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Volume 8, No. 14 Thursday, November 15, 1984 Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut 06430
Fairfield Honors Faculty
Incorporated 1977
by Thomas P. Moore
In a ceremony that was a half step away from
graduation, three Fairfield professors and the
President of New York University gathered in the
Oak Room with university officials and invited
guests for an academic awards convocation to
celebrate Fairfield's year of the humanities. Dr.
John Brademas, the President of N.Y.U., was in
the company of Professors Carmen F. Donna-rumma,
Arthur Ft. Riel, Jr., and Chester J. Stuart
who received honorary degrees from the univer-sity
last thursday evening.
Professors and administrators clad in academic
robes on the stage of the Oak Room, with the
combined mens and women's chorales singing
the university's alma mater, began the evening
that was held in celebration of Fairfield's Year of
the Humanities. The evening served as an
acknowledgement of the National Endowment for
the Humanities grant of 250,000 dollars in a
matching grant to the university last December.
Dr. Brademas delivered an address on the sig-nificance
of the humanities in the eighties. Dur-ing
the speech he outlined the various trends that
education has been through in the last couple
of years. The Harvard graduate and Rhodes
Scholar who remained at Oxford to earn his
graduate degree in Sociology, outlined the gradu-al
developments in education related legislation
that he worked on during his career as a congress-man
from Indiana from 1959-81. Comparisons of
N.Y.U. and Fairfield were drawn in the way of cur-riculum
requiring a liberal background and inte-gration
of specific areas of study with other
seemingly unrelated fields of study. In other areas
of education, the former congressman expressed
some optimism at the recent development in the
news that remarked upon the documented rise
in the number of students engaged in the foreign
languages. Topics also covered were the myth
that a background in the humanities could not
provide a good way to prepare for a career.
The three professors who were honored that
evening all hold the honor of being part of the
original faculty at the College of St. Robert Bel-larmine
of Fairfield as our university was known
by that title back in 1947, when the first class
enrolled here.
Donnarumma, a Waterbury resident who was
part of the prep faculty before becoming the first
chairman of politics at the college, has taught both
politics and history.
A Stratford resident who shares the characteris-tic
of serving in the Navy as the guest speaker,
Dr. Brademas did, Professor Riel served as a com-mentator
on "Fairfield University Interprets the
News" with the other honorary degree recipient,
Professor Chester J. Stuart.
The third professor who was honored that even-ing
has the unique credit of having taught 14
different subjects at the university. At different
times in his career Stuart served as the baseball
coach and moderator of the German and Edu-cation
clubs.
The award ceremony was followed by a cham-pagne
reception where the guests mingled with
various university officials and guests who were
in attendance for the convocation.
F.U.S.A. Presents
Career Spectrum"
by Martin P. Healy
The annual Career Spectrum open house was
held in the Oak Room on Wednesday, Nov. 7.
Representing fifty professions ranging from law
firms to various non-profit organizations, the event
attempted to present the many opportunities avail-able
to students of all majors.
Organized by F.U.S.A. Special Events Co-chairs,
Sue Scandale and Brenda Kenney, and
coordinated by Kate Beluzzi, this year's Career
Spectrum attempted to break the business orien-tation
of past similar events. In addition to the tradi-tional
corporations such as IBM and Proctor and
Gamble, such diverse interests as a free lance
writer, a private attorney and the Peace Corps
were represented. The firms discussed how stu-dents
could utilize their majors in the particular
fields as well as the application process, entry-level
positions, etc.
One of the major factors that contributed to the
event's success was the help of Counselor Alice
Haines. "In the beginning, we only had about 30
responses," explained Kate Beluzzi, "but Alice
Haines was able to contact a lot of friends who
had recently graduated from Fairfield and entered
the job market." The fifty careers featured were
more than ever before.
On the whole, the Career Spectrum earned
good feedback from students and participants.
"I was amazed at the job opportunities for En-glish
majors in a business such as Aetna," com-mented
senior Eileen Quirk. Added housemate
Maureen Hodges, "Sometimes the firms sought
you out. They were really willing to talk." The
career spokesmen themselves commended the
event for its professionalism.
Arthur R. Riel, Jr., (right) Professor of English, received an honorary degree from Rev. Aloy-sius
P. Kelly, S.J., University President (right). On Prof. Riel's left is Rev. Christopher F. Mooney,
S.J., Academic Vice President. [Photo by Gerry McPartland]
Students Simulate U.N.
by Christine Ryan
A Fairfield coalition from the International Re-lations
Club represented the country of Malta dur-ing
the Model United Nations held last weekend
at the University of Pennsylvania.
