Mirror - Vol. 04, No. 14 - November 20, 1980

              No Guarantees On Athletic Improvements
by Patrick Reap and Ken Vaughn
University President Aloysius
Kelley, S.J. has formally told the
Task Force on Athletics that the
"Athletic Department must com-pete
in the budgetary process with
a large number of programs and
projects..." Subsequently, no
time-table has been set to enact
the 17 recommended expenditures
to improve the department.
In a letter to Task Force Chair-man
Dr. Vincent Rosivach, Kelley
said the group failed to take into
account "an assessment of our
athletic programs against the
background of very limited re-sources.
The report did not at-tempt
to place the recommenda-tions
within the fiscal constraints
of the institution," said Kelley. He
added that the university, thanks
to the present construction of
Canisius II and Jesuit residencies,
has incurred a high capital indebt-edness.
"A realistic assessment^
of the University's finances com-pel
me to say that, failing an un-precedented
generous gift from
its friends or benefactors, a new
gymnasium is not in Fairfield's
foreseable future."
In the Task Force Report sub-mitted
May 13, the committee
recommended that a new gymna-sium
would be needed to provide"
adequate spectator seating for
6,000, locker room facilities, and
media facilities. The report also
suggested if a new facility is not
feasible, renovations should be
undertaken to the 3,200 person
capacity Gonzaga Gymnasium. In
addition, the committee also
recommended that money be
spent to: upgrade the women's
basketball program to Division I
status, hire a full-time Sports In-formation
Director, increase the
recruiting budgets for both men's
and women's basketball teams,
and to expand the Recreation
Complex hours. Kelley responded
by saying, "To the extent that in-creases
in the current allegation
are suggested, they will have to be
reviewed as all other budgetary
items are reviewed."
Kelley pointed out that there
were 12 general policy and admini-strative
suggestions that were of-fered
by the committee. "Some of
the policy and procedural recom-mendations
are already in the pro-cess
of implementation," said the
university President. A group of
university and Prep School of-ficials
are already studying the co-ordination
of activities for the
gymnasium. Whether the request
require financing or not, the pro-posals
will be handled through
Student Services and returned to
Kelley for his approval.
Rosivach explained that there
was confusion concerning the
charge put before the committee
by Kelley. "The whole thing has
been a learning experience from
everyone's point of view, including
the President's. There was a cer-tain
crossing of signals of what he
perceived the charge to be and
what the Task Force perceived the
charge to be," said Rosivach. "The
conclusions we drew would not
have been the same without this
misunderstanding."
The committee chairman re-sponded
to Kelley's request for a
list of priorities by saying, "We
were working on a process of get-ting
a consensus rather than indi-vidual
votes. If we were to force
the issue of priorities, we would
have had to come to vote, which
would have factionalized the com-mittee."
He continued by adding,
"We became obsessed with the
process of consensus and lost
track of what we were trying to do,
which was making recommenda-tions
on athletics. It was my fault
as chairman for not keeping our
role straight."
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Orman Explains Secrecy Of
Presidential Decision-Making
by Kevin Fusco &
Ken Vaughn
It's no secret that United States
Presidents make a lot of decisions
in secret, but Politics professor
John Orman expounded a theory
of why Presidents make these cov-ert
decisions. Orman was the fea-tured
lecturer last Wednesday in
the faculty dining room.
The university professor said
that there are four explanations
for the private decisions that are
made. First, Presidents take a
"pragmatic approach" to the deci-sion;
he feels it is in the best in-terest
to make a decision void of
the public's knowledge. Second,
certain Presidents "given their
personalities,' are attracted to
secret operations", said Orman.
Also, the President may not have a
choice; outside pressures from
bureaucracy dictate that the Presi-dent
keep decisions from the pub-lic.
Finally, a leader may be fol-lowing
the precedents established
by previous executives who held
the Presidency.
Orman applied these four rea-sons
to the actions of recent Pres-idents.
For example, the Kennedy
Administration repeatedly tried to
assassinate Cuba's leader, Fidel
John Kennedy implemented a
number of actions in hoping to
overthrow Castro; these plans
ranged from supplying citizen
groups inside Cuba with arms to
poisoning ball point pens and wet
suits. Cuba claims that 24 at-tempts
were made to take
Castro's life, while the United
States admitted making only eight
tries. "I do simple mathematics;
24 and 8 are 32, divided by 2 equals
16. I think 16 attempts were
made," said Orman. He added that
Castro may have had something to
do with Kennedy's assassination.
President Lyndon Johnson
played an integral part in the as-sassination
of Chile leader, Sal-vatore
Allende. International Tele-phone
& Telegraph (IT&T) offered
the CIA $1 million to overthrow
Allende. While the CIA did refuse,
they gave IT&T a list of people in-side
Chile who might be willing to
co-operate. In 1973, Allende was
eventually overthrown by a
military coupe, though we did not
play an important role.
