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University To Institute
Registration Changes
by Richard Swietek
News Editor
Undergraduate students will be signing up for
courses on a one semester basis this spring, as the
university changes its program for registration.
In the spring, students will register for Fall courses
only. Also, the core and elective phases of registra-tion
will be combined to cut down on the amount of
time it takes to sign up.
Previously, undergraduates were required to spend
one day choosing courses in their major and another
two days in the Oak Room selecting subjects as elec-tives
and to fulfill core requirements.
"Both of these changes should make the registra-tion
process much more efficient and less hectic for
all Involved," commented Robert C. Russo, University
Registrar.
Russo developed the idea after talking with
students and reviewing the registration programs of
other colleges and universities. He then asked the
deans of the three undergraduate schools to appoint
students and faculty to a committee which would
make a final decision regarding the feasibility of the
program.
Faculty sitting on the committee Included Ms.
Kathy Lavery from the School of Nursing, Dr. R. Keith
Martin and Dr. Gerald Cavalio from the School of
Business, and Rev. Vincent M. Burns, S.J., Dr. Arthur
Anderson and Dr. Vincent Rosivach from the School
of Arts and Sciences.
Students chosen to be on the committee were
Anne Simmington ("82), Mary Ellen Rose ('83) and
Margaret Ferguson ('83).
The group met last semester to review the pro-posal.
The committee was used mainly as a sounding
board by the registrar.
In response to the proposal Dr. Rosivach stated,
"The way it has been going on is unsatisfactory. The
old system took a great deal of time."
Russo hopes the new plan will aid registration by
cutting down on the number of course changes re-quested
by students and preventing teachers from
planning too far in the future.
Under the old system, faculty were required to pro-ject
courses they would offer a year and a half in ad-vance.
Some of these subjects would then have to be
dropped due to sabbaticals or other scheduling pro-blems.
Students also had difficulties trying to arrange in-ternships.
As Russo stated, "More and more
students are getting internships and can't firm up
their plans until the end of the year. This will give
them room to allow for that."
Russo indicated that the program will also give
students the opportunity to change a course they are
unhappy with. He added that, "Students will still have
the option to sign up for a full year course if they
want to avoid registering twice.
Course booklets will be available during the se-cond
week of March and will contain greater details
concerning registration.
Pipe Leak Results
In Major Water Loss
In Saturday's game against lona College, Pete DeBisschop goes up strong
for two points In a crowd of defenders. The Stags suffered an emotional five
overtime loss at the hands of the Gaeles, 102-101. See story page 16.
[Photo by Chris Haggerty]
by Dave Scott
Staff Writer
Thousands of gallons of water
were lost the weekend of February
13 due to a leak in a water pipe
running between Canlsius and
Gonzaga.
Mr. John Dunigan of mainte-nance
explained that the break,
which took three days to repair,
had occurred due to, "the pres-sure
exerted by the ice build up,
causing the ground to freeze down
to 30 inches."
This particular pipe supplies
four buildings on campus: Can-isius,
Faculty Office Building, Bel-larmine
Hall and the Campus Cen-ter.
The leak caused only a slight
reduction in water pressure until
the actual fixing of the pipe had
occurred during a total shut-off.
The reason for the amount of time
it took in order to repair the pipe
was because, "we had to explore
through the ground to determine
exactly where the pipe had been
broken," stated Dunigan.
Campus Deli
The combined efforts of the uni-versity
maintenance, a local
plumbing company, and a general
contractor had been called upon
to work on the 25 year old pipeline.
Mr. Dunigan felt that there was no
need to replace the pipe, but fu-ture
plans have been made to add
a shut off valve during the sum-mer.
This valve, Mr. Dunigan ex-plained
would Isolate the leak and
its effect on the rest of the cam-pus
would be lessened.
Mr. Dunigan had no official esti-mates
of cost and total water loss.
The biggest concern of mainte-nance
officials had been for the
Seller's food service who depend
upon water for their entire refrig-eration
system.
Other than obvious damage to
the landscape surrounding the
worksite no major damage had
been Incurred by the water.
State Tax Debt Uncertain
by Michael Cummings
Staff Writer
The Fairfield University student-run
deli has taken several impor-tant
steps during the past months
to resolve its financial difficulties.
The deli has been working with the
State of Connecticut in an effort
to determine just how much money
the deli owes in back taxes, if it is
resolved that they owe any money
at all.
The Deli has been operating without a loss for the first time according to Jerry Coiley, Deli President. New services
were initiated in an attempt to increase the Deli's capital. [Photo by Ellen Martucci]
Deli president Jerry Coiley, a
senior, has stated that for the first
time, the deli has been operating
without a loss. Coiley is not yet
sure if the deli will be forced to re-pay
the entire sum of $9,000 that
they originally figured that they
owed, or whether the efforts to
diminish that amount will be suc-cessful.
"We've received a new
sales tax number," he comments,
"but we will not know until March
whether we will have to pay or
what amount we will have to pay."
The original tax problem arose
after the first semester of the
deli's operation. For no apparent
reason, to either the deli or the
state, the deli was classified as
bankrupt by the state. Since that
time the deli has been running, un-known
to them, "illegally." Last
semester, deli employees and fac-ulty
consultant, T.J. Fitzpatrick, a
professor of accounting, deter-mined
that the deli owed back
sales taxes to the state.
Meanwhile, the deli has under-taken
several measures to resolve
its problems. Coiley has applied
for tax-exemption status from the
state. Also, he has petitioned for a
refund of all the Social Security
and other federal taxes that the
deli has paid out of its revenues
for its employees.
In an effort to increase its capi-tal,
the deli has introduced what
Coiley calls an "experimental
delivery service." Under the direc-tion
of Stephen Sullivan, a sopho-more
history/politics major, the
service is currently bringing 6 foot
heroes into the lounges of the
individual dorms. Operating on a
break-even basis the service has
run into some difficulties such as
complaints regarding the size of
the slices and uncertain delivery
hours. "To compensate we have
increased the size of the slices
and have stabilized our delivery
hours," Sullivan comments.
Coiley would like to inaugurate
a phone-in delivery service but is
hampered by lack of space the deli
has to work with. Citing polls that
the deli has conducted, Coiley fig-ures
that "the majority of our cus-tomers
are from Gonzaga." The
current delivery plan and the fu-ture
one, are attempts to expand
such business. Both Coiley and
Sullivan urge anyone who has a
suggestion to either drop it in Box
SS or to stop by the deli with it.
The deli delivery system runs
from Monday to Thursday. The
hours at Julie Hall are from 10 to
11 every night. Mondays and Wed-nesdays
the delivery is in Regis,
Campion, and Southeast from 10-
10:45 and from 11-11:45 in North-west,
Loyola, and Fareast. On
Tuesdays and Thursdays, North-west,
Loyola, and Fareast are ser-viced
from 10-10:45, and Regis,
Campion, and Southeast from 11-
11:45.