Mirror - Vol. 13, No. 03 - September 29, 1988

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Volume 13, No. 3 MIRRORV Our Second Decade Thursday, September 29, 1988 The Image of Fairfield
University to Build Arts Center
Chris Michailoff
Executive Editor
The first phase in the 35 million
dollar capital campaign will come
to fruition today as ground is bro-ken
for the long awaited Center for
the Arts.
The groundbreaking marks the
formal beginning of the building
proposed three years ago when the
University's Planning Committee
presented its long-range report to
Fr. Aloysius Kelley, S.J., Univer-sity
President, and the Board of
Trustees.
The new building will be named
after Mrs. Regina A. Quick, the
wife of Mr. Leslie Quick Jr., a
member of the Board of Trustees,
and the principle benefactor for
the center. The official name will
be The Regina A. Quick Center for
the Arts.
In the 35 million dollar cam-paign,
which has been labeled
"Fulfilling the Jesuit Ideal: The
Campaign for Fairfield," it is in-tended
that this Center for the Arts
will add a "deeper demension" to
the campus.
The 7.5 million dollar center
will have a 750-seat theater with
an adjustable audience space that
can be reduced to a 300-seat thea-ter;
and a smaller "blackbox" thea-
Ground Breaking Ceremony Tonight
Fairfield University Center for the Arts
ter designed for experimental and
classical works that adapt better to
a more intimate setting. Also
planned is a 2,500 square foot art
gallery, located just off the lobby
at the front of the theater.
The architectural firm which
has been commissioned to design
the center is Fletcher Thompson,
Inc., which also was responsible
for building the Campus Center,
the townhouses, and various cam-pus
buildings. Dr. John Barone,
University Provost, stated, "This
building will give students a first
rate facility for both viewing and
participating in drama and music."
Dr. Barone further affirmed that
a good deal of effort and thought
has gone into the acoustic and tech-nical
support area. The one-level
building has been planned with
handicapped access, even down to
the control room, making it pos-sible
for handicapped students to
learn technical aspects of the thea-ter.
The center is expected to open
within two years of the ground-breaking
and will be located in the
south-central region of campus,
between Bellarmine Pond and
Nyseluis Library. The Master of
Ceremonies for the ground break-ing
is Tom Zingarelli. The ground-breaking
ceremony will be per-formed
by Linda Williams'89, Fr.
Vincent Burns, S.J., Professor of
Religious Studies, and Thomas
McKenney, University Trustee.
All three of these individuals were
selected because of their involve-ment
with the University play
house, and their commitment to
the performing arts.
Fr. Burns who has been in-volved
with the the play house for
the past 24 years, and most re-cently
appeared in the plays: The
Hostage, and The Taming of the
Shrew, stressed that the Center for
the Arts will be a great asset to
students, because it will allow them
"an opportunity to participate more
fully in the humanities."
The center is linked to the aca-demic
programs of the University
and will serve as a cultural re-source
for the community. World-renown
musical groups have per-formed
at the University and stu-dents
present a wide range ofplays,
musicals, and concerts in the cur-rent
playhouse, a small converted
garage, or in the multi-purpose Oak
Room of the Campus Center. The
University hopes that this "new
center wiil enhance these presen-tations
and allow expanded course
offering for. Fairfield University
students who, regardless of major,
enroll in a core curriculum of lib-eral
arts."
Seniors Initiate
Gift Campaign
Lynn Ann Casey
News Editor
On Tuesday, October 4 at 5:00
pm in Gonzaga Auditorium, the
seniors will participate in the first
meeting to discuss the Senior Gift
of the Class of 1989. Mary Smith
and Rich McCarty of Alumni Re-lations
along with seniors Beth
Gillin and Greg Scanlon will lead
the meeting to help seniors "kick
off some ideas for the Senior Gift
for their class."
The goal of the meeting is to get
the seniors to dicuss some ideas for
the gift, including a monetary
amount and what they will do with
the money once they collect it.
According to Mary Smith, Acting
Director ofAlumni Relations, said
"We will give them ideas, but the
seniors will actually set their goal
themselves."
Some ideas that will be sug-gested
range from a scholarship to
a contribution to the $35 million
capital campaign. A poll will be
formulated from discussion at the
meeting to get input from the sen-ior
class, so that, in some way,
each senior will be part of the final
decision. At the meeting, a film
prepared for the kickoff of the $35
million campaign will be shown.
