Mirror - Vol. 04, No. 15 - December 11, 1980

              Housing Considers
Quiet Floor
by Robert Gribbon
The Office of Student Resi-dences
will be offering specific
corridors emphasizing quiet hours
for the academic year beginning
September 1981. Phyllis Fitz-patrick,
Director of Student
Residences, stated, "We are con-sidering
one floor on the quad,
possibly Regis 4 or Northwest 4."
The need for the establishment of
the "quiet floor" stems from the
appeals of students, parents and
traditional requests of incoming
freshmen.
One floor on the quad will be
converted into a quiet study floor
next year. According to Phyllis
Fitzpatrick, Regis 4 and Northwest
4 are being considered because
"they are best qualified physically
to accommodate a coed quiet
floor." The present members of
the floor selected will be placed in
a special lottery and relocated to
other floors and buildings.
The priority of the quiet floor
will be to provide a better
academic environment. The quiet
floor shall have a twenty four hour
quiet period seven days a week.
Once the floor has been establish-ed,
the residents will have the op-tion
to modify the schedule reserv-ing
Saturday for social functions.
Quiet section guide lines will be
strictly enforced, "Noise, of
whatevernature, that may emanate
from any students room or com-mon
area in the residence hall,
must not exceed a low, muffled
sound in adjacent rooms. Stereos,
TVs, radios, etc., may not be
played so as to be disruptive to
any other room occupant.
Students who desire high volume
for their listening must use head-phones."
In order to confirm the need for
a quiet floor the Office of Student
Residences surveyed 1,100
freshmen and sophomores. Of the
1,100 questionnaires distributed
to students, 360 (32.7%) were
returned, with 60 (16.7%) of those
returned, 5.5% of the total ques-tionnaires
distributed, requesting
a quiet section. The Office of Stu-dent
Residences concluded the
results were significant enough to
approve plans for a quiet floor.
[Photo by Tata Herrero]
A Guide To Shopping During Final Exams
by Kathleen O'Gorman
Some may wonder how it can be
possible to even begin Christmas
shopping with final exams loom-ing
ahead. But one need not travel
far to find a wide selection of gifts
in over twenty-four stores! Where
is this grand shopping mall? It is
the Post Road, and these stores
are all within walking distance (no
more than two blocks) from the
shuttle stop.
Although its entrance is on an
alley way, Trident Records is not
A. JOSHUA*
difficult to find. Located in the
lower level of the Galleria Shop-ping
Mall at 57 Unquowa Road
next the train station, this store
has more to offer than just records
and tapes. Displayed are: posters,
calendars, mirrors, leather goods,
license plates, and jewelry.
Among the line of music also is
Ed Graf's Music Center at 1551
Post Road. They advertise rec-ords,
tapes, instruments at dis-count
prices, sheet music, repairs,
and instruction.
Justine's Specialty Shoppe on the Post Road in Fairf ield offers a variety
of homemade gifts Including sweaters, hat and scraft sets, and knick-knacks.
[Photo by Patty Lanza]
At this point, most are ex-hausted
from reading, but for
those who enjoy reading for pleas-ure
there is the Fairfield Open Book
Shop near the Community Movie
Theatre. Not only do they sell hard
and soft cover books from cooking
to philosophy, but there are also
children's books, memo pads,
posters, greeting cards and wrapp-ing
paper. And if they do not have
a requested book in stock they wilJ
be happy to order it.
Centers of towns tend to have
unique gift shops that cannot be
found in large modern shopping
malls. An example of this is
Justine's Specialty Shoppe, 1484
Post Road. This shop is filled with
handmade crafts such as Christ-mas
ornaments, sweaters, hat and
scraft sets, picture frames, and an
endless assortment of knick-knacks.
Afghans can be ordered
wit one's own color choice. Or why
not surprise grandma with a
homemade item that she usually
specializes in for Christmas?
Another novelty store is Magical
Mystery Tour at 1488 Post Road. It
can can be defined as "for the per-son
who has everything" gift
shop. Any product out of the or-dinary
can be found here. Using
the rainbow as their main design,
the Magical Mystery Tour displays
mugs, pillows, key chains, calen-dars,
jewelry boxes, hair acces-sories,
and unusual greeting
cards. While on a Christmas shop-
If time permits an escape from studying, take exit 27 off of Route 9 to the
Trumbull Shopping Park. [Photo by Tata, Herrero)
ping bout, it is worthwhile just to
stop in and browse for amuse-ment.
An exclusive jewelery store is
Fairfield Center Jewelers for shop-ping
for that special someone.
Located at 1498 Post Road, this
elegant store also offers fine
china, crystal, and pewter. Along
the same line is The Finishing
Touch, 1545 Post Road. In addition
to crystal and pewter, they sell
brassware,, Williamsburg repro-ductions,
and decorative ac-cessories.
At 1547 Post Road is perhaps a
more reasnably priced jewelery
store. Midas Touch has a fine array
of gold and silver jewelery, and
periodically does ear piercing.
