* I &\ / / , Construction workers prepare Hughes Hall for the fall but have yet to repair a one-and-a-half square foot hole in Room 3J3, still patched with cardboard and masking tape after a partial ceiling collapse on March 29. Karen Williams, FC '87, narrowly escaped being covered with falling debris during demolition of the fourth floor walls. Several minutes after she was awakened by the noise of workers above, plaster "°*4fltthttN& fell on her bed. No one was injured, but two of the room 'sfour residen- ts spent the next night in their RA 's room. 'We thought the whole place would be coining down, " said Jennifer Bertolini, FC '87. V^n '«•»•- Non-ProfitOrg U S Postage PAID f\f, • Bronx, New York Permit No 7608 ^f:r < i-i „'**» Vtfemtftt f XOTK Four Cars Finlay Stolen Named From Graduation Parking Speaker Lots by Christine Fedcrico "It was a Friday in early April and my by Vinny Barry [classes ended at 12:30 p.m. The spot where University President Rev. James Finlay, my car was parked (A lot) was empty. 1 S.J., will address Fordham's graduating looked up and down the line and realized it seniors as the commencement speaker at the was gone." University's ceremony on Saturday, May 19. Fordham College junior John Cahill's This year's commencement address will experience was the fourth incident of auto be a first for Finlay, who has not been given theft on the Rose Hill campus this academic the chance to address the graduating seniors year. Three of the larcenies involved Subarus since he began at Fordham 12 years ago. and the other a Datsun. According to Finlay's retirement as President will be effective June 1. Security Director Thomas Courtney, only, one car was stolen from Fordham's lots last Six people are scheduled to receive "My car was parked 20 yards from the security box. They honorary doctorates from the University at year. the commencement ceremony. Security claims there is little they can do could have prevented my theft." Mario Biaggio, the New York Congress- to help prevent further incidents. man from Fordham's Rose Hill Congression- "We have patrols through 'A' Parking —John Cahill, FC '85 al District; Chancellor Willard Genrich, head Lot every five minutes," said Courtney. of the Board of Regents of the state of New "The only thing we could do is decrease that later when the insurance was settling out the objects. They took a T-shirt with lettering and left a ski jacket. They took black socks York; and Peter Warren, Executive Vice time span." police found it on a routine tow. The locks and left white ones. They emptied all my President of PepsiCo, Inc. and Chairman of Cahill disagrees. "I've only seen a car were punched out and tools and my stereo clothes out of my gym bags, left the clothes the Council of Governing Boards, will each there every so often," he said. "I have never were taken," he said. Damages were estimated at $1200. His car was recovered in and took the gym bags. They even left one of receive a Law Degree. seen them go through on regular five-minute an alley at Lehman College. their own shirts," he said. Rita Webb Smith, an alumni of the intervals. My car was parked 20 yards from The third car taken, also a Subaru, College at Lincoln Center and of the the security box. They could have prevented In December, Tuton's car was again was parked in "B" lot. Kathy McGrath, FC Graduate School of Social Service and direc- my theft." stolen, only this time from the parking lot behind the cafeteria. It was found the next '85, was the owner. "My car is alarmed tor of Administrative Consultation Services, Police recovered Cahill's Datsun eight morning, Monday, on Bathgatc Ave. now," said Tuton, "The car does not start will be given a Human Letters Degree along days after he reported it stolen, stripped of its "They [security] let it sit there a whole until 1 hook it back up. Also, the securtiy with Frank Talpin, President of the Metro- stereo, CB radio, tools and battery. Cahill day and let the police ticket it for illegal guards keep an eye on it. They know me." politan Opera. estimated damage at $800 to $1000. parking before they decided to cheek it out," This experience has affected Tuton ad- Rev. Robert 1. Burns, S.J., a medieval Jim Tuton, a Saga Corporation history scholar from the University of said Tuton. versely. "Sometimes I get a little overactive manager, had his Subaru stolen twice. On when I see somebody stealing, even California at Los Angeles and an alumnus of Tuton believes the second robbery might October 13 Tuton put in his usual nine-hour something like a bagel. 