Mirror - Vol. 01, No. 08 - November 17, 1977

              Only 13 Clubs
Get FUSA
Funds
by Tricia Weisner
Spring budgets requesting
appropriations for the operation
of the various clubs at Fairfield
were due from each club on
October 21. Of the twenty-five or
thirty clubs usually asking for
money from the appropriations
committee of FUSA, only thirteen
did so this semester.
Budgets for each semester are
usually drawn up the previous
semester, and submitted to the
appropriations committee for
review as to the reasonableness of
the clubs' requests. The amount of
money the appropriations
committee has to work with is
determined by the President of
FUSA, who draws up an executive
budget which must be approved
by the Legislature.
Depending on the amount of
money the committee is given,
and the number of clubs sub-mitting
budgets, the committee
attempts to allocate the money as
fairly as possible. If the clubs
request more money than the
committee has, which has proved
to be the case in past years, all the
budgets will be shaved. For
example, the budget request of
the twenty-one clubs asking for
money last semester totalled
$38,000 while the appropriations
committee had only $11,000 to
distribute. The original allocation
had been $14,000, but it had to be
cut because of the losses SEC
suffered last year on Dogwood
Weekend and the Southside
Johnny Concert.
Letters notifying clubs of the
October 21 deadline for next
semester's budgets were put in the
campus center mailboxes on
October 7. In the letter, Sheila
specifically stated that if the
budget was submitted late or in an
incorriplete state the club would
be refused consideration for
money. The thirteen clubs which
managed to meet the deadline are
the least number ever applying for
appropriations.
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FAIRFIELD Vol. No. 8 November 17, 1977
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY, FAIRFIELD, CONN. 06430 MIRRORIncorporated 1977
Reps Create
Interim Pres. Post
Gizzo Retained, Action Urged
by Trudy Neuhaus
The new Student Legislature
spent close to an hour of its first
meeting debating an in-house
measure which resulted in the
elections of Pat Gizzo and Kim
Dowling as "interim" President
and Secretary respectively. This
"interim office" idea was
proposed by Scott Wilson, a fresh-man
from Loyola and is a first in
the Legislature's history. It
provides for a President and a
Secretary with three week terms.
After this time, sometime in
January, new, permanent officers
will be chosen.
Scott Wilson, along with other
supporters of the measure, argued
that since the President is con-sidered
to be such an important
figure for the Legislature's
>W**y and progress, they want
make sure that the leadership
they choose is qualified. Since
most of the members are new and
know only a few people in the
Hawkins Gals Grab Guys For Sat. Dance
by Cynthia Andersen
Sadie Hawkins, the second
semi-formal BYOB dance of the
semester, will take place on
November nineteenth at nine
o'clock. Many students are
looking forward to this AED
Society sponsored event. Tickets
have been on sale this week. The
general appeal of the dance is
attributed to the fact that it gives
the female population of Fairfield
a chance to go out and grab the
men of their dreams. The cost of
the tickets is six dollars per
couple, which accounts for
decorations, ice, mixers provided,
and a band, the Hellium Brothers.
The Hellium Brothers, a six man
band, are primarily known for
playing Blue Crass music with
some Country Rock. A recent
addition to their band is their
electric fiddler. Jack, a bartender
from Barnaby's, a bar in
Bridgeport, commented on the
band's recent performance at
Barnaby's: "The Helium Brothers
are a good Country Rock and
Blue Crass band with an
outrageous fiddler. He fiddles
tunes that people like to jump
around to," In a typical set, their
musical selection includes songs
by Jackson Browne, the Grateful
Dead, and the Eagles. Besides
Barnaby's, they have performed in
other nightclubs in the Con-necticut
area, such as the Pine
Crest Country Club in Shelton, and
the Arcadia Ballroom in New
Haven, where they presently
perform on Sunday nights. Steve
Batista, AED member, and a chief
organizer for the Sadie Hawkins
event commented, "The Hellium
Bros, are very similar to Kin-derhook
Creek, a band that played
at Fairfield before. I know they are
definitely something everyone's
going to really like. If you go to
S.O.F INC. Plans Reopening
by Bill Weisner
This semester the student book
co-op run by Students of Fairfield
Incorporated failed to open
because of disorganization, but
SOFINC will be open next
semester.
The SOFINC book co-op was
formed in 1976 by members of the
class of 1977. The object was to
provide an alternative for students
to the Campus Center Book Store.
During the first semester the book
co-op did a moderate amount of
business, second semester
the organization was very suc-cessful.
However, the majority of
students were graduating last
spring, which resulted in a general
lack of direction and
organization. The Board of
Directors voted to suspend
operations last May, and nothing
productive was accomplished
over the summer.
