October t2, 1972
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Plan Begun
subcommittee of the Board of
Trustees have refused to sit on
this committee if it attempts to
review the prospects of a binding
University Council proposal
passed last spring by the
legislature and the current
University Council.
2. The Trustees have (ailed to
recognize the issues of student
governan.ce as a matter
germaine to discussion at the
Trustee level.
3. The University. which
proposed the three part athleticactivity-
pool fee rejected the
proposal in mid·summer when
the students were home and
when the Student Association
President's hands were tied
behind his back.
4. The Student Association
President was bodily prevented
from speaking to parents of
freshmen during orientation.
5. The Resident Advisors of
each dormitory were told that
they are to be discipliniarians as
well as advisors within their
dorm.
The President emphasized the
importance of communication
with the students as necessary
for their awareness of
administrative violations
against student rights.
Therefore. he announced plans to
hold delegation meetinji{s with
each district's representatives.
IContinued on Page 3\
In a recent interview with
Security chief James Barrett
varioos issues concerning the
1972-73 school year. such as bike
registration and the Traffic
Court. were discussed.
In order to aid Fairfield
students in the protection of
valuable. portable items such as
cameras, stereos. and musical
instruments, the Security
Department is starting a new
program at the university called
"Operation J.D." Under this
system, students will be able to
engrave their names on any of
tbeir ob~ects. Lists of these
stolen objects will-be sent to the
Fairfield Police and also to pawn
shops in the area.
This year, too, bike
registration will go into effect.
Letters will be issued to identify
students' bikes.
Mr. Barrett mentioned. that
there are a greater number of
parking problems this year, due
to the increase in enrollment and
the movement of offices from
Xavier to Canisius. Students are
reminded to keep all Tow Away
Zones dear for emergency
equipment and to pay parking
tickets at the Cashier's Office.
11;te ;rraffic Court. says Mr.
Barrelt. should be in effect by
mid..()ctober.
To aid Security's attempt to
protect students' property on
campus. the department is
requesting that students keep
doors locked. report any
strangers seen on campus. and
protect all property carefully
until fa.miliarity with people is
established.
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M.kk Before Suaie'
Upon completion of the
elections. Student Association
President Steve Mednick
addressed the body in a sevenminute
speech.
Mr. Mednick forsaw this
school year as an active period
for students on the verge of
adulthood and ready to acxept its
responsbilitles.
He continued. "We are in a
flux, a state of limbo. a
situation of human abuse withoot
the means to voice our opinions
in a meaningful manner; devoid
of a position from which we
could foster our creative
capabilities. "
President Mednick
emphatically stated., "I can not
tolerate this abuse any longer,"
BI.sl. AdmIaistfiltiOIl
Furthermore. be outlined what
he termed were three
Administrative violations of
student interest on campus.
First he commented on the
plight of Northwest 2. directly
labeling Student Services Vice
President William Scbimpf.
Associate Dean HeaTY Krell, and
Director of Student Residence
Edwin Boucher as responsible.
Mr. Mednick emphasized that
that action taken against the
residents of Northwest 2.
"violates community spirit. ..
Secondly. Mr. Mednick
criticized the tuition increase of
$200. He branded the Board of
Trustees as a monolithic group
of 24 men who run Fairfield on a
day to day existence.
Thirdly. he expressed. his
desire for meaningful student
participation in determining the
next President of the University.
The Student Association
President further stated., "I am
sick and tired. of compromising
myself to the point of being
silenced." He went on to say.
"The University administration.
(acuity. and Trustees are
strengthening their hold on the
lives of the students this year."
Cites Examples
Mr. Mednick cited the
following as indications of this
new "hard-line" policy.
1. The faculty dele,;ates to the
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FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY, FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT
,
THE
Legislators Begin Year
With Officer Elections
Vol. 3. No.6
By Peler J. FaI'oa
The Student Legislature of
Fairfield University opened its
tenth session Tuesday evening.
OCtober 3 when sixty members
were sworn in by Chief Justice
Roger Yergeau.
Cbel New Preside.1
Elected as President of the
body was Richard Canel. is, a
commuter representative. Noted
for his articulate statements and
organizational ability. Mr. Canel
took the helm of the legislature
from outgoing president,
Lawrence Halloran.
