Mirror - Vol. 09, No. 02 - April 11, 1985

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Gov. O'Neill To Speak
At Commencement
Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut 06430 Incorporated 1977
Governor William A. O'Neill will be the principal
speaker at Fairfield University's 35th commence-ment
on Sunday, May 19 at 10:30 a.m. at Bellar-mine
Hall Terrace. He will also receive an honorary
doctor of laws degree.
The university will confer 660 bachelor's
degrees, 200 master's degrees and 50 certificates
of advanced study. Baccalaureate Mass will be
celebrated the previous day, Saturday, May 18,
at 4 p.m. at Bellarmine Terrace.
Other degree recipients receiving an honorary
doctor of humane letters, will be:
Arvin Brown, artistic director of the Long Wharf
Theater in New Haven for 18 years; the Rev. Ge-orge
W. MacRae, S.J., Stillman Professor of Ro-man
Catholic Theological Studies at Harvard
Divinity School; and Sister Mary Consolata
O'Connor, RSM, retired president of St. Joseph
College, West Hartford.
Gov. O'Neill has served as the state's chief ex-ecutive
since 1980 when the late Ella Grasso
resigned and he was elected to a four-year term
in 1982. In 1979, when Gov. Grasso was ailing,
the then Lieutenant Gov. O'Neill substituted for
her at the Fairfield University commencement and
accepted an honorary degree for her.
The governor has also served in the state legis-lature,
1966-1978 where he was majority leader
from 1975 to 1978; and was chairman of the New
England Coalition of Northeastern governors and
chairman of the New England Governors' Con-ference.
His honors include: Outstanding Legis-lative
Leadership from the Connecticut
Department of the American Legion, 1974; Dis-tinguished
Humanitarian, National Jewish Hospi-tal
and Research Center, 1981; the 1983 Ella T.
Grasso Award for outstanding contributions to the
development of Connecticut Hospice; the 1983
award of Remove Intoxicated Drivers; and the
1983 award of the National Association of Public
Television Stations for support of public television
and radio.
Arvin Brown joined the Long Wharf repertory
compnay in 1965 and has received the Variety
Critics and the Vernon Rice Awards for best off-
Broadway director; the Tony Award as best direc-tor,
twice; the Boston Theatre Critics Award as
best director; and the Connecticut Arts Award.
In New York, he has directed'A Day in the Death
of Joe Egg," currently on Broadway, as well as
plays by Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, David
Mamet, Lillian Hellman, Anton Chekovand Noel
Coward. He has directed 18 premiers at Long
Wharf as well as productions in London and in
major American cities. For television, he direct-ed
' Amahl and the Night Visitors" by Gian Carlo
Menotti for NBC in addition to productions for the
Public Broadcasting System.
. The Rev. George W. MacRae, S.J., taught at
Fairfield College Preparatory School from 1954-56
and was later professor of New Testament Studies
at Weston School of Theology, Weston, Mass.,
and visiting lecturer at Boston College and Pope
John XXIII National Seminary in Weston.
Father MacRae is the editor of "New Testament
Abstract;" trustee of Fordham University and of
the College of the Holy Cross; rector of the Ecu-menical
Institute for Theological Research in
Jerusalem; and is a member of editorial boards
of many journals and managraph series as well
as consultant to universities and professional and
learned societies.
He was born in Lynn, Mass., and was educat-ed
at St. John's Preparatory School, Danvers,
Mass.; and received degrees from Boston Col-lege
(A.B.), Jesuit College at Louvain, Belgium,
(Ph.L.), Johns Hopkins University (M.A.), Weston
School of Theology (S.T.L.) and Cambridge
University (Ph.D.). He entered the Society of Je-sus
in 1948 and was ordained in 1960.
Sister Mary Consolata O'Connor, RSM, served
St. Joseph College in West Hartford as an ad-ministrator
and a member of the faculty for 30
years, including president 1969-1984. After earn-ing
a bachelor's degree in economics and busi-ness
from St. Joseph, she taught in elementary
and secondary schools in Hartford before con-tinuing
her studies at Catholic University of Ameri-ca
where she earned master's and doctoral
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Governor William O'Neill will be addressing this year's graduating class on May 19.
[courtesy of public relations]
Senior Week Plans Begin
by Gina Zarlengo
and Shaun O'Leary
Senior Week preparations are under way, try-ing
to make this year's Senior Week the best Fair-field
has ever seen. The theme is "Fairfield goes
to the Big Apple" and each of the events will have
themes relating to New York. To 'kickoff' the
preparations for Senior Week, there will be a Logo
Unveiling and ribbon cutting ceremony in the
Campus Center Lobby, on Tuesday, April 16, at
11:35 a.m. WVOF will be broadcasting the fes-tivities
live and the sub-chairs and co-chairs from
last year and this year will be on hand.
University Names Buonaguro Head Coach
by Stephen J. Humes
Almost one month after Terry O'Connor's con-tract
was terminated, Fairfield University has ap-pointed
Mitch Buonaguro, formerly of Villanova
University, to the position of men's head basket-ball
coach and assistant athletic director. The an-nouncement
was made Thursday in an Oak
Room press conference before administration
and faculty, students and players, and members
of the press.
Rev. Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J., University Presi-dent,
said, "I want to thank the members of the
search committee... I could not be more pleased
with the outcome." The search committee con-sisted
of five members - Chairman Robert Bren-nan,
Rev. John Higgins, S.J., Executive Assistant
to the President; William Miles, Chairman of the
Board of Trustees; Stephen Jakab, Associate
Provost; and C. Donald Cook, University Athletic
Director.
