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Suspect Sought in Beach Assault
by Jill Krusinski
Editor-in-Chief
Beach residents are being cau-tioned
by Fairfield Police to look
out for a man who is believed to
have assaulted a Fairfield coed in
her home at the beach last Tues-day.
The incident took place while
the student was at home alone
and taking a shower. Lieutenant
Robert Comers of the Fairfield
Police Department speculated
that the suspect must have been
watching the coed from an open
window and then stepped inside
the unlocked house.
Comers said, "the suspect pro-ceeded
to the bathroom reached
inside the shower, grabbed the
victim's breast, smiled and then
left."
There were no injuries or
weapons.
The suspect is a white male,
5'9", with a stocky build of 180 lbs.
He is about 22 years old with
medium length brown hair, clean
shaven and wire frame glasses. At
Peace, Anti-nuclear Advocates
Conduct Symposium
by Stan L. Praeger
Politics Editor
Matthew Benedict and
Thomas Moore Staff Writers
and Sid Peck, Ph.D.
Sid Peck, Ph.D., of Clark Univer-sity,
discussed the disarmament
issue as it has been handled
through the United Nations. He
pointed out that while most peo-ple
were familiar with the UN Se-cond
Special Session on Disarm-ament,
held earlier this year, many
are unaware that there was a UN
First Special Session on Disarma-ment
held in the spring of 1978. He
went on to list demonstrations
that were held in support of the
1978 session, including one he
helped to organize at the Dag
Hammershojld Plaza on May 28,
1978 that drew 25,000 people. "Yet
it was hardly mentioned in the
media," Peck said.
According to Peck, the First
Special Session gave the UN a
mandate to intervene in discus-sions
between the US and the
USSR, and mandated a Second
Special Session to take place in
1982. In the intervening four years,
Peck said: "The world situation ex-acerbated
and new weapons were
developed." Peck went on to
discuss the new weapons sys-tems,
pointing out that there are
now fifty thousand nuclear
warheads between the United
States and the Soviet Union, twen-ty
thousand of which are strategic
weapons "That can be launched
from land or under water to
target." According to Peck, the
current nuclear capability of the
United States includes twenty
nuclear submarines "which can
cover every Soviet city with a
population over 100,000." Peck
holds that this allows com-manders
of nuclear submarines to
be "the second most powerful
men in the world."
Peck went to explore the 1982
UN Second Special Session.
Despite the urgency of the issue
and the mass demonstrations held
in support, Peck concludes that
this second session was "a terri-ble
failure."
Peck said, "There is a lesson in
this." He continued by stating,
"Regardless of your politics or
religion, we must abolish these
weapons. The UN is immobilized,
so the people must do it for
themselves — a powerful interna-tional
movement must be formed.
In another symposium lecture,
Jon Gordon, M.D., Ph.D., of New
York's Mount Sinai Hespitai,
discussed the "Bio-medical Ef-fects
of Nuclear War." Gordon jux-taposed
the effects of the atom
bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
in the final days of WWII with his
projection of what it would be like
to experience a nuclear blast with
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Contemporary Design "Vee-I" is
first Campus Sculpture
by Mary-Margret Wais
Executive-Editor
Placement of the "Vee-I"
sculpture outside the Faculty Of-fice
Building marked the first
piece of Public Art to appear on
Fairfield's Campus.
The 12 foot aluminum sculpture
was received last Wednesday as
an "indefinite loan" from artist
Larry Mohr.
Mohr began to sculpt in 1964 at
the age of 43 after careers in law
and real estate. He studied with
Hana Geber and at the Arts Stu-dents
League. Mohr's abstract
metal constructions have been
exhibited in collections of the
Metropolitian Museum of Art,
Yeshiva University, the Kresge Art
Gallery, and the Vad Vashem.
In explaining the "Vee-I's"
design, Mohr commented that the
"angles, and corner cuts are very
cerebal. But the positioning of the
two V's are from a gut feeling."
The artist continued by stating
that "Modern sculpture's main
emotion is excitement and in
"Vee-I" the angles shoot out,
curves on the otherhand,
contain."
Last year, the Fine Arts Depart-ment
was alerted through Father
Mooney's office of the possibility
of receiving a sculpture done by
Mohr. Dr. Philip Eliasoph, Assis-tant
Professor of Fine Arts, and
Lisa Kaussner, A Senior Manage-ment
major visited Mohr's New
York City studio to discuss the
shape, size and sight of the poten-tial
piece.
