The Aquinas 1989-12-06

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Serving the University
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December 6, 1989
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UNNERSITY OF SCRANTON
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Vol. 62, No 11
':'StUdentgovemmentsupports the
inStallation· ofa trSffic light."espe-:
cially because' it will help .improve
the safety of. studentS in: the .Hill
scetion, said Elizabeth.Leavell~s.tudent
goverriment president.
. ··We.would like to set up meet.
ings:with the mayor. to discuss such
issues such 'as safetY in the Hil1sec~
tion~" Leavell said. '
:. Leavell is wOrking with·Melia
Felidy: the offcampus liason direc.
tor. to improve. conditions. off-carn-
.pus~·Leaven added.' .
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':" ·::Editot.:in.Cbief: . :.' '. :ilist:proposed.to·the··city of Scran- : .... .. ... . . ': :ton.: the. University..offeied .:to·.help
:: ':. :.,Traih~~~sing'~~int~ection:·: ;;r:;~B~:~:~on o.f a tr:af~~
ofNortliWebster'Avenue aridMUl::' ...: .:; '''The 'PiIiveisity's offertopulup
~'S~t'lSnOiheivYCnQughtO . ·SO.::percent. of. the funding. for the
'wammtati-8fflc li&1n, acCOrding:to '. traffic.' signal·still·stands.'··BroWn
:officialS ·at.tbe PennsYlvania .De- said. '. panmeni ofTrimspOrta.tion:~· :... ~~~~'~.~~~~~~~
:: PenriDOT ·has '~ven the.'·citY '~Th'e'..'Un'I·',·~·e',r,i.-,""'I'S
'peimissiOn to install·a fiaShiiig ,l'"' J ~ • T
beacOn~abli:nkiitg·Yeilow light.on· " oHerfo.put·up'SO
ihe street With theheaviestflow·of. . t f
traffic·and.a·blinkiJig."redlight·Oii :p~lcen. 0 th~.··
the cross street.' '........furiciingstill . .
:: Traffic has to meet:certairi vol-' ··$"a·I".~S·..,··""·
;iune" wan-alltS :to;.justify: a· traffic· "JlU'
light, aCc()fding to:Keith Willi~•.
.~ civilengineer-for:~eiJnP9T." . . n . f B' .
.::.··:."PeniiDOT:-:<JOes: not:own' the· . ': ~:':' rOO . TOWn;
'trafficsiinill.;')\!:~'·areJUst the, iS~u-:.. ':. director of public
ing agent,·.::'Willianis·:said. '.''The '.' 'J',,- .,- .
.City.is i'espOnsible."f~d'undfu1fand. 16;'010f.lS '
.mamtiiliiing the Iighif~ .". ':. :.'
'.:: .'. AresOl~~on. waS.passedin c.ity
Council on Feb; 22,.1989 ~'install
:and oPerate,a·.t:niIfic sigDal:ai this
·mterseetion;;aecOrding..io 'sources :at'the' c~tY clerks" office.·: ::: . : .
':. .'.The.citymustnow obtain:;itraffic
·· signal ni'aintenance agreement
"willi· PennDOT'before .it will: be
:a~le toinstall.'the.signal,.acCording
~o the .city clerkS office. .
: ,The:University along with the
.Hill ·~eighborhi:>od.: :Associ~iion
hoped for..a regular stop light;' said'
PaulBrowm,Universitydirectorof.
public' relations. ..... ..: .
for this new dozrn." Bryan said.
Plans of closing the end of
Quincy Avenue where the St. Ignatius
Statue now stands to develop it
into a major entrance to the University
are also under discussion, according
to Brown.
"There are no f'mal plans,"
Brown said.
The building of a new dorm and
the development of Quincy Avenue
into a major entrance to the University
would give the campus a new
"north face," Brown said.
education.
"Our relationship was also enhanced
by the ecumenical spirit of
the University and the fact that a
number of our most successful
graduates are Jewish," Panuska
said.
"He was also impressed by the
fact that we are listed as among the
'best buys' in higher education,"
Panuska said.
'at 3,700 students since the early
1980's, according to Brown.
The Poly-Hi field, located behind
Redington. is being developed
for recreational fields. This field
will serve a similar recreational
purpose as Nevils Beach, according
to Brown.
"Nevils Beach is not a particularly
good area for active recreation,"
said Paul Brown, director of
University public relations.
"ThePoly-Hifield willbedeveloped
before we even break ground
plans developed andI felt greatpressure
aboutf'mding the money for it,"
Panuska said. " I asked him to consider
a substantial gift. He said that
,he would think about it.•. and obviously
he did.
"This gift is only an initiating
gift for a library. We have much
more money to raise," Panuska
said.
"He is impressed by our (the
University's) trying toremain accessible.
not going the route of very
expensive schools," Panuska said.
Weinberg remembers the city as
a place with people of different nationalities
working together and still
retaining a sense of their own heritage.
"Mr. Weinberg had some earlier
contact with the city ofScranton and
with the University when he was a
much younger man and owned the
transit system here as well as the
Scranton Lace company,". Panuska
stated.
"I met him for the f'lrSt time
about three years' ago and visited
him in Baltimore." Panuska explained.
"We gave him an honorary
doctor of business administration
degree two years ago." Panuska
said.
Weinberg came to the United
States from Austria at the age of
four. He never received a college
MARIA FERRANTE
Editor in Chief
University officials are cur-:
rently developing plans for a new
dorm to be built on Nevils Beach.
"Aneedfor anew dozrn has been
established and the space that has
been mentioned is Nevils Beach,"
said James Bryan. vice president for
student affairs. .
Thedormwillbe a smallhall, not
a suite-type. It will be a more traditional
hall, similar to th~ quads,
Bryan said.
It will be designed to solve the
more problematic features of the
existing traditional donns, such as
more lounge and meeting space.
The need for a new dorm was
determined because of the increasing
number of students that corne
from outside this region and need
on-campus housing, Bryan said.
"Therehasbeen ashrinking pool
of people from this region.
"There is great pressure on the
freshman halls, we are close to saturating
them," Bryan said.
Th~ehasbeen ~enrollrnentcap
Dorm planned for Nevils beach
" •rw:::;",
STEVE SURIANI
Assistant News Editor
Six million dollars has been
donated to the University by HarrY
Weinberg. a fonner Scranton businessman
now living in Baltimore.
Five milliondollars willgoto the
new $13.3 million library, with the
remainder going to the school's Judaic
Studies Institute.
The money will be donated' over
an unspecified period of time
through the Harry and Jeanette
Weinberg Foundation according to
Paul Brown. director of University
Public Relations.
"Weinberg has developed an
enormous respect for higher education,
particularly for Jesuit education
here at the University," Brown
said. "His f'lrSt interest was for the
Judaic Studies Program."
The gift is the largest private
contribution ever made to the University.
Weinberg and his late wife
have been generous benefactors to
the University for many years.
"He has already given the University
significant gifts- to the Judaic
Chair. forourgeneral fund. and
even for the library," said the Rev.
J.A. Panuska. S.J.• University president.
"Some time ago, as our library