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INDEX Page WEEK IN REVIEW ... ....2 EDITORIALS ...A FEATURES ....6 CROSS SECTIONS .. ....8 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT9 LETTERS ...11 CAMPUS NOTES.... ....3 CLASSIFIEDS ...12 COMICS ...13 CROSSWORD ...13 POLITICS ...14 SPORTS ...15 THE FAIRFIELD Volume 3, No. 19, February 22,1980 FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY, FAIRFIELD. CONN. 064 U) MIRROR ^^ Incorporated 1977 John Hennessey '64, Patrick McCabe '80, Anne Barfuss '79, D'arcy Clark '81, Mike Navarro '80, Robert Brennan, Jr. '65, Jim Connolly '80, Chris Jemapete '78. Teacher Evaluations Out By March 1st By Thomas J. Gavula Results of this fall's "Teacher Self-improvement Survey" are now com-plete. FUSA Administrative Coordin-ator Mike Navarro expects to have this information, along with an ex-planation of how to use it, printed in booklet form, and available to stu-dents by March first. The purpose of this survey is two-fold; to help stu-dents in course selection by giving them an indication of what the pro-fessor is like before taking his class and to give professors valuable in-sights on how the students percieve their teaching. Through the use of this data a professor may become more awaree of areas where he is most effective and those which he might want to change. The raw information for this report was gathered through the use of evaluation questionaires. Students may remember -filling these out in classes last semester. The form as-ed the student to rank the professor on a scale of one to four in sixteen catagories ranging from how well the student thinks the professor knows the subject to how relevant the read-ings were to class discussion. These scores are averaged by computer and stated twice; separat-ing responses off majors in that course from those of non-majors tak-ing the class. A similar survey was taken in the spring semester of 1979 but the re-sults were greatly delayed due to technical problems which Mike Nav-arro indicated were inherent in the start-up of any program this size. The spring survey covered 68 individual courses, which will be included with the fall results in the pending report. The fall survey, which was basically a refined version of the spring one, covers 160 courses bringing the total number to about 220 (allowing for some duplication). "This is the first survey of its kind at Fairfield in five years" Mike Nav-arro said. "That survey wasn't as complete as this and the results weren't as easily available. Only a few copies of the report were made and you had to go to the library to see it." Continued On Page 7 Connolly Meets With Carter By Ken Vaugh Fairfield University Student Asso-ciation President Jim Connolly at-tended a meeting on foreign and do-mestic policy issues at the request of President Jimmy Carter February 15. between 100 and 200 student legisla-ture presidents from around the country were invited to meet with Senior White House staff members and the National Security Council. In a mailgram from the White House, Connolly was invited to a would discuss the current position of the United States in world affairs. Ad-ditional discussions, centered around national affairs, including energy. Afterwards, Connolly and other student representatives met with Carter at a reception. Connolly said that he was one of approximately 250 student govern-ment presidents chosen from schools around the country. Five schools from each state were cho-sen, with care being taken to ensure that the school's picked were a cross Connolly added that the invitation was a big surprise and that it was more than difficult in convincing himself and others the invitation was for real. "It's not something you ex-cept. I had to read it twice to believe it." Connolly said he hopes to be able to find out what is really going on as far as the situation in Iran and' Af-ghanistan. He also expressed in in-terest in finding out what other areas of the country are doing through the student representatives. seven and one-half hour meeting that section of the ones in that state. Kennedy Coordinator Visits Young Dems By Jim Gilbert Trish Kattelwell, Connecticut Col-lege Coordinator for the Kennedy for President Committee, spoke to the University Young Democrats last Monday evening. Kattelwell fielded questions from the students and ex-plained her role as College Coordina-tor. The students showed concern about such issues as the draft, the economy, foreign policy, and the Ira-nian crisis. Speaking on behalf of Senator Kennedy, Kattelwell stated that Carter's foreign policy, "is in a shambles we just react to a crisis instead of acting to prevent it." On why she chose to support Sen-ator Kennedy, Kattelwell said, "I want someone who will put his fist down and people will listen." She stated that Carter's failure to stick with one line on the Soviets has cau-sed other nations to question our credibility and has therefore weaken-ed our image abroad. When asked to account for Kenne-dy's image as a big spender, Kattel-well pointed out that, "Kennedy has not voted to spend money, he has vo-ted, to reallicate funds that have al-ready been appropriated." She sug-gested that the students look at Sen-ator Kennedy's record in the Senate to verify this fact. Kattelwell also discussed the Ira-nian crisis. Referring