Mirror - Vol. 03, No. 11 - October 18, 1979

              Student Beach Association Plans Strategy
By Janet O'Connor
Student residents of Fairfield
Beach have formed a Beach Associ-ation
in the wake of mounting
criticism from non-student residents.
The purpose of the Association is to
improve relations with the non-stu-dents,
resist eviction processes, and
analyze,the use and problems with
the shuttle bus.
The first meeting of the Associa-tion
was held Tuesday, October 9,
with Tim Buckley and Mike Navarro
presiding. The basic issues discuss-ed
at the well attended meeting
were: the pending zoning and health
complaints against students living at
1127 Fairfield Beach Road; alle-gations
of false accusations by non-students
residents against students;
and possible solutions to curtail the
hostility between beach dwellers.
Director of Student Services,
William Schimpf, was present at
Tuesday's meeting to offer the
students advice and guidance.
Schimpf noted that while the univer-sity
is not responsible for students
living en the beach, the school has
an interest in maintaining available
student housing there.
Navarro and Buckley met with At-torney
Andrew E. Garson of Fairfield
to discuss legal recourses available
to students facing zoning and Health
Board violations. To date, the stu-dents
at 1127 have not been served
with a notice of eviction. Therefore,
Garson suggested that if eviction is
threatened the students pursue legal
channells of appeal. Tim Buckley
noted that Attorney Garson was
"very cooperative" and has "made
his name and services available to
us."
Mike Navarro stated that a vote
will be held at the Association's
meeting Tuesday, October 16, at
7:30pm in the Nursing Auditorium to
determine if Garson's services will
be formally retained. Also on the next
meeting's agenda are selection of
committees to deal with solutions to
shuttle problems, investigate abuses
at the Nautilus and suggest guide-lines
for beach parties. All these
committees, Navarro stressed, will
aim at reconciling the differences
between student and non-student
residents living at the beach.
The Beach Association hopes to
raise money which could be applied
to legal expenses. Buckley added
that beyond immediate eviction
threats, the juniors have a strong in-terest
in understanding the legal and
social aspects of living at the beach.
Continued Page 3 Fairfield Beach has become a battleground for differences between student and year-round residents.
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Deli Open For Business
Subs An Early Success
Charlie Rose, General Manager of the Student Deli.
By Lauretta LaCasale
The Campus Deli, which was one
of Jim Connolly's election promises
for this year, opened for business on
Thursday, October 11. It's grand
opening is today. Much enthusiasm
has been shown by Jim Connolly and
Charlie Rose as they awaited new
customers.
The deli passed inspection ap-proval
by the Health Department on
October 4th. The store is located
near the lounge area on the ground
floor of Gonzaga Hall and is open
between 11am to'2pm and 8pm to
1am; with the exception of Friday
and Saturday nights when it will be
open until 2am.
The funding for the deli was con-tributed
to by FUSA, to initiate the
operation, however, the deli will be
student run. Rose said that over 45
people applied for the deli positions
and that 15 students were chosen for
the jobs, 12 full time employees and
3 alternates. The students were
chosen according to their individual
experience and qualificatons.
Managers will be paid $3^50 per hour
and clerks will be paicK$3.00 per
hour. The deli selections include
subs, consisting of choices of: two
types of ham, salami, chicken roll,
turkey breast, corn beef, roast beef
and tuna, plus three types of cheese.
The deli meats are supplied by Pat
Fusco, an independent meat dealer,
who also supplied the refrigerator
and meat slicer.
Soda vvill also be available along
with various snack items, as soon as
some profits are made the deli will be
able to expand its food selection to
accommodate student needs.
Charlie Rose expressed his op-tomism
towards the success of the
deli and centered his major concerns
around shoplifting. The success or
the failure of the deli will depend on
the students. When asked about the
deli, most students expressed a posi-tive
attitude toward it, citing its con-venience
and reasonable prices.
One important concept to keep in
mind is that the deli will need time to
grow and expand, but it seems to be
off to a good start. ,
Glee Club Performs
For Pope John Paul II
By Ken Vaughn
Once again, the oldest student
organization on campus is in full
operation. The Fairfield University
Men's Glee Club, which has existed
since the school was first founded in
1942, has two performances under
their belt in what promises to be a
busy year. The club, led by Director
Paul LaMedica, Moderator Albert
Cardoni S.J. and President senior Ed-ward
Bauchie.ro, went to Shea Stadi-um
October 3 to sing for Pope John
Paul II and performed Parent's Day
October 13.
