Mirror - Vol. 06, No. 02 - April 29, 1982

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Crime Plagues Beach Residents
by Elizabeth Kline
News Editor
Throughout the semester,
beach residents have been sub-jected
to several crimes with the
most recently reported incident
occurring this Tuesday afternoon.
The victim was home alone taking
nap. According to her housemate,
she woke when a man put a towel
over her head and threatened her
so that she would cooperate. He
demanded her watch, but she
refused and offered him the six
dollars she had in her wallet. He
took the money and proceeded to
tear her shirt and left the
premises.
The housemate continued, say-ing
that the man cut the telephone
wire in the livingroom; the Fair-field
Police Department was con-tacted.
Since mid February, the Fair-field
Police Department has
received over forty calls from Fair-field
Beach residents reporting
robberies, break-ins, prowlers, and
vandalism. These reports come
from both students and year-round
residents.
Several beach residents have
sighted prowlers on their property.
Since last December, residents of
one house on Fairfield Beach
Road noticed a tall, slim, dark
haired male approximately 6'2"
driving a late model white Buick
around their property and thought
it strange. The residents noticed
him on the property approximately
four times. One resident recalls
that he was present at strange
hours and always alone. Accord-ing
to a housemate, police caught
the prowler based on the car
description and warned him not to
return to Fairfield Beach Road or
they would arrest him.
Approximately six weeks ago, a
student was walking up a path
from the beach late one Sunday
night when he saw a person jump
to the ground from a deck and run
towards the beach. Since it was
dark, the student described what
he saw as "just a silhouette." The
residents of the house woke the
next morning and found a ladder
leading to the second floor. One
spokesperson from the house
stated, "The house was full of peo-ple.
We didn't hear anything."
According to police records,
another beach resident reported a
prowler on the evening of April 2.
The file states that the resident
was dressing in her bedroom
when she heard someone press-ing
against the window. When the
police arrived, they observed that
the window screen was pushed in-ward
off the track.
In the record, a witness describ-ed
the prowler as a 6'0" tall man
with sandy brown hair, approx-imately
twenty-five years old and
wearing a black leather jacket. The
resident told police that this type
of incident had occurred several
times in the recent past.
William Schimpf, Vice President
of Student Services, urges those
students residing off campus to
call the local police when they
notice anything suspicious.
Schimpf explained that Security
will not go to the beach because
"they have no authority there."
Watson Discusses
DNA Research
by Thomas P. Moore
Staff Writer
Famous for his discovery of the
mechanism of DNA along with Dr.
James Dewey Watson spoke be-fore
a packed nursing auditorium
Thursday, April 21. The Honors
Program presented the lecture
which was the last of a series.
The talk consisted of introduc-tions
by Dr. Leo F. O'Connor, Pro-fessor
of English and Dr. Gary H.
Weddle, Professor of Chemistry.
When asked about the theme of
the lecture, Dr. O'Connor said,
"It's looking at scientific research
today and asking if it's pure or ap-plied
science."
Dr. Watson made a short intro-ductory
speech on the Honors
Program's theme of "Crisis and
Creativity."
Audience questions were
answered for the remainder of the
talk.
When asked about his latest
book, The Double Helix, he
replied, "The Double Helix ex-plains
how science is done,
sometimes it's dull, other times
it's not dull. It was a good story
and it gave me alot of personal
satisfaction in knowing that I had
done something that Crick had not
done."
Replying to a query on the topic
of the recent developments in the
field of genetic engineering that
have caused the gap between
business and academics to
lessen, he said, "The competition
between schools and companies
becoming interested in genetic
engineering has forced the
schools to increase their salaries
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Mirror Updates1
The April 20th arraignment of
Arlene (Toby) Bender, the
former Fairfield University
cashier charged with first
degree embezzlement, has
resulted in a transfer to a
higher court.
No plea has been made by
Bender nor was it necessary
due to the transfer according
to the Records Clerk of the
Bridgeport Courthouse. The
new court date will be on May
4th.
Bender, a former five year
employee of Fairfield Univer-sity,
was arrested and released
on April 12th for the alleged
embezzlement of over $20,000
from University funds. It is sus-pected
that most of the
accused embezzlement took
place in the last six months of
her employment and that no
one else was involved.
Andrew Garson Esq, the at-torney
for the defendent stated
that he expects Bender to
plead "Not guilty" to the
charges on May 4th. Garson
plans to ask the court for a jury
trial for his client. When asked
as to what the nature of his
defense would be, Garson
declined to comment.
