Mirror - Vol. 03, No. 21 -March 7, 1980

              INDEX
WEEK IN REVIEW . . .
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EDITORIALS . . .4
FEATURES . . .6
CROSS SECTIONS . . . . .8
ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT. .9
CAMPUS NOTES . . .3
OPINIONS COMMENT . . .5
CLASSIFIEDS . .12
COMICS . .13
CROSSWORD . .13
POLITICS . .14
SPORTS 15-16
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FAIRFIELD Volume 3, No. 21, March 7,1980. - -
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY. FAIRFIELD, CONN 064 i<) MIRRORIncorporated 1977
Ignastius Included
In Construction Plans
The University, in cooperation
with the Jesuit residents on cam-pus,
will be undertaking a $4.9
million construction and renova-tion
project that will include a new
building located on the lot next to
Canisius Hall.
President Aloysius Kelley S.J.
said the project would take a
number of phases. The new
building would house faculty of-fices,
thus removing academic
departments from Canisius and
Campion Halls. These areas would
be renovated so that Canisius
would have additional classroom
space and the first floor of Cam-pion
could house students.
An addition on St. Ignatius
House would be built to house the
Jesuits currently living in Bellar-mine
Hall. Renovations would be
made on the longtime residence
hall to relocate the administrative
offices. This would open up fur-ther
classroom space in Canisius,
which would allow the university
to cease using Xavier Hall for
classes and return the use of the
building exclusively to the high
school.
The project is being done under
two contracts, said Kelley. The
Jesuits are arranging the building
of their new residence area, while
the university is taking charge of
the other construction. The addi-tion
to St. Ignatius House would
include a chapel and a dining area,
which would replace the ones lost
at Bellarmine Hall. Kelley added
that construction on the Jesuit
residency should begin sometime
in April.
As far as the other additions
and renovations go, Kelley said
that the ideas were in the talk
stages for a long time, but of-ficials
realized the need of the new
facilities. "Space is always a pro-blem
and we think we've come up
with a solution to the problem,"
said the President. The Regional
Accrediting Association report
has stated for the past few years
that the university has needed bet-ter
faculty offices, said Kelley.
Besides the consolidation of the
teaching staff, other advantages
seen will be increased classroom
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Attempted Attack
Frightens Co-Ed
by Robert J. Schumm
Last Monday, a woman student
was grabbed while on her way
back from the library to her dorm
in the Quad. When the woman
screamed, the assailant fled into
the neighboring bushes. The
woman was unhurt except for
some minor cuts on her hand that
she received when she fell.
The assailant was described as
being black, of college age, and
wearing a tan jacket that had a
hood with a fleece lining. No bet-ter
description was available
because the hood of the coat
obscured his features.
At present, Security is unsure
whether the attempt was an at-tempt
at rape or if it was an at-tempted
robbery.
The assailant was waiting by the
paths near the library. He had ap-proached
a number of students
and asked them for the time. Many
of those whom he had asked were
suspicious of the man, but did not
feel compelled to contact Securi-ty.
Director of Security, Vincent
Brennan, said, "We feel that the
man was not a college student.
The area is fairly heavily traveled
at that time of night, and a student
would have known that."
The assailant was also waiting
underneath the lamps that il-luminate
the area.
Brennan added, "Many people
feel safe here which is very good.
However, people must keep in
mind that no place is 100 percent
safe."
Anyone who might have seen
the man in question, is asked to
contact Security.
Photo by Tom Gavula
WVOF Awaits Approval
Of Increased Wattage
By Ginny Mahoney
In the face of a new ruling by the
FCC, WVOF has been forced to ap-ply
for a new air frequency. The
new ruling applies to all ten
kilowatt stations and may
ultimately push some college
radio stations out of the air waves.
The ruling stipulates that all ten
kilowatt radio stations either app-ly
for more power in the range of
100 kilowatts or simply apply for
an entirely new frequency.
Engineers have been working on
this difficulty for the station and
have determined that WVOF could
slip in the air waves somewhere
between 103 and 104 FM. As of yet
this proposal for a change in the
air frequency has not yet been ap-proved
by the FCC.