to President Carter's state visit to Iran before the fall of the Shah, Kattelwell pointed out that Carter, "hugged and kissed the Shah. The Iranian people ?saw this action as United States support for the Shah's bloody regime." Car-ter had been told of the atrocities of the Shah prior to leaving for Iran. Continued on Page 2 Liaison Committee Set By Kathie Donovan The University Alumni Association has developed a serie of new pro-grams designed to create a broader interaction between the entire stu-dent body and the Association. Rich-ard Popilowski, director of the Alum-ni Association, is pleased to an-nounce the availability of funds to sponsor the programs. According to Popilowski, "We'd like to become better acquainted with the students, and they with us. We already do a lot with sports; now it's time for academics." The newly developed University Alumni Association Student Re-search and Academic Studies Pro-gram demonstrates a serious at-tempt to support the university's con-tinued effort to achieve academic ex-cellence through research and en-richment programs. Proposals re-garding research projects will be reviewed by the recently formed Stu-dent Research Advisory and Aca-demic Studies Committee. Based upon the recommendations of the Committee,' funds will be granted. The amount of money allocated to this program from the Alumni Associ-ation budget is $1000 dollars. The Student Research Advisory and Academic Studies Committee will be comprised of 6 members: 5 students and 1 faculty member, not yet selected. Two students from the College of Arts and Sciences, one each from the School of Business and the School of Nursing, and one additional student will be chosen to serve on the committee. The faculty member will actually serve as as ad-visor. He will have no voting power; the final decisions rest with the students. All proposals presented to the committee will be evaluated upon the significance of the project to the growth of the applicant, the feasibili-ty of the project, and the potential im-pact of the project on the academic excellence of the University. All stu-dents are invited to submit applica-tions for conducting research and other projects by March 3, 1980. Ap-plications may be picked up in the Alumni Relations Office, Loyola 10-A. Although developed by Tony Merola. class of '74, one of the pro-gram's strongest supporters was Dean Weber. He cited it as "a great learning experience for the stu-dents." Also new this year is the Student Alumni Liaison Committee, proposed by Bob Brennan ('65), President of the Alumni Association. Student members of this committee are Pat McCabe('80), and Darcy Clark ('81), who were selected by seniors Mike Navarro and Jim Connolly. "In other words," stated Popilowski, "a stu-dent government by a student gov-ernment." V. Pat's and Darcy's function will be to serve as representatives between the student body and the alumni. Popilowski, remarked, "We hope that the closer involvement of. the stu-dents in the actual mechanics of the Association will generate enthusi-asm among the students. We'd like to get some positive feedback from the student body, thus enabling us to create more mutually beneficial pro-grams." The alumni serving on the committee are Anne Barfuss (79), Chris Jemapete (78), and John Hen-nessey ('64). Programs oMhis kind also benefit the University students once they graduate, "Once a student becomes an Alumnus, the first mailing that comes is one asking for funds. With programs such as the Liaison Com-mittee and the Student Research Program, the student will know more about what his money is being used for. The transition from student to alumnus can be made while still at-tending school." Popilowski says that the foresee-able future holds a great many things—"The sky's the limit, as long as the money hold sout." Among the future possibilities are concerts, col-lege nights, and students to serve as ambassadors at receptions and guest speakers at alumni clubs in various locations throughout the country. "In general, we hope to br-ing alumni news of what's happening at Fairfield now." With expansions such as these to the Alumni Association's current pro-grams, Mr. Popilowski hopes that everyone realizes that the Associa-tion can be of vvaluable assistance not only to alumni and their families, but to the entire student body of F.U. However, he adds, "The effort is only as strong as the students make it. Student participation is the key to success." February, which has always been known as suicide month because of its dreary weather and long interval between vacatiorfs, has depressed Fairfield once again. (Photo by Tom Gavula)
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Title | Mirror - Vol. 03, No. 19 -February 22, 1980 |
Date | February 22 1980 |
Description | The Mirror (sometimes called the Fairfield Mirror) is the official student newspaper of Fairfield University, and is published weekly during the academic year (September - May). It runs from 1977 - the present; current issues are available online. |
Notes | A timeline for Fairfield University student newspapers is as follows: The Tentative, Nov. 7, 1947 - Dec. 19, 1947; The Fulcrum, Jan. 9, 1948 - May 20, 1949; The Stag, Sept. 23, 1949 - May 6, 1970; The University Voice, Oct. 1, 1970 - May 11, 1977; The Fairfield Free Press & Review, Sept. 10, 1970 - Apr. 24, 1975; The Fairfield Mirror, Sept. 22, 1977 - present. |