Elected to the legislature as a
freshman. last year, Mr. Canel
quickly assumed responsibility
as Chairman of the Government
Operations Committee of the
legislature. He is presently
Executive Vice President of the
Fairfield Free Press and Review
Corporation.
FUI Otlter Offices
Former Legislature secretary,
Michael KeMY. released his
duties to newty elected Brian
Askew. is, also a commuter
representative. As Lbe secretary
of the legislature. Mr. Askew
will be responsible for keeping
record of all passed legislation.
registering debate during each
meeting. facilitating
communication with all
students. and keeping
attendance records.
Brian Newhall. '74. a
Northwest representative, was
elected Majority Leader of the
legislature. Mr. Newhall a
native of Peabody.
Massachusetts. has been active
as a legislator since his
appointment last February. He
is also an active member of the
Hockey Club on campus.
Assuming the role of Minority
Leader was Peter Fallon. '75.
also a Northwest representative.
Mr. Fallon served as Minority
Whip last year under Minority
Leader Peggy McCarthy. He was
also a member of the
Government Operations
Committee and a Junior
Delegate to the Connecticut
Inter·collegiate Student
Legislature.
-"..-. ... AND EXERCISING ANOTHER RIGHT - are two students being sworn in as newly enfranchised
voters. A voter registration drive was conducted in the Oak Room last Thursday.
to become the country's
permanent representative to the
United Nations in December.
1970, and two months later he
was unanimoosly confirmed by
the U.S. Senate. He took the oath
of office at the White House on
February 26, 1971. and a week
later presented his credentials to
UN Secretary General UThant.
In 1972 he tooTed eight African
nations. inspecting the work of
UN agencies there as well as
delivering a personal message
from President Nixon to the
leaders 01 Keoya. zaIre. Gaboa.
Nigeria, Zambia. Chad and the
Sudan. ,
Mr. McGannon, born in New
York City. received a B.A. in
1940, a Bachelor of Laws in 1947
and a Doctor of Humanities in
1965 from Fordham University.
In 1955 he became vice president
and general executive with
Westinghouse Broadcasting
Company. Inc., and later that
year was named. the firm's
president and chairman.
Mr. McGannon is advisor to
the Pontifical Commission for
Social Communications.
chairman of the Connecticut
Commission for Higher
Education, member of the
Fairfield University President's
Circle, and on the Advisory
CoonciJ of the University of
Notre Dame. Georgetown
University and Emerson
College. He was recipient of the
Distinguished. Service Award of
the National Association of
Broadcasters in 1964, a special
Emmy Award in 1968. and the
(Continued on Page 31
EXERCISING ms RIGHT - to purehase liquor is a Fairfield
student returning to a dormitory with three cases of beer.
Connecticut's legal drinking age was lowered from 21 to 18 at
midnight, October 1 amid much celebrating.
Ambassador George Bush. the
United States' permanent
representative to the United
Nations, Donald H. McGannon
(president and chairman of the
Board of Westhinghouse
Broadcasting Co.l and television
star Mike Douglas will headline
Celebrity Night II. The black-tie
affair. sponsored by the
President's Circle. will be held
on November 4 at Rolling Hills
Country Club in Wilton.
Last fall Celebrity Night I
honored. among others. David
Frost and U.S. Senator LoweD B.
Weicker. Jr..R-eonn. Mr.-"Roy
W. Moore. chairman of the
FairHeld University President's
Circle, stated that "plans have
already begun to insure that a
group of noted personalities
from the world of television,
government. business and other
areas will be honored."
Ambassador Bush, a member
of President Nixon's cabinet.
was aoooiTlted by the President
Sculptress
To Show
Figures
Douglas~Bush Okay
Celebrity Night Bid
Barbara Lekberg.
Mamaroneck. N.Y. sculptor of
national renown. will bold an
individual exhibition of her
works from October 22 througll
November S in the Campus
Center mezzanine gallery at
Fairfield University.
The exbibition. the seventh
annual one-man sculpture show
at Fairfield sponsored by the
Carlson Foundation of
Bridgeport. will open Sunday.
October 22. with a reception for
the artist from 3-5 p.m.
Therearter it will be open from 14
p.m. daily through November 5
without charge to the public.
