Mirror - Vol. 15, No. 03 - September 27, 1990

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FairfieldMBRRORV Volume 15, No. 3 Thursday, September 27, 1990 The Image Of Fairfield
New
FUSA
Committee
Aimed at
Campus
Issues
Christina Hennessy
News Editor
A new developmental com-mittee
comprised of student repre-sentatives
from the various con-stituencies
of the University com-munity
is currently being set up by
FUSA to examine to the long-range
issues directly effecting students.
"There's no reason why stu-dents
can't take an active role in
improving all dimensions of the
University," said Craig Haba,
FUSA vice president of Student
Life.
Currently in the process of
appointing representatives, Haba
said he is looking for students who
"want to take a more active role in
the University community as a
whole."
Representatives from all
areas on campus, such as Resident
Advisors, IRHG members, com-muters,
athletes, and beach and
townhouse residents will be ap-pointed
in order to "pull together
so improvement can be made in all
areas," according to Haba.
The student committee will
work with the University's long-range
Planning Committee to the
President and Board of Trustees,
comprised of faculty , administra-tion
and two student representa-tives.
Liz McGrath and Brian
Hayes are the two student repre-senatives
chosen by Haba to serve
on the planning committee. They
will also act as liasons to the devel-opmental
committee.
"I hope I'll be able to give
my perspective as a student and
achieve something beneficial for
the whole University community,"
said McGrath.
"The members were very
receptive to the student input at the
first meeting, and I think the fact
Brian and I will also report to the
student committee will keep the
lines of communication open, "
added McGrath.
Besides attempting to im-prove
the events that will affect the
students this year, the developmen-tal
committee members will also
be affecting policy that will be
important in year's to come.
For Haba, one immediate
area of concern is the Campus
Center, which he feels is being
underutilized.
"Hopefully, the Campus
Center can become a central area
for the clubs to operate and to
interact with other clubs.
"We don't know what's
going to come after," added Haba,
"this opens up the possibility of
increased attention to students di-rectly
improving those areas that
concern them."
Students Robbed At Gunpoint
AnnMarie Puckhaber
Editor-in-Chief
Three freshmen were robbed
at gunpoint Friday night walking
across Campion Field on their way
to Dolan Campus.
Jason Masure, a resident of
Regis, was walking Letty Kluttz
and Jackie Conway, both resi-dents
of Dolan Campus, back to
their rooms at 11:30 p.m. when
they were approached by three
males who ordered them to hand
over their money and jewelry.
"These three guys were just
suddenly there and one had an
automatic (weapon)," Kluttz said.
"One ripped the chain right off
Jason's neck."
The assailants stole a 14-
karat-gold chain from Masure and
a leather bracelet from Kluttz.
Kluttz said she was wearing other
jewelry, but was able to slip it into
her pocket unnoticed.
"We started backing away
and one of them said if you don't
stop I'm going to shoot you," Kluttz
said. The assailants then began
walking away and "we just started
running in the other direction," she
said.
The victims went immedi-ately
to Security and the Fairfield
Police Department was called to
the scene. The three students spent
all day Saturday at the police de-partment
looking at mug shots, but
did not make any positive identifi-cations,
Kluttz said.
"I'm scared to walk across
campus at night or even at dusk,"
Kluttz said. Since the incident,
Kluttz and Conway have called
Security for an escort when walk-ing
home at night. "We want lights
put in," she added.
The Office of Student Resi-dences
and Security have issued
an alert to staff members and resi-dent
students regarding the rob-bery.
"There is no record of any
previous armed robbery on cam-pus,"
said Murray Farber, director
of Public Relations.
The incident is under the
investigation of the Fairfield Po-lice
Department. Beach Residents Vent Gripes
To Town Officials
Christina Hennessy
News Editor
The officers of the Fairfield
University Beach Association
(FUBA) pulled together off-cam-pus
boarders in a meeting Tuesday
entitled "State of the Beach", in an
effort to give the residents a sound-ing
board for their concerns.
"The general consent down
at the beach is that the students
keep getting harassed here from
every side," said Janet Clark,
FUBA president.
"The student beach residents
are right in the middle and we (the
officers) felt we had to open the
lines of communication between
the year-round residents and the
students," she added.
Jackie Durrell, Fairfield's
first selectperson; William Mocka-lis,
the chiefof police for Fairfield,
and William P. Schimpf, vice presi-dent
of Student Services fielded
questions from the sparsely at-tended
group.
Durrell started off the meet-ing
stating "every year for the past
seven to ten years there have been
problems with the students down
at the beach."
