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The Fairfield Volume 12, No. 27MRRORV Our Second Decade Thursday, April 28, 1988 The Image of Fairfield Sheed: A Contemporary Author Suzanne Smith Staff Writer On April 20, Wilfrid Sheed, the third author in the Novelist's America Series gave a lecture in the Oak Room. Father Aloysius Kelley, S.J. introduced Sheed and described this British born Ameri-can writer as " an author whose witty and satirical treatment of the foibles and tribulations of the human condition has made him one of the most respected and en-joyed writers of today." Sheed was born in London, attended prep school in America and then went back to England to study at Oxford University. When asked if his transcontinental edu-cation affected his writing, Sheed responded that his schooling gave him "aclear moral perspective that never seems to fail life's absurd-ity." Sheed has worked many jobs and held many positions. He has been a film critic, and associate editor of Jubilee magazine, a col-umnist for the New York Times Book Review, and a judge for the Book of the Month Club. He began by answering the Wilfrid Sheed PR-Photo most frequently asked question of any writer "How do I get pub-lished?" He agreed that the wrong people are being published for writing the wrong things. Finding a good publisher, editor, and copy editor can take as long as it does to write the book. One complaint of his is the dif-ficulty of getting started each day. "Writing, if it is any good, requires a presiduous burst of energy and you always have to worry whether you are up to it at a particular time." Sheed also said that "The Na-tional Reading Statistics are to-tally misleading and the Best Seller's List is a dirty rotten lie. The best readers in America pass silently through library doors and bookstores." When he started his latest book, The Boys of Winter, "all he knew was what he wanted the last line to be." He wasn't sure how he was going to have the. characters evolve around the central theme, but he did know how it was going to end. When questioned about his gift of being a comic writer^ Sheed replied "I don't think of myself as a funny writer. It is a misunder-standing when people laugh." He does not sit down and set out to be funny, and he does not have a par-ticular audience in mind. "I find myself writing fiction a pleasure and non-fiction a drudg-ery. My characters don't have faces, but have a presence, like characters in dreams. I have never written about a character I didn't like at least a little. I try not to base characters on experience. The reader sees who he wants to see." When asked why he has never written poetry, Sheed said he "never had the divine spark." Riel To Retire After 40 Years Lynn Ann Casey News Editor Professor Arthur Riel, Jr. will be retiring as of June 1, 1988 after teaching English at Fairfield Uni-versity for 40 years. Professor Riel received his undergraduate education at Holy Cross from 1936-1940. Techni-cally, his major was education but his studies focused on philosophy and the classical languages, in-cluding Greek, Latin, and English and he "loved it." He went on to receive a masters degree in English Literature at Boston University because they "valued his experience in the clas-sical languages." Riel has always believed in "learning for its own sake." His goal was to teach high school English. Instead, Riel came to Fairfield University at its incep-tion and, along with three other lay teachers and eight Jesuits, helped begin the university in 1947. He chose Fairfield in his wish to "continue learning" and to "pass on what I learned." Professor Riel has taught "English from the very begin-ning." This includes freshman English, literature courses, speech courses since 1974, and journal-ism courses. When professor Riel teaches. he wants to "teach students to serve humanity." He doesn't teach them "to make money, but to communicate with one another." "Man was made to talk to each other," states Riel. He enjoys pointing out to stu- Dr. Riel, Professor of English Mirror Photo dents "good writing that they have done." In his freelance journalism course, he teaches students to write publishable material. Among other publications, three have been published in the New York Times and he "treasures this." This English professor believes in service, as his father did. He is very proud of the three and one half years he spent in the Navy, where he never faced combat, but did face many sick people. He be-lieves in the "freedom to serve his country." After he retires in June, Riel plans to "read and write," to con-tinue teaching part time at Fair-field, and to continue teaching at Holy Apostles College and Semi-nary in Cromwell, Connecticut, where he is presently an Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Study. At present, Riel lives with his wife, a retired nurse, in Stratford, Connecticut. Three of his children have graduated from Fairfield University: Mary, who graduated in 1983, Alfred, who went on to become a medical doctor, and Paul who is now aclinical psychologist. Hiqhliqkrs 2 Lawler Defends IRA 4 Seniors Dig Clams 9 Smokers Writes Question Henchar Wins Truman Scholarship Lynn Ann Casey News Editor The names of 105 college stu-dents who will be awarded 1988 Truman Scholarships were an-nounced on April 5 by the Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. Christine