Mirror - Vol. 19, No. 13 - February 09, 1995

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FairfieldMIRR©R Volume 19, No. 13 Thursday, February 9, 1995 Happy Valentine's Day!
Reed all about it!
50th FUSA president elected
Christine Hamel
Assistant News Editor
Junior Mark Reed
defeated Tim O' Regan by a
margin of 193 votes to become
the fiftieth president of the
Fairfield University Student
Association.
Reed, a mathematics
major from Huntingdon VII,
Pennsylvania, has served as a
FUSA Senator for the class of
1996. He has served on the
governing board for the Student
Pavilion Committee and is
Director of Entertainment for
the student pavilion. Reed also
served as co-chair for this year's
freshman orientation program.
One of Reed's major
goals is to increase the quality
and the quantity of student
activities. He would like "to
foster a working relationship
among all of the different
President-elect Mark Reed Photo: C. Whelan
organizations on campus. "We
have all the resources we need,
we just need to tap into them,"
President- elect Reed said.
On Reed's agenda for
the upcoming term is working
closely with President Chris
Pilkerton so that it will be a
smooth transition. Reed hopes
that with his vice presidents he
can select the best cabinet
possible.
"I want to work closely
with my vice presidents and
cabinet with the FUSA Senate to
be a visible student association.
I want people to feel they can
approach me with their concerns
because I'm willing to listen,"
Reed commented.
Reed has not picked any
of his vice presidents yet, but he
is leaning towards considering
his opponents and those actively
involved in FUSA and other
organizations. He hopes that the
core of FUSA will continue.
"I am looking for
people of all areas to get
involved," Reed stated.
Reed would like to
especially thank Danielle
Spinney and Franny Dowling for
all their hard work and effort to
put together the best campaign
possible.
"Thank you to all the
Fairfield University students for
the opportunity to be their
president," Reed stated.
Reed, O'Regan, and
Pilkerton were all pleased with
the student turnout for the
election. Reed said, "I had hoped
the voter turnout would be slightly
higher." "I am glad that the voter-turnout
is consistent," Pilkerton
stated. Last year's figure was
1371, two more than this year's.
With the election
behind him, Reed will be
meeting with Pilkerton to start
the transition.
"After meeting with
Mark before the end of last
semester, he had a lot of great
and innovative ideas. I am
looking forward to working with
him and helping him in any way
I can," Pilkerton added.
Looking back at the
campaign, O'Regan said,"I felt
all the candidates did an excellent
job. I believe Mark will do an
excellent job as president. I'd
like to thank all the people who
supported and worked with me.
I'm still planning on working in
FUSA to serve them to the best
of my ability."
In conclusion, Reed
said,"I hope next year at this
time I will have accomplished
many of my goals and people
will take more of an interest in
FUSA's election."
International consultant to advise
students on cultural diversity
Shelagh Scollin
Staff Writer
Dr. Terisa Day-
Hollander, president of Kinetic
Globe and a specialist in human
development worldwide, will be
working part time this semester
at Fairfield. She will be available
to meet with students regarding
issues such as culture and
diversity, global development,
and international work.
Dr. Day-Hollander's
presence on campus represents a
new approach to the ongoing
Black Scholars Program. In the
past, Fairfield has invited guest
lecturers to speak in classes
during one day and in the Quick
Center the same evening. This
year, Dr. Day-Hollander will be
on campus the entire semester,
enabling her to have a great deal
of interaction with students.
She hopes to start a
series of small workshops with
students to discuss cultural
diversity, emphasizing respect
for one's own culture as the
vital first step.Dr. Day-
Hollander will also serve as a
resource person for professors,
perhaps guest lecturing in
classes in the politics and
communication departments.
In addition, she will work with
faculty and students to develop
grant possibilities for overseas
work and/or education.
Because her own
heritage is ethnically mixed
(she is part African American
and part European, and spent
her childhood in Italy), Dr.
Day-Hollander is very
interested in furthering
international and inter-group
cooperation and understanding.
For this reason, she is anxious
to meet with members of the
AHANA community as well as
white students—anyone who is
interested in multiculturalism or
global development.
Dr. Day-Hollander
believes that skin color is not as
significant a factor in
relationships between ethnic
groups as people tend to think.
"More and more, people are
being judged by the content of
their character," she said in a
recent interview, echoing
Martin Luther King, Jr.
She believes that
black people have come a long
way in the past several decades,
and that civil rights legislation
is evidence of a battle won.
Dr. Day-Hollander
said she is proud to be an
African-American, proud to be
an American, proud to be
working in international
development. "The worst
thing is to deny who you
are," she said. "Until we
accept who we are and are
proud of it, we can't
convince others to be proud
of us."
If students are
interested in speaking with
Dr. Day-Hollander about
any of these issues or about
the possibility of
international work after
graduation, they should stop
by her office.
"I have an open-door
policy," she said.
"Students are welcome to
stop by and talk." She is in
Donnarumma 237 and her
extension is 2844. Her
office hours are Monday,
12 noon to4p.m.,Tuesday,
9 a.m. to 12 noon, and
Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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