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Alumni Association Recognizes
Barone For His Commitment
by Matthew Benedict
Staff Writer
Fairfield University's Alumni Association gave four
men special awards, honoring them for their services
at a dinner banquet in the Oak Room last Saturday.
Three of the men and the awards given to them
were: J. Jeffrey Campbell, Alumni Professional
Achievement Award "for distinguished achievement
in one's chosen field of endeavor;" Rev. James
Coughlin, S.J., Distinguished Faculty/Administration
Service Award "for exemplary service in the educa-tion
and administration of Fairfield University
students;" and Edward R. Fitzgerald, Alumni Service
Award "for dedicated and outstanding service to Fair-field
University."
The fourth award, Honorary Alumnus of Fairfield
University, was given to Dr. John Barone, Provost.
This award "is a special service award given by the
Alumni Association to recognize those individuals
who have not graduated from Fairfield, but have dem-onstrated
an exceptional commitment to Fairfield
University."
Dr. Barone has been with Fairfield University since
1950. At that time, he joined the University as a
chemistry instructor; by 1962, he had risen to full pro-fessor.
In 1966, he joined the administration as Vice-
President for Planning. In 1970, he was appointed
Provost, a position he still currently holds.
In an interview with Richard Popilowski, President
of Alumni Relations, he said that Barone's "commit-ment
to the University cannot be denied. In his day-to-
day work, he has always had the best intents and
well-being of the University in mind." Mr. Popilowski
referred to Dr. Barone as the "architect of the Univer-sity."
During his 32 years involvement with the
University, especially since joining the administra-tion
as Provost, the size of the University has grown
tremendously, wijth the additions of such buildings
as FOB, Claver, Kostka, the Center for Financial
Studies, and more recently, the Townhouses.
As Popilowski commented, "In the planning of all
new buildings on the campus, Dr. Barone is the per-son
who goes through the town's (Fairfield) planning
and zoning boards, petitioning and appealing for per-mission
to build. He is the 'man behind the scenes,'
always pushing for improvement of the university for
everyone else." Mr. Popilowski concluded by saying
"Of Dr. Baror^'s 12 years as Provost, there is no
doubt concerning his involvement and commitment
to the university. He is the 'unsung hero,' and we are
pleased to honor him; it is the least we can do to
show our appreciation."
When asked concerning his reception of the award,
Dr. Barone said that it was "very rewarding." Dr.
Barone cited an interesting anecdote, which,
although very humorous, revealed some ominous
conclusions.
"I was talking a while back with a former student of
mine who now is an orthopedic surgeon. I asked him
about these pains I've been having in my neck,
shoulders, and upper back. He simply said to me, 'It's
a touch of old age. Just nothing more than de-generation.'
That made me stop and think. And so did
the reception of the award. The reward is a reminder
to me of where I stand in life and in time; the possible
implications of 'time moves on.'"
Barone continued, "Over the 32 years of my in-volvement
here at the university, half of the time has
been devoted to teaching, half to administration. In a
sense, I have been lucky, for I have had two careers in
my life here. My life here for the 32 years has been
very good and rewarding. And being honored by the
Alumni Association makes me feel very good, and I
hope that, in the future, the University continues to
grow and expand."
Nearly 400 students and faculty members donated 411 pints of blood to
the Red Cross at the bloodmobile in the Oak Room co-sponsored by Cir-cle
K and the Student Nursing Association. Student club members aided
the program in various capacities such as technicians, donor room aids,
and runners. [Photo by Vinny DeAngelis]
Students Donate 411
Pints of Blood
by Don Kilcoyne
Staff Writer
For the first time, the blood-mobile
was co-sponsored by Cir-cle
K and the Student Nurse As-sociation
and was held in the Oak
Room on November 10 and 11. Cir-
Provost Responds
To Asbestos Problem
Employment expert Tom Jackson lectured on "Guerrilla Tactics in the
Job Market" asserting that jobs are not scarce. The key to getting hired
is to present oneself skillfully during the interview.
[Photo by John Mazzucco]
by Richard Swietek
Executive Editor
"Our main concern is not the
students and faculty but the main-tenance
worker who may be more
exposed to the asbestos," stated
Provost John Barone in comment-ing
about the possible asbestos
hazard in the Bannow Science
building and the Library.
