Mirror - Vol. 15, No. 13 - January 31, 1991

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FairfieldMRRORV Volume 15, No. 13 Thursday, January 31, 1991 The Image Of Fairfield
Hayes Sweeps Presidential Election
Christina Hennessy
News Editor
Brian Hayes swept opponent
Anne Norton in Tuesday's FUSA
Presidential elections, as he posted
victory with 818 votes.
Norton pulled in 308, bring-ing
the total number of voters to
1,126.
The number is down from
last-year's record-settting turnout
of 1,317 voters, but the total is less
than halfof the student population.
"I was pleased with the turn-out
ofvoters and I was happy to see
many students take an active stand
and vote," said Hayes.
"Having the elections earlier
in the semester caught many people
by surprise, especially since the
campaigns were condensed into a
two week period," said Chris
McSherry, current FUSA Presi-dent.
"Voter turnout is something
I'd like to work on with Brian to
improve for next year," he said.
Though the campaign period
was brief, both candidates con-centrated
on calling for improved
communication, a goal Hayes now
begins to work upon.
"We both had clean cam-paigns
and I'd like to congratulate
Anne on the campaign she ran,"
said Hayes.
Hayes now begins the proc-ess
ofselecting his three vice presi-dents
as well as surrounding him-self
with members of his cabinet.
He plans to reevaluate the
cabinet positions and change, add
or eliminate positions.
"As of right now I'm really
not sure who I will appoint to the
positions, it still hasn't quite set in
that I won," he added.
As president, Hayes has the
power to call a constitutional con-vention,
which he intends to do in
order to "modernize the
constitution and bring it up-to-date."
Another goal for Hayes is to
improve the image of FUSA by
communicating with students and
getting student involvement.
"I would like to attractpeople
who might not normally come out
to get involved. I plan to do this by
scheduling different events that
would appeal to broad taste and
interests," he said.
He has several goals he hopes
to achieve in his term.
- improve the constitution of
FUSA
- program a greater number
and diverse events, shifting money
within the budget, if necessary
- increase involvement by
establishing monthly forums and
sending out a FUSA newsletter
- get the STAG, Fairfield's
telephone and address directory,
out earlier
- set up dialogue with Rich
Rossi, Director of Student Resi-dences,
and William Schimpf , Vice
President of Student Services, to
give students the opportunity to
voice their opinions to administra-tors
- explore the possibility of an
outdoor Dogwoods Dance, allow-ing
unlimited student participation
- to re-evaluate the organiza-tional
structure of the Student
Association Cabinet
- to better utilize the power of
the student body, which according
to Hayes, is FUSA's chief resource.
"I would also like to improve
the relationship with Student Court
and get that branch of government
more involved with the other two
branches ofFUSA," Hayes added.
"Brian provides strong lead-ership,
in that his three years in
FUSA has shown him the ins and
outs of FUSA, as well as provid-ing
him with experience," said
McSherry.
"Basically, Brian is a hell of
a nice guy and he will use his
innovative ideas combined with
what he's seen as past successes
and failures to have a successful
term ," he added.
Hayes hopes to see the main-stream
of the student body react
and get behind FUSA for the big
issues on campus.
This involvement also trans-lates
into pulling the many groups
on campus together to all work on
the issues affecting students.
"As president for the past
year, I'd advise Brian to work on
bettering the communication with
the students, and trying to get bet-ter
involvement," said McSherry.
"But as of right now, I think
he's just beginning to think about
surrounding himself with good
people," he added.
Onhis climb to the top, Hayes
had previously served as a student
representative from 1988-89 and
Government Operations Committe
Chair from 1989-90.
Outside of FUSA, Hayes
participated in Orientation '90 as
one of the Sunday Day-Chairs.
Most recently, he just com-pleted
a term as FUSA Senate
President this past year.
"I feel my experience, as well
as my outside activities, allows me
to stay in the mainstream and know
what's going on," said Hayes.
Hayes officially steps into
office on April 2. By his inaugura-tion,
the positions in cabinet wil be
filled following an application and
interview process.
Fairfield Joins
the Effort to Save
the Planet
Christina Hennessy
News Editor
As a little Valentine's message to the Earth, Fairfield Univer-sity
students will express their love of the planet with a new
recycling program tentatively set to start on Feb. 15.
