at theWoodlands and managing the rela-tionship between the Fisher com-munity and other residents.

The shuttle bus that broughtstudents to and from campus tothe Woodlands had its own prob-lem. No one ever seemed to use it.

“I have my own car and I don’tlike waiting out in the cold for theshuttle,” said Jon Thompson, a jun-ior.

Other students felt the sameway about the convenience. “Ihave my own car and I had aninternship so I had to get to placesat different times on my own,” saidjunior Kate Kearney.

Building community was also achallenge for the year at the Wood-lands. “I think it’d be a lot better ifall the college students livedtogether in a general area,” saidjunior Jesse Roberts.

Some students lived close to oneanother and had a chance to build

their own community, having bar-becue dinners together and hang-ing out on the weekends.

Resident assistants have tried tobuild community within the Wood-lands by encouraging residents toparticipate in programs like snowtubing and other organized tripsand events.

Teresa Curinga, a senior and anRA, said, “most of the community-building has been done by the fourpeople in the individual townhous-es.”

But past friendships are whatstrengthened those ties, saidPuglisi. “I don’t think there wouldbe much community in the Wood-lands if there were only transferstudents there.”

The Office of Residential Life’sidea of having upperclass studentslive in off-campus housing was away to transition them to the feel-ing of the “real world.” The resultsseem to be successful.

“I don’t know if I’m more pre-pared, but I think living over heredefinitely gave people the opportu-nity to experience what it’d be liketo live in an apartment or out ontheir own, without just throwingthem into the situation their firstyear out of college,” said Roberts.

Zeigler added, “I think it was agreat step for us to be off-campusbut still maintain part of the cam-

pus feel. It was nice to be able tocome home at the end of the dayand just sit in a living room, ratherthan only having your bedroom togo to.”

For some students, though, liv-ing off-campus and having amandatory meal plan was a realdrawback. “I don’t use all 14 mealsand I have my own kitchen,”

Thompson said.That issue has been settled.

After originally deciding not tooffer the Woodlands next year, thecollege decided to bring it back asan option for upperclass students.Next year, though, the meal planwill be optional. I think that’s prob-ably a good idea,” Zeigler said.

Apathy infests campus

Fisher is a “mixed group” withcommuters, workers, athletes, andadults, the student body is“involved a little less in studentlife.” They have other things to dooutside of the school environment.

Despite the fact that there weremore events this spring than lastfall, Jessica Morse, president ofthe Student Activities Board(SAB), says, “it seems that thesame group of people come to theevents.” Those who attend theSAB events, for example, are thepeople who “consistently go toother organization’s events.”

Another possible reason for thislack of involvement is the physicalset up of the college without a stu-dent union. Barry L. Wells, thestudent life director at SyracuseUniversity, believes that part of thereason Syracuse has captured theinterest of its students is that theuniversity atmosphere is con-ducive for involvement.

With a large central quad andthe Schine Student Center, “it ishard not to see different aspects ofstudent life that will interest you,”he says.

Besides the lack of a studentunion, it’s not always easy for Fish-er students to find out aboutevents. “The biggest thing is that

students don’t know where tolook,” says Morse. “There arethings out there.”

Her organization advertisesthrough “flyers, bulletin boards,email, and campus newsletters.”

Herberger believes there aremany ways to capture students’attention. They just need to “keeptheir eyes out for flyers,” she said.They will find something that willspark their interest.

Besides that, involvement instudent activities helps studentsbuild their resumes, she said.“Employers are not just looking atgrades, but involvement in thecommunity as well.”

Most students say they would bemore involved if there were moresocial activities or such incentivesas extra credit.

Andre Lewis, a junior, claimsthat he would attend more events“if it was something that could getme a job.” While he is alreadyinvolved in intramural basketball,he is too busy for the other eventsthat the school offers. “There arejust no incentives to attend.”

The SAB says it is listening andoffering more incentives to stu-dents, with the hopes that “eventswill be on the rise.”

While the Fisher student bodyhas grown over the years, so hasthe lack of student involvement oncampus. Although many activitiesare offered on campus, the numberof students participating is rela-tively low.

