The Aquinas 2007-11-29

              BY KELLY HAGGERTY
Staff Wri ter
The hustle of the Christmas
season will pause just long enough
for the University of Scranton to
hold its 40th Annual Noel_Night
and Annual Empty Stocking Fund
Benefit Concert. .
Performance Music at the Uni­versity
has a night of carols, sa­cred
music and readings planned
for Noel Night on Dec. 1. Following
the tradition of previous years, the
readings and structure of the pro­gram
will remain the same, while
the music will be different.
The late Rev. Edward Gannon,
S.J., a philosophy professor at the
University started the tradition of
Noel Night. Cheryl Boga, director
of Performance Music, has been in
charge of the event since 1981.
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Noel Nig
recipient of the Martin E. Segal
Award for Jazz from lincoln Cen­ter.
He is a student at the Julliard
School under Eric Reed and Oxana
Yablonskaya in the classical divi­sion.
On Dec. 5, Performance Mu­sic
presents another evening of
Christmas spirit for a good cause
when it ho~ts it's Annual Empty
Stocking Fund Benefit Conce.rt.
The University Concert Band
and Concert Choir will perform.
Those who attend are asked to
donate an unwrapped new toy,
children's clothing or a monetary
donation. Anything collected will
benefit local children's charities.
Past performances have given
to organizations such as the Unit­ed
Neighborhood Centers, local
Head start agencies and the New
Orleans Center for Creative Arts
Boga regards Noel Night as fustitute
a designated time to gather as a
community and enjoy the Christ­mas
season.
'1t's a night to begin to put •
aside thoughts and worries of
shopping, baking, and decorating,
and visions of Santa's gifts, and to
remind myself of what the season
PHOTO BY ROBERT SWINTON
THE UNIVERSITY Singers, led by Cheryl Boga, perform at the 2006 Noel Night.
Noel Night will be on Saturday
Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. in the Houlihan­McLean
Center with a prelude at
7:10 p.m. Admission is free and
is all about," Boga said. open to the public.
The event marks the beginning
of advent season with perfor­mances
by the University Singers,
Chamber Choir and Small Ensem-
PHOTO BY DENNIS MONAGHAN
GUNSTER STUDENT Center will be torn down to make room for
green space in front of the DeNaples Student Center.
Student government says
goodbye to Gunster Center
BY MARIE FINNEGAN
News Editor
The University Programming
Board invites students to create a
final memory at the Goodbye Gun­ster
Party Thursday, Dec. 6 frop1 8
p.m. to midnight on the Gunster
Patio and in Eagen Auditorium.
The event will include a tiki bar
and mocktails on the patio and
food and music in Eagen Auditori­um.
A canvas will be provided for
each class to decorate and have
framed and placed in the new
DeNaples Center. Free T-shirts will
also be provided.
The University community has
shared many memories in the
Gunster Student Center, including
the Great Commons Ball Roll, the
Christmas Tree lighting and the
first Alma Mater Showdown.
However, every student has his
or her own favorite memory of
the Gunster Student Center.
"My favorite event in Gunster
is definitely lunch time," Maura
Hayden, a senior from New Hyde
Park, N.Y., said. '1t often begins
with greeting friends on my walk
up to the third floor. I'll usually opt
for Kitty's clearly longer sandwich
line just to share some words and
embrace her kindness as she picks
the perfect tomato for my sand­wich.
Once I've shared similar de­lightful
conversations with Judy
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bles. The Nativity Martyrology and
Saint Luke's Nativity Narrative will
also be read.
Pianist Aaron Diehl will be this
years special guest performing
Robert Ray's "Gospel Mass" and
"Gospel Magnificat" with the en­semble.
Diehl has been hailed by
the Chicago Tribune as a "prom­ising
discovery" and is the 2004
The annual Empty Stocking
Fund Benefit Concert will take
place on Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. also in
the Houlihan-McLean Center.
Student group .to collect bi y les
for Bosnian refugees, locaf residents
BY CECILIA BARESS
Editor-in-Chief
SIFE (Students in Free Enter­prise)
will partner with non-profit
organization His Work in Progress
to collect bicycles Friday, Nov. 30
for a project called Pedals Around
the World.
New or used bicycles in good
working connection will be col­lected
in the Byron Gymnasium
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cash dona­tions
will also be accepted. Dona­tions
are tax deductible.
Free energy drinks from Rhino's
will be ·available for those who
make a donation.
The bikes will be checked by
Around Town Bicycles, Wilkes­Barre,
and Main Bike World, Kings­ton,
to make sure they are in good
condition. Then they will be boxed
and shipped from those stores to
the appropriate destination.
Half of the bikes donated will
be shipped to Bosnian refugees
and the other half will be donated
to local residents in need of trans­portation,
according to Allison Ku­ronya,
Pedals Around the World
project manager.
Kuronya heard about the Pedals
Around the World project through
her mother, who collects bikes for
the project at the sporting goods
store she owns in Yardley.
Kuronya publicized the event
by creating a Facebook group and
sending informational pamphlets
to members of the University's
faculty and staff.
"It has gotten around, which
makes me hopeful," Kuronya
said. .
His Work in Progress works to
improve conditions for refugees
and those living in impoverished
areas, according to their Web site.
University· professor receives award
from Pennsylvania accountants group
BY GERARD NOLAN
Staff Writer
Dr. Daniel P. Mahoney, a mem­ber
of the accounting faculty at
The University has been named a
2007 Outstanding Educator by the
Pennsylvania Institute of Certified
Public Accountants or PICPA.
'Tm delighted and honored
to be this year's recipient of the
PICPA award," Dr. Mahoney said.
'1 enjoy my work very much, and
I'm in the ~ompany of many oth­ers
throughout campus who take
much pride in this university and
the work we do for our students."
Dr. Mahoney graduated from
The University in 1981 and earned
an MBA here in 1985. He then ac­quired
a doctorate degree from
Syracuse University and went on
to work as an internal auditor for
The Prudential fusurance Compa­ny.
In addition to his degrees, Dr.
Mahoney is both a Certified Public
Accountant and Certified Fraud
Examiner.
In 1990, Dr. Mahoney joined The
University's accounting faculty as
an assistant professor. He was
promoted to associate professor
in 1996 and to professor in 2002.
Dr. Mahoney has been awarded
several other accolades over the
years, accord­ing
to a Uni­versity
press
release, includ­ing
Teacher of
the Year Award
by the class of
2001 and by
The University's
business club.
He also received MAHONEY
the Edward
Gannon, S.J. Award for Teaching.
He was nominated as the univer­sity's
candidate for CASE Profes­sor
of the Year and served as an
Alperin Teaching Fellow.