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Room To Room Searches
Occur In Loyola Hall
by Chris Tyler
Fairfield University's Student Handbook states
that a "Room Entry" may be done by staff
members if there is a need to investigate in-cidents
involving possible violations of Univer-sity
policy.This was the justification for the room
entries done on Tuesday, February 28th accor-ding
to Jon Conlogue, the Head Resident on du-ty
that night.
Shortly before eight o'clock, a staff member
saw a keg being brought into Loyola Hall. The
staff member was unable to detain the in-dividuals
responsible for bringing the keg into
the building and subsequently called Mr. Con-logue,
a head resident. Mr. Conlogue felt that a
general room entry was necessary after attempts
to locate the keg had failed.
John Maloney, R.A. Loyola I, and Jim O'Con-nell,
R.A. Loyola III, were the R.A.'s on duty on
Tuesday and they conducted the door to door
room entry. "This is the first time a door to door
room entry has ever been done to investigate
drinking violations," said Phyllis Fitzpatrick,
Director of Student Residences. She continued,
"This is not our standard operating procedure,
nor will it be." According to Mr. Conlogue both
of the R.A's who conducted the room entry ex-pressed
reservations about it. Jim O'Connell re-quested
that Mr. Conlogue be present with him
during the room to room, dorm wide key search.
Mrs. Fitzpatrick commented that the action
taken was drastic and extreme, but that the
Head Residents and the R.A.'s do have the right
to conduct a room entry. Mr. Conlogue felt that
this blatant violation of university policy regard-ing
keys warranted immediate action. Both Mrs.
Fitzpatrick and Mr. Conlogue stated that the ac-tions
undertaken by the R.A.'s and Mr. Conlogue
were an effort to obtain the keg before a party
ever started. The keg however was not located
as a result of the room entry. It was located later
by Jim O'Connell while he was making his
rounds at approximately 9:30 p.m. that evening.
Mike McKeever, a junior resident of the third
floor of Loyola, instigated a 108 signature stu-dent
petition requesting an apology regarding
the room entry. Mr. McKeever stated that he was
not happy with the way the situation was handl-ed
and he felt there were instances when liber-ties
were taken by those conducting the room
entry.
Mr. McKeever also stated that he would like
to see the wordinp, of the Student Handbook
changed so as to remove the ambiguities it con-tains
with respect to the guidelines involving a
room entry.
Mrs. Fitzatrick said that she felt making the re-quirements
more black and white would be
beneficial to both the staff and the students.
Presently it is the student's reponsibility to re-quest
the identity of anyone who knocks at their
door. Mrs. Fitzpatrick said however that she had
personally asked the staff to identify themselves
regardless of the circumstances. Mr. McKeever
also stated that copies of the signed petition
were sent to Rev. Aloysius P. Kelley S.J., Univer-sity
President; Deans Krell and Schimpf; Judicial
Officer Jeanne Osborn; Assistant to the Presi-dent
Rev. John J. Higgins S.J.; Director of Stu-dent
Residences, Phyllis Fitzpatrick; Leigh
Cromey, the Assistant Director of Student
Residences; as well as to Provost John Barone.
Much confusion exists about the difference
between a room entry and a 'room search'. The
only individuals who may conduct a room search
are Dean Krell, Dean Schimpf, Phyllis Fitzpatrick
and Leigh Cromey. A room entry entitles an R.A.
or a Head Resident to enter a room and deter-mine
by means of visible inspection if the room
is in violation of University policy.
Construction is progressing on schedule for the new townhouse complex. Seen here,
excavation equipment tears through the university soccer field to install a new sewage
line for the units. [Photo by Ellen Dougherty]
Honors Seminar Includes Urban Cultural Study
by Steven D. Lunt
The City: The Many Faces of Urban Civilization
will be the topic of the 1984-85 Honors Seminar.
The Renaissance city will be the focus of the fall
semester, with such major European cities such
as Florence, Rome, Paris, and London being ex-amined
in depth. The seminar will consider the
political structure, works of literature, painting,
and architecture of these cities, in addition to the
Renaissance movement as a whole.
The contemporary city will be examined in the
spring semester from the perspectives of the
social sciences, natural sciences, and humani-ties.
New York City will serve as the seminar's
"living laboratory." Areas to be studied include
Wall street, the garment district, the theater
district, Chinatown, Little Italy, and Harlem,
among others. Although multi-disciplinary in ap-proach,
the course will emphasize the social,
political, and psychological forces which effect
the living city.
