Mirror - Vol. 12, No. 25 - April 14, 1988

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Volume 12, No. 25MRRORV Our Second Decade Thursday, April 14, 1988 The Image of r airfield
Trustees Announce Tuition Increase
Up by $800 for 1988/'89
Chris Michailoff
Executive Editor
At the March meeting of the
Board of Trustees, a proposed
budget, which will raise full-time
undergraduate tuition, was ap-proved,
Undergraduate tuition for
1988-89 will increase from $8,300
to $9,100. In addition, room and
board will increase from $4,200 to
$4,500; townhouse rentals from
$3,350 to $3,550; and the general
University fee from $200 to$225.
The budget process begins in
October and goes until March.
The ultimate responsibility for
setting the level of tuition and
spending plans of the University
rests squarely with Fr. Aloysius
Kelley, S.J., the University Presi-dent,
and the Board of Trustees.
The proposed budget is developed
through a broad-based procedure
involving many individuals and
funnel- ed through a finance com-mittee.
The finance committee con-vened
for the first time last year,
and according to William Lucas,
Vice President for Finance, "its
primary objective is to try to en-compass
the complexity with the
priority of needs for the budget/'
and it tries to "lend direction to the
budgetary process." The commit-tee
consists of Dr. John Barone, the
Provost, and four division heads:
the Vice Presidents for Academ-ics,
Finance, Students Services,
and Advancement.
Factors that entered into the
decision for the tuition increase
include: faculty and staff salaries,
financial aid, library acquisitions,
scientific equipment, and deferred
maintenance. Mr. Lucas held, "In
order for these factors to be fully
supported and funded for the en-richment
of the students and fac-ulty
alike, the tuition increase is
vital."
Each department chairperson
fills out a budget request form, and
these requests, along with the
combined University budget, are
reviewed by the Finance division.
After careful evaluation, the re-sults
are reviewed by the Board of
Current Fund Revenues Current Fund Expenditures
Departmental Revenue 1.7%
Government Grants 3.2%
Investment Income 3.4%
Private Gifts/Grants
4.0%
Auxiiary Enterprises 21.8%
Tuition and Fees
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Research and Public Service .4%
Student Services 2.2%
Academic Support 4.3%
Mandatory Transfers 4.4% —
Physical Plant 7.6% —
Student Aid 10.9% —
Institutional Support 16.7%
Auxiiary Enterprises 20.7%
Instruction 32.8%
Trustees. The Board renders a de-cision
on the amount ofmoney that
will be necessary in regard to the
level of quality and programatic
structure the University will need.
In a letter received by the stu-dents,
Fr. Kelley acknowledged
that in recent years "tuition
charges have been rising at faster
rates than inflation." Fr. Kelley
attributed this descrepancy in
trying to compensate for buying
power lost during the 1970's; and
the failure of the CPI (Consumer
Price Index) to measure' college
costs adequately. This is the first
time in the last few years the entire
University will be "in sync," since
the tuition increase is unilaterally
applied throughout the various
classes. Mr. Lucas asserted that, as
of now, "no decision has been
made as to whether this will
change in the future." Regarding
the tuition increase, Joesph Rossi
'89, states, "On the one hand, the
University has got to get
Fairfield's reputation as well
known as possible, but I would like
to see a statistical breakdown as to
how they achieved the actual in-crease."
Kris Myers '89 stipulated
that she could understand the
University's situation, but she felt
she "would like to have a student
panel formed in order to assess the
exact extent for this increase; after
all, this is the fourth year we've
been hit with a higher tuition."
Student Achievement Awards Presented
Ann Marie Puckhaber
Assistant News Editor
Every year the Fairfield Uni-versity
Alumni Association pres-ents
the St. Ignatius Loyola Medal
and the Student Achievement
Awards to several seniors in rec-ognition
of "their leadership, vol-unteer
service, and commitment to
the University community." This
year's reccipient of the Loyola
Medal is Karen O'Rourke and the
recipients of the Student Achieve-ment
Awards are John Cardinal i,
John Courtmanche, Dana Pelle-grino,
and Chris Ritchie.
Nomination forms for the
awards were sent out in February
to seniors, faculty, and administra-tors.
The Alumni Association
formed a committee, consisting of
alumni, administrators, and Jesu-its
in March to make the selections.
The committee chose the five
winners out of 37 nominations.
The Loyola Medal was started
by the Alumnin Association in
1952 and is the highest leadership
award given to a student. The
medal recognizes outstanding
service in a wide rnge of areas
throughout the student's five
years. Mary Smith, Associate
Director of Alumni Relations, says
the committee looks for a "well-rounded
person who exemplifies
the Fairfield University commit-ment."
O'Rourke, a Computer Sci-ence
Major from Hauppague, NY,
is active in several campus and
community organizations such as
Big Sisters, Appalachia Volun-teers,
and Pi Mu Epsilon, the
Mathematics Honor Society. She
has also been the captain of the
women's soccer team for three
years and plays women's lacrosse.
