Mirror - Vol. 17, No. 20 - April 22, 1993

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FairfieldMRRORV Volume 17, No. 20 Thursday, April 22, 1993 Spring has Sprung!
Faculty Marches On Bellarmine
Megan Harvist
News Editor
"Contracts Don't Have
Single Authors?" "Collective
Bargaining, Not Collective
Begging", and "Give Reason a
Chance". These were some of the
signs that were displayed at the
faculty protest on April 14 from
2-3 PM and again on April 16
from 2-3:30 PM in front of
Bellarmine.
This demonstration was
in reaction to the administration
salary team's March 4 decision to
discontinue negotiations with the
Faculty Salary Committee before
an agreement was reached about
compensation for '93-'94. This
was in violation of the faculty's
1992-1993 contract and broke a
23 year-old tradition ofgood faith
negotiations.
"We feel as if the we are
being crucified," said Dr. Lisa
Newton who led the procession
up to Bellarmine carrying a
wooden cross. "The
administration must remember
that the faculty are the university."
The faculty insists that
the issue at hand is not about
difference between the amount
the faculty requested in salary
compensation and the amount
proposed by the administration
was only 2%. "This year the
administration listened to us, but
we did not have a real negotiation,"
said Dr. Donald Greenberg, chair
ofthe Faculty Welfare Committee.
"If we fail to have negotiations,
the real sense of community will
be dismissed," said Dr. JohnThiel
who organized the protest.
Another concern of the
faculty is that the contract drawn
include provisions from past
contracts including maternity and
dependent care policies. "This is
scary to us because if the
administration can negotiate by
themselves, they will be able to
do anything they want. They may
even make changes in documents
by themselves," said Dr. Mariann
Regan, the chair of the Faculty
Salary Committee (FSC).
According to the
administration, these benefits are
automatically carried over from
previous years unless there is a
money, considering that the up by the administration did not renegotiation. As stated by Mr. Compton To Speak At
Graduation Rosalind E. Van Tuyl
Staff Writer
Father Kelley announced
last week that ABC News White
House Correspondent Ann
Compton will receive an honorary
doctor of laws degree and will
address Fairfield University's
Class of 1993 commencement
ceremony. Ms. Compton will be
the first woman in Fairfield's
history to deliver the ceremony's
main address.
Being the first woman to
enter a traditionally all-male
domain is not new to Ms.
Compton. Following the 1988
election of George Bush, Ms.
Compton became the first woman
White House correspondent to a
news network.
Ms. Compton has an
impressive resume in the field of
journalism. She began her career
in Roanoke, Virginia, working
for WDNJ-TV. In 1973, she
joined the ABC network as a
correspondent and also as an
anchor for ABC Radio in New
York, in 1976, she was an ABC
floor reporter at the Republican
and Democratic conventions and
on Election Night, she anchored
ABC's coverage of the
gubernatorial races. During the
1980 campaign she covered
independent presidential
candidate John Anderson. Later,
she became ABC's chief
correspondent for the House of
Representatives where she
reported on Congressional
reaction to President Reagan's
economic proposals and foreign
policy initiatives as well as the
early development of the
Congressional investigations of
the Iran-Contra Affair.
Ms. Compton was
unavailable for comment at press
time, as was Father Kelley, so the
topics she will address in her
speech are unknown. But in spite
of that, many seniors are looking
forward to hearing her speak.
Senior Bill McMahon
commented, "I think she is an
excellent choice. Her credentials
are very impressive and she has
witnessed so much, being a
national news correspondent,
that I am sure whateverthe topic,
she will deliver an interesting
speech."
In addition to Ms.
Compton' s honorary degree, the
University will also bestow an
honorary doctor of humane
letters on Rev. J. Bryan Hehir,
pastor of the St. Paul Parish and
senior chaplain of the Harvard-
Radcliffe Catholic Student
Center, as well as one of the
nation's most influential
Catholic thinkers. The
university will confer an
honorary doctor of science on
James D. Watson, the 1962
Nobel Prize co-winner known
for his discovery ofthe structure
of DNA and his best-selling
book, "The Double Helix."
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Murray Farber, Director ofPublic
Relations, the faculty did not break
off negotiations but merely made
their best and final offer in line
with the provisions of the faculty
handbook. Previous to the
administration's final decision
there were nine meetings between
the FSC and the administration
team in which they listened to the
requests of the faculty.
"The procedure has not
always been the same over the
past 23 years," said Farber. "It is
true that this year's procedure was
different from the last year's.
however that procedure was
different from that of the year
before it as well."
The administration
states that they are ready to return
to the table to discuss the non-economic
issues with the FSC.
However, they have the
understanding that the FSC are
unwilling to meet because they
have filed a grievance. If the
Faculty Committee is not satisfied
with the ruling of Mr. Robert E.
Wall, the Academic Vice
President, they will call for outside
arbitration.
The FWC is interested
in "resuming negotiations in good
faith." However, they do not want
their protests to interfere in any
way with their teaching duties and
affect the educational aspect of
Fairfield University. "We are
hoping for a compromise in which
there will be no winners or losers,"
said Greenberg.
According to Farber, the
administration is also eager to
settle the matter. "The faculty are
held in high regard by the
administration as valuable people
in the reputation ofthe University.
Everyone hopes this matter will
he settled amicably."
Administration Censors
AIDS Banners
Debra De Shong
News Editor Emeritus
Not only is it forbidden
to distribute condoms from the
Health Center, or sell them in the
bookstore, on Monday, the
administration forced peer
counselors to remove a sign that
spelled out the word "condoms."
The peer counselors, hung
several signs in the campus center
that said, "Can One Night
Destroy Our Means for
Survival," the slogan for AIDS
awareness week. The first letter
in each word was highlighted so
that the word condom was easily
seen. The sign was hung at 9 am,
Monday morning and by noon,
several graduate students who
work in the campus center were
told by William Schimpf, vice-president
of student services, to
remove two signs and cut another
in half to remove the slogan.
Schimpf was alerted of the signs
by Anne Cole, the director of the
Health Center. Cole said she
approved of the slogan but did
not know that they planned to
make the word condom so
prominent, "I totally disapprove
of reducing AIDS education to
one word."
Christine Williams, a
peer counselor and member of
the AIDS awareness team says
that the word condom was used
Vrjrominently to get people's
attention. "Using condoms to
promote sexual promiscuity was
the opposite of our intention,"
she said.
Cole and Schimpf said
that they were most concerned
that students would be mislead as
to how to protect yourself from
AIDS. "If the only message is to
use condoms, that is not a
responsible message," said
Schimpf, "If we are getting the
message across in short-hand
form, that is irresponsible."
However, as Williams pointed
out, every pamphlet handed out
at the information table clearly
states that abstinence is the only
way to ensure protection from
the virus. Mr. Schimpf did not
visit the information table.
As part of AIDS
awareness week, several panels
of the AIDS quilt were on display
in the campus center, as well as
artwork done by children whose
parents have AIDS. There was
also an informative lecture by
Victor Girolomoni held on
Monday night.
On Tuesday afternoon,
two members of the AIDS team
met with the administration and
explained their purpose and intent
for the signs. A compromsie was
made and there is now a banner
in the Campus Center. "I am
happy we were able to sit down
and wor k out a compromise,"
said Rich Kielbania "94. J
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