Ms. Lekberg was recipient of
a National Institute of Arts and
Letters grant in 1956 and
Guggenheim Fellowships in 1957
and 1959. In 1968 she received
both the Margaret Hirsch Levine
and the Audobon Artists Annual
awards for her works. Her
pieces have appeared in group
exhibition at the Whitney
Museum. San Francisco
Museum. Contemporary Art
Alliance in Hoostoo. and the
universities of Iowa. Illinois.
Nebraska and Indiana.
The artist is a visiting lecturer
on sculpture at Rutgers
University. and teaches
sculpture at the Stamford
Museum in Connecticut. She was
also awarded an honorary
Doctorate of Fine Arts from
Simpson College in 1964.
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PAGEZ THE UNIVEilsiTY VOICE OCfober'12, 1972
ways they could most efficiently
benefit the students they hoped
to reach.
FOCUS emphuizes-a studentto-
student approach in its
endeavors. The FOCUS
volunteers are not professionals.
although they have received
some training in preparation for
their work. Rather, they
consider themselves people who
are interested in helping others.
primarily by listening. They
cannot answer aU questions or
solve all problems. but aim to
help clarify a problem situation.
There is hope that in time a
referral service will be made a
part of the FOCUS program, in
order that students may receive
helpful and accurate
information, as well as
understanding. to aid them in
solving their problems.
FOCUS chose to be and intends
to remain a phone service to
enable students 10 remain
anonymous. "There is a paradox
involved in being intimate on the
phone," states Paul Kobasa,
"but it is a paradox which can
work."
The future of FOCUS depends
largely upon the response it
receives in its initial stages.
FOCUS intends to be subservient
to the needs of the students on
the campus, and will hopefully
be able to expand when the needs
of the students increase.
FOCUS is now in operation on
Monday nights, from 7 until 10
p.m. The FOCUS phone line is
255-5411. Ext. 541.
Additional volunteers are
needed in the FOCUS program.
and anyone interested is asked to
contact Paul Kobasa, Box 995.
JeDnifer Coleman
new donnltory last week could
have been drawn out. anxietyproducing
- disasterous. With the
Tuesday night blackout and its
ao:=ompanying fears the girls
had reached the end of their
collective rope. The work of our
maintenance crews was
probably the nicest thing to
happen to the girls during the
month-long ordeal. The men
worked quickly. carefully and
cheerfully. No Items were lost or
damaged; the move was
completed in a matter of hours.
There were some wide-eyed
stares at the amount of stuff
lying outside a number of rooms,
but no complaints. TnIthfully, I
cannot think of a way that the job
coold have been done faster or
better.
On behalf of the girls in the
donn. including the many who
voiced their appreciation over.
and over again. I would like to
thank. the maintenance men for a
timely job well done.
WUliam J. SChmidl, S.J.
CtHmIiaator, Far East
1434 Post Road
Fairfield Ceater
Liquor Barrel
Spend Your Home Coming In
High Spirit. At The
A Job
WeUDone
To the Editor:
Moving the girls from the
University of Bridgeport to the
Focus Seeks to Aid
Troubled Students
with the University Council
before the conclusion of the Fall
semester.
I am specifically requesting
that you appoint three students
who would be willing to serve
with two members of the faculty
and two administrators as
members of this ad hoc
committee. So that there is no
confusion as to my request or
motivation. I am sending copies
of this letter to the campus
newspapers and to the secretary
of the University Council.
Thanking you for your
cooperation and concern for a
better Fairfield, I remain,
Sincerely.
William P. Schimpf
Vice-President
Student services
o\1oici
Dear Steve:
I am aware of a growing
concern on the part of all
members of the Fairfield
University community over our
Residence Hall system.
Infonnation, much of it on an
exaggerated or inaccurate
nature, is repeated as
unquestionable truth. Objective
evaluation of our Residence Hall
system is long overdue.
In an attempt to provide our
community with an objective
appraisal of the Residence Hall
operations and to make
improvements in this operation,
if an objective analysis indicates
such improvements are
desirable, I am appointing an ad
hoc committee to study the
Residence Hall system. The
purpose of this tripartite
committee would be to hold
hearings and gather evidence in
evaluating the life styles present
in our Residence Halls.
Particular emphasis of the
committee would be on the
Residence Hall staff. the
Residence Hall Association and
policies and regulations that
affect resident life. Hopefully
this committee will file a report
Letters to the Editor
Asks Study
of Housing
To the Editor:
Attached is a copy of a letter
which was sent to Steven
Mednick. President of the
Undergraduate Student
Association. which may be of
interest to the total membership
of the University community.