Organizations such as Jo Roffs,the yearbook, have had difficultyrecruiting people to be on the staff.One staff member, sophomoreKristen Basillion, claims thatthere are only four people workingon it. “This is enough, but it wouldbe easier if we had more people onit.” She says that “for the past fewyears, their staff has been noth-ing.”

Other campus events whichwere once popular, have been fal-tering in recent years. In theheight of the Teddi Dance, morethan 400 dancers rallied togetherto raise upwards of $67,000 to ben-efit Camp Good Days.

In recent years, the numbershave fallen and dancers have onlyraised sums in the low $20,000range. This year, the 20th anniver-sary, was not as successful as thecommittee had hoped, raising only$21,900.

“It’s really sad that there isn’tmore student involvement becausenot only does being a member of aclub give you some pride in yourcollege, it also teaches you skillsthat you could never learn in theclassroom,” says Junior VanessaCardinale, vice president of theCouncil of Presidents (COP).

Although “each year is differ-ent,” Beth Herberger, director ofStudent Life, has noticed a lot ofapathy on campus this year in par-ticular.

“It is probably a result of Sept.11,” she says.

With the two-week delay forcampus organizations to startbecause of the disaster, it was hardto plan events so “there weren’tmany in the fall.”

Herberger believes that because

Sports Studiessees rapid growth

As Fisher is growing in size, bothin facilities and student popula-tion, so are the programs offered.

In 1998, the Sports Studies pro-gram was introduced to the stu-dent body, offering two classes.Now in 2002, the program hasgrown to include 10 classes suchas: Introduction to Sports, Historyof Sport, Psychology of Sport andSport Marketing and Promotions.

“I like to think that we are thepioneers in creating new programsthat will be offered to students,”said Greg Austin, professor in thesports studies program.

Currently there are 60-80 stu-dents enrolled in the programincluding both majors and minors.The program has one graduatingsenior and is anticipating 15 for2003. According to Austin, fresh-man and sophomores dominate theprogram.

The department has two staffmembers, Greg Austin andMichael Gibbons. Austin said thatthey bring a lot of adjunct teachers

to help teach the classes.Following graduation, many

sports studies majors will go on towork as athletic directors, tourna-ment directors, ticketing agents,sports team managers and work inmarketing departments for sportsteams.

“With a degree, there is a vastarea of job opportunity. Especiallywith a liberal arts background, wehope that our students will be pre-pared to work in many areas,” saidAustin.

The Sports Studies Departmentrequires its students to completean internship before graduating.Currently many students workwith the Rochester Amerks, Rhinosand Red Wings. According toAustin, they are exploring possibleinternships with the Buffalo Billsand Toronto Maple Leafs. Current-ly, 10 to 12 students are participat-ing in internships.

“This is a competitive field andwe want to give our students cut-ting edge information. The intern-ship is one of the most importantparts of our program,’ said Austin.

STAFF WRITER

JASON MARSHERALL

S.S. major explains allAngela Blauvelt is a junior

majoring in Sports Studies.Speck: What are your goals

for a career in sports?Blauvelt: I plan to graduate in

2003 with a degree in Sports Stud-ies and then go on to graduateschool anywhere in the U.S.

Speck: What led you to acareer in sports?

Blauvelt: Sports have alwaysbeen a huge part of my life and Ifind it interesting. I started off asa business major and switched tosports studies my sophomore year.The sports program has an inter-esting twist.

Speck: So far, what has beenyour most beneficial class?

Blauvelt: Sport Law, but it wasalso the most challenging. So

much in the sports world comesback to the law.

Speck: How do you think thismajor is going to help you withyour career?

Blauvelt: I am currently doingan internship with the athleticdepartment here at Fisher and thehands on experience is very valu-able.

Speck: Would you recom-mend this major to other stu-dents?

Blauvelt: If you are interested insports it is an excellent major.Sports will always be one of thegreatest forms of entertainment inour country, so it will always be agrowing field. I think the programat Fisher prepares you for that.

