Mirror - Vol. 02, No. 01 - April 13, 1978

              THE
FAIRFIELD Volume k No. 13 March 2, 1978
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY, FAIRFIELD, CONN. 06430 MIRRORIncorporated 1977
O'Brien Inaugurated
Harriman Nigerian
Ambassador
Hereby Bob Schumm
On Wednesday, April 5, the
Nigerian Ambassador to the United
Nations, Leslie O. Harriman, held a
news conference here at the
University. The major topics of
concern were Cuban troops, the Carter
Administration, and human rights.
In reference to the United States in
the U.N., he stated, 'The U.S. is the
power behind the UN." adding, "this
power should not be abused."
Mr. Harriman felt the U.S. has not
lost any credibility but rather that the
Carter Administration has increased
America's credibility in the eyes of the
African nations.
He also commented that Andrew
Young, the controversial U.S. Am-bassador,
is well iikea by both Eastern
and Western nations and not
negatively received "as the American
press would have you believe."
When asked about the presence of
Cuban troops in Africa he answered
that the African nations do not resent
the Cuban troops. On the contrary,
they are welcomed so long as their
purpose is the defense of national
borders and not for invasion. He drew
the analogy that when France was
cont. on pg. 3
by Trudy Newhaus
Vinny O'Brien was officially sworn
in as President of The Fairfield
University Student Association
(FUSA), by Attorney General Barbara
D'nofrio, last Friday night. Hosted by
Father Fitzgerald, the Inauguration
was held in his private dining room in
the upstairs of the Campus Center, and
was attended by members of the in-coming
Cabinet and Mark Dorigan's
administration.
OBrien's Cabinet, as it will be
submitted to the legislature for their
approval, as follows:
Kevin Collins, O'Brien's op-position
in the FUSA election, will be
the Executive Director. In this
position, he will be responsible for co-ordinating
the various branches,
handling various problems, initiating
programs that arise and following up
on programs that have already been
begun. The executive director also
acts in the President's place at various
functions he is unable to attend;
manages the internal structure of the
government; and is responsible for the
dispersing and ordering of supplies,
and maintaining a regular schedule of
daily office hours.
Two new positions that OBrien has
instituted are the Associate Directors,
to be filled by Kevin Lawlor and Jim
Hoefner, also a former candidate in
this year's FUSA election. Commonly
referred to as "troubleshooters", their
job is to keep abreast of all that is
happening and to take quick, af-firmative
action on any issue that
should arise suddenly. Lawlor will be
dealing primarily with the ad-ministration,
and Hoefner with the
students.
Executive Secretary Katie Helm will
assist the President with scheduling
meetings and correspondence.
Denise D'Agostino, a junior ac-
WVOF Misuses
Student Funds
by Bob Schumm
WVOF, the student funded radio
station, has been misusing money for
personal telephone calls, the Mirror
has learned. During the present school
year, WVOF has spent in excess of 300
dollars in personal telephone calls
made by the staff, despite the
availability of a WATS line.
The monthly bill for WVOF's 259-
8020 service is $33.92 each month. In
the past month, though, $65 dollars
were spent on long distance telephone
calls. Some calls were made to private
homes while others have been traced
to college dorms.
The billing for the phone calls is
made directly to the University with a
printout being sent to WVOF by Mrs.
Samway. Gary Gunning, the past
business manager, said, "I just got the
printout from Mrs. Samway and
subtracted the amount of the bill."
The reason for billing the University
is that in the past the bills were sent to
WVOF but payment was sometimes
delayed resulting in interruption of
telephone service. In order to avoid
any interruption, the University
arranged to have the telephone bills
sent directly to itself without being
routed to WVOF first.
All the long distance calls made in
last month's bill were within the
University's WATS coverage area to
which WVOF has access. These long
distance calls are supposed to be
made on the WATS line with no
charge to the station.
Ed Coyne, WVOF's Station Manager
at the time, when asked about the
excesses in the telephone bill said,
"No comment at this time."
At a meeting of WVOF's Board of
Directors on Tuesday, two solutions to
the abuses were proposed. The first is
to submit the unauthorized calls to
the telephone company and request a
printout of to whom the calls were
made. An effort would then be made
to discover the identity of the caller
and approach him with a bill for the
calls that he/she made.
The second proposal was to have
the telephone company place a
restriction on the 8020 line so that no
calls could then be made outside the
local area. Any long distance calls
could then be made on a University
WATS line or through the University
switchboard.
"No one person is responsible"
stated Stan Hiriak, Consultant to
WVOF, when asked who should have
noticed the high telephone bill.
Brian Beusse, the present station
manager, when asked to comment
said, "There is a little problem and we
are working on it. It's nothing out-standing.
The staff doesn't realize the
WATS availability."
counting major, will fill the position of
Treasurer who is responsible for the
maintainence of all financial records
of FUSA, and initiates all requests for
official checks. She also advises the
executive on budgetary matters.
Debbie Fody will act as Comptroller.
Filling the position of Attorney
General will be Carmela Inneo, a
junior sociology major. Her job is to
advise the Executive branch on the
constitutionality of FUSA actions and
to act as Chief Prosecutor in the
Student Court.
Kevin "Swa" Healy is the Com-munications
Director who is
responsible for all communications,
both within the student government
and within the entire University. The
editor-in-chief of the Campus Crier is
Paul LaViolette, who will try to expand
the "Crier" to cover various events and
activities from New York City to
Hartford.
Fairfield's relationship with those
outside the University community,
such as intercollegiate relations and
those with private business in the area,
will be the concern of the Community
Affairs Director Joe Joyce.
