Mirror - Vol. 03, No. 08 - September 27, 1979

              Legislature Picks Pfirrman
Interim President
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By Gigi Byron
Chris Pfirman, a Junior Polities'
major, was elected interim president
of the legislature to replace former
president George Schietinger, who
did not return this year.
Pfirrman, who served on the
legislature as a representative from
Northwest last year, will act as presi-dent
until the new elections, schedul-ed
for the third week of October, are
held.
General legislature elections will
take place the second week of Oc-tober.
Pfirrman plans "to launch a
massive publicity campaign" in
order to get as many people to run
and to vote as possible.
Pfirrman has announced that he
will run for reelection. When asked
what he felt his election chances are,
Pfirrman responded, "If Urn suc-cessful
now and do a good job, I
think I'll do O.K."
In speaking of problems with the
general election. Pfirrman stated,
"Because of the nature of the elec-tion,
the most popular people win.
The popular people aren't necessari-ly
the best legislators, though." He
added that, "People have to be led
every step of the way."
To try to alleviate inadequacies
associated with "green horn"
legislators, Pfirrman has found an
abbreviated version of Robert's Rules
of Order and plans to distribute it to
all legislators.
In addition, Pfirrman has ap-pointed
a parlimentariarf, Duane
Greenwault, to make sure the meet-ings
run more efficiently. "The
parlimentarian will be the final say in
matters of order and procedure,"
Pfirrman explained.
In another attempt to help the
organization run more smoothly, any
bills to be voted on will be given out
to legislators the night before the
meeting. In the past, students had
their first look at a bill when they
were handed out at the start of the
meeting.
Pfirrman feels that most students
do not realize the power and respon-sibility
the legislature has. "The
legislature is the only real voice in
government that a student has," Pfir-rman
stated. "People can bring any-thing
to the legislature."
The legislature's major "functions
include keeping a check on the
FUSA president and his cabinet, and
approving the budgets for FUSA and
all University clubs. Pfirrman sees
this second function as especially
important. "It's really a tremendous
responsibility, spending the
student's money."
The Student Entertainment Com-mittee
(SEC) must gain additional
legislature approval for any expen-ditures
over $2,000.
Pfirrman and legislature secre-tary,
Jean Albrecht, have spent the
past week cleaning out files of
meeting minutes and bills in an effort
to ready the office for the upcoming
year.
• Look for signs announcing details
of the upcoming legislature elec-tions.
Chris Pfirrman who was elected interim Legislature President to replace
George Schietinger. (Phot by Helen Dillon)
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FAIRFIELD Volume 3, No. 8, September 27,1979
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY, FAIRFIELD, CONN. 06430 MIRROR ^ Incorporated 1977
Year Round Residents
Object To Students
Beach Behavior
By Janet O'Connor
The non-student, year-round
residents living on Fairfield Beach
are upset with the loud, violent at-mosphere
at the beach. These resi-dents
object to the litter, destruction
and noise which accompany kegs
parties on the beach.
Dr. and Mrs. Aiello, of Fairfield
Beach Road, have filed complaints
with the University, the Town of Fair-field
and the Zoning Board. Mrs
Aiello has not received satisfactory
responses from any of these agen-cies.
She stated that many cottages
are being rented without proper per-mits
from the Health Department
and are not in a condition to be oc-cupied
through the winter. "Students
are being ripped off by absentee
landlords and the Zoning Board has
been negligent in checking these
violations." Mrs Aiello said.
A meeting was held Wednesday
evening at Attorney Paul Tymniak's
home, 735 Lantern Point. Complaints
were voiced by many residents at
this meeting concerning the destruc-tion
of property by students who
have been drinking either at the
Nautilus or beach keg parties.
According to Mrs. Aiello many
year round residents feel the Shuttle
Bus is causing or contributing to the
student abuses at the beach. The
bus, Mrs. Aiello stated: "carries
freshman and other campus students
to the beach where they look for
keg parties. These students don't live
on the beach and therefore don't
respect either the property or con-cerns
of those students and non-students
who do live here.