STAFF WRITER

CHRISTAN VOSBURGH STAFF WRITER

ALEXIS SPECK

With old players graduating andnew players coming in, the Fishermen’s varsity basketball teamunderwent some changes this pastyear. However, the most importantchange of all wasn’t the new play-ers, it was the new coach.

Rob Kornaker has worked atFisher for several years now com-ing here as Residential Life direc-tor and Golf coach before joiningthe basketball staff 2 years ago asan assistant coach. This seasonhowever, Kornaker stepped upfrom assistant coach to take thereins of the Fisher squad afterlongtime head coachBob Ward retired.

“I am really excited,it’s nice to be doingwhat I love again. Also,we have a great groupof guys and that makesmy job that much morefun.” Kornaker said.

Kornaker’s initialseason as head coach is highlight-ed by the win over the Universityof Rochester in the Chase tourna-ment.

“They beat us the first time weplayed pretty bad, so when weplayed again they didn’t show us alot of respect and were kind oflooking past us, but the guysplayed hard. We had a game planworked out that we drilled in prac-tice and they executed it. It wasthe first time I felt that I had madea difference as a coach here.”

This season Kornaker piloted

his young team consisting of eightfreshmen to a record of 13-13 over-

all and into theEastern CollegeAthletic Collegeplayoffs beforelosing to a toughSt Lawrence teamin the first round.

“We set a lot ofgoals for our-selves in thebeginning of theseason, and we

made most of them. The good partabout having such a young team isthe potential. If the guys workhard in the off season they canonly get bigger and better,” Kor-

naker said.Although this is his

rookie year here at Fish-er Kornaker is far frombeing new to the game.“I played all throughcollege at Alfred Uni-versity, then I did somecoaching there and atAlfred state. I left

Alfred to take the head job inGeneseo, so I have been coachingfor about 11 years.”

Along with competing on thecourt Kornaker has a substantialfamily life. He has a 6-year-olddaughter, Alexis, and a 3-year-oldson Griffin who keep him and hiswife Leslie busy.

“It’s a tough job for my familybecause I am away a lot, but Irecently took my daughter with meon a scouting trip, so sometimes itworks out well.”

In any spare time he has, Kor-

naker likes to spend it on the golfcourse, “I love playing and watch-ing golf, it’s a good way to unwind.”

“I am not that old, though,” hesaid wryly, “I get into some musiclike Counting Crows and Toad theWet Sprocket. I’m not a big movieguy, but I like some action movieslike Steven Seagal and stuff likethat.”

His choice in mellow musicseems to spill over into his coach-ing style, most of the time. “I try tokeep my jacket on, to show respectto the game and the guys, but itdoesn’t always work,” he said grin-ning. “There were a couple timesthis year that it came off when Igot a little upset, my main quirk isthat I am really competitive and Iabsolutely hate losing.”

The future looks bright for Fish-er, according to Kornaker withpromising recruits who haveshown interest in the college.“We’ve got a kid from Bishop Lud-den who is 6’ 7” and he is alreadycommitted, and a couple of otherkids that are interested that couldcome in and play for us, so it lookspromising.”

Kornaker looks forward to nextseason as seven of his top eightplayers are returning for anotheryear of cardinal basketball. “Wehave almost everyone coming backto play next year,” he said.

As Kornaker looks towards nextyear with top players returningand the new recruits coming in hesays the only way to go is up, “I’mreally excited, the future looksreally bright, and I can’t wait fornext year.”

SPORTS April 23, 2002Cardinal Courier

Kahlerinductedinto Hall

For a man who has never scoreda point at St. John Fisher, coachPhil Kahler, has certainly left hismark at the college and the state.On Saturday, March 23, 2002,Kahler was inducted into the NewYork State Basketball Hall ofFame at the Glens Falls Civic Cen-ter in Glens Falls, NY.

With his normal calm and col-lected attitude Kahler was gra-cious and thanked everyone whosupported him over the years.

“Well, I was very appreciative ofthe Athletic department, my play-ers and formers players who came,and my family to come and waste aday I guess,” Kahler said laughing.

