March 21, 1996
The Record
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Pornography expert visits campus
New housing planned for SJU
J By Ben Knuth
Editorial Staff Writer
Plans for new and renovated student housing were made official on Tuesday night. The long-awaited renovation of Benet Hall and the construction of four duplexes in Flynntown were approved by Saint John's Abbey Monastic Chapter.
Chapter, which includes all monks who have professed lifetime vows to the community, passed the University's budget that included the proposed plans for stu-~2 dent residences.
"People have been voicing these concerns over the past five years," Br. Isaac Connolly, SJU director of residential programs, said. "The way to help new housing become a reality was to fit it into a fiscally conservative plan to build houses for students."
This summer the first structure of four will be erected north of the Seidenbush apartments in Flynntown. Each structure will be a wood-frame duplex with each unit offering housing for six men.
The units offer a large community space, ~) full kitchen and 2-1/2 baths, as well as access to laundry facilities. Every resident will have their own bedroom.
"Houses are a sort of environment for students seeking alternatives to the dorms," Connolly said.
The four-structure complex will be named St. Vincent's Court in recognition of St. Vincent's Archabbey in LaTroube, Phila. Founding monks of St. John's first travelled from Metten in Bavaria to St. Vincent's.
There are no new resident assisant nor faculty resident positions planned for the duplexes.
In addition to the new duplexes, the renovation of Saint Benet Hall will begin. The fourth floor of the 1921 building, presently singles, will be renovated into doubles.
First-year students are scheduled to be the residents of the newly reworked fourth floor. According to Connolly, Benet Hall will provide a significantly smaller floor environment for first-year students than the existing first-year floors of St. Thomas and St. Mary Hall.
The renovation of St. Benet Hall is the first step in the hopeful floor-by-floor renovation of the 75-year-old building.
Originally, the fourth floor of Benet was a large open room housing preparatory school students.
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By Jon Brothen
Staff Writer
Dr. Robert Brannon, a social psychologist from Brooklyn College, will be speaking tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Quad 264 on the relationship between pornography and sexual violence.
Brannon is speaking as a part of the Celebrating Men's, series at SJU and is sponsored by the Student Advocates Against Sexual Violence and the Kellogg Leadership Foundation.
Brannon is a current member of the National Organization of Men Against Sexism and has spoken frequently on the issue of pornography and its correlation to sexual violence. The title of his presentation is "Abuse of Women on the Screen and in the Real World."
Brannon believes there is a connection between violence against women in television and movies that leads to violence against women by men in the real world. His topic involves aspects of sociological and psychological issues that explain his connection theory.
Although he is a controversial speaker, Brannon projects an academic and objective viewpoint of his issue.
CSB sophomore Sue Wall, SJU senior Dave Caughlin and Dr. Charles Thornbury were influential in getting Brannon to speak as a part of the men's series. Wall said it was important to get Brannon to speak because he "related to college students," and she "wanted a man's perspective."
The decision to have a speaker on sexual violence was made last fall and is a part of
the ongoing Celebrating Men's series at SJU.
The controversy surrounding the arrival of Brannon is significant but Thornbury stated the importance of the presentation is the relevance pornography has in understanding men's lives.
Thornbury says the significance of Brannon's speech is that "examining men's lives is an aspect of celebrating men's lives."
Brannon's view is that men can better understand themselves by analyzing the potential effects of pornography on their behavior.
Wall stated that having Brannon speak at SJU enhances the chance to "get people thinking about sexual violence."
Although SAASV had strong support for the sexual violence presentation tonight, they almost didn't receive any funding from the St. John's Senate. Not until the fourth appeal did the group obtain the necessary funds from the St. John's senate to host the event.
There was heavy opposition to the presentation by Steve Yuhas and other SJU senators.
Yuhas said that he was "not too thrilled" about someone coming to SJU and being "vindictive against males." Yuhas stated that the speaker was not appropriate for the Celebrating Men's series and asked "how can you celebrate men by tearing them down?"
Brannon will also have a follow up discussion tomorrow at 9:40 a.m. in Quad 264.
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