Mirror - Vol. 12, No. 03 - September 24, 1987

              Commentary
Point/Counterpoint on Buckley 5 Features
Alcohol awareness special 8,9 Sports
Fall Baseball lineup 16
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Fairfield
Volume 12, No. 3 Our Second Decade Thursday, September 24,1987 The Image of Fairfield
Buckley
qualifies
price of
liberty
By Chris Michailoff
News Editor
William F. Buckley Jr., author,
columnist, and editor, spoke in Fairfield
University's Campus Center Oak Room
on September 17. The speech was
sponsered by FUSA.
Buckley founded the conservative
journal. National Review , in • 1955,
where he still resides as editor. His
syndicated column "On the Right",
which began in 1962. appears three times
a week in over 300 American
newspapers. Buckley hosts the weekly
television show. "Firing Line", which is
carried coast to coast; virtually every
political and intellectual leader
throughout the world has appeared on it.
As a political leader and advisor,
Buckley founded the Conservative Party
of New York, and is a presidebntial
appointee to the U.N. and the National
Security Council.
Buckley bagan his speech by stating
that. "In considering the problems of
other countries we need to reflect on our
own liberty". He pointed out that at the
time the Statue of Liberty was
constructed, liberty did not entail the
Universal franchise. The concept of
Aid programs increase
liberty is difficult to grasp, since it
covers the entire spectrum of freedom,
and Buckley posed the question, "Free to
do what?"
The perimeters of the definition of
liberty are vague. Buckley said, " The
history of liberties is the history of the
limitation of government." Problems
arise with the advance of the welfare of
the state since, "liberty is redefined as the
right to redistribute the wealth". The
concept of liberty has been corrupted by
its "usage in the English language".
Buckley went on to establish a
series of maxims from his initial
statement on liberty. He exhorted that
the U.S. should, "not forswear the use of
force just for the sake of forswearing
using force." According to Buckley the
purpose of having an armed force is to
keep it from being used. "We need to
beware of the crystallization of the
growing need for passivation." This is
manifest in the need for a nuclear
Lynn Ann Casey
Staff Writer \
This past year the availability of
financial aid increased for Fairfield
University students due to a number of
changes in the aid programs. These
changes included legislation passed by
the state of Connecticut and a significant
increase in the endownment of Fairfield
University. So, despite more paperwork
and red tape, students and parents can
look for more help in financing a college
education.
The State Legislature has
significantly increased the Connecticut
Independent College Student Grant
Program. This program, designed to
help needy Connecticut residents, has
allocated $944,544.00 to Fairfield
University this year, an increase of
$24,454.00 over last year's allocation. If
a student is eligible they can receive up
to $4,945.00 per year in financial aid.
Fairfield University as a part of
the Connecticut Conference of
Independent Colleges, played a major role
in the passing of this legislation. Mr.
Paul Marchelli, Director of Financial Aid
at Fairfield University, said "this group
has a responsibility to lobby the
legislature in order to procure more funds
for financial aid." He added that the
group was instrumental in obtaining the
new funds.
Overall, the scholarship at
Fairfield has increased by 22.27%. In the
1986-87 school year, this meant an extra
$768,000.00 in aid to students. While
these scholarships included increased
money from the state and money from
the operating income of Fairfield
University, the largest increase has come
from the endownment of Fairfield. The
University has succeeded in its
committment to increse endownment.
Five years ago, only $200,00.00 was
available in permanent scholarships.
Today, the amount has reached
approximately $6.5 million. The
interest generated from this money is the
actual amount allocated to students.
Students can also look forward
to an increase in the maximum of the
Guaranteed Student Loans (GSL). Prior
to this semester, the maximum was
$2,500.00 per student every year. Now,
eligible freshmen and sophomores can
borrow up to $2,625.00 - and juniors
and seniors up to $4000.00.
Over 100 students attend FUSA's top echelon, (photo by Michelle Clifford)
FUSA's general meeting spurs interest
By
Johansen
. Staff Write/
Robert H.
Last Wednesday.
September 16. the Fairfield
University Student Association
held a mebership meeting in the
Campus Center Oak Room.
The purpose of the meeting was
for students to sign up for the
individual committees which
constitute FUSA. The meeting
also allowed those students who
hadn't joined FUSA at the
Activities Fair to do so.
The night began with
several short speeches by the
FUSA officers. Mark Dietz of
the membership drive was the
first to welcome the more than
100 students to the drive. He
introduced the night as "a first
step" to greater involvement in
the community. Joining the
committees was a means by
which students could help
FUSA and help themselves.
Other speeches by FUSA
government officials followed.
These introduced the students to
various facets of their student
government, including the
departments of government
affairs, student life, student
services, and government
relations. This gave students a
rough overview of FUSA. The
highlight of the evening was a
five minute film about FUSA
and FUSA spirit. It projected
an image of "fun, FUSA, and
you."
Chris Ritchie. FUSA
President, stressed that the
evening was a time for fun and
a time for students to get to
meet the department chairmen
on a one to one basis. He also
pointed out that it was
important to remember that the
FUSA members are students,
and therefore are understanding
of student needs.
After the speeches, students
were given the opportunity-to
meet and question the individual
committee members at tables
set up around the room. At the
tables, students were given a
description of what functions
the committees performed. If
interested, the student could join
that committee. The
committees ranged from
Decorations to Alcohol
Awareness. This last period of
the night was designed as an
informal way to meet FUSA
members.
Ritchie was pleased by the
turnout of the students. He was
quick to note that this was just
"the icing on the cake."