Junior forward Nicole Yandonrecalls Kahler during his speech.“He was pretty light-hearted andfunny. I remember him saying, ‘Wedidn’t lose any of those 128 games,it’s those damn zebras, they get yaevery time’.”

All joking aside, Kahler has thebest winning percentage in all ofNCAA basketball and has com-piled a 628-128 record over 28years at the college.

“I am only as good as my play-ers,” Kahler says, “and I have justalways gotten good kids and goodplayers.”

Among the large group of friendsand family that were at the cere-mony, Athletic Director Bob Wardwent to show his support.

“Phil is in our hall of fame, nowthe New York State Hall of Fame. Iimagine that one day he will be in

the National Basketball Hall ofFame,” Ward said. “It doesn’t mat-ter what level you coach at, whenyou become the all-time win-ningest coach at that level, that isgoing to get you into a lot of Hall ofFames.

“What makes Phil stand out isthe number of wins and the per-centage he has. He has a lot ofwins compared to not a lot of loss-es.”

Senior Tracy Vanderlip agrees.“We were very proud of him,”

Vanderlip says.“He was representing our school,

I mean he’s our coach. Who would-n’t be proud?”

“I think he is a good guy, a goodcoach. Obviously he knows whathe was doing to receive an honorlike this,” sophomore guard JenKristensen added.

Kahler started the women’s bas-ketball program in 1974. In addi-tion to being the women’s basket-ball coach, Kahler was at one time,the sports information director, theathletic director and the women’svolleyball coach.

“When I came here, there wereonly two teams, basketball andmen’s soccer. Now we have 16.That is saying a lot,” Kahler said.

So, even though Kahler has beencoaching at different levels for over45 years, he doesn’t seem to beslowing down.

“This job is my hobby,” “I havebeen lucky enough to get paid for ahobby. I won’t stop coaching untilthe day comes where I don’t thinkit’s fun anymore. Right now it isstill fun.”

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

BARI MANCE

Should Fisher athletics seek sponsorship?While a cloud of sweatshop alle-

gations still lingers over Nike’shead and a local high school comesunder criticism for its partnershipwith Nike, opinions at St. JohnFisher College differ on whatshould be done if the corporategiant came knocking.

Rob Kornaker, head coach of themen’s basketball team at Fishersaid that he would be in favor of asponsorship deal with Nike, inwhich the Oregon-based companywould provide athletic equipmentand apparel to the departmentalong with other donations to thecollege. “I would advocate the col-lege to negotiate with any compa-ny that could provide it with fund-ing and support for our athleticprogram,” said Kornaker.

“I wish we as an athletic depart-ment used one company, it wouldcertainly help us with concern toprice,” Kornaker said.

Kornaker added that the agree-ment would have to benefit theentire program and not just one ortwo of the teams at Fisher. Much ofthe frustration in the athleticdepartment is due to the fact thatevery athlete and coach has theirown personal preference to appar-el, a concern that he raised as well.

Scott Pitoniak, one time Buffalo

Bills reporter, and sports reportingadjunct at Fisher, saw the impor-tance of financial support for col-lege athletics but was concernedover the increase in corporatesponsorships across the country.“There is a part of me that is verymuch bothered by the commercial-ization of sports,” Pitoniak said,comparing the commercializationof sports to a “sensory assault” ofadvertising.

While corporate sponsorship atFisher is visible, most notably bythe Buffalo Bills Training Campand Frontier’s Cyber Cafe, the con-cerns that are raised in regard toNike are of a different nature.Nike’s troubles stem back to anOctober 1996 CBS News specialwhich alleged labor rights viola-tions of Nike workers in Vietnam.Since then the term ‘sweatshop’has become commonplace, and theathletic-wear company has beenfighting to shake that stigma.

Local concern has recently beenincreased by a sponsorship agree-ment between Nike and McQuaidJesuit High School, makingMcQuaid one of approximately 150high schools across the countrythat have such agreements withNike. The Rev. Philip Judge,McQuaid’s principal, has both beenapplauded and criticized for hisdecision to allow the sponsorshipto take place.

The University of North Caroli-na, who recently established a$28.34 million, eight-year contractwith Nike, required an anti-sweat-shop clause in their partnershipthat would force Nike to adhere tocertain social responsibility princi-ples.

