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Oxfam Forum
Orman/McKinney Talk Hunger
by Chris Tyler
and Paul Farrand
As a prelude to Oxfam fast, to be held on
November 15, John Orman and Stewart B. McKin-ney
both spoke before a small crowd in the Cam-pus
Center Lobby on Friday. The two
Congressional candidates spoke on the issue of
hunger and what can be done to alleviate this
global problem.
Mr. McKinney commented on many of the var-ious
problems faced by inhabitants of third world
nations. "There are some dishonest governments
that thwart the efforts that are made to feed these
people. Some governments take the food that we
have given to them for free and turn around and
sell it to the people for profit."
Food distribution is the biggest problem in
these countries, said the lectors. "India is capa-ble
of feeding its own people, but due to poor
transportation and poor storage facilities much
of the food rots in large piles in fields," comment-ed
Mr. McKinney.
The big goal of hunger programs is to raise the
awareness of other people to this problem and
develop a working relationship with other govern-ments
to remedy this situation.
On Thursday, November 15th, the Fairfield
University campus as well as other campuses and
communities around the United States will be par-ticipating
in the annual Oxfam America Fast.
For Fairfield University students on the meal
plan who are interested in fasting, your meal ticket
numbers will be collected in the Campus Center
lobby during lunch and dinner by members of the
Faith ahd Justice Coalition. Sign-ups will begin
on Thursday, November 8th, and continue
through lunch on Wednesday, November 14th.
A student can fast for one or three meals. If they
choose to fast for one meal, that meal must be
dinner. Seller's Food Service will then donate the
dollar equivalent of uneaten meals on Thursday,
November 15th, to Oxfam America.
Students not on the meal plan can also choose
to fast. Commuters and beach and townhouse
residents who choose to fast can donate the
money they would have spent on food that day
to Oxfam America. Donations can be made in the
Campus Center lobby during sign-ups for the fast.
Following the 10:00 a.m. liturgy in Loyola
Chapel, a breaking of the fast will take place in
the Campus Center mezzanine. Soup and bread
will be served, and everyone is welcome to par-ticipate.
Why are we fasting? By sharing your contribu-tion
of time and money you will develop a grow-ing
sense of self-esteem as someone who is
contributing to the improvement of the quality of
life of others. The money collected by Oxfam
America, because of your fasting, is used to sup-port
self-help projects which make a real differ-ence
in thousands of lives.
At her desk in Campus Ministry's Loyola offices, Susan Connery, the Assistant University
Chaplain, worked out the Hunger Forum by arranging to have McKinney and Orman speak here
last Friday. [Photo by Gerry McPartland]
Grad Schools Visit Campus
F.U.S.A. Recounts Townhouse Votes
by Christine Ryan
"There were three reasons for the revote," ac-cording
to John Mancini, "The major reason was
misrepresentation." Mancini, in his presentation
before the Student Court, brought up the rule of
one representative for every seventy-five students.
The townhouses, with six new legislators, were
in violation of this rule.
Last week, a revote was held and only four
representatives were voted on in the townhouses.
The case had appeared before the Student Court,
and the election had been declared unconstitu-tional.
"When I saw that there were 296 town-house
students and 306 in Jogues, and there were
six townhouse representatives, I knew there was
some mistake," declared Mancini. "Another
problem with the election was the incumbent star,
and a third problem was the ballots being invalid
without the University seal on them."
The problems resulted in a redefinition of the
election code. Now, incumbent is defined as one
who held a position in Student Legislature previ-ously,
not necessarily in that district. The next
election will include ballots with the official Univer-sity
seal.
"There had been a bill passed that allowed the
townhouses to select two additional representa-tives,"
stated Mancini. "However, that bill had
never been signed by Fran Kenneally." In the
event that a bill is unsigned, it is not officially a law.
by Christine Ryan
Representatives of over fifty graduate and
professional schools visited Fairfield last Tues-day
in an exposition sponsored by the Graduate
School of Corporate and Political Communication.
The visitors had tables set up throughout the
Oak Room and distributed brochures and appli-cations
to Fairfield seniors. The representatives
also answered questions posed by students.
There were five law schools, including Bridg-eport,
Boston College, and Western New En-gland.
Graduate schools of business, public
communication, social work, library service, art
and criminal justice were also involved.
Visitors who stopped by were invited to discuss
their questions with the counselors, and to view
brochures. One senior commented, "It gave me
a good indication of what is in store for me next
year."
Seniors who are planning to continue their edu-cation
on the graduate level should begin to
research possibilities now, since the application
procedure is getting underway. The schools
represented Tuesday were from the northeastern
states. According-to the graduate school here,
there are no plans for an exposition of colleges
in other areas yet.
