Mirror - Vol. 04, No. 04 -August 31, 1980

              Crews Break Ground for Canisius II
by Philip McGlnty
Fairfield broke ground during
the summer for the construction
of Canisius II, a $2.7 million facul-ty
office and classroom building.
The new three-story structure lo-cated
on the southeast side of
Canisius Hall marks the first step
in a twr»year $4.8 million campus
project.
Upon completion in June, 1981,
the building will house the ad-ministrative
offices for both the
School of Business and the
Graduate School of Communica-tions.
In addition, space for
classrooms and faculty offices
will be provided.
In the second phase of campus
changes to begin in the spring of
1981, Bellarmine Hall, the Jesuit
residence on campus, will be con-verted
into the university's ad-ministration
center.
With the movement of faculty
from their present offices to the
new office building, Campion Hall
will provide 28 additional dorm
rooms. Fairfield Prep will gain ad-ditional
classrooms in adjacent
Xavier Hall, thus separating the
university and the prep school.
Finally, the administrative and
faculty offices in Canisuis Hall will
be shifted to classrooms.
Concerning the extensive cam-pus
changes, University President
Fr. Kelley informed, "The total
plan consolidates and upgrades
our physical plant, assuring the
university's ability to continue its
academic and administrative pro-gress
in the 1980's."
The new structure is currently
being referred to as Canisius II,
yet Dr. John Barone, university
provost, informed that the
building will be named at a later
date. In elaborating on phase two
of the project, Dr. Barone explain-ed'that
the Jesuit priests who now
reside in Bellarmine Hall will move
into a modern facility now being
constructed elsewhere on cam-pus.
Financing for the two-year pro-ject
will come from fund-raising,
borrowing and university funds. In
charge of fund-raising will be
Alphonse J. Donahue of Stamford,
Growings On
chairman of the development and
public relations committee of the
board of trustees.
In a detailed description of the
new building, Fr. Kelley informed
that in addition to suites for the
School of Business and the
Graduate School of Communica-tions,
it will feature 89 faculty of-fices
and a conference room on
each floor.
"The educational experience of
every student at Fairfield Universi-ty
will be strengthened arid enrich-ed,"
concluded Fr. Kelley.
Dr. Raymond Poincelot, pro-fessor
of botany and Chairman of
the Biology Department at Fair-field,
recently had his book entitl-ed
"Horticulture: Principles and
Practical Applications" published
by Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Described by Bridgeport Post
reviewer Andree Hickok as "a
lavishly illustrated comprehensive
introduction to the subject for per-sons
who have little or no back-ground
in the plant sciences,"
Poincelot's work offers numerous
tips for those interested in garden-ing.
When interviewed by Hickok,
Poincelot stated that he wrote the
book partly because he would
"like to encourage self-sufficiency
in my horticulture students as a
hedge against the future." The
'uture, according to Poincelot,
may well be threatened by a scar-city
of food.
Included with his chapters on
growing vegetables are chapters
on plant classification, en-vironments,
plant protection,
harvesting and post harvesting
preparation.
Poincelot, now entering his fifth
year at Fairfield, teaches courses
;n botany, horticulture, and plant
physiology. Prior to his career as a
professor he worked in plant
science research at the Connec-ticut
Agricultural Experiment Sta-tion
in New Haven.
In addition to his most recent
book, he is also the author of a
previous book, "Gardening In-doors
with Houseplants."
With a B.A. from Southern Con-necticut
State College and a Ph.D.
from Case Western Reserve
University, Poincelot was recently
promoted to associate professor
in the Biology Department.
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Construction is now underway for Canisius II, phase one of a $4.8 million campus project. Photo by Patty'Lanza
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Admissions Tighten
As Applications Soar
Photo by Henry Roman (Bridgeport Post)
Housing Faces
Tight Squeeze
by Philip McGinty
Several changes in student
housing will occur again this fall
due to a freshman acceptance rate
which was higher than expected.
Some 70 to 100 freshman students
will be placed in temporary alter-native
living situations, according
to Dean Shimpf. In addition, off-campus
condominiums will be
available for the first time to
selected upper classmen.
Schimpf explained that the
alternative housing situations are
necessary for freshmen due to the
fact that "more students chose
on-campus housing than we an-ticipated."
The larger dorm rooms on cam-pus
will serve as triples for some
freshmen. Shimpf stated that tri-ple
rooms are the "least"
desirable because they inconve-nience
all three students in the
one room," rather than just one
student. He continued to say that
triples would be eliminated first
when other dorm rooms become
available.
Student Services has also
decided to utilize all lounge space
in Regis, Northwest, Fareast and
Loyola Halls for freshman accom-modations.
Although Regis,
Loyola and Northwest lounges
have been used in previous years
for housing, Fareast has
undergone some physical
changes to accommodate
students.
