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Townhouse Gas Bills
Exceed Estimates
by Richard Swietek
Chief Executive Editor
Townhouse residents were sur-prised
upon their return from
Christmas break to find that their
gas bill for the month of December
was an estimated bill, and in most
cases was much higher than any
previous bill the units received.
Both the residents and universi-ty
administrators were unaware
that the Southern Connecticut
Gas Company would be utilizing
estimated costs to bill the resi-dences
since the meters had been
read every month since the begin-ning
of the term.
"I am not pleased with an esti-mated
cost," stated Phyllis Fltz-patrick,
head of university hous-ing.
Although estimated costs are
common with the gas company,
no one at the university was in-formed
that the practice would be
carried out with the new
residences.
A number of students have com-plained
about the bills which seem
to be double the amount billed to
students in the month of Novem-ber.
Fitzpatrick stated that if
students are upset at the
estimate, they can call the gas
company for a reading. Reluctant-ly
though, Fitzpatrick admits,
"They're probably right."
In the future Fitzpatrick com-mented
that the only problem
month for students would be
February which is scheduled to be
another estimated month. Accor-ding
to Fitzpatrick the gas com-pany
has been contracted to read
the meters in April and are also set
to give a final reading in May.
Fitzpatrick hopes that the
university will be able to convince
the gas company to change their
policy for the townhouses so that
residents can make better use of
budgeting heating funds. Also,
George Maloney, who has handled
the billing for the townhouses,
added, "If the students wish, they
can talk to me and I will see what I
can do to get the gas company to
read the meters monthly."
Workshops To Feature
Professional Writers
Fairfield abounds with many traditions. Students gather together before the semesterly tradition of looking
at the booklists prominently displayed in the dorm halls before going to the bookstore in order to avoid the
long lines and delays. [Photo by Chris Haggerty]
Shuttle To Run At $15 Increase
by Scott Grasso
Features Editor
This semester, the School of
Graduate and Continuing Educa-tion
will present a series of writing
workshops. These courses are de-signed
to help people improve
both their writing skills and the
appreciation of literature.
Mr. Anatole Broyard of Fairfield
intends to make his students
more aware of the symbolism pre-sent
in major works. His workshop
is entitled "Thinking and Feeling
About Fiction: A Critics Choice,"
and Mr. Broyard will cover contro-versial
authors of the Twentieth
century. Says Mr. Broyard: "This
is a course in learning how to real-ly
read. Well educated people fre-quently
don't understand litera-ture.
What they read is only the tip
of the iceberg. I want to instruct
people to get the maximum enjoy-ment
from novels."
There will also be two writers
conducting workshops in free-lance
writing. Steve Kemper of
Hartford is a newspaper reporter
and a theater critic who regularly
contributes to Connecticut and
Yankee magazines. John J. Geog-hegan
III of Fairfield is a former
assistant editor for Connecticut
Magazine and he has written for
the New York Times, the Brooks
Newspapers and Connecticut
Business Journal.
In addition, Mr. Daniel Ort of
Cheshire will conduct a workshop
on short fiction. Mr. Ort has writ-ten
poetry and fiction for the An-tioch
Review and Poet and Critic,
as well as essays for The New
York Times. He is also the author
of a novel, "Off to See the
Wizard."
Mary Ann Hoberman of Green-which
brings unique qualifica-tions
to her seminar on writing for
children. She has written thirteen
books herself for children, inclu-ding
"All My Shoes Come in
Two's," "Bugs," and most recent-ly
"A House is a House for Me."
Ms. Hoberman emphasizes the
rhythm and appropriateness of
language necessary when writing
for children.
Recently, Mr. James Childs has
agreed to teach a seminar at the
university.
Paul Good of Westport is teach-ing
a course entitled "Writing for
the Media." Mr. Good is a former
network correspondent for ABC
television.
David M. Rothbard
Staff Writer
After much debate and con-troversy,
the beach shuttle will be
running next year with an increas-ed
fee of approximately $15 per
semester for those students living
at the beach who wish to sign up
for the program.
