Stag - Vol. 20, No. 17 - March 03, 1969

              Vol. 20 No. 17 Fairfield University, Fairfield. Connecticu1 March 3, 1969
Government Presidential Election TomorroW
By JOHN G. LEDDY
Student Government elections will be held for the ·offices of President, ~ic~­President
and Treasurer tomorrow, Tue~day, March 4, 1969. Alb~rt Manam,
Class of i970 is running against Charles Coviello, also of 1970, for President. In un­contested
bids for Vice-President and Treasurer are Ro_bert ~urphy, Class of 1971,
and Michael Mannion of 1970, respectively. The elections will be held from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. across from the Mail Room in be Campus Center.
The presidential race was
narrowed to two candidates last
Tuesday, as Albert Mariani and
Charles Covielb won the two
spots on the final election bal·
lot. Mariani received 252 votes
in the primary, while Coviello
edged classmate Ted KeyloWl
by a narrow 152-136 margin.
Referendum
The vote on the referendum
which was on the ballot with
the presidential primary was
435-96. Thus, Legislative elec-
. tions are now changed to Nov­ember,
while elections for class
officers remain in April.
The evening following the
primary on February 25th both
candidates were interviewed by
The Stag to obtain their views
on specific issues.
Charles Coviello: "Progress,
Not Promises"
In a preliminary statement,
Charles Coviello emphasized
that as p resident he would be
"a manager and an organizer,
not a politician.'' This, he says,
was the basic problem with his
predecessor, Philip Howe.
Coalition
Mr. Coviello's executive boa:-d,
as outlined in. his platform,
would consist of "a coalition of
liberals, conservatives, and mod­erates,"
(and not of "conserva­tives,
liberals and radicals as
previously reported"). He has
been an off-campus representa­tive
for the past three years,
and was active in organizing
commuter protest to university
parking lot conditions last year.
"O.K., we didn't get them to
pave it, (the rear-gym parking
lot.) But they, (the Arumnis.ra­tioft),
did hll in the holes and
removed the rocks. This shows
that they can be made to give
in to what we want."
During the interview, the
candidate addressed himself to
numerous specific issues:
Academic reform: ··I think
we should do away with esti­mates,
except in the case where
a student is failing a course.
The estimates actually don't
mean anything. I also wish to
obtain final examinations before
Christmas vacation. I favor a
change in the number of re­quirements
for philosophy and
theology to allow a minor we
would like, rather than a minor
in philos~phy."
Campus security: "I think
the Aruninistration should in-stall
guardhouses at car en­trances
to improve security.
Students entering after a cer­tain
hour would show !.D.'s.
There should also be stationary
guards at parking lots.
"I think it's important to em­phasize
to the Aruninistration
that, with girls coming on cam­pus;
soon, they're going to need
some kind of security.''
Social life: "It will be neces­sary
to append the activities fee
to the tuition. If not, there is
no way to get a good social life
on campus.'' Mr. Coviello cited
discounts on social weekend
prices, movies, and use of the
game room, as possible benefits
from such a plan. His platform
includes a provision for open
house in the dormitories on Fri­days,
Saturdays, and Sundays
as another means to improve
campus social life.
Government appropriations:
The candidate said that funds
for clubs and_ social action
groups should be appropriated
according to the amount of mo­ney
in the Treasury. "This past
year, Y.I.C. should have gotten
$800, not $1,000. The Hockey
Club needs money, and so do
many other clubs who didn't
get enough money from the gov­ernment.
This makes append­age
of the activities fee to the
tuition essential. Many clubs
are planning on pooling their
money next year if this doesn't
happen."
Government Operations: Un­der
his coalition executive coun­cil,
Mr. Coviello would estab­lish
committees on the various
student affairs. "I would try to
enlist a membership in thesP.
committees drawn from the stu­dent
body, not from the Legis­lature.
Black S!udent on Campus: "I
think that the Five Year Cur-riculum
is a good thing, and 1
hope they continue to increase
the number of black students
on campus. I was rather disap­pointed
though, that the school
only arunifted one black student,
I think it was, in this year's en-
Continued on Pqe S
James McManus, '71 presents his student Identification card
to Richard Makse, '69 during_ last week's Student Government
preliminary ebcticns. Patrick McCormack, '69 (left) and
James Cunningham, '69 also tend the polling place.
School Calendar
Change Proposed
By THOM PERROTTI
Due to dissention caused by
the week and a half interval
ltetween Christmas · vacation
and final exams, a change · in
the schedule for the academic
year of 1969-1970 has been
proposed. Robert Murphy and
John O'Neill of the class of
1971 have set up an alternative
calendar under which final
exams will be taken prior to
the Christmas holidays.
Advantages
Mr. Murphy claims that
there are many advantages to
the new schedule. "Both the
faculty and the students will
be able to enjoy a relaxing
vacation and the faculty will
have plenty of time in which
to hand in final grades. Also,
if a student has failed out, he
has three weeks or so in which
plans can be made if he wants
to attend another school.''
If the new calendar is ac­cepted,
Registration will take
place September S, moving
Freshman Orientation up to
August 28. Final exams then,
will be over by Saturday, De­cember
20. Class will resume
on Monday, January 20, and
the second semester will end
on 1\lay 15.
Additional Holidays
In the proposed schedule,
Thanksgiving will be extended,
Continued on Pac-e 6
_.,.,...,....1 Controversial Town Meeting
Reverend Stanley L. Houston speaks before a recent meeting
of the Fairfield Representative Town meeting.
(Photo: Courtesy Bridgeport Post)
EDITOR'S NOTE: This ar­ticle
is the first of many
which will deal directly with
events in the Greater Bridge­port
area of . which Fairfield
Unh•ersitY is an integral part.
It is an attempt to make the
Fairfield University commun­ity
more aware of the ac­tivity
in the surrounding com­munities.
Many members of Fairfield
University have taken an ac­tive
interest in these off cam­pus
affairs and have long
been unnoticed.
The Fairfield Representative
Town Meeting met on Monday,
February 24 for the purpose of
considering a resolution calling
for the withdrawal from the
Action for Bridgeport Com­munity
Deveiopment. The bill
By RIC BAKER
was defeated by a vote of 39
to 1. The lone vote in favor
was cast by Mrs. Norma Pekar,
proponent of the resolution and
memb:::r of the R.T.M.
Attendance at the meeting,
which totaled over 1000 and
filled the assembly hall at Tom­linson
Junior High School, was
indicative of the controversy
and interest that has marked
the ABCD project ever since
its inception. However, the as­sembly
conducted itself in an
ordered and well disciplined
manner.
Other than Mrs. Pekar those
speaking in favor of her reso­lution
were Mr. Robert Chura,
chairman of the Concerned
Citizens League of Fairfield,
Mrs. Joan O'Rourke, a part
time student at Fairfield Uni-versity,
Mr. Daniel Mends, and
others.
Those who spoke against the
bill were First Selectman John
J. Sullivan, R.T.M. members
Kieran Kilbride, Barbara Wil­ber,
and Hardy Phipper, Rev.
Stanley L. Houston, Rev. W\1-
liam Mcinnes, Leete P. Doty,
and others.
Mr. Hardy Phipper, chair­man
of the R.T.M. Legislation
committee, maintained that he
has "never seen the town so
interested in an issue." He also
reported that he received a
large number of letters con­cerning
this issue, the majority
of which favored staying in
ABCD.
Father Mcinnes chairman of
the board of directors of
(Continued on Pa~e 6)
Page Two THE STA& March 3, 1969
Campus News Student Legislature Approves
Academic Ref orin Resolution
OFFICER CANDIDATE
PROGRAM
Most college students are
familiar with the Navy's Of­ficer
Candidate School (OCSJ
program which leads to a com­mission
as an Ensign in the
U.S. Naval Reserve. But the
par ticulars of applying and the
chances of acceptance are not
widely known.
The Navy selects Officer
Candidates on the 'whole man'
principle and presently the
program is wide open, especial­ly
for June 1969 graduates.
Timing is most important ; the
earlier in his senior year an
individual applies, the better
his chances are for selection.
Approximately 3 months are
required to complete an ap­plication.
OCS classes begin every
month except December, and
present a p p 1 i c a n t s are
being considered for the Sep­tember
1969 class and beyond.
The initial step in applying
for Navy OCS is taking the
0 f f ice r Qualification Test
· (OQT). This test includes ver­bal
analogies, mechanical com­prehension
and arithmetic rea­soning.