Type of Document | Newspaper |
Original Format | Newsprint; color; ill.; 11.5 x 17 in. |
Digital Specifications | These images exist as archived TIFFs, JPEGs and one or more PDF versions for general use. Digitized by Creekside Digital through the LYRASIS group. |
Publisher | Fairfield University |
Place of Publication | Fairfield, Conn. |
Source | Fairfield University Archives and Special Collections |
Copyright Information | Fairfield University reserves all rights to this resource which is provided here for educational and/or non-commercial purposes only. |
Identifier | MIR19800222 |
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SearchData | INDEX Page WEEK IN REVIEW ... ....2 EDITORIALS ...A FEATURES ....6 CROSS SECTIONS .. ....8 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT9 LETTERS ...11 CAMPUS NOTES.... ....3 CLASSIFIEDS ...12 COMICS ...13 CROSSWORD ...13 POLITICS ...14 SPORTS ...15 THE FAIRFIELD Volume 3, No. 19, February 22,1980 FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY, FAIRFIELD. CONN. 064 U) MIRROR ^^ Incorporated 1977 John Hennessey '64, Patrick McCabe '80, Anne Barfuss '79, D'arcy Clark '81, Mike Navarro '80, Robert Brennan, Jr. '65, Jim Connolly '80, Chris Jemapete '78. Teacher Evaluations Out By March 1st By Thomas J. Gavula Results of this fall's "Teacher Self-improvement Survey" are now com-plete. FUSA Administrative Coordin-ator Mike Navarro expects to have this information, along with an ex-planation of how to use it, printed in booklet form, and available to stu-dents by March first. The purpose of this survey is two-fold; to help stu-dents in course selection by giving them an indication of what the pro-fessor is like before taking his class and to give professors valuable in-sights on how the students percieve their teaching. Through the use of this data a professor may become more awaree of areas where he is most effective and those which he might want to change. The raw information for this report was gathered through the use of evaluation questionaires. Students may remember -filling these out in classes last semester. The form as-ed the student to rank the professor on a scale of one to four in sixteen catagories ranging from how well the student thinks the professor knows the subject to how relevant the read-ings were to class discussion. These scores are averaged by computer and stated twice; separat-ing responses off majors in that course from those of non-majors tak-ing the class. A similar survey was taken in the spring semester of 1979 but the re-sults were greatly delayed due to technical problems which Mike Nav-arro indicated were inherent in the start-up of any program this size. The spring survey covered 68 individual courses, which will be included with the fall results in the pending report. The fall survey, which was basically a refined version of the spring one, covers 160 courses bringing the total number to about 220 (allowing for some duplication). "This is the first survey of its kind at Fairfield in five years" Mike Nav-arro said. "That survey wasn't as complete as this and the results weren't as easily available. Only a few copies of the report were made and you had to go to the library to see it." Continued On Page 7 Connolly Meets With Carter By Ken Vaugh Fairfield University Student Asso-ciation President Jim Connolly at-tended a meeting on foreign and do-mestic policy issues at the request of President Jimmy Carter February 15. between 100 and 200 student legisla-ture presidents from around the country were invited to meet with Senior White House staff members and the National Security Council. In a mailgram from the White House, Connolly was invited to a would discuss the current position of the United States in world affairs. Ad-ditional discussions, centered around national affairs, including energy. Afterwards, Connolly and other student representatives met with Carter at a reception. Connolly said that he was one of approximately 250 student govern-ment presidents chosen from schools around the country. Five schools from each state were cho-sen, with care being taken to ensure that the school's picked were a cross Connolly added that the invitation was a big surprise and that it was more than difficult in convincing himself and others the invitation was for real. "It's not something you ex-cept. I had to read it twice to believe it." Connolly said he hopes to be able to find out what is really going on as far as the situation in Iran and' Af-ghanistan. He also expressed in in-terest in finding out what other areas of the country are doing through the student representatives. seven and one-half hour meeting that section of the ones in that state. Kennedy Coordinator Visits Young Dems By Jim Gilbert Trish Kattelwell, Connecticut Col-lege Coordinator for the Kennedy for President Committee, spoke to the University Young Democrats last Monday evening. Kattelwell fielded questions from the students and ex-plained her role as College Coordina-tor. The students showed concern about such issues as the draft, the economy, foreign policy, and the Ira-nian crisis. Speaking on behalf of Senator Kennedy, Kattelwell stated that Carter's foreign policy, "is in a shambles we just react to a crisis instead of