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TheMirror FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY Volume 26,Number 11 www.fairfieldmirror.com Thursday, December 7,2000 Dean of A night in the cold Students ByFrankWashkuch ASSISTANTNEWSEDITOR After serving at Fair-field University for over a decade, AssistantVice Presi-dent ofStudent Services and Dean of Students GwenVendleywillresign atthe end ofthis semester, effective Dec. 31. Returning to herhome state ofCali-fornia, Vendley will preside as Chiefof StudentAffairs atWoodlandCommunity College nearSacramento, aninstitution that filters the majority ofits students into the University ofCalifornia-Davis and California State University-Sacra-mento. Retainingmanyofthe responsi-bilities sheholds as aFairfieldvice presi-dent, Vendley will oversee the officers ofthe registrar, student affairs, counsel-ingandjudicial affairs. While Fairfield has not yet named a successor forVendleys position, an act-ing dean is expected to take office in January.Anational search for perma-nent candidates will also begin during Springsemester. "We'll miss her, but we'll fill the spot," said Vice President ofStudent ServicesWilliam Schimpf"There are a lot ofinterestingpeople interested in the position. Well be tryinghard to fill the position when she leaves." Vendleywill leave behind more than ten years ofservice to the students and administration ofFairfieldUniversity at the end ofthe year. After occupying the position ofDirector ofFirstYear Expe-rience for three years, she moved into the dean's office in 1993,where she has remained since. Prior to Fairfield, she was employed as a professor at Long IslandUniversity While she has been most renowned forherworkwithFairfield'sjudicial pro-cess, she has also had a hand in other realms ofstudent goings on, including workingwithboth student leaders and conducting student alcohol evaluations. Inher unique position,Vendleyhas had theopportunitytobothhelp craft student effectiveness and advise troubled stu-dents on their behavior. "The most rewarding part is work- . ing with the students themselves," Vendleysaid."Withstudent leaders,you see what can be done with their oppor-tunities. With troubled students, I try to help them see where they can go with their lives." See"VENDLEY"onp. 5 Photo:BridgetSmith AssistantNewsEditorKristenDela^teyaswellasiitany partwpatedin"ANightWU%outaHome''whichuxissponsore^ TTwmghtuxssspentoutsiffctoexperiencewhatt^ See'HOMELESSFORAMGHT"o»p. 5to readaboutherexperience. Whose grades are they? Faculty subcommittee to investigatepolicy ofreleasinggrades toparents ByKevinCaHahan STAFFWRITER Lauren Papa received a blizzard of mail from Fairfield after she was ac-cepted, includingaform that allows the university to release her grades to her parents. Papa, now a sophomore, said she did not realize shehad signedawaiveruntil after beginning school. "I don't think anyone, includingmyparents, have a right to seemygrades. I earned them, I should get them." Papa is not alone in this belief. Sev-eralfecultymembers saytheyoppose the administration's policy of circumventing federal law and giving parents the op-portunity to see students' grades. After receiving a letter from psychol-ogy professor Susan Rakowitz, the faculty'sAcademic Council has decided to form a subcommittee to investigate whether the administration's current policy should be changed. Dr. Rakowitz believes the university uses coercion to force students into sign-ing the waiver. Accordingto Rakowitz, at the same time the school sends the waiverhome to the students, they also sendhome aletter to parents informing them that their sons or daughters have received the waiver and advisingthem to have their children sign it. "Attempting to coerce students to sign the form by sendingit to their par-ents'home and notifying their parents ofits existence is simply unethical," Rakowitz wrote inherletter. Classical studies professorVincent Rosivach also feels thewaythe univer-sity goes about getting the form signed canbe misleading. "Incoming freshmen receive piles and piles ofpapers," Rosivach said. "Most students sign it withoutknowing what it is." Dr. Rosivach said in anAca-demic Council meetinglastMaythatthe release form "is deceptive; it opens the door to everything." But Dean of Freshmen Debnam Chappell believes the release is in the students'bestinterests. "Freshman year is a year oftransi-tion," Chappell said "Formanystudents it is difficult. The releasehas two goals: it allows parents to call the deanifthere are anyquestions and it allows the mail-ing ofmidterm estimateshome"during a student's freshman year. "It does not allow the dean to call the parents." 'Itshard for the facultyto understand the administration's side. Whenparents call abouttheir children, they donot call the professors. They call the deans," Chappell said. "Facultymemberswho disagree have a point ofview, but they are unable to see the issue frommyper-spective. More often they don't know the student as well as I do." Fairfield has changed its rules many times in regards to how the school re-leases students' grades. In the early 1990s, students' midterm grade esti-mates (now called deficiencies) were sent to every student's home address. These gradeswere addressed to the stu-dents, but they were mailed at a time whenthe studentswere at Fairfield not athome. This was done in the hopes, accord-ing to Rakowitz, "that manyofour stu-dents' parentswould illegally openmail addressed to someone else, and thereby be informed oftheir student's academic This Week.. Problemwith procrastination? seepage7 Comments Time to concede, Al! seepage 11 — A&E Radio version of "A Christmas Carol" comes to Quick Center seepage 14 Footbal season re-cap seepage 19
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Title | Mirror - Vol. 26, No. 11 - December 07, 2000 |
Date | December 07 2000 |
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. |
