Mirror - Vol. 09, No. 20 - December 12, 1985

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Volume 9, No. 20 Thursday, December 12, 1985 The Image of Fairfield
Sophomores were asked to boycott the townhouse lottery last Thursday.
[Photo by Karen Haney]
Board of Trustees meets
by Denise Murphy
The Fairfield University Board of
Trustees met on campus this past Friday,
December 6. George W. Diffley, vice-president
of university advancement
remarked on the group's discussion of the
university's investments in South Africa. He
stated, "The minutes of the meeting have
been prepared. However, the formal an-nouncement
must be reviewed by the
University Council before release. A state-ment
will be forthcoming."
In addition to its concern over invest-ment,
a three man subcommittee of the
Board also gave its attention to the issue of
Student Life. The subcommittee included
Fr. Gonzalez, S.J. chairman of the subcom-mittee
from University of Scranton, Fr.
McGeevey, S.J. of St. Peters College, and
Charles Houston, a Fairfield alumnus
working with Georgetown. Following a
tour of WVOF, the Board met with mem-bers
of the Social Policy Planning Commit-tee,
a standing committee of eight members
formed by John Mancini, vice-president of
Student Life, in order to aid in the commu-nication
between the administration and the
student body. Because FUSA changes its
president and Cabinet each year, it is often
difficult for the university to maintain open
lines of communication. Mancini's commit-tee
was designed to alleviate this problem
as it is comprised of one sophomore, five
juniors and two seniors.
Members of the Social Policy Planning
Committee have worked to examine and
redefine student social life. They have come
to the conclusion that students have differ-ent
needs than they had four years ago.
Oakrooms alone will now not satisfy the
average Fairfield student. Mancini attrib-utes
this change to the fact that "Fairfield
is now attracting a new breed of student."
Creative programming which will consist
of more lectures, films, dormitory activi-ties,
and trips offcampus will be increased.
In April, Mancini hopes to submit a docu-ment
to the students, administration, and
the Board reporting the findings of a poll
to be taken on student interests.
Mancini was very pleased with the out-come
of the meeting and commented, "If
there is any governing body which I have
seen in my four years experience tht is con-cerned
with student viewoints, it is the
Board of Trustees. They have been very
open with us." The committee plans to meet
three more times over the remainder of the
academic year.
Townhouse boycott proposed
by Connie McKenna
The majority of the sophomore class
gathered in the Oakroom last Thursday to
discuss townhouse lottery procedures. John
Mancini, Vice-President of Student Life,
and Tom Kushner, also of FUSA, present-ed
their views on the current allocation of
townhouses between the junior and senior
class. Both Mancini and Kushner are in
favor of "senior priority" in the townhouses,
a policy which would change the present
distribution rationof 70% seniors and 30%
juniors to 100% senior housing in the town-houses.
Mancini asserted that "those of you
(Sophomores) who support the 70/30 ra-tio
must face the realization that there's a
good chance you'll never have the oppor-tunity
to live in a townhouse before you
leave Fairfield U." Waiting until senior year
to apply for a townhouse, says Mancini, "in-sures
that almost everyone who wants to
will get a townhouse for at least one year."
To effect the change which they advo-cate,
Mancini and Kushner proposed a boy-cott
of the townhouse lottery system by the
sophomore class. "A boycott will show Mr.
Schimpf and Student Services the real con-cern
which the student have about the poli-cy."
says Kushner.
Kushner added that FUSA has been try-ing
for two years to get the policy changed
but "By going through administrative chan-nels
we've achieved nothing." A boycott of
the lottery will "circumvent the system and
make actions speak louder than words," said
Kushner. Mancini adds, "FUSA and the ad-ministration
realize that you're the class in
power, and we're not going anywhere
without your support."
The townhouse lottery will be held in
March, allowing time for the sophomore
class to "mull over and think about the ideas
and proposals we've made," stated Kushner.
Senior Week plans begin
by Kathryn King
Applications for Senior Week workers
are available now. Only two co-chairs,
about 27 sub-chairs and 80 workers will be
needed from the junior class, according to
Greg Morrison, graduate assistant.
Students can pick up applications at the
information booth or the campus center
office. The deadline for submitting them is
December 19th.
In the application, the student is asked to
list three references, involvement in activi-ties,
and G.P.A. "From these (applica-tions),
we will choose who we think should
have interviews for co-chairs," said Mor-rison.
The decision will be made after
Christmas break.
The co-chairs will then choose the sub-chairs
and committee workers. Senior
Week will be from Wednesday, May 14th
to Saturday, May 17th. "It will be pretty
much the same format as last year," said
Morrison.
WVOF to broadcastgames
by Kathryn King
For the first time, WVOF will be broad-casting
away basketball games. The Fair-field
University Alumni Association is
sponsoring the broadcasting, according to
Richard Popilowski, director of Alumni
Relations.
WNAB has broadcast the basketball
games in the past but it went bankrupt and
no longer transmits. No other local radio
stations would broadcast the games so
Donald Cook, University Athletic Direc-tor,
sent a proposal to the Alumni Associa-tion
requesting support.
He said that the Alumni Board of Direc-tors
approved the sponsorship on Decem-ber
fourth. "This was really an emergency
situation," said Popilowski. "It was worm
our sponsoring it." There are 4,000 to 6,000
alumni in the listening area.
"We're paying the bulk of the expenses,"
said Popilowski. The first game broadcast
was at Brown. The Alumni Association is
donating $3,870 for all 14 away games.
"We felt strongly that students, alumni, and
friends of the university should be able to
hear the games." Bob Hueslser, who an-nounced
the games last year is also an-nouncing
this year's games.
Oak Room a success
Kinetic Sect the opening act for the Untouchables, played to a capacity crowd Friday night.
[Photo by Karen Haney]
by Cheryl Bassett
The lights went out, the crowd came to
life, and the Untouchables took the stage
before a sellout crowd in the Oak Room last
Friday night.
The Untouchables, a Los Angeles based
"American ska" group had just completed
a European tour. Brian Sutton, producer of
WVOF's Friday Afternoon Show, chose the
band after seeing them perform with UB-40
earlier this year. "I thought their reggae-punk
style would be good music for an Oak
Room concert-dance, "said Sutton.
Kinetic Sect warmed up for The Untouch-ables
with a variety of original "progres-sive
pop" tunes. The group from Fairfield
County returned for two encores in
response to the crowd's cheers.
Co-sponsors of the event, WVOF and the
MIRROR, were pleased with the sellout
even though they took a loss of about $800.
Almost 200 tickets had to be cut to allow
for the drinking "corral" which was elbow
to elbow, especially during the break be-tween
bands. Workers from the Stag-Her
Inn were in charge of the drinking section
Friday night. T.J. Paoletta, a security wor-ker,
reported no problems with the drink-ing
policy in the Oak Room that night.
"Overall, it was a very successful event
for us, and we're glad we did it," said Steve
Humes, Editor-in-Chief of the MIRROR.