acting to prevent it." On why she chose to support Sen-ator Kennedy, Kattelwell said, "I want someone who will put his fist down and people will listen." She stated that Carter's failure to stick with one line on the Soviets has cau-sed other nations to question our credibility and has therefore weaken-ed our image abroad. When asked to account for Kenne-dy's image as a big spender, Kattel-well pointed out that, "Kennedy has not voted to spend money, he has vo-ted, to reallicate funds that have al-ready been appropriated." She sug-gested that the students look at Sen-ator Kennedy's record in the Senate to verify this fact. Kattelwell also discussed the Ira-nian crisis. Referring to President Carter's state visit to Iran before the fall of the Shah, Kattelwell pointed out that Carter, "hugged and kissed the Shah. The Iranian people ?saw this action as United States support for the Shah's bloody regime." Car-ter had been told of the atrocities of the Shah prior to leaving for Iran. Continued on Page 2 Liaison Committee Set By Kathie Donovan The University Alumni Association has developed a serie of new pro-grams designed to create a broader interaction between the entire stu-dent body and the Association. Rich-ard Popilowski, director of the Alum-ni Association, is pleased to an-nounce the availability of funds to sponsor the programs. According to Popilowski, "We'd like to become better acquainted with the students, and they with us. We already do a lot with sports; now it's time for academics." The newly developed University Alumni Association Student Re-search and Academic Studies Pro-gram demonstrates a serious at-tempt to support the university's con-tinued effort to achieve academic ex-cellence through research and en-richment programs. Proposals re-garding research projects will be reviewed by the recently formed Stu-dent Research Advisory and Aca-demic Studies Committee. Based upon the recommendations of the Committee,' funds will be granted. The amount of money allocated to this program from the Alumni Associ-ation budget is $1000 dollars. The Student Research Advisory and Academic Studies Committee will be comprised of 6 members: 5 students and 1 faculty member, not yet selected. Two students from the College of Arts and Sciences, one each from the School of Business and the School of Nursing, and one additional student will be chosen to serve on the committee. The faculty member will actually serve as as ad-visor. He will have no voting power; the final decisions rest with the students. All proposals presented to the committee will be evaluated upon the significance of the project to the growth of the applicant, the feasibili-ty of the project, and the potential im-pact of the project on the academic excellence of the University. All stu-dents are invited to submit applica-tions for conducting research and other projects by March 3, 1980. Ap-plications may be picked up in the Alumni Relations Office, Loyola 10-A. Although developed by Tony Merola. class of '74, one of the pro-gram's strongest supporters was Dean Weber. He cited it as "a great learning experience for the stu-dents." Also new this year is the Student Alumni Liaison Committee, proposed by Bob Brennan ('65), President of the Alumni Association. Student members of this committee are Pat McCabe('80), and Darcy Clark ('81), who were selected by seniors Mike Navarro and Jim Connolly. "In other words," stated Popilowski, "a stu-dent government by a student gov-ernment." V. Pat's and Darcy's function will be to serve as representatives between the student body and the alumni. Popilowski, remarked, "We hope that the closer involvement of. the stu-dents in the actual mechanics of the Association will generate enthusi-asm among the students. We'd like to get some positive feedback from the student body, thus enabling us to create more mutually beneficial pro-grams." The alumni serving on the committee are Anne Barfuss (79), Chris Jemapete (78), and John Hen-nessey ('64). Programs oMhis kind also benefit the University students once they graduate, "Once a student becomes an Alumnus, the first mailing that comes is one asking for funds. With programs such as the Liaison Com-mittee and the Student Research Program, the student will know more about what his money is being used for. The transition from student to alumnus can be made while still at-tending school." Popilowski says that the foresee-able future holds a great many things—"The sky's the limit, as long as the money hold sout." Among the future possibilities are concerts, col-lege nights, and students to serve as ambassadors at receptions and guest speakers at alumni clubs in various locations throughout the country. "In general, we hope to br-ing alumni news of what's happening at Fairfield now." With expansions such as these to the Alumni Association's current pro-grams, Mr. Popilowski hopes that everyone realizes that the Associa-tion can be of vvaluable assistance not only to alumni and their families, but to the entire student body of F.U. However, he adds, "The effort is only as strong as the students make it. Student participation is the key to success." February, which has always been known as suicide month because of its dreary weather and long interval between vacatiorfs, has depressed Fairfield once again. (Photo by Tom Gavula) |