Mirror - Vol. 17, No. 07 - November 5, 1992

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FairfieldMRRORV Volume 17, No. 7 Thursday, November 5, 1992 Congratulations, President Clinton!
Clinton Win Promises Change
Debra De Shong
News Editor
The signs are down, the
buttons are put away in a drawer,
and the bumper stickers are peeled
off. America asked for a change
and it comes in the form of a new
Democratic president, Bill
Clinton. Clinton won the nation
with his promise of change and a
new vision of America.
It is undoubtedly an ex-citing
time for young adults who
have grown up knowing only
Republican presidents. Many
people are looking forward to the
reforms proposed by the new
president-elect and are optimistic
about a Democratic rule.
The only question that re-mains
is exactly what can we ex-pect
in the next four years from
the new president.
According to politics pro-fessor,
Kathi Weeks, "It's a whole
new ball game for women." She
feels the most important impact
this new administration will have
on women is the end to the pack-ing
of the Supreme Court with
pro-lifers. "Clinton won't pick
someone whose anti-choice," she
said.
Women can also look for-ward
to reforms in women's
health care. Weeks expects more
money to be funneled to women's
diseases like breast cancer and a
better awareness of other such
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issues. She also expects more
family orientation will be seen in
the coming years.
Weeks herself called the
past twelve years, "depressing"
for women. However, she is only
"guardedly optimistic" due to
Clinton's conservatism.
A shift from the individu-alism
and greed ofthe past twelve
years to a new vision is what
politics professor Don Greenberg
is expecting. "I think it will more
like the Kennedy years in that the
rhetoric will be more like' ask what
you can do for your country,'" he
said. Greenberg said the new ad-ministration
will be stressing com-munity
spirit.
According to Greenbe/g,
Clinton is in touch with the young
people on issues such as feminism,
the environment, and choice. "He
will revitalize and energize these
issues," he said.
Greenberg also feels that
Hillary Clinton will have a large
impact on the next four years.
"She is different from any first
lady in the history of the United
States. She will energize the whole
notion of young voters," he said.
In other areas, Greenberg
said we can expect some move-ment
in the area of health care
reform, which will be a long hard
fight, and tax reform.
Clinton has promised to
raise the taxes on the wealthiest
Americans to pay for his social
programs. We can also expect
some social agenda items changed
and given more attention. Day
care and family leave legislation
can also be expected to come out
of the four year term.
Also in the future for
Clinton is the issue ofentitlements.
The baby boom generation will
be retiring soon and it is feared
that it will cause the Social Secu-rity
System to collapse.
According to Newsweek,
Clinton will use short term spend-ing
to leverage long-term goalslike
deficit reduction.
No one can say exactly
what the next four years will hold,
but it seems like optimism is high
and spirits are soaring among
young and old alike. America has
a bright future on the horizon.
Date Rape An Issue For Both Sexes ^* 4-y-»»- l-»j-*f-Ki malar r
Megan Harvist
Staff Writer
Sex: How to get what you
want but not more than you bar-gained
for, was the title of the
Freshman Forum lecture that took
place in the Oak Room last Thurs-day.
The lecture was given by
Dr. Andrea Parro,t an expert, au-thor,
and consultant on sex and
communication.
At the beginning of the
lecture, Dr. Parrot discussed the
four categories of human re-sponses:
assertive, manipulative,
aggressive, and passive.
Dr. Parrot talked about
the different messages about sex
that girls and guys get from their
mother, fathers, religion, male and
female peers, and the media. She
showed some examples of post-ers
with sexual connotations. The
posters depicted how sex is re-lated
to sports and influenced by
alcohol.
One said, "If at first you
don't succeed, buy her another
beer." This conveys the message
that women don't really mean no
when they say no.
Parrot lectures students on sex. photo: J. McMullen
Dr. Parrot discussed the
stereotypes ofour society that men
are supposed to achieve their goals
and womena re supposed to serve
men.
Dr. Parrot stressed the
fact that sexual assault applies to
everyone, even those whoa re not
sexually active.
She reminded the audi-ence
that if someone is forced to
have sex against their will or with-out
their consent, it is considered
rape.
At the close of her lec-ture,
Dr. Parrot gave suggestions
for both males and females relat-ing
to rape. "Women have been
socialized to ignore their gut feel-ings
when it comes to rape. It is
better to be embarrassed than to
be raped," she said.
For males, Dr. Parrot
suggests that the first time a
woman says no to sex, that her
wishes should be respected.
She also said that other
males should use peer pressure in
a positive way if they see a peer
behaving in an irresponsible way.
Sue Belanger, '93, com-mented,
"I think it is good that she
pointed out practical strategies
that women can use in
uncomfotable situations. She
mentioned things that a lot of girls
might not have known."
Considering the somber
fact that 1 out of 6 women that the
average person knows will be
raped, it is important that Dr.
Parrot's comments and sugges-tions
are given some thought.
If you or somene you
know has been raped, get help.
You can call the 24 hour Rape
Crisis Hotline at 333-2233. There
are also people who can help you
at the Health Center, Campus
Ministry, and Residence Life.
Students
Pick A
Winner
Jennifer Luongo
Assistant News Editor
The tide of change swept
across America and Fairfield Uni-versity
students helped it sweep
into the White House. Tuesday,
the Mirror conducted an informal
exit poll in the Oak Room and a
majority of students supported the
new administration represented by
the Clinton/Gore ticket. Many stu-dents
looked forward to Clinton's
reforms in education, health care
and employment.
Senior Kathy Latek is
positive about Clinton and Gore's
new generation of change. She
said, "Clinton is more with the
times for what we need for the
country, especially with social
programs." Jennifer Paventi, '93,
said, "I hope the next four years
will focus on domestic issues, in
particular, education, health care
and jobs. With Clinton as presi-dent,
we'll be able to focus on
what's important in our country."
Students also support
Clinton's plan for the National
Service Corp. This plan enables
any student who needs money for
college to borrow it from the fed-eral
government and pay it back
through income withholding when
employed, or through working in
the service corp. Maureen Logan,
'93, said, "Clinton has some great
ideas about service work. Weneed
a change."
Steve Shannon, '93, is
hoping Clinton will "stimulate the
economy." In addition Shannon
said, "I support Clinton's plan for
financial aid to higher education
and his view of education on a K-
12 level."
Bill Janik, '96, said, "I
agree with Clinton's stand of pro-choice
and for giving the middle
class a tax break." However, jun-ior
John Lovelett voted for Perot
saying, "I think Clinton's plan to
raise taxes on incomes over
$200,000 a year isn't going to
raise the revenue he wants."
Dana Felmlee, '94,
agrees, "I would have rather had
Bush in office because he's cause
the least damage."
Michael Pastore, '93,
agrees that Clinton's tax hikes
will be unpopular in his first years
in office, but he is optimistic for
the future. "If Clinton makes re-forms
in education and health care,
he'll have a good chance of get-ting
a second term," he said.
Trick or
Treating
Helps Ease
Town Tension
page 2
The Makings
of a Good
Beer
page 5
Spin Doctors
Found to be
Ailing
page 9
"Flight of
the Earls"
Soars
page 13
Lady Stags
Prepare to
Dominate
page 16