Mirror - Vol. 10, No. 11 - October 09, 1986

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FairfieldMIRRORv Volume 10, No. 11 Our Tenth Year Thursday, October 9, 1986 The Image of Fairfield
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Plans to build 29 new townhouses were challenged last week at the Town Plan and Zoning
Commission meeting. [Photo by Andrea Whitehouse]
Professional nights begin
By Jedd Sherman
Last Thursday night, Larry Loiello, 79,
gave the first of four scheduled lectures in
the Alumni Career Professional Night lec-ture
series at Southwell Hall. His informal
talk covered the good employment oppor-tunities
to be found in the field of advertis-ing.
Larry, who had graduated as an
accounting major, decided that accounting
wasn't for him when he decided to look into
advertising as a refreshing career change.
He attained an entry level position with
the large New York- based advertising
agency, Benton and Bowles. Three years
down the road, Larry tried a brief foray into
sales with McCall's magazine, but felt that
advertising offered him the most challenges
and rewards. So, he returned to advertis-ing
with the New York-based advertising
agency, Warwick Advertising. At 29, Lar-ry
is now vice-president of media with
Warwick, and says that he is glad he
switched from accounting to advertising.
"Advertising offers both creative expres-sion
with an opportunity to exercise one's
power in logic and strategy." Another plus
for advertising is that though entry level po-sitions
offer low starting salaries, those who
stay with it often see their salary go up from
10,000 dollars a year to 30,000 within a
period of two years.
Larry's enthusiasm for his work showed
as he discussed with students his current ad
campaigns for Jockey, Calvin Coolers, and
Stridex. He talked with the students about
what advertisements they remembered best
and what it means to buy time for an ad on
particular T.V. shows or radio stations. All
in all, the talk was an excellent opportuni-ty
for students interested in advertis-ing/
marketing to talk with an alumnus who
currently enjoys a successful career in this
field. He encourages any Fairfield senior
or junior to get in touch with alumni who
can offer their insights on an array of
careers open to all students graduating from
Fairfield. There are at least three more
scheduled lectures, and it is well worth the
walk to Southwell Hall for any student who
is interested in exploring different careers.
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The Career Planning Center held a reception last week to increase communications be-tween
it and the faculty. [Photo by Andrea Whitehouse]
Townhouse proposal challenged
By Joseph Draper
Fairfield University presented its plans
for 29 new townhouses to the Fairfield
Town Plan and Zoning Commis-sion.
According to the Fairfield Citizen
News the university asked for a special ex-emption
for construction in order to allevi-ate
the shortage of housing on and reduce
the student population housed along Fair-field
Beach Road.
The Commission met Tuesday Septem-ber
30 in a public hearing held at Riverfield
School. Lawyer Stephen Donohue spoke
for the university as it made presentations
for phase III of the townhouse develop-ment.
The new townhouses would accomo-date
172 students in six person units,
included would be a four person unit for
handicapped students.
University Provost John Barone pointed
out that approximately 300 students now
live in the beach area as compared to high
of 600 in 1980 the paper said. Large par-ties
and other disturbances have been a
source of annoyance to residents on Fair-field
Beach Road. The new townhouses
would draw over half those students back
onto campus.
While there was some opposition to the
plan by residents of North Benson Road
who would live across from the proposal
sight, the loudest criticism came from
members of the town HistoricaJ Society
who felt the water tower was a "disim
guished landmark".
Phase III of the townhouses would he
built behind McAuliffe Hall on what was
once the Jennings Estate. The Historical
Society showed several pictures ol the es
tate during its golden era of the I900's. well
before the university was conceived.
"This development would significantly
damage one of the most historical sites in
not only the Town of Fairfield but in the en
tire country." said Christopher Nevins.
director of the Fairfield Historical Society
Nevins claimed there were more appropi i
ate sites on the campus. Barry Blades, a
design architect from Environmental De
sign Associates explained that the new units
would be no higher then the existing units
and that a wall and a large amount ol'shrub
bery would be installed to minimize sight
and sound problems traversing across
North Benson Road.
The TPZ has 65 days to render a deci
sion. The university is hopeful of an early
decision in order to open the units in lime
for the fall 1987 semester.
Larry Loiello, 79, Vice-president media at Warwick Advertising, discusses his career change
from accounting to advertising. [Photo by Andrea Whitehouse]
Crackdown on townhouse parties
Rossi warned that violation of Universi-ty
and State policies could at any time result
in cancellation of the townhouse contract.
Although security staff numbers on
weekends have not increased, closer atten-tion
to the problems are hoped to eliminate
them.
By Connie McKenna
News Editor
In a letter from Richard Rossi, Director
of Student Residences, all townhouse resi-dents
were reminded of the policies govern-ing
townhouse parties.
University policy states that townhouse
parties must be contained inside the units
and on the decks. According to Rossi, a
number of parties have resulted in groups
of people socializing on the lawns outside
the units. "The main problem," said Rossi,
"is that the parties are beyond manageabil-ity.
Party hosts have to remember that
they're responsible for everyone who at-tends
their party, whether he/she is invit-ed
or not."
Excessive noise and drinking in unautho-rized
places are two problems hoped to be
eliminated by stricter enforcement of poli-cies.
Rossi added, "underage drinking is a
violation of state law, and party hosts are
held responsible for any minors found
drinking alcoholic beverages in their town-house
unit. The repercussions of this are
serious."
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News 1-2
Editorials 3
Financial Page 4
Features i. . . .5
Campus Ministry
Spread 6. 7
Crossword 8
Art & Entertainment 9. 10
Sports 11 & 12
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