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Spectrum, Volume 12, Number 9, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 12, Number 9, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: Prompted by an incident in the North Parking Lot Public Safety officers participated in training sessions enabling them to carry pepper spray --Part-time first-year student Luke Benedict is is a multifaceted musical artist. Abnormal Procedure, a.k.a. Luke, is the name he goes by when making his music --Professor John Roney promotes history and service at SHU --Feature on first-year student Crystal Morawitz, who is from Homer, Alaska --Dr. Barry E. Herman, associate professor of education at Sacred Heart, has led foreign study trips to Russia, Cuba, Poland, Haiti and China to educate American students about the people, culture, …
Spectrum, Volume 12, Number 8, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 12, Number 8, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: Sex ed committee materializes --Senior football players are presented with plaques at Saturday's game commemorating their team dedication (photo) --For the second time students and service learning work with Habitat for Humanity in Bridgeport (photo) --SHU revamps Vanguard magazine, accepting manuscripts about problems and strategies of the small business in the 1990s. The new editors are Martin M. Shapiro and Michael D. Larobina, professors of management at SHU --Sports Medicine program up for accreditation by the National Athletic Trainer's Association --Men's hockey opens with the Stags (photo).
Spectrum, Volume 12, Number 7, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 12, Number 7, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: Sex education policy delayed in president's office --In 1988 the U.S. Supreme Court said high school officials could control the contents of school newspapers. College newspapers that are published as “open forums” are another matter because they are protected by First Amendment rights --Bridgestock was a live concert presented by the University of Bridgeport Student Congress --Dead Eye Dick takes a backseat to Toad's Place opening band, a local Yale group of four seniors, Earl’s Comfort Station --The death of protest dress in the 90s -- SHU Junior soccer star, Jen Fallon, from Milford, CT, the All-New England …
Spectrum, Volume 12, Number 6, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 12, Number 6, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: Changes in computer lab impact students: Macintosh users must now purchase a Vender-Card at a cost of $5.00, and so must IBM users who want laser copies --The Delta Gamma chapter of Delta Epsilon Sigma honor society inducted 33 new members from the SHU campus for academic achievement --A workshop for Connecticut educators “AIDS in Connecticut: in the laboratory, in the community, in the classroom” will be hosted by SHU --Career Services now provides DISCOVER, a computerized system which helps a person gather information to add to a possible career --Homecoming 1994 --Ska music takes nation by storm …
Spectrum, Volume 12, Number 5, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 12, Number 5, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: Professor shows controversial film: Students accused the professor. Hector Rodriguez, of showing a pornographic video. The film in question was the 1982 film Videodrome starring James Wood and Deborah Harry and rated R --Dr. Babu George, professor and chair of the chemistry department, received recognition from the National Science Teachers Association with the Space Science Education Award for his outstanding service to science education --The new 1994-1999 strategic plan has been released. Academic improvements stand high among the 80 plus objectives --SHU welcomes new mascot, Bucky the Pioneer --One Heart - One Mind is the style of karate …
Spectrum, Volume 12, Number 4, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 12, Number 4, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: SHU has the highest paid president for Connecticut universities, including Yale and the University of Connecticut, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. The newly established service learning program is based on the concept that experiences bring more meaning to learning, according to Phylis Machledt, program coordinator. Several courses, including social psychology, women’s autobiography and oral interpretation of literature, have service learning incorporated in the class work --Under the new leadership of Mason Cobb the mailroom is receiving technology updates and exploring the possibility of getting a color copier and a high speed laser printer --SHU has …
Spectrum, Volume 12, Number 3, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 12, Number 3, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: A generous gift from the Continuing Education Council enables Sacred Heart's Ryan Matura Library to enhance its multimedia facility with a laser disc player and several databases in CD-ROM --The library has also completed the changeover to a new on-line catalog. For students who have a personal computer and access to the Internet, the CARL catalog can be accessed from outside the library by going into Internet,then typing: “Telnet pac.carl.org” --Charles H. Reed, an adjunct professor of management at SHU Stamford since 1984 assumed the role of director of programs --The bowling team had its introduction-interest meeting on …
Spectrum, Volume 12, Number 2, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 12, Number 2, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: New Board of Trustees members: Angelica Urra Berrie, William J. Conaty and Paul S. Miller --New sex ed policy being studied: At the current time, the university does not tolerate the practice of sexual activity on campus --New masters degree in Computer Science --Mitch Holmes, new Assistant Dean of Students --How local universities show their welcome to freshmen --The gridders opened up their fourth season last weekend against St. John’s University, losing 6-3.
Spectrum, Volume 12, Number 1, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 12, Number 1, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: Flik takes over dining hall --West Hall dorm opens doors to 290 new residents --Smoking gets edged outdoors --Michael Arnold, former associate dean in Continuing Education and director of Sacred Heart University’s Stamford campus has died at the age of 39 --SHU gridders have experience, a strong group of returning players.
