Mirror - Vol. 04, No. 02 - April 24, 1980

              Fr. Mooney Named Academic V.P.
by Kathy Noonan
The beginning of July will be an
important time for both Fairfield
University and Rev. Christopher
Mooney, S.J., because it is at this
time that Fr. Mooney will become
the new Academic Vice-President,
according to Rev. James
Coughlin, former Academic Vice-
President.
The Academic Vice-President is
the chief academic officer under
the President. The six deans of the
various colleges will report direct-ly
to him, as will the financial aid
and admissions officers, said
Coughlin. It will be Fr. Mooney's
job as the supervisor of
academics to provide a general
direction, thrust and unity to the
programs here at Fairfield; to
make sure that each student who
graduates from Fairfield Universi-ty
will have a common basis to his
education apart from the specific
requirements of each college and
major. He will make sure that the
general policies of the Board of
Trustees are implimented in each
college, added Coughlin. Fr.
Mooney's office will be essentially
a new job with an old title. His
responsibilities will be much more
extensive than those of previous
academic officers because of the
growth of Fairfield. The need for
coordination among the various
colleges, both undergraduate and
graduate^ was never as pronounc-ed
as it is now.
A search committee consisting
of five faculty members, three ad-ministrators,
including Coughlin,
and two students considered over
a hundred applicants in the pro-cess
of choosing Fr. Mooney. It
was an open search, but the com-mittee
preferred to fill the position
with a Jesuit, said Coughlin.
Fr. Mooney's background is
varied with experience in both the
humanities and professional
education. He did his under-graduate
work in classical
languages at Loyola University,
Chicago, where he also received a
Masters degree in history. He pur-sued
doctoral studies at the
Catholic University of Paris after
which he was appointed to the
Theology Department of Fordham
Univerity where he later became
chairman. For four years he was
the President of Woodstock Col-lege,
the Jesuit School of
Theology in New York. During a
sabbatical year he earned a Master
of Studies in Law at Yale Universi-ty
and then completed a J.D. pro-gram
at the University of Penn-sylvania.
He is currently an assis-tant
dean at the Law School there.
Fr. Coughlin praised Mooney by
saying that he is "understanding,
genial, and easy to talk to." Fr.
Coughlin also noted that Fr.
Mooney was interested in coming
to a school with a capacity for
growth. Rob Flynn, one of the two
students on the search commit-tee,
agreed, adding that "Fr.
Mooney has a great vision of
education. He is interested in
students, education, and a Chris-tian
point of view. He showed a
special interest for the students
on the committee."
Fr. Kelley concluded by saying
that, "Fr. Mooney's background in
the humanities and professional
education make him the ideal per-son
for Fairfield in this stage of its
development."
INDEX
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ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT. .8
CAMPUS NOTES 14
CLASSIFIEDS 13
COMICS 12
CROSS SECTIONS 11
CROSSWORD 12
EDITORIALS 4
FEATURES 6
READER'S FORUM 5
SPORTS 15-16
WEEK IN REVIEW 2
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Alumni Awards Campus Leaders
by Jean Leber and
Philip McGinty
Five members of the senior
class were recently selected by
the University Alumni Association
to receive Student Achievement
Awards based on 1he leadership
qualities they have displayed dur-ing
their four years at Fairfield.
The awards were granted to the
students either for their outstand-ing
service to the Alumni Associa-tion
or for their contributions to a
specific organization or activity.
Bernadette Curry was awarded
for service as a volunteer to both
alumni phone-a-thons and various
alumni-parents events held
throughout the past four years.
Concerning her award, Curry com-mented,
"I thank the Alumni
Association for this honor and the
pleasure of serving them, I offer
my continued efforts." Curry in-formed
that she will be pursuing a
Ph.D. program in chemistry at Yale
after graduation.
Pat McCabe also received an
award for his service to the Alumni
Association and for his help in
forming the Student Alumni Assoc-iation.
McCabe was also credited
for initiating the Student Alumni
Super Sports Competition. Mc-
Cabe stated that he "hopes there
will be more years of service to the
Alumni Association." McCabe will
be working for Congressman
Chris Dodd as a staff aid after
graduation.