Henchar, a Fairfield University junior and a politics major, is a recipient of one of the scholarships. The awards, which carry an annual maximum stipend of $7,000 per year for the last two years of college and two years of graduate study, are granted to promising students who have demonstrated a firm commitment to a career in public service at the federal, state, or local levels. The scholarships will be re-newed upon evidence of satisfac-tory academic performance. In the third or fourth year, the Truman Scholar may, upon appropriate qualification, enter a graduate degree program. Students are nominated by a faculty member of their respective college or university. Henchar was nominated by Dr. John Orman from Fairfield's Politics Depart-ment. She fulfilled the criteria which included: being a sophomore pur- Continued on page 2. Loyola Hall Break-In A. Puckhaber 'Ass't News Editor On Tuesday, April 12, four youths were arrested for ripping screens off the windows of Loyola Hall. Three residents of Loyola Hall, Sally Norelli, Sheila Egan, and Meghan Tuohey, had seen the boys hanging around outside of the build-ing. Later, the students witnessed the boys tearing off one of the screens and they immediately called security. Norelli said, "there is no reason why we should pay for the dorm damage." According to Todd Pelazzo, Asso-ciate Director of Security, the com-plaint came in at 11:22 PM and the youths were apprehended shortly after that. The four boys were not affiliated with the University or Prep-school. Two of the boys were from Redding and the other two were from Easton. The youths did not have any form of identification and, therefore, secu-rity arrested them for criminal mis-chief. Security also issued each of them a criminal trespass warning. The Fairfield Police Department was called and the four boys were taken to the station. The three witnesses were asked to identify the boys for security and later were called down to the Fairfield Po-lice Department to give a statement. Pelazzo said that the students were a "very big help" and that it was "good that they came forward." The four boys were released to their parents late Friday evening by the Fairfield police. Pelazzo suspects that if it was the youths' first offense they will probably be put on probation, required to do a certain amount of time of community service work, and pay for the damage to the University. Librarian Of The Year Tom Rhatigan 'Staff Writer Barbara Bryan, Fairfield University's Head Librarian, was named the 1988 Librarian of the Year by the Connecticut Library Associa-tion. This award honors the librariari who has demonstrated an outstanding record of service to the library and the library profession. "I was thrilled, especially at the fact that this award was given to me by my colleagues, the people from my own profession," said Bryan. Bryan came to Fairfield in 1965 when she became the Assistant Direc-tor for Nyselius Library. In 1974, she became Director of the Library. She is an active member of the Connecticut Library Association, as well as a member of other state wide associa-tions. - Qualifications for Librarian of the Year include outstanding service in their field or fields of expertise, in-volvement in developing library coop-eration in Connecticut, and profes-sional library leadership. Bryan has devoted 23 years of service to Fairfield University, and in that time, she has exhibited all of these qualities. Knights Sponsor Picnic Greg Curley 'Staff Writer The Fairfield University chapter of the Knights of Columbus sponsored a Saturday afternoon picnic for 28 retarded children from local schools in Fairfield and Bridgeport on April 23. Events included a barbecue and ball on the Rugby field, and indoor singing, dancing, and games after rain chased the party into the Kostka lounge. Frank D'Orazio, sophomore Grand Knight of the University's chapter, was the director of Saturday's picnic. He commented on the event, "Our chapter needed to do some kind of community service. I've worked with the mentally retarded before and it has always been a rewarding experience." He contacted Nancy Habetz, a staff member at Bellarmine Hall who works closely with retarded children in Fairfield, and she helped him ar-range the event. D'Orazio called the picnic "a great success." He said that "Not only was it a fun day for the children, but it afforded them an op-portunity to meet and interact with others with their special needs." Thirty-five University students helped staff the picnic. While most were from the Knights of Columbus, many others were from different cam-pus organizations, including the Stu-dent Nursing Association. Joe Sour-des, director of the Bridgeport school was pleased with this great involve-ment and student support said "I was really impressed with the Fairfield students. They did a lot for the kids and this means a lot to us." Many of the students that helped out called the event "a fun, learning experience." John Moriarity, a sopho-more member of the Knights said, "The kids are great and they are really easy to get along with." He added that "People shouldn't be so hesitant to work with them." Saturday's picnic marked the re-vival of the Knights of Columbus. D'Orazio said the organization "was dormant for many years." but now he hopes that the group will "come back to life." He hopes to run more events such as the picnic in the future.