She attributed the problem to
the people who have bought the
beach houses for year round dwell-ings,
therefore "changing the
complexion of the beach commu-nity."
Although the relationship
between the year-round residents
and the off-campus boarders was a
major concern, the audience fo-cused
its comments on being un-aware
of the rights of the Fairfield
police force.
"There have been twenty-four
arrests at the beach since the
beginning of school, with fourteen
of those University students," said
Schimpf.
Most ofthe arrests dealt with
disturbances of the peace and lit-tering,
according to Schimpf.
Some students, however,
raised the point that police have
entered their homes at times dur-ing
which there is a small number
of people.
According to one audience
member, a policeman entered a
home at which less than 25 people
were watching a movie. The po-liceman
then allegedly told the
students to move out of the house.
Mockalis acknowledged the
problem and proposed that "a
committee comprised of beach
residents and my staff get together
and sit down and listen to both
sides."
"With a dialogue between the
Members of the audience question town and school officials after the
meeting.
both groups everybody can feel
they are being heard," he added.
Clark suggested the implem-entation
of a booklet outlining the
rights of both the police and the
students.
"Hopefully, by the end of it
all the students will know what we
can and cannot do and the police
will know what they can and can-not
do."
Schimpf cautioned the audi-ence
to use common sense and
take any complaints down to the
station the day after the incident
has occurred.
Schimpf also stated that the
students "have to use some good
judgements as to when to have
parties at your houses.
Rev. W. Laurence O'Neil,
S.J., dean of students, questioned
continued on p. 3
Convocation Honors Members of Jesuit Community
Emily Okenquist
Staff Writer
Fairfield University joins
every otherJesuit institution around
the world today in celebrating the
Opening of the Ignatian Year.
The canceling of afternoon
classes, a noon Mass of the Holy
Spirit, a barbecue for the Univer-sity
community, and an academic
convocation mark the beginning
of the celebration of the 450 anni-versary
of the founding of the So-ciety
of Jesus.
"This is a very special occa-sion,
a once in a lifetime event,"
said Mary Frances Malone, the
assistant academic vice president
and the chairman of the Honorary
Degree Committee. "It's very sig-nificant
to cancel classes and in-vite
all of the students to take part
in this."
The Convocation will take
place this afternoon at 3 p.m. in the
Regina A. Quick Center, at which
Doctorates of Humane Letters,
"honoris causa", will be awarded
to Thomas C. Cornell, Rev. How-ard
J. Gray, S.J. and Dr. Monika
Hellwig.
Cornell, a 1956 Fairfield
graduate, is the Director of Soup
Kitchens for the Waterbury Area
Council of Churches. He has been
concerned with social justice is-sues
and has cared for the poor his
whole life.
"He's a natural for the award
because of the service he has given
to others in need," said Malone.
Fr. Gray, the Director of
Tertians, Detroit Province, "has
had a profound effect on numerous
members ofthe Society ofJesus by
reaching out to everyone," said
Malone.
As director, he is in charge of
a program involving a final year of
spiritual studies, which all Jesuits
undertake prior to their pronounc-ing
final vows in the Society of
Jesus.
During his 29 years as a Jes-uit,
he has also been involved in
retreat work and spiritual renewal.
Hellwig, a professor of theol-ogy
at GeorgetowrUniversity, is
the single mother of three adopted
children and has done a great deal
of social work.
Prominent in her field,
Hellwig received the John Court-ney
Murphy Medal for distin-guished
achievement in theology,
a major award from the Catholic
Theology Society of America.
"She embodies the true char-acter
ofthe Jesuits," Malone added.
At the ceremony, approxi-mately
125 members of the faculty
will take part in a academic
processsion through the Quick
Center, and the Fairfield Univer-sity
Glee Club will perform, as
well. Fr. Gray will offer the Con-vocation
address.
"It is customary for one of
those receiving a degree to give the
address," Malone said, "and it will
be a wonderful opportunity to hear
him speak."
The Honorary Degree Com-mittee,
comprised of faculty, stu-dents,
and administration, selected
the honorary recipients after re-ceiving
35 to 40 nominations.
Applications went out to all of the
faculty, members of the admini-stration
and students.
"We wanted one woman, one
Jesuit, and one layman," said
Malone. "We were very lucky to
find an alumnus."
"This major event is inclusive
of all women and men who show
the tradition ofjustice of the Soci-ety
of Jesus," Malone added.
"We are celebrating those
people who best exemplify the
Ignatian ideal of academic excel-lence
and working for others in
faith and justice."