Mirror - Vol. 09, No. 04 - April 25, 1985

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New Major This Fall
Communication/Arts Begins
Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut 06430 Incorporated 1977
by Thomas P. Moore
Last month the Connecticut Board of Gover-nors
both gave their licensing and accreditation
to Fairfield University and its Communication Arts
major.
Rev. Edward J. Lynch, S.J., the Dean of the
Graduate School of Corporate and Political Com-munication
at Fairfield University who was the
chairman of the committee that drew up the
proposal that went to Hartford before the State
Department of Higher Education, said that over
the next three years, 120 students will be enrolled
in the program of Communication Arts starting
in the Fall of 1985.
Areas of concentration in the major will be film,
television, radio and professional communication.
The curriculum of the new major will draw heavi-ly
on the already existing courses in areas such
as Fine Arts, English, Sociology, Politics and Bus-iness
as well as courses drawn from the Gradu-ate
School of Corporate and Political
Communication and newly designed courses.
The overwhelming demand for courses in the
area in Communication and the high number of
students who have declared a Communications
Minor as well as the demand of High School stu-dents
for a program that has a major in Commu-nications
combined to push the school toward
designing a program.
Fairfield joins over twenty Jesuit Colleges and
universities in the country that now offer commu-nication
arts programs. Fr. Lynch commented on
the new major by saying that, "Graduates will
have the broad based foundation of all of our
Liberal Arts students and will be required to com-plete
the core curriculum as well as 36 credits
in their major."
Countering accusations that the Communica-tions
Arts major was a move towards a more tech-nical
degree, Fr. Lynch commented strongly by
saying, that the interdiscipliary nature of the pro-gram
assures that it is not a technical course.
Continued on page 2
With the warm arrival of spring, short-sleeve shirts, shorts and stretching out
or at the beach is a good way to relax before the coming finals.
[Photo by
on the grass
Karen Haney]
Campus Artwork Finds New Location
Surveying in the wooded area behind Claver
and Kostka took place last week as preliminary
planning for the new Fine Arts Center con-timinuueess,.
' ^photo by step,,,,,, j Humesj
by Chris Tyler
Rosie, the statue, that was placed near the
center for Financial Studies has been moved to
a new location near Kostka Hall.
According to University Provost Dr. John
Barone, the sculpture was moved as a direct result
of the protests made when the statue was origi-nally
brought on campus some months ago.
Barone also stated that the location the statue was
Chemistry Department
Receives Funding Grant
by Ken Santopietro
The Chemistry department has received a
grant of $55,000 in the form of state-of-the-art anal-ysis
equipment from the Perkin-Elmer Cor-poration.
Dr. Gary Weddle, professor of Chemistry said,
"One problem of a university our size is to keep
the (science) equipment current, so we filed with
Perkin-Elmer for a competitive educational grant."
Mr. Charles Dayton, Public Relations director of
Perkin-Elmer said, "Because Fairfield Universi-ty's
facilities are local and they showed us a par-ticularly
good Chemistry department, they re-ceived
this grant."
In November Perkin-Elmer gave the Chemis-try
department a 7500 Professional Computer, two
infared spectrophotometers, a general purpose
interface module, terminal, printer, and software.
Dr. Weddle said, "The expansion of this general
purpose computer is open-ended with the devel-opment
of new software."
Chemistry courses, like Instrumental Analyti-cal
Instrumental Chemistry, have benefited from
these computer-operated analysis instruments
which are used in industry. "This equipment was
incorporated so Chemistry majors are more pre-pared
to move into industry or graduate work,"
said Dr. Weddle.
The Perkin-Elmer Corporation is based in Nor-walk,
CT. They produce analytical instruments,
semi-conductor equipment, computers, and
electro-optical systems.
placed in originally was deemed as "inappropri-ate"
and as a result the university's space coflP"
mittee began reviewing suggestions for
alternative locations.
Dr. Philip Eliasoph of the Fine Arts department,
stated that a standing committee, comprised of
several faculty members, made suggestions for
a new location for the sculpture. The original site
suggested, which was behind the Campus
Center, was rejected, but a proposal to move the
artwork to its Kostka Hall location was approved.
The work to move the statue began approxi-mately
ten days ago. Ron Dalton stated that the
work order for the job was filled beginning April
17 and was completed on April 19. Dalton ex-plained
that work done involved the disassem-bly
of the statue and the removal of its frame and
base. The sculpture then had to be moved to its
new location after a new site had been cleared
and readied and then reassembled. Dalton added
that the second installation of Rosie was less time
consuming because the frame on which the
statue rests was already built.
i5r."Hlasoph also stated that he was not alarmed
by reports that Rosie had a student climbing on
it and sitting on it. Said Eliasoph, "As long as they
don't become physically abusive there is no
problem. The students can become involved in
the piece and can participate in it. They can be-come
engaged in the work."
[Photo by Stephen J. Humes]
English Names Cabinet Members
Friday night's 'Airbands' once again proved to be an entertaining evening for all.
[Photo by Michelle Byrd)
by Connie McKenna
F.U.S.A. president Jim English appointed his
cabinet last week, creating three new cabinet po-sitions
in the process.
The new position of Daytime Programming was
filled by Chris McNulty. His job, according to En-glish,
will be to "assure quality programs every
week in the campus center." McNulty is striving
for "regularity" in his development of next year's
programs. "We're trying to plan for a weekly event
to take place in the campus center lobby during
the day." McNulty's plans include exhibitions of
student art, debate forums at least once a month,
and talks by Jim English to provide better com-munication
with the student body.
The duties of the newly created Financial
Manager will be to inform the students of F.U.S.A.'s
financial standing, to manage endowments, and
to plan for F.U.S.A.'s financial future. Kerry Smith
was appointed Financial Manager. Suzi Lorentz,
Vice-President of Government Operations, will be
in charge of F.U.S.A. membership, will deal in com-munications
and will serve as an office manager.
Other appointments include Kerry Besnia,
Vice-President of Student Activities, and John
Mancini, Vice-President of Student Life. Manci-ni's
basic goal for next year is to improve rela-tions
on behalf of Fairfield students with the
administration. "We have to make people aware
that their input should influence administration's
decisions. Our real aim is to make administration
view their decisions in terms of the effects on the
students, not just the effects on administration."
Pat Leeber was appointed as Treasurer, and Chris
Ritchie as Club Co-ordinator.
The positions of Academics and Student Serv-ices
are filled by Rich Fahey and Tom Kushner,
respectively. Don Ciampi, Caitlin O'Connell and
Guy Irace will pool their efforts as Oak
Room/Coffee House cabinet members, just as
GinaZarlengo, Annette Agati and Brian Flaherty
will work together on Special Events. Special
Events is planning to continue their fund raising
events next year. Zarlengo stated that their over-all
goal is to continue the good reputation that
she feels Special Events has earned, "and get
more students involved so that everyone has a
good time and the events are run smoothly and
successfully."
Sports and Leisure cabinet positions are filled
by Paul Harason and Patti Potuznik, and Arts and
Lectures will bn taken care of by Jeff Ford and
John Shine. Mike Miller and Anne Micale are the
Publicity cabinet members.
INSIDE THIS WEEK:
News 1-3
Editorials 4,5
Politics 6,7
Features:
The Year In Retrospect 8,9
Dr. Farnham Speaks Out. 10
Sib Weekend. 70
Juniors on 400 Nights 11
Arts & Entertainment 72-74
Sports 75,76