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Rosen Criticizes U.S. Policy
by Patrick Reap
Former Iranian hostage Barry
Rosen addressed a near-sellout
crowd of 678 in the Oak Room last
Tuesday night, shedding light on
the history of U.S-lranian rela-tions,
as well as describing his
personal hostage experience.
Rosen criticized the late Shah of
Iran's economic programs,
specifically his reaction to the
1976 recession, when the Shah
refused to eliminate any military
expenditures, which consumed
25% of their budget.
The United States' foreign
policy in Iran also came under at-tack
by Rosen.
While conceeding that im-mediately
following World War II,
the United States had the best of
intentions with respect to Iran,
Rosen said, "Oil, economic in-terests,
strategic concerns," and
our strong anti-Communism
theme diverted our goals.
For the future of Iran, Rosen
predicted eventually that Islamic
laymen will run the government in-stead
of the clergy, who he criticiz-ed
for "making the same errors as
the Shah."
Rosen also advised future U.S.
foreign policy in Iran to "leave
them to their own chaos", predic-ting
it would be at least twenty
years before both countries' in-terests
harmonize.
After Rosen's speech, he was
presented with a plaque from
F.U.S.A. member John Sohigan for
"his perseverance and dedication
the his country."
Rosen then responded to.-ques-tions
from students, drawing his
biggest cheers for criticism of the
Reagan administration.
"Balancing the budget might be
a nice thing to do, but a lot of peo-ple
in this country need help,"
said Rosen.
Responding to a question con-cerning
the President's Commi-sion
recommendation that each
hostage be paid $12.50 for each
day in captivity, Rose stated, "A
price like that to be put on the
ordeal I went through, and a lot of
other people went through is
outrageous."
Rosen, paid $2800 for the even-ing,
is still a government
employee, and will be attending
Columbia University on a
fellowship. Regarding future
assignments, Rosen simply
stated, "My wife Barbara will have
the last say."
Fairfield Young Democrats
To Hold State Positions
[Photo by Duane Bailey]
Administration Seeks
Help Choosing Speaker
The Rev. John J. Higgins, S.J.,
Assistant to the President of the
University, has announced that
the process has been initated
to select candidates to re-ceive
honorary degrees and to
be the speaker at next May's
commencement.
In a widely distributed letter
issued shortly after the resump-tion
of classes in September, Fr.
Higgins asked that nominations
for honorary degree recipients be
based on outstanding contribu-tions
in the following four
categories: professional achieve-ment,
public service, service to
the University and service to faith
and justice. His letter was sent to
undergraduate students through
FUSA as well as to graduate
students, the faculty and ad-ministrations
through division
heads, deans, assistant deans,
the academic council, depart-ment
chairpersons and program
directors.
A committee comprised of three
faculty members, two administra-tors
and two students will screen
candidates for honorary degrees
and make recommendations the
President for submission to the
Board of Trustees. Fr. Higgins will
serve as the chairman of the
committee and has set Oct. 15 as
the deadline for the receipt of
nominations.
Regarding the selection of a
commencement speaker, Fr. Hig-gins
requested that suggestions
be submitted to him as soon as
possible, noting that obtaining a
speaker usually involves a con-siderable
amount of time. Dis-cussing
the importance of confi-dentiality
in the entire process, Fr.
Higgins emphasized its particular
significance in the choice of the
commencement speaker.
Explaining that while there may
be many outstanding candidates,
over 3200 colleges and univer-sities
are currently involved in a
similar process which can have a
limiting effect on the University's
choice. Divulging the names of
persons being considered could
be embarrassing to the individual
eventually selected if he or she
were not the first choice. As with
honorary degree recipients, the
final selection of the commence-ment
speaker rests with the Board
of Trustees.
by Kathy O'Connor
Members of the Fairfield Uni-versity
Young Democrats Club ran
uncontested for executive posi-tions
in the State of Connecticut
Young Democrats Organization.
Rich Marano, a senior, is the
youngest president elected to
office. Keven Fusco will serve as
college chairman, and George
Murphy will hold the office of
recording secretary.
Nominated and elected last
Saturday at the annual convention
of the Young Democrats Clubs of
Connecticut, Marano ran on a plat-form
which included plans to in-crease
the number of clubs in the
state. Fairfield University and
University of Connecticut main-tain
the only two college clubs
among the fifteen groups organ-ized
within the state. The other
thirteen clubs have been formed
within various towns and cities.
