Mirror - Vol. 19, No. 19 - April 06, 1995

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FairfieldMIRR®R Volume 19, No. 19 Thursday, April 6, 1995 The Image of Fairfield
Reed sworn in as 50th FUSA President
Caitlin Whelan
News Editor Emeritus
In front of family,
friends, and University faculty,
Mark Reed became the newest
president of the Fairfield
University Student Association
on April 4. Reed, a mathematics
major from Pennsylvania, is the
fiftieth president of FUSA.
1994-1995 FUSA
president Christopher Pilkerton
served as master of ceremonies
for the inauguration. In
acknowledging those who
supported him during his
presidency, he expressed his
gratitude to James Fitzpatrick,
Jeanne DiMuzio, and University
President Rev. Aloysius P.
Kelley, among others.
"I'm handing over the
gavel to a wonderful group, a
wonderful administration, and a
wonderful man in Mark Reed,"
Pilkerton said.
Kevin Garofoli '95,
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Newly elected FUSA President
MarkReed being congratulated by Fr.
Kelley and Chris Pilkerton. Photo: CWhelan
1994-1995 chief justice of the
Student Court, swore Reed and
his six appointed vice presidents
into office.
The new FUSA vice
presidents are: Stacey Mica '96,
vice president of student life;
Maureen Mooney '96, vice
president of government
operations; Karen O'Connor
'97, vice president of
University development;
Wayne Humphrey '96, vice
president of the council of
student organizations; Danielle
Spinney '96, vice president of
student activities; and Brian
Remiglio, vice president of
multicultural relations.
Reed began his first
address as FUSA president
thanking classmates Laura
Parese and Franny Dowling for
encouraging him to run for the
presidency.
"There's an old saying
that a leader is only as good as
the people underneath him, and
that's very true," Reed said. "I
might be the FUSA president,
but I can' t do a thing without my
six vice presidents and my
cabinet."
Reed went on to thank
two people who he said were
instrumental in helping him
achieve his successes, one being
his friend and teacher from his
Philadelphia high school, and
the other, Fran Koerting.
"If Fran didn't extend
an open invitation to me to try
to get more involved at school,
I wouldn't be standing here right
now," Reed said.
Before concluding his
inauguration speech, Reed
bestowed upon Chris Pilkerton
a trophy signifying his
contributions to FUSA.
Pilkerton ended the
ceremony with a toast to the
new cabinet saying, "One of
the things I know Mark is going
to do this year is use his wisdom
to the best of his ability for the
sake of this University. So the
toast I would like to make to
Mark, his vice presidents, and
the entire FUSA Cabinet is this:
may you have the serenity to
accept the things you cannot
change, the courage to change
the things you can, and the
wisdom to know the
difference."
Campus Ministry's "Soup and Bread Night"was a success
Christine Hamel
News Editor
On March 30, Campus
Ministry held the 7th Annual
"Soup and Bread Night" in the
Arrupe Center. The purpose was
to raise awareness for the Great
Hunger Clean Up.
Campus Ministry
shared a simple meal of soup and
bread with campus. They invited
Eucharistic ministers, lectors,
students, and all their volunteers
for the Great Hunger Clean Up.
Signs for the dinner were posted
all over campus and ads were on
the FUN channels to invite
students.
"This is like a soup
kitchen since you are being
served. On the 8th, you will be
working to serve the
community," said Monica
Parchesky '97. She is one of the
members on the Days Event
Committee ofthe executive board
for Hunger Clean Up.
"It's a nice night for
everyone. I've had a pleasant
experience for the two years I've
been involved.I've enjoyed
everyone getting together,"
added Jim Bellemare '95,
member ofDays Event Comittee.
The Days Event
Committee organizes the "Soup
and Bread Night". They prepare
the meal, research the speaker,
and will provide the food and
entertainment for the day.
Two members of the
Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC)
spoke at the meal about their
experiences while working in
Bridgeport. The JVC is a
domestic service similar to the
Peace Corps The volunteers live
by four values which are
community, social justice,
simple lifestyle, and spirituality.
Laura Wake and Paul
Howard of the JVC spoke on the
projects in which they are
currently involved. Wake is the
community organizer of the
Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust.
She works with the residents to
take back their neighborhood. In
addition to that, she helps out in
the afterschool program with a
soup kitchen. Howard is the
case managerat Prospect House,
a homeless shelter in Bridgeport.
He helped the clients assess their
needs and how to reach their
attainable goals.
The Great Hunger
Clean Up is a four to five hour
workathon. Volunteers are
sponsored and raise money
which half goes to the National
Student Campaign Against
Homelessness and Hunger. The
other half goes to the
communities that need help. The
volunteers will work at various
service organizations in
Fairfield County. Volunteers
can work in soup kitchens,
nursing homes, or homeless
shelters for example.
"This is the perfect
chance for people to sit down
and think about Saturday. This
gives you a sense of how the
needy live everyday which in
turn makes us want to do all we
can to touch people's lives,"
said Pete Pitucco '95,
coordinator of Days Events.
Maria Santomauro '96
and Jim Sulzer '95, chairs of
Hunger Clean Up, were both
excited for the night. "We were
expecting a great turnout and
Members of the Hunger Clean Up proudly display the 1995 t-shirts for
the Great Hunger Clean Up .
kept our fingers crossed. Wereally
felt this raised the level of
anticipation for our big day on
April 8th," commented
Santomauro.
As part of a thank you
to the volunteers, there is a
special picnic and the local
businesses in the area donate for
the event.
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