Mirror - Vol. 03, No. 24 - April 1, 1980

              Regis Destroyed by Arson; Damage $1 Million
Regis suffered over one million
dollars worth of damage after an
impromptu party last Saturday
night. Students in Regis claim no
knowledge of how the incident oc-curred.
The party got under way at ap-proximately
9:00 and, according to
Security "everything seemed to be
running smoothly." After the party
had been in progress for nearly
three hours, the 230 kegs ran dry
and chaos erupted.
Furniture from the dorm was
taken into the quad and chopped
into pieces with an ax. This was
Jack Lalane
to Replace
Haig in Grad
Exercises
|n a recent controversial change
of plans, the commencement com-mittee
for graduation has an-nounced
today that General Alex-ander
Haig has been replaced as
graduation speaker this year by
former television personality Jack
Lalane. Father Mahan, in charge of
the selection stated: "I like Jack's
attituoe, I think the senior class
will be in better shape to face the
world through his inspiration."
This decision was made after
careful consideration of General
Haig's ability as a speaker. "He
was just too defensive" stated
Ken Donovan, student committee
member, and he just couldn't com-bat
the problem." Mr. Lalane was
unavailable for comment, however
he did say that he hoped the
General will keep his chin up
about the whole thing . . one and
two and three and ...
then used as kindling to set the
dorm on fire. As the building burn-ed
to the ground, Security remark-ed,
"We feel it was a case of a few
students trying to ruin it for
everyone."
When asked what sort of
punishment would be meted out
to the culprits if they are found,
Security replied, "Well, I think that
residence hall probation will cer-tainly
be considered. We cannot
have students who. think they can
destroy dorms then just go back
and live in them." Dean Schimpf
commented though, that if he
finds the responsible party they
will definitely be sentenced to the
electric chair'.
Meanwhile, students who lived
in Regis are now being housed in
Bellarmine until a new dorm can
be constructed. The "Share your
room with a Jesuit" program
seems to be working out well,
although many of the priests have
been missing their morning
classes and raiding the Bellarmine
kitchen at night for "munchies".
Commented one Jesuit, "Hey,
man, this is great. We should have
done this years ago."
Regis Hall after the blaze that destroyed It last weekend. Arson has been determined as the cause of the conflagra-tion.
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Kelley Unveils Plans for Canisius
Twin "Costs Kept to a Minimum"
By U. Draw Sketch
University President Alcysius
Kelley announced that the ar-chitect
contracted to des gn a
twin to Canisius Hall had submit-ted
the preliminary plan, thown
here. The project is expected to
cost in the neighborhood of
$49.95.
I. No Draw, the architect who
submitted the plan, has previously
been employed as a highly suc-cessful
architect of contemporary
slums in Appalachia and Harlem.
His plans call for a barn to house
seven to ten classrooms and four
subsequent outhouses complete
with wooden seats and a year's
supply of tree bark. The building
complex will be located in the
remote southeast comer of the
campus, where it will be conve-niently
protected by the natural
barrier of the Fr. Fitzgerald moun-tain
range. However, Draw said
that he advised Kelley not to hold
classes on rainy days for fear that
mudslides will strand students in
the barn and outhouses. Parking
may present a problem, says
Draw. To remedy this problem, the
architect proposes students be
taken to and from the area in Jeep
C-J Scouts.
In order to keep costs to a
minimum, Kelley said existing hay
bales will be utilized as desks.
Kelley also warned students to be
on the lookout for any needles
found in their desks. The class
facilities will also cut costs by be-ing
lighted by flashlights and
heated with quartz heaters. Draw
noted, however, that with no elec-trical
outlets at the new complex,
the university will have to supply
5000 foot extension cords.
To pay for the building, Kelley
announced a 77.2% hike in tuition
and room costs for the coming
year. With what profit is left, nine
additional parking lots are being
considered for the 1981-82 expan-sion.
The furniture of the residents of 166 Carlynn Drive after their house was
' stolen last weedend. Police are still searching for the missing building.
Beach House Stolen
Contents Untouched
Above is the architect's plans for Canisius II. The beauty of the site is to be preserved as shown.
By John Ray
The residents of 166 Carlynn
Drive returned to their address last
weekend and discovered that their
house had been stolen."
"This is terrible," continued Tim
Blair. "We had planned to have a
party this weekend but now it will
be impossible."
The house, a three bedroom,
single story frame, is still missing.
Police are. asking all those who
might have seen the house to call
them with the information.
"After seeing their furniture, I
don't wonder that the thieves
decided to leave the contents," ex-plained
Officer Joe Bolton. "This
type of thing is becoming more
and more common these days."
"What we are really worried
about is whether or not we will be
able to get our deposit back from
our landlord," continued Steve
Chessafe. "Knowing how the
landlords are at the beach, we are
afraid that he will want us to pay
for the entire house."
The house itself was not
covered by insurance although the
contents were. "If they had just
taken the furniture, we might have
been able to get some money from
the insurance company. They in-sist,
however, that the house was
not covered under the policy," ex-plained
Bob Schumm.
The police have been very
helpful about the whole
situation," Schumm continued.
"They explained that we were
lucky not to have been at home
during the incident or we might
not be here to talk about it."
The four former residents are
presently looking for temporary
housing until the house is
recovered. They were turned down
when they asked the Beach
Association for help.
"It is not that we don't want to
help them, but we are only for
those houses which are on the
beach and they were a block
away," explained a Beach
Association spokesman.
Anyone who has any informa-tion
is urged to call the police
department. A full description of
the house can be obtained by call-ing
the department.