The Honors Program also sponsors atten-dance
at cultural events in the New York-New
Haven area, including the theater, ballet, opera,
and museums. Sophomores and Juniors with a
B+ average or better may apply for the Seminar.
In extraordinary circumstances, the Honors Com-mittee
will consider the admission of students
with a lower Q.P.A. but who otherwise demon-strate
exceptional intellectual promise. Interested
students are encouraged to contact Dr. James
Long, Honors Program Director, as soon as
possible for more details.
AT&T's Flannery Discusses
Human Factors Engineering
by Carla Angelone
Attention psychology majors: You are in de-mand!
If you have ever thought about using your
Black Civil Rights Activist To Deliver Lecture
Dick Gregory, civil rights proponent and author,
will deliver a lecture in the Campus Center Oak
Room on March 20th at 8 p.m. and will be spon-sored
by F.U.S.A. Arts and Lectures.
Gregory gained fame as a comedian and is to-day
a human rights activist, social satirist, lec-turer,
recording artist, actor, philosopher, and
political activist. Moreover, he combines these
roles to serve the cause of human liberation and
alleviate human suffering.
Credited with opening many doors for black
entertainers, Gregory found comedy an expe-dient
avenue toward getting people's attention,
to make them think as well as laugh. Once he
achieved success as an entertainer, he used it
Dick Gregory, an outspoken civil rights leader and activist will lecture in the Oak Room
later this month.
to assist causes he knew desperately needed
help.
His participation in the Civil Rights movement
of the 1960s is well-documented, as are his ef-forts
world peace, hunger, and rights of Ameri-can
Indians. His efforts, however, have had a
cost. Gregory was virtually barred from the en-tertainment
business; he was jailed numberous
times for Ms part in demonstrations; and can-celled
bookings, travel costs, and legal fees have
run over one million dollars.
Yet Dick Gregory continues in his struggle for
human dignity. He ran from Chicago to Washing-ton,
DC. in 1974 to call attention to world hunger.
His fasts have become legendary, as he employs
them to symbolize the suffering of oppressed
people every where. His 1980 journey to Iran saw
him take only liquids for 145 days as he prayed
for the release of American hostages and for the
cessation of world hostility. While in Iran, Gregory
with the Ayatollah Khomeini, the last westerner
to do so. More recently, he visited IRA hunger
strikers in England and, while arriving too late to
help, the experience was the catalyst for his med-ically
supervised fast in New Orleans in 1981.
There, he proved fasting to be not only effective
but could be done without risk to life. In 1982,
Gregory assisted the ERA movement by instruct-ing
hunger strikers in Illinois on proper fasting
methods.
A self-taught authority on nutrition, Gregory's
nine books include Dick Gregory's Natural Diet
for Folks Who Eat: Cookin's with Mother Nature
in addition to his acclaimed autobiography,
biography, Nigger.
Certainly difficult to label, Dick Gregory is
simply, as he says "For People."
psychology degree in a business setting, Human
Factors Engineering may be just what you are
looking for.
Michael Flannery of AT&T in White Plains, NY.
came to Fairfield University last Tuesday night to
inform psychology majors that they are in great
demand and to speak about the definite prag-matic
applications of a psychology major in the
business world. AT&T is actively searching for
psychology majors for the company's Human
Factors Engineering Dept.
Mr. Flannery has been with AT&T for 18 years,
the last eight of which have been spent in Human
Factors Engineering. Flannery explained that the
ten year old department has grown from a group
of seven to, in 1984, a dept. of 85, and openings
are becoming increasingly available in this grow-ing
field.
Human Factors Engineering is concerned with
user-oriented systems design. By understanding
the human being and his limitations, company
systems can be designed with these human fac-tors
in mind in order to minimize mistakes and
therefore to reduce company costs.
Mr. Flannery stated that psychology majors
have the proper education and training that will
make them the best qualified and most suitable
candidates for a career in Human Factors
Development. Because they understand the
human being, psychology majors would be most
effective at analyzing a problem and evaluating
a situation because they can approach people
at the proper level.
The competition flooding the communications
industry, as a result of the divestiture of AT&T has
forced AT&T to become aware of the necessity
and importance of Human Factors Engineering
if they are going to successfully compete in the
marketplace. Human Factors Engineering will en-sure
that AT&T products are designed for the
ease and comfort of the user.
AT&T has the technology, physical principles,
and engineering techniques that has made it a
recognized leader in the communications in-dustry.
But now, Flannery pointed out, the corn-
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