The OQT is adminis­tered
at this station every
Tuesday and Thursday (except
holidays) at 8:45 a.m.
• • •
A meeting of the Social Sci-r
GJfyl)ure ~
thinking of the
CReligious ~ife ...
- {jo
0!le8tep
Purther-
If you are seriously thinking
of the. priesthood, the ques­tion
becomes not "what" but
''who."
Who can allow you to utilize
your own inna te talents?
Who is most attuned to our
times? Wllo can offer the
most freedom in your work?
The answer is the Paulists.
Their goal is to meet the
needs of all God's people as
they ar ise in each era and
each age. The Pa ulist tries
to make Christ, His teach­ings
and His Church more
understandable to those he
can reach.
In our recent Renewal Chap­ter
we established the guide­lines
by whi ch a P a ulist
seminarian and pr iest would
opera te in these cha nging
times . A summary of these
renewal principles is avail­a
ble to those who question
"whether a priest can really
be with it today."
To find out more about the
P aulis t sp ir it, send for an
illustrated brochure and a
summa ry of our Re newa l
Chapter Guidelines.
Write to:
Vocation Director
'Paulist
Pathef'C
Room 210
415 West 59th Street
~ New York, N.Y. 10019 ~
ence Effort will be held Wed­nesday,
March 5 in C-207.
Anyone with a major in Poli­t
ics, Sociology, Psychology and
Economics is invited. The meet­ing
will be concerned with the
formation of a journal which
will publish student works.
New members are welcome.
• • •
CHINESE WALL
The C h in e s e W a 11, by
Max Frisch, will be presented
by the Westport-Wilton Com­munity
Theatre in association
with the Fairfield University
Playhouse, at the Playhouse on
Round Hill Road, Fairfield, on
Mnrch 7, 8, 14, 15 and 16. For
ticket information and reserva­tions
call Betsy Donlon at
227-2139 or Clare Hoodes at
227-9154.
.The S t u d e n t Government
crowded into a Canisius class­room
F ebruary 19th to consider
proposals for academic r eform
and a light bulk of legislation.
Academic Resolution
A resolution introduced by
John Leddy '71,- calling for a
down·ward revision of philosophy
requirements from the present
five semesters to three. and of
theology requirements from the
present four semesters to two,
was passed unanimously. It was
aiso moved that the resolution
be presented to the Faculty Cur·
riculum Committee, the group
which revises Fairfield's aca­demic
program.
Vice-President Donald Mciner­ney
then read a message from
r etiring president Philip Howe.
Students Seeking
Committee Vo.ice
BY JOHN BRENNAN
The purpose of this article
is to begin a discussion con­cerning
stude!!t participation on
campus coJlllllittees. These are
possible alternatives to increas­ing
student representation on
committees.
The Reverend William C.
Mcinnes was interviewed spe­cifically
concerning the possi­bility
and feasibility of having
students participate in, but not
vote on, the Board of Trustees
and whether or not he was in
favor of student participation
on committees. The President
pointed out that he is gener­ally
in favor of students parti­cipating
more in committees
where they are interested and
capable of contributing some­thing
to such committees.
As of this date there have
been three committees in which
students have been instru­mental
in determining the re­port
or suggestion that the
committee has made. They are
the Bellarmine, building and
food committees. The Bellar­mine
committee is concerned
with securing people to speak
on campus. The purpose of the
student on the building coP'
mittee was to make sugf."<>-' .;;
on the best way for cw
dormitory to be construct ed to
meet student needs. The food
committee, which has been the
most successful under the lead-ership
of Joe Coyne, polled a
number of universities seeking
reactions to their food service
and if they would recommend
the company to anyone else.
Gradual Growth
Asked if students should be
members of committees like the
Board of Trustees, he explained
that there should be "a gradual
growth in participation in pro­portion
to the amount of re­sponsibility
they (students)
wish to assume." He offered one
possible way for "gradual
growth in participation" in
which students will become in­volved.
The first stage would be
more student involvement In
present committees; the second
stage would entail r epresenta­tion
on the Advisory Council of
the University which is a group
of thirty-five alumni, friends
and distinguished people of the
area who meet two or three
times a year to discuss prob­lems
of the University to offer
.advice; and the third and final
stage would be regular meeting
with the Board of Trustees.
Purpose
The purpose of 'students
meeting with the Board of
Trustees is in order that their
views may be considered in
such matters as a tuition in­crease.
The key to student re­presentation
on any committees
is interest and their capability
to make pertinent contribu­tions.
The president urged the Legis­lature
to eslablish a Handbook
Committee to discuss disciplin­ary
and social reforms wiLh the
Administration.
Howe Proposal
Mr. Howe also proposed some
changes in government proced­ure:
first, that the activities fee
bt! made part of the tuition and
that sanctions be applied to de­linquents;
second, that the Aca­demic
Forum be abolished in
favor of an executive board
academic affairs committee;
third, that interest on Student
Government Loans be removed;
and fourth, that the Constitution
be amended so that members of
the student body, through peti­tion,
be empowered to enact
government legislation.
Jim Ruane's proposed amend·
ment to extend pr·esidential eli­gibility
to every class was de·
feated by a 4-2 vote of the Legis·
lative Committee. Co-proponent
· Patrick Long then attempted to
bring it to the floor of the Legis­lature
meeting, but was thwart­ed
by a House rule which for·
bids the over-ruling of a com­mittee
decision.
Band Constitution
The Legislature then voted to
approve the Constitution of the
Fairfield University Band, an
important move for the group,
for they had been awaiting rec­ognition
in order to procure
government financial aid.
Majority Leader Charles Co­viello
called for an inves tiga­tion
into the handling of the
Pe:er, Paul and 1\'lary concert,
proposing that President Howe
report to the next Legislature
meetin~. This motion was pass­ed,
even though the next meet-·
ing is not scheduled until after
the election of a new president
])larch 4th.
Election Code
In other action, the Legisla­ture
approved a lengthy govern­ment
election code, presented by
James Cunningham '69, after
striking a clause rc ~ 'l iring that
a candidate for government of­fice
must meet with the ap­proval
of the Administration.
F inally, Secretary Albert Ma­riani's
regulations for the elec­tion
of representatives for the
University Council were approv­ed
after some minor alterations.
These rules provi::le that s tudent
members of the tri-partite body
must be elected by the Legisla­ture.
Under the Regulation sec­t
ion it s tates that "all Univer­sity
Council proposais referred
to the student body for enforce­ment"
must be approved by the
Student Government.
Committee Kills
Liquor
By VINCENT RAY
Lack of active support on the
part of students and legislative
officials was given as the main
cause for the defeat of the pro­posed
revisions in the Connec­ticut
State Liquor Statutes.
Desire For Change
Desire for changes in these
laws was given new emphasis
at Fairfield last fall. On Sep­tember
28, 1968 a conference
entitled "The Mature and Re­sponsible
Use of Alcohol" was
held in the Campus Center Oak
Room. The forum attracted
students, professors and legis­lative
officials who discussed
the need f.or the revision of
the state laws concerning the
consumption and distribution of
alcohol. However, their endeav­or
was met with small partisan
support outside of the Fairfield
University Campus.
Revision
The present state laws for­bid
the "sale or delivery" or
liquor to minors and imposes a
$50 fine for those apprehended
with any form of alcohol in
their possession. Persons con­victed
of selling liquor to min­ors
face a $1,000 fine andjor
one year imprisonment.
Endorsement Needed
Endorsement must be shown
on both the public and legisla­tive
levels if a movement of
this nature is to have effect.
Representative Stuart McKin­ney
of the 141st Assembly Dis­trict
provided the main basis
for the legislative support at
the State legislature in Hart­ford.
The new proposal for the
revision of the state law was
introduced before the Assembly.
However, the bill failed to
come out of committee discus­sion
and was thus defeated on
that level before i'ur;her legis­lative
action could be taken.
CAB to Cancel Youth Air Fare
Sophomore Robert Murphy
attempted to gain public sup­port
and recognition for this
new proposal. Mr. Murphy was
chairman of a committee titled
"Students For A Revision of
the Connecticut State Liquor
Statutes" which was composed
of the students from the major
colleges in the state, including
Yale. Fairfield, Wesleyan, and
the University of Connecticut.
It was his belief that the defeat
of the proposal in the legisla­ture
was due to disinterest on
the part of the public in gen­eral.
