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Plan to Re-stage Election
Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut 06430 Incorporated 1977
by Chris Tyler
The results of the recent Student Legislature
have been placed in a state of temporary suspen-sion.
Townhouse residents will vote again this
Tuesday. This suspension is the result of an ap-peal
brought before the Student Court by Delia
Smith and John Mancini. The appeal was made
on the basis that unfair representation was given
to the Townhouse complex in the election. A body
of three members, one appointed from each
branch of the F.U.S.A. government, will review the
election code and revise it such that future
problems will be eliminated. A demographic study
will be made to insure equal representation. Any
election found to be disproportionate will be re-run.
Much of the problem regarding the election
has been due to the fact that there has been no
set guidelines written into the elections code. The
review of the election code will result in a firm
guideline to be followed and will correct the
problem which has been in existence for a num-ber
of years. The revision will be made within the
next few weeks to facilitate the rerunning of the
elections.
In addition five new members have been ad-ded
to the Judicial branch of the F.U.S.A. govern-ment.
The Student Court now has Sharon Kris-tofak,
John Matheson, Michael Emitu, Vincent lul-liano
as voting justices and Stephen Humes as
an Alternate Justice.
Contrary to some student opinion Student
Court is not the alternative to the dreaded trip to
the office of the University Judicial Officer, Rather,
the Judicial Officer is an alternative to the Stu-dent
Court. The advantage to appearing before
the Student Court is primarily the Court's ability
to offer a more thoroughly and extensive investi-gation
into the violation of University policy.
Jeanne Osborn, the University Judicial Officer,
said "In the more severe situations the Student
Court is more effective."
Presently, the Judicial Officer provides a more
swift and expediant administration of sanctions
taken against a student found to be "responsi-ble"
for the violation of University policy. "Most
of the students who take the option of coming to
me rather than going to the Court already admit
to being responsible for the violation and just want
to get it all over and done with," commented
Jeanne Osborn.
The Student Court meets once a week in the
campus center. Patrick McHale, one of the return-ing
justices from last year commented "We ha-ven't
been too busy right now. As the year goes
on and students are getting their second or third
violation they tend to come to the Court to try and
'negotiate their sanction." Mr. McHale added,
"Another advantage to the Court is that it gives
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Orman McKinney
Debate is Rescheduled
by Martin Healy
The Orman-McKinney Congressional debate
originally scheduled for Thursday, October 11 in
the Oak Room was instead held in Bridgeport on
Monday evening, October 15, at 8 p.m. and tele-vised
on CPTV at 10 p.m. that evening at the
University of Bridgeport. In the latest of a series
of head to head debates, the Congressional aspir-ant
Dr. John Orman attacked incumbant Con-gressman
Stuart McKinney's presidential
endorsement policy. While both candidates claim
similar positions against the policies of the Rea-gan
Administration, Orman charged that McKin-ney
paradoxically supports the President and his
bid for reelection.
"On every issue, from supporting E.R.A., arms
freeze and abortion issues to opposing U.S. poli-cy
in Latin America, Congressman McKinney and
I agree. Yet he supports the man who we both
disagree with—Ronald Reagan." McKinney's
claim that the President has shown remarkable
leadership abilities worthy of reelection was not
substantial enough for the Democratic candidate.
An endorsement of leadership abilities should de-pend,
as one political specialist phrased it, on
"where the leader is leading us".
In a phone interview with Press Secretary Gary
Briggs of the McKinney Reelection Campaign,
McKinney's respect for Reagan's leadership was
defended through a comparison with the Presi-dent's
Democratic challenger. "Congressman
McKinney has worked with Walter Mondale on
such programs as the Chrysler loan and
Maryland's Pension Fund. Through these ex-periences,
in McKinney's opinion, Mondale has
failed to demonstrate sufficient leadership capa-bilities
for the office of President". Generally,
Briggs defined Reagan's strong leadership as an
extra-ordinary ability to deal forthright, which has
contributed to a newfound patriotic spirit and a
country that is significantly better off than it was
four years ago.
While both candidates spoke well and success-fully
presented their positions, the debate marked
the continuing development of Dr. Orman as a
public speaker. Several close associates of the
Politics chairman commented that he "present-ed
his material better" and "spoke better in front
of an audience". Throughout the debates, Con-gressman
McKinney has been quick to capital-ize
on his fourteen years of experience in
Congress, his many connections, and his rela-tive
obscurity and youthfull appearance. Dr. Or-man,
however, has activated a key issue by
pointing our major inconsistancies in McKinney's
platform.
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William D. Nordhaus, former member of Carter's Council of Economics Advisers speaks out
on "The Political Process and the Economic Cycle" at the Eighth Annual Committee on De-velopment
American Capitalism (CODAC) symposium on Thursday, October 18. Held in the
Oak Room, the event included a luncheon and cocktail reception.
