Mirror - Vol. 16, No. 13 - January 23, 1992

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FairfieldMRRORV Volume 16, No. 13 Thursday, January 23, 1992 Welcome Back!
Four Juniors Battle for FUSA Top Spot
Christina Hennessy
Editor-in-Chief
Juniors Chris Duffy, Ali-son
O'Shea, Jennifer Paventi and
Steve Shannon bound out of the
starting blocks this week, as they
begin the race for FUSA presi-dency,
stressing communication
and a strong commitment to stu-dent
input and change.
Each candidate, however,
is standing on very distinct plat-forms
that highlight the many di-verse
issues facing students at
Fairfield University.
Duffy, an English major
from Summit, New Jersey, is cur-rently
the president of IRHG and
has served as president of the
Campion RHG last year. He has
established ten goals to aim for if
he is elected.
"FUSA is the student
organization and that should be
stressed next year," said Duffy,
who has also served on the Long
Range Planning Student Life
Subcommittee. "As such, I want
to lay the groundwork ofestablish-ing
better communication through-out
FUSA and promoting leader-ship
training. From there we can
tackle such problems as beach
student and town resident rela-tions
and the lack of attention to
the needs and wishes of AHANA
Clockwise from upper left, Chris Duffy; Alison O'Shea; Jen Paventi; Steve Shannon K. Guterl
students."
His platform also includes
amending the FUSA Constitution
during the Constitutional Conven-tion
in 1992 so that it includes a
defined committment to diversity,
bolstering school spirit through
increased support and enthusiasm
for all sports, varsity and club and
setting-up a student run book ex-change
to provide an alternative to
the school bookstore.
O'Shea a business major
from Fairfield, Connecticut is the
FUSA Co-Chairperson of Student
Entertainment Committee and has
served as Chairperson of Council
of Student Organizations. She has
served on FUSA Senate and par-ticipated
in Orientation '91 as
Chairperson of Special Events.
O'Shea wants to be the
resource and problem solver stu-dents
turn to when they need to
know where to go to solve their
problems and air their concerns.
"When students have a
problem, there is much misdirec-tion
and many students don't know
where to turn, for any such com-plaint
from the confusion students
often face with the Quick Center
ticket policy for students to deep
concern about housing, " said
O'Shea.
O'Shea plans to tackle the
problems that have been at issue
for many years, such as the need
for more weekend and non-alco-holic
programming and an in-creased
commitment to co-pro-gramming
between FUSA, IRHG
and the many clubs on campus.
Paventi, a economics
major from Brooklyn, New York,
is also from a FUSA background
as she serves as the Director of
Academics on the cabinet. She is
a resident advisor in Regis and
currently sits on the University
Curriculum Committee and Li-brary
Committee. In the past she
was co-chair of Sibling Weekend.
Her behind the scenes
work has led her to focus on areas
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Audience Experiences
Hypnotic Effect
Members of the Fairfield University Community
marveled at the talents of hypnotist Jim Wand last
Saturday evening. Sponsored by IRHG, this event drew a
soldout crowd to the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.
Through hypnotism, Wand caused the 25 people on stage,
sitting in boy-girl-boy-girl order, to act in ways they
normally would not. He hypnotized the men into
believing they were six months, then nine months,
pregnant, then led them to believe they were actually
holding a baby, asking them, "How did this happen?!"
Wand also convinced everyone that they were in sunny,
warm Maui, as they pretended to apply suntan lotion.
These are just a sampling of the entertainment Wand
provided. In the photograph above, a hypnotized Kevin
Johnson '93 sings Madonna's "Like A Virgin" with the
assistance of his back-up singers. See story page 13.
Benson and Stack Selected as
Orientation f92 Co-Chairs
Emily Okenquist
News Editor
Jennifer Benson and Monica
Stack prepare to welcome next
year's freshmen to Fairfield Uni-versity,
as the two sophomores lead
the junior class in this event as Ori-entation
'92 Co-Chairs.
Benson, a marketing major
from Lakeforest, IL, and Stack, a
sociology major from Ellington,
CT, secured the positions with their
ability to motivate people and their
great enthusiasm for the program.
"We chose the two best
people," said Fran Koerting, Judi-cial
Officer and Director of Orien-tation.
"Jen and Monica both have
excellent leadership skills, and their
personalities balanced each other
very well."
Individual interviews in front
of a panel consisting of last year's
Co-Chairs, an Resident Advisor
representative, a Freshman Facili-tator
representative, and Koerting
determined the selection of the
Orientation leaders. Candidates
also submitted an application and
three letters of recommendation.
"We want to make Orienta-tion
entertaining and emphasize
creative activities," said Benson.
"We don't want the programs to be
a task."
Because of the great com-mitment
involved in planning
Orientation, the committee sought
leaders who could balance their
time between activities. Benson
and Stack will spend approximately
20 hours a week this semester, for
two weeks during the Summer
Orientation, and during the Sep-tember
Orientation assuring that
the Class of '96 arrives at Fairfield
in style.
"We have last year's Orien-tation
to build on which we'll use
as a reference, but we want to make
this our own program," said Stack,
in reference to the new Orientation
established in 1991 which intro-duced
the Summer Program.
As Benson and Stack are still
in the planning stages, nothing
definite has been established yet,
though they have some ideas and
changes in mind which they will
bounce off their 11-person staff
after they are chosen later in the
month.
"After the Sub-Chairs are
chosen, we'll assign duties and
come up with a theme, probably
about what it is like to come to
college for the first time," said
Benson.
"Last year's committee gave
us evaluations on what could be
improved, though some things will
remain the same," added Benson.
More Sub-Chairs will be
needed for unloading as students
move into one additional dorm than
last year since Gonzaga will now
house freshmen. COSO will as-sume
responsibility of the Activi-ties
Fair, previously left up to the
Orientation committee, and
changes will be made in the Par-ents
' Orientation taking place over
the summer.
"Wereceived glowing evalu-ations
and good suggestions for
the Parents' Orientation," said
Koerting, which was also new to
last year's program.
"We're going to make some
schedule changes, but I want to
leave the specifics up to the stu-dents.
I want it to be their pro-gram."