Mirror - Vol. 14, No. 07 - October 26, 1989

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Fairfield Dares To Be Different
Tracey Gibbons
Staff Writer
Last week, Fairfield Uni-versity
participated in the National
Collegiate Alcohol Awareness
Week in an effort to educate stu-dents
on the effects of alcohol on
this campus and in their personal
lives.
According to literature dis-tributed
throughout the week,
drinking is taken for granted at
most schools as just another aspect
of college life. However, studies
have proven that alcohol abuse
among college students can result
in poor grades, serious accidents,
and even death.
"The purpose of the week is
to get students to think about the
role alcohol plays in their lives and
to be responsible," said Barry
Vesciglio, Substance Abuse Coun-selor
and Peer Counseling Direc-tor.
In most states, a person is
considered legally drunk when
BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentra-tion)
reaches .10%. If a person at
this level of intoxication decides to
drive, he or she is six times more
likely to be involved in an auto-mobile
accident.
Alcohol Awareness Week
is an annual and national event.
All colleges and universities are
invited to participate. Other par-ticipants
in this area included
Sacred Heart University and Cen-tral
Connecticut State, as well as
many other state schools.
The scheduled programs for
the week included a variety of
events that began Sunday evening
with a special mass in Loyola
Chapel. However, Monday was
actually "kick-off day" in the
Campus Center lobby where bal-loons
and buttons displaying the
theme of the week "Dare to be
Different" were distributed.
In addition, a crashed car
was displayed in the area between
Gonzaga and Loyola halls to re-mind
students that drinking and
driving don't mix.
Beginning Tuesday and
continuing throughout the week
counselors from various agencies
delivered speeches and showed
videos in the Campus Center lobby.
On Tuesday evening a bar-tending
class was conducted in the
Stag-Her Inn. "The idea behind
the bartending class was to teach
students how to have a responsible
party," Vesciglio said. This event
was one of the most well-attended.
Other events included an
evening with Randy Levin and
Mocktails in the Stag-Her, and
Michael Keaton in "Clean and
Sober," as well as individual dorm-sponsored
programs.
Alcohol Awareness Week
was sponsored by Fairfield's Peer
Counseling network.
Crashed car displayed during Alcohol Awareness Week proves that drinking and
driving don't mix. Photo: Rich Nunziante
Kelley Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
"I've Always Said I'd Never Be An Academic Adminstrator"
Lynn Ann Casey
Editor in Chief
"I was intrigued by the at-tractiveness
of the place: the size,
the location, the quality, and the
promise," said Father Aloysius P.
Kelley, SI, on what first brought
him to accept the presidency in
1979.
Father Kelley is celebrating
his tenth year as President of Fair-field
University. As he sits in his
corner office on the first floor of
Bellarmine Hall, he says that
"Fairfield is an exciting place."
"It is very young as far as
universities go, but has a long list
of accomplishments that would
make many older institutions envi-
Father Aloysius P. Kelley Photo: Kevin Wolfthal
ous." Father Kelley thinks that
Fairfield has come a long way in a
short time.
Father Kelley says there is
no such thing as a typical day for
him, but most include both on-campus
and off-campus matters.
He spends much of his time meet-ing
with people and sifting through
the piles of correspondence that
arrive daily at his office.
"I always said I'd never be
an academic administrator," our
University president said. "I love
being a faculty member." When
Father Kelley decides to leave
Fairfield, he wants to go back to
teaching.
He enjoys immediate con-tact
with students. Living at the
townhouses brings Father Kelley
closer to these students. He is
often asked to dinner by townhouse
neighbors, and gladly accepts if he
is in town. His favorite food type
is Italian, especially linguini with
white clam sauce.
Educated at St. Louis Uni-versity
at the undergraduate level,
Father Kelley continued his stud-ies
at the University of Pennsylva-nia
and the University ofInnsbruck
in Austria. He entered the noviti-ate
in 1949, became a priest in
1962, and took his final vows to
the Society of lesus in 1968.
His education concentrated
on study of the classics. He loves
to analyze things, and says this is
why he enjoys studying classical
literature. Father Kelley attributes
his optimism to his study of clas-sics.
He looks to long range prob-lems,
and can find the answers to
improve many situations.
One of the best things about
Fairfield is the "quality of the
people who work here," says Fa-ther
Kelley as he includes all those
who are here to serve the students.
The student body, though, "is the
biggest component" ofthe Univer-sity.
Many people have told Fa-ther
Kelley that the students at
Fairfield are hard to characterize.
"They have a special spirit that
can't be put into words."
What is Father Kelley's
major fault? "That's an easy thing
to answer; the tendency to think
that once I've heard one side of a
story, I've heard it all." He asserts
that this is a very human thing to
do, but also very frustrating.
"Each year, we are stronger
than the year before," says Father
Kelley. He works toward a con-stant
enhancement of the Univer-sity:
the faculty, the programs, the
students, and the reputation. "The
cumulative effect of the past ten
years has been tremendous."
Running Fairfield Univer-sity
is not a job for one man, says
Father Kelley, but "a team effort."
Fairfield University is "a complex
enterprise" composed of many
"talented, hard-working, commit-ted
people," who pool their re-sources
to do the best they can to
serve the students. He believes in
delegation, and "selects good
people and lets them do their job,
while stressing teamwork and co-operation."
Legislaure
AndFUTA
Approve
Townhouse
Band
Proposal
Tom Rhatigan
Assistant News Editor
Fairfield's Student Legis-lature
passed a resolution last week
that will allow campus bands to
play at the townhouses.
The proposal was conceived
by Joseph DeVito, Senior Class
representative. "We recognized
the popularity of campus bands
and we knew almost everybody
wanted them back," DeVito said.
Bands have played in the
townhouses for the past couple of
years, despite University regula-tion.
The townhouse contract states
that bands are not allowed because
of the high noise level and at the
beginning ofthis semester the Uni-versity
decided to enforce this rule
due to numerous complaints it
received last year.
The proposal was submit-ted
to the legislature and it passed
unanimously. Tom Pelligrino,
Legislature President, said, "This
proposal is simply a guideline for
the University to go by. We, the
legislature, looked it over and we
feel it is reasonable."
In order to become Univer-sity
policy, the proposal must be
approved by the Fairfield
Townhouse Association, and fi-nally
by Student Services. The
proposal has already met the ap-proval
of the Townhouse Associa-tion.
F.U.T.A. President Beth
Jenkins said, "We saw no prob-lems
with the proposal and we
should know by next week what
Student Services has to say."
The proposal states that
bands wishing to perform or prac-tice
in a townhouse unit must reg-ister
as one would when register-ing
for a party.
If a band wishes to practice
or perform, they must register at
least 24 hours in advance. The
form must bear the signature of
one band member, all the residents^
of that house, and at least one resi-dent
from each of the other resi-dences
in the townhouse's block.
"This proposal will provide
guidelines for controlling the noise
if the bands get too loud," said
DeVito. "We want to increase
communication between the Uni-versity
and the students as well as
eliminate any problems. We hope
the University will recognize the
popularity of campus bands."
Pelligrino said that the pur-pose
of the proposal is to form an
agreement between the University
and the students. "The bottom line
is to make an equitable compro-mise
where both parties can be
appeased," he said. "We are will-ing
to make adjustments if neces-sary."