Law School to Cost$8M

US rostage PAII' Bronx, New York ' Thursday Permit No. 7608 April 28, 1983 Non-Profit Org. Volume 65 Number 13 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY. NEW YORK Registration Results Delayed By Computers Problems arose in the process when the by Dan Vincelelte computer would not take the entire amount Students were not able to find out their of computer cards submitted by students. class schedules for Fall, 1983 on Tuesday The cards then had to be blended into two because of problems that arose in the new different groups, one of upperclassmen and computer registration program, according to one of freshmen, and fed into the computer. Fordham College Dean Rev. Edward After the computer cards, ap- Dowling, S..I. proximately 3,000 in number, were It' the computerized registration process processed, an unrestricted printout was run is successful, students should be able to on Tuesday. The printout, which contains a receive their schedule from their class dean list of all students and the courses which they Friday, Dowling said. requested, was complete and met the ap- Whether the new process is a success or a proval of Dowling and Stuhr. failure will be definitely determined before The next step, running a constrained reading week, in case traditional pre- printout where classes are assigned to studen- registralion becomes necessary. Dowling said ts is currently being worked on. "As it stands the outcome is still uncertain, and there are now," Dowling commented, "there are jiiitt titittti M i M problems which must be worked out of the classes where 90 people signed up. The con- computer program. However Dowling said strained printout should finalize the there is a good chance this registration registration process." process will work. College of Business Ad- The new system is an attempt to make Fordham College Dean Edward Howling faces registration problems. ministration Associate Dean David Stuhr, the current registration process more efficient who has run computerized registration in the in terms of time and effort, said Dowling. If past for CBA, is also optimistic on the suc- it is successful, students will not have to cess of the program. return before Labor Day. More Than Projected: law School To Cost $8M by Michael Cabassa and Joan C. Allison Estimated final project costs for expan- Preliminary plans prepared by Wank, sion and renovation of Fordham Law School have increased from $6.8 million to between Adams and Slavin Associates of an ex- $8 and $8.5 million, Financial Vice President panded Fordham Law^School. Bro. James Kenny, S.J. announced Tuesday. Construction costs alone are now estimated to be roughly $7.1 million. Fur- Renovations include adding 22,000 t-Q-IXLlillL nishing costs will account for the remainder square ft. to the existing building and con- ftLLULLU- of the final project cost. structing an adjoining 53,000 square ft. building. A 250 seat lecture hall will be "It is financially the largest single con- L3JH struction project of the University during the provided along with two 140 seat lecture i™!-'*™ past 15 years," said Kenny. halls. There will also be an elegant atrium Funding has been provided through the which will be used as a reception area. A new efforts of the recent $55 million fundraising cafeteria to accommodate 275 people will be campaign. The largest donation to date has added while the current cafeteria will be con- Security Faces Bomb Score been a two million dollar bequest from For- verted into a student lounge. The project will also renovate the dham Law alumni, Leo T. Kissam. In by Elaine Giacomello added after the search. recognition and appreciation of the bequest, existing admissions office, expand the Laura ffrierton, FC '84, said she Fordham security forces evacuated placement office and provide 15 new in- received a call as she worked at the security "there will be an appropriate ippropriate Keating Hall and John Mulcahy Hall early dividual faculty offices with supporting desk at approximately 6:15 p.m., Brierton memorialization of Leo Kissam," said Ken- Wednesday evening after the security desk secretarial areas said Kenny. said ihe caller sounded like a "young Puerto ny. received a call warning of possible bombs in The library holdings will increase by Rican woman" who was "obviously upset." The architects of the project are Wank, those buildings which might be connected 100,000 volumes and the reading area will The woman said she had broken up with her Adams and Slavin Associates. with the FALN, a terrorist group. also be increased, added Kenny. boyfriend who was "looking to kill her." Kenny said the construction contract has 1BI, Fordham security, and 48th precin- According to Kenny, the enrollment The caller, who would not identify herself, been awarded to F.J. Sciame Construction ct detectives conducted a "floor by floor" Company Inc. "This is the same company quota is not expected