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STATE-OF-THE-ART
La Salle's nev^ $4.5 million high-tech
Communication Center -was dedicatecd on
October 8.
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.All'MNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS '^'orld then, as Bernard McCormick reports.
Maria Tucker Cusick, '83, President
Joseph H. Cloran, '61, Executive VicePresident MEETEVG A COMMUNITY NEED
NicholasJ. Lisi, Esq., '62, VicePresident
James M. Boligilz, '83, Treasurer Health Care Reform is alive and 'well at
Elizabeth R. Lochner. '87, Secretary' La Salle's Neighborhood Nursing Center.
L\ SALLE (USPS 299-940) is pulMislied quarterlyby
La Salle Universit>-, 1900 W. Olney Avenue,
Philadelphia. PA 19141-1199. forthe alumni, students, facul- FAMILY PRACTICE WITH A
ty, and friends ofthe University. Editorial and business
offices are located at the News Bureau, La Salle Liniversitv. PERSONALITY
Philadelphia. PA 19141-1199. Changes ofaddress should be
sent at least 30 days prior to publication ofissue with which
it is to take effect to the Alumni Office. La Salle University, As a physician and a journalist, Brian
1900 W. Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19141-1199. McDonough has the best bedside manner in
POSTMASTER: send change ofaddress to office listed above. broadcasting. A profile by Frank Bilovsky.
Memberofthe Council forthe Advancement and
Suppon ofEducation (CASE).
AROUND CAMPUS
DESIGN AND ILLUSTRA'HON: Blake+Barancik Design
PHOTOGRAPITi': Kelly *t Massa
La Salle recently established a unique Center
FRONTCOVER: La Salle's new Communication for ComniLinity Learning, honored an a'ward-
Center was dedicated on Oct. 6 and blessed by
Philadelphia's Auxilian,' Bishop Edward P. Cullen 'uinning TV docLimentary host at its Fall
(second from right). Also participating were Thomas Convocation, and is participating in the
Curiev. (second from left), president and publisher of
USA TODAY; La Salle's Brother PresidentJaseph F, NCAA's Certification Program.
Burke (right), and Brother Gerard Molyneaux. chair-
man of the university's Communication Department.
ALUMNI NOTES
BACKCOVER: The Explorers' 1980 Division II
national championship field hockey team became only
the third La Salle team inducted into the Alumni Hall Jim McDonald has announced that he will
of Athletes on Oct. 7. Those attending the ceremonies retire after 34 years as Alumni Director.
wEelirzea:beBtahckCraRwofwor(df.roHmelleefnt tNoearr>ig-h,t)K:elBlayri'iWaarlakeMrc,GJuogaann, Also, the quarterly chronicle of some signifi-
Ferrari, Cindy Ambruoso, and Laura Frieze. Middle cant events in the lives of La Salle's alumni.
Row: .\lar\- Kai.ser. Liz McCabe, Mar\- Traurwein, Sheila
Smith. Vicki Smith and Kath>' McGahey. Front Row:
Carol 'Weber, Brother PresidentJoseph Burke,Joanne
Weber. Alumni Association president Maria Cusick.
and Nancy Richards. The only other teams in the Hall
are the 1954 men's NCAA basketball champions and
the 1957 Dad Vail crew titlists. Volume 39/ Number 1 LA SALLE WINTER 1994-95
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"A Milestone
in tlie
Dawning
of tlie
Age"
Information
New
La Salle's High-
Tech Communication
Q
Center Opens
La Salle dedicated its new
state-of-the-art Communica-
tion Center on its South
Campus in ceremonies on
October 8.
Philadelphia Auxiliary Bishop Edward
P. Cullen, D.D., 71 M.A., blessed the
facility that was renovated at the cost
of $4.5 million and is housed in the
former classroom building of the
property purchased from the Sisters of
St. Basil the Great in 1989. A student
lounge was also dedicated in memory
of the late Gregg Argenziano, a senior
Bishop Cullen blesses the new communication major from Wells,
Comiviinicatioii Center. Maine, who died suddenly last year.
WINTER 1994-95 page 1
Sliicleiils at work in theAudio
and T\'Studios: The Communi-
catio)i Center is thefirst hiiild-
i)i}i at La Salle to house only one
(icadenu'c discipline. It consoli-
dates equipment, offices, and
studio space origincdly housed
i)i Olnev Hall cnidSt. Cassian
ResidenceHall into one com-
plete. stand-alo)iefacilitv-
Thomas Cuiiey, 70, president and women have graduated since the
publisher of USA TODAY was the program was introduced in 1974.
featured speaker at the event. The uni\'ersity also began offering a
master of arts degree program in
La Salle's Communication Center professional communication last
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includes the latest high-tech TV and September.
audio studios and control rooms
\\ith sophisticated "non-linear" In his keynote address, Cudey
editing facilities, as well as three described his tenure as editor of the
traditional classrooms, two small Collegian during his undergraduate
seminar rooms, two larger confer- days at La Salle in the late 1960s as
ence/presentation rooms containing an "extraordinary time" to enter the
multi-media and computer equip- communications field.
ment, editing and screening rooms
for audio, video, and film, 14 "What an era," he recalled. "Civil
faculty and administrative offices, rights, women's rights, faculty
and the Argenziano Student rights, student protests, an unde-
Lounge. clared war tore apart a nation and
undermined its economy. A bitter
Some 300 undergraduates are cold war consumed other resources
majoring in communication at and altered our values.
La Salle and another ^9S men and
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