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Students Elect New Legislature
by Christine Ryan
In a well-publicized election for new legislators,
the turnout was considered average with Jogyes
showing an unusually large turnout. Some ques-tions
were raised as to whether the election was
properly run. Ballots noting "incumbent" and
possible problems with an over representated
delegation from the Townhouses are being look-ed
into.
The six new members from the townhouses are
Fran Reed, Suzanne Machler, Jackie Hertz,
Eileen Corbliss, Alicia Williams and Diane
Graziano.
The commuters selected Brian Creegan and
Robert Halapin (a tie) along with Kim Mcquilton
and Mary Ellen DeAngelis.
Mike McKeever, Tom Luglio, Bill Rowan and Pat
Daly were elected by the off-campus boarders.
The two from Julie Hall were Maria Calderone
and Connie Fleuhr.
Kostka voters elected Douglas Green, Michelle
McCahill and John Kelly.
Claver representatives are Lynn Boland, Brian
Flaherty and Joe Hanlon.
From the quad, Regis picked Chris Ritchie,
Kathy Breen, Michael Hickey and Mark Voytek.
• Robert Ptrignelli, Robert Pizzella, Patrick Wolff
and Kathy Lenox were voted from Jogues.
Campion chose Brendan Potter, Michael
McAteer, Carmine Anzalone and Kim Fletcher.
Loyola put Peter Fay, John Masseli, and Clara
Albanese into office.
There will have to be a run-off vote for two of
Gonzaga's legislators. Caitlin O'Connell and
Michael Voytek were elected, but there was a tie
for third between Annie Micale and Michael Miller.
Therefore, there will have to be another vote. The
date of that vote will be announced at a later time.
Bill Rowan, President of the Student Legisla-ture,
is optimistic abut the year ahead. Because
of F.U.S.A.'s tremendous deficit, the Legislature's
main concerns will be financial. "We are now
molding a new position from within the legisla-ture...
It will be the Student Legislature Treasurer,
and will be modeled after the Executive Branch
Treasurer, Chuck Hacker." This new person will
handle all money and check requests for clubs
on campus. "This system provides less freedom
and tighter control than before," commented
Rowan, "but it's a step in the right direction... The
Legislature will get the interest, and it will prevent
losing any accounts." Rowan cited as an exam-ple
a club whose president went abroad holding
all the books.
Because of the deficit, clubs will not be
allocated more than $1000, down from the max-imum
$12000 from last year. Suzanne Machler,
Chairman of Appropriations, is in charge of
deciding on the final amount.
Besides finances from clubs, the Legislature
will distribute funds for publicity and Arts and Lec-tures
and other groups of F.U.S.A.
Last year's Legislature activities included ap-proving
new club budgets, and passing a require-ment
that all Resident Advisors participate in a
fire safety course. The student legislators were
also responsible for the new telephones in the
library.
Rowan stated, "There are two points that I
would like to emphasize: the first is the
misconception that the Legislature is separate
from F.U.S.A....It is F.U.S.A.'s legislative
branch... and we work together. We are also the
largest elected body on campus. All of the
members of the cabinet are appointed.
Along with working "hand in hand with Fran
Kenneally (F.U.S.A. President)" as Rowan call-ed
it, the legislature also deals with petitions
delivered by students themselves. Their main ob-jective
this year will be to prevent misspending
by clubs and to prevent leftovers. Better methods
of deciding appropriations should help in this
matter.
Students vote in the Campus Center for the new F.U.S.A. Legislature./Pftofo by Gerry McPartland]
Honor Society Inducts Members
by John Pawlowski
Alpha Sigma Nu, the Jesuit Honor Society, held
their induction ceremony for its newly selected
members in October 14 in the Oakroom. Rev.
John J. Higgins, S.J., the advisor to Fairfield
University's chapter and Executive Assistant to
the President, welcomed all attending and in-
Political Groups Work Election
by Connie McKenna
Both the Young Democrats and the College
Republicans have been busy this election year,
campaigning for political candidates, planning
various events for the near future.
Last month, some of the College Republicans
attended the Reagan rally in Waterbury, Connec-ticut.
They arrived at dawn and helped by collec-ting
tickets, distributing flags, and setting up. They
also plan to be involved in the senate and con-,
gressional campaigns.
The Young Democrats plan to campaign for
Mondale and Ferraro, and are seeking help from
interested Fairfield students. Dave DeFusco,
president of the Young Democrats, states that,
"Currently, the Young Democrats are organizing
to distribute literature on behalf of John Orman.
