Mirror - Vol. 13, No. 23 - April 20, 1989

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Volume 13, No. 23MRRORV Our Second Decade Thursday, April 20, 1989 The Image of Fairfield
University Increases Tuition For 1989-90
Incoming Freshman To Pay $300 More Than Presently Enrolled Students
Lynn Ann Casey
Editor in Chief
The tuition for the 1989-90
academic year will increase from
$9,100 to $10,000 for students in
the sophomore, junior, and senior
classes. Tuition for incoming fresh-men
will be $10,300. Room and
board charges will increase from
$4,500 to $4,750, townhouse rent-als
from $3,550 to $3,750, and the
general fee will be raised from
$225 to $270.
"Those of us who are re-sponsible
for fulfilling the mission
ofthe University are keenly aware
that educational expenses impose
strains on the families who are in-vesting
in the future of their sons
and daughters," saidRev. Aloysius
P. Kelley, S.J., President of Fair-field
University. But, he said that
the annual increase is carefully
considered and never approached
in a routing manner.
The budget approved by the
Board of Trustees takes two as-pects
into consideration. First, in-flation,
the rising cost of living,
must be addressed. The education
inflationary index tends to be 2%
higher than inflation in the general
economy.
Second, there is a need for
the increase as a result ofenhance-ment
of every aspect of the Uni-versity.
New positions are added
and equipment is purchased; the
goal is to improve the general
quality of the University. Specific
uses for the tuition include plant-ings
on the newly acquired Notre
Dame property.
According to Fr. Kelley,
"You can't stand still. If you're
not moving forward, you're fall-ing
behind."
Fr. Kelley is hoping to in-crease
financial aid for Fairfield
students.
The tuition increase for
freshman is $300 higher than that
for the students presently attend-ing
Fairfield University. This has
only happened once before in the
history of tuition increases. There
are two reasons for the difference
in tuition.
The first is that the parents
of students attending Fairfield fi-nancially
plan the cost oftheir sons
or daughters education based on a
10% yearly increase in tuition. To
start at a higher baseline for fresh-man
would allow parents to plan
more exactlyhow much aFairfield
education will cost. The Univer-sity
does not want "to throw off
their plan."
The second reason is the
increase in construction all around
campus. The money from the $35
million dollar capital campaign is
financing the actual construction,
but the operating costs of the new
facilities is covered by the tuition.
The incoming class will profit the
most from these new facilities and
to allow them the increase over all
other students is a more equitable
idea.
In his letter to parents, Fr.
Kelley mentioned the recognition
Fairfield has received over the past
year from Barron's Profile of
American Colleges and U.S. News
and World Report. "To maintain
the quality that has earned this
recognition we must continue to
be careful in the management of
our resources and enduring in our
search for support from appropri-ate
sources, including the federal
government."
Eban Reveals Mysteries Of The Jewish People
Tom Rhatigan
Assistant News Editor
"Israel's Heritage" was
the topic of last Monday's lecture
given by Ambassador Abba Eban
as part of the Carl and Dorothy
Bennett Distinguished Lectureship
In Judaic Culture. Rev. Aloysius
P. Kelly, SJ, University President,
introduced Eban.
Ebanbegan his lectureby
discussing the identity ofthe Jews.
"They are the only people whose
continuous memory extends over
the entire intellectual and spiritual
experience ofmankind," Ebansaid.
The inner sources of Jewish iden-tity,
according to Eban, are misun-derstood.
The Jewish people are
wrapped in mystery.
Eban stated four of the
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Ambassador Abba Eban Photo: Rich Nunziante
major mysteries of the Jewish
people and history. The first
mystery is the mystery of preser-vation.
"How could these people
perserve their identity in condi-tions
in which no other people ever
perserved their identity?" asked
Eban.
"These conditions such as
exile, destruction, the lack of po-litical
institutions, and the winds
of misfortune have always been
present." Eban stressed that
throughout history one of the
strengths ofthe Jews was that they
never lost touch with themselves.
The second mystery is
residence. Israel, he said, is a "small
voice with a large echo." He added
that Jews never made up a great
part of the human race, but one
cannot tell the story of human
civilization without coming face
to face with what the Jews have
said, thought, performed and suf-fered.
Along the lines of suffer-ing,
Eban said that the third mys-tery
is how the Jewish people sur-vived
being the target of such af-fliction
throughout their history.