O'Rourke is the president ofAlpha
Sigma Nu, the National Jesuit
Honor Society, and through this
role, ran a month long series of
lectures, forums, and displays on
the homeless and assisted at Op-eration
Hope, a shelter for the
homeless in Fairfield.
The Student Achievement
Awards were started by the
Alumni Association in 1979.
These awards recognize outstand-ing
service in a particular activity
or program.
John Cardinali, a Religious
Studies and Psychology Major
from Rochester, NY, was chosen
to receive a Student Achievement
Award for his contributions to the
Faith and Justice Coalition, a stu-dent-
run community service pro-gram
of Campus Ministry. He has
been involved with the program
since his freshman year. Cardinali
lived and worked for a year and a
half at the Urban Retreat House, a
community center in Bridgeport.
He organized students to collect
donations of food, clothing, and
furniture for the Retreat House
every week. Cardinali also co-chaired
the Appalachia Volunteer
Group's spring break trip to Ap-palachia,
Virginia his junior year
and is involved in the committee
on AIDS.
John Courtmanche, an Eng-lish
Majorfrom Branford, CT, was
chosen to receive the award for his
leadership in The FairfieldManor,
the university's yearbook. As
Editor-In-Cheif of the yearbook,
Courtmanche created and
prodduced the university's first
video yearbook. He organized a
yearbook staff of twenty members
and a seperate staff of four mem-bers
for the video. Courtmanche
managed to develop the new proj-ect
with a budget of only $500 and
began a new tradition.
Dana Pellegrino, a Politics
Major from Saddle Brook, NJ, was
chosen to receive a Student
Achievement Award for her per-formance
and leadership in athlet-ics.
She has played basketball for
four years at Fairfield, and as cap-tain
and leading scorer this past
season, she helped bring the Lady
Stags to the NCAA. Her freshman
year, Pellegrino was voted the
MAAC Rookie of the Year. Pelle-grino
made the All-MAAC second
team her sophomore year and the
All-MAAC first team her junior
and senior years. This past season,
she was the first Fairfield Univer-sity
woman to be placed on the
national ballot for the Academic
Ail-American Basketball Team.
Pellegrino also plays shortstop on
the softball team, and volunteers
for Amnesty International.
Chris Ritchie, a Politics Ma-jor
from Trumbull, CT, was cho-sen
to receive the award for his
outstanding leadership in the Fair-field
University Student Associa-tion
(FUSA). Ritchie has been
involved in FUSA since his fresh-man
year and has just completed
his term as President for the 1987-
88 school year. Ritchie helped
begin "Drive for Five" his fresh-man
year and worked to increase
the fund from $5,000 to $24,000.
He also implemented the Council
of Student Organizations (COSO)
and helped organize the Class
Councils. As President of FUSA,
Ritchie increased the program-ming
from 58 activities to 80 ac-trivities
and in turn the budget
increased from $72,000 (1986-87)
to $140,000. Ritchie was also a
Resident Advisor his junior year
and is a member of the Politics
Club and the International Rela-tions
Club.
Smith says that all the win-ners
have "done some outstanding
things." The Student Achieve-ment
Awards will be presented to
the reccipients at a dinner on April
28 and the Loyola Medal willl be
presented at commencement.
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FAIPFIELD F0DOEP
Carroll
Sworn In
Claudine Kiffer
Staff Writer
On Tuesday, April 5th, Fair-field
University Student
Association's 42nd Presidential
Inauguration was held. Frank
Carroll, FUSA's president for the
1988-89 academic year, was in-ducted
at this ceremony in Bel-larmineHall.
Starting at 7:00 p.m.,
the Inauguration was an informal
tribute to the old and new Cabinet
members.
Many people attended the brief
ceremony, including Fr. Kelley,
President, many Vice Presidents,
Student Services, old and new
cabinet members, and guests.
Chris Ritchie, President
Emeritus, was there to wish Car-roll
and his cabinet luck. "I'm
confident that Frank will make an
outstanding president. He has a
fine cabinet coming up - the best
I've seen in four years," stated
Ritchie. "The transition between
the old and the new will definitely
be a smooth one, as Frank has
worked closely with everyone this
year."
The Inauguration ceremony
was simple and well planned by Fr.
Kelley and Mr. Fitzpatrick. Frank
Carroll made a short speech. Fruit
and cheese, as well as a cham-pagne
toast to the new administra-tion
was incorporated into the
ceremony.
"I enjoyed it very much," said
Carroll. "I appreciate the time and
effort Fr. Kelly and Mr. Fitzpatrick
put into organizing it."
On the subject of Chris Ritchie
and the outgoing administration,
Carroll commented, "Chris, along
with the senior cabinet members,
contributed a great deal to FUSA
and Fairfield University. We will
miss them quite a bit." He added
that "I have to say, we have a hard
act to follow."