[Photo by Gerry McPartland]
New members of the new society Phi Kappa Theta from (lower) left are shown: John Mancini,
Leonard Decaney, (upper left) Mark Voytek, Michael Voytek, and Steven Nims. Missing from
photo: Rich Barry. [Photo by Gerry McPartland
Phi Kappa Theta Returns
by Stephen J. Humes
The question of fraternity life on Fairfield's cam-pus
was revived recently when a group of six un-dergraduates
decided that they would like to
reactiviate a chapter of Phi Kappa Theta. This
fraternity, which is a national catholic organiza-tion,
officially opened a charter on this campus
in 1965.
Sophomore Michael Voytek got the idea for this
new interest when he met an alumnus of Fairfield
U. at a Bellermine function. Michael has since
collected five other interested students and
together these young men have revived an or-ganization
which has been stagnant for twelve
years.
The current organization includes Michael as
president, and John Mancini, Lenard Decanay,
Mark Voytek, Stephen Nims, and Richard Barry
as officers. Because it has been twelve years
since Phi Kappa Theta disbanded, the new lead-ers
decided to first form a society. The Society
of Phi Kappa Theta has petitioned F.U.S.A. to be
officially recognized as a campus club. After this
step, the organization which has a small group
of thirty members can begin to work toward their
own goals as an organization.
University officials are currently studying the
question of whether a fraternity would be benefi-cial
to our campus community. One official said
that the university would study the whole concept
of fraternities at Fairfield. One concern is the pos-sibility
that by saying yes to Phi Kappa Theta, they
would have to say yes to anyone who requests
another fraternity or sorority. On the other hand,
a different official commented that fraternities may
be a good way to improve social life on campus
especially considering fnpdnnking age changes
and the way it has affected campus life.
Phi Kappa Theta is a 95 year old fraternity which
has 55 active chapters all across the country. Only
25% of the universities and colleges which have
charters are catholic, the remaining are secular.
One significant benefit to Phi Kappa Theta is that
they are members of Pax Romana-lnternational
Movement of Catholic Students which is head-quartered
in Geneva, Switzerland. All members
are free to use an international network of free
rooming in foreign countries.
Michael Voytek said, "My goal as president is
to fill the gap of the past by picking up where they
(the old Phi Kappa Theta group) left off." He ex-plained
that one goal was to clean up the area
behind the library and set a memorial plaque in
the garden to honor three men who died very
young from this fraternity. He wants to carry out
this goal which was never accomplished in the
early seventies.
John Mancini explained that another goal was
to establish a scholarship fund which would be
used by needy fraternity members. A major em-phasis
is being placed on spiritual, intellectual,
and community goals. But John said they would
also plan social events for the society.
Perhaps the biggest goal of these founders of
the Society of Phi Kappa Theta is to have the
university recognize the organization as a frater-nity.
They feel this is a reasonable request espe-cially
considering the fact that formal proposals
were made early in the sixties which were studied
and approved. The charter to the fraternity has
never been taken away by the national organiza-tion,
and Fairfield University never gave any in-dication
in twelve years that it didn't want the
fratnerity on campus.
Reagan to Arrive on Campus
by Thomas P. Moore
For the first time since George Washington's
presidency, the town of Fairfield will be visited by
this nation's Chief Executive. Ronald Reagan, the
nation's fortieth chief executive, plans on land-ing
on Farfield's campus and motorcadingtothe
town hall for a political rally and to film a televi-sion
commercial tomorrow. The main event fea-tured
in Friday's festivities revolves around the
signing of Congressman Steward B. McKinney's
bill to include the islands of Chimon and Sheffield
(the Norwalk area) in the wildlife refuge bill which
was sponsored primarily by the Republican
representative from the fourth district.
During a political roundtable in the Campus
Center Lobby on Wednesday that dealt with the
election '84, congressional candidate, Dr. John
Orman, professor of politics here at Fairfield, com-mented
on the president's appearance by say-ing,
"My opponent (McKinney) has the president
flying in on Friday to campaign for him," refer-ring
to the uphill battle he has fought against the
seven term legislator.
Plans for a demonstration during the Reagan
rally were being put together by members of the
university politics department. Protesters were
planning on meeting at 12:30 at 611 Riverside
Drive on the day of the rally. Flyers describing
places to meet and instructing students to carry
signs were distributed in the Campus Center on
Wednesday.
The rally which is planned to begin at 2 p.m.
in front of the town hall on the Old Post Road,
will admit entrants to the area by tickets that are
being distributed through various persons who
are close to the Republican Party. The ticket
scheme that will be in effect has many similari-ties
to the way the Waterbury appearance was
run.
Before the president takes the podium, all set
up will be finalized between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.
A security check of the entire area will then take
place between the hours of 10:15 and 11:00 a.m.
This procedure includes putting ail of the crowd
through a series of metal detectors to insure that
a safely screen group of observers will be in front
of the president.
At noon the program will begin. Music and other
entertainment will continue until approximately
1:30 when 2 of Fairfield students along with a stu-dent
from Sacred Heart University, will perform
'Fritzbusters' The trio features David M. Rothbard,
'86, who is the Connecticut State Chairman of the
College Republicans, Linda Warde, '86, the
Secretary of the Fairfield College Republicans
and Janet Raschella, '85, at SHU. This crew per-formed
for the president's rally in Waterbury and
in many other locations in the New England area.