| January 17, 2007 | Vol 8. No. 8 |
Public Safety Needy Drive
Scott Becker, officer for public safety; Bryce Luker '08; Connie M. Pileri, director of campus programming; Rev. Michael F. Tunney, S.J., professor of fine arts and director of studio art, Roland J. Lavigne, officer for public safety; Susan D’Archangelo, officer for public safety; Van Powell, dispatcher for public safety; Jess Stackhouse '08; Patricia A. Grasso, secretary, associate dean for residence life; Gary Everett, director for public safety; and Sue Everett and Spike.
Thanks to the efforts of the Department of Public Safety, members of St. Mary of Sorrow’s Church had a much brighter Christmas and New Year. This year’s Holiday Need Drive was a tremendous success, according to Gary Everett, director of public safety.
“Our conference room was literally overflowing with donations of warm clothes, blankets non-perishable food, and toys for the parishioners of St. Mary’s,” says Everett. “It is a testament to the dedication of our officers and the generosity of the college community.”
Before the donations were delivered on December 14, a ceremony was held in the Office of Public Safety. Rev. Michael F. Tunney, S.J., professor of fine arts and director of studio art blessed the donations and prayed for the staff and student-athletes who delivered them.
This is the sixth year that public safety has held its annual Holiday Needy Drive for St. Mary of Sorrows, which is located on Guilford Street in Buffalo.
Clark Examines Commerce in Old-Regime France
A new book by History Professor Henry C. Clark, PhD, tells the story of how early-modern commentators in Europe’s most powerful state put aside their country’s historic prejudices against merchants and money with the growth of local and global trade. Compass of Society: Commerce and Absolutism in Old-Regime shows how French observers looked to the expansion of a market-based society for solutions to problems such as France’s low-trust culture, statutory privilege and strategic insecurity. The book also sheds light on the broader phenomenon of social adjustment to economic modernization in an era of increasing trade. Compass of Society is Clark’s second book. It is available here for $29.71.
Gansworth Published in University Review
“Billy the Chicken,” a story by Eric L. Gansworth, professor of English and Lowery Writer in Residence, is included in the winter 2006 issue of Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee University Review. Edited by R.T. Smith, Shenandoah has published award-winning fiction, poetry, essays and interviews since 1950.