Michael Gibbons, assistant pro-fessor and chair of sport studies atFisher said “I would want to seethe wording of the clause to see if ithad any ‘teeth’ to it before makinga decision on whether a Nike/Fish-er agreement would be acceptableto me.” Gibbons added that at thistime he would not be in favor ofsuch an agreement.

Fisher Religious Studies Profes-sor, Nathan R. Kollar summed uphis view toward a possible sponsor-ship between Nike and St. JohnFisher College by referring back tothe controversy at McQuaid. “Iwould feel the same way the par-ents did who opposed it whenMcQuaid became a Nike partner,”Kollar said.

Others see comparing the dealwith McQuaid and Fisher likecomparing apples and oranges.Hemant Sashittal, associate pro-fessor in the management depart-ment at Fisher, says that he wouldhave no problem with such a deal.“For high school kids, no, but weare not high school kids,” Sashittalsaid.

Brad Ettinger, who plays for theFisher Football team, sees thedirect benefits that corporate spon-sorship has given the school, not-ing that the recent improvementsof the football facilities due to thehosting of the Buffalo Bills train-ing camp as proof.

Ettinger said he would have noproblem with such a deal becausemost of the gear that they have isNike anyway. In his view any fund-ing given to the athletic depart-ment for something that is alreadybeing done is a win/win situation.

Heather Hudson, a junior in theCommunications/Journalism pro-gram and a member of the Fishertennis team, thought that such anagreement would be good for theschool and students.

She explained that there are no‘uniforms’ on her team and part ofthat is due to the fact that everyplayer is responsible for purchas-ing their own tennis outfits. Afterexplaining how she spent nearly$100 of her own money on apparel,Hudson said she would welcome aNike sponsorship that supplied theathletic uniforms, especially if theycreated a standard uniform.

Michael Ginestre, adjunct pro-fessor at Fisher and account super-visor at the local advertising firmBuck & Pulleyn, agreed with Kor-naker on several points. He feltthat it would be beneficial to Fish-

er to have a single athletic-wearprovider for financial reasons, andthat as long as the deal reachedbenefited both sides, without limit-ing the college in some way, hewould approve of such a promo-tion.

Sara Hughes, a philosophymajor at Fisher, knows the impor-tance of the school’s financialneeds but doesn’t think that bigcorporations on campus are a goodidea. “I don’t like the way that Nikeexploits labor,” she said, addingthat such sponsorships leads tofurther exploitation for profit.

Don Alcott, a junior in the Com-munications /Journalism programshares some of the same concerns,and said that the decision shouldbe ultimately up to the studentssince they are the ones participat-ing in athletics at the college.

Kornaker said that any companythinking about entering a partner-ship with Fisher would have to beone that did not take advantage ofits workers. “But to be totally hon-est with you, large companies, likeNike and Reebok, are not usuallyinterested in that (sponsorship) asthey get nothing in return, we aresimply too small for them,” Kor-naker said.

Kornaker settles in ashead basketball coach

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MATT PALMER

Kornaker

“The team unity this year is bet-ter than any year I’ve ever playedon any team,” says Constantino.Everyone gets along, plays hardand works well together.”

Mance says the key to the team’ssuccess is the effort the entire

team has put forth this year.“We’re more focused this year,

and everyone has stepped up in abig way,” says Mance. “It’s a totalteam effort.”

A unanimous goal for the teamis to return to the NCAA Tourna-

ment and advance to the CollegeWorld Series for the first time inschool history. They won’t be satis-fied with just getting there, howev-er. A National Championship isthe ultimate goal and the team isconvinced it can be done.

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“I’m reallyexcited, thefuture looks

really bright,and I can’t

wait for nextyear.”

SPORTSApril 23, 2002 Cardinal Courier

St. John Fisher’s new lacrossecoach, Craig Camp, has low expec-tations but lots of enthusiasm forhis young team.

“There’s a lot of promise for usalthough no one expects much ofus,” said Camp. “Our motto is ‘get-ting better’.”

