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"Beacon
University of Portland
Volume 102, Issue 22
Serving the University of Portland j>ince 1901
April 6, 2000
Journalism’s fate in hands of few
CLINTON VIN1NG _
Asst. News Editor
It happens. Academic pro¬
grams arc dropped and new pro¬
grams are born. The University is
constantly changing, trying for
improvement.
Last year, fine arts professor
Michael Dentc was fired to make
room for an accredited theater pro¬
gram. This year the communica¬
tions department is questioning
the future of its journalism pro¬
gram.
"The only certain fact is that a
discussion is taking place," assis¬
tant professor of journalism Mick
Mulcrone said.
Communications Department
Chair Barb Gayle confirmed that
deliberations are underway, but
assured students that all journal¬
ism majors will graduate as jour¬
nalists.
“The department is in the pro¬
cess of self-study and reviewing
resource allocations and explor¬
ing numerous options,” Gayle
said. "No decision has been made.
The self-study continues through
next year.”
The self-study is a process that
each department is responsible for
conducting every five years as part
of the University’s Strategic Plan.
The plan weeds out the weak pro¬
grams to make room for the strong
to grow and become better.
“Within the context of the
University’s Strategic Plan that is
based on the mission of the Uni¬
versity, one of the major priorities
has been to strengthen programs
that arc strong and to eliminate
programs that do not have the
potential of being premier,” said
Academic Vice President Br.
Donald Stabrowski, C.S.C.
Associate professor of jour¬
nalism Bob Fulford questioned
the definition of "premier.”
“If you look at awards [The
Beacon] keeps getting and the
success of the graduates, you’d
have to say it's a good program,”
Fulford said.
Stabrowski said the decisions
the communications department
and the College of Arts and Sci¬
ences must make are difficult and
options are being considered
about overall departmental and
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A century of Holy Cross dedication
RYAN O’CONNOR
ground (or Christie Hall in 1911.
University to coincide with the up¬
coming centennial.
Superior of the Holy Cross Com¬
munity in Oregon and Director of
Residence Life, the Rev. Michael
DcLaney, C.S.C said the continued
dedication of the members of Holy
Cross at UP to their mission has
sculpted UP into an influential and
well respected regional university.
“The influence of Holy Cross at
UP has been the dedication of indi¬
viduals to their positions [in the
University],” DeLaney said. “Ev¬
ery Holy Cross priest or brother
who is assigned here is happy to be
here ... People have an opportunity
to connnenct with the mission of
the place is a very particular way.
Size-wise you have an opportunity
The roots of the order sprouted
in 1 9th century France. Father Basil
Moreau founded the Congregation
the strong tra¬
dition of com¬
munity life in
Holy Cross
influences
how we see
things like
residence
life.”
DeLaney
said all reli¬
gious orders
have a. sense of
community,
but Holy Cross
made him feel
especial ly
welcome.
DeLaney attended Georgetown
University — a Jesuit school — as an
undergraduate, but he said while
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Archbishop Christie poses with Columbia University faculty and students in 1 902.
of the Holy Cross in France in 1837.
From the start Holy
Cross priests had a repu¬
tation as order and dedi¬
cated to service and edu¬
cation — a commitment
that remains strong to¬
day. It is precisely this
dedication to commu¬
nity that many members
of the UP Holy Cross
community said makes
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Rev. Paul Waldschmidt, C.S.C. outside of Buckley Cen- schools, unique,
ter as the building nears completion in the 1 960s. "Holy Cross schools
visiting his brother at Notre Dame
he felt an affinity for the Holy Cross.
"I considered the Jesuits, but I
was looking for something a little
more pastoral,” DeLaney said.
“They [Jesuits and Holy Cross] are
very similar, but I really got the
sense that Holy Cross would be
more of a family.”
DeLaney compared the differ¬
ence between Holy Cross and Jesu¬
its to the difference between a small
and large universities; a difference
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For nearly a century the Con¬
gregation of the Holy Cross has
been the backbone of the Univer¬
sity of Port¬
land.
This rela¬
tionship was
forged when
Holy Cross
priests and
brothers tra¬
versed the con-
tinent and
scooped up the
reinsoftheUni-
versity from
Archbishop
Alexander
Christie in 1902
when he real¬
ized the Diocese
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. .
of Portland did Breaking the
not have the resources or manpower
to support the school. It continued
to evolve throughout the 20th cen¬
tury. Members of Holy Cross have
even worked for nothing in order to
stave off Financial disaster during
UP’s tenure on The Bluff, accord¬
ing to Rev. James Connelly, C.S.C.,
associate professor of history, who
is currently writing a history of the
to contribute ... which is very much
tied in with our mission and has an
effect on the community life which
makes us the envy of the wider
province in many ways.”
have, in my estimation an increased
emphasis on the education of stu¬
dents that takes place outside of the
classroom," University President
the Rev. David Tyson, C.S.C. said.
”1 also think
Celebration
This weekend the
Univeristy will celebrate
two milestones: nearly a
century of Holy Cross on
the Bluff and University
President Rev. David
Tyson, C.S.C. ’s 25 anniver¬
sary of his ordination.
The celebration, entitled
“A Celebration of the Sil¬
ver Jubilee of the Ordina¬
tion of Reverend David T.
Tyson, C.S.C and A Cen¬
tury of Commitment on The
Bluff by the Congregation
of the Holy Cross,” will take
place Friday, April 7 on
campus. Guests will include
Most Reverend Daniel R.
Jenky, C.S.C Auxialiary
Bishop of Fort Wayne/
South Bend and Most Rev¬
erend John Z. Vlazny , Arch¬
bishop of Portland.
Tragedy
strikes
CLINTON VINING
Asst. News Editor
At about 3:3()p.m. on Sunday,
April 2, former ASUP Vice Presi¬
dent Jeremy Benedict, 23, died in
an airplane crash with his father
in the Ozark National Forest in
Arkansas.
Benedict and his father, Will¬
iam Benedict, 53, were flying their
single-engine
airplane when
they experi¬
enced engine
troubles. On
the way down,
looking for a
place to land,
they ran into
heavy fog.
The airplane
apparently
clipped some trees, lost a wing,
and landed upside down in a fiery
crash, the Arkansas Democrat -
Gazette reported.
Benedict graduated from UP
in the spring of 1998 with a de¬
gree in political science. He was
an honor student, served as ASUP
vice president in 1 996-97 and took
on the president’s duties when
the president resigned for failing
to maintain the academic stand¬
ing required to hold office.
“He was very proud to be a
student at UP and really enjoyed
the other students and working
with the professors and priests,”
said Jennifer Benedict, Jeremy
Benedict’s sister.
Assistant professor of history
the Rev. Art Wheeler, C.S.C.
added that “Jeremy was commit¬
ted to the University of Portland,
both in his serious pursuit of aca¬
demics in the honors program and
in his fine service to the Univer¬
sity in student government.”
William Benedict had been
flying for more than 20 years and
passed on the love for the open air
to his son, who began Hying when
he was 1 6. Jeremy Benedict loved
flying, according to everyone who
knew him.
“[Jeremy and his father] Hew
whenever they could and flew to¬
gether as much as possible," Jen¬
nifer Benedict said.
Director of Student Activities
Lois Geib worked with Jeremy
extensively during his tenure in
office. She also remembers him
as a flyer.
“Jeremy had his pilot’s license
when he was a student and he
would, not so infrequently, fly
off for a day or two and some¬
times go halfway across the coun¬
try,” Geib said.
Assistant professor of politi¬
cal science Jim Moore also re¬
members Benedict’s love for
flight. Moore was Benedict’s ad-
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