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Lewers, McSherry Battle for FUSA Presidency
AnnMarie Puckhaber
News Editor
FUSA presidential candi-dates,
Joanne Lewers and Christo-pher
McSherry, are stressing a
stronger student voice on campus,
but who will the voters hear?
Juniors Lewers and McSh-erry
were the only students who
applied for the position and there-fore
there is no need for a primary
election as there was in past years.
McSherry holds experience in
FUSA as well as many other as-pects
of campus, while Lewers has
concentrated her time on the inside
of FUSA. The election will take
place on Tuesday, February 6,
1990.
Lewers, a resident of
Wayne, Pennsylvania, is an Eng-lish
major with a literature concen-tration
and an American Studies
minor. She is presently Co-chair
for the Special Events Committee
of FUSA.
Most of Lewers' involve-ment
in the past two and a half
years has been in FUSA: Student
Senate representative, 1987-89;
Government Operations
Chair, 1989; Special Events Com-mittee,
1987-1990; and Major
Dances Committee, 1987-1989.
During her time with FUSA she
has participated in the leadership
weekend and the NACA confer-ence.
She has also been involved
in the Afterschool Help Program
in Bridgeport and was a worker for
Orientation '89.
McSherry is a Political Sci-ence
major and Sociology minor
from Yonkers, New York. He is
presently Director of Correspon-
FUSA Presidential Candidates Joanne Lewers and Chris McSherry
Photo: Tom Beirne
dence for the Student Senate.
McSherry's activities in-clude:
Orientation '89 Co-chair;
resident advisor, 1989-90; Student
Senate representative, 1988-89;
mission volunteer to Duran, Ecua-dor,
May-June 1990; Manor Year-book,
1987-88; Peer Counselor,
1988-90; Aids Awareness Team,
1988-90; Finance Club, 1987-88;
and Politics Club, 1989-90.
Both candidates have set
among their goals better commu-nication
with the administration
and better planning for the Stag
directory.
To improve student/admini-stration
communications, Lewers
would like to set up student liasons
to members of the administration
and to different parts of Student
Services. "Those kinds of deci-sions
like the new housing policy
shouldn't be made until more
people know about them," she said.
Among her other goals are:
- keeping students more
informed about campus events;
- an improved variety of
programming;
- having at least one concert
a year;
- giving students the option
to buy personal computers at a
reduced rate so they will have
access to them in their own rooms
- improving the Athletics
Committee to give recognition to
sports like women's basketball, ice
hockey, baseball, and lacrosse; and
- getting May Day back as a
real carnival with rides and club
booths.
"I like knowing what's
going on and what people want
and think," Lewers said. She said
she has the experience and the time
to do the job. "I want to do it and
I think I can," she said.
Lewers said Fairfield is a
lot like home to her. "I'm very
happy and comfortable here," she
said. She said she has already put
a great deal of effort into FUSA
and is willing to do more. She said
she would be an active president
where "if anything affects us in
any way and we feel strongly about
Deli Scheduled to Open this Month
Christine Doody
Staff Writer
After months of waiting for
the State ofConnecticut's approval,
the Deli, located in Gonzaga
ground, has officially been granted
its incorporation as of the middle
of January.
It will be reopening within
the next two weeks, according to
president Christine Murray. Mur-ray
is striving for an opening date
of February 2. However, it might
have to delay its opening until the
following weekend due to a check-book
on order.
At the end of last year the
deli was informed that it had lost
its incorporation. Apparently, there
was confusion within the state
government as to whether or not
the deli was a non-profit organiza-tion
or an incorporation. It never
had any connection with tax prob-lems,
Murray said.
After being informed that it
was no longer incorporated, the
deli was offered three options by
the University: try to be reincor-porated,
close completely, or merge
with Seder's. Since the deli is the
only place on campus that offers
food other than Seder's, two of the
options were eliminated immedi-ately.
As a result, the deli filed for
incorporation in September and
was quickly approved by the fed-eral
government. However, the
state remained uncertain of the
deli's status.
The deli will continue to
remain student run and offer the
same menu.
The only change that oc-curred
is a new rent charge for the
space in Gonzaga that the deli is
using. Murray explains that this
rent fee makes the operation legal
as well as frees the University from
any obligations.
Murray, on behalf of the
entire deli staff, "Thanks everyone
for standing by" during the ongo-ing
process. The new officers,
Christine Murray, President, Den-nis
Saulnier, Vice President, Tom
Carra, Accountant and both secre-taries,
Diane Anderson and Joe
Scott are all excited about its reo-pening.
The deli has rehired the
same employees as last year with
an addition of six new ones.