If the bus was restricted to use by
beach students only, Mrs. Aiello felt
the disruptive behavior would be re-duced,
if not eliminatd. In addition,
Mrs. Aiello suggested that the Uni-versity
should show their concern by
issuing a code of moral behavior
which reflects Christian standards.
"I understand that this code is im-possible
to enforce," Mrs. Aiello con-ceded,
"However, if student had
some moral guidelines they may be
more thoughtful of their neighbor's
rights.!
Concerned Students
Unite To Discuss
"Life Issues"
By Tom Landy
Students Concerned For Life, a
relatively new organization on cam-pus
will hold a preliminary meeting
this Tuesday, October 2. Founded
last year by a group of ten students,
the group seeks to stimulate discus-sion
and action on "Life Issues," in-cluding
abortion, euthanasia, infan-ticide,
and capital punishment.
Last January the group decided to
work through the office of Campus
Ministry, where they were assisted
by Dan Merrigan, S.J. They spent
most of the year discussing the
issues and trying to reach a consen-sus
as to what sorts of activities the
group should undertake. "The net
result," stated Fr. Moy, "is our con-stitution,
which was drawn up with
the assistance of our new moder
ator, Fr. Bill Cullen, S.J."
The purpose of this first meeting
will be to introduce new members to
the organization and to discuss some
of our possible activities.
Interested students and faculty
are encouraged to attend, and their
input is crucial. The club will meet at
the Campus Ministry offices, Loyola
11C, Tuesday at 8:00 P.M.. If there
are any questions, please contact
Lisa Donato, Box 1512 or Tom Lan-dy,
Box 997.
College Republicans
Get Set For Upcoming Elections
This student enjoys the last few days of the summer season. Beach
residents may be forced to camp out if year round residents take firm
action. (Photo by Beth Haugh)
By Stephen Banbury
"The College Republicans is a
group of college students who, re-gardless
of party affiliation, are try-ing
to get students interested in
political matters that directly con-cern
them." Students are encourag-ed
to join "whether it be to work for a
•candidate or on causes that are wor-thwhile
to all of us," stated John Mor-ris,
Executive Director of the Fair-field
University College Republicans.
Here at Fairfiled, the College
Republicans are strongly involved in
various activities.
The College Republican's major
project for this year is the formation
of a Solar Energy Committee. It's
purpose will be to inform the campus
community of alternative sources of
energy besides nuclear. Besides
sponsoring several related activities
and speakers over the course of the
year, one of its most outstanding
features for the year is to take part in
an anti-nuclear campaign, during
one weekend in the spring of 1980.
Other goals for the year, include
the followingr-
-1. Registering people to vote in both
the general elections in November
and in the prf dential primaries in
the spring.
2. Sending volunteers to work for
the local candidates at election
headquarters during the upcoming
November elections. Also, in the spr-ing,
they will help out several presi-dential
candidates in the Northeast.
3. Printing a political publication,
with a staff created entirely from the
campus population to be distributed
here on campus. The publication will
be the result of a survey conducted
amongst various local newspapers,
and it will consist of the reprint of
editorials and student articles con-cerned
with a variety of political
viewpoints, This is an opportunity for
anyone interested in this type of writ-ing
to have his work put into print.
4. They are looking into the idea of
forming a debate on the Salt II treaty.
One note that the organization
wants to point out is that, "The Col-lege
Republicans are not, at the pre-sent
time, endorsing any candidate
for the presidancy."
The College Republicans will be
holding elections of their own this
fall. Even though John Morris as Ex-ecutive
director, Kelly Gafney as
president and Randy Gaydos as
secretary are still around this year,
the vacated posts of vice president,
treasurer, and various other decision
making offices are open for just
about anyone.
If you want to get to know the
workings of your government, meet
the people involved or have a good
time, contact Kelly Gafney, Box H.
Upcoming meetings will be announc-ed
through the mail and on posters
around campus.
For Full
Details On
Rev. Kelley's
Inauguration
Turn To
Campus
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