Mirror - Vol. 09, No. 16 - November 07, 1985

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FairfieldMIRRORv Volume 9, No. 16 Thursday, November 7, 1985 The Image of Fairfield
Ehrlichman speaks
by Stephen J. Humes
John Ehrlichman, former aide to Richard
Nixon, returned last night to within five
miles of where his national political career
began to speak before an audience of
primarily students on current political
affairs.
Ehrlichman began his talk with a discus-sion
of the deficit in this country, calling
it the "central current problem." He cited
the significant cause for the deficit as com-ing
from the "non-purchase" part of the
government. Ehrlichman called on the new
Rand Report, a comprehensive analysis of
the deficit itself which was prepared by a
group of "think tanks" at Rand Corporation
in Los Angeles.
Later, Ehrlichman spoke on the current
Reagan Administration, comparing it to the
Nixon Administration. Ehrlichman said,
"The White House is still in disarray in the
transition from the election." According to
Ehrlichman, the transition is too long. He
said that after Nixon was elected, Nixon
called "compulsively" for everyone's resig-nation.
Nixon than reorganized and built
a new team. Ehrlichman said, "When the
Watergate balloon went up, it (Nixon's in-ternal
reorganization) was laid aside be-cause
it became too much for the press."
Ehrlichman has made to recent trips to
China. He said he first visited the country
to collect information for a Parade maga-zine
article, and then returned to investigate
material for a novel he is currently writ-ing.
Although recent publicity said other-wise,
he has nothing to do with the Reagan
administration.
The speaker, who was Nixon's chief
domestic advisor during the first adminis-tration,
was convicted of conspiracy for
Watergate cover-ups. He served 18 months
in prison.
Ehrlichman was presented to the students
by FUSA Arts and lectures. Ehrlichman
was paid $3,800 for his talk.
Apartheid issue stirs interest
by Connie McKenna
"Very pessimistic and deeply depressed,
or cautiously optimistic" was how Harvey
Feinberg, professor of history at Southern
Connecticut State College described his
feelings about recent turbulence in South
Africa. Feinberg's lecture, entitled "South
Africa: Has the Revolution Begun?" was
sponsored by the Politics Department and
was delivered on October 30.
Feinberg, who spent multiple weeks in
South Africa, describes the society as "com-plicated
and incomparable", and states that
there are no easy solutions to the problem
of apartheid. He added that "the whole of
the country is not burning as may be depict-ed
on the United States television. Much
of the violence is at night and on weekends
in segregated townships, and since there is
little South African television coverage, the
whites can easily separate themselves from
the poverty and the violence."
Feinberg expressed the belief that the
South African government is now "commit-ted
to change, but there are severe limita-tions
to that change," citing recent examples
of government's swing away from the apart-heid
system, as well as the limiting factors
in South African society to support his opin-ion.
Included in Feinberg's list of progres-sive
changes in South Africa include, the
new market place for jobs, the fact that bus-inesses
are "now hiring according to abili-ty."
Also the new laws which allow blacks
to participate in central government and
integrate political parties, as well as the fact
that theatres, restaurants and hotels are now
able to de-segregate their establishments,
are seen by Feinberg as positive steps.
Listed by Feinberg as a limiting factor
of change is the fact that there.is still
segregated housing and "no indication of
thinking otherwise." Feinberg states that the
most severely.limiting factor is the fact that
there is deep-seeded opposition to the "one-man,
one vote" theory, and this issue is not
being "discussed, considered or reflected
upon by government."
Feinberg concluded by saying that the
"present government is not threatened, the
amount of force being used which doesn't
represent the amount of force available, and
revolution is not just around the corner.
Change is imminent, but the government
always controls the pace of change."
John Ehrlichman addressed students in the Oakroom last night.
[Photo by Karen Haney]
Registration process begins
by Kathryn King
Registration for the spring semester be-gan
on Monday, November fourth, and will
end on Friday, November eighth. New
courses have been added and freshmen
choose their courses with their advisors in-stead
of being placed as they have been in
the past.
Notices are posted saying where regis-tration
is for each major. Most students ob-tain
opscan forms from advisors in their
majors. Freshmen register with the fresh-man
advisors. The deans think one to one
advising is important in a school the size
of Fairfield, according to Robert Russo,
university registrar.
The week after students register, the
forms are processed by computer. First,
they are scanned and the demand list is
printed. This shows how many students re-quest
each course." Before the computer-ized
system of registration began three
years ago, this was impossible.
The deans can see if they want to add
courses or cancel courses. "It really has
been helpful in the past few years," said
Russo. Courses may not be added immedi-ately
but they may be in the future. For ex-ample,
two years ago, there were two
sections of the Speech, Writing, and Deliv-ery
course. "Because a lot of people want-ed
it for interviewing experience, two more
sections have been added."
The computer then scans the opscan
sheets by priority. First, the seniors are
scheduled for their major courses, then the
juniors get their major courses, and so on.
Then the seniors get their second major or
minor courses, then the juniors, and soon.
Core courses follow and finally electives
are processed. Freshmen will be scheduled
for a course in their major before seniors
are scheduled for the same course as an
elective. Within classes, the priority is by
lottery number.
On November 20th to the 25th and De-cember
second to the tenth, students without
full schedules and conflicts can make ad-justments
at the Registrar. All other stu-dents
will receive their schedules before
reading day.
New courses include: Agriculture and
Food in the United States, Marxism Sys-tem
and Catholic Social Thought, Com-puter
Architecture, Ethics and the
Computer, Issues in Media Ethics, Creeds
and Christian Identity, Islam: Religion and
Institutions, Religions of China and Japan,
Programming the Personal Computer, Cor-porate
Communications, Marxism, Trans-atlantic
Currents.
WVOF back on air
Elections were held Tuesday in the Oakroom. Jackie Durrell was reelected as First Select-man
of Fairfield. [Photo by Jamie Given]
by Stephen J. Humes
The Board of Directors of WVOF, the
student-operated radio station, met last
Thursday and decided to reinstate the sta-tion
manager and suspend two DJs for the
remainder of the academic year, said one
university official.
Gary Stephcnson, assistant director ofthe
Campus Center, moderator ofWVOF and
administrative member of the Board, said
Tuesday that WVOF was back on the air
after last week's shutdown. The station was
closed by James Fitzpatrick, director of
university activities, on October 25 as a
result of a broadcast aired by two DJs, Joel
Gray and Bill Webb.
Stephenson said, "The Board recom-mended
to Mr. Fitzpatrick, and he in turn
recommended to Mr. Schimpf, that the sta-tion
be put back on the air after Mr. O'Leary
(the station manager) held a general meet-ing
with the entire staff of WVOF."
Stephenson added, "The Board also recom-mended
that O'Leary be reinstated as sta-tion
manager, effective immediately. The
Board recommended that a social sanction
be placed on the DJs, Gray and Webb, and
that their association with the WVOF club
be terminated for the minimum of an en-tire
academic year." Stephenson said that
the two DJs could come before the board
and reapply for readmission to the club af-ter
the academic year has been completed.
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