William P. SChimpf
Vice-President Student
services
Students who are confronted
with problems. or "down on life"
in general. may find a
sympatbet.ic ad helpful UsteDer
by dialing the number of FOCUS.
second-class postage paid at In the words of Paul Kobasa,
Fairfield. Connecticut. '74. one of the founders of the
The Ualvusity Vo~ is the newly-functioning organization.
campus newspaper published "W~ are willing to listen to
every Thursday during the people who are troubled or who
academic year by Fairfield are findi:hg life unncessarily
University. Opinions expressed difficult."
herein in no way reneet the of- A donn-wide program which
ficial position of the University. served as a forerunner to the
Subscriptions are available at a campus-wide FOCUS program.
yea(ly rate of $6.00 and may be was originally conceived by Paul'
obtained by writing to the Sladkus, a fonner Resident
editorial office located in Loyola Advisor in Campion Hall. In an
Hall. Fairfield University, Fair- effort to meet the needs of
f' 10 Coo numerous students who came to
Ie En.d• il0o6r4-3i0D. -Chld hu' n 'lh obI ' WI pr ems concerning
Robert Bym drugs. studies. or home life.
S1adkus organized a "Hot Line"
Newl EdItor service in Campion Hall.
David Pettinicchi Students who wished to remain
Editorial Pale Editor anonymous could make use of
Kevin Curtin this phone service in times of
Sports Editor need to talk over problems and,
Tony Mixcus in many cases, receive helpful
Phololraphy Editor infonnation.
George Ahlmeyer The Campion "Hot Line" met
AdvertlsiDI Manager with an excellent response from
l==,..,._T~e~r:en~ce:::.:H~or::.:an:...,-_.Jstudents. With this response in
mind, a core group of volunteers
banned together to organize a
similar service designed to meet
the needs of a greater number of
students.
The FOCUS staff had few
problems with the technicalities
of becoming a recognized
organization on campus. Their
constitution was readily
approved and they saw no need
to request funds from the
Student Government or any
other University source. The
volunteers did, however, <6pend
much time deciding in what
breakfast in the Oak Room,
which will name the most
valuable players from
Saturday's contests and will
feature a talk by Rev. William
McInnes. president of the
university.
The first of a fr.ur-part lecture
series. part of Fairfield
University's annual News 'N
Views program, will be held
Monday. October 16 at 8 p.m. in
the school's Campus Center Oak
Room.
The series of lectures are
presented by Fairfield alumnus
who have become noted
authorities in their respective
fields.
Richard J. Kinney. urban
affairs assistant with the J.C.
Penny Co. in New,York City, will
speak on "Corporate Social
Responsibility:, The Emerging
Business of Business."
Mr. Kinney. a 1963 graduate of
the university. will discuss the
role of corporations in
contributing to the solution of
urban and community problems.
He will review the performance
of business in the area of social
responsibility and forecast
future trends regarding
corporate involvement in helping
meet the needs of our society.
After receiving a Bachelor of
Social Science in Sociology at
Fairfield, he joined the Union
Carbide Corporation in 1963 at
New York as an office sales
representative and was later
appointed coordinator of sales
'administration and sales
, promotion.
, fn 1966 Mr. Kinney returned to
his alma mater as director of
Fairfield's Bureau of Business
and Public Administration.
The following year he joined
the Prudential Insurance
Company in Newark, N.J.. as a
corrununity relations consultant
in the finn's Public Relations
Department.
In 1968 he was named manager
of communications and training
in the Industrial Relations
Department with Electronic
Associates. Inc.. at West Long
Branch, N.J.
Since 1969 he has served as
urban affairs assistant with the
Penney organization in New
York City. where among
numerous responsibilities he has
assisted in the development and
implementation of the (inn's
corporate urban affairs policy.
The former Westport resident
has been a frequent guest
lecturer at American
Management Association
seminars.
Talk Series
To Begin
With Kinney
. ...
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HISTORY COLl,.OQUlUM - speaker Dr. George Baehr makes a point during last Thursdays panel
discussion on the 1972 elections. Other participants included (from left) Dr. Daniel Buczek. Dr. Albert
Abbott. and Walter Petry. The next COlloquium, entitled "A Question of Commitment: To What?" will
take place Thursday, November 9.
