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<< ST. JOES BURNS DOWN PAGE 2 TUESDAY A&E, TOM PETTY COMES TO UD PAGE 10 OCT. 20, 2009 OPINION, WILL WE BE REMEMBERED PAGE 13 SPORTS, UD LOSES IN NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP PAGE 16 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON VOL. 57 NO. 11 50 YEARS OF FLYER NEWS It’s our 50th anniversary, and we’re proud to share it with you in this special issue of Flyer News. We’ve chosen stories from the past five decades that we’ve only heard about through gen- erations and put them together to give you a closer look at UD’s history. The first issue of Flyer News was published in 1959; however, that was the fifth volume. The UD student-run newspaper was originally named the Dayton Flyer and published its first volume in 1955. For an unknown reason, Flyer News printed two volumes in the 1984-85 school year, which makes the current volume 57. So, although we’re in our 57th volume, we’re celebrating 50 years as Flyer News. Dr. Larry Lain, Flyer News advisor since 1987, has seen how much UD has changed over the years, but also how it has stayed the same. Different events and moments in history have hap- pened, but UD has kept the same values and unique traditions since 1955. More than any other organization on campus, Lain has seen the changes directly within Flyer News and how it has improved over the past few decades. “There’s been a growing sense of professionalism,” Lain said. “That feeling has always been there for the top two or three people on the staff, but as time goes on, it’s a feeling that goes much deeper down into the staff.” Please enjoy taking a look into the past 50 years of UD in print and on our Web site, www.fly- ernews.com. We’ll be back next week with a new issue of Flyer News. 2 NEWS Flyer News •Tuesday, October 20, 2009 FIRE GUTS ST. JOE’S St. Joseph’s Hall, a 103-year-old UD landmark, was destroyed by fire Tuesday, Dec. 22 STEVE RAITERI Staff Writer with a consultant from the chosen Vol 35, Special Edition, 1988 freeze-drying firm to determine what papers can be saved. The The fire, which was detected faculty will then be consulted as about 7 a.m., caused extensive to whether they should be saved. damage on the third and fourth “It’s an expensive process,” floors. The first and second said Joyce. “So we want to make floors suffered primarily water sure that what we save is what damage. should be saved.” The departments of commu- The most extensive damage nication, sociology and anthro- pology, political science and so- cial work all suffered extensive losses, including class notes, re- “Each time that search, equipment and personal belongings. Hardest hit was the building was the communication department which lost its departmental office rebuilt, there was and nearly all faculty offices and suffered major loss of equipment. a renewal not Sixty firefighters and 16 piec- es of fire equipment battled the only of that build- blaze which was brought under control around 9:40 a.m. ing, but of the “I think this is a real tragedy for individual faculty members,” university as a said Dr. Francis Lazarus, dean of the college of arts and sciences. whole” “There is a sense of loss for the entire university. St. Joe’s was a great building...it had character.” Dr. Gerald Kerns, political sci- Dr. Francis Lazarus, College of ence chairman, concurred. Arts and Sciences Dean “It’s like losing a home,” he said. Fire officials blamed the blaze on faulty electrical wiring on the third floor. No one was inside the building when the fire broke out. “We’re very grateful that no occurred in the north wing of one was hurt,” said Patrick Joyce, St. Joe’s on the third and fourth vice president for university ad- floors. According to Dr. Larry vancement. Lain, virtually everything from According to Lazarus, approx- the department of communica- imately 400 cartons of books and tion was lost, including all jour- papers have been salvaged from nalism lab equipment and com- the buildling, mostly from the puter terminals. first and second floors. The floors The political science depart- of the third and fourth floors are ment, based on the first floor, lost unsafe, and little can be removed mainly items that were out in the from those areas. open. Water-damaged papers so far “About 75 percent of the books Flames leap from above the statue of St. Joseph. The fire which took place in 1988 led to the reconstruction of the present day St. recovered have been frozen at the came out all right,” said Kerns. Joe’s. JEFF MILLER I-Supply Company in