"The shuttle is a break even
thing for the University," stated
William Schimpf, Vice President
of Student Services, "and we even
end up losing money each year
due to unanticipated overhead
costs."
Schimpf accounts for the finan-cial
difficulties incurred by the
beach shuttle by the fact that the
number of students living at the
beach has rapidly declined over
the past few years. "Since the
Townhouses were open this year,"
he said, "we lost 150 students
from the beach and now we have
only about 370 students living at
the beach."
Also he said that because the
operating fees must be paid by the
beach students, the amount which
each student must pay increases
as the number of students resid-ing
at the beach declines. "There
is a point at which it will not be
worth it to operate the beach shut-tle
but I don't see that coming in
For the first time In over a week the mercury rose to a high of 40°. Scarves, hats, and gloves disappeared
with the snow. Instead of traying behind Bellarmine, conscientious students attended classes in Canisius.
[Photo by Chris Haggerty]
the near future," he affirmed.
The University owns five full
size buses and one van which it
uses for the Julie Hall-Town-houses
shuttle, the beach shuttle,
and the sports trips. Sohimpf
stated that the University will be
selling three buses and buying
two due to the depreciation and
serviceable life. He claimed that
after five years there become
heavy repair bills and that except
for the "Red Rocket" bus which
was purchased twelve years ago,
the buses must be traded in every
five years.
Luke Stanton of the University
Council Committee stated that the
percentage of shuttle users will
pay for the percentage of the
depreciation but that the shuttle
will continue to run because the
cost per year is not that much
higher. "Students want to live
down at the beach," he declared,
"so they should want to pay for
the service."
Schimpf said that last year a
study was conducted which ana-lyzed
the number of students liv-ing
at the beach who use the shut-tle
as compared to the rest of the
Kelley Aims
Consolidate
by Elizabeth Kline
News Editor
Serving as president of a univer-sity
demands time, energy, and
commitment. With just twenty
four hours in a day, time is
budgeted and divided between an
active business schedule in the
community and academic worlds
and the university itself.
Four year ago, Father Aloysius
Kelley came to Fairfield to assume
the position of university presi-dent.
Kelley recognized the fact
that the period of rapid expansion
expired for the university and set
forth as his goal "to bring various
components into an integrated
whole." Kelley considers the next
ten years as a period of consolida-tion.
Today, as four years ago,
Kelley stated, "I see this as the
.ime of the coming together of the
university."
Father Kelley does not play an
active role in determining the cur-riculum
here at the university.
Developing the curriculum is
students and concluded that it
was not fair to run the shuttle for
free. "We announced the discon-tinuation
of the free service but
people said that we did not give
them enough notice since they
had already signed up to live at the
beach," he explained.
"This year we had to determine
whether we could budget the new
equipment and whether or not the
students were willing to pay the
fee," he said, "so to give students
ample notice we announced at the
beginning of the year that it was
uncertain whether we would run
the shuttle."
Schimpf affirmed that the shut-tle
will run for the 1983-84 school
year and that after the sign up in
the Spring, they will set the actual
price which will be between $40
and $50 per semester.
When asked whether he an-ticipates
the elimination of the
shuttle in the next few years,
Schimpf replied, "The program
must be relatively cost free and if
it comes down to doing away with
the shuttle or a teacher, the shut-tle
would have to go."
To
Factions
"primarily a faculty decision. My
involvement is primarily with the
academic Vice-President," con-tinued
Kelley. Together these two
men develop programs and dis-cuss
program direction.
Since Father Kelley has been
president, he has innovated new
programs and initiated adminis-trative
reorganization. Some of the
new programs include estab-lishing
the School of Graduate and
Continuing Education. The School
of Business now offers a graduate
program in Financial Manage-ment.
The School of Nursing has
also developed a program where
registered nurses can return to
school to earn their B.S. degree in
Nursing.
The Board of Trustees evaluates
Kelley's performance as President
of the University based on his par-ticipation
and guidance in acad-emics,
university development,
fundraising, budgeting, and plann-ing.
"The board only involves itself
in the policy of the university," re-