Mr. Murphy felt that if
the movement had been fol­lowed
with greater enthusiasm
by more people the drive to
change the state laws might
have had a greater effect.
Washington, D.C. - The
United States National Student
Association (NSA) will fight
the recommendations of a Civil
Aeronautics Board (CAB) ex­aminer
cailing for the abolition
of youth fares as "unjustly dis­criminatory,"
and has retained
legal counsel to prepare briefs
and oral arguments for presen­tation
before the CAB.
The announcement of NSA's
action came from Services Di­vision
director Alan C. Handell,
who noted that at present the
Asso~iation is the only grouv
representing student users of
the airline youth. fare which
will make arguments before the.
Federal board.
Abolition of youth fares is
being sought by a number of
bus companies. NSA will argue
that in view of the educational,
social, economic, and cultural
benefits a.tforded by the youth
fares and y_oung adult fares,
the fares should not be can­celled.
Written arguments will be
presented to the CAB by
February 26. Oral arguments
will tie made at a later date.
NSA is being represented by
the Washington law firm of
Koteen and Burt, who are ex­perts
in air fare matters.
Handell urged that students
inter es ted in retaining youth
fares contact him at USNSA,
2115 S. Street, N.W., Wash­ington,
D.C. 20008.
NSA is a national confeder
ation of nearly 40 student gov­ernment
associations. It is the
oldest national group:ng of
American student governments,
founded in 1947.
March 3, 1969 THi STA& Pege Three
Coviello, Mariani Race Nears Climax
(Continued from Page 1)
tering freshman class."
Communications: '"The Presi­dent
would be in the govern­ment
office at least one specified
hour per day to see any stu­dents
who wish to speak to him.
I would also go to the students
personally, and by making re­ports
through The Stag and
WVOF."
At the close of the interview,
Mr. Coviello was asked about
his views on the new Constitu­tion
and proposed Bill of Rights :
"I admit, it's something we'll
have to fight for. I would favor
·declaring it unilaterally. The de­cision
would be the executive
board's. As president, I plan on
working with and listening to,
qualified people on the execu­tive
board, the rest of the gov­ernment,
and the student body."
Albert Mariani:
"An Alternative to the · Past"
Albert Mariani's views on
academics, finances, communica­tions,
and the campus social life
are covered extensively in his
numerous platform statements,
or ,;Mariani Papers." It is for
this reason that The Stag de­cided
to press the candidate on
just how he would go about im-
CHARLES COVIELLO
plementing the many reforms
that he has proposed.
We started with government
bureaucracy. As News Editor
George Britton pointed out, the
government has many commit­tees
of the type that Mr. Ma­riani
proposes to establish in
order to study the best methods
of bringing about solutions to
student problems. "The prob­lem
is," sald Mr. Britton, "this
bureaucracy of committees does
almost nothing."
Mariani: "I'm aware of the
problem of a bureaucracy in
the Student Government. My
idea of government is that of a
highly centralized one, as we
are working with, or against, a
highly centralized Administra­tion."
The candidate then proceeded
to outline the operations of the
Executive Branch of the gov­ernment
under his plan. "It is
the Executive Branch of the gov­ernment
that will be getting
things done. All of the commit­tees
would be departments un­der
the Chairman of the Execu­tive
Board. Each would deal
with a specific problem in stu­
·~ ~ nt affairs. All of the peopl;
(in the committees) would be
responsible to him. They must
keep their organization to­gether."
On the office of vice-presi­dent:
"Under the new Constitu­tion
that we hope to have in
effect by April, the vice-presi-
Student Life Committee ·
Viewed By Mr. Donnarumma
(ED. NOTE: The following iB
an interview with Mr. Car­men
Donnarumma, professor
of History, and chairman of
the Student Life Committee
which has been formed this
year. The interview concerns
the structure and purpose of
the commission.
Stag: Who comprises the Stu­dent
Life Committee?
Mr. Donnarumma: The com­mittee
is comprised of members
of each segment of the univer­sity
community. We have five
faculty members, three of whom
are Jesuit prefects: F;-. William
Carr, S.J., Fr. Vincent Burns,
S.J., Fr. Albert Reddy, S.J.,
and then Mr. Paul Davis and
myself. The administration is
represented by the director of
Student Services, Mr. Robert
Griffin, and the Dean of Resi­dent
Students, Mr. Ronald Elan­chi.
The three students on the
committee are Thomas Mitchell,
Kevin Brady, and J. Murray.
Stag: How is the committee
voting handled?
Mr. Donnarumma: As I would
like to see it run, we vote strict­ly
as individuals - one man,
one vote. There are no voting
blocs as such. I think many
people on the outside would be
surprised if they knew exactly
how the members of the com­mittee
do vote. There are no
vested interests.
Stag: What is the exact area
of student life this committee
will concern itself with?
Mr. Donnarumma: The com­mittee
will concern itself with
all areas of student life with
the exception of academics. All
aspects of social and behavioral
well-being of the students will
be considered.
Stag: What stage is the judi­cial
review board in?
Mr. Donn.arumma: We had
pretty much finalized it in our
initial report. There have been
requests for clarification on cer­tain
points that we had stipul­ated
within the structure as you
probably saw in The Stag.
From the Academic Council
there has come requests for
clarification of several points
before they take a stand on it.
It is pretty obvious that not
• only the Academic Council but
you students too are going to
have your say in whether or
not you will accept or reject
this. All we can do is advise
and recommend. There is no
guarantee that what we say is
automatically implemented be­cause
you have the three seg­ments
of society to contend '
with.
Stag: What matters will be
discussed in the near future?
Mr. Donnarumma: Well, off
the top of my hat, one of the
main topics on the agenda is
the dress code. We also intend
to bring up other matters in the
near future. We feel that we've
delayed consideration of the
dress question long enough. We
started out with the dress eode,
but we were forced to table it
when the matter of the judicial
review board came up. We
thought we had finalized it but
because of the requests made
by the Academic Council, we
are going to have to work out
this problem. Once again, our
recommendations are subject to
the vote of administration, fac­ulty,
and student body. How­ever,
the dress code should be
the next item on the agenda.
Stag: Is the committee open
to suggestions from outside
sources?
Mr. Donnarumma: Absolutely!
Because it is such an expansive
type of committee, maybe what
we think is a good agenda does
not necessarily cover certain
points that some student group
is concerned with. I think the
logical thing would be to have
a student group communicate
with the representatives and
ask them to present this to the
agenda. If they don't want to
go through that, send it to me
as chairman of the committee
and I will place it on the
agenda. I'm sure either proce­dure
would be perfectly accept­able
to the committee.
In this group, we don't hold
back, we don't get "screechy,"
we tell each other why we dis­agree
on certain poi~ts. It is
certainly an affable group.
Stag: What is the impact and
binding power of your commit­tee
concerning university pol­icy?
Mr. Donnarumma: In any
case, say for example pareitals,
we are merely an advisory com­mittee.
What we say is definite­ly
not lawful, and we have
neither the right nor the means
to enact legislation.
Again, an example of this
wculd be the judicial review
board. We felt we had done a
"bang-up" job on this matter.
It was well-written and "elas­tic."
Since we are experiment­ing
in this matter, we feel that
mistakes can be made and iron­clad
decisions must be ruled
out.
That fact that this committee
cannot bind and only recom­mends
is one of the reasons
that makes it a good commit­tee.
The members are construc­tive,
and there are no inhibiting
fears pf "selling people down
the river."
In regards to policy, we are
a sounding board comprised of
three segments of the corporate
community. We feel that what
is pertinent and necessary to the
university community must be­cpme
law.
ALBERT MARIANI
dent is a member of the Execu-ive
Board. I would make him
my right-hand man. Until now,
the vice-president has merely
been the president of the Legis­lature,
presiding over Legisla­ture
meetings. The vice-presi­dent
will be Bob Murphy, who
is running- unopposed. I con­sider
him dedicated, and a very
efficient man. I'm interested in
getting active people out to
work for something. The vice­president
in my government
would have complete freedom."
Mr. Mariani emphasized that
his would be a government
which included all kinds of stu­dents,
in the many positions­that
he has appointive power
over. "I'm not here for partisan
politics. I'm a pre-med, not a
government major. I'm not here
for practice."
It was pointed out by Stag
newswriter Robert Burgess that
Philip Howe had had a difficult
time with the Legislature. "A
lot of bills were proposed by
the president, but the Legis!: -
lure merely ignored them."
