Mirror - Vol. 02, No. 21 - March 8, 1979

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THE
FAIRFIELD Volume 2, No. 21, March 8,1979
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY, FAIRFIELD, CONN. 06430 MIRROR ^^ Incorporated 1977
Connolly Picks Cabinet;
Buckley, Navarro Right-Hand Men
Members of Jimmy Connolly's Cabinet, left to right, are Mike Navarro,
Academic Coordinator, Nancy Delaney, Director of Comminications,
Kenny Donovan, Comptroller, And Tim Buckley, Executive Director. Mis-sing
is Denise Dzurec, the Attorney General. (Photo by Bob Schumm)
Dean's Search
Misses Deadline
by James Endrst
The Chairman of the Dean's
Search Committee, Dr. Arthur L.
Anderson, announced that the com-mittee
has narrowed the field down
to 17 candidates. The committee will
not, however, be able to make their
recommendations to President Fitz-gerald
by the proposed March 15th
deadline.
In an effort to find a new Dean for
the College of Arts and Science, the
twelve member body has met ten
times and considered over 200 ap-plicants
from various parts of the
country. Dr. Anderson stated that as
a result of normal procedural delays
occuring outside of the meetings (for
example, mailing) the final candidate
would not be chosen in time to meet
their original deadline. "Of course,
Spring break will also make it difficult
to conclude our business for a cou-ple
of weeks yet," he said. "But as
fas as the committee's work is con-cerned,
I have to say that it's been
superb. We've worked very well
together. It's a very diversified and
balanced group—two deans, two
students and eight faculty
members." The Chairman added
'Sogi's'
Shut Down 'Sogi's Hoagies', the cold-cut
sandwich business run by
freshmen Dave Sell and John
Sohigian on the ground floor of
Regis Dormitory, was ordered
closed by Student Services last
Thursday. Student Services cited
the enterprise's lack of a retail
license and Health Department
certification as reasons for the
shutdown.
As the result of the shutdown,
'Sogi's described in detail in last
week's Mirror, shall lose approx-imately
one hundred dollars it had
invested in tee shirts with the
business' emblem on the front, as
well as any revenue it had an-ticipated
from the continuance of
the service, which had grossed
as much as two hundred dollars
per night on peak nights.
Dave "Flick" Sell said of the
shutdown that "We knew that the
article would help business, and
we were upset at the closing, but
it was taking time from our
studies, too. We could have sold
ten dozen sandwiches a night,
and last Thursday we turned a lot
of people away—there was just
no food left." When asked if there
was a possibility of a re-opening,
Sell said that "No, there's really
no way we can get out of it.
They've got us legally. If some
one tells the Health Department
the school could get sued."
that he thought the contributions of
the two students, Patricia Cary and
William Oravez, had been "terrific,"
and that they had done "as good a
job as the faculty" thus far.
The qualities that the Search Com-mittee
agrees the new Dean must
have are: a Ph.D., university
teaching experience, a
demonstrated ability as a teacher,
proven scholarship in his field,
(which means having been publish-ed)
proven administrative abilities
either as a Dean or the chairman of
their department, and strong
references from a variety of sources
attesting to all of the above.
Dr. Alan Katz, a member of the
committee, agreed with Dr. Ander-son
that the future Dean "must have
a proven commitment to the Liberal
Arts tradition."
The number of candidates will be
reduced from 17 to eight "finalists"
after interviews and final delibera-tions
are held, the Search Commit-tee's
recommendation to Fr. Fitz-gerald
is expected to be made by the
end of March.
by Tony Tarnell
With his inauguration less than
one month away, President elect
Jimmy Connolly has begun the
arduous task of hand picking the
executive staff of his cabinet. Of
the eight chief cabinet positions,
Connolly has filled six t>) the posi-tions.
The remaining two openings
will be picked next week.
When asked what was the criteria
by which he selected the students to
fill the chief positions, Connolly
stated that "All the students which I
considered had to possess the pro-per
mixture of what I consider three
essential characteristics." Connolly
detailed that any student to be con-sidered
for the positions had to have
basic intelligence, be dependable,
and be able to work with his/her
fellow cabinet members. Connolly
stated that "if the people you have
working for you at the center of your
government don't possess these
qualities, than the most you could
hope for is an inefficient, non-stable
F.U.S.A. government."
Tim Buckley, a junior, has been
selected to be Connolly's Executive
Director. The Executive Director
functions more or less as a Vice
President. Buckley's responsibilities
will include instituting new programs,
as well as generally overseeing all
the various government branches.
"I feel very flattered to have been
selected for such an essential posi-tion
in Jimmy's cabinet," noted
Buckley. He pointed out that "being
Executive Director is an extremely
important position, because the per-son
selected must be available to the
President virtually twenty-four hours
a day." Buckley continued that, "the
Executive Director must be fully
voiced on all of the Presidents deci-sions
in lieu of the fact that some-times
Jimmy won't be able to attend
a meeting, and the Executive Direc-tor
must fill in, and act as the Presi-dent
would."