Negotiations for renewing
Seller's Food Service contract
will begin this week, according
to Mr. James Fitzpatrick, Direc-tor
of the Campus Center. Fitz-patrick
stated that this food
service "is better than Macke"
and is "very pleased" about the
way the main dining room is
managed. He cited two prob-lems
which were evident at the
beginning of the year:
temperature of the food and
speed of service. He feels that
these problems have been cor-rected
to student satisfaction.
One area Fitzpatrick is not
pleased with is the administra-tion
details, but this does not
effect student dining.
A survey will be conducted
by Fitzpatrick to obtain student
input to determine if any new
problems currently exist. He
feels that "next year will be
more difficult for them, since
students will demand alot."
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Congressional candidate, John A. Phillips honored by the Fairfield
University Young Democrats, told the audience, "We can end the arms
race in our lifetime." [Photo by Kevin Kumke]
Phillips Takes Arms Race Challenge
by Jill Krusinski
Editor-in-Chief
Initiating the annual John F. Kennedy Memorial
dinners, the Fairfield University Young Democrats
honored John Aristotle Phillips last Friday, April 23.
As the Democratic candidate for incumbent
Stewart McKinney's congressional seat, Phillips
stepped to national attention when, as an
undergraduate at Princeton University, he designed
an atomic bomb based on data accessible to the
general public.
Just as he illustrated the dangers of nuclear pro-liferation
then, Phillips continues the crusade in his
present campaign. American nuclear policy was the
central theme of his address. "It is time for Congress
to pick up the torch and carry it around the world. We
have the power to take the initiative of peace."
Citing the problems a nuclear superpower like the
Soviet Union, is having in Poland and Afghanistan
Phillips argued, "Nuclear weapons mean very little.
They are not the end-all or the be-all of national
security."
Phillips, also the president of his own business,
stated that, "the United States can effectively move
in the economic realm."
Further explaining that the scope of national
security instead relies on "a well fed, well educated
people, the government's ability to house the poor,
and ultimately a balanced budget."
The congressional candidate concluded that Na-tional
security directed at these goals "will allow us
to compete."
In opposition to Reagan's "trickle down" theory,
Phillips presented his "trickle up" concept of
educating the children, help the small businessman,
and maintain the dignity of the senior citizen. "Not
redistributing dollars to the "haves", maintained
Phillips, but "to help the underdog."
Teach-In
Thinks The Unthinkable
by Lauren Pennisi
and Elizabeth Bartus
News Editors
Promoting awareness and
discussing various ideas was the
purpose of a nuclear arms freeze
teach-in entitled "Think the Un-thinkable"
which was held last
Thursday in the Oak Room. This
moderately attended forum was
organized by the Task Force on
Justice and Peace. Eleven mem-bers
of the faculty and one stu-dent
presented different views on
the subject, and a movie entitled
"War Without Winners" was
shown.
Marvin Berkowitz, from the
School of Business, opened the
discussion by explaining the
reason for Ground Zero Week. He
outlined four main factors in sup-port
of a nuclear arms freeze.
First, the United States and
Russia are parallel in stength. Se-cond,
research and development
have not been put in the field.
Third, the expenditures for nuclear
weapons are pushing inflation up-ward.
Fourth, there are signs that
the Soviets want a freeze.
Next speaker on the agenda was
Stan Prager, a senior History Ma-jor
and representative from the
MIRROR. Prager said that nuclear
war means no survivors, and that
there are "no winners and no
losers. There is no such thing as
limited nuclear war."
Dr. Ed Dew, a Politics Professor,
was the next speaker. Dew be-lieves
that a limited nuclear arms
agreement is possible and is op-posed
to an arms freeze. Dew
cited excerpts from Robert
Kaiser's book, Russia: The People
and The Power in support of his
argument against an arms freeze.
Dew considers Reagan to be
"most dangerous."
Following these 5 speakers, a
half-hour movie entitled "War
Without Winners" was shown. The
movie interviewed people from
various countries. It also included
a clip from inside the missile base
in Maryland.
Kevin Cassidy, a Politics Pro-fessor,
then commented briefly on
the movie. He felt the movie show-ed,
"a new mass movement on
behalf of the nuclear freeze."
" He then discussed the nuclear
disarmament. "The Soviet Union
is ready for a freeze," commented
Cassidy. There is now a "unique
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Squeeze rocked Fairfield at Friday nights concert to kick off
Dogwood Weekend '82. Students packed the gym to hear favorites
like "Pulling Mussels From A Shell" and "Tempted." For details,
see page 10. [Photo by Kathleen E. O 'Gorman]