Full bathrooms, including a
John, sink and shower, have been
installed in the lounges on Fareast
two, three and four to equip
students with the necessary
facilities. Unlike the undesirable
triple rooms, however, Schimpf
commented that the Fareast
lounges equipped with full baths
are "desirable for future use."
In addition to Student Services'
efforts to solve the problem of the
freshman living situation, Schimpf
informed, "Student Services has
recently taken a more active role
in helping students find off-campus
housing."
Specifically, five condominiums
with a total capacity for 35
students are now available on
Sunrise Avenue in Fairfield. Unlike
housing at the beach, however,
students will be renting the con-dominiums
through the university
which has a contract with their
owners. Schimpf informed that
the condominiums will be "more
expensive than the majority of off-campus
housing," yet he believes
that they will provide a valuable
growing experience for the
students involved.
by Ken Vaughn
High school seniors are conti-nuing
to show preference in atten-ding
Fairfield University as the ad-missions
department received 716
more applications for this fall than
it did the previous year. While
3,662 applicants sought admit-tance
into last year's freshman
class, 4,378 students vyed for the
725 positions in this fall's
freshman class, according to
Director of Admissions David
Flynn.
Of the applicants, 2,438 were
women while 1,940 men applied.
However, of the 1,758 students ac-cepted
by the university, the men
outnumber the women by 42
members, 900 to 858. Flynn com-mented
that the amount of women
that applied reflects a national
trend that women are attending
college in greater numbers than
men.
Forty percent of the applicants,
or 1,751 students, graduated in the
top 20 percent of their high school
class. The applicants' Scholastic
Aptitude Test (SAT) scores show a
mean average of 480 for verbal and
about 520 for math. Meanwhile,
1,201 of the accepted applicants
(or 70 percent) graduated in the
top 20 percent of their class. Their
SAT scores show 530 verbal
averages and 570 math averages.
Those students accepted were
equally distributed between public
and private high schools, with the
public schools holding a 122 per-son
edge. Applications were
equally close from these types of
schools.
As far as possible major fields
of study, Economics, Politics,
Biology and Psychology were the
most preferred. An additional 955
declared no decision on a major
on their application.
Flynn noted that Fairfield
University is gaining a more
favorable reputation around the
country, which can be seen in the
geographical distribution of ap-plications.
Connecticut did place
first once again with 1,390 ap-plicants,
or about 32 percent; New
York ranked second with 1,109 ap-plicants;
and New Jersey placed
third with 813 requests for admit-tance.
Massachusetts rounded
out the top four with 588 ap-plicants.
Elsewhere, Pennsylvania
totalled a surprising 105 ap-plicants,
Rhode Island had 97
students apply and Maryland had
51 applications. Other students
applied in good numbers from
Washington, D.C., Ohio and
Virginia, Illinois, Maine and 43 ap-plications
were received from
Puerto Rico. In addition, 25
students sought admission from
foreign countries like Italy,
England, Belgium, Hong Kong,
Virgin Islands and Jamaica.
On the acceptance list, Conn-necticut
once again heads the list
with 643 accepted, or 36 percent.
Then comes New York with 439,
New Jersey with 291,
Massachusettswith 217 and Penn-sylvania
with 46. About one dozen
overseas applicants were ac-cepted.
Students were accepted
from as far away as Puerto Rico, Il-linois
and Texas. Of the 1,758
granted acceptance, 1,574 re-quested
on-campus housing.
Another 167 indicated that they
would commute, while 17 did not
declare a choice.
Legislature Passes Budget,
Mahan Hall Proposal
In the final meeting of last
semester, held May 7, the Student
Legislature passed a FUSA ex-ecutive
budget for $32,100 for the
1980-1981 school year. The
legislature also passed a bill to
rename Southeast Hall Rev.
George H. Mahan S.J. Hall, along
with a proposal to have one of the
Dorm Council members serve as a
representative to the legislature.
Included in the budget for the
1980-1981 academic year is $7,250
for appropriations to individual
student clubs. Funds are available
to any club on campus, provided
they have an approved constitu-tion
by September 3. The approved
budget also allotted $14,500 to the
Student Entertainment Committee
(SEC), part of which will be spent
for September Day.
The legislature backed the pro-posal
to rename the present
Southeast Hall Rev. George H.
Mahan Hall upon consideration of
Fr. Mahan's outstanding "service
to the university for so many
years."
The bill to have one Dorm Coun-cil
member as a representative to
the legislature was passed "to
provide an atmosphere of
cooperation between the legis-lature
and the Dorm Council, and
to further insure total student par-ticipation
and representation."
A summer legislature was call-ed
on August 5 to deal with pieces
of legislation that could not wait
until the fall semester.
The summer legislature gave ap-proval
to SEC expenditures for the
fall semester concert. In addition,
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