Mike Navarro, a junior accounting
major has been appointed to a new
F.U.S.A. cabinet position, being
Academic Coordinator. Navarro will
tackle a lot of the problems which
link the student body to the faculty
and administration. Connolly noted
that, "Mike is a real hard working
student, and he possesses a keen
ability in relating to the administra-tion."
Some of the areas in which
Navarro will concentrate will be the
core-curriculum revision, and
developing a proficient teacher
evaluation system.
Denise Dzurec will function as At-torney
General in Connolly's cabinet.
"This pick was my easiest of all the
positions I had to fill " stated Con-nolly.
He continued that "Denise is
an incredibly energetic and depen-dable
woman who never quits until
she reaches her goal." Connolly
feels that Ms. Dzurec's involvement
with the Student Legislature, and the
Continued on Page 2
Flooding Plagues Beach;
Bulkhead Offers Little Relief
by Cosmo Corigliano
Because of the heavy rains that
have fallen in this area over the past
week and a half, Fairfield Beach
Road is once again plagued by prob-lems
of flooding and erosion.
This problem is not a new one.
Over the past few years, residents at
Fairfield Beach have had to deal with
the troubles of flooding during the
winter months. Severe problems oc-cur
whenever there is a combination
of heavy rains and high tides over an
extended period of time. The flooding
has many environmental impacts.
Roadways are submerged under
water and there is much beach ero-
Chairman of Fed
to Speak at Grad 79
sion. Beach houses in the hardest hit
areas also incur water damage.
This problem is not a new one. Two
decades ago, residential pressure
led to the construction of a dam near
the Ash Creek area of the beach. An-other
project was completed in 1968
when the town built a barrier along
the Pine Creek section to protect
area residents from further flood-ings.
However, no major projects
have been undertaken in recent
years. According to the Director of
Public Works in Fairfield, Mr.
Daniels, there is no real need for any
new major construction. Although,
the town has recently signed a con-tract
for some minor additions to the
existing Pine Creek barrier at a cost
of $3,000. Mr. Daniels stated that the
addition would be approximately
1,500 feet long. This minor construc-tion
will only benefit the residents of
a small section of the Fairfield Beach
Road. The overall problem at the
beach will not be affected signifi-cantly
by this project.
The houses which are protected
by existing barriers can withstand
the high tides and heavy rains. How-ever,
the unprotected areas must ab-sorb
the excess amount of water that
has been deflected by the dams. This
has led to a noticeable water level in-crease,
especially along the area
near the Nautilus.
A large number of off campus
boarders living at the beach have
been affected by the recent deluge
of water. The most critical problem is
the impassibility of roadways. The
shuttle bus to the beach cannot com-plete
its normal route when flooding
is severe. As a result, students are
forced to walk the rest of the way
through inches of mud and water.
Those who own cars experience the
Continued on Page 2
by Tony Tarnell
G. William Miller, Chairman of the
Federal Reserve Board, has been
selected to be the commencement
speaker at graduation exercises in
May for the Class of 1979.
Mr. Miller follows in the tradition of
a list of prominent people who have
spoken at past graduations at Fair-field.
In 1976, Dean Rusk, Judge
John Sirica in '75, Morris Udall in '71
and Edward Bennet Williams in 1968
are of the many intellectuals who
have come to Fairfield to wish the
graduating class success in their
future endeavors.
In a recent interview with Mr.
George Diffley, Head of University
Development, it was pointed out that
Mr. Miller was the Universities first
choice for the commencement
speaker. Dr. Diffley noted that a can-didate
is selected according to his
relation/service to the University or,
as in the case of Mr. Miller, how he
had distinguished himself in the
public arena.
On December 29, 1977, President
Jimmy Carter fired Arthur F. Burfis,
and replaced him with Mr. Miller to
head the Federal Reserve Board.
Previously Chairman of the Board of
Textron, Inc., a diversified manufac-turing
company based in Providence
R.I., and head of the Federal Reserve
Bank in Boston, Mr. Miller has be-come
a more than adequate replace-ment
for Mr. Bums.
The Federal Reserve's main job is
to manage the nation's money sup-ply.
Founded prior to World War I, it
is answerable not to the Administra-tion,
but to the Congress.
A native of Oklahoma, he earned a
law degree from the University of
California, and practiced law in New
York before joining Textron in 1956
as assistant secretary..
"It takes a long time to get a
speaker lined up for a commence-ment"
detailed Mr. Diffley. "The Ad-ministration
is always looking for stu-dent
input during the year so we (Ad-ministration)
can pick the best
speaker from all points of view," con-tinued
Diffley. He added that it was
important for the University to com-municate
regularly with Mr. Miller to
make sure his schedule was clear for
the date set for graduation.
The complete details for gradua-tion
'79 have not been fully worked
out. Fr. Mahon, S.J., Executive Assis-tant
to Fr. Fitzgerald* and head of the
committee which has charge of grad-uation
exercises, has yet to pick
those people who receive the honor-ary
degrees from the University.
Southside Johnny performed to a sell-out crowd in the Gym last
Saturday. (See story on Page 7)