Faithful Seek Something More from Religion
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i ..••» nwwiiirnni i „ mm Faithful Seek Something More From Religion by Chris Federico challenged and to grow in faith and discuss "If He does not trip us up trying to reach issues and faith wifh other students," said Him, we will make Him into our own image Peter Newburn, a first year graduate student so that He will act just as we want Him to who, along with Elaine Proeario, FC '85; react. We want to control Him." Judy Jones, FC '85; Paul Mandry, FC '85; "Do you seek to control relationships?" John Ralosky, FC '84 and Tom Infurna, FC continued Rev. Richard Dillon, "you may '83, gave birth to and nurtured the idea of have a hard time relating to God if you do. these weekly meetings. When He does not answer you, you feel "I really enjoyed it because it gave me the doubts and confusion and there is a lot of chance to talk with my peers about a subject stamping of feet, jealousy, and rage." that you don't usually talk about or debate," The students gathered in the Upper Room said Regina Conti, FC '86. at Campus Ministries were quiet and atten- Nina DeCew, FC '83, "liked having the tive as these words hit home for some. Faith priests in an informal atmosphere and being and doubt was this week's topic at able to question him and deal with him on an "Something More," a program designed by equal level. You get the lesson without the sti dents to enable their peers to experience rituals behind it." "mini-retreats" once a week. "Something Informality and openness are the attractive More," which meets every Tuesday night and Qualities of these discussions. It becomes is open to all students begins at 7:30 p.m. and evident that one's insecurities, fears of being ends promptly at 9:00 p.m. The meeting hurt by others, and cool exteriors that opens with a guest speaker expressing his prevent people from reaching out to one ideas on a certain subject. The students then another are dropped—here people basically break up into groups and openly discuss their understand and care for one another. At feelings on the subject. The groups then "Something More" a warm feeling grows rejoin and end the night with song and betv/een people who had been stran'gers at the prayer. beginning of the talk. Maybe that is why it works so well. Patti Walsh, Rev. Richard Dillon, and Nina DeCew meditate at a meeting of "Sorne- "It's an opportunity to come and be thine More." US Postage PAIL Thursday Bronx, New York inursagy PermjtNo.7608 February 24,1983 Non-profitorg. Volume 65 Number 6 >RDHAM UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK Koch Addresses Bronx Issues At I own Meeting by Rose Marie Arce one year and it don't get better. What can Housing, unemployment, arson and crime you do?" asked Gladys Daniels. "We need I were among the issues discussed by Mayor Ed protection from 9 p.m. vto 9 a.m." I Koch before a packed room of Bronx com- "It [the problem] is all over. There's no fmunity leaders at St. Joseph's Church on ' question that many of the people arrested j Washington Avenue on Tuesday. and brought to court are turned out and Koch said the current recession was due in . don't serve time. The courts will say 'where I'part to the federal government, but could do we put them'? There are 10,400 people in Jalso be associated with a worldwide state of city jails and 24,000 in state jails. Of those in [economic distress. Koch added that $830 city jails, 70 percent are awaiting trial. We [million had been taken from the New York need more city jails. But, it is not just our [operating budget by the federal government. problem. The federal government has an 'Everyone agrees that the recovery seems to obligation it has not fulfilled. Heroin is not • be here. New York will recover faster because grown in Central Park. And it cannot be I of its service oriented economy, but we can't grown in the South Bronx. Federal jails I spend what we don't have," he said. should take our drug criminals. They fail Koch said there would be reductions in the each time drugs get in the country," an- i major service areas for next year. However swered Koch. '•• he also stated that much of these reductions Police Commissioner Robert McQuire said Mayor Ed Koch speaks to Bronx residents at St. Joseph's Church on Tuesday. ' would be alleviated by state aid from Gover- his department made 15,000 street narcotic nor Mario Cuomo. "Some say why does New arrests last year. York City get such a big share of medicaid. Koch said his top priorities for New York Physical Plant Installs The answer is because we have such