Mirror - Vol. 10, No. 06 - September 04, 1986

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FairfieldMIRRORv Volume 10, No. 6 Our Tenth Year Thursday, September 4, 1986 The Image of Fairfield
1990 ARRIVES
[Photo by Andrea Whitehouse]
Summer News Briefs
By Joseph Draper
Cook resigns as A.D.
On June 17 Donald Cook handed in his
letter of resignation as Athletic Director to
Rev. Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J. President of
the University. In his letter Cook wrote "I
have sensed a growing conviction within
myself that I had accomplished about all I
could here at Fairfield."
Citing the stability of the program, par-ticularly
Basketball, Cook wrote that he felt
that he had "run the full course of new goals
that were realistic to achieve."
Cook left after receiving an offer to be
the Athletic Director at the University of
Hartford. Hartford is currently in the midst
of expanding its sports programs to the Di-vision
I level including its basketball team.
"I saw the ingredients for success there:
the Hartford Civic Center, their financial
commitment to the program, and the grow-ing
enthusiasm of all the people I met in the
great city of Hartford." Cook wrote.
Cook's contributions to Fairfield are
numerous. A 1963 graduate, Cook was
coach of the baseball team for 19 years,
winning over 250 games as he built the team
into a Division I power. Since 1971 he had
served as Athletic Director. He was also
a founder of the Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference and served as its first president.
In recognition ofhis accomplishments Cook
was inducted into the Fairfield University
Alumni Association Athlectic Hall of
Fame.
Tamma O'mara was named interim Ath-letic
Director by Mr. William Schimf Vice
President of Student Services. Mr. Schimf
is in the midst of evaluating the final candi-dates
that were interviewed by a search
committee. The committee was Chaired by
Steven Jacob (Assistant Provost). Also on
the committee were Tamma O'mara, wom-en's
basketball coach Diane Nolan, Alum-ni
President Bruce Howard, Rev Laurence
O'Neil S.J. of the Career Center, Dr. John
J. Boitano, Professor of Psychology, and
Brian Flaherty Vice President of Student
Life for FUSA.
The announcement is expected in early
September.
Financial Aid moves to Gonzaga
The offices of Financial Aid were moved
to Gonzaga ground in a series of moves at-tempting
to alleviate the serious office space
shortage on campus. Financial Aid moves
into what had been the offices occupied by
Upward Bound. Upward Bound is a feder-ally
funded program that assists under-privileged
high school students to qualify
and enroll in college.
In July this chapter of the program lost
its grant as it failed to achieve the grade of
97 out of 100. Acting Director Shane
Gaskins said they received a grade of "96
point something. We missed by a fraction
of a point."
Upward Bound was assisting 110 high
school students. The students are screened
at the end oftheir freshman year. For three
years they go to school on Saturdays from
September to May. In addition there is a
five week intensive program designed to
give the students a head start in learning and
discipline in studying.
The program had a twenty year affilia-tion
with Fairfield.
Financial Aid had been in Loyola on the
ground floor. In its place is a conference
room for Student Services to replace one
lost two years ago. Another room has been
given over to Campus Ministry to alleviate
space constraints there. In addition Loyola
students will have the convience of a cen-tral
laundry room. It is the last dorm on the
quad to receive a laundry room.
The famous V-l Sculpture has been replaced another interesting work as of yet unidentified.
[Photo by Joseph Draper]
Hooters Here Sept. 20
by David Wunsch
The Hooters, a CBS recording act, will
perform at Fairfield's Alumni Hall on the
20th of this month.
FUSA, the sponsor ofthis event, will sell
tickets for the concert from September
fourth to the fourteenth for the price of 13
dollars with a validated Fairfield ID card.
After the 14th, the tickets will be made
available to the general public at a price of
15 dollars.
John Shine, chairman of the Student En-tertainment
Committee of FUSA, is respon-sible
for the Hooters playing Fairfield. He
feels excited about the prospect of a "pre-mier
band" playing the school.
FUSA anticipates a large crowd for the
event, as Kim Hale, a FUSA advisor, put
it, "We expect to sell out." No alcohol will
be served at the concert but FUSA feels that
won't play a major factor in the size of the
crowd.
The show starts at 8pm. An opening act
has been annouced also. Rodney Crowell
will open for the Hooters. The Hooters are
best known for their 1985 release "Nervous
Night."
INSIDE THIS WEEK
News 1, 2
Editorials 3
Doonesbury 3
Arts & Entertainment 4, 5, 10
Orientation Spread 6, 7
Features 8, 9