Seven representatives made the trip down and
participated in several diplomatic discussions
which were fashioned after the same procedures
of the United Nations. The head delegate was
Debbie Griffin. Along with the Security Council,
other issues confronted were disarmament, so-cial
and cultural issues and humanitarianism
around the world.
"Through the diplomatic process, you learn
how strong a word is," stated Susan Truss, presi-dent
of the club. There were fifteen other coun-tries
represented, and schools such as MIT,
Princeton, Smith College and Michigan State
were involved.
The duties of the Security Council represen-tative,
Chris Brown, included discussing the min-ing
of harbors in Nicaragua and a simulation of
the reaction of certain countries in the event of
a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua.
To prepare for the event, Chris Brown rehearsed
the position of someone "in charge of a non-allied
group." Ways of researching Malta's position and
other nations are to review the UN Chronicle and
various bulletins sent by the State Department.
The club also has close ties with Fairfield's Pol-itics
Department.
Members of the club who participated were
Chris Brown, Debbie Griffin, Len Rosati, Jean
Scarperi, Kurt Stephen, Ellen Walsh and Mary
Whelan. They were responsible for doing all the
lobbying and forming certain groups in blocs as
an indication of how the real United Nations
functions.
This is not a competition or contest. As in the
real diplomatic process, there are no winners or
losers on certain issues. Recognition is given to
the best delegates, but the group was unable to
remain in Pennsylvania for the end of the
program.
Under the humanitarianism .discussion, the
topics of refugees and torture were important
items. The social and cultural issues revolved
mostly around the situation in Ethiopia. They also
spoke about the Iran/Iraq War and freedom of the
seas.
There are approximately twenty regular mem-bers
of the club and all those who were available
last weekend were invited to attend. As a regular
fund-raising method, the club sells the Sunday
New York Times in the Campus Center.
Plans for the club's future include a trip to the
Harvard National ModelU.N< in February along
with the Latin American/Carribean Studies Pro-gram.
This trip will have two delegations, one
representing Latin America and the other
representing some African nation. Susan Truss
also hopes to have an open discussion with some
faculty members on pertinent topics of world is-sues.
There is no date scheduled for that event.
University Appoints Graduate Assistants
by Deirdre McPadden
James Fitzpatrick, Assistant Dean of Univer-sity
Activities, has recently announced two new
appointments to the Campus Center Staff. These
include the appointment of Kim Hale as the As-sistant
Director of University Activities, and that
of Gary Stephenson as Assistant Director of the
Campus Center.
. Miss Hale did her undergraduate work at the
University of Bridgeport between 1974 and 1978.
She is presently working on a Master's degree
in Recreation Administration, which she will
receive from Southern Connecticut State Univer-sity
in December of this year. Hale served as the
Executive Director at a Y.M.C.A. in Rhode Island,
before accepting the position of Assistant Direc-tor
of the Wheeler Recreation Center at the
University of Bridgeport. At this center, which
opened in 1979, Hale worked mainly with athletes.
The position of Assistant Director of University
Activities involves advising and assisting students
in activities here on campus. Miss Hale said that
she expects to be working very closely with
F.U.S.A., and that she feels that this position is
an excellent opportunity for her, for she has been
familiar with and interested in the Fairfield area
and the University itself for many years. "I've al-ways
wanted to be involved with ail students in
campus activities as opposed to only athletes or
those interested in sports," Kim explained.
Gary Stephenson, (left), Assistant Director of the Campus Center and Kim Hale, (right),
Assistant Director of University Activities are new members of the University administration.
Mr. Stephenson, a graduate of the University
of Maine, came to the University in 1978. Since
that time, he has held various administrative po-sitions
within the University. Stephenson acted
as a Head Resident for one year, before assum-ing
his role as Assistant Director of Student Resi-dences,
a position which'he held for two years.
Later, Stephenson was employed for three years
as a senior security officer with the University
Security Department. After these many years of
service to the Fairfield University community, and
after attending both the Fairfield University Gradu-ate
School of Education and the Fairfield Univer-sity
Graduate School of Communications, and
taking many courses in the area of counseling,
Mr. Stephenson has assumed his new position
as the Assistant Director of Campus Center Ac-tivities.
He is very much looking forward to this
new role. "Aside from my personal reasons," said
Stephenson, "I wanted to work with students in
a closer developmental role and atmosphere."
Stephenson's responsibilities will include much
work in the area of operations and finances, es-pecially
for the Stag-Her Inn. He will serve as
moderator for the University Radio Station,
W.V.O.F., as well as supervisor for all student em-ployees
in the Campus Center. Mr. Stephenson
expressed that he was glad to be working close-ly
in the area of student development.