Gannon University - Lance Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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minutes later. The search was on but they couldn't find him even though Security Chief Mario Bagnoni said he had caught the gu before and knew who he was. Campus security was an on-going issue throughout the year. Other on-going news concerned Gannon physical plant expansion in the downtown area. Gannon spent alot of time — and eventually money in some cases — trying to decide which of a large number of down- town Erie buildings for sale to buy. Gannon actually bought two — the Ken- ilworth apartment building on Sixth and Chestnut Streets and the Presbyterian Church on Fifth and Sassafras Streets. The apartment building was bought for $600,000 and will house non-freshman stu- dents in September 1981. Gannon officials planned to have the church replace the chapel in the Old Main Annex. They planned to study over the summer what to use the adjoining educa- tion center for. The church cost Gannon 5510,000. Gannon officials also considered possible uses of The Griswold Plaza Post office which was vacated in the spring. And of course Gannon was still thinking about buying The Boston Store, which has been vacant and for sale since June, 1979. Gannon officials also spent time continu- ing the transition from college to university structure, after having been named a uni- versity in December, 1979. The school year began with a new college being formed through the merger of three programs. The Evening Session, Open University and Continuing Education programs be- came The Erie Metropolitan College of Gannon University, with Dr. Richard Han- sen as dean. Other news concerned the faculty's re- quest for a nine-percent cost-of-living in- crease, increased fringe benefits and extra compensation. This request was fully sup- ported by the Deans Council, partially sup- ported by the SGA and The Business Af- fairs Committee and rejected by the Ad- ministrative Council. The faculty eventually got a seven per- cent increase with other adjustments for the 1981-82 school year. It would cost Gannon about $525,000. Stephen C Davis .Mary Anne Delia Santa David J De Marco Helen Ann DeS intone Scniors 27

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V h.it uc cill ProgTCM il the exchjnge oi one Nuisance .mother NutUDOC Hcnr H.incIihA Nils Mary I ColUfU B Syott Craft Gannon — the year in review Nineteen Eighty-Eightyone was a year Gannon spent dealing with campus addi- tions and improvements, institutional gov- ernance changes, and faculty compensation increases. But the really interesting news - the stuff that got students talking — dealt with Gannon not getting a concert and trying to get rid of the Zurn Hall flasher. At the beginning of the school year the Student Government Association (SGA) allocated money for a concert — even though the previous year's Livingston Tay- lor concert attracted less than 500 people and lost over $4,000. The organizers of the T aylor concert said it gave the concert com- mittee a foot in the door. Last September the SGA surveyed students about a concert and received these statistics: - 96% thought a concert should be part of the social calendar. - 94% would support a concert at Gannon. - 95% would be willing to spend $5.00 to see such a concert. The SGA then went about trying to line up a group for a spring concert. One group cancelled, then another, then another. Fi- nally Gannon settled on The Michael Stan- ley Band — and this time Gannon can- celled, reportedly because Stanley raised its price. The SGA decided it wasn't worth it and spent the money elsewhere. Students were forced to look elsewhere for entertainment — and some found it in the story of the flasher in Zurn Hall. One morning during October break, while Dean Halit Kosar's secretary, Lois Spcice, was working in her third floor of- fice, a man came in, exposed himself and masturbated, Speice said. Speice called the switchboard for help and two security people showed up five Rufu i 1 ( ross Janie Culp Patricia Ann Dahlkemper Jane F Dailey

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Pi Kappa Alpha I he Pikes, .is the) arc popularly known, kept a bus schedule on campus as well as off campus Socially, the highlight for PKA was when their candidate Lynn Ruffing was elected 8- Ball Homecoming Queen. The Pikes kept the Queen's crown when their candidate Ann Pyle was voted Winter Car- nival Queen. For their weekends, the Pikes kicked off the year with their Wild West and Caveman parties. Off campus, the brothers helped to raise mone) for MD, Cerebral Palsy, and the American Heart Association. The Pikes are under the leadership of President Rusty Vicinieand Vice-President Jeff Robinson. M== — k — — 1 m- .= ••- 4 — --ft - — B - H u — - Mfta ft 1 PfiUfj] ( iml Jean key Robert Die hi Catherine M Dinardo Vicola C. DiPlacido