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Candidates To
Platforms During Debate
by Richard Swietek
"Meet the Candidates" a debate
sponsored by the MIRROR will of-fer
students the chance to hear
the platforms and ideas of those
candidates running for the office
of FUSA President for 1982-83.
The debate which will be aired
on WVQF will take place in the
Oak Room this Monday night at
7:00. The MIRROR and WVOF plan
to have two members each on a
panel to ask questions of the can-didates
and later the audience will
also have a chance to ask about
their ideas and concerns.
As of Tuesday only three
students had submitted petitions
to the election board which this
year is headed by Mike McGann
(commissioner) from the Legis-lature
and Dae Magrino from
FUSA. At this time Jim Keenan,
Beth Kramer and Sean McAuliffe
Boyle To Fill
FUSA Vacancy
by Dave Scott
Catherine Boyle, a sophomore
economics major, has been named
co-chairman of F.U.S.A. Arts and
Lectures, a position that had been
vacant since the December 1981
dismissal of John Sohigan, its last
co-chairman.
At her new position, Cathy will
be primarily responsible for the
day time programming of events
held in the Campus Center. A bud-get
of $1700 will be allocated
toward events similar to those
held in the past. When asked
about changes Cathy remarked
that "co-chairman Eve McGrath
and myself are planning to incorp-orate
not only professional enter-tainment
but also student amateur
shows." Cathy explained that in
an attempt to encourage more stu-dent
involvement, the Arts and
Lectures committee will continue
to operate.
Cathy explained that events
such as the Victorian pictures,
which were successful last
semester, would be appearing
again. Other plans may include a
trivia contest, an obstacle course,
an outdoor talent show during the
end of the semester, and a charac-ter
artist. Cathy also mentioned
that even with these potential
future activities, there is still a
good portion of the original bud-get
to work on new ideas and bring
new events to the campus center.
Cathy was officially approved
on Jan. 20 by the Student Legisla-ture.
Wayne Sharnick, President of
Student Legislature commented
that "she was highly recommend-ed,
receiving a unanimous vote."
Sharnick also stated that "the
student legislature is responsible
for reviewing the nominee's quali-fications
and determine what their
perceptions are about the job they
are taking, and we felt that she has
a great many ideas and will be a
good asset to F.U.S.A."
Mike Bentivegna, F.U.S.A. Presi-are
the candidates involved in this
year's elections, which will be
held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on
February 2.
Since only three students have •
declared their candidacy there will
be no primary and the final elec-tion
date has been moved up one
week.
Candidates have been putting
up posters, handing out flyers and
may also be speaking at a number
of floor meetings in dorms around
campus in attempts to gain back-ing
and bring their ideas to voters.
Mike Bentivegna, current FUSA
President stated, "Since there will
be no primary, it has forced the
candidates to campaign earlier
and work harder." Bentivegna also
saw the major issues of the cam-paign
as being, "funding for the
clubs, and helping students
become more aware," of what they
can get out of Fairfield and FUSA.
Voting booths will be located
near the mailboxes in the Campus
Center and all undergraduates, in-cluding
seniors, carrying at least
15 semester hours are elegible to
vote. (For more information on the
candidates see story on page 5.)
Snow and freezing rain followed by temperatures in the low 20's caused
icy walking and driving conditions all around the Fairfield area. On cam-pus
conditions were bad enough to close the Rec. Complex and cause
numerous shuttle cancellations. >/ t „.. ,
[Photo by Chris Haggerty]
Catherine Boyle has been named
co-chairman of FUSA Arts and lec-tures.
[Photo by Kevin Kumke]
dent, had nominated Cathy, "be-cause
of her involvement with
dorm council, and as a F.U.S.A.
ticket co-chairman which had
shown me she was capable of
entering a F.U.S.A. programming
position."
While on Dorm Council, Cathy
had initiated and was chairman of
the Battle of the Dorms. She has
also been involved with ticket
sales for both F.U.S.A. and S.E.C.
