Mirror - Vol. 01, No. 02 - September 29, 1977

              False Alarm
Prankster
Nabbed
A student was caught and
charged with sending a false
alarm following a late night fire
alarm in the Northwest dormitory
last week. Student Services
refused to release the name of the
student charged, but they did say
that he admitted pulling the
alarm.
The Mirror has learned that the
student was a freshman and has
been suspended indefinitely.
Dean of Students, William
Schimpf, would not say whether
the University will press criminal
charges against the student or
take the case to the University
Judicial Board. Security director
Mark Lombardi had stated in an
interview prior to the apprehen-sion
of the student that the
University would not drop the
charges against anyone caught
sending a false alarm.
Although over 15 false alarms
were pulled on campus since the
start of school, this case marks
the first time anyone has been
charged.
In response to the rash of
alarms Dean Schimpf circulated a
memo to all resident students
Sunday night pointing out that
sending a false alarm constitutes
a violation of state law and can
bring a penalty of up to $1,000 or
six months in jail. The memo
stated, "The University would
consider a person responsible for'
turning in a false alarm guilty of a
serious breach of conduct and the
case would be referred to the
University Judicial Board."
University fire equipment and
procedure iz still under strain as a
result of last week's sharp jump in
alarms. Students annoyed by the
frequent alarms have ripped five
of the alarm bullhorns from the
walls of Northwest. Security has
temporarily posted officers in the
building to serve as a fire watch
until the bullhorns are replaced.
The Fairfield fire department is
continuing its policy installed last
week of refusing to respond to
alarms from the University unless
the security department calls to
affirm the existence of a fire.
At press time Dean Schimpf
and president Fitzgerald were
unavailable for comment.
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Groundbreaking Set
Rec. Complex
Gets OK
Dr. Phyllis Porter, Dean of Nursing, cuts ribbon to the Nursing Wing,
at its dedication ceremony Tuesday, September 27.
Nursing Wing Opens;
No University Expense
A $200,000 grant for construction of Fairfield University's new
School of Nursing facility, awarded by the Ira W. DeCamp Foun-dation,
was announced by Rev. Thomas R. Fitzgerald, S.J., university
president, at the dedication of the building Tuesday afternoon (Sep-tember
27).
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The Fairfield University Board
of Trustees authorized construc-tion
of a $2.7 million recreational
complex adjacent to the existing
Fairfield University Gymnasium
during the board's annual
meeting Friday.
In other actions, five new
trustees were elected to the board
to bring its membership to 28,
two members were given trustee
emeritus status, and all five
officers of the university were
reelected to new one-year terms.
" According to David W.P.
Jewitt, chairman of the Board of
Trustees, the group has authoriz-ed
the university's president, Rev.
Thomas R. Fitzgerald, S.J., to
proceed with a construction
contract which is expected to
cost $2.7 million to provide a
65,000 square foot, two story
recreational complex in the heart
of the Fairfield campus.
Groundbreaking for the new
building is expected to take place
early next month with construc-tion
expected to be completed by
January 1, 1979.
The recreational complex, for
which the zoning easement was
previously obtained, will provide
a 25 meter swimming pook which
can be used for recreation as well
as meets, a multi-purpose room,
four courts which can be used
interchangeably for badminton,
tennis, volleyball and basketball,
four handball courts which can
also be used for squash, an indoor
track, and whirlpool, suanas and
locker room facilities.
When construction is com-pleted
most indoor spectator
sports will be housed in the
existing, adjacent gymnasium,
while the new complex will be
used for recreational purposes,
explained Fr. Fitzgerald. The
present gymnasium is currently
used for varsity, club and
intra-mural sports and for recrea-tion
purposes by the more than
2,700 full-time male and female
undergraduate students at the
university and by the more than
800 male students at Fairfield
College Preparatory School, also
located on the campus.
The building will be construct-ed
of sand-colored brick and in a
similar architectural mode to
blend with existing buildings, the
president said. Architects for the
complex are Fletcher Thompson,
Inc., of Bridgeport.
Construction bids are now
being reviewed. The Board of
Trustees stipulated that there be
written assurances as to the
availability of long-term funding.
Once such assurances have been
received, a building contract may
be awarded, Fr. Fitzgerald
explained.
SEC Picks Prairie League;
Fall Weekend Concert Set
In The Mirror-
After a year of intensive re-search
the self-study task forces
have filed their report. Read what
they found out...Page 3
An exclusive interview with ris-ing
actor and alumnus Paul Rudd
...Page 5
Did you take your "one-a-day"
today? A special full page feature
on vital vitamins. Read what
they'll do for you —and to you...
Page 10
We'll bet you don't like student
services' drinking regulations, but
we found someone who's willing
to defend them —and does...
Page 9
The.long distance runner isn't
just lonely, he's dedicated. Read
Doc Dougherty's up close portrait
of this unique breed of athlete...
Page 14
And there's more: national news
summary, entertainment calendar,
Nagle's pro picks, boos, cheers
and all that...in the Mirror.
by Ralph Tremaglio
"Pure Prairie League" has made
verbal agreement with Fairfield
University's Student Entertain-ment
Commission (S.E.C.) to per-form
for the concert of the yet un-named
annual fall weekend. The
band will play in the gym on Fri-day,
October 14, as the feature
act for the event. Legal contracts
were sent to the S.E.C. in the mail
on Monday, September 26, by rep-resentatives
of the country-rock
group. According to the student
group's chairman, Pete "Chick"
Muller, "We will sign them imme-diately."
Although an opening act has
not yet been agreed upon, Muller
said that the S.E.C. was quickly
working out details. S.E.C. mem-ber
Peter Hyzak remarked, "Pos-sibilities
being considered polled
highly on the student survey taken
by F.U.S.A. last spring." Muller
added that some of the artists that
are being considered for the
warm-up spot "were chosen on
about 20% of the surveys re-turned."
S.E.C. officials have expressed
their group's concern about avoid-ing
financial losses from this fall's
concert. Muller noted that the
commission "hopes to break
even" with this event, and he
hopes that the "Pure Prairie
League" performance will not re-sult
in a large deficit. Citing the
Billy Joel concert during last
spring's Dogwood Weekend as an
example of large financial diffi-culties,
Muller stated that the
S.E.C. incurred "a $7700 loss" due
to that show.
Muller informed that a contro-versial
matter concerning the 1976
Homecoming concert has been at
least financially resolved. Last
fall, the feature act for the week-end's
performance was slated to
be the "Outlaws", but the band
mysteriously cancelled on the af-ternoon
of the show. The "Out-laws"
suit settled during the last
week in August, and we are get-ting
$3100 from them. This
amount is what we asked for, and
is due (to be usable by the S.E.C.)
in the beginning of November,
hopefully.
Coinciding with the receipt of
the lawsuit money in November,
Muller announced that openings;
Still remain for events in Gonzaga,.
the Oak Room, and possibly the.
gym during the month. The Com-mission
chairman said that the
gym date this semester "depends
upon the 'Pure Prairie League'
concert; if we lose money we may
hot be able to go in there." he
Concluded that he would like to
publicly thank the stage crew of
the "Paul Winter Consort" gym
performance "for all their help on
the set-up and tear-down."
S.E.C. announced two of their
upcoming events on Friday, Sept.
30, "Johnny's Dance Band" is fea-tured
in the Oak Room. Warming
up for the Philadelphia-based
rock group is the band "Topaz".
Also on Oct. 31, "Duke and the
Drivers" appears on the Fairfield
campus.