Cook introduced Buonaguro saying that he was
selected from an applicant pool including nine
NCAA Division I coaches, thirty assistant coaches
from Division I, and a mix from Division II and II
and high school coaches.
"It's certainly a tremendous day for me,"
Buonaguro said. "I think I've paid my dues. Fair-field
University is the type of school at which I
have always-wanted to coach."
Cook said the goal of the search committee was
to select a coach who could meet long-range
goals. These goals, he said, were to content in
the MAAC conference (Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference), win the conference championship,
and a subsequent berth in the NCAA tournament.
Buonaguro, who joined Villanova's men's
basketball team as assistant coach in 1977, said,
"I'm here to do the best I can for Fairfield and
the MAAC." He added, "I'm going to approach
it like its the best league." Buonaguro was promot-ed
to the position of associate head coach by Rol-lie
Massimino, head coach of Villanova, who
recently captured the NCAA Championship by
defeating Georgetown.
Buonaguro is considered to be a strong recruit-er.
While at Villanova, he recruited John Pinone,
Stewart Granger, Ed Pickney, Harold Jensen and
Harold Pressley. The latter three started in the
championship game on April 1.
One of his^plans for recruiting will be to lure
high school prospects from within the state. In the
past, Fairfield and other area schools have had
difficulty recruiting Connecticut players.
Buonaguro said, "I feel very strongly about
recruiting players in Connecticut. That's going to \
be one of my emphases—to cultivate state
coaches."
Senior Week ideas, events, decorations and be-hind
the scenes work is all accomplished bymem-bers
of the Junior class. Co-chairs for this year
are Marie Mateos and Tom Begley. Alicia Williams
and Donna DiPietro are running the "Breakfast
at Tiffany's" brunch, held on Wednesday, May
15 from 12-2 p.m. Thanks to the Alumni, the
brunch is FREE! That night Steve Humes and
Michelle McCahill are responsible for "Nightclub
Night" in the Oak Room, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Price of
$6.00 includes beer and wine. The "Picnic in Cen-tral
Park" held at Sherwood Island, is Thursday,
the 16th from 12-6 p.m. It is being planned by Mary
Faruggio and Devin Keane. The $9.00 ticket price
includes transportation, food and beer. Joe Heller
and Maureen Sullivan are bringing one of the Big
Apple's hottest spots to Fairfield on Friday, May
17th. "Studio 85" will open at 9 p.m. and the cover
charge is $10.00/person. A "Carriage Ride Down
Broadway" is the theme of the parent's dance
in Alumni Hall. Lucia DeFilippis and Michael Per-one
are the designers of "Night of 85 Stars" to
be held in the Campus Center. The ticket price
for both dances is $11.00/person.
Other Sub-chair positions include: Slide Show,
Jeffrey Ford and Eileen Petruzillo; Alcohol, Tom
Cuitum and James Entwistle; Tickets/Publicity,
Shaun O'Leary and Gina Zarlengo; Parent's
Needs, Patty Reidy and Kathy Krall; Worker's
Needs, Joan Manning and Fran Reed; Trouble
Shooters, Lynne LaPrise and Kathryn King; Secu-rity,
Mary Dopman; Treasurer, Mike LeBlanc; and
secretary, Eileen Corbliss. Special thanks go to
Gary Stephenson, Assistant Director of Campus
Center, Kim Hale, Director of Campus Activities,
Graduate Assistants Peggy Alexander, John So-higan
and Katy Malone, and James Fitzpatrick,
Campus Center Director.
Tickets for this spectacular week will be sold
in the Oak Room for three consecutive Tuesdays:
April 23, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; April 30, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.;
and May 7, 9 a.m.-noon. "Congratulations
Seniors, this week is for you!," said Marie Mateos.
Kelley Explains Tuition Kikes
Mitch Buonaguro was recently selected as the new Head Basketball Coach, filling the vacancy
made after Terry O'Connors' departure. The announcement was made at a press conference
last Thursday. April 4. [Photo by Karen Haney]
by Chris Tyler
According to Rev. Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J., the
recent increase in tuition at Fairfield University
is designed to cover costs for the improvement
of the quality in the education at Fairfield.
Father Kelley cited a report that stated colleges
often experience price increases that are great-er
than the Consumer Price Index. The figure,
the Higher Education Price Index, shows how
prices for library materials and other products in-crease
more sharply than the prices for other
products. In addition, the tuition increases will pay
for normal operational expenditures such as
maintenance and renovations. Next year's in-crease
will also go towards purchasing library
materials (i.e., periodicals and books) and new
computers on campus.
According to the President there is also a gap
between the actual cost of education and the dol-lar
amount paid each semester. In an effort to cor-rect
this widening gap, incoming freshmen will
pay an extra two hundred dollars in tuition. Said
Fr. Kelley, "Parents of present students have a
good idea of what the increases are going to be
and it is more fair to charge the incoming students
the increase."
Kelley stated that the increase in the budget
is a two-part increase. The first part being an in-flationary
adjustment to cover the increased cost
of operations. The second part of the increase
helps to improve the quality above and beyond
the point where you have maintained a "status
quo." "You can't do everything at the level you
want to because you're dealing with limited
resources," said Fr. Kelley.