Mirror - Vol. 12, No. 17 - February 11, 1988

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Students
arrested
Charge: False Fire
Alarm
By Melissa Campanelli
Editor-in-Chief
Two Fairfield University
Freshmen were arrested on Sun-day,
January 31 for pulling a false
fire alarm in the Campion Dormi-tory.
The two students involved,
whose names Fr. O'Neil, Dean of
Students, has requested withhold-ing,
were seen running from
Campion at 3:44 am. After being
apprehended by 2 RA's, they in
turn were brought to Security.
Upon arrival there, police from the
Fairfield Police Department hand-cuffed
them, and they were both
arrested. They will face a court
hearing shortly.
One student, who had an
identifiable substance on his hand,
admitted to pulling the fire alarm,
and is suspended from the univer-sity
indefinitely. His accomplice
is on probation from the univer-sity.
Fr. O'Neil reiterated, "I am
appalled at the inconsiderateness
of students to other students, espe-cially
in a school that boasts of
good spirits and cammaraderie."
He added, "False fire alarms put
the lives of other students into
jeapordy, because, due to the false
alarms in the past, the Fire Depart-ment
comes after a 10 minute de-lay.
During this lapse oftime, lives
could be lost."
In the fall smester, 188 false
fire alarms were reported to Secu-rity.
This is above the average
ampunt, and the numberis increas-ing
rapidly.
"If student's don't do
something about the problem, we
will, " O'Neil stated. "Anyone
found guilty of activating a fire
alarm will be automatically sus-pended,
and may face eventual
expulsion."
Pilgrimage to
the Vatican
By Chris Michailoff
News Editor
Faith is often defined as per-sonal
knowledge ofGod gained thrugh
the experience of God. In order to
foster the development of faith, the
prophet Mohammed decreed that all
Muslims should make a trip to Mecca.
Though Catholics have no such rule,
many Catholics have a yearning to
have a better grasp on their faith.
Father Anthony Eiardi, S.J., in
a response to this yearning is sponsoring a
pilgrimage to Italy. This nine day
pilgrimage to Rome, Loreto, and As-sisi
has been planned for May 15
through 23, and is open to all members
of the Fairfield community.
While in Italy. Fr. Eiardi will
direct the pilgrims throughout their
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US Ambasadors evaluate Iran
Contra Affair
By Lynn Ann Casey
Assistant News Editor
Two current political issues
were brought up and discussed in
detain on Monday night at 8:00
p.m. in the Oak Room. Ambassa-dors
Ralph Earle III and Louis G.
Fields talked about the present
controversial issues of the Iran-
Contra Affair and arms control.
The discussion took the form of a
debate. On each of the issues, the
ambassadors both spoke, voicing
any differences in opinion, and the
entertained questions from the
floor.
Earle began by saying that
though he and Fields "are old
friends, we don't always agree."
First, with the Iran-Contra Affair,
he feels that "both the media and
committees spent too much time
on what the president did and
didn't know." What he felt was
much more important, however,
was the "failure of the system to
focus on a foreign policy initia-tive."
He spoke on how the execu-tive
branch failed to consult with
the Congress, and asked whether
or not the situation required imme-diate
consultation or if the month's
delay was acceptable.
Fields continued by stating
that "in hindsight," the affair
"should have been handled differ-ently."
He agreed with Earle that
"the system was flawed," and
questioned whether or not the laws
had been violated. He mentioned
that there is no law stating that the
president must consult with the
Congress before he takes action,
but he usually advises the Con-gress,
whether it be before or after
he takes action. In essence, the
consent of the Congress is not
necessary before the president
takes action on any matter. Fields
also clarified that "the president is
the only one vested with the au-thority
to negotiate with foreign
nations." His opinion on the matter
is that the executive branch should
"undertake consultations" as "a
wise course to follow."
At this point, questions
were taken from the audience. One
entailed the issue of aid to the
Nicaraguan contras. Fields said
that he felt "the peace process was
working" and believed "other
means" could be found to nelp the
situation. Earle was "troubled by
the assistance to the contras be
cause they are trying to overthrow
the government." He stated that he
does not like the Sandinista gov-ernment
and that there must be
other ways to bring about peace.
