The Aquinas 1999-10-28

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utna Ballot Five takes
Freshman election (p. 5)
Alumnus clarifies his
role in moratorium (p. 6)
Volume 72, Issue 6 Tlze student voice of Tlze University of Scranton October 28, 1999
Stomp lands at the
Cultural Center (p. 8)
British debaters invade Scranton, leave victorious
By MEGAN DISKIN
Assistant News Editor and
KELLY GOLAT
Assistant Royallife Editor
Last night at City Hall the
British defeated the Americans
in the first international political
debate sponsored by The
University and Marywood
University.
William J. Parente, professor
of political science, and Haydn
L. Gilmore, professor of English
at Marywood, teamed up against
British scholars Christopher
Ruane and Simon Milnes. Ruane
is a graduate of the University of
Glasgow. and Milnes is a graduate
of Oxford University. Both
Ruane and Milnes have extensive
experience as debaters.
They have competed at British
and world competitions.
The debate centered on the
resolve: "This House felt safer
during the Cold War."
The debate is part of a twen-ty-
year old international tour of
seasoned British debaters,
known as the CIDD British
Debate Tour of the States, who
travel to colleges across the
United States participating in
debates about political and historical
topics, fostering interaction
between the United States
and Great Britain. The
Marywood I University of
Scranton Cooperative
Endowment Fund made funding
for the debate possible.
Robert Sadowski. chair of the
communication department, proposed
and coordinated the
debate. Darla Germeroth, associate
professor of communication.
and Henry Yampolsky, a sophomore
international studies major,
co-moderated the event.
Lackawanna County Judge Trish
Corbett presided.
Sadowski opened the debate
by introducing Scranton Mayor
Jim Connors. Connors said it
was "a great honor to have stu-dents
from Glasgow and Oxford
here." He presented Ruane and
Milnes with the key to the city.
Parente and Gilmore aggressively
argued that greater safety
existed in the United States during
the Cold War because.
among other things, it harnessed
ethnic tensions and dangerous
terrorist groups.
'The Soviet Union held ethnic
tensions at bay and kept an
order that was non-existent after
the break-up of the Soviet Union
that created anarchy and confusion
among ethnic powers."
Parente said. "A new terrorism
gripped the world that didn't
exist during the Cold War with
the expression of new ethnic
groups, especially Islamic ones."
Gilmore attributed the general
feeling of safety amongst
Americans during the war to the
"umbrella of military protection··
and the relaxed attitude of the
country at the time. He referred
to the musical movement a!:> evi-
Aquinas Photo/SUZANNE FORNI
Scranton Mayor Jim Connors presents the key to the city of Scranton
to the British debate team prior to last night's debate at City Hall.
dence of the carefree culture, cit- tive among world powers than it
ing songs such as "Que Sera. was during the Cold War. and
Sera" and ''High Hopes" as that a feeling of safety is not lim-proof.
ited to United States borders.
Ruane and Milnes countered "We need to think more about
the Amencans by propo!:>ing that
the present international situation
is safer and more coopera-the
world picture of safety rather
than simply the United States
see Debate. page 5
Panuska building dedicated as McGurrin Hall
By BRIAN GAVIN
Assistant News Editor
University officials gathered along
Jefferson Avenue Sunday afternoon to
dedicate The University's newest building
in memory of Mary Eileen McGurrin,
R.N., M.S.N. Commonly referred to as
the Panuska Building, McGurrin Hall
houses the Panuska College of
Professional Studies.
Mary Eileen McGurrin, a former student
at The University, died of cancer in
1995 at the age of thirty-nine. She was a
member of the American Nur~es
Association and served on the Jlllr-;ing
staff of Wills Eye Hospital m
Philadelphia.
The dedication ceremony !nduded an
invocation by President Emeritus Rev.
J.A. Panuska, S.J. In :.1ddition, family
members shared their memories of Mary
Eileen with those gathered.
"Mary Eileen was a student at The
University of Scranton. She eventually
graduated from Thomas Jefferson
University in nursing," said McGurrin's
brother, Dr. John F. McGurrin. "She completed
her master's degree requirements
in cardiac rehabilitation in nursing while
experiencing disabling symptoms, resulting
from her illness."
Since the completion of the building in
1998, students have called it 'Panuska.' or
simply 'PAN.' However, University
President Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J.,
said the building was never officially dedicated
or named.
"Today, we are dedicating the building,
not the school, to Mary Eileen
McGurrin," McShane explained. "LHerj
uncle, Dr. Hyland, who also gave us
Hyland HalL gave The University a gift to
name the building after his niece.
"The school is the Panuska College of
Professional Studies. The building, from
the start, Fr. Panuska had no intentions of
naming for himself," said McShane.
A fac;ade legend was unveiled at the
conclusion of the dedication ceremony.
The fac;ade is located above the main
entrance of the building with the inscrip-
1 o n
"McGurrin
Hall."
A portrait
of Mary Eileen
McGurrin was
also unveiled
m the main
lobby of the
building as
well as a
plaque, located
next to the
elevators on
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the first floor. Aquinas File Photo
The plaque McGurrin Hall is located on Jefferson Avenue and is the primary home
r e a d s of the Panuska College of Professional Studies. ·
"McGurrin Hall-Dedicated to the the classes in the J.A. Panuska College of
greater glory of God-McGurrin Hall is Professional Studies.
named in loving memory of May Eileen The building formally opened at the
McGurrin, R.N., M.S.N. 1956-1995." beginning of the 1998-99 academic year
"We feel it's really appropriate and and has played host to two dedications.
magnificent that the home of professional In September 1998, a ceremony was
studies is named for a nurse," McShane held to rename the College of Health,
said. Education and Human Resources in honor
McGurrin Hall houses a majority of of Panuska.
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