Mirror - Vol. 18, No. 16 - March 03, 1994

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FairfieldMIRR®R Volume 18, No. 16 Thursday, March 3, 1994 Eight Days Until Spring Break!
Cable receives mixed reviews
Stephanie Nash
Staff Writer
As I sat in a chair in the
Media Center's television control
room, I watched Dr. Philip Eliasoph
talk about a new study program in
Florence, Italy. While he spoke,
two members of the station's staff
gave orders to the cameraman over
headsets. This interview was taking
place to be aired on a new program
on Fairfield's educational channel
48.
The program, "Fairfield
News Magazine," is run by Murray
Farber with the help of some
professors and students. It consists
of a segment of University news,
followed by two interviews, and
then a segment called "I
Remember," which features
interviews with alumni.
The goal of the program
is to generate student interest. The
guests are chosen solely for the
purpose of student benefit, such as
faculty like Dr. Eliasoph and other
students. A recent example is
SBRA President Mike
McCormack. As Mr. Farber said,
"The audience IS the students."
Many students are elated
by the presence of cable in their
rooms, but not because of the four
Fairfield stations. They consist of
the video chalkboard on 46,
SCOLA, the international news
station on 47, the educational
channel 48, and international
Matt Nittoly, Craig Catanzarro, Bill Esposito, and
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programming on 49.
Most students appreciate
having HBO, and TV reception in
general. As for the tuition-inclusive
fees, many had no problems with
the cost.
Then again, they aren't
the only ones paying for it. Alice
Dee, a sophomore, says, "I love
having cable in my room, but my
parents are pretty mad. They can't
understand why they should have
to pay forHBO in my room as part
of my tuition."
This seems to be the
attitude of many. However, the
implementation of cable is also
having bad effects on the lives of
some students. One group claimed
that the availability of cable had
everyone sitting blankly in front of
the television. "It's such a
distraction," one girl said, "I never
get anything done because there's
always something onTVto watch."
Whether the new cable
system is good or bad, there are
still some people out there who
can't even make that decision for
themselves, because they still don't
have it. Michelle Rabito, a resident
of Claver, said that she still hasn't
received a cable box.
After trying to speak to
Residence Life, she was told that a
cable representative would call her
to schedule a time to deliver the
equipment. However, the
representative showed up at her
door, and finding no one, just left a
note. Many studentscan also relate
to this, as some just received their
cable equipment last week. In one
case,this was accomplished
through three calls to Cablevision
and two misses with a
representative.
It is now almost halfway
through the semester, and some
havejust begun to receive a service
which they have paid for the entire
semester.
In addition to this
problem, most of the students who
had cable last semester were
continually billed through January
and February. In an attempt to
remedy the situation, Cablevision
was called. The representative had
absolutely no clue what the caller
was talking about.
All ofthese problems that
occurred are mostcertainly because
ofthe newness ofthe system. Once
the system is fully implemented,
the idiosyncrasies may iron out.
However, the problem still remains
that the whole reason behind cable
are the educational stations.
There are some student
groups who are attempting to create
student-run programming on these
stations. Perhaps this will help to
generate more student interest in
the Fairfield channels. Until then,
it seems most of the students will
continue watching movies on
HBO.
Wesleyan Professor speaks on the treatment
of women in health care
Caitlin Whelan
Assistant News Editor
In the second of a series
oflectures by the Women's Studies
Program, Dr. Sue Fisher spoke
Tuesday night on the differing
views and treatment of women
patients by male doctors in the
health field. Fisher is Associate
ProfessorofSociology at Wesleyan
University and the author of several
books on the subject of feminism,
including Gender and Discourse
and In the Patient's Best Interest.
Dr. Fisher's research has
centered around discovering how
professionals in the health care
system treat women patients
differently depending on their
impressions and beliefs of the
individual.
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Dr. Sue Fisher speaks
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questions. "This
is not to say that
doctors had all
the power and
patients had
none," she said.
However, "the
authority of the
medical role and
the control it
provided was an
all-pervasive
factor."
Based
on a class
experiment she
conducted with
her students,
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Fisher stated that through
her research she has found doctors
to control most of the conversation
and instigate the majority of the
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Fisher's lecture involved the
videotaped evidence of a male
doctor interacting with two women
patients in separate meetings. The
tapings were consented to by both
the doctor and the patients. By
these videos, she said, "we shed
light on how doctors act as
apprentices." The actions of the
doctor and his treatment of the two
women was clearly different, she
argued, adding "Patients rarely say
out loud that they do not like their
doctor or his treatment style.
Similarly, doctors rarely say out
loud that they do not like women,
yet our observations reveal this
through their actions."
The first tape she spoke
on featured a woman called
"Marie" who had been injured after
falling off a motorcycle which she
herself had been driving. "The
doctor continually showed surprise
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Black
Solidarity
Day raises
awareness
PilarFalo
Staff Writer
On Tuesday, March 1st
UMOJA observed a Black
Solidarity day. The observation of
this day was intended for the whole
Fairfield University community.
In an effort to participate, it was
advertised to wear an article of
black clothing for the day. It was
intended so that students could
spend time on a mental retreat on
the struggle of Blacks living in
America today, their past, and their
future.
Black Solidarity Day is
an observed African-American
holiday in the thought of many
black freedom fighters. Black
History Month was not apparent
on the Fairfield campus this past
February. The only event that
occurred was the Campus Ministry
Candlelight Vigil.
According to Fiona
Edwards, President of UMOJA,
Black Solidarity Day is an
awareness effort. It was presented
by a member of UMOJA, and did
not have a plethora of time to be
advertised. Fiona Edwards and
UMOJA felt that Fairfield
University did not do anything to
promote Black History Month, and
this was one last effort to bring it
forth. Its goal was to make people
stop and realize that Black history
is an issue and, as Fiona Edwards
said, "an eye-opener and wake-up
exercise." Fiona hopes that
students will take the time and
think of Black freedom fighters
such as Barbara Jordan, an attorney
who spoke at the Clinton
Democratic Convention. Fiona
went on to say, "African-American
history is part of the world and
should be included in it."
Possibly by the efforts of
Black Solidarity Day, students took
the time to realize that Black
History Month has passed, and that
it is an important issue every month.
An array of people were seen
wearing black on campus this
Tuesday. Marie Jacques, a member
of UMOJA, commented, "I
reflected on past and present leaders
who go unacknowleged, yet who
are a crucial part of our history. I
also thought about our generation
ofyouths who are being taken away
from loved ones."
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