Mirror - Vol. 09, No. 21 - January 23, 1986

              The
FairfieldMIRRORY
Volume 9, No. 21 Thursday, January 23, 1986 The Image of Fairfield
STAG ANIA
by Dave DeFusco
It was thunderous. It was old time rock
'n roll. It was dancin' in the streets and rock-in*
down the highway. For the first ten
minutes of the second half it was like 'ol
times- 1977-78 revisited.
"Has it been that long?" you ask.
How long has what been?
"Has it been that long since the Stags have
jumped out to this good a start?" you
repeat.
Not since 1977-78 when the Stags hur-dled
to a 17-2 start have the Stags charged
out of the gate so fast- 12-4 overall, 5-0 in
the MAAC and headed for a possible
NCAA berth.
"NCAA berth?" you ask.
"It's too early to talk NCAA's," you say.
"The Stags still have Iona, Holy Cross
twice, and Fordham," you remind me.
Yes, but there is no denying the Stags are
on a roll. You could feel the emotional in-tensity
in the game against Fordham. The
fans willed it. They encouraged, cajoled,
and all but ran out on the court and help
them do it. The crowd cheered anyone, any-thing.
The frenzied Fairfield faithful greet-ed
new inductee to the F.U. Hall of Fame,
Steve Balkun, like a long lost brother. Most
didn't remember the contribution he made
to F.U. hoops in the late '70's. But that didn't
matter. This crowd cheered Father Bill.
This crowd would have cheered Terry
O'Connor.
Since the loss to UConn, Fairfield has
gone 10-1 and has won seven games by a
margin of five points or less. "This year
we're winning the close games," said a
weary Buonaguro. This can be attributed
Stag fans react as Fairfield's hoopmen defeat Fordham.
to a more patient offense, tight, aggressive
defense, and the reawakening of Pat Yeri-na.
At the beginning of the season, Yerina
(16 pts. 16 rebounds) said he wanted to go
out a winner. Playing in the best shape of
his career, he has gouged the.boards for 8.3
a game- 1st in the MAAC.
Tony George has been the big gun for the
Stags, though. He's been the high scorer for
12 of the 16 games andhasa21 point avg.-
19th in the country.
This game was no cake walk, however.
3,022 fans saw a 37-22 Fairfield bulge
slowly disintegrate when the Stags let down
and the Rams took advantage of turnovers
and missed free throws. "We don't handle
leads well, we're going to have to work on
that," lamented Buonaguro who would like
to avoid nailbiting finishes.
The Fordham game was a big win. The
next six games are against the MAAC (3
at home). "We're the hunted, now," says
Buonaguro.
So let's not jinx them. Don't do anything
[Photo by Remy Steiner}
different. Eat at Seller's at your regular
time. Keep watching the Colby's, and by
all means don't do something as unnatural
as going to the library on Thursday night.
Just go about your business- and keep com-ing
to the games.
Stephenson leaves Campus Center
FUSA Elections in the works
by Connie McKenna
The election process for next year's
FUSA president began Tuesday as prospec-tive
candidates picked up their petitions.
The presidential hopefuls need to obtain
twenty-five student signatures on their pe-titions
by January 29 in order to be consi-dered
an official candidate.Upon receipt of
the petitions, the FUSA Election Commit-tee
will read through them to make sure that
students have not signed petitions for more
than one candidate. Announcement of the
names of the official candidates will be held
on the evening of January 29, with cam-paigning
to begin at 8 p.m. that same
evening.
According to Kim Hale, Assistant Direc-tor
of the Campus Center,five students have
so far expressed their interest in running
for the position of FUSA president.The
names of these students, says Hale,"will be
disclosed on the twenty-ninth, after the
committee has determined the correctness
of the candidates'petitions."
The FUSA Presidential Primary will be
held on February 4, with the final election
slated for a week later, on February 11. pe-tition
"
The FUSA Assistant Director of the
Campus Center
by Kathryn King
Assistant Director of the Campus Center,
Gary Stephenson left the first week of Janu-ary
to enter the New Haven Police Acade-my,
according to Jim Fitzpatrick, Director
of University Activities. His responsibili-ties
have been divided among the campus
center staff.
Greg Morrison, a graduate assistant, has
been named permittee of the Stag-her Inn
on a temporary basis. Fitzpatrick has taken
charge of the responsibilities associated
with WVOF because of his involvement
with the station in the past semester. He has
also taken charge of building operations.
The programming has been split between
Kim Hale, Assistant Director of the Cam-pus
Center and Morrison. The rest of the
duties have been divided equally among the
staff.
"We would like to have someone new
named by April." Fitzpatrick is in the
process of redefining the job and the respon-siblities
this week. The University will be
advertising in "The Chronicle of Higher
Education" and contacting other colleges in
the Northeast. Fitzpatrick said that the pool
of candidates is smaller in the spring than
it is in the summer or fall.
Stephenson had been in the position since
November 1984. He had previously
worked in the University's Security. "He
had the courtesy to inform us" about his ap-plication
to tW New Haven Police, said
Fitzpatrick.
King remembered
Fiev. Arthur Langford. Jr. discusses the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
, [Photo by Karen Haney]'
by Jeanne Burke
As part of the university's observance of
the first federal holiday in honor of Dr.
Martin Luther King,Jr., Student Services
sponsored a lecture/drama by Rev. Arthur
Langford,Jr. Politics professor John Orman
called the presentation a time to "celebrate
the memory and legacy" of Dr. King and
to "renew our commitment to social justice
and peace."
Rev. Langford is a state senator from Ge-orgia
and a former member of the Atlanta
City Council. He has been performing
"Martin Luther King! a Portrait." Since
1969, the year after Dr. King's death.
Rev. Langford began by asking the au-dience
to let their minds travel back with
him to the year 1955, when the civil rights
movement began in Montgomery, Alaba-ma.
On December 1,1954, Mrs. Rosa
Parks was arrested for refusing to give up
her seat on a segregated bus to a white man.
This incident set off what Rev. Langford
called a "new American Revolution." For
over a year.blacks in Montgomery, led by
Dr. Martin Luther Kingjr., boycotted the
bus system, forcing officials to integrate it.
Dr. King and other leaders of the civil
rights movement persisted in their fight for
civil rights despite violent opposition and
reactions to their cause. Rev. Langford told
the story of a young black girl in Birmin-gham,
Alabama, who asked her mother if
she could go out in the streets and march
for freedom, as she saw other children do-ing.
Her mother said no because of the
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