Heckler Named Commencement Speaker
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the •.•Serving the ...and welcoming University and the one-in-a the community••. millionairess... Vol. 59, No.8 UKIVERSITY OF SCRANToN ~ - Wednesday, November 12, 1986 .Heckler named commencement speaker BY BOB McGOVERN concern that student Aquinas Managing Editor commission members do not Margaret M. Heckler, have enough influence in U.S. ambassador to Irelano, the selection process. "We will deliver the principal don't have as much say as address to graduates at ' we could have," he said.. University commencement Heckler was offered the exercises May 31, according ambassadorship to Ireland to the Rev. J.A. Panuska; by President Reagan in president of the University. October 1985, after Reagan Heckler, who will be asked Heckler to quit her awarded an honorary doctor cabinet position as secretary of laws degree by the of the Health and Human University, is the first Services Administration. woman commencement She accepted the position, speaker since the University which the Reagan was founded in 1888.. administration termed a "Once again, we have "promotion," despite succeeded in attracting an previously describing the outstanding person to ambassadorship as "a lovely enhance our commencement position - for someone celebration," Panuska said. else." "And this year, there is Heckler had served as something special in the . secretary of the health fact that the leadership of agency since early 1983. women in our University Previously, Heckler and in our world will be served 16 years as a recognized.', Republican representative Panuska noted that the from Massachusetts. She M'argaret M. Heckler selection of Heckler was defeated, however, in A graduate of Albertus scholarship to Harvard Law coincides with the election her bid for a 10th term. At Magnus College, Heckler School. At Boston College of Ellen Duggan last year the time of her defeat, she received her law degree· she was the only woman in as the first woman was the senior woman in from Boston College in her class and the first preRident of a graduating Congress. 1956, turning down a woman on the Law Review. Ethiopian refugees fight famine BY ANN FOWLER She also.asserted that the damage Sudan has, however, experienced Aquinas Asst. News Editor caused by the drought and its best year in the past five years, "This is another world subsequent famine is directly linked according to Sukop. With the aid completely. This is the world of the to the lifestyles of the refugees. given by relief agencies like Oxfam refugees," said Sylvia Sukop, "So many millions live on the and the relative abundance of rain, commenting on the Wad Sherife edge of survival every day of every the number of refugess in the refugee camp in the North Mrican year, even in the good years. A camps has dimiI}.ished from 150,000 country of Sudan. natural disaster like a drought or a to 30,000, she added. Sukop is the deputy press officer hurricane literally will push millions. Refugees have been moved to for Oxfam America, an over the edge," she continued. other places in Sudan or have international self-help organization Poverty is the villian to be . struck out on their own, Sukop dedicated to relieve and develop attacked, said Sukop. "Rich people said. third world countries. She recently never starve in any society, at any -Sukop said that many refugees would like to return to Ethiopia but - '. returned from Sudan and lectured time," she added. at the University Tuesday. One reason for the malnutrition a civil war of "Marxist against Sukop said the 150,000 refugees and food shortage in Sudan and marxist" has made safe living iIi Sudan fled from neighboring other third world countries, Sukop almost impossible. Ethiopia during the 1984-85 famine. said, is that these countries must In this way, Ethiopia resembles The mass suffering and starvation grow and export luxury items like Sudan. At the moment, southern Many children in the African . were not due to merely oneCfactor, bananas and coffee for the U.S. and Sudan is isolated from the rest of country ofthe Sudan have been she said, hoping to dispel the myth other creditor nations. the world. Not even a television helped by the OXFAM that "famine is the result of Thus, the government of Sudan camera, let alone a relief agency, organization, which is dedicated drought." must ignor~ the needs of its own . can enter the region, Sukop said. to the cause ofhelping Oxfam has tried to turn the impoverished People 'all over the Sukop maintained' that the citizens in an effort to payoff a $9 primary cause of famine is P9verty. billion debt. '. responsibility for health care back world. over to the refugees. (Continued on page 2) Page 2 - THE AQUINAS - November 12,1986 \ 'memo board-, Selllinar~ in compu,t~r...ai(i~d" Tutors called to meetjng design offered._ ,lJJ1.iy:~r~j.ty,- by j _, ,A general, mandatory meeting for all tutors of . _ " -. " . ._ '- : i 7""'. _ •, conversational English