Mirror - Vol. 26, No. 05 - October 19, 2000

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FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
Volume26, Number5 The Image of Fairfield Thursday, October 19,2000
Times they are a changin'
University registrar changes class time codes beginning next fall
ByMollyHoulihan
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
More Friday classes?
That's what Registrar Robert Russo
said will be the case next fallwhen the
newtime codes for Fairfield University
classes are implemented.
The new time codes allow for more
flexibilitywith an increasednumber of
twice a week classes, turbos in both the
morningandafternoon, andpossibilities
for three time aweekas well as fourtime
was needed to give students more time
to travel to and from the School of Busi-ness.
Students are grateful for the extra
five minutes, "because gettingdown to
the School of Business nowfeels like a
marathon," said juniorHeatherMurphy.
LastNovember, the Academic Coun-cil
created an ad hoc committee to re-view
the time-codes to see ifimprove-ments
could be made. The committee
consisted of professors, administrators
andonestudent
A survey sent to department chairs,
area coordinators, Assistant Deans and
\o.more
■'I* More
//
There's just no need to see teachers
three times a week
-Greg Vollmer '04 //
a weekclasses can be options. The plan
accornmc>aates930differentclasseseach
semester.
In addition, thenewschedule also al-lows
for fifteen-minute breaks between
classes. Russo explained the extension
Associate Deans reflected a need for
moretwiceaweektimecodes. Currently
the only opportunities to teach a twice a
week class are 1st, 4th and 9th periods. >,
The opportunities created with more
twice a week classes pleased students.
Junior Kate Mullen felt
that, "as a physics major,
meeting twice a week
will allow for more lab
periods. Other students
agreed that twice aweek
classes are best.
"There's just no need to
see teachers three times
a week," said freshman
GregVollmer
Other good news for
students is that classes
willnotbegin until 8am.
"Even though it might
not seem like an enor-mous
amount of time,
psychologically, any
numberbelow8seemed
unpleasant tobe seen as
a 1st period class," said Academic Vice
President Orin Grossman.
"Sociology professor, Dr. Hodgson
agreed, "Thenewplanelongatestheday
with more classes in the afternoon and
early evening. Perhaps students will ac-tuallybe
awake during classes."
The new time-codes vrHLmakebet-ter
use of classroom space on Fridays.
Currently, veryfewclasses are taughton
Here is a Isiting of some of the
changes in class time codes
starting next fall:
■-weekly clas
v 15 mil Iks between clas
Fridays. Because the new schedule al-lows
for two days between the twice a
weekclass, meaningthree dayweekends
maybe over.
AMonday/Wednesday class switches
to a Monday/Thursday class. And a
Tuesday/Thursday class will switch to a
Tuesday/Friday class. FUSA President
Kevin Hayes felt thechangeswere a step
See "SENIORS" on p. 5 Caxrxj>aig3tx 2000
Abortion Foreignpolicy
ByAUiMoonan
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The approval made recentlyby the
Food and Drug Administration
concerning RU-486, betterknownas the
abortion pill, has pushed the topic of
abortion into the limelight in the
presidential race.
Abortion is legal in many states
up to the third trimester in the United
States, but, if the Republicans take
charge inNovember, the woman's right
to choose maybe put into question.
The presidential candidates for
Election 2000 have strong opposing
views in the issue of abortion.
Democratic candidate Al Gore is pro-choice,
while Republican candidate
George W. Bush is pro-life.
Current Vice-President and
presidential candidate Al Gore believes
the, "abortionquestionisforwomen, not
government or president." He stresses
the woman's right to decide what
happensto herbody, andwouldnottake
away that right to choose. InJune of
1999, Gore stated that one should
See "NEXT" on p. 3
ByGlenn Coffin
STAFF WRITER
For the past two presidential
cycles, domestic issues have played a
major role in electing a leader. In the
Gov. George Bush and Vice PresidentAl Gore debate over their abortion stance and foreign policy.
2000 election however, foreign policy
and military issues are playing a major
part in the campaigns of Governor
GeorgeWBush and Vice President Al
Gore.
One of the many responsibilities
of the President of the United States is
to maintainNational Security. In adebate
on October 11th between these two
candidates, their differing views on
foreign affairs were shown to thevoting
public
Governor Bush believes that
the United States military needs to be
reshapedinto, "aforcethatcanfightand
win wars," he said. "The U.S. must
remain theworld'smostpowerful nation,
but must stayhumblein the process."
Bush has over and over
emphasizedhis displeasure with theway
the Clinton-Gore administration has
handled the role of the military on a
global scale. He has widely criticized the
See "BUSH/GORE" on p. 3