John Skutel Galleries, at 45 Un-quowa
Road near the Fairfield
Open Book Shop, is a treasure of
antiques. Offering mostly books,
this store has a quaint atmosphere
of grandpa's musty ol' attic. Rare
posters, maps, pamphlets, paint-ings,
and presidential campaign
buttons (e.g. "I Like Ike") can be
discovered here. The proprietor is
always looking for antique fur-niture
and printed material in ex-change
for cash. It should be
noted that this store is only open
from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., or by ap-
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Authorities Explain Toxic Shock Syndrome
by Lauren Pennisi
As a result of the increasing
concern about a new disease call-ed
Toxic Shock Syndrome, a sym-posium
on this subject was held
December 1. It was sponsored by
the Student Nursing Association
with Patti O'Keefe, treasure of
S.N.A., and, Julie Shafer, a
member of S.N.A., serving as co-chairpersons.
The speakers included Dr.
Robert Manjoney, a practicing
obstetrician/gynecologist, Dr.
Meyer Herman, Director of Health
Services in Bridgeport, and Miss
Vera Milow, Vice President of
Educational Affairs for Tampax,
Inc. Each speaker presented infor-mation
on TSS from their perspec-tive
in order to help clarify the
symptoms, effects, and possible
prevention of the disease.
Dr. Manjoney, first addressed
the audience, which consisted of
approximately 50 people. He
stated that TSS is caused by a
bacteria called staphylococcus
aureus. This bacteria produces a
toxin which is carried by the
bloodstream to various systems in
the body causing serious damage.
The first symptoms of the
disease are a fever of 102 "F or
higher, vomiting and/or diarrhea
during menstruation. As the toxin
circulates throughout the body, a
person will develop a sunburn-like
rash and low blood pressure and
eventually will go into shock 12 to
48 hours after these symptoms oc-cur.
At this point, the disease can
be fatal to the individual.
Dr. Manjoney sited some
preventive measures to the tam-pon
user. Dr. Manjoney stressed
that if any of the symptoms occur,
as a precautionary measure, it is
advisable to consult a physician.
Dr. Herman, the next speaker,
cited statistics of people contrac-ting
the disease. He said that
three out of 100,000 women have
gotten TSS in the course of a year.
Dr. Herman emphasized the
need of physicians to be aware of
the symptoms to insure prompt
treatment. The present treatment
is immediate hospitalization and
antibiotics. This can only arrest
the disease, but the toxin will re-main
in the system. There is no
known medication to eradicate the
toxin from the bloodstream.
The final speaker was Miss Vera
Milow. She began speaking about
Rely tampons. It has been
reported that seventy-one percent
of Rely users contracted TSS. The
exact reason for this statistic is
not known at this time. Laboratory
tests have not revealed any infor-mation.
The content of a Rely tam-pon
was examined due to its uni-que
structure. It is different from
most tampons because it contains
absorbant sponges and pellets.
Miss Milow believes that many
women are uneducated to proper-ly
use tampons. She noted that
women should choose a tampon
based on individual needs.
Miss Milow's contribution to
the symposium was followed by a
question and answer period. The
questions posed were given
speculative answers since further
research is needed. All three
speakers agreed that tampons are
an efficient form of sanitary pro-tection,
if used properly.
Legislature Passes FUSA
Spring Budget
The Student Legislature passed
a $31,400 FUSA Executive Budget
for the spring semester at a
meeting held December 4. Univer-sity
President Fr. Aloysius, S.J.,
also attended the meeting to
answer questions concerning
class schedule changes and the
future housing situation.
FUSA President Andy McGowan
presented the spring budget and
explained the breakdown of the
various allotments. S.E.C. will
receive $11,500 to sponsor two
gym concerts, two mini-concerts,
Dogwood Weekend, and May Day.
McGowan assured the legislature
that the bands for gyrh concerts
will be selected after all students
have the opportunity to express
their preference from a list of
possible groups.
FUSA Arts and Lectures, which
sponsors two or three lectures per
semester plus Las Vegas night,
will receive $4,800.
The remaining $15,000 will be
distributed between students ser-vices
(teacher evaluations, in-tramurals,
and dorm council),
Government Operations, Club Ap-propriations,
Evenings of Music
and Senior Week.
President Fr. Kelley spoke
about next year's schedule
changes to legislatures who were
obviously disturbed that students
did not have a say in the decision.
Although Fr. Kelley acknowledged
that students were not consoluted
prior to the decision, he assured
that the schedule changes, which
will be implemented on a trial
basis, were decided upon by com-petent
administrators.
Concerning the living accom-modations
for students, Fr. Kelley
foresees that the beach will be
considerably reduced in the next
few years. The proposed
townhouses would substitute for
beach houses.
According to the President, the
townhouses, which would provide
a living room, kitchen, and
bedrooms for some 200 up-perclassmen,
would solve the^iro-blem
of beach living, for the
foreseeable future.