Mirror - Vol. 11, No. 01 - April 02, 1987

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Volume 11, No. 1 Our Tenth Year Thursday, April 2,1987 The Image of Fairfield
Award recipients named
Willcutts receives Loyola Medal
By Melissa Campanelli
Editor-in-Chief
Three Fairfield University students wiill
receive high academic awards at graduation
this year. Honora Willcuts will be granted
the Loyola Medal, while Tom Hulseman and
Tim Martin will each receive a Student
Achievement Award. The winners were
selected by members of the Alumni
Association's Board of Directors, which is
comprised of, among others, Jesuits and
members of the Alumni Association
Honora Willcuts, a senior psychology
major from West Springfield, Massachusettes,
will receive the 1987 Loyola Medal for her
dedication, altruism, and commitment to
service in the Jesuit tradition. The Medal,
which was instituted in 1952, was intended to
recognize an individual's "inherent qualities of
leadership and, of most importance, the desire
to make a success of Fairfield; to make
Fairfield University a truly great University,
revered by us of Fairfield, respected and
admired by all not of Fairfield."
Through her activities, Honora has
served and improved Fairfield in many ways.
She is a leader of the Faith and Justice
Coalition, as well as a major organizer of the
Oxfam Fast and Crop Walk for World
Hunger. She has worked at the Thomas
Merton Soup Kitchen and Community
Alternatives in Bridgeport, and she has served
as a student-panelist at a workshop on the
Bishop's Pastoral Letter on the Economy.
Aside from this, she is a member of the Jesuit
Honor Society, Alpha Sigma Nu.
When asked about her award, Honora
replied "I feel honored to receive the Loyola
Medal. It signifies for me my awakening to
and consequent commitment to issues of
social justice. At this time, I would like to
thank the campus ministers, professors and
friends who have taught me so much. I have
learned through my years at Fairfield that "
all of us can do something." (from Oscar
Romero's homily, March 24, 1980)"
Thomas J. Hulseman, a senior
Management/French major from Winnetka,
II., is receiving a Student Achievement
Award for his leadership in the Fairfield
University Campus Ministry Program. These
awards are given to students for one particular
activity they have excelled in on campus.
Tom's dedication to the ideals of social justice
is evident through his varied service activities
including Eucharistic Ministers, Thomas
Merton Soup Kitchen, and Prison Outreach.
Tom has worked extensively with autistic,
retarded and fatherless children through
Student Outreach Service, Save the Children,
Big Brothers, and the Society to Advance the
Retarded. In addition to his service work, he
is a diver on Fairfield University's swim
team. Tom added, "Basically, this award is
important to me because through it, I will be
able to raise people's awareness about the
world around them. According to the
Corinthians, "To who much is given, much
is expected." You don't have to be a Mother
Teresa to help others, Nora, Tim and I, are
just normal people who want to change the
way the world is"
Tom is referring here to Timothy R.
Martin, another recipient of the Student
Achievement Award. Tim, a management
major from Fairfield , Ct. ,is receiving his
award for his outstanding leadership in Circle
K. Tim has served as President of this
organization, where he coordinated several
campus bloodmobiles and service projects.
One of these projects included participation in
the Connecticut Special Olympics. Tim has
also worked as a Senior Week Co-Chair,
where he put long hours into the planning and
running of this special celebration for seniors.
In addition, Tim has served as a Eucharistic
minister and as President of the Townhouse
Association. Tim proclaimed, " I'm
extremely honored. For me, the award is a
great rememberence to all the people who
have helped me throughout my yeras here at
Fairfield, especially the faculty , staff,
administrators, and my family."
Honora Willcuts Tom Hulseman Tim Martin — photos by Joe Draper
READING DAY
MOVED FOR
FALL '87
Goll speaks on Middle East
By Connie McKenna
Managing Editor
By Joseph T. Draper
Editor Emeritus
Reading Day has been moved in the
1987 fall exam schedule. According to Rev.
Christopher Mooney, S.J., Academic Vice
President, exams will begin Tuesday
December 14, the day after classes end.
Reading Day will be Thursday, December 16.
Reading Day has always been between the last
day of classes and the first day of exams.
"We would have had four straight days
of exams," said Mooney. "So to break up the
schedule we put Reading Day in the middle of
the week. It has been my experience that most
people have exams on those first four days.
This seemed like a good way of easing the
burden for people who have four exams in a
row."
When the University Council met
Thursday March 26 they discussed the
Reading Day schedule change and drafted a
letter to Father Mooney concerning the
change in format.