Among the list of secret ac-tivities
Richard Nixon and John-son
okayed were massive bomb-ings.
Nixon sent bomb planes over
Cambodia in the late 60's and ear-ly
70's, while Johnson spent his
entire tenure bombing Laos, a fact
that was revealed in the Fulbright
Investigation of 1969. All in all, Or-man
said Presidents have resorted
to using "deceptive behavior" in
revealing information to the
public. Deceptive behavior occurs
when the President says one thing
and then another course of action
is taken. "In effect, it is lying to
the public," emphasized Orman.
While Orman does not advocate
keeping the public in the dark
about many issues, he believes
the President should keep certain
things secret. "Presidents should
be allowed to keep advice secret,"
he said, emphasizing that such
information is deservedly "con-fidential".
Information on weapon
development, as well as status in
an armed conflict could be kept
private. Orman stresses that
morale will be kept up if a leader
tells the country it is winning the
war, even though they may be los-ing.
Orman has just completed his
second book, Presidential Secrecy
and Deception, which is available
at bookstands for $17.50. The lec-ture
was sponsored by the Amer-ican
Studies Forum.
"Get Your Career in Gear"
at Career Spectrum
Ducks at the pond on campus enjoy the last of the warm days
before it becomes frozen by winter's freezing temperatures.
[Photo by Patty Lama]
by Philip McGinty
Students interested in obtain-ing
information concerning future
career opportunities are urged to
attend this year's Career Spec-trum,
to be held December 4, from
1 to 4 p.m. in the Oak Room. The
event, which is using the slogan
"Get Your Career in Gear," is be-ing
sponsored by Jeanne Luglio,
Co-Director of FUSA Arts and Lec-tures,
in cooperation with the
Counseling Center.
Career Spectrum will be con-ducted
as an informal, open-house
meeting with representatives from
a wide variety of fields. Students
will have the chance to gain career
information by asking the repre-sentatives
questions on a one-to-one
basis.
For those interested in a career
in business, representatives from
General Electric, IBM and Arthur
Andersen & Company will be pre-sent.
Representatives from Up-john
Company and St. Vincent's
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Politics professor John Orman explains the secret maneuvers of
Presidents in a lecture last Wednesday in the faculty dining room.
[Photo by Patty Lanza]
Beach Assocation
Advises Students
by Kathleen E. O'Gorman
The Student Beach Association
met November 12 to provide "prac-tical,
helpful hints" for students
living at the beach during the
1981-82 school year, said Brian
Bellows, Attorney General for
FUSA and head of the Beach As-sociation.
Attorney for the organi-zation,
John P. Fracassini, a Fair-field
University graduate of 1965,
addressed a comfortable group of
approximately sixty people in the
Nursing Auditorium.
Mr. Fracassini stressed one
must keep in mind that upon ac-quiring
a beach house, one is ren-ting
another's property. The key
word is "preparation", he said.
Students should become ac-quainted
with the owner of the
house and find out where he/she
lives. The attorney suggests that
before signing a lease, students
should go through the house with
the owner or real estate agent,
make a list of damages, and take
pictures of the rooms. After com-pleting
this, both the students and
the owner/real estate agent sign
the complied list. At the end of the
school year, this same inspection
procedure should be repeated.
This is for the student's own pro-tection
so they do not get charged
unnecessarily for damages, such
as an entire interior repainting job,
which occurred with one student,
said Fracassini.
The speaker sees the students
moving to the beach as a "dying
situation". Within five years,
states Fracassini, there will be no
houses available to rent. Beach
property will be owned by perma-nent
residents.
If there seems to be a problem
with the lease, have it checked
out, suggests the Student Beach
Association attorney. According
to the "Clear and Pure Language
Statute" all leases must be written
in simple, understandable lan-guage.
One may note a refuse
pick-up charge in the lease from
$3.75 to $4 per can; this is because
Fairfield does not have public re-fuse
pick-up. Students should also
be aware of whether or not a
charge for water is included in the
lease.
Mr. Fracassini presented other
helpful hints. He informed the au-dience
that by law, the landlord is
not allowed on rented property
without reasonable notice (e.g.
phoning ahead of time). He recom-mended
that all students residing
in the house sign the lease. Also,
landlords are required to give re-ceipts
for all payments. This came
up when a student told the at-torney
that she gave a $150 de-posit
to a well-known real estate
agent and he refused to give her a
receipt.
Afterwards there was a question
and answer period. One question
was, whether or not it is true by
law that no more than five unre-lated
people can reside in one
house. Mr. Fracassini replied that
this is not true.
The attorney cited that rentable
beach property has been reduced
within the last four to five years.
Permanent residency has increas-
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