Mirror - Vol. 14, No. 15 - February 22, 1990

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FairfieldMRRORV Volume 14, No. 15 Thursday, February 22, 1990 The Image of Fairfield
U. Council Updates Its Constitution
Lynri Ann Casey
Editor in Chief
The University Council ham-mered
out the details of their
constitution and welcomed new
student member Patrick Foote,
Class of 92, in its first meeting of
the Spring semester.
The appointment of Patrick
Foote to the Council by FUSA
President Tom Pelllegrino pends
approval by the Student Senate.
The Council was initiated in
the 1960's with the concept of a
tripartite government in mind. The
Council is composed of four
members from each of the three
sections: students, faculty, and
administration.
The original constitution of
the University Council was pro-posed
by students in the late 1960' s
and accepted in the early 1970's.
According to James Fitzpatrick,
Assistant Dean of University Ac-tivities,
it has not been updated
since this time.
Katherine Schwab, Professor
of Fine Arts, said the Council is
trying to "refine it and bring it into
line with what's happening now."
Schwab is part of the sub-commit-tee
that carefully reviewed the
constitution and made suggestions
before discussing it with the full
Council.
The Council debated overhow
specific the constitution should
read. "I have no difficulty being
specific. I think it will help us in
the long run," said Fitzpatrick.
The Council decided that the
recording secretary will call the
first meeting of the year. There
will be three meetings per semes-ter
with the option for calling
additional meetings at any time.
Any member of the Council has
the right to call an emergency
meeting at any time. In this case,
the Council must meet as soon as
possible depending on the urgency
of the request.
Assistant Dean Mary Francis
Malone supported a change to a
standing chair versus the rotating
chair policy presently used.
Fitzpatrick said, "One of the
strengths of the Council is the ro-tating
chair." The Council decided
to keep the rotating chair policy.
Each week a chair will represent
either students, faculty, or the
administration.
The Council discussed the
necessity of publicizing the times
and dates of its meetings. Foote
noted the need for students to be
aware that the meetings are taking
place and are open to the public.
Student Council member Ei-leen
East brought up the need to
talk about the Student Infirmary.
Her concern was with the policy of
getting students to the hospital in
emergency situations.
William Schimpf, Vice Presi-dent
ofStudent Services, suggested
she speak with the Director of the
Student Health Center about this
policy.
Schwab also suggested that
the Council add to the agenda the
pending topic of the Quality of
Residence Life.
The next meeting will be held
the last week in March. The agenda
items will include continued dis-cussion
on the constitution as well
as the student infirmary. The chair
will be faculty member Katherine
Schwab.
The student members of the
Council are students Patrick
Brainard, Eileen East, Donna Ta-blets
and Patrick Foote. Faculty
members include Katherine
Schwab, Consuela Garcia-Devesa,
Frederick Mis. Members of the
administration include William
Schimpf, Mary Francis Malone,
Stephen Jakab, and James Fitzpa-trick.
Blood Drive Falls Short Of Goal
200 Pints Drawn From Volunteers
Christina Hennessy
StaffWriter
A total of 200 productive
units of blood was contributed to
the Red Cross during the February
14-15 Circle-K sponsored Blood
Drive.
This number fell far short of
the original goal of 300 pints.
"We were hoping for 150
pints each day, but the numbers are
likely low due to the amount of
people who are under the weather,"
said junior Marty Tyrrel, Chair-person
of the Blood Drive.
"I think we were really hurt
by the colds, viruses, and flus going
around this campus," said Kelly
Ann Conlisk, class of '91, Presi-dent
of Circle-K.
There was much less pub-licity
for this drive than for the first
drive last semester and, according
to Arlene Carlson, the Red Cross
Senior Donor Recruitment Repre-sentative,
this lack of prior public-ity
may also have been the reason
for the low numbers.
"Though this year's num-ber
was significantly down from
last semester's goal-breaking
drive," added Carlson, "each pint
of productive blood will help four
to five people."
Fairfield University is a
major contributor for the hospitals
in the state of Connecticut and the
Red Cross relies on Fairfield to be
one ' jrgest suppliers.
"I think Fairfield Univer-sity
can collect a lot more blood
than it does. 300 pints is less than
10% of the community," said
Conlisk. "Everybody is invited -
faculty, students, and staff."
Those who did donate un-derstood
the importance of sup-plying
blood for the needs ofmany
area hospitals.
"I really wanted to give
blood because I realize how-im-portant
this blood is for somebody
who may need it. If I needed blood
I would like to know somebody
had donated blood for me," said
Kim Boniface, class of '93.
Carol Mayewski, class of
'91, added, "I had to have surgery
done and I knew if there isn't
enough blood, the operation would
be cancelled."
Though the donor numbers
may have been low, the workers
and volunteers were plenty.
Volunteers consisted of
Circle-K members, Student Nurs-ing
Association, Red Cross work-ers,
and students who wanted to
help. ,
"Everybody was really great
about volunteering," said Jodie
Jegela, class of '92.
"The RAs really helped us
this year by getting the kids on
their floors to donate their time,"
Mayewski said.
Both Jegela and Mayewski
were Co-Chairs of Staffing for the
drive.
"I didn' t mind putting in the
effort to make this event work
because of the invaluable impor-tance
ofgiving blood," said Tyrrel.
Cirle-K and other student volunteers assisted Red Cross workers at the Blood Drive. •
Photo:Lisa Licamele
Mularky
Shares A
Day In
The Soviet
Union
James Bodor
Staff Writer
Last Tuesday night an audi-ence
in the Oak Room was treated
to a "picturesque" view of the
worlds of sports, politics, and
Hollywood, as well as a quick trip
to the Soviet Union.
Photographer Karen Mu-larkey,
editor of the Day in the Life
series of books, gave a speech and
slide show on these topics.
The Day in the Life series is
books that present hundreds of
photographs, taken by hundreds of
different photographers, ofone day
in the life of a particular country.
Mularky's speech concen-trated
on the creation of the books
dealing with the United States and
the Soviet Union.
Mularky enjoys the unique
advantages of the Day in the Life
series.
"The photographers who
participate-in the Day in the Life
series are really a remarkable cross
section of talent. They could make
most of their fortunes in advertis-ing,
but the thing they love about
the Day in the Life projects is they
are not working for a client," She
said;
" They get to go out and for
a day, they get to take the kind of
pictures that they want to take.
They're really trying to make
simple and elegant photographs of
everyday life."
Through the use ofhundreds
of photographs, and the story be-hind
each one, Mularky created
her own picture, of the life of a
photographer.
She said of the career itself,
"It's a nice way to make a living,
and it brings you in contact with
some really amazing people."
Mularky also pointed out
the high degree of responsibility
involved with the job, and the in-fluence
that a photograph can have.
She alsodiscussed the in-fluence
a photographer can have in
a political campaign.
"It's an interesting journal-istic
question (the question of
photo-ops), about how we are re-stricted
in the kinds of pictures that
are made during campaigns, and
how campaigns are conducted."
She also said that one of the
dangers ofthejob involve people's
right to privacy and public pri-vacy;
sometimes you cross it."
Mularky also had a word of
advice for students who are wor-ried
about the future of their lives,
who are searching for a direction
in life.
"I always try to tell stu-dents
to not be so set in their minds
about what they're going to be at
this early stage Instead be willing
to go somewhere and give a little."
Murlarky began her pho-tography
career with Rolling Stone
magazine in 1975.
She later worked for
Newsweek, and currently is a pho-tographer
for Sports Illustrated.