"The Council is interested in the change
which results in final exams beginning the
day following the last day of classes." the
letter says. "In past academic calenders, a
reading day was always scheduled between the
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The Politics Department, in cooperation
with the greater Bridgeport Jewish Federation,
hosted a lecture Monday night by Dr. Jossef
Goll, political columnist for the Jeruselum
Post. Dr. Goll spoke on Middle Eastern
peace prospects, specifically between the
Arabs and the Israelis.
"The Middle east is a very unsettled,
confusing part of the world," began Goll, "and
the more you know about it, the more
complicated it becomes." He stated that there
are a number of factors at play in the
Arab/Israeli war, such as deep seated religious
differences, conflicting state factions, a
growing sense of nationality, and the interests
of major world powers, the U.S., Britain, and
France.
Goll asserted that "there is no peace
process going on, and any reports to the
contrary are simply figments of the media's
imagination." According to Goll, the only
action which could be construed as a step
towards peace is the Egyptian/Israeli peace
agreement of 1979, which he called "a
breakthrough in thirty years of unmitigated
hostility, which was followed by absolutely
nothing in terms of a peace process."
The basic subject of dispute between the
Arabs and the Jews is easy to verbalize. Goll
says, "the dispute is over competing
nationalist claims to the same piece of real
estate, however, the hostility is particularly
deep and particularly intense." According to
Goll, the intensity on the Jewish side of the
conflict stems from the Zionist nationalist
movement, which "involves ancient
memories from the great majority of secular
Zionists; a kind of secularism tempered by
miracles, which they will go to great lengths
to protect."
Goll cited the awakening sense of Arab
nationalism as a major reason for the
intensity on this side of the war. "Israel is
seen as an attempt by the West to renew the
imperialist threat to the Arabs themselves. A
Jew to an Arab symbolizes an inferior being
and an inferior civilization, concession to the
Jews is intolerably insulting to the Arab
psyche."
Goll concluded that seeking ancient
peace between the two nations is totally
unrealistic, that working to prevent the
hostility from breaking out into shooting
wars is a more realistic goal. He stated, "we
must be careful not to delude ourselves into
speaking of a peace process which is
primarily a propagandist tool. I have only
hopes, and do not believe a solution can be
seen in anything less than a number of
generations."
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Dean Krell (photo by A. Whitehouse)
Dean Krell
leaves
University
By Chris MichailofT
Staff Writer
Henry W. Krell, Dean of Students at
Fairfield University, has resigned, effective
April 24, 1987. Dean Krell has been with
Fairfield since 1969, when he started as
Associate Dean of Students. He was
appointed to-Sean of Students in 1980.
Krell said, " I've seen Fairfield develop
far since I've come here; a major change was
when the University went co-ed." As Dean of
Students, Krell has many responsibilities,
including coordinating student development at
the University. The Dean of Students
oversees Career Planning, Health, and the
Student Academic Support System.
Since his arrival at Fairfield, Dean Krell
has implemented many changes, and has seen
the "tremendous changes " in the student
body. As Dean, he revised the University's
judicial system, and intensified the RA
orientation program. He is also credited for
starting the Alcohol and Substance abuse
Education, which provides individual
counseling for students. In 1969 Student
Services was rather limited, Krell fostered the
development of international and handicapped
advisement. Krell feels, "These are positive
developments for Fairfield, since it allows the
school greater diversification, and permits it
to meet the increased needs of the student
body, with greater care."
Krell has been appointed to the position
of Vice-President of Student Services at
Sacred Heart University, which is located in
Fairfield. Krell admits it is a career move.
He said, "I look forward to the added
responsibility of my new position; especially
with the chance to work closer with athletics
and academics."
William Schimpf, the Vice President of
Student Services at Fairfield, credits Krell,
"for his dedication" and stated, "Fairfield has
benefited in the area of Student Services from
Dean Krell."
Dean Krell expressed regrets that he
would, "miss a lot of students and the
professional relationships" that he has
established since he has been at Fairfield.
Jeanne Osborn, the Judicial Officer said,
"Dean Krell will be hard to replace. He has
provided new and fresh ideas, giving students
persona] attention."
When asked if he has any concerns for
Fairfield in the future, he replied, "no". "The
University will be able to get someone with
new ideas, helping the school to move
forward." The major accomplishment Krell
feels Student Services has achieved is that it
is more responsive. "It is able to meet the
individual student's needs and problems as
unique, " something he adds other schools
cannot do.