Bauchiero, a four year member of
the club, said the organization is a
social experience as well as a
cultural experience. On the social
angle, the club has travelled to
Boston, Philadelphia, Washington
DC and New York among other
places to perform. This year, like
years in the past, the club will be
traveling to girl's schools to perform.
Among this year's tops include
Molloy College of Long Island, Salve
Regina of Newport, R.I., Anna Maria
College of Worchester, Mass., St.
Joseph's College of West Hartford,
and St. Francis College of Hartford.
Other traditional trips will be taken to
Ladycliff College and other colleges
and churches.
The club is cultural in the repertoir
of music the group sings, according
to Bauchiero. The group has mas-tered
such classical works as Mon-zart's
Coronation Mass, vivaldi's
Gloria, Foreau's Requiem and selec-
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Foreign Policy Poll
The International Relations Club issued a ballot on Parent's Day, in
which the parents were asked to evaluate President Carter's handling of
foreign policy and their feelings concerning U.S. involvement and policy in
world affairs. The questions and responses were as follows:
1. Do you agree or disagree with President Carter's position concerning
Soviet troops in Cuba?
Agree: 36% Disagree: 64%
2. How do you feel the U.S. should act toward the USSR?
Trustful: 22% Distrustful: 78%
3. Should we stop trade with the Russians?
Yes: 21 % No: 79%
4.Do you think the Senate should ratify the SALT treajy?
Yes: 47% No: 53%
5. Should we increase the number of Indochina refugees?
Yes: 47% " No: 53%
Professors Examine Energy Alternatives
By Stephen Banbury
Moderated by Associate Physics
professor Victor Newton, "The
Energy Problem and Possible Solu-tions"
program heard ideas from
Associate Politics professors Kevin
Cassidy and Edward Dew, Physics
professor Evangelos Hadjimichael,
and Associate Philosophy professor
Reverend Albert Cardoni, S.J. last
Saturday in Banow science building.
Kevin Cassidy's comment, "The
American people have to be willing to
conserve, that is they have to want
this to happen," summed up a pro-gram
which consisted of opinions on
different aspects of the energy pro-blem
from several Fairfield pro-fessors.
The talk began .with an introduc-tion
by professor Newton that provid-ed
a history of the energy crisis.
"The turning point in the United
States energy situation was in 1955
when for the first time, we used more
energy than was available." He then
went on to present each commen-tator
in the panel.
Edward Dew stated that he is
skeptical of alternative energy
development. "I am afraid of nuclear
energy, yet it is the only efficient way
for the present." I see a "looming
crisis though, in the not too distant
future." »
Father Cardoni, responding to a
moral outlook said, "We must be pru-dent
with what energy we have, real-izing
our limits on resources and ton-ing
down our way of life."
Professor Cassidy thinks that "the
energy crisis is misleading." He
frowns on nuclear power and Nukes
and praises solar power. He stated,
"the technology is available, it's
been proven by many people, the
major problem lies in the expense; in-stead
of spending billions of dollars
on nuclear power, the government
should offer some sort of tax break,
incentives that would make this more
attractive to the consumer." He
points out,-"what the government is
overlooking is our ability to conserve,
they just continue producing more
and more of the fossil fuels."
Professor Hadjimichael, since he
is a physicist, believes in numbers
and figures. He showed some graphs
on the screen which among other
facts showed that, "we continue to
waste because we can afford to, but
soon this will not be the case
because in about 30 years, there will
be very little fossil resource reserve
left." He reminded listeners that "we
are not alone on this planet—the
United States has economic and
political ties in Europe and we must
learn to share our wealth.
Following these comments, a
series of rebuttals and questions
began.
Professor Dew pointed out his ob-servation
of the situation as "a sense
of urgency versus a sense of
vigilance. We cannot allow ourselves
or the energy companies to become
'fat' while sitting back."
Later on, professor Hadjimichael
warned, "until we have a govern-ment
public transportation system
and until we stop driving our
Cadillacs; we have little chance at
success."