to increase significan- told Brierton that her boyfriend said he search of the two buildings and after 45 would bomb the "Chemistry Building" and that successfully completed [construction tly. Currently, Fordham is one of the ten minutes, let approximately 100 people back and renovations on] New Hall, Larkin Hall, largest law schools in the country. Keating Hall where she said she attends night into the building, according to Security classes, The woman, according to Brierton, Hughes Hall and Freeman Hall within ex- Kenny said, "[the project] is intended to 'Supervisor George J. Franceschini. was "rambling on" and mentioned that her traordinary time restraints," stated Kenny. provide adequate facilities for the existing "There's always the possibiltiy that it boyfriend was "in" with ihe FALN. Also, Law School of about 1200 students." He ad- "We have not departed from the could be a true call," said Franceschini, "As the caller said she was at a pay phone ana ded, "The ambience for study will be greatly original Law School designs submitted far as we could see, there was nothing," he would notify the 48th precinct. enhanced by the new facilities." [requested] by the faculty," he added. After the call, which Brierton said lasted about two minutes, Brierton notified Fran- ceschini and the 48th precinct. Security then rang the buildings' fire alarms and evacuated Protest Efforts Spark Conflict both buildings at approximately 6:30 p.m. Weinberger to the state of affairs at For- At 6:45 p.m., Fordham University "The reason for this demonstration is dham, in the United States and the world. security guard Jim Kissane at the guard by Rose Marie Arce that political rivalry at Fordham University is booth near parking lots A and B observed a A banner painting session by the stagnant. The people running this thing are After over an hour of heated debating red compact car drive by. The driver, said Progressive Student Alliance (PSA) between trying to express their frustration," said and yelling from both people in the iwo Kissane, told him, "They're going to blow up buildings and those assembled outside, night Walsh Hall and New Hall turned into a con- Steven Zarrelii, CBA '83, one of the first on the Keating Tower." security supervisor George Franceschini frontation involving about 85 people last the scene from New Hall. Kissane said the driver "didn't stop to arrived with four 1B1 guards and Resident Wednesday night. "Somebody yelled 'say yest to chat" and continued on his way. Kissane Director of Walsh Hall Mike Harvey. Harvey PSA, several Pax Christi members and capitalism' and people started going crazy; noted the license plate and called it into allowed the arguing to continue but asked other students assembled outside to paint the spirit is incredible," said Charles Cain, security. The plate was later traced to a Peter Amato to begin moving the banner banners for a planned demonstration against FC '84. student who Franceschini said would painters in order to quiet the crowd, Caspar Weinberger who was scheduled to Shortly after the confrontation began, probably be questioned. Kissane called the lecture here on Friday. The students painted some residents of Walsh Hall began playing "It's a good thing," said Harvey, "But driver's remarks "an indifferent comment" outdoors to avoid dripping paint indoors. 1 o the opening statement to the movie Patton people are trying to sleep and it's getting kind but said he called it in any way as "regular stop the paint from blotting on the banners, and later, amidst flag-waving and yelling, a of late." procedure." the students held them up facing New Hall. car drove by waving an American flag. "You can't be too careful," he said. The residents of New Hull 219, and others, Also pesent at the confrontation were Harvey attempted to disperse the crowd Kissane noted that, at the time, he was around 11:30 p.m. The guards did not break misinterpreted this as an anli-Wemberger some students that came to visit Fordham unaware of the bomb threats. 1 1 up the crowd but merely stood tj.v to "wat- protest and ran outside. Shortly i** *-* ; expressly for the purpose of hearing Wein- "The person could have been letting me ch" and "be sure there is no trouble since residents ol both New I lull and Walsh Fall berger. "It's great to sec some awareness and know," said Kissane but he added that he some students had complained of a fight," began throwing «gs, bags of water and other comment," said Kerry Quinn, a New York wondered how the student identified a poten- small ohjwis at ilic students and veiling University sophomore visiting that night. according to Franceschini. statements that ranged from adamant protest Arguments ranged from pro- and anti- ,,..!, ..innnil 2/THE RAM/THURSDAY, APRIL 28,1983 TOALLCL UBS!!! This Calendar is brought to you by the Campus Activities Board, but it is for your use.

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