Mirror - Vol. 04, No. 21 - March 5, 1981

              Hill, Keegan Named Orientation Co-Chairmen
Freshman Orientation Co-Chairmen Karen Hill and Kevin Keegan chat
during an informal interview with the MIRROR. [Photo by Patty Lanza]
by Philip McGinty
Two sophomores were recently
chosen as Co-Chairmen of Fresh-man
Orientation '81, to be held
September 6-8. Karen Hill, a socio-logy
major from Holmdel, N.J., and
Kevin Keegan, a finance major
from Mahwah, N.J., were selected
from a group of some twenty ap-plicants
to head the event.
During her four semesters at
Fairfield, Hill has held the position
of Treasurer and Secretary of The
Women's Group. She has also
been involved as a volunteer for
the Youth Involvement Council
and as a tour guide for Admis-sions.
Along with her playing in-tramural
flag football and volley-ball,
she enjoys running as a hob-by.
Hill plans to spend spring
break in Appalachia working with
the poor, which she feels will be
beneficial to her in a career in
social work.
Keegan, while at Fairfield, has
been a member of the Knights of
Columbus and the Irish Society. In
addition to being a tour guide for
Admissions, he has worked on
numerous SEC-sponsored events.
Keegan has also been an em-ployee
at the Stagher and in the
gameroom. During his free time,
he enjoys both jogging and biking.
Both Keegan and Hill expressed
strong interest in continuing the
orientation tradition which they
feel is essential to the freshman's
transition from home to campus
life
Keegan, who sees freshman
orientation as a welcoming into
the Fairfield community, com-mented,
"The personalism of
orientation is very important." He
explained that the best way to
ease the transition from home to
campus is through the orientation
assistants' one-to-one contact
with the freshmen.
Hill believes that the move from
high school to a college campus
can be difficult and dramatic. She,
therefore, sees orientation as a
way to "reach out and extend
myself to the freshmen to make
them as comfortable as possible."
Orientation '81, under the direc-tion
of Cynthia Wolfe of Student
Services, will be based upon the
successful events and activities of
past years. Applications for chair-men
of specific orientation events
are now being taken by the Orien-tation
Co-Chairmen. Also, any
freshman or sophomore students
interested in positions as commit-tee
workers may sign up in the
Campus Center March 11,12, or 13.
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KAOS Club Ready To Begin Campus Shoot-Out
by Ken Vaughn
With an approved constitution
under their belt, the KAOS Club
will meet Tuesday, March 10, to
plan for the start of the long-awaited
game. The meeting will be
at 7:15 in Gonzaga Auditorium, ac-cording
to game and club chair-man
Tim Reis.
Reis and a number of friends
have attempted since the begin-ning
of the semester to start a
Fairfield version of "Assassin," a
game that has swept across col-lege
campuses around the coun-try.
The basic object of the game
is to "kill" other participants while
avoiding being killed. Eventually,
the only player left alive is
declared the winner.
A number of rules have been in-cluded
in the constitution that
was approved the week of Feb-ruary
16. First, each participant
has a dual role of being a pursuer
and a target. As a pursuer, a player
will receive the name of a person
who will be his target. With a
plastic dart gun, a pursuer must
find and shoot his victim. The tar-geted
person must reliquish the
name of the person he has after he
is killed. Then the pursuer con-tinues
his quest by looking for his
new target. The game proceeds
until the last person remaining in
the game is declared the winner.
Second, shots at a victim can
only be made to the torso; no
other areas are acceptable.
Third, the toy guns cannot be
used in the cafeteria, the library,
or any classroom where class has
started. Reis added that shooting
of guns will be prohibited in
Canisius, Bannow and Xavier Halls
as well as the Campus Center.
Fourth, no more than two peo-ple
can witness a killing, other-wise
the death is invalid.
Fifth, the target may not
eliminate his pursuer.
Sixth, eliminations must be
reported to the game secretary
Cheryl White.
Seventh, shots may be avoided
but not blocked.
Finally, those not adhering to
the rules and failing to act proper-ly
will be prohibited from par-ticipating.
Reis said dues would be col-lected
Tuesday night. Club fees
will be $1 and students interested
in buying toy guns from the game
officers can pay $1 at the same
time. A trip to Philadelphia to pick
up the guns will be taken next
weekend, said Reis.