Mariani: "I believe that I am
fairly well r espected by the
Legislature. They passed all of
the bills that I proposed this
year. The Legislature will not
block me just for the sake of
blocking me. I say that we have
to unify the student body, and
for this you must start with the
Legislature. As for bill propos­als,
I would like for the Ma­jority
Leader in the Legislature
propose my bills."
Editor - in - Chief Pat Long
brought up the apparent stagna­tion
which struck the Student
Court this year.
Mariani: "I know what you
mean. They met twice, to con­sider
two parking violations. I
favor the (tri-partite) Judicial
Review Board for cases involv­ing
suspension or expulsion. The
Student Court should handle
everything else, including ap­peal
of campuses."
Editorial Manager Kevin Mc­Auliffe
pressed the candidate on
just how far he would be willing
to go in an attempt to bring
about the reforms he desires:
Mariani : urm not a flaming
radical. There will be a lot of
room for compromise. However,
if the Administration is so pig­headed
that they will not make
any changes, then they may
need some embarrassment."
Finally, I asked Mr. Mariani
why he thought that he could
succeed where so many others
had failed:
Mariani: "Because I'm not in
to play a game. Because I have
under me a wide, and fairly
solid support. And because I
hope to have the Legislature
behind me. As president, I'd be
in ·the best position to unify the
student body behind a plan and
see it through.
"We want to get the best
minds and the best ideas to­gether.
I agree it's going to be
tough."
Alleghany Forum
Conducted By YIC
By PATRICK K. LONG
Editor-in-Chief
A forum conducted by Fair­field
University's Youth Inter­racial
Council (YIC) highlighted
an Afro-American program con­ducted
on the campus of Al­leghany
College in Meadville,
Pennsylvania Saturday, Feb­ruary
22.
Create Awareness
The experienced YIC panel
has traveled to colleges and
universities throughout the
northeast in its attempt to bring
racial understanding to the col­lege
campu~. Through these pre­sentations
the Fairfield YIC has
been able to create an aware­ness
in students that has led
them towards involvement in
the most pressing social prob­lems
of America.
In fact, these panel discus­sions
have been so successful
that along with social action
programs they have become the
main thrust of the interracial
group's activities.
Social Reform
Senior William Luddy, who
led the panel discussion, has
written a pamphlet, "Society in
Crisis," dealing with the race
issue. Anticipating a grim fu­ture
for American society if so­cial
progress is not swift and
massive, the YIC vice-chairman
commented, "the problem for
moderate social reform is truly
immense."
Other members of the panel
included Fairfield juniors Drew
Draves and Ronald Mitchell and
senior Charles Fairfax.
Afro-American Week
The Afro-American program
at Alleghany College aimed to
create a cultural awareness on
the part of white students and
adults through personal involve­ment.
Student coordinator Tim­othy
Hepp noted, "We want to
evoke not a sense of white pity
for black hardships, but an ap­preciation
for black culture and
enthusiasm for the black man's
inner nature - soul."
Fairfield University-Provi­dence
College basketball
game, postp::med Feb. 26,
will be played at Providence,
Thursday evening, March 6,
1969.
March 3. 1969
Letters To The Eclltor
Teacher of the Year
To the Editor:
Special thanks to the Class ot '71 for
giving us the Teacher of the Year. A
cigar-smoking dandy, he pops into class
at the ring of the bell, injects his stu·
dents with keep-awake fluid, and hangs
a curtain over the clock so no student
can say any other student was looking'
at the clock all period. Pick-poclt­clickety
clack: he's a cash register full
of witticisms. "Hi Jack, hi Joe, hi Tom,"
he sings gaily as he takes attendance.
"Notice," he says in an aside to the
blackboard, ''I use first names." At the
start of class, he takes a philosophical
and speculative tack, but when his alarm
clock rings he turns brilliantly concrete.
He flounces down the aisles, pirouettes,
stands on his head. "Look, man," he's
heard muttering between his teeth, "I'm'
controversial." While he passes out cor­rected
exams (all decorated with bene­tlcial
remarks and underemphasized
grades), he plays a tambourine to keep
the class lively. The alarm clock rings
again, and he squats in the lotus posi·
tion atop his desk, awaiting constructive
criticism. At the bell, he hangs fire in
the middle of a sentence and closes his
Inexpensive text. Apple-shiners crowd
around him, but he stands his ground,
undaunted. An imaginative cuss, he
maintains his superiority and gives them
all black eyes. Gears grind in his belly,
his jaw drops open, and a pink card
pops out of his mouth. The card reads:
A #1. A band strikes up, and the Teach·
er of the Year leaps onto his desk, sing·
lng:
I'm an A *1
Son of a gun­I'm
adaptable,
So adaptable.
I'm always available
For consultation -
That':; why I have
An A-1 reputation.
Oh, I'm not a bore,
1 know how to score.
I get my rhymes
From the N. Y. Times
I'm adaptable -
That's me.
.N icholas M. IUDaldl ·• ·•
Voluntary Army
To the Editor:
As you may recall, two years ago I
Introduced S. 1275, a bill substituting a
voluntary armed force for the present
selective service system. The bill was
not directly considered by the Armed
Services Committee and efforts to In·
corporate amendments in the Selective
Service Act were defeated. The draft's
continuance emphasizes the inconsistency
of government coerced service with
America's concept of freedom. This was
the principal reason that I introduced
S. 503, the Voluntary Military Manpow­er
Procurement Act of 1969.
This year, the chances of passage are
somewhat better than In 1967. Major
news magazines such as Ttme and News.
week have contained articles comment·
lng favorably upon a voluntary military;
President Nixon supports the concept as
well as well-known ftgures from both
sides or the political spectrum including
John K. Galbraith, James Farmer, Da­Yid
Dellinger, Milton Friedman, anc!
Barr7 Gol4water. However, wel}..lmown
political leaders, economists, anc! even
the President may not be the catalyst
for ending the draft. In order to move
the nation it will be necessary that those
who have fought conscription over the
past few years enter the discussion and
make their views known. The present
Selective Service Act will not terminate
until 1971 unless we take action to ·
change that situation now.
Efforts aimed at securing committee
consideration by generating and influenc­ing
local forces would be instrumental
in building support for draft abolish­ment.
In addition to letters to your own
Congressmen and the Armed Services
Committee, I would recommend letters
to the editor of your local newspaper;
encouraging labor, business, farm, antt
professional leaders as well as civic and
educational organizations to express
their views.
Sincerely,
Mark 1(), Rataelcl
U.n it·•e d .St ates Senator
Beyond Glossy
To the Editor:
One should agree with, Fr. Coughlin
in his interview in last week's Stag when
he says: "A Liberal Arts University is
committed to providing its students with
a general education package . . • if It
is to successfully provide the student
with an exposure to most areas of cul­tural
enrichment • . . " But looking be­yond
the glossy rhetoric, the fact is that
once a student has decided upon a ma.­jor,
between 70% and 75% of all his
courses are rettuired, and an additional
15% to 20% are limited to a specific de­partment.
The role of the student as an
individual is disregarded in the Fairfield
curriculum; one must abandon hopes
for study in particular fields of interest
in order to conform to the curriculum
of his major as decided by the Adminis­tration.
The argument here is not to
eliminate required courses, but to reduce
the number of these courses so that the
curriculum can offer "some breadth and
depth of broad areas of knowledge,
truth, and wisdom" and still be flexible
enough to provide as many students as
possible the best education possible. In
his generosity, Fr. Coughlin has given
the students not only a "general educa­tion
'package " but a casket abounding
with required courses. Not only are the
hungry being fed; they are being fed tO
a point of regurgitation.
The Dean also states that the students
are "less capable of passing judgment
upon those courses which he has not
yet taken, or on a general educational
philosophy." What is being discussed Is
not an educational philosophy or any
specific course, but the general curricu­lum
set-up. The students have two ad·
vantages over the other segments of the
University in evaluating this set-up.
First, they are emerging products or the
curriculum and are able to make some
determination of the benefits derived
from it in relation to the outside world.
Second, they can determine if the cur•
rlculum i5 fulfilling their goals, needs,
and interests. For these reasons, I main­tain
the student should be given a much
larger voice in curriculum matters. It is
not beyond the power of the Administra­tion
(or the faculty groups that have
not yet done so) to seek out 1tudent
opinion on these subjec~.