Student Legislature Meets
by Martin Healy
Student Legislature began its fall session on
Monday, November 4, having been delayed by
reapportionment proceedings. In what is to re-
Reagan Landslide Destroys Mondale
by Chris Tyler
Before most California residents had eaten din-ner
the election was over. The three major net-works
had declared a decisive victory for the
President of the United States. Mr. Reagan has
also posted one of the biggest margins of victory
in the Electoral College, in the history of the coun-try.
Mr. Reagan received 525 electoral votes while
Mr. Mondale received just 13 electoral votes.
Polls taken prior to the election indicated that
the president had an 18 percent margin over the
Democratic challenger. These polls proved to be
accurate in this election, as the President received
approximately 59 percent of the popular vote and
Mr. Mondale received 41 percent of the vote.
Attention shifted during the election from the
presidential race to the races in the House and
Senate because they offered closer competition
between candidates. Most of the networks began
to emphasize the possibility of a 50 state sweep
for the president as soon as he was projected to
have more than 270 electoral votes.
The landslide election results are being termed
a mandate from the people in support of the presi-dent's
economic programs and an example of his
overwhelming popularity among the American
people.
Many political strategists had hoped that the
President would be able to pull Republicans into
the House of Representatives. This was not the
case, however, and the Senate, in fact, lost two
seats to the Democratic Party.
Dr. John Orman lost in his bid to unseat Stewart
B. McKinney and end McKinney's stronghold on
the Fourth Congressional District. Dr. Orman said
in an interview that he was out spent by about
twenty to one by Mr. McKinney.
In addition to grabbing traditionally Democrat-ically
aligned states such as Maryland, the Presi-dent
fared well in regions of the country that some
experts were slightly doubtful about on the day
of the election. It was feared that the states of Mas-sachusetts
and Ohio were into the Democratic
column, but this was not the case. In the Presi-dent's
speech from Los Angeles, he made the
same comment to the Dmeocrats that he made
on his recent trip to Fairfield. Said the President,
"I can't resist, but you ain't seen nothin' yet!"
form student government spending policy over
the next few years, F.U.S.A. president, Fran Ken-neally
proposed a bill dividing the unprecedent
$18,000 debt into more manageable installments
of $6,000 per year.
While F.U.S.A. usually runs a deficit by the end
of the year, the debt is usually within $3-4,000.
F.U.S.A.'s budget was raised from $60,000 to
$100,000 three years ago. The extra money has
amplified the accounting of the past few adminis-trations
and encouraged thoughtful yet imprac-tical
contributions to charities such as the United
Way.
"If F.U.S.A. was held responsible for recover-ing
the entire debt this year," Kenneally empha-sized,
"something would have to go-either a
portion of the $16,000 allocated for university
clubs, on a major event such as Dogwoods. A
range of plans for saving up to $10,000 this year
without such drastic action includes revamping
the entire accounting system, curtailing contri-butions
to charities and raising the F.U.S.A. fee
per student from $35-$50 a year.
The remainder of the session was devoted to
approving the amended budget proposals of the
various clubs, and passing a timely bill by Mike
McKeever concerning the right of students to col-lect
cans for deposit.
Mock Election Conducted
Tonight the President's office presents an invitation only, University convocation to honor (from
left to right) Professors Carmen F. Donnarumma. Arthur R. Riel, Jr. and Chester J. Stuart, all
three of whom have taught at Fairfield since 1947. [Photo by Karen HaneyJ
by Connie McKenna
Students had the opportunity to participate in
a mock election held in the Campus Center dur-ing
lunch and dinner on Thursday, November 1.
Sponsored by the Politics Club, the mock elec-tion
measured the votes for the Presidential can-didates
and asked other information about the
voter for poll purposes-.
According to Mary Dopman, President of the
Politics Club, "We had the general presumption
that Reagan would win the majority of votes be-cause
the campus is predominantly white, upper-.
middle class and shows strong Republican
support."
The election ballot asked the voters whether
they were male or female, and whether they con-sidered
themselves registered Republicans
Democrats or Independent voters, in addition to
whom they were voting for.
Out of a total of 840 student votes, 71% were
for Reagan/Bush, 28% were for Mondale/Ferraro,
and the remaining 1% wert votes for write-in can-didates.
Of those who consider themselves registered
Democrats, 71% voted for Mondale/Ferraro, and
29% cast their votes for Reagan/Bush. 95% of
the registered Republicans voted for Reagan, and
the other 5% voted for Mondale. Independent
voters were 68% in favor of Reagan/Bush, and
28% voted for Mondale/Ferraro, with the remain-ing
4% voting for other candidates.
There was no difference in whom both men and
women voted for, with 71% of both males and fe-males
voting for Reagan, and 28% of both sexes
voting for Mondale.