Mirror - Vol. 04, No. 01 - April 17, 1980

              Freshman Open House Deemed Success
by Ken Vaughn
Approximately 1600 people, in-cluding
500 students, attended
the Third Annual Open House for
prospective freshmen held April
12 and 13, according to Admis-sions
Counselor Patricia Burgh.
The two-day event, started in 1978,
is intended to allow high school
seniors to become familiar with
the school and help them to
decide whether to attend Fairfield
University in the fall, said Burgh,
who was in charge of co-ordinating
university student
involvement.
Burgh said that every student
that was accepted by the universi-ty
for fall admission was sent an
invitation to come to the Open
House. In addition, the Academic
Department Chairman also sent
letters of congratulations and in-vitation
to those who specified
their particular major.
Prospective freshmen were in-vited
to come at three different
times, depending on which school
they tentatively enrolled in.
Students specifying a preference
in the College of Arts were asked
to be here Saturday at 10:30 a.m.,
while College of Science students
were to arrive at 1:30 p.m.
Business school students were
asked to come Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
Sunday.
Each of the three groups follow-ed
a similar program, according to
Burgh. Students and parents were
first asked to register at Gonzaga
Auditorium and then listen to an
opening address by university
President Aloysius Kelley S.J.
After the opening remarks,
students and parents were broken
into groups by their intended ma-jor
and ushered to a certain area
on campus where that Department
Chairman would address them.
After the chairmen concluded,
tours were available for those
wishing to see the entire campus
and the facilities. In addition,
Housing Director Phyllis Rogge
was available in the Oakroom to
answer questions regarding
housing.
Burgh said current students
were asked to help with the pro-ceedings
by registering families,
ushering them to department
meetings, and giving tours of the
campus. About 60 students had
volunteered their services while
another 30 or so were requested to
help out. Burgh said the students
are "irreplaceable and a tremen-dous
help." This year was the big-gest
year as far as student involve-ment
goes, she added.
The purpose of the Open House
is not to "force" people to come to
Fairfield, said Burgh, but rather to
allow prospective students to
"learn what they can about Fair-field
University in order to help
them make a decision about their
future". The number of students
attending represents only 29 per-cent
of the accepted students, but
Burgh warns that the statistic is
deceiving. First of all, many have
already decided not to attend Fair-field,
and secondly, many
students have already accepted
that have seen the campus
previously and have no need to at-tend
the Open House.
INDEX
Page
ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT.8
CAMPUS NOTES 11
CLASSIFIEDS 12
COMICS 13
CROSS SECTIONS 10
CROSSWORD 13
EDITORIALS 4
FEATURES 6
READER'S FORUM 5
SPORTS 14-15-16
WEEK IN REVIEW 2
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Solos Highlight
Klein Concert
The annual John P. Murray
S.J./Simon Harak Memorial Con-cert
was performed by Fairfield
University Men's Glee Club at
Bridgeport's Klein auditorium last
Friday, April 11.
Although the concert was not
the last one of the season for the
Glee Club, it was the most impor-tant
because it was given in honor
of John P. Murray S.J., the original
moderator, and Simon Harak, the
club's first director. In recent
years, however, Fr. Albert Cardoni
S.J. has moderated the club while
it has been directed by Mr. Paul
La Medica.
The Klein concert, which was
organized by the club's officers,
Ed Bauchiero-President, Andy
Garavel-Vice-President, Tony De
Fillipis-Secretary, and Bill Nutt-
Treasurer, was the last major
event for them as club leaders.
The actual performance was
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LARDA Seeks Stoppage
of Drinking Age Hike
Rec Hours Extended
by Philip McGinty
In the face of opposition by
numerous citizen's groups and
legislators in Connecticut,
L.A.R.D.A., the League Against
Raising the Drinking Age, is a
Norwalk-based group which con-tinues
to believe that raising Con-necticut's
legal drinking age will
not solve the alcohol problem
within the state. LA.R.D.A. recent-ly
published a paper on the drink-ing
age problem entitled "Why Not
35?" which was recently publish-ed
by CONNpirg, the Connecticut
Public Interest Research Group, a
group also interested in finding an
alternative solution to raising the
drinking age. The CONNpirg paper
has encouraged L.A.R.D.A. to turn
to college students for their
response to the current legislature
proposal.
According to L.A.R.D.A. Presi-dent
Richard Perry, many of the
Connecticut legislators who are in
favor of raising the drinking age
"seem to be basing their position
more on the expediency of politics
than on the basics of hard facts."
Now that CONNpirg has supplied
the facts, L.A.R.D.A. is seeking
personal responses from Connec-ticut
college students.
Because the MIRROR offers
students an opportunity to voice
their opinions in the form of a let-ter
to the Editor, the staff en-courages
any student who is con-cerned
with the raise of the legal
drinking age in Connecticut to ex-press
his views via letter.
by Steve Martin
Through the efforts of Fairfield
University Student Association
(FUSA) President Andy McGowan,
the Recreation Complex hours
have been extended. Starting April
14, the Rec Center will be open an
additional hour on Mondays and
Wednesdays and will open an hour
later on Saturdays and Sundays
for a two-week trial period.
The reason for the change in
scheduling is that university
students have found the hours in-convenient
in the past. Students
have been unable to find enough
time for a desired workout at the
Rec Center because of the library
and dining room timetables. There
just wasn't enough time to eat,
study and workout, said
McGowan.
The success of the new hours is
left up entirely to the students. "It
is a do or die situation," said
McGowan, who added that a com-parison
of student attendance be-tween
the old hours and the new
available hours would determine
the fate of the system.
The change was also made
possible through the efforts of
Recreation Complex Director Tam-ma
O'Mara. O'Mara, faced with
possible budget and staffing dif-ficulties,
worked on rearranging
the hours to meet the students
needs, said McGowan. Considera-tion
also had to be given to Fair-field
Prep and university Alumni,
who also use the complex.
Thief Invades
Regis Ground
by Philip McGinty
The ground floor of Regis Hall
was the site of a break-in and theft
over the Spring break in which
some $1,000 worth of personal
possessions was stolen.
Two rooms on the floor, rooms
10 and 12, were entered by force
on the morning of Sunday, April 6.
According to Security, the break-in
must have occurred between
2:30 a.m., the time of a routine
check of the building, and 5:45
a.m., the time at which an officer
discovered evidence of a forced
entry into one of the rooms. In
their inspection, Security found
that both the screen and the win-dow
were broken in room 10. The
thieves evidently entered room
12 from the inside of the building,
for the inside window on the door
of room 12 was also smashed.
Among the stolen items were a
complete stereo system, including
a receiver, turntable and a pair of
speakers, and a men's leather
jacket. Because the turntable was
taken from room 10 and the re-maining
components to the stereo
system were missing from room
12, Tony Plutino, a sophomore
resident living in room 12, stated,
"I'm sure it was somebody who
knew what they were looking for."
Plutino added that he strongly
suspects that it was a Fairfield
student.
Mr. Brennan of Security inform-ed
that there are no leads on the
case. Since the university does
not claim responsibility for any
stolen property that is taken over
vacations, Brennan commented,
"We very strongly suggest that
the students mark all personal
equipment such as stereos, televi-sions
and cameras." He added
that although the chances of
recovering stolen property are
slim in most cases, "chances are
better of the equipment is
marked."
Outgoing FUSA President Jim Connolly hands keys to the new Chief Executive, Andy McGowan. University
President Fr. Kelley looks on. [Photo by Patty Lanza].