As president, Marano will con-duct
the monthly meetings of the
state delegates choosen from
each club. Having served as vice
president of the state organization
this past year, Marano is aware of
his responsibilities. He is looking
forward to setting up this year's
activities and working closely with
the state democratic party. Al-though
eligible to hold this posi-tion
for two years, Marano views
this as a one year job due to his
uncertainty regarding graduate
school.
According to Marano "the im-pact
of the Fairfield club on the
state organization illustrates the
important role students can play
in politics." Considering there are
over forty colleges and junior col-leges
in Connecticut, Marano
feels there is a great need for ex-panding
college input and increas-ing
student involvement.
The Young Democrats Club at
Fairfield was co-founded by
Marano three years ago and he has
been president since the club's
formation. The other executives
are James Ball, vice president,
John Stasiukevicius, treasurer,
Carmen Cornacchia and Ann Col-lison,
secretaries.
Anyone under 36 years old,
whether a democrat or not, is eli-gible
for membership. The Young
Democrats work on local, state,
and national campaigns, they give
endorsement to various issue
groups, and they try to initiate and
stimulate political awareness in
young voters.
This year the club's 54 members
wilt be organizing roundtable dis-cussions,
bringing guest speakers
to campus, publishing the only
club newspaper on campus, and
working with democratic candi-dates
for next year's elections.
The club's first roundtable dis-cussion,
dealing with U.S. Labor
Relations, will be held October
5th. According to Marano, "Fair-field
University has a fairly active
club which is suprising because
most students here are either
apolitical or conservative."
Marano feels it is important for
his club to remain active within
the University even though club
members may not typify the ma-jority
of the student body,
because he states "we need to
balance other groups like the
Young Republicans."
Concerned that the most con-servative
groups like the Young
Americans for Freedom also have
to be balanced, Marano is looking
into the possibility of establishing
a campus chapter of Americans
For Common Sense, organized by
George McGovern in 1980. Ameri-cans
For Common Sense is a
group that works to combat vari-ous
political tactics utilized by
certain conservative organiza-tions.
Marano explains, "The
Moral Majority denies it is a
political organization and it is im-portant
for a group like Americans
For Common Sense to bring to the
public's attention to the political
tactics that it {the moral majority]
really is involved in." The amount
of student input received will
determine if a chapter of
McGovern's organization gets
underway on campus.
Inflation Raises Stag-Her Prices
by Kathy Noonan
Many students have com-plained
about price increases in
the Stag-her Inn since the take-over
by Seller's. Upon investiga-tion,
it was determined that these
price increases are valid, and were
in fact, approved by the University
when Seller's submitted their bid
for the food concession.
Mr. Ken Pensalfini, district man-ager
for Seller's, emphasized the
role of inflation in these price in-creases.
"We had to anticipate in-flation
and raise the prices accord-ingly.
The Stag-her must be finan-cially
independent, it can not rely
on funds from the meal-plan pro-gram.
That would not be fair to the
resident students." In giving a
price break-down, Pensalfini re-ported
that 42% of the price is for
the actual product, 38% is for
labor, 10-12% goes toward paper
products, and 8-10% pays for utili-ties.
No major changes are antici-pated
in the near future. Pensalfini
noted the addition of pizza and
grinders by the inch to the menu
and stated that hopefully the sel-ection
of hot meals will be expand-ed.
He also mentioned that there
is a full-time Seller's manager in
the Stag-her, Mr. Todd Lindsey,
who is always open to student
suggestions.
Mr. Stan Kapinos, permittee for
the Stag-her, emphasized that
there has been a minimal increase
in beer prices and these minor in-creases
are all due to inflation. He
noted that there is a large selec-tion
of beers for the students to
choose from, including a monthly
bottle special. "Because we cater
to both undergraduate and gradu-ate
students, we try to keep a wide
range of beers, so there is some-thing
in everyone's price range,"
stated Kapinos.
Progress is being made on the
proposed wine permit. All of the
necessary paperwork has been
submitted and they are presently
waiting to hear from Hartford. If
awarded, the permit will allow the
Stag-her to sell not only beer and
cider, but also wine. They will start
out simply, selling wine by the
glass. Depending upon student re-sponse
and space limitations, the
service will be expanded. Kapinos
feels that this will be good for the
Stag-her and will give it a more
"laid-back" atmosphere. He also
noted that the addition of wine will
allow for more sophisticated pro-gramming
in the future.