Camp, 31, spoke to a class ofabout 30 St. John Fisher studentsabout his goals and hopes for histeam. This is the first year the col-lege will have a men’s lacrosseteam.

“To say we’re a young team is anunderstatement,” said Camp. “Wehave 23 players that are walk-onswho have never played before.”

Of the team’s 33 players, onlythree were recruited athletes. Thiswas because Camp didn’t startrecruiting until June, when mostathletes had already chosen theircolleges.

“Our biggest handicap is lack ofgame experience,” said Camp. “Weare part of the Empire 8 Confer-ence which is one of the toughest inthe country.”

Other teams in this conferenceinclude Hartwick, Ithaca, Utica,RIT, Nazareth, Elmira, and Alfred.Fisher will not play Nazareth thisyear, although Camp is hopefulthat in the future a rivalry devel-ops between the two.

“Rivalries are very important,”said Camp. “Rivalries build tradi-tion.”

Camp was hired in June of lastyear after finishing out the seasonas head coach for Monroe Commu-

nity College’s (MCC) lacrosseteam. Initially he had respectfullydeclined Fisher’s offer, but said hewould be interested after the lastgame of his team at MCC.

Camp said the major differencesbetween Fisher and MCC are thestudents, the team relationshipsthat develop, and the spectatorsupport. He said that at two-yearschools there isn’t enough time forthe students and team to becomeestablished and grow together.

I’m used to coaching more expe-rienced players,” Camp said. “Mybiggest challenge at Fisher ispatience and making sure that wehave the basic foundation ofoffense and defense philosophies.”

Camp’s position is part timewhich means he is working anoth-er full time job. In addition to hisfull work schedule, he and his wifehad a baby girl in December.

Camp took the time to make theteam’s spring trip to Tampa Bay,Fl. in March. He believes thatspring trips are important for teamunity.

“If there are two guys on theteam who don’t like each other, Iput them together and make themroommates,” said Camp. “It makesfor interesting meals.”

The team raised money for thetrip from raffles and shirt sales,generating $12,000 between Octo-ber and February. This amazedCamp, who said that other team’smembers had to pay for airfare outof their own pockets.

According to Camp, lacrosse,hockey and football are the mostexpensive sports. He said it costsat least $325 to fully equip each

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player.“Right now we don’t have a

budget,” said Camp. “A start-upbudget is huge.”

Camp said he can’t predict what

his budget will look like, but underideal circumstances, the budgetwould run $25,000 or more.

Camp said recruiting is goingwell and he already has verbal

commitments from athletes atWest Genesee High School in Syra-cuse. He told students the key tobeing a good coach is being exposedto other coaches.

Alexis Speck

Fisher’s first ever mens lacrosse team huddles together with their signature sticks in the air.

When you think of St. John Fish-er College Softball, the firstthought that enters your mind iswinning. In 1999, the team set aschool record for wins with 39.Last year, Fisher earned a birthinto the prestigious NCAA Divi-sion III tournament for the firsttime in school history.

This year is no different, as theCardinals are off to the best startin school history with a 21-3-1record in its first 25 games. Inaddition, Fisher is nationallyranked for the first time in schoolhistory. Even with the fast start,Fisher head coach Len Maioranisays the team still has room forimprovement.

“We’re not hitting the ball theway we should,” said Maiorani,“and the defense hasn’t been exact-ly what we have expected, but thepitching has been very good.”

During the first 25 games thisseason, Fisher has outscored itsopponents 163-51. The team hasnine shutouts this season and hasallowed two runs or less in 19games.

Maiorani gives most of the creditfor the team’s fast start to his fiveseniors, first baseman Jen Con-stantino, pitcher Marti Hawkins,third baseman Nicole Lanieu,catcher Bari Mance and designat-ed hitter Mollie Schnieble.

“The seniors have been tremen-dous this year,” says Maiorani.What can you say about Lanieu?She’s having her typical All-Ameri-can type-season, Mollie’s(Schnieble) been leading the teamin hitting and Bari (Mance) hasstepped up big time. She’s always

shown that she has the ability tobe a great catcher, but she hadnever played more than 10-12games a year before this year.Marti (Hawkins) has been pitchinggreat for us all four years and thisyear is no exception. Cos (Con-stantino) is having a career seasonand is becoming a team leader onand off the field.”

