Have a Ghoulish Good Time at the Haunted Townhouses
Visit the haunted townhouses if you dare!  The college community is invited to bring their children ages four though 11 to the college’s annual Haunted Townhouses Halloween Party on Saturday, October 23 from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. in the Delavan Townhouse Community Center.

The free event is sponsored by the Offices of Residence Life and Campus Programming & Leadership Development, and includes a costume contest, haunted rooms, gourd painting, arts and crafts, trick or treating within the townhouses, face painting and story time with Shrek.

Space is limited, so RSVP to Delavan Townhouses Hall Director Bob Richardson at richardr@canisius.edu or Ext. 6671.  When making a reservation, leave your name, department and the names and ages of your children.

Soup With Substance to Offer Political Discussions
The Soup With Substance lecture series sponsored by the Office of Campus Ministry offers two political discussions during the month of October. Both lectures will be held in Old Main Room 219 from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

On Wednesday, October 13 from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m., Rev. John Bucki, S.J., Director of Campus Ministry will facilitate a discussion entitled, “Is There a Catholic Way to Vote?”  Hon. John J. LaFalce '61 HON '90, Peter Canisius Distinguished University Professor will speak and lead a discussion on “Perspectives of a Pro-Life Democrat” on Wednesday, October 20.

Please come and go as your schedule permits. The soup is free. For more information, contact the Office of Campus Ministry at Ext. 2420.

CSW to Host Dessert and Conversation
Bring your lunch and enjoy delicious dessert and some great conversation as the Committee on the Status of Women (CSW) hosts Dessert and Conversation on Thursday, October 14 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Regis Room South. Everyone is welcome and you can enter to win a copy of the book, Classic Buffalo Architecture, which was donated by the Canisius College Press. For more information, contact Barb Wozniak at Ext. 3737 or via E-mail at wozniak@canisius.edu.

Dee Dee Myers Speaks on October 14
Former White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers will speak at Canisius on Thursday, October 14 at 8 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center.  The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the William H. Fitzpatrick Chair of Political Science Lecture Series. Seating is limited. For more information, click here or contact the Office of Public Relations at Ext. 2790.

Chopin Singing Society Performs Concert
The Chopin Chamber Music Society will present “The Splendor of Polish Music,” on Sunday, October 17 at 3 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center.

The concert is sponsored by the Canisius College Polish Chair and is free and open to the public.  Contact Rev. Benjamin Fiore, S.J., chair of the Religious Studies Department, at Ext. 2822 for more information.

Deputy Executive Director of 9/11 Commission to Speak at Canisius
Christopher A. Kojm, deputy executive director of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, will speak at Canisius College on Monday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Grupp Fireside Lounge. The lecture, entitled “The Findings and Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission,” is free and open to the public. The event is presented under the auspices of a lecture series created by the Hon. John J. LaFalce ’61, HON ’90, Peter Canisius Distinguished University Professor. For more information, contact Dede Johnson at Ext. 2162 or click here.

Canisius Program in the African American Experience Hosts Upcoming Events
The Canisius College Program in the African American Experience will host the following free events:

Lillian Serece Williams, PhD		Neil R. McMillen, PhD		Shawn Lay, PhD

Lillian Serece Williams, PhD, associate professor and chair of the African American Studies Department at the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB), will present a lecture, entitled “Buffalo and the Great Migration,” on Tuesday, October 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Lyons Hall 313.

Neil R. McMillen, PhD, professor emeritus of history at the University of Southern Mississippi, will present a lecture, entitled “African Americans in the Age of Jim Crow,” on Wednesday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Regis Room South.

Shawn Lay, PhD, chair of the History Department at Coker College in Hartsville, SC, will speak on Tuesday, November 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Regis Room South.  Lay is a leading authority on the second Ku Klux Klan.  His lecture will be based on his most well-known book, Hooded Knights on the Niagara: The Ku Klux Klan in Buffalo, New York (1995).

Contact Bruce Dierenfield, PhD, at Ext. 2683 or click here for more information on the African American Experience Lecture Series.

BPO to Perform at Canisius
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Canisius College Chorale will perform in the Montante Cultural Center on Wednesday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m. For more information, click here or contact the Fine Arts Office at Ext. 2542.

Corporal Works Series Welcomes Aguirre
Eduardo Aguirre Jr., director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, will present a lecture, entitled “The Government Role in the Corporal Works of Mercy: Welcome the Stranger,” on Thursday, October 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center.  The event is sponsored by the Governmental Role in Effectuating the Corporal Works of Mercy Lecture Series created by the Hon. John J. LaFalce ’61 HON ’90, Peter Canisius Distinguished University Professor. For more information, click here or contact Dede Johnson at Ext. 2162.

Annual Model UN Planned
Don’t be surprised if you notice an additional 300 students on campus next week!  Canisius will host its annual high school Model United Nations Day on Thursday, October 21.  This year’s event will bring student delegates from 18-20 high schools in the Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania area to the Canisius campus.

Organized by Larry Jones, PhD, professor of history and director of the International Relations Program, and John Occhipinti, PhD, associate professor of political science, the Model UN will provide a day-long Security Council and International Court of Justice simulations.

Foreign Policy Analysts to Discuss National Security
Lawrence Korb, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and senior advisor to the Center for Defense Information, and Christopher Preble, director of foreign affairs at the Cato Institute, will present  a lecture at Canisius College, entitled “America: More or Less Secure?” on Monday, October 25, 2004 at 1:30 p.m. in the Palisano Pavilion.  A reception will follow the event, which is free and open to the public.

The two prominent foreign policy analysts will debate whether the policies enacted since 9/11 have improved national security and global stability or have been counterproductive to those goals.

Click here for more information, or contact Larry Jones, PhD, professor of history and director of the International Relations Program, at Ext. 2686.

Contemporary Writers Series
The Canisius College Contemporary Writers Series welcomes best-selling novelist Susan Power on Thursday, October 28 in the Grupp Fireside Lounge. For more information, contact Mick Cochrane, PhD, professor of English, at Ext. 2662 or click here.

Web Training to be Held In November
Chuck Pustelnik, Canisius Web editor, will hold training sessions in November for those who want to learn more about building Web pages for their academic or administrative departments.

A training session on the Canisius Web tool will be held Friday, November 5 at 2 p.m. in Wehle 305.  This session will be devoted to how the campus-wide Web tool works and how simple it is to build and maintain department pages.  It is also recommended for those currently using the tool that may need a refresher of how it works.

A second session on Friday, November 12 at 2 p.m. in Lyons 118, will address how to write content for your Web site.  Pustelnik and Debra Park, director of public relations, will cover topics including appropriate writing styles for the Web, knowing your audience, and best practices in writing for the Web.

To register, E-Mail Chuck at pustelnc@canisius.edu.  Space is limited to approximately 20 people for Web tool training and 40 people for the writing session.

State Mathematicians Converge at Canisius
Math scholars, professors and students are invited to attend the 2004 joint meeting of the Mathematicians Association of America (MAA) Seaway Section and Region I of the New York Sate Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges (NYSMATYC) on Friday, November 5 and Saturday, November 6.  The conference marks the first time, since 1969, that the MAA Seaway Section, which includes New York State and Southern Ontario, will meet at Canisius.

The keynote speaker will be Kenneth S. Williams of Carleton University.  He will lecture on French mathematician Joseph Liouville and his place in mathematical history with regard to number theory.

For more information on the math conference schedule of events or to register, click here.