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Christian Themes in American Literature Topic of Oishei Lecture
The Canisius College All-College Honors Program will welcome Dr. James Barcus, on Thursday, November 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Grupp Fireside Lounge. Barcus, professor of English at Baylor University and former editor of the journal Christianity & Literature, will discuss Christian themes in American literature. The lecture is free and open to the campus community.

His lecture entitled "Rejecting Light Half-belief in Casual Creeds: The Fiction of Cormac McCarthy," will highlight American novelist Cormac McCarthy, the author of The Orchard Keeper, Child of God and All the Pretty Horses, which was later made into a motion picture starring Matt Damon and Penelope Cruz.

The lecture is made possible through the Canisius College Oishei Teaching Professorship, which is funded by a generous $1.5 million gift from the John R. Oishei Foundation. The Oishei Professorship Program was created to provide Canisius' best teachers with the resources to create innovative and effective teaching and learning styles.

For more information, contact Dr. Robert Butler, director of the All-College Honors Program, at ext. 2658.

Acoustic Concert Benefits September 11th Victims
A benefit concert featuring acoustic guitarist Tom Sartori, will be held on Friday, November 16 at 7:00 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center to help raise money for the September 11 United Way Disaster Relief fund. Admission is $5.00 per person.

Sartori has played in cities all over the country and he has won Buffalo New York's Best Solo Acoustic Award for two consecutive years. He has toured Germany and Japan and played with Chuck Berry and Meatloaf. He has also performed at four NFL Superbowls and has sung the national anthems at Buffalo Bills Football and Sabres Hockey games.

Joining Sartori are Matt Gurgol, on acoustic guitar and Matt Struzik, on acoustic guitar and vocals from the Buffalo Band LO-13 and Mark Zuccaro '03, on acoustic guitar, Peter Burokowski '04 on acoustic guitar, Nathan Shoff '03 on saxophone, and Dr. Richard Falkenstein, on acoustic guitar.

For more information contact the Music Office at ext. 2536.

Transforming Followers into Leaders
The Graduate Business Alumni Association presents a lecture with Gerry Murak, principal of Murak & Associates, LLC, a management marketing firm, on Wednesday, November 28. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m. and the presentation is at 6:00 p.m. in the Canisius Center at Amherst, located at 300 Corporate Parkway. Murak will discuss, "Transforming Followers into Leaders."

For the last ten years, Murak and Associates, LLC has achieved dramatic results with clients across the US and Canada. Prior to starting his management consulting firm, Murak turned around the performance of two different divisions of a Fortune 500 corporation. As a member of the National Speakers Association he has given speeches in more than 30 states and two provinces.

Admission is $25.00 for the general public and $15 for students, faculty and members of the Graduate Business Alumni Association.

For more information or to register, contact the Canisius College School of Business ext. 2161 or E-mail Mary Ellen Carver, secretary for dean of the School of Business at carver@canisius.edu.

ArtsCanisius Events
ArtsCanisius will present the following performances at the beginning of November:

November 14 - The Canisius College Jazz Ensemble will perform, under the direction of Peter Ciraolo, at 7:00 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. Admission is $3.00 per person.

The performance will include selections once recorded by the Legendary Count Basie Orchestra, such as, Basie Straight Ahead featuring Kelly Bucheger on Tenor Sax, Samantha and Switch In Time, performed by Mike DiGiacomo '04, on Tenor Sax. The Jazz Ensemble will also perform It Could Happen To You, by James Van Heusen, featuring Mike Voytovich '04, on Alto Sax and Kelly Bucheger on Tenor Sax and Groovin 'N Hard written by Don Menza, featuring a Tenor Sax Duet by Kelly Bucheger and Mike DiGiacomo.
Saturday, November 17 - Large Ensemble Concert featuring Canisius College student ensembles performing in a joint concert at 7:00 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. Admission is $3.00 per person. The performance features the Canisius College Concert Band, under the direction of Matthew S. Cool; the Canisius College Orchestra, under the direction of Ansgarius Aylward; and the Canisius College Chorale, under the direction of Frank Scinta.
November 19 - Meet-the-Faculty recital at 12:30 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. The concert features Bryan Eckenrode on cello and Jane Cary on piano. Admission is free and open to the campus community. Eckenrode and Cary will perform works by Saint-Sa�ns, Casals, Paradis, Lee and Tournier.

For questions about ArtsCanisius programs, please contact the Music Office at ext. 2536.

Rewriting the New York State Constitution
The Canisius College Student Constitutional Reform Commission is revising the New York State Constitution. The campus community is welcome to attend the following free forums and participate in the discussions. Each forum will feature an expert on New York government.

The Student Constitutional Reform Commission was instituted by Dr. Peter J. Galie, professor of political science and a leading authority on the New York State Constitution. The Constitutional Reform Committee, which consists of Peter and his students, will rewrite the entire New York State Constitution and hope to present the proposed revision to the state legislature in the spring 2002.

The events for November are:

Monday, November 19 - Sharon O'Connor, general counsel for the Canal Corp. New York Thruway Authority, will discuss Canals & the State Constitution at 8:00 p.m. in the Regis Room (North) of the Richard E. Winter '42 Student Center.
Thursday, November 29 - Gerald Benjamin, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at SUNY New Paltz, will discuss Amending the State Constitution Article XIX in the Regis Room (South) of the Richard E. Winter '42 Student Center.

The project is funded through a $1.5 million gift to the college by the John R. Oishei Foundation. The Oishei Professorship Program was created to provide Canisius' best teachers with the resources to create innovative and effective teaching and learning styles.

For more information, contact Dr. Peter J. Galie at ext. 2699.