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Sullivan Defeats Boyle
Wins F.Y.S.A. Elections
by David M. Rothbard
Staff Writer
Robert Sullivan defeated Cathy Boyle by a wide
margin in Tuesday's F.U.S.A. Presidential election
and will be inaugurated into office on April 1.
Sullivan, who received 895 votes to Boyle's 309
votes, stated that he was surprised by the large
margin and attributes the win to a combination of his
personality, platform, and well organized campaign.
According to Kathy Walsh, Chairman of the Elec-tion
Committee, more than 50% of the students
voted which she said was a good turnout.
Sullivan stated that he was also surprised at the
number of write-ins, 109 total, but that the write-ins
are to be expected. "It is unfortunate that there was a
lot of apathy this election," he affirmed, and this is
the most apathetic election I have ever seen."
Expanding F.U.S.A. and appointing cabinet
members are among Sullivan's top priorities when he
takes office and he stated that he will be accepting
applications for F.U.S.A. Cabinet posts beginning
this week. "I want anyone who is interested in getting
involved in F.U.S.A. to apply for a position in my ad-ministration,"
he explained.
Sullivan also stated that he plans to go ahead with
implementation of the proposed student co-op and
will continue the fight for a reading day during final
exams, an idea which Sean McAuliffe's present ad-ministration
proposed.
"I feel that it is the President's role to be an involv-ed
overseer," Sullivan asserted, "and I plan to work
with my cabinet to give F.U.S.A. more exposure and
involvement on campus. Sullivan added that the pre-sent
administration has been "lowkey."
The debate between Sullivan and Boyle held in the
Oak Room Sunday evening was seen by one observer
to merely point out the likenesses in the candidates'
platforms. "Maybe that's why we had so many write-ins,"
he stated.
A panel of four questioned the candidates and
questions were also taken from the audience. One
student asked what the candidates would have done
if they had been told of the Bankey before the rest of
the student body was notified as was the President of
F.U.S.A. last year. Sullivan responded that he would
have made an effort to tell the student body about the
situation if it had been possible.
Such major issues as the Bankey, the shuttle, more
non-alcoholic events for minors, and the expansion
of F.U.S.A.'s involvement were in student affairs ad-dresed
by the candidates. Also, increased student in-put
into university policy was discussed and agreed
to be of great importance by both candidates.
50.7% of the voters were male and 49.3% were
female. Also, 16.3% of the Senior Class voted, 28.9%
of the Class of '84 voted, 29.6% of the Sophomores
cast ballots, and 25.2% of the Freshmen voted.
Sullivan, when asked, stated that if he could chan-nel
all of his energies into one main idea for which he
could be remembered, it would be the creation of a
fund within F.U.S.A. to help students financially.
"After all," he affirmed, "It is important for us to take
care of our own."
Robert Sullivan walked away from Tuesday's elections as the new
F.U.S.A. President. Sullivan, in his bid for the presidency, defeated
his opponent by 586 votes.
[Photo by Ellen Dougherty]
Seniors Establish
$500 Scholarship
Author Thrives On Perfection
by Elizabeth Bartus
News Editor
"It's not really that complicated
of a thing to become a writer." All it
takes is a modest intelligence,
great discipline, and curiosity ac-cording
to author Pat Jordan.
Author of several books on sports
including Suitors of Spring, Black
Coach, and Broken Patterns, Jor-dan
has also written for many
magazines such as Mademoiselle,
Sports Illustrated, and Playboy.
During his lecture in the Oak-
Room Wednesday evening the
Fairfield graduate explained that
he began writing sports stories for
the Bridgeport Post while a stu-dent
here. He said, "I started at
scratch. The more I got into it, the
more I knew I liked it. As far as
having a natural talent, I don't
think I did."
Jordan opened with a brief intro-duction.
He then read two
passages from a novel he is cur-rently
writing. In the passages, the
main character, a writer, reflects on
both the exhilaration and the
despair that a writer experiences.
Following these readings, Jordan
asked for audience questions.
Several questions during the
forty-five minute question/answer
period concerned interviewing. He
commented, "I always try to inter-view
people who struck me as in-teresting
rather than famous." He
stressed the fact that it's impor-tant
that, "you never let the sub-ject
think you're smarter than him.
