Mirror - Vol. 14, No. 04 - October 5, 1989

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FairfieldMRRORV Volume 14, No. 4 Our Second Decade Thursday, October 5, 1989 The Image of Fairfield
Construction Projects Mar Campus Appearance
AnnMarie Puckhaber
News Editor
Construction on cam-pus,
which is scheduled to con-tinue
through next fall, is ex-pected
to change not only the
appearance of Fairfield Univer-sity
but also the community's
lifestyle.
There are three major
projects presently being under-taken
by the University: con-struction
ofthe Chapel and Cam-pus
Ministry Center which in-cludes
changes in the campus
road patterns, the renovation of
the Julie Hall complex, and
completion of the Regina A.
Quick Center for the Arts.
Ground breaking for
the new Chapel took place this
summer. "We wanted to start
and do all the heavy work with-out
interfering with student ac-tivity,"
said Dr. John Barone,
University Provost.
The University antici-pates
the Chapel being completed
by next September, according to
Barone. He added that plans for
the present Chapel and Campus
Ministry offices in Loyola in-clude
fine arts studios and of-fices.
"There is a major commit-ment
to the fine arts," he said.
In conjunction-with the
construction of the Chapel, the
campus road patterns have been
changed. The road running in
front ofCanisius Hall, which has
been temporarily blocked off,
will be turned into a walkway
with the completion of the
Chapel. The purpose is to "iso-late
the core of the campus from
traffic so student flow doesn't cross
traffic lines," Barone said. The
walkway will remain almost as wide
as the present road so that emergency
vehicles will have easy access to the
buildings.
To ease the excess flow of
traffic due to the closing of this road,
a new road was put between the Prep
school's Berchmans Hall and the Rec-reational
Complex this summer. This
will help "execute a round about traf-fic
pattern," Barone said.
According to Barone, a traf-fic
consultant, after conducting sev-eral
traffic studies, informed the
University in 1984 that the traffic
pattern was too great in the center of
the campus. "We needed to elimi-nate
heavy auto traffic where there
was heavy pedestrian traffic for the
safety ofthe kids,'' Barone said. The
new road will also free the Univer-sity's
entrances from the Prep
school's buses.
Barone said that he does not
feel the new traffic pattern is a prob-lem.
"It is an adjustment and a major
lifestyle change for the students,'' he
said. He said that cars are not sup-posed
to move from one place to
another on campus, but left parked in
their respective lots. "We want to
keep is (the center campus) as a
pedestrian area."
Site work and work on the
Career Center has already begun in
the Julie Hall complex, which was
purchased from the Sisters of Notre
Dame last semester. The Sisters of
Notre Dame will be completely
moved out of the buildings by No-vember,
according to Barone. The
complex includes four buildings: the
Inter-Residence
Hall Government
Wins Legislature
Approval
Tom Rhatigan
Assistant News Editor
Fairfield's Student
Legislature approved the newly
formed student government
called the Inter-Residence Hall
Government (I.R.H.G.) last
week.
By a vote of 9-3-6, the
I.R.H.G. will now be able to re-ceive
funds from FUSA as well
as use the name of Fairfield.
The purpose of
I.R.H.G. is to meet the needs of
students who live in residence
halls. Those students living in
the residence halls will also have
a stronger voice at Fairfield.
This new government
was formed seven months ago
by Patrick Rombalski, Assistant
Director of Student Residences.
"We were relieved that
it was passed," Rombalski said.
"Now, hopefully, we can prove
to the students how important
I.R.H.G. will be."
Thomas Pellegrino,
Legislature President, said the pro-posal
was submitted to the legisla-ture
and it came out of the Judiciary
Committee as favorable.
"It was brought for a dis-cussion
and mostly everybody
thought it was a good idea," said
Pellegrino.
However, when the vote
came there were six abstentions. To
this, Pellegrino said, "Some people
in the legislature felt there were too
many questions unanswered and that
the process of passing the bill was
too quick."
Some of the conflicts were
due to the fact that some people
thought the I.R.H.G. would oppose
FUSA by having their own senato-rial
board, Pellegrino said.
Nevertheless, the legisla-ture
is optimistic about the new
government. "They are going to
have a major job with the problems
of the dorms," Pellegrino.
"I predict we will see the
real success of how the dorms bene-fit
in about a year from now. It is
going to take time."
main house, the estate house, Julie
Hall, and the Chapel/dining hall.
Student Services will be
moved from Loyola Hall to the
main building ofthe complex. The
Career Center, which is being
placed in the old gym of the build-ing,
is scheduled to be completed
and in use by December. The
University hopes to have all of
Student Services moved by June
so that the space it now occupies in
Loyola may be turned back into
dormitory rooms.
The infirmary will also
move to main house with Student
Services. The present infirmary
"is too small now and doesn't meet
the standards," Barone said.
Freshmen housing will be
added in the main building on top
ofthe present housing in Julie Hall.
The new rooms will be doubles
and the present single rooms will
remain open to upperclassmen.
Campion and Jogues halls are
becoming freshmen dorms in
September and the new dining hall
being put in the Chapel of the
complex will serve as a freshmen
cafeteria. "A lot of school's have
a separate cafeterias and it pro-motes
class spirit," Barone said.
"It will be an interesting experi-ence
for us."
Continuing Education
will be moving from Canisius to
the estate house of the complex.
"This way people coming from off
campus will have everything on
the edge ofcampus," Barone said.
All renovations in the
Julie Hall complex are scheduled
to be completed by next fall.
Completion ofthe Regina
A. Quick Center is expected by
November. Offices in the Center
may be ready for use before any of
the stage equipment, Barone said.
The land between the fine
arts center and the Chapel is being
"cut through" so it will be ready
for future construction, Barone
said. "We have very concept plans
for a communications and fine arts
building, but it will be a few years
off."
Construction site of the future Chapel and Campus Ministry Center scheduled to be completed by fall.
Photo: Tom Beime
Townhouse Residents Discuss
Differences With Administration
Jim Gooding
Staff Writer
Townhouse residents met
with members of the administra-tion
last Tuesday to discuss the
recent enforcement of the no band
rule and the possible banning of
kegs. A proposal is in the works to
bring bands back.
William P. Schimpf, Vice
President of Student Services, and
Patty Christiano, Assistant Direc-tor
of Student Residences, were
present at the meeting,
The bands were the first
topic of concern. Schimpfpointed
out the clause in the townhouse
lease which states that musical
instruments are not permitted.
The reasoning behind this is their
potential for loudness and consid-eration
forneighbors, Schimpfsaid.
He added that the construction of
the buildings is not conducive to
band situations.
"The concern is for the
rights of members not attending
the party," Schimpf said.
A question was raised as
to whether a band would be al-lowed
ifthe host received his neigh-bors'permission.
Schimpf agreed
that this was a feasible alternative
if the objectives could be reached.
Schimpf suggested that
the students draft a proposal and
submit it to a FUSA representative
for official review. The duration
of the process could be relatively
short and proceedings could be
completed this semester.
As far as the keg situ-continued
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The townhouses, located on the outskirts of campus, have been the source of much controversy between
students and the administration so far this year. Photo: Tom Beirne