"From the darkest depth of man's
divided nations there has sprung
from the throat of the Jewish
people, the most violent hatred that
has ever convulsed the spirit of
man," Eban exclaimed. From that
comes an intense lack of trust of
others.
The last mystery is the
mystery of renewal. No other na-tion
has had this extraordinary
reassembly. From this, Israel is
reunited with its land and language.
It is reborn.
Eban then gave some
insight into the Jewish mind. He
began by saying Jews have an
individual conscience. They have
the freedom to choose that which
is good. There is also social soli-darity,
where man is a victim as
well as the author ofhis own social
destiny. Finally, Eban stressed an
international peace, which is the
idea of families of nations coming
together in peace.
Eban continued with Is-rael's
"modern mystery" of the
1940's. It was a dramatic time in
the lives ofthe Jews. During World
WarII, almost 6 million Jews were
butchered and slaughtered. After
the war, the Jewish population
faced a "scorched earth of a devas-tated
world." Many thought it was
the end of the Jewish population,
but only three years later, the "flag
of Israel flew" and a new lease on
life was established. "It was a
marvelous rejuvenation," Eban
exclaimed. "One year saw total
grief and despair and only three
years later there was a successful
breakthrough into the world com-munity,
as well as a successful
defense in the military arena. This
was the Jewish peoples redeeming
hour."
On speaking of the mili-tary,
Eban discussed the situation
of the conflict between Israel and
Palistine. The conflict over the
disputed land has resulted in trag-edy
for both countries. Eban said
what they need is a unified interna-tional
determination that will stress
the concept of sharing.
He concluded his lecture
by saying, "Do not abondpn us in
the middle of the road. Stand with
us steadfast in purpose, constant in
resolve until the obstacles are sur-mounted
and the task ofour people
is done."
As Israel's most respecfed
international spokesman, Ambas-sador
Eban's career has included
the posts of Ambassador to the
United States, Deputy Prime Min-ister,
and Minister of Foreign Af-fairs.
Said Parallels Western Colonization To Present U.S. Influence
Greg Curley
Staff writer
Dr. Edward Said, Profes-sor
of English and Comparative
Literature at Columbia University,
cited in an Oak Room lecture on
April 12 strong connections be-tween
the western colonization
described in British and European
Literature of the late 19th/early
20th centuries and the present
sphere of United States influence.
Said's presentation, en-tided
"Culture and Education," was
part of the "Culture and Society:
Dimensions and Dilemmas" lec-ture
series presented by the Hu-manities
Institute ofthe College of
Arts and Sciences.
Said began his lecture by
sketching the global system. He
emphasized the dominance of co-lonialism
and imperialism, and the
frame of mind behind each. He
said, "Neither is a simple act of
going out and getting territory.
There is a true beliefthat the people
of the acquired land have to be
dominated." He analyzed and
summarized western colonization,
and he explained "the era of high
imperialism." In 1914,85% ofthe
earth was held as colonies, and
colonialism touched all continents
except for Antarctica.
He then turned to the
motives and methods behind the
western colonization. He said they
are clearly and extensively ex-pressed
in much ofthe literature of
the time. He credited authors such
as Conrad and Austin for portray-ing
graphic and detailed pictures
of the the disgraces and abuses
involved in western colonialism.
Said then looked at pres-ent
day America, saying that we
are involved in a type of imperial-ism
with many similarities to
western colonization. He told the
audience to "note how the United
States has replaced empires as the
dominant force in the world." He
pointed toward our involvement in
Central America as an example of
this. He added, "since World War
II, US military interventions have
occured on all continents."
Said then questioned the
audience about the US, asking,
"Are we not repeating what Brit-ain,
France, Spain, and Belgium
did before us?" He again urged the
audience to look at literature from
the time of western colonization,
saying, "our relationship to others
is much like theirs was a while
ago."
The world we live in,
according to Dr. Said, is one "not
only of commodities, but of repre-sentations."
He claims, "the cul-tural
sphere has taken little ac-count
to the problem of represen-tation."
He said today there is
much poor and unjust representa-tion,
just as there was in western
colonization. Said told the audi-ence
to look at the literature and it
points out that we "need to begin
revision." He states, "Western
colonization cannot happen again."
Dr. Said has an extensive
background. He was born in
Jerusalem. He possesses degrees
from Princeton and Harvard Uni-versity.
He has received a Gugen-heinn
fellowship and has served as
a consultant for the United Na-tions.
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