The curriculum should be ever-emerg-
. lng, ever-changing, ever-innovating. Re­search
should not be begun when enough
complaints from various pressure groups
reach the Dean's desk. The present cur­riculum
structure has existed for a num·
ber of years. Enough ~vidence shoultt
have been accumulated already to de­termine
if the proposed changes men­tioned
by student and faculty rroups are
desirable. If they are not, the Dean, as
a responsible . educator, should give the
reasons why. Now is the time to be
thinking about interdepartment courses,
periods for independent study for the
entire University,. education In the
streets, possibly even a program of learn­ing
to educate responsible dissidents.
Eventually we will get curriculum re­form.
Let us hope it is before the sun
rises in the West.
lay Walker
• • •
Two Propositions
To the Editor:
Seriously, Fairfield University is not
a moron's palace, but many students
needlessly flunk out of this college. I
would like to make two propositions to
the administration.
First, if a student Is intelligent enough
to gain admittance here he should be
able to succeed academically if he ap.
plies himself. I shall explain. It one
attends each class and hands in ail his
written assignments on time he should
not fail. He should receive a minimum ,
grade of "D" 1 believe.
Also, it is time tor the administration
to initiate a plus antt minus system to
the letter grades. It is not right that a
student with a 79 average gets a "C,"
thereby earning two quality points, while
another student with a 70 average also
receives a "C" and two quality points.
I doubt it I will he heard, but isn't
that the purpose of the .student at Fair­field
University - to be ignored.
Thank you,
Jo.epb Valerio '71
• • •
Attitude
To the .Editor:
Mr. Shaun D. Harrington, whose col­umn
is Sideline View, has written some
very praiseworthy articleS'. Although a
sports editorial, this column has, through
the means of sports, given the author's
views on other topics relating to the
university. In the February 19th issue
of The Stag, Mr. Harrington touched
upon, if I interpreted it correctly, the
principal ailment of this institution -
"a selfish, I don't give a damn attitude."
I can't speak for the administration
or the faculty, because, being a fresh­man,
I am not acquainted fully with
either department. But as a student I
can say that this attitude is the attitude
of the student body. Except for a small
number of individuals in even a propor­tionally
smaller number of organizations,
I have heard of few students who have
done something for Fairfield U. Oh,
there have been pamphlets passed out
by the more liberal and radical students;
but what about the rest of those Stags
who simply read these papers, read The
Stag, dismiss these as asinine, or say,
''They have something there," then don't
even a:ive their views, not to mention
take some action to do somethlni about
these matters! ·
To those students who care and to
those students who are erying for a
ehange: Things just wont' happen if you
don't get this sick student body to care.
You have to get every Stag to dust off
and sharpen his antlers - and his spl.rlt.
I appeal to you· for some solution, some­thing
that is rarely presented around
here, to this problem, tor it must be
solved if Fairfield is "to go anywhere."
Respectfully,
Jolm M. Sllkauaku '11
• • •
Food Service
(ED. NOTE: The foUowinl' letter WM
aent trom the Health Departmeat et
the Towa of Falrfteld to our fopt
service.)
Fairfield University Cafeteria
North Benson Road
Fairfield, Connecticut
Dear Sir:
The Fairfield Health Department re­cently
took swab tests In your food
establishment.
The United States Public Health Serv­ice
has set 6tandards for these tests.
Counts under 100 are considered satis­factory.
Counts 100 to 500 are high and
, efforts should be taken to correct any
deficiencies. Counts over 500 are exces­sive
and point to a breakdown In good
6anitary practice.
When a count over 500 is obtained a
representative or this department will
call to see you. He will offer any advice
and assistance you may need to correct
deficiencies.
Tests made at your establishment
showed:
CUps, 0; Glasses, 0; Silver, 0.
Your cooperation in helping to im·
prove hygiene in Fairfield is greatly ap.
preciated. We stand ready to assist when
you need us.
Yours truly,
Leonard T. O'Nem
Public Health Sanitarian
. Town of Fairfield ·• ~·
Coed Hundred Nights
To the Editor:
Re: Hundred Nights
Thanks to the senior class's invitation
to only "all male faculty members," 1
think the only place for "a jacket and
ti(!" is in a closet until such time as the
faculty i5 invited without discrimination
on the basis of sex.
Sincerely,
loeeph G. Grallll
Professor, Philosophy Dept. • •••
A Reply
To the Editor:
I feel It only right that I should repl7
to last week's editorial ''THANKS" writ.
ten by professor King J. Dykeman.
Professor Dykeman 6tates, ''Thanks
for no 'sandbox' philosophy courses in
which some misguided science student
might confuse 'training for a trade' with
receiving a liberal education." Well, Mr.
Dykeman, I looked at the Fairfield U.
catalogue and found that I am required
to take five semesters of philosophy, four
semesters of theology, four semesters
of a foreign language, tour semesters of
English, and one semester of Fine Artl.
\ 3 1969 !HI IIAe
Mariani For President
The Stag endorses Albert Mat:iani for t~e post of Student. qov­ernment
President. Its considered JUdgment 1s that he has exlub1ted
both the desire and the depth for the job, and that he has .the twin
trai~ of ambition and competence necessary to restore student morale.
His record is impressive, almost impeccable. As Secretary of the
Legislature this past year, he has fruitfully sponsored ten bills and
ably filled the vacuum left by President Howe's collapsed ~nitiatiye.
His most impressive efforts were on behalf of Amendment S1x, wh1ch
was designed to give the Student Government a strong operating
hand by freeing its new Constitution and Bill of Rights from hostile
red tape. His actions combined the best advantages of "working
within the system" (by being legal and nonviolent) and "confronta­tion"
(by aggressively pressing student aut<>nomy).
Mr. Mariani has affirmed that passing the new Constitution will
occupy his highest priority, an approach we approve. He gives the
overall impression that he is prepared to rapidly assemble . a com­prehensive
government and put it into high gear immediately, an
impression we find impressive.
The "Mariani Papers," as campaign materials go, reveal that,
in the words of the late Robert Kennedy_. Mr. Mariani has certainly
'"done his homework" on the vital issues. They show a professional
expertise in research, approach, and sheer volume. Details exist for
virtually all imaginable contingencies, and nothing is promised which
cannot be produced within a year. The papers reveal a tone of
honesty and enthusiasm sorely lacking in recent Student Governments.
Our optimism is not categorical. Mr. Mariani gave the impressi<>n
that he would not unilaterally declare the new Constitution in effect
when that time arises - a tactic his opponent favors, as do we. His
attitude on student demonstrations is ambivalent to a serious fault.
We share his loathing of violence, but not his apparent fear to
physically confront the higher powers on campus.
Nor do we oonsign ourselves to justifying any new administration
if it is a Bay of Pigs. We shall not wait till the next Student Govern­ment
President steps down before we analyze his failures, but rather
intend to be a continuing source of support, counter suggestions, and
vigilant criticism. &vee once wrote, "In politics, merit is rewarded
by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired
at." This may indeed be the case for the next President, but our
judgment remains that Albert Mariani possesses the merit to produce
that elusive "student unity" and "alternative to the past" of which
he speaks.
THE STAQ
Eatabllalaed lMI
EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor-in-Chief • . • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • Patrick K. Lon~:
Managin1 Editor • • . . • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . . • • • • • • • David Dzurec
Editorial Manager • • . • • • • • • • . • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Kevin MeAulure
News Editor • • • . • • • . . • • . . . • . • • . • . • . • . . • . . . . . . • . . • . • • . • George Britton
SPORTS EDITOR: Joseph Valerio. LAYOUT EDITOR: Robert Burgess.
ADVERTISING EDITOR: Joe Odoardl. CIRCULATION EDITOR: An·
thony Napolitano. ART EDITOR: Dick Heggie. OOP'I' EDITOR: James
Strataudokis. BUSINESS MANAGER: Harry Boncli. FEATURES EDITOR:
Bill Borowicz. PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR: AI Fisher.
STAFF
NEWS: John Brennan, Colin Kiley, Thomas Perrotti, John Leddy, Paul
CUnningham, David McVittle, Duane McDonald, Ric Baker, John Roberto.