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The lith annual Fathers
Weekend will be held in the
weekend of October 20-22, and
will feature a varietr. of sporting
and social events. Bill Walsh, 74
is student cbainnan of the event.
and will work with the Hon.
Joseph F. Morelli, a circuit court
judge from New Britain,
Connecticut. who is acting as
parents chainnan. According to
Morelli. "Fathers Weekend is an
ideal lime to initiate our
program in tenns or supporting
the excellent recreational
ouUets at the university."
Following their arrival on
Friday. students and their
fathers will journey to the
Wonderland of lee in
Bridgeport where the Stags will
take on the City College of New
York hockey learn, at 9: IS p.m.
Addresses by Alumni Director
John Fallon and Judge Morelli
will begin Saturday's events.
which also indude a Karate
demonstration in Gonzaga
Auditorium. followed by a
reception with members of the
faculty and lunch in the main
dining room. The afternoon's
activities will begin with a
soccer game against Fordham at
1:00. a rugby game with Penn
State at 2:30 and a Wild West
Saloon at 4:30 in the Oak Room.
A buffet dinner in the main
dining room and a night football
game against Norwalk
'Community College will
complete the day's activities.
. Sunday morning's activities
Include an Athletic Awards
HAlFWAY TO THE
POINT
Homecomiag
Friday
Red Garter Evening
Sat.rday
Rugby Fairfield vs.
University of Vermont
Football - Fairfield vs.
Ramapo College
Concert Fabulous
Rhinestones
SbI Na Na
SolMlay
Hockey - Fairfield vs.
Manhattan
Father's Weekend
Set for Oct. 21,22
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Trustees Award from the
National Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences in 1967-68.
Television celebrity Mike
Douglas' talent and popularity
were recognized by his fellow
performers and those in the
television industry when he won
the coveted Emmy for individual
achievement in daytime
television, the first such award
to be given by the National
Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences.
The Mike Douglas Show is seen
on stations from coast to coast
and in a number of foreign
countries. and its star has
appeared as a special guest on
such network programs as the
Carol Burnett Show. the Andy
Williams Show and the Pearl
Bailey Show.
Mr. Douglas' natural charm
and wit and professionalism in
singing have earned him
international praise and a close
rapport with his audiences. His
rapport with the public and
audiences was described by one
national magatine as that which
"all show people desperately
want -- but most just don·t
have."
The Celebrity Night gala,
which last year was an all-male
event. will be opened this year
to both men and 'A'OfTlen.
alienated'! Are the white male
boarders also in the position of
being a minority in terms of
power to effect change'! If so
who does have the power'! Is it
necessary to have such a socia
distance between the power
holders and the students as a
whole'! Does the distrust and
enmity between administration
faculty and students (if this is
the true political position) serve
a useful purpose'! If feelings of
powerlessness and alienation i
the social situation, perhaps a
series of sub-cuHures which are
supportive to individuals is a
"good" thing and should be
fastened by the university. The
idea of student unity then
becomes an outdated myth.
Next week a report on th
attitudes of males and female
on campus toward females 0
"Through the Looking-Glas
(self)"
THE UNIVERSITY VOICE
Legislature
(Continued From Page 11
provide money for legislato
newsletters. and publish dail
Student Government pres
releases.
Moreover, Mr. Mednick said I
is Important "to go beyond th
University Council." He added
that he would pursue lega
means of effectiveness using th
size and mobility of the student
on campus as a foundation.
Pa.. CommlltH BUb
Following Presiden
Mednick's speech. th
legislature acted on three piece
of legislation.
The first bill dealing with
restructuring the legislature'
committee system, dissolved the
Uni~t)'Relations-CGinniittee
and created a Judiciai'
Committee in its place. The
Judiciary Committee will deal
with all club constitutions, act as
a "watchdog" committee over
the Student Court, and deal with
appointments to the judicial
branch.
Secondly. the senators voted to
restructure tbe rules
Committee. Now composed of
the Majority and Minorily
leaders plus their whips. and Ule
Secretary, the Rules Committee
will assume responsibility for
printing all bills and resolutions
48 hours in advance of the
general senate meeting.
the political and social system of
Fairfield U.. Black students
have rather strong feelings of
powerlessness and alienation,
and in tum. they respond by
making few attempts to
influence and participate in the
system. Rather than deal with
the system here. they prefer to
maintain a somewhat separate
policy. establishing their own
social and political system."