The Board met again this fall,
and the outlook appears op-timistic.
Harry Carrubba, (79),
president of SOFINC, insists that
the directors are "eager to go
places with this store. I'm con-fident
that the store will work, all
that is needed is student in-volvement
and input." Volunteers
are being accepted, and there is a
possibility that a survey will be
taken for any student ideas and
suggestions.
S.O.F.INC. is presently in good
financial shape. Besides mem-bership
fees, they have money
from last year's sales as well as an
appropriation from the Student
Legislature. Last year the Book Co-op
was located in a lounge in the
basement of Northwest, but that
has been turned into a music
classroom. They have not
established where the book co-op
will be run from this year, but
suggested the Oak Room as a
possibility. If no place is available
they will operate out of their
office on the ground floor of
Northwest.
The SOFINC book co-op
purchases used books from the
students for 50 per cent of the
original price, regardless of their
condition. This policy was
SOF Inc. President Harry Carruba
adopted by the Campus Center
Bookstore only after the book co-op
proved successful. However,
the Bookstore pays less than 50
percent for books in less than
good condition, and will not
purchase badly damaged books.
More importantly, the SOFINC
store resells these books at a mere
5 percent mark-up, compared to
the 25 percent mark-up charged
by the Bookstore.
the Arcadia Ballroom on a Sunday
night,you can't get in. They really
get a good crowd." Tom
McLarney, AED member and
purchasing director of the Sadie
Hawkins Dance, was equally
optimistic, saying, "Last year
most Fairfield students who went
to Sadie Hawkins had a good time
with the band we provided, Top
Rock. There are two categories for
the dances we have here: drinking
dances and dancing dances. Last
year it turned out to be a dancing
dance and everyone seemed to
have a good time. I am hoping
that this year will be as good."
The cost for having the Hellium
Brothers play here is four hundred
and fifty dollars, quite a
reasonable fee due to the AED
Society's use of a new agent in
booking the engagement. They
are hoping to sell out. Presently,
the dance is scheduled to be held
in the Oak Room, however
according to Tom McLarney, "If
more than three hundred and fity
tickets are sold, it will be held in
the cafeteria." Last year, a major
complaint was that much
drinking/dancing time was lost
because of the long waiting line at
the entrance of the dance. When
asked whether anything would be
done about this, Tom stated,
"When socials are held in the
cafeteria, Macke gets uptight
about setting up before dinner. If
we play it right, we could easily do
it. It's been done at Harvest."
The proceeds will go towards
the AED (Alpha Epsilon Delta)
Society's basic needs. The society
is made up of 55-65 pre-med and
pre-dent students, all who have
achieved a cumulative average of
3.25 and an average of 3.0 in their
Science classes.
body, the proponents of the
motion felt that they could not
responsibly vote for a president.
Those who opposed the motion
said that the stability of the
Legislature provided by the
President and now at stake, could
not be maintained by a temporary
officer. With three quarters of the
semester gone they have to make
concrete moves and to further
postpone any decisions or af-firmative
action would be ad-mitting
to the criticism which
they have been receiving in the
past weeks.
Pete Merkle, Chairman of the
Judiciary Committee, has mixed
feelings about the measure. "I like
the idea of people getting to know
each other before making these
important decisions, but the
stability of the Legislature is far
more important." He expressed
confidence in President Pat Gizzo
and it indeed seems that Gizzo
will be the likely winner in any
future permanent election.
The legislature also passed a
motion to move "Check Point
Charlie" from North Benson Rd. to
another location until road
construction is completed, thus
making nighttime access to the
campus easier. The Check Point
has since been moved to the
Barlow Rd. gate, the one near the
pond.
A short overview of the
government as a whole seemed to
give the legislators a better
perspective as to where they are
coming from and where they
should be going. It also revealed
that the new members are aware
and concerned about the strained
relations between the Student
Government and the rest of the
"Fairfield community".
The
Share yourself with a kid. That's
the motto of St. Mary's tutoring, a
unique program on campus that
has university .students tutor
disadvantaged youths from
Bridgeport. An important focus on
people who are too often un-noticed.
On page 6.
At last! A play in the playhouse.
The first student production of the
year opened last weekend with
"Sleuth". The'critics loved it. On
page 10.
An exciting look at the other
side of varsity basketball. Jo Ann
Boyle focuses on the prospects for
this year's womens basketball
team. On page 14.
You can bet on it! Jay Nagle
steps aside to let Bill Doyle (a
green but promising sports writer)
take a shot at picking this
weekend's pro games. On page 15.
Reform pot laws. Following
NORML's visit to campus the
Mirror calls for the removal of
penalties for marijuana
possession. On page 4.