Fairborn. “We were at least fortunate.” According to Lazarus, the papers Over 150 classes have been family development, which was “The support from the univer- tion,” he said. “I think there will can be saved if they undergo a moved as a result of the fire and protected by a fire wall and suf- sity has been outstanding,” said be a sense of renewal.” freeze-drying process. Two com- 43 faculty members’ offices have fered less damage than other Dr. Don B. Morlan, chairman of St. Joe’s, the sixth oldest build- panies- Document Reprocessors, been relocated. Easy access to areas. UD Printing and Design, the department of communica- ing on campus, is on the site of Inc. of San Francisco and the departmental offices and confer- which was located in the base- tion. two previous fires, and according American Freeze-Dry Corpora- ence rooms has been lost, Kerns ment of St. Joe’s, is relocating to “We’ve got to get going,” said to Lazarus, “Each time that the tion- have already been contact- said. the basement of Zehler Hall. Morlan. “We can’t wait to see building was rebuilt, there was a ed, and one will be hired to per- The building also housed the “The community has really what we’ve lost.” renewal not only of that building, form the process. center for international studies, pulled together,” said Joyce. “I’m Lazarus is also looking toward but of the university as a whole.” Lazarus will visit the cold which was destroyed by the fire, very appreciative of the work the the future. storage facility this week along and the center for the study of faculty is doing.” “I have a sense of anticipa- NEWS 3 Flyer News •Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Student pet owners create exotic Ghetto Zoo HEIDI WHITE tula before Charlotte but I lost it animals,” said sophomore Pete Staff Writer earlier this year,” said senior Jon Hendrickson. Hendrickson owns Vol 36, No 31, 1989 Husted. a Japanese Akita dog named Over the past three years, one Waking up next to a loose ta- Kelsey, a Chinese shar-pei called house in the Ghetto has provided rantula would frighten most stu- Yogi and Alex, a Green Anaconda a loving home for two dogs, three dents. However, it beats sopho- water boa. cats, 11 kittens, three snakes, one more Dave Potokar’s experience Earlier this year, Hendrickson squirrel named Sparky, seven os- when he received a gentle squeeze had a two-month old pitbull and cars and two mice used as breed- in the middle of the night from a was the proud owner of 52 ham- ers. cold boa constrictor, wrapped sters. “I was watching Petey’s six “In case we were ever trapped around his feet. hamsters over the summer and in the house, we would have a Potokar’s experience is not accidentally left the males and Pete Hendrickson plays with his shar-pei Yogi and his Akita Kelsey (above). Sean Ken- pretty good food chain to feed up surprising, considering he shares females together and the next neally gets a hug from his pet snakes (below). MIKE MELANSON/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR the line,” said Charlie, a senior. a room with a 3-foot ball python, a thing I knew, I had three cages of schedule and transportation sys- Charlie asked that his real 4-foot boa constrictor and a 6-foot smelly hamsters,” said Ahmed El tem in a laundry basket for daily name be omitted because of his snake owner Sean Kenneally. Seyad. outside duties,” Fred said. landlord/tenant relationship. Kenneally grew up around Many believe college pet own- “One day we furthered our ed- Following close behind is an- snakes and said, “As long as you ers do not take proper care of ucation by finding out if Pavlov’s other household with a three- keep them well fed and hold them their animals. The opposite was experiments would work with a year pet history of three dogs, a lot then they’re not mean.” true with a group of freshmen in milkbone,” he continued. three parrots, two iguanas, a Other occupants in Kenneal- Stuart Hall who borrowed a dog The dogs are the most active lizard, a lovebird, a long haired ly’s private zoo include a South for a week. and visible section of the pet life rabbit, a flying squirrel, oscars, American caiman and Sadie the “We needed a mascot for our in the Ghetto. They are also note- piranhas, African Cichlids and ferret. basketball team and CAD (Cocky worthy for scandalous activities various tropical fish. “The caiman is a relative of Arrogant Dog) was it,” said Fred, in Kennedy Union Food Court, If the above households seem the alligator and should grow to one freshman who could not dis- Plaza and also Ghetto streets.