Over the past two weeks WVOF
has held periodic board meetings
and has discussed program
changes. In order to appeal to the
community of Fairfield at large
WVOF and its advisors are con-cerned
about creating a more
diverse program. Even though
WVOF is mainly a college radio
station it is in their own best in-terests
to create a wider audience
in its immediate vicinity. Jack
Bello, the present station
manager at WVOF, felt that, "the
main cause of WVOF is to serve
the public not just students. The
program changes would call for
more jazz, classics, more special
features and ultimately a lot less
rock. In the end these changes
would generate more work within
the station and a larger clientele in
the immediate vicinity.
The FCC in pushing through
this ruling hopes to slowly
eliminate the 10 kilowatt stations
which they feel are holding back
the larger stations. This ruling
directly affects WVOF in that it
may eliminate the station entirely
should the request for an alternate
frequency be turned down. Jack
Bello seemed optimistic but add-ed
that it "would take over a year
since there is an eleven month
backlog for new licenses."
Former JFK Official
Lambastes Carter Here
By Jim Gilbert
Roger Hillsman, former
Undersecretary of State of the JFK
Administration, spoke to members
of the Politics Club and interested
faculty last Thursday afternoon in
the Faculty Dining Room.
Hillsman spoke on behalf of
Senator Edward Kennedy, can-didate
for President.
Hillsman criticized President
Carter's failures in foreign policy.
Considered a leading expert on
foreign affairs, Hillsman stated
that he was "more disturbed about
our foreign policy (now) than at
any time since Vietnam." He also
accused Carter of overreacting to
the Soviet invasion of Afghani-stan.
Quoting New York Times
reporter John Oakes, Hillsman
pointed out that "the most
astonishing thing about
Afghanistan was Carter's
astonishment. Most of us have
known that the Soviets have
wanted a belt of 'friendly' (i.e.,
Communist) border states, to in-clude
Afghanistan, at least since
WWII."
Hillsman also discussed
Carter's failures in Iran. "When
Rockefeller and Kissinger urged
Carter to let the Shah come to the
U.S. for medical treatment, Middle
East experts advised against it,
and warned of violent reprisals.
And when Carter brought the Shah
in anyway, why didn't he pull out
the Americans in Iran?" Hillsman
felt that Presidential candidates,
journalists, academics, as well as
himself were partly to blame. "All
of us kept quiet for several weeks
in a misguided sense of patriot-ism,
thinking it might hurt the
hostages and the nation to
criticize the President." He
predicted that Carter's failures
would become more prominent in
the upcoming weeks and Carter
will fall in the polls as rapidly as he
rose.
Hillsman noted that despite
Carter's "wins" in the first three
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Connolly Meets Carter's Staff
At Washington Conference
HP
Photo by Linda Lagna
by Kathie Donovan
and
Marguerite Downing
Jimmy Connolly, FUSA presi-dent,
was one of 250 student
government presidents from
around the country invited to meet
with Senior White House Staff
members and the National Securi-ty
Council. President Jimmy
Carter; Dr. Zbigniew Bresinski,
Chairmen of the National Security
Council; and Stuart Eisenstadt,
Executive Director of Domestic
Policy Staff; were the officials
Connolly had the honor of meeting,
meeting.
The day started at about 9:30
A.M. and, according to Connolly,
"We were hit from all sides as
soon as we got there."
Demonstrators protesting the
registration and the draft greeted
the student presidents with
posters and pamphlets as they ar-rived
at the White House gate.
They then encountered an
especially tight security check
upon entering the Old Executive
Building, a result of the
demonstration outside.
Staff members then led their
visitors to a briefing room where
Dr. Zbigniew Brezinski spoke for
about 25 minutes on a variety of
subjects, including the situation
in Afghanistan and the draft. This
was followed by another half hour
of questions and answers.
Connolly was very impressed
with Brezinski, who struck him as
"a very intelligent man."
"However," he added, "I could tell
that it was a definite plug for
Carter for president. He stressed
Carter's openness with the
American public, citing this
meeting as an example. He even
went so far as to make cuts
against Kennedy and McGovern."
The next person to speak was
Stuart Eisenstadt, Executive
Director of the Domestic Policies
staff. Eisenstadt's speech dealt
with United States domestic
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