SPORTS: Dave Caisse, Bill Warnken, Joe Bronson, Frank Santulli, Fraftk
Armada, Robert Sillecy, Gary Marzolla, Steve Daur. JI"EATUBES: Stephen
Kobasa, Paul Riel, Bruce Schauble. PHOTOGRAPHY: Allan Pilch, Fred
Sanclman. CIRCULATION: Richard Doolan, Robert Vogel. COLUMNISTS:
Daniel Turner, Robert Murphy, Robert Ellis, William O'Brien, Jack Mara,
Laurence Prud'homme. ART ASSISTANT: Bob Allison. LAYOUT: Timothy
Geoghegan.
FACULTY MODERATOR, Albert F. Reddy, S.J.
Tllo opiltiOtla oa,..eed by co1-11iah 11114 ,..;_, - flleir - eiMI I• M _,
,.flod tho !dilorial Poaiti011 of THE STAG.
Pvltllahod -••ly durlllf tho rotular Ulllftrialy yeor, o•~ ftrl .. IMIII4oy n4 wace-
11• ,oriodl. by tho od•illllfratian of tho u ....... ,.,. no nbacriiJII• ...... lhr .. doll••
per yeor. Acldro11 'loa S. Ca•pn C..ter •• .,. .... lod fw Natlenel Adftrtlal .. ., NO-tional
Achwtielllf S.rvfco, Inc. ·
I also noticed that a student majoring
in a liberal arts course has the huge
science requirement of two semesters of
general Biology, general Physics, or gen.
eral Chemistry. He also has to fulfill the
tough math requirement of two semes­ters
of "sandbox" math. Following your
idea of a liberal education here at Fair·
ofteld, I believe the liberal arts majors
are being cheated. Having been enlight­ened
by your Jetter, I feel we should
join forces and fight for a liberal educa­tion
for the liberal arts major. First we
must put a stop to this "sandbox" math
course. Every student should take the in
depth calculus course I took. (We
wouldn't want to cheat them by giving
them a scaled down course.) Next, we
have to work to get a science require­ment
not in one science, but in all three.
Let's also make sure that they are very
extensive and that very few sb.ldents get
above a C in the courses 'lben we would
truly have a liberal education here at
Fairfield, right Mr. Dykeman?
As for Professor Dykeman's second
statement thanking Dr. Grassi tor his
excellPnce in teaching and for the build­ing
of the PbUosophy Department, I
have but one remark. I never said Dr.
Grassi wasn't an excellent teacher. (I'd
appreciate it If you would re-read my
comments Mr. Dykeman.) I feel 1t is
appropriate here, that I apologize to Dr.
Grassi for the Jast statement of my pre­vious
Jetter~ to the editor. I realize it
was unnecessary. It was written while
I was in a very bitter moocl brought
about by seeing two good frlencls of mine
c-u.aecS oa Pap '
Pap FM I The Other Side I
While we are on the subject of college rating surveys and
reports, I thought it would be appropriate to point. out a study, a
recent one, done for the Carnegie Commission on the Future of
Higher Edue!ltlon.
The National Opinion Research Center conducted the polling
of June 1961 graduates, now seven years past graduation. It com.;.
pared the viewpoints of alumni of Catholic colleges to those of the
nation's alumni in ieneral, and bad some very surprising results.
It is thought, by some Catholic educators and by many people
in general, that graduates of Catholic colleges are very dissatisfied
with the "narrow, dull, and provincial" education they received.
and would not dream of having their children follow them there.
However, the primary finding of this report is that Catholic alumni
are more sympathetically disposed towards their schools than is
the typical American graduate. Secondly, there is no evidence that
attendance at a Chatolic college or university is either an
economic or an academic handicap.
Some ot the detailed tables from this soon to be published
survey can be found in the January 25, 1969 edition of Amerlelao
in an article entitled, "Catholic Alumni: Seven Years After."
Although I am not as critical of Fairfteld as I am of Catholic
elementary and secondary education, I found some interesting and
significant data in this report
Of the thousands of men and women surveyed, 85% ot the
Catholic college alumni felt their school helped to develop in
them a sound moral character, as compared with 37% ot the
ceneral alumni. When asked If the goal of their- school was to
prepare them for specific careers, ahnost half of the national
alumni answered "yes"; only 38% of the Catholi.; school graduates
felt this way. Sixty-eight percent of the CathoJ' c alumni said their
achool produces well-rounded (social, moral intellectual) people;
only forty-nine percent of all alumni thow 1t so.
Inadequate exposure to the great "isms" and great minds of
history is a common and current stud~nt complaint, ·partially
remedied by "free universities" and "teach-ins." Less than c;me
quarter of all alumni were so exposed, while 39% of the Catholic
group felt that they had been affected by these idea•.
For those Interested, Catholic college graduates tend to have
a greater earning power. In this survey, more (34%> of the Cath­olic
alumni polled currently earned over $11,000 than does the
typical alumnus <29%>. Projeded earnings at age 45 put almost
60% of the Catholic grour in the "over $20,000" bracket; 42% of
all alumni expect to earn this much.
I was surprised to see that the Cathollc alumnus is more
"liberal" (as opposed to conservative) than his non-Catholic school
counterpart. As for the life styles and general attitudes of the
alumni surveyed, the Catholic college alumnus is more likely to
already have obtained his Ph.D., accept the Kerner CollU}lission's
findings, and support student protests, the civil rights movement.
Negro militancy, and government aid to minorities.
The Catholic alumnus is also more likely to approve of his
children participating ·in a civil rights demonstration and work'
full-time for the Peace Corps, VISTA, and other servit:e organiza­tions.
Both groups of graduates equally (1%) approved of their
children experimenting with drugs.
Since many people think there is a prevalency of disdain for
Catholic colleges and their goals among alumni, this report should
prove interesting. Even If you are not a big fan of surveys, it is
amusing to think that "alumni seem to be more confident about
the future of Catholic higher education than do many Catholic
educators."
ED. NOTE: Letters to the Eclitor do not retlect Stile
policy. They should be brief and direCt. We reserve the right
to eclit letters. Authors will be notified when poasible. AU
letters must be signed. Names wm be withheld upon worth7
request. Columns clo not reflect Stq policy. EclitoriaJa reflect
the consensus of thf. Editorial Board. The Eclltorial1'tlanapr
authors them except In extraordfnar7 c:uea.
Fage Si1 THE STAG
Music
By KEVIN l\lcAULIFFE
"The Mothers were formed after I r eceived a call from_ Ray Collins wh_o had
a group with Jim Black and Roy Estrad ~1 called the Soul G1a1~ts. I thoug~t It was
a spiffy little group and I proposed a. busmess deal whereby wed form a g1oup and
n1ake sorne n1oney, maybe a little music " Thus Frank Zappa explains ::_:..::...:__:_: ________________________ _
the birth of the l\Iothers of
Invention. At 27, after a ner­\"
OUS breakdown and a broken
marriage, he and his cohorts
released their tension through
enlightened freakiness and sat­ire.
With teases, lampoons,
put-ons, parodies, and a never­ending
struggle against con­ventional
good taste, Zappa
has locked horns with com­mercialism,
prudery, teeny­boppers,
middle-class America,
the rock-and-roll industry, and
himself.
Absolutely Free, their debut,
was a modest success with hard
rock potential. Freak Out made
Suzy Creamcheese a national
heroine and Kill Ugly Radio a
household phrase, featuring
gems like Amerlc·a Drink ~ and
Goes Home and Brown Shoes
Don't Make It t .. 1 m losing
status at the high school, I
used to think that it was my
school . . . I hear it whispered
almost everywhere I go, High
school spirit's at an alltime
low").
We're Only in it for the
Maney was a sharp critique of
Middle America's feud with its
kids which castigated Fascist
cops, paranoid parents, and
shallow pseudohippies while
most of the industry was ill
bent on idolizing the "Frisco
love scene". The centerfold
sh ames Sgt. Pepper, their
drummer keeps babbling "Hi
boys and girls, I'm Jimmy Carl
Black, I'm the Indian of the
group", and their finest hour
("What's the ugliest part of
Paper To Be
Presented By
Dr. A. Tolor
Dr. Alexander Tolar, Director
of Fairfield University's Institute
for Human Development and
Professor of Psychology, will
present a paper on "The Effec­tiveness
of Various Therapeutic
Approaches: A Study of Sub­professional
Therapists" at the
40th Annual Eastern Psycho­logical
Association meeting to
be held in Philadelphia from
April 10-12.