Barone admitted that the univer-sity
does have friable asbestos
which can cause problems if ex-posed,
but also stated that as far
as he knows the university is
below all national standards for
asbestos contamination.
When Bannow was tested in
1977 the lowest standard for
asbestos was set at .1 concentra-tion
of fiber per cubic centimeter.
The readings which were taken in
four areas of Bannow showed that
the amount of chrysotile was
below these guidelines. Dr.
Barone also added that the
samples may even have a smaller
concentration than shown in the
tests since any fiber which was in
doubt was classified as asbestos.
The results were submitted to
Dr. Ted Combs and Dr. Fred
Lisman in April of 1977 in a memo
from Dr. Barone. The figures were
held in confidence because the
tests were run by an employee of
Raybestos, an asbestos manufac-turer,
who was hired by Provost
Barone, also the university was
afraid students would panic over
the issue.
Some of the Bannow faculty
question the procedures used in
the testing and their committee is
still awaiting word from Mr. John
Hickson, concerning a second
testing which will hopefully take
place in the near future.
cle K provided the manpower for
the advance sign-ups and publici-ty.
They also staffed people as
technicians, typists, donor room
aids, runners, and'escorts. S.N.A.
provided nursing students to take
temperatures and case histories
and work as donor room aids. In
all, 83 students worked on the
bloodmobile: 62 members of Cir-cle
K and 21 student nurses.
The south central chapter of the
American Red Cross was pleased
by the student involvement. The
number of student donors came to
nearly four hundred. In all, four
hundred and eleven pints were do-nated
by students and faculty
members. This marked an in-,
crease of more than one hundred
pints from last year's blood-mobile;
it also broke the old
school record of three hundred
and fifty nine pints, set in the mid-seventies.
One reason for the increase in
donors may have been the incen-tive
Seller's provided by offering a
special dinner to the floor with the
highest percentage of donors.
Campion II ran away with first
place. They had both the most
donors, 30, and the highest
percentage of donors, 42%. North-west
IV and Loyola II each had 21
donors, with Northwest IV fin-ishing
second with 30% and
Loyola II finishing third with 27%
of the floor donating.
Jackson Cites Guerrilla
Tactics For Job Search
by Lisa Marie Sosa
Insights Editor
"There is no job scarcity. A job
is the opportunity to solve a prob-lem.
Is there a shortage of prob-lems?
There is a shortage of peo-ple
who can move themselves
from one point of activity to
another point."
Tom Jackson, one of the
nation's top manpower and em-ployment
experts, made these
statements during a Fairfield
University Student Association
sponsored lecture entitled
"Guerrilla Tactics in the Job
Market." Jackson spoke in front of
a group of twenty people in the
Oak Room on November 9.
During his almost two hour talk,
Jackson explained that "It is not
necessarily the most qualified
who get the jobs, but those who
are most skilled at job finding." He
also gave several tips on the
writing of a resume, and how to
present yourself during an inter-view.
Jackson stated that "any
employer will hire any individual
so long as the employer is con-vinced
that he will bring more
value than cost to the company."
Jackson suggests that one
choose a job which combines skill
and interest. He calls this a
"job target." Then, select two
more possible jobs, one that is
closely aligned to one's area of
specialty and one that deals solely
with one's field of interest. When
that is completed decide upon an
area of the country you want to be
located. Next, find out as much in-formation
as possible about the
prospective employers. Some
information can be obtained from
a book entitled "Directory of Dir-ectories."
More information can
be obtained by writing to the com-panies
themselves. Find out what
the employers are looking for and
then think of what qualities and
qualifications you have for the job
in question. Finally, call for an in-terview,
and then send your
resume.
During the interview get feed-back
and find out what they are
looking for in a future employee.
Rabbits are the object of the experiments that Dr. Salafia and students
can conduct for research in the psychology department. The rabbits are
anesthetized and electrodes are implanted on the brain. Electrical im-pulses
stimulate certain areas and the activity is recorded. For details,
see story on page 2. [Photo by Kevin Kumke]