In order to maintain contact bet-ween
the various aspects of the
University and to ensure concerted
action are the jobs of the Masons. The
Faculty Liason, Joe Jordano, should
maintain communication between the
Executive Branch and the University's
faculty. The Athletic Liasons, Mike
Robinson and Gary Bundy, wiii co-ordinate
the efforts of many of the
sports teams on campus, as well as the
intramural program. They will attempt
to improve both the quantity and
quality of the athletic programs of-fered
to the men and women at every
level. The Legislative Liason, Trudy
Neuhaus, guides Executive programs
through the Legislature, from com-mittee
hearings to the final vote. She
cont. on pg. 9
F.U.S.A. President O'Brien and top cabinet members, from left to right, Kevin
lawlor, Jim Hoefner, and Kevin Collins
Concert Selection Questioned
by Tucker Forman
Tower of Power and Ramsey Lewis,
the bands selected to play for this
upcoming Dogwood Weekend, have
been the subject of much controversy
and confusion regarding the method
in which these groups were chosen.
Three representatives of the S.E.C.,
Pete Hyzak, Steve Nicholson, and
Jimmy Sullivan, explained the
procedure used in the band selection.
According to Sullivan, "There was a
general membership meeting of the
SEC. held in Canisius 304 on the night
of Thursday, March 16. It was very
well advertised in the Campus Crier,
Campus Center Lobby, and the
mailroom, but approximately only 50
oeople showed up. A list of 35 groups
was distributed to those attending and
a vote was taken. The groups with the
highest vote tallies were J. Ceils and
Tower of Power. A second vote was
taken between these two and Tower of
Power won by 20 votes, thus making
them the band for Dogwood."
Asked if the location of the meeting
had any effect on the turnout,
Nicholson replied, "No, because the
last time we had a general mem-bership
meeting in Gonzaga
Auditorium and .only 24 people
showed up. That meeting had to do
with the Dickey Betts concert. On the
night of March 16, Canisius was the
only available site for our meeting."
He added, "You advertise but no one
comes to these meetings."
Commenting on Tower of Power,
Pete Hyzak said, "They should give an
excellent stage show. We are ex-pecting
a sellout."
For this concert, a total of 3000 seats
will be available in the gymnasium, a
capacity which is based on the
number of exits that will be in use on
the night of the show.
Since the dates for Dogwood are
chosen a year in advance, the list of
the 35 groups was limited due to
performances previously booked.
Later in the year plans were made
by S.E.C. to share expenses, profit and
seating capacity on a 50-50 basis with
the University of Bridgeport. UB and
Fairfield are receiving 1500 seats
apiece. Fairfield was given the right to
choose the band since it was the
occasion of our Dogwood Weekend.
Dogwood
Weekend Begins..
by Cindy Anderson
Dogwood Weekend, the biggest
semi-formal dance event of the year,
will begin Friday, April 14. The Student
Entertainment Committee has
scheduled a play for the evening of
Friday, April 14. A semi-formal dance
will follow on Saturday, April 15, with
music provided by the band, Nemesis.
The weekend will wrap up with Tower
of Power and Ramsey Lewis per-forming
in concert on Sunday, April
16. Tickets for the entire weekend
when purchased by the "package
plan" are $19.00 per couple.
"Don't Drink the Water", a play
written by Woody Allen, will be
presented by students of Fairfield at
7:30 and 10:00 on Friday in Gonzaga
Auditorium. A wine and cheese
reception will be held following the
first showing. The play, directed by
sophomore Bill Timoney, features the
acting of seniors Ned Burt and Bill
Shannon, among others. Tickets for
the play may be purchased separately
at the price of $1.00 per couple.
On Saturday, from 9:00 p.m. - 1:00
a.m. the Hartford-based band,
Nemesis, will perform in the gym-nasium,
providing dance music. Dress
is semi-formal, and the dance will be
B.Y.O.B. with mixers and ice supplied
by the S.E.C. Nemesis, who have
previously played at Fairfield, is
comprised of "eight fabulously
talented, sharply dressed guys on stage
who put out more music in one night
than most groups produce in one
week, "according to their promoters,
Master Talent. In regard to their
musical range, Master Talent states,
"... ready for anything with a diverse
repertoire of tunes by your favorite
artists ... from funk to heavy metal and
everything in between."
Steve Nichols, Chief Financial
officer of SEC, said in agreement,
'They run the gamut!" Nemesis'
partial song list includes popular tunes
by Steely Dan, Dave Mason, Earth,
Wind, and Fire, Beatles, and K.C and
the Sunshine Band.
To wrap up the weekend, BOD.
Concerts and the S.E.C will present
Ramsey Lewis and Tower of Power in
the gym at 8:30. Ramsey Lewis, a four-man
band, will perform jazz and rock
selections from their late album,
"Lovenotes", as well as their current
one, 'Tequilla Mockingbird". Lewis is
also known for having written
selections for Earth, Wind, and Fire.
Tower of Power, primarily a jazz
band, in recent years have grown more
towards rock. They have ten members
including a five-man brass section
which contains first and second tenor
sax, baritone sax, trumpet, trombone,
and fluegelhorn. Among their 'classics'
are the hits "What Is Hip?" and "Down
to the Nightclub".
Jim Sullivan, Director of Operations
for S.E.C, stated, "They are going to be
excellent in concert. They put on a
great show." Tickets for the concert
alone may be purchased outside of the
package at $5.00 per person for
students, and $6.00 for the general
public.