a large City are "cops and teachers." He said his share of medicaid patients. Seventy percent administration put 2500 more policemen in of the eligible medicaid recipients live in New the streets last year and hopes to maintain York City," said Koch; that at its current level. Said one hispanic Energy-Saving System Community members complained of a Bronx resident of the South Bronx People for by Anne Murphy conditions. A:> a lb now, it is difficult to violent, poor crime-ridden degenerating Change, "I want to go back to the 40s when A computerized energy-management gauge." South Bronx area. "Kids is smoking reefers you see a good honest cop on his beat with a system costing almost $200,000 is being in- The computerized management system is and pot in the doorway. We been in the stick. I was here in 1949 when blacks and expected to cut lighting costs by preventing house (Senior Citizens Building PL.BD#6) stalled this month on both the Rose Hill and Continued on page 5 Lincoln Center campuses. The system, overloads that incur penalties, and by manufactured by Straefa Control Systems, of regulating temperatures according to wind, California, was authorized by the Board of sun, and the number of people occupying a Trustees last year in order to regulate energy room. consumption and reduce escalating costs, Security Director Thomas Courtney said and will also be used to increase campus the new system will enable supervisors to security efficiency. verify whether guards actually complete their Physical Plant Director Robert Mahan said assigned rounds. "As it stands now," Cour- the new system will have the capability of tney said, "there is no way of knowing if all monitoring building temperatures and of check points are being toured. The additional taking intelligent control action in adjusting supervision that the computer system would them. "With the installation of sensors in allow has always been needed." various rooms and buildings on campus, the Ring stations will be established at all system will," according to Mahan, "keep check points, Courtney said. "Upon arriving Physical Plant informed of the healing per- at given posts, guards will be required to formance of particular buildings or even signal us by inserting a key in a designated isolated rooms." slot," be stated. The central processor well Sensors will be installed in room 1301 of record the time of arrival and locations of Walsh Hall, and in one of the middle floors guards on duty. of that building where heating was insuf- As another security function, the Straefa ficient this year. system includes a program for alarming high The Straefa system will also be equipped risk zones. Courtney said science labs, the with a start-stop program that would reduce Administration Building and other locations the number of operating hours for heating on campus will be protected with alarms. and lighting individual classrooms and Mahan said the majority of wiring has meeting rooms on campus. Mahan said that been laid for the system, which he anticipated by "feeding the central processor data about will be functional in March. Both Courtney academic or activity schedules, we will and Mahan stated that the new $200,000 system will pay for itself in three to five Security Director Tom Courtney contemplates computerized monitoring oj security. determine more efficiently when to start equipment in order to produce comfortable THE CAB CALENDAR TO ALL CL LBS.',1! This Calendar is brought to you by the Campus Activities Board, but it hfor your use. Please use the below coupon for ail activities and return it to Box 210 by FRIDAY AT 4:00 P\f. **An old fashioned Wednesday, March 2: CAB rock and roU horror Class of '83: "83 Days Unit! Graduation" Mixer in the RamskeMar. movie with solid Class of '84: Junior Class Dinner PRESENTS: Batiroon at 8.00 pm humor... a lot of fun." History Department: From Rags to Saiurdav, February 26: Reagan" lecture b\. Pnot Edward CONCERTS: v_^"-5 5.0-.'* -Cafeteria Fred Yager, Associated Press Pessen of CUNY Faculty Lounge a* 12:30 pm Sa-tc' _f-_: v _•* • r- •: Thursday, March 3: Jewish Student Union mandatory S _ f*. <•«.*." -J a11" e 2 z meeting Alt nev» members welcome Survdai. February 2": Help us p'an speakers, me. ses. dinners FINE ARTS: =•:•-• ~".i le and trips FMH, Room 440.10.30 Friday, March 4: Tue-sdav, March 1: La Academia Hispana: Spanish Writing CLLTLR.AL AFFAIRS: ,et.s for tittle Contest Deadline, Dropoff submissions in the Club's mailbox in FMH 432 'Also taking submissions for "La Prensa For- \*i ed rxesda v. M a r c h 2: dhamensa" Magazine-either Spanish or CiSE\ESTS:5a-et-.