For his service to FUSA and his
contribution to the teacher evalua-tion
program, Mike Navarro also
received an award. Upon gradua-tion,
Navarro will be employed by
Ernst & Whinney.
John Smith was honored for his
contributions to the MIRROR, the
Men's Glee Club and the Campus
Minstrels. Smith commented, "I
am very honored to receive this
award and am grateful for having
had the opportunity to serve the
sttadent body and the Alumni
Association during my four years
here." Although Smith is undecid-ed
as to what he will be doing after
graduation, he is certain he will be
employed in the New York area.
- Joe Timpone was awarded for
his leadership in Alpha Epsilon
Delta, the pre-medical honor
society. Timpone has been Presi-dent
of the society which puts on
the Sadie Hawkins and Snoball
dances. Concerning his award,
Timpone stated, "My working and
serving the student body made my
four years here most memorable."
For his work on the Alumni
Association's Board of Directors
and for his contributions to stu-dent
life as Vice-President of stu-dent
programs, Mr. John
Henessey was also awarded. Mr.
Henessey is not a Fairfield stu-dent.
-
This year's awards presentation
marks the second year of such arv
activity by the Alumni Associa-tion.
The Alumni Association does
plan to continue to recognize
outstanding seniors annually.
Alumni Awards recently were given to: (back row l-r) Joe Timpone, Pat McCabe, Mike Navarro. (Front row l-r) Ber-nadette
Curry, John Henessey, John Smith. [Photo by Patty Tobin]
No-Nukes Group Plans
March in Washington
by Philip McGinty
SANE, the Students for Alter-natives
to Nuclear Energy, is an
on-campus student organization
which will participate in a march
and rally in Washington on Satur-day,
April 26. The event is being
sponsored by the Coalition for a
Farber Heads Public Relations
by Jean Leber
Veteran newsman Murray University, a position formerly
Farber has been appointed Direc- held by Mr. Richard Klemfuss.
tor of Public Relations at Fairfield Farber, who began his new post
Murray Farber, here at his desk, has assumed duty as Director of
Public Relations. [Photo by Tom Salvesonj
last Monday, is a class of '53
graduate from City College, N.Y.
He also attended the University of
Missouri specializing in jour-nalism.
His newspaper experience
includes the Long Branch Daily
Record, the United Press, and the
New Haven Register where he
worked for twenty-one years as
associate editor and managing
editor.
Before coming to Fairfield,
Farber was managing editor of the
news department at WTNH-TV in
New Haven.
The position of Public Relations
Director is one of directing com-munications
to the campus, and
community, and of supervising
publications. When asked to
describe his first few days at Fair-field.
Farber replied, "People are
very friendly and I have a positive
feeling about my work.,] He also
said that in order for success, he
is looking forward to cooperation
with people.
Several of the publications
which come out of the Public Rela-tions
office are "Campus Cur-rents,"
and the university's
magazine, "Fairfield Now." News
stories are also submitted to local
papers to let the community know
what is happening at Fairfield.
Farber also would like to keep
stories flowing to hometown
papers regarding Fairfield
students.
According to Mr. Farber the big-gest
project at this point is releas-ing
information regarding gradua-tion.
This includes servicing the
press with information on
speakers and students receiving
honorary degrees. Mr. Farber also
has an interest in allowing jour-nalism
students to partake in a
work-study program through the
office.
Non-Nuclear World, a national
group interested in seeking alter-natives
to nuclear energy.
The leaders of SANE, Sal Porzio
and Mary Smith, Chairmen, and
Mary Adamowicz, Secretary
Treasurer, informed that the group
plans to attend the Washington
demonstration in the hope of
"destroying the myth that nuclear
energy is the solution to the na-tion's
energy problem."
The day will begin at 10:00am
with a regional rally for the New
England states which will take
place in front of the Capitol. At
this time, various citizens' groups
from New England will have the
opportunity to speak out against
nuclear energy and propose alter-native
energy plans that will affect
the region in the future.
The march to the Washington
Monument will follow in which
groups from across the nation will
join together to protest against
nuclear power. At 12:00pm, the
marchers will gather before the
Washington Monument at a rally
which will feature nationally-known
speakers and musicians.
At this time, the various speakers
and musicians will address
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