With a little luck, the game
should start the morning of March
18, according to Reis. He remind-ed
interested participants that
once the game begins, it con-tinues
24 hours each day until a
winner is declared. Students still
interested in participating that
haven't signed up yet can do so at
Tuesday's meeting, said Reis.
Fairfield "Quickshots" Cop Second Straight Title
by Ken Vaughn
Jackie Franzel and Ed Poirot
must have thought they were liv-ing
through an instant replay; a
last-second shot by Jackie swish-ed
the nets and gave the two their
second straight Metro-New York
Jose Cuervo Quickshot Competi-tion
championship. Last year,
Jackie tossed home a desperation
shot to give the pair their first title,
a 76-75 squeaker over Manhattan.
This year, Jackie's hoop gave
them a 71-69 win over lona before
a partisan hometown audience at
lona College.
The pair earned the berth to
lona February 26 by winning a
campus competition held Feb-ruary
24. Poirot and Franzel
bested Lou Szarka and Ellen
Petkaitis in a best-of-three game
match, 2 games to 1.
The competition, sponsored by
Heublein, Inc., awarded the two
each a Panasonic stereo-home
entertainment system. Along with
a stereo last year, the university
received a $1,000 scholarship in
their names. This year's stereo
was accompanied by another $500
scholarship for the school.
The competition is broken down
into three rounds. In the first
round, the girl stands on the foul
line and attempts five free throws
while the guy rebounds. Then she
moves to a spot 12 feet from the
basket and takes shots for the re-mainder
of the minute while the
guy rebounds.
The second round sees the pro-cess
reversed with the guy tossing
the free throws and then shooting
from a 15-foot distance while the
girl rebounds.
The final round is also a minute
long and has the guy shoot from
the 15-foot distance and the girl
shoot at the foul line. The girl
begins by shooting and then re-bounding
her own shot and toss-ing
it tp the guy. He shoots and
secures his own rebound before
giving the girl the ball on the foul
line. This continues back and forth
until time expires. All hoops count
three points'in this round.
"They said they never had a cou-ple
come back and win it two years
in a row," said Jackie. "It also may
be the last year the competition is
held due to budget problems. We
may go out champions."
One surprise the pair got was
that amongst the lona fans wit-nessing
their victory was Fairfield
coach Fred Barakat. "He was sur-prised
that two Fairfield students
were in the finals," said Poirot.
The winners wanted to thank
everyone who has supported them
in the competition the past two
years, especially their parents,
who attended the finals both years.
Southeast Reports Break-Ins
by Lauren Pennisi
Three reported thefts occurred
at Southeast during the month of
February. According to Mary Mc-
Cullough, Assistant Director of
Security, money was the main mo-tive
for the thefts as a result of
students leaving their doors
unlocked.
She stated that all the dorms are
accessible. Students must take
precautions at all times. An R.A.
making rounds and students walk-ing
down the hall were two ex-amples
cited as possible oppor-tunities
for thefts. Mary said,
"People feel comfortable here.
There is a safe feeling, however
one should be aware that anyone
can come on campus. The poten-tial
is always there."
Also, she stated that the front
gates are not the only means of
entrance to the campus. It is im-portant
for students to take notice
of any suspicious persons and
report them to security. Students
should also take the responsibility
of locking their rooms and cars at
all times.
Security is continually being in-formed
about further develop-ments
concerning the "Bridgeport
rapist." A staff meeting was held
February 10 with Captain R. Sul-livan
of Fairfield Police Depart-ment
as guest speaker. According
to Captain Sullivan, not much is
known about the rapist except
that he is black and wears a ski
mask. Presently, there are no
suspects in custody. The rapist
has not struck between January 1
and February 10.
He has a unique method of at-tack.
While driving a car, he would
hit an unsuspecting woman from
behind. The natural reaction for
the woman would be to get out of
the car. Once out of the car, he
proceeds to force the woman to
get in his car or to drive her car.
Should an accident of this type
occur, Mary advised that it would
be wise to remain in the car until a
police officer arrived. This action
wouldn't seem silly, but it is a
realistic safety precaution.
McCullough also discussed
other aspects of security stem-ming
from these two current is-sues.
She feels that security has a
lot to share with the students. If a
student has a question about a se-curity
officer's performance, it
should be brought to the attention
of the security supervisor. Securi-ty
is also willing to listen to any
positive or critical comments from
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1981 Quickshot champions Jackie Franzel and Ed Poirot won the title for
the second straight year last weekend. [Photo by Duane Bailey]