We plan to distribute pamphlets and sell buttons
and bumper stickers on campus as well as in Fair-field,
Bridgeport and Trumbull."
On October 2, Fairfield students had the oppor-tunity
to register to vote. Kim Fusco, vice presi-dent
of the Young Democrats, and Lisa Cordato,
contacted the Registrar of Voters in Fairfield, and
they came to Fairfield University to register voters.
The College Republicans then canvassed the
dorms, looking for unregistered students and en-couraged
them to register. According to Linda
Ward, who coordinated the Republican canvas
effort, "the main purpose was not to register on-ly
Republican voters, but to get all college
students registered." Dave DeFusco echoed this
statement, saying, "the goal was to give easy ac-cess
to Fairfield students who otherwise might
not have been able to register by October 15."
Both the Young Democrats and the College
Republicans have several events planned for the
near future.
Currently the Young Democrats are planning
a debate against the College Republicans which
will take place on October 21. Following this
debate, the Mondale/Reagan debate would be
televised on a big screen t.v., either in the
Oakroom or in Gonzaga Auditorium.
Among the planned events of the College
Republicans is a special presentation to com-memorate
Student Liberation Day. According to
David Rothbard, an active member of the College
Republicans, one freed hostage from Iran and one
from Granada will be making speaking ap-pearances
across the country, and will quite
possibly speak at Fairfield University. The ten-tative
date for this is October 24.
Also planned by the political groups is a round-table
discussion involving conservative as well
as liberal professors and students. This discus-sion
will cover election year issues and will take
place in the campus center. The discussion is ten-tatively
planned for later this month.
troduced the officers. In addition, Rev. Higgins
related to the audience the qualifications need-ed
to become a member of the society.
Twenty-eight members of the class of '85 were
inducted into the society on Sunday. These
twenty-eight students were selected from a group
of one-hundred and two eligible students. Each
student had grade point averages of 3.4 or better
and were members of the Dean's list. Dean
recommendation and final approval by President
Kelley is required for membership. Also each stu-dent
inducted must be involved in extracurricular
school activities in and around campus.
In recent years, Alpha Sigma Nu of Fairfield
University has placed a stress on a student's fur-ther
contribution to the University. Not only is a
student required to have contributed to the univer-sity
in the past, but he or she is expected to con-tinue
this involvement as a senior. The award
possesses an emphasis on expectations rather
than being based entirely on recognition. Each
student will be asked this year to volunteer to work
at one of three agencies for the poor in Bridgeport.
Lastly, each student had to write an essay on
Jesuit values and how they exemplify them .This
served as an additional screener.
In addition to Rev. Higgin's speech, the cur-rent
president of the society, Steven D Lunt '85
spoke. President Aloysius P. Kelley presented Dr.
Thomas J. Regan, S.J., with an honorary mem-bership
in the society. Dr. Regan, a former in-structor
of philosophy who is currently enrolled
at Weston School of Theology in Cambridge, also
addressed the audience. A reception followed in
the Faculty Dining Room.
University Receives Grant
The annual Parent's Weekend Dance which was sponsored by F.U.S.A., was held on Saturday
night, October 13, in both the cafeteria and the Oakroom. [Photo by Marguerite Hinderer]
Fairfield University has been awarded a federal
grant of $216,680 to train 25 bilingual special
education teachers over three years, it was
announced by U.S. Rep. Stewart McKinney.
Persons enrolled in the program will earn a
master of arts degree or a certificate of advanc-ed
study.
Fairfield University launched a similar bilingual-bicultural
program three years ago under a federal
grant and attracted 144 applicants for 35
classroom vacancies.
Dr. Thomas deTullio, coordinator of the
Multicultural-Multilingual Program at Fairfield,
explained that a Connecticut survey showed a
need for bilingual special education teachers who
can communicate with youngsters who have
limited English proficiency, as well as learning
problems. In addition, he said, many members
of minority or low economic groups could not pur-sue
an added degree without federal assistance.
The grant is divided so that the university will
receive the payments of three years in grants of
$64,937; $79,719; and $72,024.
The teachers selected for the training
experience will receive practical field experience
by working in a bilingual summer program con-ducted
in Norwalk.
The survey of Connecticut schools revealed
that there are bilingual programs in six languages,
and a shortage of teachers who are both bilingual
and trained in special education. According to the
survey, Bridgeport has 10 bilingual students. In
addition, there is a major drop off after these two
cities. New Haven has only three bilingual special
education teachers for 380 pupils; Meriden two
for 30 pupils; Norwalk one for 35 pupils and Stam-ford
one for 45.
[story courtesy of Public Relations)