Ms. Kaussner was called in as a
result of her involvement in a stu-dent
research project for Dr.
Eliasoph. Kaussner attempted to
obtain funds for a piece of artwork
and started a subcommittee for
Fine Arts with Eve McGrath.
After viewing a model of the
"Vee-I" Dr. Eliasoph consulted
with the administration and the
Fine Arts Department. He propos-ed
to Mohr to paint the sculpture a
vibrant red to help in the process
of creating a focus for the retina.
Later, it was discovered that red is
the school's color.
Dr. Eliasoph explained that the
positioning of the tripods of the
"Vee-I" was done in a manner to
exhibit the maximum three dimen-sional
aspect of the piece. As he
the time of the incident he was
wearing a green plaid shirt, new
blue jeans and Addidas sneakers.
"This is not Jack the Ripper, so
there is no need to panic,"
assured Lt. Comers. There were no
threats, injuries, or weapons.
The Fairfield Police have not yet
received any definite leads on the
case but patrols in the area have
been alerted and information is
being sought from anyone who
has seen suspicious activities.
One of the leads being in-vestigated
was the similarity of
this recent incident to the string
of peeping torn events last Oct-ober
on campus. Police say that
the common factor is only in the
build of ths suspect.
Last semester, two female
students at the beach were being
threatened by phone calls and per-sonal
attacks in their bedrooms.
added that the longest point of the
beam bisects the space of air bet-ween
Canisius and the Faculty Of-fice
Building in order to project a
mirror image and to enhance the
special dynamics of the piece.
When asked about the mixed
reviews of "Vee-I", Dr. Eliasoph
replied that "its purpose is not to
please everybody. But by its
presence it sparks discussion,
stimulates interest and serves as a
springboard for students and com-munity
involved - then it serves its
purpose well."
Dr. Eliasoph continued that
although Mohr's work is in the
constructivist movement which
began in the 1920's Fairfield
University will experience "The
Shock of the New."
Eliasoph defined this concept
as "that which is new and un-familiar
will always create
negative responses.
Ms. Kaussner feels that Fair-field's
shock really shows "The
need for a more sophisticated
knowledge of public art''and re-quests
with Dr. Eliasoph for
viewers to be patient and allow the
shock of Mohr's work to"wear off."
The suspect in these crimes was
apprehended and is not con-nected
with recent problems.
In addition to the extra security
from the Fairfield Police, a neigh-borhood
watch program is being
developed to deter future pro-blems.
As far as the individual is
concerned, Lt. Comers stressed
common sense in approach to
safety.
Keep all doors and windows
locked when you are alone.
Keep window shades down.
Be aware of your surroundings-have
your keys ready when you
are walking from your cottage
to the car.
Report anyone you see hanging
around.
The presence of a patrol car
may be a deterrent.
Students to Use Voting
Booths in Fall Elections
by Catherine Robertson
Staff Writer
Recently, the city of Fairfield
recognized a shift in population
which enabled Fairfield University
to become a district. The students
are now able to participate in elec-tions
on the local, state and
federal levels.
The population of each district
increased substantially which
allowed fair representation im-possible.
The polling place which
was located in Grasmere School
will be located in the Oak Room.
According to William Schimpf,
vice-president of Student Ser-vices,
"It is a great opportunity for
students to become responsible
citizens in our society." In the
past Mr. Schimpf feels that
students were in "a state of
limbo" when it came to the
legislative process with regards to
voting.
In order for students to register
to vote, students must request a
voting registration session to take
place. At this session, a repub-lican
and democratic represent-ative
will be present to allow equal
opportunity for both parties. If
students do not go to Student Ser-vices
to request this service, they
must go to the Town Hall of Fair-field
with proof of residency. This
registration is available to all
students who are 18 years old. Off-campus
students and beach
residents are considered voters of
the Fairfield University district.
Mr. Schimpf went on to say, "it
is an enormous opportunity for
students and it shouldn't be pass-ed
up." The amount of students
that "shouldn't pass up" this op-portunity
is over 2800 students.
Mr. Schimpf feels "Students'
votes can have an impact...and
can vote on local, state and federal
levels on issues that have taken af-fect
on every student on campus."
The abstract, constructual design, "Vee-I" by artist Larry Mohr, stands
in front of the Faculty Office Building. [Photo by Vincent DeAngelis]