The deli will be having a
sale during the first three days that
they are open; with the purchase of
any sandwich you will receive a
free bag of chips.
Deli hours are Monday
through Friday lunch 11:30-2:00
p.m., Sunday through Wednesday
nights 7:30-12:00 a.m., Thursday
nights 7:30-1:30 a.m., and Friday
and Saturday 7:30-2 a.m.
Student Senate Election Results
President Brian Hayes
Vice President John Tedesco
Secretary Michelle Arsenault
Treasurer Laura Kissinger
Director of Correspondence Waltar Camas
Appropriations Allison O'Shea
Government Operations Neil Sullivan
Judiciary Carlo Camporeale
it, we should do something."
Communication is also
among McSherry's top goals. He
would like to restructure the Stu-dent
Life branch of FUSA to have
members meet with members of
the administration on a bi-weekly
basis. "We're not going to here
about things four, five weeks later,"
McSherry said.
Other objectives McSherry
has set include:
- improving the newsletter;
- holding a monthly forum
to hear the students' views and
ideas;
- contribute a weekly Mir-ror
column;
- fill the newly created
Minority-Special Interest Cabinet
Post so as to better serve the minor-ity,
commuter and handicapped
communities on campus;
- restructure FUSA club
expenditure policies so as to pro-mote
more efficient spending of
club appropriations;
- implement the new on-line
computerized registration
system so students know right away
which classes they have;
- improving the Stag-Her
Inn to be more of a place to hang
out by purchasing a jukebox; and
- revising certain sections
of the FUSA Constitution to better
adapt to the changes that FUSA
has undergone in the past few years.
McSherry was also involved
in protesting the new housing pol-icy.
He introduced the idea of
freshmen floors and wings instead
of freshmen residence halls to
William Shicmpf, Director of Stu-dent
Services, at a senate meeting
and in turn the idea was imple-mented.
"What I love about Fair-field
is the students," McSherry
said. "I sincerely care about what
happens to this school."
McSherry says he has
enough experience and is the best
person for the job. "I have a lot of
pride in FUSA," he said.
Polls will be open on elec-tion
day in the Campus Center
lobby from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
FUSA Presidential
Debate
Tom Rhatigan
Assistant News Editor
Question: If elected, how will you balance your time as to not
neglect FUSA or your school work and what will you implement
within the FUSA organization to be sure that FUSA cabinet members
maintain the minimum grade point average of 2.4 and, therefore,
insure the student body that this will not happen again?
Chris McSherry: I have worked over 20 hours a week during
orientation as well as spending much time as a Resident Advisor. I am
certain that I can manage my time wisely.
Joanne Lewers: Warren DiDonato did alot for FUSA, but had
trouble budgeting his time. I know what my priorities are and I know
I will not have a problem balancing my time. What we must do in
order that what happened to Warren will not happen again is we must
take away some of the pressures that goes with being president.
Q: Regarding the student rally last November, as president,
will you run similiar activities dealing with on and/or off-campus
events?
Lewers: I feel that the student rally should not have taken
place. But if a rally is what it takes for the administration to listen, then
I will do it. They can be very effective.
McSherry: If we have to have rallys concerning on and/or off-campus
issues, I will do it. But I want to develop strong relations with
the administration and hopefully deal with problems before anyone
gets upset.
Q: In the case of a student/ administration conflict, do you see
the role of FUSA as the voice of the students expressed towards the
administration, of from administration to student?
McSherry: I want FUSA to be the voice of the students. If we
deal directly with the students we can get things accomplished. FUSA
is not the voice of the administration.
Lewers: I want an active liason between the students and the
administration. FUSA is going to have a stronger role in the decision
making process and will represent the most people that the decision
is going to effect.
Q: It seems as though you have similiar platforms, what makes
you different from each other?
Lewers: I feel I have more experience in programming. As Co-chair
ofthe Special Events Committee, I have had a behind-the-scenes
look at how things are run, and I will be able to use all those things to
make programming better. I am also very enthusiastic and I will put
a lot of work into being president.
McSherry: I think I have more leadership experience, not only
inside ofFUSA, but outside as well. I have gained a lot ofrespect from
the administration and I feel that I have the ability to deal with them.
Q: How do you plan to implement the new Minority Special
Relations Cabinet Position to enhance better relations with minori-ties?
McSherry: I am very excited about this new position and I feel
it is going to make Fairfield more diverse. The most important thing
abouot this position is to make sure that it represents not only the
minorties, but the special relation groups like the commuters and the
handicapped.
Lewers: The most important thing we must do first is to find
the right person for the job. That person must be objective and rational
and must be able to help everyone, not only the minorities.