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Title | Mirror - Vol. 12, No. 27 - April 28, 1988 |
Date | April 28 1988 |
Description | The Mirror (sometimes called the Fairfield Mirror) is the official student newspaper of Fairfield University, and is published weekly during the academic year (September - May). It runs from 1977 - the present; current issues are available online. |
Notes | A timeline for Fairfield University student newspapers is as follows: The Tentative, Nov. 7, 1947 - Dec. 19, 1947; The Fulcrum, Jan. 9, 1948 - May 20, 1949; The Stag, Sept. 23, 1949 - May 6, 1970; The University Voice, Oct. 1, 1970 - May 11, 1977; The Fairfield Free Press & Review, Sept. 10, 1970 - Apr. 24, 1975; The Fairfield Mirror, Sept. 22, 1977 - present. |
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Publisher | Fairfield University |
Place of Publication | Fairfield, Conn. |
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SearchData | The Fairfield Volume 12, No. 27MRRORV Our Second Decade Thursday, April 28, 1988 The Image of Fairfield Sheed: A Contemporary Author Suzanne Smith Staff Writer On April 20, Wilfrid Sheed, the third author in the Novelist's America Series gave a lecture in the Oak Room. Father Aloysius Kelley, S.J. introduced Sheed and described this British born Ameri-can writer as " an author whose witty and satirical treatment of the foibles and tribulations of the human condition has made him one of the most respected and en-joyed writers of today." Sheed was born in London, attended prep school in America and then went back to England to study at Oxford University. When asked if his transcontinental edu-cation affected his writing, Sheed responded that his schooling gave him "aclear moral perspective that never seems to fail life's absurd-ity." Sheed has worked many jobs and held many positions. He has been a film critic, and associate editor of Jubilee magazine, a col-umnist for the New York Times Book Review, and a judge for the Book of the Month Club. He began by answering the Wilfrid Sheed PR-Photo most frequently asked question of any writer "How do I get pub-lished?" He agreed that the wrong people are being published for writing the wrong things. Finding a good publisher, editor, and copy editor can take as long as it does to write the book. One complaint of his is the dif-ficulty of getting started each day. "Writing, if it is any good, requires a presiduous burst of energy and you always have to worry whether you are up to it at a particular time." Sheed also said that "The Na-tional Reading Statistics are to-tally misleading and the Best Seller's List is a dirty rotten lie. The best readers in America pass silently through library doors and bookstores." When he started his latest book, The Boys of Winter, "all he knew was what he wanted the last line to be." He wasn't sure how he was going to have the. characters evolve around the central theme, but he did know how it was going to end. When questioned about his gift of being a comic writer^ Sheed replied "I don't think of myself as a funny writer. It is a misunder-standing when people laugh." He does not sit down and set out to be funny, and he does not have a par-ticular audience in mind. "I find myself writing fiction a pleasure and non-fiction a drudg-ery. My characters don't have faces, but have a presence, like characters in dreams. I have never written about a character I didn't like at least a little. I try not to base characters on experience. The reader sees who he wants to see." When asked why he has never written poetry, Sheed said he "never had the divine spark." Riel To Retire After 40 Years Lynn Ann Casey News Editor Professor Arthur Riel, Jr. will be retiring as of June 1, 1988 after teaching English at Fairfield Uni-versity for 40 years. Professor Riel received his undergraduate education at Holy Cross from 1936-1940. Techni-cally, his major was education but his studies focused on philosophy and the classical languages, in-cluding Greek, Latin, and English and he "loved it." He went on to receive a masters degree in English Literature at Boston University because they "valued his experience in the clas-sical languages." Riel has always believed in "learning for its own sake." His goal was to teach high school English. Instead, Riel came to Fairfield University at its incep-tion and, along with three other lay teachers and eight Jesuits, helped begin the university in 1947. He chose Fairfield in his wish to "continue learning" and to "pass on what I learned." Professor Riel has taught "English from the very begin-ning." This includes freshman English, literature courses, speech courses since 1974, and journal-ism courses. When professor Riel teaches. he wants to "teach students to serve humanity." He doesn't teach them "to make money, but to communicate with one another." "Man was made to talk to each other," states Riel. He enjoys pointing out to stu- Dr. Riel, Professor of English Mirror Photo dents "good writing that they have done." In his freelance journalism course, he teaches students to write publishable material. Among other publications, three have been published in the New York Times and he "treasures this." This English professor believes in service, as his father did. He is very proud of the three and one half years he spent in the Navy, where he never faced combat, but did face many sick people. He be-lieves in the "freedom to serve his country." After he retires in June, Riel plans to "read and write," to con-tinue teaching part time at Fair-field, and to continue teaching at Holy Apostles College and Semi-nary in Cromwell, Connecticut, where he is presently an Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Study. At present, Riel lives with his wife, a retired nurse, in Stratford, Connecticut. Three of his children have graduated from Fairfield