Spectrum, Volume 11, Number 1, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 11, Number 1, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: South Hall dorm on the now closed South parking lot has opened to more than 280 freshmen --Because of the couple’s appreciation for libraries and their ongoing commitment to Sacred Heart University, the Robert J. and Bernadette Matura have contributed an endowed gift of $1 million to the Library. The gift, one of the largest the University has ever received, is given in memory of their parents. On Sept. 11 the University will hold a special academic convocation for the naming of the Library, which will be called the Ryan Matura Library. It is the first in a …
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 23, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 23, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: Kurt Hersher of Monroe, son of Bernard Hersher in whose memory the fund was established at UB has decided to move the endowment to Sacred Heart University, establishing The Hersher Center for Applied Ethics --SHU sues city over ZBA denial of an application to build a sports complex on campus --Caribbean Club wins trophy --After ten years of inspired leadership Dr. Gary Rose has stepped down from the Debating Society to concentrate more on his career as an author --Dr. Katherine Mancke Kidd, the head of the new Global Studies major, has designed this new intensive major to …
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 22, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 22, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: NEASC reaccredits SHU: overall response by the team was favorable, with specific references to SHU’s near extinction in 1988 due to financial difficulties to its current state of fiscal strength --The new Student-Athlete Council was formed this year --Beginning in fall '93 academically qualified sophomore-junior students will be recruited, trained and supervised as Classroom Learning Assistants connected with the University Learning Center as part of a university-wide effort to increase retention, improve the graduation rate of all SHU students and raise the overall academic quality of this institution --April Ertl lights up lady sluggers.
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 21, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 21, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: First President's Rap of the year draws a crowd; students and president talk about campus concerns --New committee to select editors for the Spectrum and Prologue --Computer literacy is being taught to students and faculty, including WordPerfect 5.1 and Introduction to DBase 111. Participants must bring a 3.5 inch diskette --Dawn Hencinski was awarded first and second place awards in the typography division at the student art show --SHU Rugby scrum fights for possession in last Saturday's win over Salve Regina; next plays Nichols College --Robinson continues to impress NBA scouts.
Spectrum, Volume 4, Number 1, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 4, Number 1, Sacred Heart University
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Special April Fool's edition of The Spectrum.
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 19, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 19, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: SHU students braved the bitter cold and pouring rain to march in the New York City St. Patrick's Day parade, followed by members of the 50-piece Connecticut Hurricane Marching Band --The Scott Browning Memorial Scholarship will be awarded each year to a computer science major and, if possible, a graduate of Notre Dame High School in Fairfield --Part time undergrad Laurie Hiller has published her first illustrated book of poetry, Visions of Wonder --Men's lax racks big Division I win --Women's basketball reaches new heights.
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 18, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 18, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: Dr. Fabio Castillo Figueroa, rector of the University of San Salvadorin El Salvador, was conferred the degree Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa by Sacred Heart University for his work in educational reform in his country --Domestic violence discussed in Hawley --The Student Activities Office is sponsoring a bus trip to New York so that SHU students can march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 17 --History of Taft Commons, originally meant to be an elderly home,and leased by Sacred Heart in 1990 for use as the school's first resident halls --The nineties gyrl: Being pro-choice …
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 17, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 17, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: Wellness Week at SHU --SHU's College Bowl team beats opponent by 5 points --Homophobia lecture by Pat Griffith, professor of social justice at the University of Massachusetts, dispels myths --Sexually abusive relationships --Senior Suzanne Fisher, equestrienne and business management and marketing major --Women's self-defense program to be taught by Alison Flaum, director of public safety --1993 Grammy awards: who won and who should have --Charges dropped against arrested basketball players --Lady hoopsters keep on rolling, win NECC playoff opener at home --Darrin Robinson finished his SHU career with 2,402 points and holds second place on the school’s all …
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 16, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 16, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: Four student athletes arrested for fighting --Because athletes are involved there's more interest --SHU’s Prof. Rebecca Abbott will be showing two of her films in the Media Studies round room. The films titled Watching The Watchman '92 and Magnet Schools in New Haven are half hour films written, produced, directed, and filmed by Abbott, a professor of Media Studies --Black History Month: A look back --The Robinson File ... Senior guard Darrin Robinson glides around an opponent at a recent game.
