The Griffin

By Abbey Woodcock
Managing Editor

A lengthy and heated discussion broke out at Tuesday’s Undergraduate Student Association (USA) meeting after President Luigi Rodo announced he would be taking a leave of absence until the end of the Fall 2006 semester. This announcement came after allegations of financial impropriety were investigated by members of the executive board of the USA.
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By Carolyn Millard
Editor in Chief

The Undergraduate Student Association (USA) is charged with the responsibility of approving the constitutions of newly formed clubs and signing off on amendments that these clubs may make; however an investigation by The Griffin has revealed that the organization itself does not follow some of the procedures outlined in its own.
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By Eric Koehler
News Writer

Renowned art historian Dr. Richard Shiff came to Buffalo this past Friday to deliver a lecture pertaining to the art of Chuck Close, an American born painter whose name is synonymous with Pop Art and Photo-Realism.
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By Elyse Krezmien & Mike Robb
News Editor & News Writer

Last Sunday afternoon, the winner of the New York piano competition, Joshua Wright, played to members of the College community.

The performance, which lasted for almost two hours, contained several pieces, including works written by composers such as Frederic Chopin, Domenico Scarlatti, and Samuel Barber.
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By Elyse Krezmien & Tearra Rhodes
News Editor & News Writer

Original artwork by Eric Gansworth, a Canisius College professor of English and Lowery Writer-in-Residence, will be unveiled on Thursday, November 2 in Grupp Fireside Lounge at noon.
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By Paula Hopeck
Life & Arts Editor

In honor of the Jesuit Jubilee year, the Canisius College Conversation in Christ and Culture lecture series is presenting a series of films followed by discussions. On Wednesday, Black Robe, a film depicting the Jesuit mission in New France, was shown.
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By Sarah Blarr
News Writer

The Raichle Pre-Law Center held its annual Raichle Pre-Law Lecture Series on Tuesday, Oct. 24. Dr. Peter Galie introduced the guest speaker, the programs 24th lecturer, Jeffery Rosen. Rosen is a distinguished legal commentator, an accomplished author and a professor of law at Georgetown University.
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21 Oct. 2006 / 8:30 p.m. / Petite Larceny

Student reported that his windshield wipers were stolen off his car while it was parked in the Eastwood Lot.

23 Oct. 2006 / 5:00 a.m. / Suspicious Incident

A student’s mother reported that while asleep on the couch in her daughter’s Delevan Town house apartment, she heard pounding coming from the apartment next. Later she woke up and saw an arm reaching in the apartment door attempting to unlock the door. Public Safety officers checked the premises and found it to be secure.

23 Oct. 2006 / 11:30 p.m. / Suspicious Incident

A faculty member reported someone appeared to have been in her office while she away. Several items including her desk were moved, but nothing appeared missing at the time of the report.

Core curriculum changes. Cuts in academic budgets. Administrative policies toward clubs. Questionable retention initiatives designed to stop falling enrollment.
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nick dagostino

It takes a lot for the Editor in Chief and co-founder of The Courier to write an article for The Griffin, but what has happened to Luigi Rodo, easily the best advocate the Student Body has, is shameful and rotten to the core. As you probably know the President of the Undergraduate Student Association, Luigi Rodo, has been forced to step down from his position for the remainder of the semester. Only time will tell the wisdom and appropriateness of this action, but this is only the beginning of the story.
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