Females. commuters and the
dominants all feel moderate
powerlessness which weakly
associated with activity in the
university_ They had little
feeling of either cohesion with
others of their group or conflict
with the dominant group.
Gerry Michaud. who analyzed
individual alienation in depth.
summarizes for Fairfield
University. "Two important
points are worth noting. The first
is that Fairfield University
students are alienated as a whole
and that alienation is not a
particular aspect of minority
groups. The second is that the
three minority groups described
as sub-cultures are not alone.
There are many other
subcultures that exist at
Fairfield. This would prove to be
an important revelation to the
so-called 'student unity'
problem. "
Peter Trozza examined the
basic assumptions of theories of
cultural minorities by examining
feelings of consciousness of kind
of each group. He found that
Black students have a strong self
identity and participate together
in most situations. The results
were unclear for commuters and
girls.
This finding was supported by
John Kinney's analysis. Kinney
hypothesized that lack of social
interaclion prevents social
cohesion. He asked of each
respondent the social group of
his roomate. his eating
companions, his study
companions. his dates and his
intimate friends. He found that
members of each group
interacted primarily with otbers
of that group except for male
and female boarders. The data
strongly supported the
hypothesis that at Fairfield
University there is little real
social cohesion. Kinney's
conclusions are. "The need for
interaction between the
represented groups is obvious.
The university needs to lessen
the social distance between
these groups in order for more
harmonious relations to occur. I
would suggest more social
events on campus involving all
groups in an effort to bring the
four together. We need to
promote sympathy.
understanding and intimacy.
Without interaction. these
feelings are impossible...
In summary. the three
minority groups on campus are
similar in only two aspects: I)
they are each numerical
minorities and 2) the members
feel alienation from the
university and lack of power to rffect change.
They are. however different in
concep.tual make-up. The
lBlacks represent a sub-culture
or ethnic minority. while the
commuters and females
represent a social class
minority. Both of the latter are
witbout formal power and both
seem to accept the roles
demanded of them because they
share a common culture with the
dominant student and common
definition of each other's roles.
Blacks. on the other hand,
accept only for formally
required role definition - that of
student - from the dominant
culture, preserving their own
sub-culture in other situations.
Numerous other questions
arise from the study. Why do
both dominant and minority
students feel powerless and
By Dr. GeDevteve &rcb
• SoclolOl)' DepartmeDI
Do students at Fairfield U.
really feel a part of the
university?
Do students feellhey have any
say in decisions that affect
them?
Do students feel a sense of
oneness or cohesion with any
groups on campus?
00 sludenLs feel a sense of,
identity with Fairfield U?
A recent national poll,
reported in the New York Times,
showed that two-thirds of
Americans feel alienated from
the government and powerless to
affect any change.
This data compares directly
with data gathered about the
feelings of Fairfield University
students toward their political
and social situaHon at the
university. Questions such as
"Do you feel thai people like
yourself can change the course
of campus events if you only
make yourselves heard?" (with
responses from strongly agree to
strongly disagree). were asked
of a random sample of Fairfield
U. students. The responses were
that 14% feel very alienated and
64% feel moderately alienated.
The problems of lack of
consensus and feelings of
separateness or alienation at
Fairfield sent a group of five
sociology majors into a research
project for their research
methods class last spring. The
group was composed of Roble
Gabriel. John Kinney. Ken
MacNulty. Gerry Michaud and
Peter Trouo. They felt that the
problem revolved around a basic
difference of role expectation
from different segments of the
university. For this reason, they
studied the problem from the
perspective of dominantminority
relations. They
hypothesized that some groups
on campus relate to the
university and university life as
minorities and therefore are
acting roles defined' as proper
behavior by someone else (the
dominant culture .. Though they
act the proper roles in public
situations such as class. they
retreat into their own group for
private and friendship occasions.
At Fairfield Univ. the
"dominant group" was defined
as the white. male boarding
student. Three distinct
numerical minorities were
defined: black students,
commuting students and female
boarding students.
A questionnaire. using
questions validated in previous
studies and adapted for use at
Fairfield. was constructed.
Stratified random sampling
techniques were used in
selecting respondents of the
questionnaire. The final sample
was composed of 48 white male
boarders, 62 while female
boarders. 13 blacks and 13
commuters. The commuters had
the poorest return rates and It
was only with subsequent
pleading that 13 usable responses
were obtained.