University: Mary, who graduated in 1983, Alfred, who went on to become a medical doctor, and Paul who is now aclinical psychologist. Hiqhliqkrs 2 Lawler Defends IRA 4 Seniors Dig Clams 9 Smokers Writes Question Henchar Wins Truman Scholarship Lynn Ann Casey News Editor The names of 105 college stu-dents who will be awarded 1988 Truman Scholarships were an-nounced on April 5 by the Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. Christine Henchar, a Fairfield University junior and a politics major, is a recipient of one of the scholarships. The awards, which carry an annual maximum stipend of $7,000 per year for the last two years of college and two years of graduate study, are granted to promising students who have demonstrated a firm commitment to a career in public service at the federal, state, or local levels. The scholarships will be re-newed upon evidence of satisfac-tory academic performance. In the third or fourth year, the Truman Scholar may, upon appropriate qualification, enter a graduate degree program. Students are nominated by a faculty member of their respective college or university. Henchar was nominated by Dr. John Orman from Fairfield's Politics Depart-ment. She fulfilled the criteria which included: being a sophomore pur- Continued on page 2. Loyola Hall Break-In A. Puckhaber 'Ass't News Editor On Tuesday, April 12, four youths were arrested for ripping screens off the windows of Loyola Hall. Three residents of Loyola Hall, Sally Norelli, Sheila Egan, and Meghan Tuohey, had seen the boys hanging around outside of the build-ing. Later, the students witnessed the boys tearing off one of the screens and they immediately called security. Norelli said, "there is no reason why we should pay for the dorm damage." According to Todd Pelazzo, Asso-ciate Director of Security, the com-plaint came in at 11:22 PM and the youths were apprehended shortly after that. The four boys were not affiliated with the University or Prep-school. Two of the boys were from Redding and the other two were from Easton. The youths did not have any form of identification and, therefore, secu-rity arrested them for criminal mis-chief. Security also issued each of them a criminal trespass warning. The Fairfield Police Department was called and the four boys were taken to the station. The three witnesses were asked to identify the boys for security and later were called down to the Fairfield Po-lice Department to give a statement. Pelazzo said that the students were a "very big help" and that it was "good that they came forward." The four boys were released to their parents late Friday evening by the Fairfield police. Pelazzo suspects that if it was the youths' first offense they will probably be put on probation, required to do a certain amount of time of community service work, and pay for the damage to the University. Librarian Of The Year Tom Rhatigan 'Staff Writer Barbara Bryan, Fairfield University's Head Librarian, was named the 1988 Librarian of the Year by the Connecticut Library Associa-tion. This award honors the librariari who has demonstrated an outstanding record of service to the library and the library profession. "I was thrilled, especially at the fact that this award was given to me by my colleagues, the people from my own profession," said Bryan. Bryan came to Fairfield in 1965 when she became the Assistant Direc-tor for Nyselius Library. In 1974, she became Director of the Library. She is an active member of the Connecticut Library Association, as well as a member of other state wide associa-tions. - Qualifications for Librarian of the Year include outstanding service in their field or fields of expertise, in-volvement in developing library coop-eration in Connecticut, and profes-sional library leadership. Bryan has devoted 23 years of service to Fairfield University, and in that time, she has exhibited all of these qualities. Knights Sponsor Picnic Greg Curley 'Staff Writer The Fairfield University chapter of the Knights of Columbus sponsored a Saturday afternoon picnic for 28 retarded children from local schools in Fairfield and Bridgeport on April 23. Events included a barbecue and ball on the Rugby field, and indoor singing, dancing, and games after rain chased the party into the Kostka lounge. Frank D'Orazio, sophomore Grand Knight of the University's chapter, was the director of Saturday's picnic. He commented on the event, "Our chapter needed to do some kind of community service. I've worked with the mentally retarded before and it has always been a rewarding experience." He contacted Nancy Habetz, a staff member at Bellarmine Hall who works closely with retarded children in Fairfield, and she helped him ar-range the event. D'Orazio called the picnic "a great success." He said that "Not only was it a fun day for the children, but it afforded them an op-portunity to meet and interact with others with their special needs." Thirty-five University students helped staff the picnic. While most were from the Knights of Columbus, many others were from different cam-pus organizations, including the Stu-dent Nursing Association. Joe Sour-des, director of the Bridgeport school was pleased with this great involve-ment and student support said "I was really impressed with the Fairfield students. They did a lot for the kids and this means a lot to us." Many of the students that helped out called the event "a fun, learning experience." John Moriarity, a sopho-more member of the Knights said, "The kids are great and they are really easy to get along with." He added that "People shouldn't be so hesitant to work with them." Saturday's picnic marked the re-vival of the Knights of Columbus. D'Orazio said the organization "was dormant for many years." but now he hopes that the group will "come back to life." He hopes to run more events such as the picnic in the future. |