The film uses many students at
Fairfield, and will show seniors
what giving to the university
means. Mary Smith hopes that the
film will be a "positive influence
on seniors."
Ofthe 708 members ofthe Class
of 1989, Alumni Relations hopes
to have 40 percent of the class
participate in the gift. Last year,
there was only 10 percent partici-pation
of the seniors, who raised
nearly $10,000 toward a clock for
the university.
At the meeting, a class agent
system will be introduced. Each
class agent will be responsible for
contacting a certain number of
seniors to donate toward the gift
and will assure that all seniors will
personally be reached." The ac-tual
financial campaign "shouldbe
completed before Spring Break,"
according to Rich McCarty, Assis-tant
Director ofAlumni Relations.
Beth Gillin and Greg Scanlon,
in addition to helping seniors for-mulate
ideas, will work on senior
programming. Ms. Gillin said that
she and Greg are "hoping for the
biggest turnout yet" and want
maximum input from the senior
class. After the initial meeting and
the formulation of a poll to go out
to all seniors.
The official kick-off to the
campaign will be held on October
23. It will include a Senior Mass
and possibly a Brunch or Dinner.
The final decision of the senior
class as to a financial as well as
tangible goal will be announced at
this time.
Allen Named Acting Dean
Greg Curly
Staff Writer
Dr. Vilma P. Allen, after
serving Fairfield University since
1976 as the administrative coordi-nator
of the Connecticut Center
for Continuing Education, has been
appointed acting dean of the
Universtiy School of Continuing
Education. She fills the post left
vacant by the resignation of Dr.
William F. Murphy, who has be-come
Dean of Continuing Educa-tion
at the University of New
Hampshire.
Dr. Allen was born in and
grew up in Bridgeport. She at-tended
Bassic High School before
going onto Elmira College, where
she majored in Biology. She now
lives in Stratford with her hus-band,
and has two married sons
and a daughter.
She received her doctorate
in Adult Learning and Develop-ment
from Union Graduate School
in 1984. She points out that she
was an "adult learner" in addition
to receiving her Bacchelaurate at a
regular age. She says, "I know
both ends of the spectrum-what
it's like to go to school at 18 and
what it's like to go at 40 with a
family and career to deal with."
She feels that this helps her serve
and relate to her students better.
She also cites her extensive
knowledge of the Fairfield area as
a positive factor. Dr. Allen says
that "being a native of Fairfield
County, I understand the culture
and dynamics of the area. I know
how to bring resources together."
Dr. Allenhas accomplished
much at the University before as-suming
her new role. She was
instrumental in Fairfield's expan-sion
in Adult Education. She
played an integral role in develop-ing
the Continuing Ed program
into a separate school of the Uni-versity.
Under Dr. Allen's direc-tion,
Fairfield has added a Bache-lor
ofGeneral Studies degreewhich
includes a portfolio process and an
Associate of Arts degree program.
She also founded the Women's
Bureau which expanded in 1977 to
become Fairfield Adult Career and
Educational Services (FACES).
Today FACES annually assists
1400 men and women who are
making career changes or re-enter-ing
the job market.
At the University Dr. Allen
serves on the Continuing Educa-tion
Committee, the Long-Range
Planning Committee, and the
Women's Resource Center Steer-ing
Committee. She has been a
member of the Faculty Evaluation
and Development Committee, the
Academic Support Group, and the
Self Study Task Force on Pro-grams.
Dr. Allen is affiliated with
and has served as president of both
the Connecticut Association for
Continuing Education and the
Association ofJesuit Colleges and
Universities Conference °f
Continuing Higher Education. She
is a member of the board of direc-tors
of the Connecticut Learning
Network and chairs the Commit-tee
on Adult Learners for the Fair-field
2000 Education andjobs Task
Force.
Dr. Allen calls her new
position "very exciting". She
stresses the importance ofcontinu-ing
education to give people a
"second chance" in life and "help
them adjust" to a "changing world".
She hopes to help students realize
that "your University is here for
you at any stage in your life."
Inside...
Lecture on the Brain
4
Playhouse Pro-pounds!
5
Fairfield Faces
6
Students v.s. Fairfield
Police?
9
Happenings
11
Spikers Whip Gaels
12
Baseball Sweeps
Weekend