The people comprising Arts and
Lectures are co-chairmen, Eve
McGrath and Cathy Boyle, along
with the added advice of the Arts
and Lectures committee com-posed
of Fairfield students. Cathy
stated that, "While Eye McGrath
and I will be sharing responsibili-ties
of Arts and Lectures we will
remain attentive to the sugges-tions
of both the Arts and Lec-tures
Committee and the student
body."
Workers Continue Dispute
Over Townhouse Construction
Fairfield University's town-house
construction has been
marred by the picketing and vio-lent
actions of union members
protesting the hiring of non-union
construction workers by the Bur-lington
Construction Company.
The University has utilized
union construction companies in
the past and chose to take a differ-ent
route with the construction
project on the northeast corner of
the campus. The school negoti-ated
a contract with the Burling-ton
Construction Company, know-ing
that they sub-contract to com-panies
that employ both union and
non-union workers.
Instead of opening the con-struction
project to public bidding
from different companies, the
school chose to hire a construc-tion
manager, Burlington, who in
turn sub-contracts to other com-panies
to do the actual building.
The Burlington Construction Co.
also submits documented cost
records from the sub-contracts. It
by Thomas P. Moore
was known by the University that
Burlington hires both union and
non-union companies, but their
price was within the school's
budget. The Burlington Construc-tion
Co. is owned by the same par-ty
as the O and G Company, that
uses only union labor. The Uni-versity
received an estimate from
the O and G Company that was
deemed too high for the School's
.budget. Burlington Construction
Co.'s bid was within the budget so
a contract was signed with them
on October 30, 1981.
The leader of the opposition to
Burlington's hiring of non-union
workers is Mr. Frank Carroll, Jr.,
the President of the Greater
Bridgeport Building Trades Coun-cil,
an organization that uses the
local unions to get carpenters,
electricians, roofers and other
workers from the Greater Bridge-port
area. This creates a unified
group of manpower that compa-nies
can go to when they need
workers for a job.
The University went ahead and
signed with Burlington because
their price was right and with an
August deadline to meet, con-struction
should start as soon as
possible. Mr. Carroll, who said that
he could organize a total union job
for the same cost that Burlington
stated, evidently made his offer
too late since the school moved so
fast in signing with the Burlington
Co.
The University administration
opted to go' with a construction
manager who would in turn organ-ize
the companies at the best
possible price. Building Town-houses
is a new adventure in stu-dent
housing for Fairfield; con-struction
of another dorm would
have been more routine. Because
of the school's inexperience, a
construction manager set-up was
used.
Presently talks are under way to
negotiate the signing of a number
of sub-contracts remaining to be
signed. If the Union companies'
bids are within the budget for the
project, the contracts may be
awarded to them.
Congressman Visits Refugees
Moffett To Review Polish Crisis
Toby Moffett, U.S. congressman from Connecticut, will be giving his
first public address since returning from Polish refugee camps in
Austria at Fairfield University on Tuesday afternoon Feb. 2.
by Lauren Pennisi
"He is primarily an inves-tigator,"
stated Press Secretary
for Congressman Anthony Toby'
Moffett (D). The congressman has
recently returned from a tour of
Polish refugee camps in Vienna,
Austria. Moffett will be stating
findings concerning his trip in an
address at Fairfield University
February 2.
Since 1975, Moffett has been
representing Connecticut's Sixth
Congressional District. His major
legislative accomplishments have
been in the areas of consumer pro-tection,
energy, and environment.
. Requests from Polish Amer-icans
in his district, who were
unable ~to locate their relatives,
prompted Moffett to take action.
The Polish American Congress,
also in his district, supported his
decision to undertake this mis-sion.
They choose a member to
serve as an interpreter during the
trip, which was financed through
contributions. Moffett was the
first congressman to visit the
refugee camps.
Moffett also serves as chairman
of the House Government Opera-tions
Subcommittee, which has
jurisdiction in Austria. Having
located many relatives for many
Polish Americans in his district,
he was unable to alleviate their
anxiety. In addition, Moffett will
file a report with the State Depart-ment
concerning the conditions
he found within the refugee
camps. He concluded that there is
not enough United States aid be-ing
given to the refugees and their
present situation is "most distres-sing."
He feels that U.S. money
should be redistributed from East-ern
Europe to Austria.
Last December Moffett an-
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