Generally, the audience seemed
well-prepared for the debate and
was interested in the viewpoints of
the ambassadors.
When it came to arms con-trol,
Fields stated that "there is no
debate between us" on the issue,
and believes we are "making prog-ress"
and hopes "the momentum
can be carried forward." He feels
the arms control talks may be bro-ken
if the INF Treaty isn't ratified,
but this depends on Congress.
Earle "echoes Fields" in
that the INF, the Intermediate
Nuclear Forces Treaty, is a "key
step in the road to arms reduction,"
and he believes it will be ratified
hoping it will then be followed up
by serious talks. He called the INF
a "window of opportunity" but
was unsure as to how long it will
stay open. The "name of the
game," said Earle, "is the reduc-tion
of the risk of nuclear war."
The two ambassadors agreed that
peace is the goal to strive for.
Senior Week Co-Chairs chosen
By Melissa Campanelli
Editor-in-Chief
Charlene Sorvillo, a Junior
Finace Major form Torrington,
CT, and Terry Sullivan, A Junior
English Major from Malverne,
NY, have been chosen as Co-
Chairs for Senior Week 1988.
Matt Dinnan, Assistant Director of
the Campus Center, and Director
of Senior Week, along with
Graduate Assistants Jenna Bal-samo
and Lynn Colbert and Assis-tant
Director of Student Activities
, Fran Gencarelli, decided on the
two students out of about 20 appli-cants.
"It was a hard decision be-cause
so many talented people
applied, but Terry and Charlene
have a lot of experience in pro-gramming,
so we chose ihein,''
stated Ms. Balsamo.
Charlene and Terry, both
RA's, have also worked exten-sively
in FUSA, and this has given
them the experience they will need
for the job. Terry has been Pub-licty
Director and in charge of
Campus Center Programming,
while Charlene has been in charge
of Special Events.
The Co-Chairs first respon-sibility
is to choose the sub-chairs
who will organize and head each
event that will take place this year.
Annual favorites include the Sen-ior
Semi-Formal, the Parents
Dance, and Pub Night.
As the liason between the
Graduate Assistants and the sub-chairs
and committee workers, the
co-chairs must both delegate re-sponsibility
and act as a sounding
board for creative ideas.
Terry Sullivan is looking
forward to his responsibilities." I
had such a great time with the
Senior Class here at Fairfield
.starting with Orientation and all
the work they did for our class
then, and I really wanted to give
them something back ."
For Charlene, not only is
she looking forward to working for
the Seniors, she feels "it will be a
great chance to get together and
work with the Junior Class, as
well."
The Co-Chairs are in the
process of selecting their sub-chairs,
and these students will be
announced shortly. \
Senior Week Co-Chairs P: Belanger
Highlights
Study Abroad (page 3)
The Problem of
Homelessness (Page9)
A Special for Trekkies
(page 10)
Mazon ap-pointed
Director
of Minorities
By AnnMarie Puckhaber
Staff Writer
Larri Mazon was recendy
appointed the Director ofMinority
Relations by Father Aloysius
Kelley, S.J., Fairfield University
President. Minority Relations Di-rector
is a newly created position
in the University. Mazon will hold
this position along with his posi-tion
of Director of Student Aca-demic
Support Services, which he
holds since 1984.
According to Mazon, the
position was created "because of
the need to push for a multi-cul-tural
ordiverse campus." Hisjob is
to help impliment programs that
will attract both minority students
and minority employees. Mazon
says that this will be a "gradual
process" and that "each step has to
be thought out and well struc-tured."
Mazon thinks that the Uni-versity
has been unsuccessful in
creating a diverse campus thus far
because there has not been consis-tent
plans or attempts. He says that
there has always been the "desire"
for diversity but that "this kind of
thing takes alot of time and con-stant
energy."He feels that his new
position "brings a structural
mechanism to diversity - student
and employee."
As the Director of Minority
Relations, Mazon hopes to create
diversity among three aspects of
the University: students, employ-ees,
and community involvement.
There are already programs work-ing
towards this goal. For ex-ample,
the Visiting Black Scholars
Program, and Horizons Weekend.
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