will be held today at noon m the BY JIM BOHN Counseling Center located in the Gallery. Also, all students Aquinas New's Staff , . requiring help with conversational English are invited to The department of attend the meeting. physics/engineering and thE> ',,":'" ;v!;,:'~ ~~:> Freshmen must register Office of Continuing Education are currently ", , The pre-registration assembly for CAS freshmen for sponsoring fall and winter Intersession and Spring semester is Wednesday, Nov. 12 at seminars for area 11:30 a.m. in the John Long Center. All SOM freshman students will attend their pre-registration assembly on the professionals in computer same day at 11:30 a.m. in the Jefferson Hall Auditorium. On aided design featuring line registration for all freshman students will be Wednesday, AutoCAD, according to Dr. Nov. 19 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Students are reminded to Albert Solomon, director of bring their picture ID cards and computer- generated time continuing education. sequence sheets. AutoCAD is the nation's largest selling computer Help offered to Pre-L_aw students aided dE;!sign software. All members of the graduating class who are applying to law The three-day seminars, schools are encouraged to schedde appointments with Dr. designed specifically for Frank Homer, University pre~law advisor (Room 252, St. advanced designers as well Thomas Hall). Dr. Homer will help students ensure as good a as beginners and match as possible between their credentials and career goals intermediate-level and the schools to which they apply. Photo by Mike Frederick enthusiasts, will include c~mputer Pre-Law society_ ttl ~ather "Advanced AutoCAD,'~ . Students punch in information at the hzb "Introduction to AutoCAD" zn St. Thomas Hall. The new seminars for All members of the University Pre-Law society must attend a pro'esBiona~ were designed by AutoCAl),'the largest mandatory meeting today from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. and "AutoCAD for Architects." producer ofsoftware computer-sm tRe' United States. New Phys Ed course offered "AutoCAD was one of the first companies to prepare A new physical education course will be offered to students. campus are twofold. First, The course will cover topics such as stress, sexuality, alcohol software for use on a down their backs." and drugs. No textbook will be used. For more information, personal computer," it serves the professional ',' . 'Solomon mentioned that contact Prof. Scheck in the Nursing Department at 961-7647 Solomon said. engineering community with AutoCAD seminars often . on Tuesdays from 3 to 4:30 p.m. or Thursdays from 10 p.m. to When a student wanted to courses to provide them serve as pre-tests. People 11:30 a.m. The one-credit course is called Health Education for design something in the with assistance. have- opportunities to see if the Young Adult (p.E. 35). past, a lot of the hard work Second, it helps keep the the software works for had to be done by a physics/engineering faculty. them before investing,in a Bourcier hosta Paris trip draftsman, Solomon said. It up to date on the latest, , IQ.t ,of expensive equipment. Dr. Richard Bourcier will host a two~week trip to Paris from: .' was very time consuming software materials.' ',' He added that he haS Jan. 5 to 19, 1987. The complete trip cost which includes , for the draftsman to draw The 'benefits of taking an hear~ nothing but good accomodations, transportation and tours is $9~5. The trip wilJ, "up the bl~eprints',by'hah<:!,., AutoCAD seminar are '.' results fro,jrl, people who" include a panoramic tour of the city.- a visit to the Louvre ' he added. ' , many, said Solom6n. It· museum, VersaiIles; the Moot-Chandon champagne cellars, have'taken the seminars. Now; with computer aided introduces the professional 1\utoCAD courses, three full-day excursions including lunch, and more. Three to a new type of software. "The credits in the Humanities Area IV are available at half tuition. design, the computer does Will be'.offered monthly Reservations and further information are available from Dr. the work, Solomon said. Also, some companies from November to January. Bourcier, Room 355, St. Thomas Hall, 961-7447. Br9Chures are He added that the physics frequently require their Solo~on said that,they. available upon request. department has the only employees -to brush up on will continue in the future AutoCAD training center in the latest packages 'to learn . , as a regularly scheduled ' S.G. sponsors lecture by author' Northeastern Pennsylvania. more about them, he said. program. To register for The University Student Government will sponsor Gina "We also offer several "These seminars are these seminars or for more Cascone, author of Pagan Babies, Memories ofGrowing Up courses in computer'aided helpful to many ipformation, contact the Catholic , as the guest lecturer of the Student Government design for undergraduates," professionals in this Office of Continuing Lecture Series on November 18 at 8 p.m.