Constantino, Lanieu andSchnieble have played in all 25games, with Schneible, the team’sdesignated hitter, leading the teamwith 34 hits, 25 runs scored and 13stolen bases in as many attempts,while maintaining a .400 batingaverage.

Constantino is right behindSchneible with a .391 average, butleads the team with four homeruns and 30 runs batted in, alsocontributing a team-high 13 walksand eight doubles.

Lanieu is batting .322, with ateam-high three triples. She hasalso chipped in with seven doubles,two home runs and 22 runs battedin. Mance got off to a hot start inFlorida and has maintained it, bat-ting .290 with one home run andsix RBIs.

Hawkins is 8-1 in nine appear-ances this season with a 1.33earned run average in 59 innings.With the bat, Hawkins is batting arobust .857 (6-for-7) and hasreached base in nine of her 10plate appearances this year.

In addition to the seniors, Fisherhas received significant contribu-tions on offense from outfieldersAmanda Kent and Jen Telle. Kent,who already holds the careerrecord for home runs and was aSecond Team All-American in2001, is off to another fine start,batting .356 with three homers

and 25 RBIs. The junior has 10stolen bases in 11 attempts. Telle,a sophomore, is batting a team-high .447, with 17 hits in 38 at-bats.

Perhaps the biggest surprisethis season has been the contribu-tion of pitcher Jen Dauer. Dauer, afreshman from Clay, NY, is 8-0 thisseason, with five shutouts, includ-ing two no-hitters, and an unheardof 0.40 earned run average. In 53innings, Dauer has allowed threeearned runs. On March 8, Dauerthrew a no-hitter in just her thirdcareer start, striking out fouragainst previously unbeaten ClarkCollege. Dauer’s next no-hitterwould come in grand fashion.

Dauer says stepping in as fresh-man and making an impact hasgone smoothly because of herteammates.

“It’s easy with this team,” saysDauer. “I know if the ball gets hit,they’re going to take care of it.”

On April 12, Sophomore KeelyForbes and Dauer threw back-to-back no-hitters in a doubleheaderagainst D’Youville College, a featthat has never been accomplishedin school history to date. In gameone, Forbes struck out 11, includ-ing nine of the first ten batters in a9-0 win. Right after, Dauerequaled Forbes’ dominance, strik-ing out 10 in an 8-0 victory.

That was the second career no-

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JOE VENNIRO

Men’s lacrosse hits Fisher

Women’s softball earns national ranking

courtesy of Jen TelleSophomore Nikki Cordaro throws the ball to Jen Constantino, a senior,during a game.

hitter for Forbes who set a Fisherrecord for most wins in a seasonlast year with 18. This season, theleft-hander is off to another finestart with a 5-2 record and 0.80earned run average.

Despite a 7-1-1 record in Marchat the Gene Cusis Classic in Flori-da, Maiorani felt he needed tomake a drastic overhaul of his leftside of the infield.

He moved four-year startingshortstop Nicole Lanieu over tothird base, while moving incum-bent third baseman Nikki Cordaroover to second. Next, he insertedfreshman Gwen Nesselbeck intoCordaro’s spot at shortstop. Maio-rani said it was a move that wasnecessary.

“Nikki (Cordaro) struggled a lit-tle bit defensively down in Florida,and third base is such a quick mov-ing position, I wanted to move herover to second where she will beable to have the extra time to makeplays,” Maiorani said. “Lanieu issuch a great athlete, I knew shewould be able to make the changedown to third without a problem.Gwen (Nesselbeck) is a greatshortstop who steps in and gives ussolid defense.”

Cordaro’s bat has been key inFisher’s hot start as she and Con-stantino share the team lead withfour homers.

Lanieu said the move was ableto work so well because of the wayeveryone gets along and respectseach other.

“The biggest key is our teamunity,” Lanieu says. “Everybodyclicks, we have great team chem-istry.”

Constantino agrees.

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