Disturbed Children
The paper, which is based on
research that Dr. Tolar per­formed
at the Dr. H. Philip
Dinan Evaluation Center in
Bridgeport, reports on various
treatment approaches that have
been employed with emotionally
disturbed children by the cen­ter's
staff.
Dr. Tolor received his A.B.,
M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psy­chology
from New York Uni­versity.
He has served as Sen­ior
Clinical Psychologist at the
Institute for the Living in
Hartford, Director of Psycho­logical
Services at Fairfield
Hills Hospital and Clinic Direc­tor
at Kennedy Center as well
as lecturing at the University
of Hartford, University of
Bridgeport and Yale Medical
your body? &lme say your
nose, some say your toes, but
I think it's your mind") is at­tained.
Lumpy Gravy, a rock opera
of electronic froth, was Zap­pa's
solo. For its cover he posed
in suspenders, work pants, and
a Pipco sweatshirt splattered
with white paint. Cruising with
Ruben and the J ets is a subtle,
high-camp rock of Fifties Rock
(Arthur Dyre Tripp III: Lewd
pulsating rhythm"). In Des
Moines, Iowa, a cut was taken
seriously and made the Top
40.
So my first visit to Fillmore
East was made to see the Mo­thers
in the flesh. First, I saw
Bill Graham in person and
noticed he looked just like his
pictures. I hawked balcony
seats from a hippie who some­how
ended up in front of me
eating fruit and lighting punks.
I listened to Chicago's Libera­tion,
the Buddy Miles Express
and admired the J.oshua Light
Show and the Fillmore's de­cadPnt
condition.
Enter the Mothers - Bunk
Gardner in a mechanic's out­fit
with a knee pocket for the
red bandana he kept using as
a kleenex, Jimmy Carl Black
drumming between slugs of
beer, Zappa conducting songs
with one finger, turning his
back on us, leaping up and
down for emphasis, and teas­ing
heckler s with vulgar com­ments,
Roy Estrada in prison­er's
outfit putting the Sistine
Chapel to shame with his imi­tations
of lovers.
Charles Ives, their opener,
featured jungle beats, Estra­da's
yelps, and ultimately a
wretched version of Begin the
Beguine (Or was it later?
Bad dreams are always the
haziest.) A black leather jack­et
was thrown on stage and
Zappa donned it ("Gee, that's
the nicest thing anybody ever
did") ln time for Bacon Fat
("It goes dilly, dilly, dilly,
dilly" ) which was accompanied
by totally inane choreography.
Uncle Meat, theme to their
next album, featured all of
"Charles Ives plus a more ani­mated
chorus, tape recordings
of the real t hing to amplify
Estrada's wails, Zappa's drum­ming,
and highly unusual antics
invoiving Motorhead Sherwood
and Bunk Gardner's saxophone.
Several ghastly attempts at
psychedelic music destroyed
our hearing and brought the
cultural experiment to a con­clusion
of sorts.
All in all, the Mothers were
themselves, gloriously maiming
the idea of a "concert" the
same way they ruin the idea of
an "album" on record. The Fill­more
East appears to be a
congenial environment for
them. Quaint and charming
films by 6-year-olds served as
filler. When Arturo Toscanini's
picture .flashed on screen,
Zappa broke us up wilh: "Ever
see an Italian do Sieg Hell be­fore?"
And where else could
the audience be escorted out
via the garbage without a
fight?
Fairfield's Controver sial Meeting
CoaUnued from Page 1
ABCD, said "it is not the poor
who are on trial, it is our­selves."
In response to Mr.
Chura's charge that the di­rectors
of ABCD were guilty
of a "gross misuse of funds",
Rev. Mcinnes responded that
ABCD's books were open for
inspection and that funds have
never been misused grossly or
otherwise. He ended his re­marks
by stating that we do
not understand all the causes
of poverty and he offered up
the facilities of Fairfield Uni­versity's
forum to seek an an­swer
to this problem.
The Rev. Stanley L. Hous­ton,
pastor of the Greenfield
Hi II Congregational church
presented a statement signed
by 35 spiritual leaders of Catho­lic,
Protestant, and Jewish con­gregations
and 46 Fairfield
University and Fairfield Prep
faculty members, urging the
RTM to defeat the motion to
discontinue affiliation with
ABCD.
Mrs. Barbara W. Wilber,
RTM member, said a great
deal of the opposition was
based on misinformation." This
is not a welfare program, this
is a chance to give a man an
opportunity to make something
of himself."
The matter was debated for
more than one and one-half
hours before the question was
moved by an RTM member.
This was followed by the 39 to
1 defeat of the resolution.
School Calendar
Continued from Page 1
though the Easter vacation will
remain the same. Long week­ends
will center around All
Saints Day, Washington's Birth­day
and St. Patrick's Day.
Aside from these holidays,
there will be a number of
"reading days" before exams.
The new schedule also offers
room for other scattered holi­days.
Mr. Murphy and Mr. O'Neill
originally discussed the idea
with Dean Coughlin and a
number of students chosen at
random. Dean Coughlin gave
them the necessary details, out­lining
the framework within
which a new schedule must be
drawn up.
{ School.
There were; numerous other
speakers, both pro and con.
Since then a tentative pro­posal
has been offered to the
Dean. He has shown much in­terest,
but final word in the
acceptance or rejection of the
alternative calendar awaits
consideration by the Adminis­trative
Board and the Faculty.
")
March 3, 196Q
New Directions
Tho .Amalgama:ecl League of Jesuit Coll'ge Drinkers Presents:
PROFILE: THE JESUIT DRINKER
The Jesuit Drinker is usually between 17-21, but he may start
a~ 13 and may never stop at 21.
The J esuit Drinker is a student at a J esuit college (Fordham,
BC, Holy Cross, Georgetown, St. Peter's, Fairfield) and often the
product of Jesuit high school (Regis, F ordham, Brooklyn, Xavier,
BC High, St. Peter's).
The Jesuit Drinker may have picked up his heavy drinking
habits from Jesuit education.
The Jesuit Drinker may have picked them up from his blue­coilar
background.
The Jesuit Drinker may be Irish and drink out of a national
heritage.
The J ~uit Drinker may be Italian and drink to wash down
spicy food.
The J esuit Drinker may be a Frenchman seeking an alterna­tive
to water.
Tpe Jesuit Drinker may be a German who learned how to
drink at uP-dcrground meetings of the Bund.
The Jesuit Drinker likes Budweiser because everyone does.
The Jesuit Drinker likes Hull's Export because he is a glutton
for punishment.
The Jesuit Dr:nker likes Piel's because it speeds up his
metabolism.
The J ~ suit D::-inker thinks Scotch is tape.
The Jesuit Dr"nker likes rye; "That town's got great bars."
The J esuit Drinker thinks "martini" means a tiny alien.
The J esnit Drinker thinks bourb:m is something you s ~art
doing after teo much Hull's.
The Jesuit D:·inker loves apple pie, ice cream, motherhood,
home, church, school, flag, and his local police force without
knowing why.
The J esuit Drink::!r pretends to be a devout Catholic, but
secretly d ~ea ds the fact that "Christ boks like a hippie."
The Jesuit Drinker supports the Vietnam war "because we
can kill some gooks that way."
The J esuit Drinker ins:sts, "I'm not prejudiced, I just hate
niggers."
The Jesuit D:-inker voluntar ily wears a shirt and tie to class
and voluntarily goes to sleep there.
The Jesuit D:-inker supports the basketball team in The Jock
Tradition, but can't watch his mouth when the refs call it the
other way.
The J esuit Drinker complains about his social life, ignorant
of the fact that he and his mannerisms are r epulsive to the op­posite
se}l:.
The Jesuit Drinker feels pot is unfit for human consumption,
but he is.
The Jesuit Drinker is gung-ho on "Fairfield," when it is he,
not its critics, who hold it back.
The J esuit Drinker spends Saturday afternoons drinking
cheap wine and watching The American Sportsman.
The Jesuit Drinker swills down dinner, calls on his girl­friend
(invariably named Stella) and proceeds to wrap his car
around a telephone pole.
The Jesuit Drinker starts an obscure argument with the
police officer, gets irascible, and must be subdued, i.e. decked out.
The Jesuit Drinker returns to campus, swears at his prefect,
proceeds to his room, and awakens his roommate by puttin~ his
fist through the ntirror, following this up with a witty throw­away
like "You want I should bare my chest?"
The Jesuit Drinker proceeds to the shower, where he tosses
his cor>kies and passes out.
