Mirror - Vol. 20, No. 17 - March 28, 1996

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FairfieldMIRR©R Volume 20, Number 17 Thursday, March 28, 1996 The Image of Fairfield
Reardon forms his team of five VPs
JoAnn Gometz
Assistant News Editor
FUSA President-elect
Michael Reardon, fulfilling his
campaign promise to establish
a team atmosphere in student
government, named his five vice
presidents earlier this week.
Brian Remigio, a junior
psychology major from New-
Hyde Park, NY, will continue
in his position as Vice President
for Multicultural Relations. He
plans to increase the number of
programs in that area, and to
increase interaction with the
wide variety of international
students on campus.
"If there are students out
there with ideas, or who are
interested in multiculturalism,
I'd like them to contact me. I'm
very open to new ideas,"
Remigio said.
Chris Cipriano, a
sophomore communications
majorfrom Watertown, CT, was
With the upcoming inauguration, Reardon and his team are ready to
implement their ideas.
named Vice President for
Student Activities. For the last
year and a half, he has served as
the Director ofthe Class Council
for the Class of '98.
"I envision a memorable
upcoming year," Cipriano said.
He plans to maintain the
weekend films program, keep
bringing alternative
entertainment to the Grind, and
establish consistent, varied
weekend programming at the
Levee. He also hopes to co-sponsor
events at Homecoming
with Alumni organizations, and
to revitalize Siblings' Weekend.
As he put it, "Siblings'
Weekend is set for a younger age
range. Many college students
have siblings in high school, who
just aren't that thrilled about the
ice cream social and
'Pocahontas.' I want to open the
weekend up to a more general
age range."
Cipriano plans to keep
Harvest, Dogwoods, and the
Snowball as important parts of
the activities agenda, and
promises to work to the best of
his ability to see that concerts are
brought to campus. He said that
he had total confidence in the
people with whom he will be
working, and complete
commitment to seeing
successful, non-alcoholic
activities sponsored by FUSA.
Natalie VanEron, a
sophomore politics major,
English minor, from East
Greenwich, RI, was named Vice
President forCOSO, the Council
of Student Organizations. She
served as Director of Leadership
and Special Programs for
COSO, and plans to maintain
many of the activities with
which she was involved in that
capacity.
The first of those
activities is the May Day
celebration scheduled for late
April. VanEron will participate
in the budget hearings,
continue the EXCEL
leadership program, and make
improvements in the activities
fairs held throughout the year.
She also hopes to reactivate
Club Tuesday activities.
"I'm very excited, and I
look forward to working with
all of the clubs, hopefully
brining COSO to new levels,"
VanEron said.
Matt Pitucco, a
sophomore politics major,
English/writing minor, from
Flemington, NJ, will be the
Vice President for Government
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Women's conference
addresses awareness
Kristen Sullivan
Staff Writer
"The Women We
Have Become: A Woman's
Studies Conference," sponsored
by the Women's Studies
Program was held Saturday
March 23 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Campus Center
lobby and Canisius served as
the home sites for the
conference, which was funded
through a grant by the Fairfield
University Humanities Institute.
The conference
celebrated the twenty-fifth
anniversary of women at the
University, while also spreading
awareness of women's issues.
The format for the
conference included four
discussion sessions, workshops
and the presentation of student
and faculty papers. The sessions
were divided up into panels in
which various topics were
presented. Topics such as,
"Domestic Violence," "Women
and Sports Over the Past Two
Decades," and "Directions in
Feminist Theory and Feminist
Studies," were discussed. A
roundtable discussion addresseil
the issue, "The Transforming
Power of A Woman's Studies
Curriculum."
Regina Barreca,
humorist and Professor ofEnglish
at the University of Connecticut,
served as the featured speaker for
the conference. Barreca spoke on
women's humor in the same
manner in which she discusses
the topic in her books. She feels
that women use humor to
empower them.
In addition to the
conference, a craft fair, book sale,
and an art exhibit were set up in
the Campus Center lobby from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. The books of
Regina Barreca and other women
writers were on sale, as well as t-shirts
featuring famous feminists.
Pamphlets were also available
on topics such as "The Permanent
Commission on the Status of
Women" and "Profile ofWorking
Women in the United States."
Dr. Lucy Katz,
coordinator of the Conference
and professor of Business Law
found the conference to be "very
successful." She noted that 150
people participated in the
conference. "The faculty were
very impressed by the quality of
the student's presentations," Katz
said.
"Billy Joel: An Evening of Ques-tions
and Answers... and a Little
Music"
Christine Hamel
News Editor
One of Fairfield's
most famous alumni, Dr.
William Joel will be bringing
his solo performance, titled
"Billy Joel: An Evening of
Questions and Answers... and a
Little Music, too!"
Joel will be here on
Wednesday, April 24, at 9 p.m.
in the Quick Center for the Arts.
The showtime is
following the College of Arts
and Sciences Awards night.
Dean Orin Grossman moved
the awards ahead a half-hour in
order to make the performance
available.
This is a lecture, not a
concert. Joel has been doing a
college Question and Answer
since January.
FUSA President Mark
Reed and the Rev. Aloysius P.
Kelley, S.J., Fairfield
University President, have been
working on the project. For the
past two months, they have been
working together to convince
Billy Joel's management team
that Alumni Hall was a suitable
venue. The management team
wanted a concert hall and would
only accept the Kelley Theatre.
Reed and Kelley tried
to see if different locations off
campus would be more suitable.
The management team did not
want the New Haven Coliseum.
The performance is an
undergraduate event only. This
is due to the limited seating and
the funds to pay the fees are
coming from the students'
activities fees.
In the event that there
are seats available after the
undergraduates have had a
chance, the tickets will be made
available to the rest of the
Fairfield University community.
A lottery took place on
Wednesday night to ensure that
all students have an equal
opportunity to get a ticket. The
first 750 names that were selected
by the lottery received tickets.
There are no exceptions.
Tickets will cost $25.
This cost is cheaper than the
UConn and University of
Scranton ticket prices.
After winning the
lottery, tickets can be purchased
in the Barone Campus Center
from March 28-April 4.
The performance will
be three hours long. Joel will
perform five to seven songs
throughout the lecture.
According to the University of
Scranton, Joel is interactive
with the crowd throughout the
performance.
There is a possibility
of a simulcast in the Gonzaga
Auditorium. However, FUSA
is waiting to hear from Joel's
management team.
"Our venue is not the
ideal situation. Considering the
time and effort ofa great number
of people, I am confident that
we are doing the best we can,"
Reed said.
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