by Public Relations | Sep 30, 2011 | Alumni, Faculty, Parents, Staff, Students
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| Dan Morrison |
The Golden Griffin ice hockey team opens its 2011-12 season Sunday (October 2) at 4 p.m. at the Buffalo State Ice Arena with a preseason contest versus Queens University of Kingston, ON.
Coach Dave Smith welcomes 12 newcomers to his roster that is anchored by 14 letterwinners and captain Scott Moser and goalie Dan Morrison. The Griffs open the regular portion of their schedule at Quinnipiac, October 15-16 and meet RIT on October 20 in the regular season home opener.
For additional information, check out www.gogriffs.com.
The Canisius ticket office will hand out free pairs of tickets to Sunday’s game to the first five faculty/staff who Email John Maddock at maddock@canisius.edu.
Submitted by: John Maddock, associate athletic director – external affairs, athletics
by Public Relations | Sep 30, 2011 | Faculty, Parents, Staff, Students
The Office of Campus Ministry asks Canisius faculty, staff and students to consider signing a petition supporting passage of the Development, Relief & Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act at the 11:45 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. Masses this Sunday (October 2). The petition will also be available in Campus Ministry, the Student Center lobby and at the October 6 Sleep Out in the Quad. Canisius students attending the Ignatian Solidarity Network’s annual teach-in in D.C. this November will be lobbying for passage of the DREAM Act.
Justice for immigrants is an important value in Catholic social teaching, and the DREAM Act gives undocumented students a chance to earn legal status if they came here as children, are long-term US residents, have good moral character, and complete two years of college or military service in good standing. Thousands of hard-working young people who were brought to the United States as infants or children can now be locked up in federal detention centers and deported to a country they’ve never known. The DREAM Act would stop the injustice by giving students who have grown up and graduated high school in the United States the opportunity to earn legal status through higher education or military service.
Please direct questions about this initiative to Sarah Signorino at signoris@canisius.edu.
Submitted by: Sarah Signorino, associate campus minister, campus ministry
by Public Relations | Sep 29, 2011 | Alumni, Faculty, Parents, Staff, Students
Jonathan M. DiCicco, PhD, assistant professor of political science, will deliver the Fall 2011 Archives Speaker Series lecture on today (September 29) from 2:30 – 4 p.m. in the Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library (2nd flr.). DiCicco will present “Rumors of War, Redacted? Fears, Secrets and Nuclear Crisis in the Reagan Administration.”
DiCicco will discuss events of November 1983 which “may have been the closest the world has come to nuclear war since the Cuban Missile Crisis” and “how it motivated President Ronald Reagan to take a first step toward peacemaking with the Soviet Union.” He’ll investigate NATO’s “Able Archer 83” Affair, allegations of nuclear crisis, and the challenges of reconstructing events from rumors and redacted documents, and “what remains hidden from view and why?” This presentation and discussion of fear, secrecy, and Cold War intrigue will be followed by light refreshments.
The Archives Speaker Series showcases scholars with a special understanding of archival research, based on their own experiences; and, who have completed an expression of scholarship reliant on archival research. This event is free and open to the Canisius community and public.
For more information, contact Kathleen DeLaney, archivist/reference librarian at Ext. 8421.
Submitted by: Kathleen DeLaney, archivist, archives & special collections
by Public Relations | Sep 29, 2011 | Alumni, Faculty, Parents, Staff, Students
Fresh off a riveting four set win over the University of Buffalo, the Golden Griffin volleyball team continues its homestand with games this weekend against St. Peter’s and Manhattan.
Danielle Brawn ‘12
The Griffs host the St. Peter’s Peacocks on Saturday (October 1) at 2 p.m. and meet the Manhattan Jaspers at 2 p.m. on Sunday (October 2). Both matches will take place in the Koessler Athletic Center. This weekend’s games commence a stretch for the volleyball team that will see Canisius host seven of their next nine games and nine of their next 13 contests.
No admission charge. For additional information, check out www.gogriffs.com.
Submitted by: John Maddock, associate athletic director – external affairs, athletics
by Public Relations | Sep 29, 2011 | Alumni, Faculty, Parents, Staff, Students
Elizabeth Legge, PhD, associate professor of modern art at the University of Toronto, will give a lecture today (September 29) at 2:30 p.m. in the Regis Room in the Richard E. Winter ’42 Student Center. “Superfaciality: The Ethics of Taking Photographs in a Mirror” investigates Michael Snow’s work, Authorization (1969) (pictured at right), which was a test case for a number of claims being made for conceptual at the time. This lecture is free and open to the public.
Submitted by: Justine Price, program director art history, fine arts