The program affects all buildings on campus, including
resident halls, the Campus Center, and the academic buildings.
"We are hoping that the process will become a semi-auto-matic
nature as students realize we all must do something," said
Fred Cotter, Director of Physical Plant. "We are a terrribly wasteful
society."
The process will get underway as the internal and external
containers are set up to handle both general trash and recyclable
products.
"We will be handing out a different set of instructions to the
students in the townhouses and the residence halls," said Cotter.
"The students will be crucial in the initial sorting phase as
they will start the process within their rooms," he added. "In my
experience, however, the kids have always been very cooperative."
Other campus buildings besides residence halls will be tar-gets
of the new recycling program.
"The Campus Center will be a tough, but if everybody
cooperates the program will run smoothly," said Cotter.
Plans for trash disposal from both Bannow and the Nursing
building are already underway and bins are currently set up near the
Print Shop to collect bond and computer paper.
If the separate products are mixed, however, the cost of waste
disposal will rise, increasing the cost to the University and ulti-mately,
according to Cotter, the state will refuse to pick up the trash.
"My major concern is about the future, especially looking
forward to the Spring, when the dorms close," said Cotter. "Nobody
is going to be thinking about recycling."
Resident Advisors will currently be meeting to receive in-structions
on how to conduct the sorting on all floors. The large bins
will be placed in the general lavatories in which the waste will be
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Summer Orientation
Welcomes Class of f95
New program supplements traditionalfall event
Emily Okenquist
Staff Writer
The Class of '95 will journey
to Fairfield two months earlier this
year as Orientation '91 adds a two-day
summer program in June, in
addition to the traditional fall event.
"I think this will be an easier
transition for the freshmen," said
Fran Koerting, director of Fresh-men
Orientation and Judicial Offi-cer.
"It will reduce the unknowns
of college life which can be real
nerve-racking and will make things
more pleasant in September."
For two days in June, fresh-men
will get a feel for college life
by living in a dorm with their new
classmates and going to social
events planned by the Orientation
Committee.
They will also take language
placement tests, receive one on
one advising about Math courses,
attend workshops, and have their
ID pictures taken, replacing ac-tivities
which normally take place
in the fall.
"This program will allow
them extra time to do more things
in September," said Gwen
Vendley, director of the Freshman
Experience Program.
The Faculty Advisors will
meet with the freshmen for aca-demic
discussions and will help
them through the registration proc-ess.
"They'11 be able to walk away
with a printout schedule," said
Koerting, "and maybe even buy
their books."
Freshman Facilitators, in
addition to leading group discus-sions
and activities, will assume
the responsibilities of last year's
Student Advisor position, such as
welcoming the Class of '95 and
assisting in orientation events.
Their role will continue
throughout the year through the
Freshman Year Experience Pro-gram.
The facilitators will work
more with faculty advisors this
year, as well.
"We want the Freshman
Facilitators to be more involved
with the students and have contact
with them right away," said
Vendley. "I think this kind of
program will be more regularized
and more fulfilling for the stu-dents."
On day one of the summer
program, freshmen will be placed
into groups of approximately 16
students with two Freshman Fa-cilita
rs and two Faculty Advi-sors.
Each Freshman Facilitator
and Faculty Advisor will be re-sponsible
for about eight fresh-men,
all of the same major, but the
two small groups will combine
throughout the weekend for activi-ties
and social events.
"We would like to mix sci-ence
and liberal arts students in the
group," said Vendley. "For ex-ample,
maybe half of the large
group would be Nursing and half
would by Psychology."
The Freshman Facilitators
and the students will be encour-aged
to correspond during the
summer so they will be even more
familiar with each other upon arri-val
in September.
"It will be more than just a
name on a piece of paper," said
Koerting. "We're also hoping that
when the freshmen are together
with other students over the sum-mer,
they will meet people and
choose to be roommates."
A special Parents Orienta-tion
is planned for the parents who
accompany their sons and daugh-ters
on the summer orientation.
This event will included lunch,
activities and a special dinner.
"Campus Ministry will have
a presentation to give the parents a
feel for the Jesuit tradition," said
Koerting, "and there will be a three
hour afternoon panel discussion."
Planned topics will include
information on safety and secu-rity,
residence and student life, and
support services.
"They will get arf idea of
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