The Jesuit Drinker stays here all night.
The Jesuit Drinker is an unfortunate social phenomenon who
can be cured only by time and patience.
The J esuit Drinker is basically the same at all the afore­mentioned
colleges.
Only the administrations are different.
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MoFe Letters to the Editor·
Continued from Page 6
nearly flunk out partially due to Dr.
Grassi's course. I do not however change
any of my opinions as to Dr. Grassi's ·
marking system or to the excessive ex­tent
of his course.
Lastly thanks to Prof. Dykeman, with­out
whose public remarks I would never
have been moved to strive to insure a
liberal education for the liberal arts
majors.
Sincerely,
A misguided science student
David A. Lish '71
• • •
WVOF'S Revolution
To the Editor:
On the night of February 19, 1969 at
10 p.m. the campus radio station, WVOF,
started a revolution. It introduced the
program "Open End." The president of
the Student Government, Mr. Philip
Howe, had the honor to be its first guest.
Mr. Douglas Menagh, a main contribu­tor
to the program's initiation, acted as
commentator. These two gentlemen, in
a manner befitting their status, ration­ally
discussed the problems of the Howe
Administration.
It is my contention that their mature
presentation of the facts should be an
exemplar to students, faculty and ad­ministration
alike. This form of open
communication could work miracles of
unity in the confines of this institution.
Our numerous fairy tales ( ? ) concerning
ridiculous prefects, abominable profes­sors
and the much sought-after "man on
the hill" would be proven or disproven.
The present conditions foster fallacy.
Who's to blame for this collapse of
communications? Does it matter? No,
it doesn't matter now that the seed of
dialogue has been sown. There is a
starting point. The negligence of the
past can be forgotten. This is our op­portunity
to mature into a coherent uni­versity
body.
I, for one, would like to hear personal,
first-hand opinions from men of import­ance
on this campus. How many of us
really know Father Mcinnes, Father
Coughlin, Mr. Griffin, Mr. Lalomia, Mr.
Baffa, Dr. Grassi, etc? We dwell in
rumors about these men. As leaders of
this university, these men have an obli­gation
to speak to us just as we have an
obl igation to listen to them. Informal
discussions (not courtroom debates) on
relevant student interests to "air con­troversies"
would prove most beneficial
to the student's understanding of Fair­field
University.
I'm sure other members of this uni­versity
listened to "Open End" and rec­ognized
its great potential as a channel
for the ideas of our tripartite body. My
thanks go to WVOF for this decisive
step forward. Along with Doug Menagh,
the executive board of WVOF, Paul Ly­saght,
Torn Heide, Bill Lalli, Tom Krazit
and Frank Fortney deserve special
thanks. They have d~monstrated their
concern for Fairfield; let us demonstrate
ours. Listen to "Open End'' and become
informed.
Thank you,
John P. O'Rourke
• • •
Gallant Stags
To the Editor:
I could write a long, very descriptive
account of great value I'm sure, but I
simply want to take this occasion · and
means to mention the wonderful gen­erosity
I was the recipient of a week
ago last Friday after the "snow."
An oncoming motorist (and the rutte'l
road in Westport) had forced me olf
onto an immovable and embarrassing
position. As I was struggling most inef­fec'ively
to move, two (at that moment
unrecognized) Stag freshmen happened
by and between pushing, digging, sand­ing
and more digging even by hand
again to no effect, they stayed to see
the thing through. They brought me
back here to Fairfield University, back
to the car in Westport, then waited for
help and then d!"OVe me back to the town
of Fairfield and finally back to the Uni­versity.
All this was done with an
apbmb a!ld generosity that both highly
ed;fied and spoke highly for the young
Stags.
At a time when so many, so often find
it so easy to disparage so much about
our young men it is most rewarding and
encouraging, a privilege to say, in this •
case - a most sincere thanks to N.
Barrett Quinn (G2) and Joe Evans of
Fairfield for helping me out of a spot
where only that king of help makes all
the difference.
Sincerely,
Daniel J. Foley, S.J.
Fencers Upset
SMTI, 14-13
Baby Cagers
Split Four Games
in the last minutes the Squires
took a four point lead. The
Stags tied it on baskets by Bu­kowski
and Barnes but could
not convert in a final effort be­fore
the buzzer. Haff and
Barnes scored 20 each while
Kelly and Bukowski sparked in
passing and rebounding.
By FRANK CAROLLO
Starting out by a strong win
in the first bout, and continuing
by never losing the lead, the
Fairfield University Fencing
Club was able to score a 14-13
upset of Southeastern Massa­chusetts
Technological Insti­tute.
The meet was held Satur­day,
February 22nd, in the
S.M.T.I. gym.
This win o v e r S. M. T. I.
avenged a close loss suffered
last year by the Fairfield team
and marked the cl.osing of the
regular season for Fairfield.
The sabre team led off the
meet, and saw Derry Chuga
win the first of his three bouts,
as he led the team with an
undefeated record. Fencing in
the second spot was Jack Miko­chik,
whose win, along with
that of teammate Mark Del-
Mauro, enabled the sabre team
to emerge victorious with a 5-4
record.
Epee Team Wins
In the epee competition, Russ
Panzenko and Jim Sullivan
went on to win two bouts with
only one loss. Fencing in the
third slot was Ken Alexander,
whose win in the final bout
was all that was needed for
the Fairfield upset. The epee
team ended the day with a
winning 5-4 record.
Complimenting the epee and
sabre teams was the strong
showing of the foil team. Over­corning
difficulties sustained
throughout the season, the
team of Ladd Raleigh, Frank
Carollo, and John Lukach each
brought horne wins w hi c h
added greatly to the score and
insured the upset by Fairfield.
Judo-Karate Club
(Continued from Page 8) doin was phenomenal in his
their faults. After these con- knowledge of karate and that
tests, Mr. Beaudoin and two of
his green belted students per­formed
Korean "Katas," or pre­arranged
sequences of karate
techniques.
Phenomenal Aid
It was unanimously agreed by
the Judo-Karate Club members
who attended that Mr. Beau-
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well worthwhile. These
joint practices will continue
every Monday night through the
semester.
There will be a Martial Arts
Demonstration sponsored by
Fairfield University Judo-Ka­rate
Club on Sunday, March 23,
1969, at 8:00 p.m. in the gym­nasium.
There will be examples
of the sporting and practical ap­plications
of judo and karate
along with demonstrations in­volving
Oriental swords and
various other weapons. The eve­ning
will end with board break­ing.
The University's Dixieland
jazz group will perform at the
intermission.
Anyone interested in joining
either the judo section, the ka­rate
section, or both is welcome
and is urged to drop a note into
Box JJ with his name, dorm,
room number and box number.
By FRANK ARMADA
After dropping th~ir last two
games the frosh Stags defeated
Assumption 82-70 in a foul-rid­dled
game on Feb. 18. Fairfield
scored 32 of 82 points on free
throws led by Bob Kelly who
scored on 12 of 14 and had a
total of 20 points for the night.
It was Fairfield all the way, as
the Stags picked up the lead
early and maintained it through­out
the game. At the half the
score was 40-26 Fairfield. Bill
Haff topped all scorers with 25
points.
Next Fairfield stopped South­ern
Connecticut State College.
At the half the Stags were
ahead by 11, 37-26, but in the
early minutes of the second pe­riod
red-hot sese choped the
lead to five. The Stags then
rallied to finally romp sese by
16. Haff scored 27 to lead both
teams. Torn Bukowski chipped
in 20 and along with Joe Berar­dino
dominated the boards for
Fairfield.
Bulldogs Triwnph
The Stags continued their
road trip with a stop at Yale
to face the Bulldogs. Both teams
exchanged the lead several
times in the first half and the
hard fought battle showed a
39-39 deadlock at intermission.
In the second half the Bulldogs
led by Kevin McLaren and his
31 points outscored the Stags
43-34 to finally take the game .
82-73. Haff again topped the
Stags with 22 points. Kelly was
perfect from the free throw line
with 10 for 10 and 16 points
overall. Tim Barnes scored 18.
As the last seconds of tl}e
game ticked off the clock the
Bridgeport Squires scored to
beat the Fairfield frosh for the
second time this season by the
score of 72-70 on Feb. 24. The
Stags led by as much as 15
points at one time in the first
half and at the half-time buzzer
remained ahead by nine.
Early in the second half
Bridgeport closed the gap and
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