1 just can't look the Fordham's Graduate School of Arts and have been done by somebody on campus. working day and arrived at the "A" parking other way." Sciences, will be receiving a Letters Degree. lot to find his vehicle gone. "Three weeks "They were like a raven picking shiny RbmandiiB the Stone Hoffman's Willy toman Springffelg^jurig to fake 2/THE RAM/THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1984 Ate&&'>-i- !•:*••* THE CAB CALENDAR Thursday, April 26 Coffeehouse: TOP. presents "Colors Trio" at 8:30 p.m. in Saturday, April 28 Rooms 234-235 Crew: President's Cup Regatta at Poughkeepsie, NY. Cinevents: The Dead Zone at 10:30 a.m., 8 and 10:30 p.m. in Martyrs' Court Barbeque with Band 2-7 p.m. Keating 1st. Cinevents Double Feature: Where the Boys Are followed Cultural Affairs: Bus leaves tor Cinderella at 6:15 p.m. at by Stripes beginning at 7 p.m. the McGinley Center. Fireworks Display! Viewing from Edwards Parade at 11 30 Mimes and Mummers present Bus Stop at 8 p.m. in Collins p.m. followed by Midnight Mixer in the Cafeteria until 4 Auditorium. ' '"" ''r'-?i\~ " a.m.ttr Friday, April 27 Sunday, April 29 WAC: Roller skating with D.J. at the McGinley Center from Mimes and Mummers Matinee: Bus Stop at 3 p.m. in 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Collins Auditorium. Concerts: The Ramones at 8 p.m. in the Gym. Cinevents presents The Big Chill. Afternoon and evening Mimes and Mummers present Bus Stop at 8 p.m. in Collins shows. Auditorium. RHA Semi-Formal on Spellman Lawn at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 30 Women's Softball vs. John Jay College at 3:30 p.m. Away. Beginning of Reading Days. ic by John Gizzo Good Luck to All!!! Have a great summer!!! Use this lorm to list events in the CAB Calendar Sponsoring Group Address Description of Event Admission Requirements D General Publi DEADLINE: FRIDAY «T 4M ||in|n Other Upon complstlon ol this lorm. please return to Ciliodar Committee Members of Fordham University Only Campus Cintir Director's Office THE RAM/THURSDAY, APRIL 26,1984/3 Dorm Plans Begin To Avert Housing Gap by Mark Dillon Architects will be preparing drawings this summer for a new Rose Hill dormitory that University administrators hope will be constructed by the fall of 1986 to alleviate a growing on-campus housing shortage. Several architectural firms will compete to design a dorm for 500 to 600 students based on the recommendations of report submitted by Vice President for Student Af- fairs Joseph McGowan to the University's. Administrative Council earlier this month. McGowan's report specified four possible construction sites, addressed numerous student life issues related to con- struction and described the kind of structure Fordham would like to erect — a set of three or four-story buildings the size of Martyrs' Court with both apartments and rooms-off- corridor. "I prefer a traditional corridor style," said Assistant Dean for Residential Life Winifred Wegman. "It's more conducive to building community. It provides the means for getting together. Students don't create their own opportunities." Recommendations in the report also in- cluded "providing kitchens in apartments or } Blackened areas on map of Rose Hill campus indicate possible dorm sites. Architects will town houses for upperclassmen" and "com- prepare drawings for all four areas. pletely taking over the bookstore and perhaps the Post Office area" to meet ad- ditional food service needs. eliminate the need for such a cutback. Ac- have lots of potential." include some consideration for transient The report stated that renovations in the cording to the report, a new residence hall "One's Own Home" commuter lodging and guest accom- McGinley Center scheduled for this summer will increase the Rose Hill population by 250 Security, lounge space, guest housing, modations." Two-person rooms were will not be adequate to meet the needs of to 350 students. It will absorb 264 students electrical and plumbing needs and outdoor recommended as the norm for regular resid- more than 2,200 residents who will be at Rose living in the five floors of a renovated athletic facilities were some related con- ents. Hill after the new dorm is constructed. Hughes Hall this fall, still considered a tem- siderations that the report addressed. McGowan's report also emphasized that A product of a committee of Residence porary residence hall. "There exists among our residents stud- architects should consider that Fordham Halls staff and administrators, the report McGowan's report stipulated that the ents and staff, a distinct feeling that the residents "use considerable electricity and listed the following areas as dorm sites lor new spaces created would be evenly divided residence halls are crowded," stated the need more power and outlets than might be which plans will be drawn up: between upperclassmen and underclassmen.