You have to be very diplomatic."
During an interview, Jordan
says, "My job is to find the truth.
There are some truths you
wouldn't print. You do protect
your subject." Also, "It doesn't
hurt as an interviewer to be as
open as possible. You're the one
who's writing."
As for getting information, Jor-dan
said, "I found it much easier to
interview women athletes. Women
always tell you much more."
When asked "What keeps you
going?", Jordan answered, "the
perfect story or book." He usually
writes about 200 words per day.
Why does he write? "I write be-
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by Thomas Cairns
Staff Writer
The senior class of 1983 is trying
to raise money for a class gift to be
given to Fairfield University. The
gift will be a scholarship con-sisting
, of $10.00 contributions
from each of approximately five-hundred
seniors. An endowment
fund will then be established for
the scholarship money.
The requirements for the
scholarship are as follows. First,
only thost students who are
juniors in the 1983-84 school year
or thereafter will be considered.
Second, candidates must be active
participar/ts in FUSA campus
ministry and other school
organizations. Third, all students
must have proof of financial need.
Also, recommendations and a per-sonal
essay are mandatory.
As to when the contributions
will be collected, FUSA Academic
Vice-President Beth Kramer said,
"Seniors will be contacted soon so
they may donate to the fund. It's
important the money is raised,"
Beth added.
Library Systems Aid Students
by Kathryn King
Staff Writer
With January came the begin-ning
of the second semester and
the beginning of Nyselius Library's
new zebra system. "The zebra is a
barcode like you have on gro-ceries,"
explained Jane Bickford,
circulation supervisor. Each
patron will have a barcode on his
validated I.D.
"The books that circulate four
Roulette, Blackjack, and Craps provided entertainment for students last Friday at "Las Vegas Night." The
Oak Room turned Into a casino where students bet play money hoping to win at these games of chance. If
Lady Luck was on their side, gamblers could win many prizes including a trip to the Bahamas. For details,
see story on page 10.
[Photo by Kevin Kumke]
weeks are on the system and re-serves
are on the system" Bickford
said. When a student borrows a
book, the barcode on the I.D. and
on the book are put together in the
computer.
Jobs such as keeping track of
who has what book, who has over-due
books, calculating fines, sen-ding
out notices, and circulation
counts that used to be done man-ually
are now done by the Geac
computer system.
Because of the new system,
there have been some policy
changes. Books are due exactly 28
days after being checked out.
Books checked out to faculty will
be due 120 days after being bor-rowed.
There will no longer be a
grace period for overdue books.
The five cents a day fine will begin
to accrue the first day the book is
overdue. Overdue notices will be
sent 14 days and 28 days after the
book becomes overdue and bills-for-
replacement for presumably
lost books will be sent 42 days
later.
Fines will be collected only at
the circulation desk and not at
night or on weekends. Students
may return books at any time but
must pay fines only at designated
times. If a patron owes fines of fifty
dollars or more or has received
bills-for-replacement for ten or
more books, he will not be able to
borrow books.
These rules are new because the
staff at the library could not
possibly have kept track of all the
students who borrowed books
before. The system has brought
more efficiency. The new system
was first decided upon three years
ago and the contract was signed in
October of 1981. "We're excited
about the new system and en-courage
people to come in and get
their barcodes and hope they will
be patient with us," says Bickford.
"When most people have a bar-code
it will make it much easier."
The computer Geac which is us-ed
in barcoding is also used in the
Inter Library Loan. "Inter Library
Loan means that if we don't have a
book or article we will borrow it
from another library," explained
the reference and Inter Library
Loan Librarian Nancy Haag. This
service is available for all students.
If the book you are looking for is
not in Nyselius, you may make out
a request form for the book. Using
one of two computers, the librarian
finds which libraries have that
book or periodical and sends a
form to them, requesting the book
or a xeroxed copy of an article in a
periodical. The other library will
then send it to the university
library.
This process takes about a week
at the beginning and end of the
semester for easy to find books.
"When everyone's writing term
papers" in the middle of the
semester it will take about a
month, said Ms. Haag. "If ordered
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