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 15, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 15, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: Sacred Heart University, in coordination with the P.A.D.D. CT Fox Chapter (Professional Association of Database Developers), is sponsoring the FoxPro 2.5 Videoconference. It will be broadcast live, via satellite, allowing for live interaction by telephone lines --Gay and lesbian college students were pleased with President Clinton’s move to eventually end the ban on homosexuals in the military --Racism on campus may be more denied than nonexistent --The Threepenny Opera, Bertold Brecht’s musical about the homeless beggars of the German Depression — which introduced the song “Mack the Knife” — will come to life on the Sacred …
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 13, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 13, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: The new student government will consist of several branches with different duties, ranging from financial responsibilities to senate meetings for dealing with political issues on campus. The changes are not occurring without resistance, however, mainly because many Student Government members dislike the way the administration handled the change --Cultural Diversity Day kicks off Black History Month --The Ross Review: All student events have now been restricted to campus --A moral epidemic: Homophobia / by Rev. Thomas P. Thorne, SHU chaplain --New political science 'fraternity' tackles social issues --Report on SHU road trip to the Clinton inauguration --AIDS quilt …
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 12, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 12, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: SHU's new smoking policy takes smoking out of the hallways completely and limits it to Chubby’s and outside areas only. This new policy comes in the wake of the Surgeon General’s recent reports concerning the dangers of secondhand smoke to non-smokers --Dr. Richard E. Farmer, dean of graduate studies and Continuing Education, presented a stress management workshop in the faculty lounge --On Thursday, Feb. 4, Professor Piotr Gzowski will do readings from Polish poets and playwrights in translation on the upper level of the library -- Pot: is it making a comeback? --Despite wide-spread criticism, it is untrue …
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 11, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 11, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: South parking lot closes, leaving students frustrated -- Financial aid procedures revamped by federal act -- Twelve traditions of Christmas -- The changing face of hockey -- New Caribbean club promotes culture -- Words take on a new meaning in a new world -- Massachusetts college taught how to reduce campus racial tensions -- Both basketball teams soar -- Bowlers place fifth in league
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 10, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 10, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: New policy limits smoking to Chubby's Lounge and outdoors -- Strength is diversity at conference -- Freshman sell rocks -- Inauguration trip planned -- State CPA society presents grant to counting club and department -- Dr. Gary Rose to leave debate society -- Lady Pioneers win home opener -- Men's basketball start season strong
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 9, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 9, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: South lot to expand for new dorm construction -- Fire catches in locker room -- SHU reaches out to the community -- Music professor offers music lessons -- Volleyball ends frustrating season -- Men's soccer concludes finest season -- Football team fumbles season 0-9 -- Woman's soccer goes out with a big bang
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 8, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 8, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: European study trip planned for 1993 -- SPICE your life with holistic wellness -- International students to be hosted for the holidays -- Book prices rise steadily -- Latex confidence, America's new security blanket making students ignore AIDS concerns -- Twenty-something generation seeks new direction -- Winning the fight for sleep -- Polish mime speaks on campus -- Football team improves and has one more chance for victory -- Bowlers win sectional bid
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 7, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 7, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: Clinton wins election -- Two Greek organizations placed on probation -- New institute boosts AIDS education and research -- Scholarship tax relief bill killed -- UB's Matt Conley comes to SHU -- New student pep band puts music in the air -- International mime to offer master class in acting -- Football still looking for first victory -- Volleyball falls to SCSU -- Bowling places fifth in New York tourney
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 6, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 6, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: Election fever sweeping campus -- Senate joins approval of Pell grant cuts -- AIDS awareness week seeks to enlighten and educate -- Five to receive discovery awards at dinner -- The Warrens, famous ghost experts, to visit SHU -- Salem witch trials 300th anniversary marked -- Mysterious tunnels winder under campus -- Halloween through the ages -- Divinity equals diversity or born again pagans -- Science is not taking the supernatural lightly -- Viruses have computers feeling down -- Football loses fourth straight, inviting changes to team lineup -- Men's soccer still searching for consistency
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 5, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 5, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights include: Auto thefts plague campus -- Possible successor to Pope to visit campus and receive honorary degree -- Study abroad program developing -- Sever the crime triangle -- New English professor enjoys SHU intimacy -- Exercise your right to exercise -- Volleyball record jumps to 6-9 -- Football stumbles to 0-3 record -- men's soccer holding their own -- Volleyball team gaining ground
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 4, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 4, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights Include: Campus Security takes further steps to prevent crime and maintain safety on campus by enacting SHU crime prevention month. Students on campus launch a boycott of Snapple products sold on campus due to the high inflation of prices. Students voice their opinions about the upcoming election, homophobia on campus, and compromise in relationships. The student radio, WWPT, gets a spotlight in the Spectrum this week, and boasts a growing user base and level of student involvement. Things are looking up for Pioneers with wins for Women's Volleyball, Women's Soccer and Men's Soccer. Football loses to St. Peter's of …
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 3, Sacred Heart University
Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 3, Sacred Heart University
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Highlights Include: A new appointment of Alison Flaum as director of Campus Security and Public Safety inspires positive changes to campus safety and include implementation of programs like a nighttime escort service, crime prevention, and risk assessment. A new law enacted by President Bush would mean that Sacred Heart must release college crime statistics in the years to come. Memberships for the health and wellness center at the Jewish Community Center will be given to Sacred Heart Students at a discounted price. Students have a chance to offer their opinions about segregated areas for smokers, the current political climate, and …