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Publisher | Fairfield University |
Place of Publication | Fairfield, Conn. |
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SearchData | TheMirror FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY Volume 26,Number 11 www.fairfieldmirror.com Thursday, December 7,2000 Dean of A night in the cold Students ByFrankWashkuch ASSISTANTNEWSEDITOR After serving at Fair-field University for over a decade, AssistantVice Presi-dent ofStudent Services and Dean of Students GwenVendleywillresign atthe end ofthis semester, effective Dec. 31. Returning to herhome state ofCali-fornia, Vendley will preside as Chiefof StudentAffairs atWoodlandCommunity College nearSacramento, aninstitution that filters the majority ofits students into the University ofCalifornia-Davis and California State University-Sacra-mento. Retainingmanyofthe responsi-bilities sheholds as aFairfieldvice presi-dent, Vendley will oversee the officers ofthe registrar, student affairs, counsel-ingandjudicial affairs. While Fairfield has not yet named a successor forVendleys position, an act-ing dean is expected to take office in January.Anational search for perma-nent candidates will also begin during Springsemester. "We'll miss her, but we'll fill the spot," said Vice President ofStudent ServicesWilliam Schimpf"There are a lot ofinterestingpeople interested in the position. Well be tryinghard to fill the position when she leaves." Vendleywill leave behind more than ten years ofservice to the students and administration ofFairfieldUniversity at the end ofthe year. After occupying the position ofDirector ofFirstYear Expe-rience for three years, she moved into the dean's office in 1993,where she has remained since. Prior to Fairfield, she was employed as a professor at Long IslandUniversity While she has been most renowned forherworkwithFairfield'sjudicial pro-cess, she has also had a hand in other realms ofstudent goings on, including workingwithboth student leaders and conducting student alcohol evaluations. Inher unique position,Vendleyhas had theopportunitytobothhelp craft student effectiveness and advise troubled stu-dents on their behavior. "The most rewarding part is work- . ing with the students themselves," Vendleysaid."Withstudent leaders,you see what can be done with their oppor-tunities. With troubled students, I try to help them see where they can go with their lives." See"VENDLEY"onp. 5 Photo:BridgetSmith AssistantNewsEditorKristenDela^teyaswellasiitany partwpatedin"ANightWU%outaHome''whichuxissponsore^ TTwmghtuxssspentoutsiffctoexperiencewhatt^ See'HOMELESSFORAMGHT"o»p. 5to readaboutherexperience. Whose grades are they? Faculty subcommittee to investigatepolicy ofreleasinggrades toparents ByKevinCaHahan STAFFWRITER Lauren Papa received a blizzard of mail from Fairfield after she was ac-cepted, includingaform that allows the university to release her grades to her parents. Papa, now a sophomore, said she did not realize shehad signedawaiveruntil after beginning school. "I don't think anyone, includingmyparents, have a right to seemygrades. I earned them, I should get them." Papa is not alone in this belief. Sev-eralfecultymembers saytheyoppose the administration's policy of circumventing federal law and giving parents the op-portunity to see students' grades. After receiving a letter from psychol-ogy professor Susan Rakowitz, the faculty'sAcademic Council has decided to form a subcommittee to investigate whether the administration's current policy should be changed. Dr. Rakowitz believes the university uses coercion to force students into sign-ing the waiver. Accordingto Rakowitz, at the same time the school sends the waiverhome to the students, they also sendhome aletter to parents informing them that their sons or daughters have received the waiver and advisingthem to have their children sign it. "Attempting to coerce students to sign the form by sendingit to their par-ents'home and notifying their parents ofits existence is simply unethical," Rakowitz wrote inherletter. Classical studies professorVincent Rosivach also feels thewaythe univer-sity goes about getting the form signed canbe misleading. "Incoming freshmen receive piles and piles ofpapers," Rosivach said. "Most students sign it withoutknowing what it is." Dr. Rosivach said in anAca-demic Council meetinglastMaythatthe release form "is deceptive; it opens the door to everything." But Dean of Freshmen Debnam Chappell believes the release is in the students'bestinterests. "Freshman year is a year oftransi-tion," Chappell said "Formanystudents it is difficult. The releasehas two goals: it allows parents to call the deanifthere are anyquestions and it allows the mail-ing ofmidterm estimateshome"during a student's freshman year. "It does not allow the dean to call the parents." 'Itshard for the facultyto understand the administration's side. Whenparents call abouttheir children, they donot call the professors. They call the deans," Chappell said. "Facultymemberswho disagree have a point ofview, but they are unable to see the issue frommyper-spective. More often they don't know the student as well as I do." Fairfield has changed its rules many times in regards to how the school re-leases students' grades. In the early 1990s, students' midterm grade esti-mates (now called deficiencies) were sent to every student's home address. These gradeswere addressed to the stu-dents, but they were mailed at a time whenthe studentswere at Fairfield not athome. This was done in the hopes, accord-ing to Rakowitz, "that manyofour stu-dents' parentswould illegally openmail addressed to someone else, and thereby be informed oftheir student's academic This Week.. Problemwith procrastination? seepage7 Comments Time to concede, Al! seepage 11 — A&E Radio version of "A Christmas Carol" comes to Quick Center seepage 14 Footbal season re-cap seepage 19 |