The following factors were
considered important for the
study and were measured by
questions in the questionnaire:
feelings of powerlessness.
political alienation, political
participation, political influence.
social distance. social cohesion
and consciousness of kind.
Ken MacNulty analyzed the
four groups from the point of
view of their social and political
alienation. He hypothesized that
lack of participation in the
political process would lead to
feelings of powerlessness which
in turn would lead to cohesion
v>'ith a minority or sub-group.
which causes more alienation
from the dominant society. He
found that most of his
hypotheses were supported with
only the Black sample. "Within
Sociology Teacher Compiles Data from Studellt Papers
Alienation at
Fairfield University
OCtober 12, 1m '
•
October 12. 1972
I.H. "Skip" Williaml
John Filep
1812 E. STATE STREET
ACROSS FROM
STEAK& BREW
Massachusetts. Flynn is the
brother of Jay Flynn. 71. who
starred on defense in the first
few years of Fairfield hockey.
Connors was captain of his team
which played in the Bay State
League. considered by many to
be one of the best high school
hockey leagues in the country.
Another offensive line will
have Sophomore Tom Gilman
returning to wing position with
Freshmen Roland Fillion /the
brother of Paul Fillion. another
member of the team) being
centered by newcomer, Jack
Sheehan. Sheehan attended
Levittown-Sudbury High SChool
and received Honorable Mention
on the All Star Team for the
county league.
A third line finds the return of
veteran skaters Paul Fillion, Ed
Stefan. and Mike Redden, while
the final line will be OeMis
McQuarry, Christ Stanton. and
Rich Curtis, a freshman from
Xavierian High SChool in
Massachusetts.
Ed Palma, Stag netminder
over the past two years will
again man the net this year. with
Terry Hinchey lending
assistance in the position. On
defense Coach McCarthy will be
using lhe same powerful unit of
last season with team captain
Gerry Michaud being paired
With co-eaptain Jim Martin: and
Don Drew skating on the second
line with co-captain Ed JeMy.
Other members of the team
include Jay Collins, Tom Fou.
Joe Glotzbier, and Ken McNulty.
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debut this season.
The Eastern Division of, the
M.I.H.L. will be composed of
teams from Nassau Community
College (who will be playing in
the new Nassau Coliseum), St.
Francis College. Queens College,
St. John's University. Brooklyn
College. and City College of New
York who is switching from the
Western Division to the Eastern
Division.
The Western Division will
have. in addition to Fairfield, the
University of Bridgeport.
Wagner College. lona College,
Manhattan College and Fordham
University.
Good Frelhmen TUrDOUl
Coach McCarthy noted that
this season found the largest
tum-out of freshmen for tryouts.
which illustrated the recent
increasing interest sparked in
the sport.
Six: freshmen will be on the
squad this year and McCarthy
feels that they are of
"exceedingly high quality."
McCarthy is looking forward to
an excellent season. '''The only
questions facing the team this
year." says McCarthy. "are the
replaC1!:ment of seven seniors
that graduated last year (they
were the nucleus of the initial
team at Fairfieldt and the newly
coordinated team's ability to
shape up in time for the start of
this season." "Doc's" work right
now is a problem of placing his
players in the positions which
will prove most advantageous.
From the many good skaters
on the team this year. McCarthy
has fonnulated four strong lines
to skate every game.
Freshmen Dave Connors and
Joe Flynn will be centered by
Tom Cohan on one offensive line.
Flynn and Connors played for
Needham High in
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The Stag Hockey Club takes
the iC1!: for its fifth season Sunday
afternoon in a Homecoming
opener at the Wonderland of Ice
against Manhattan College.
The club finished out last
season with a 19-~0 record which
lead them to Cantiac Park on
Long Island. There the Stags
fought unsuccessfully for the
Metropolitan Intercollegiate
Hockey League tiUe with Nassau
Community College, who took
the title in a close match.
Under the direction of Dr.
John McCarthy, Associate
Professor of Psychology, the
leam will be playing a sixteen
game schedule within Ihe
League and four games outside
the League.
The first extra-League game
will take place against Wesleyan
University at their rink in
Middletown, Ct. on Sunday
November 12. The skaters will
travel to Worchester,
Massachusetts for a game
against Holy Cross College on
Tuesday, November 29: 10
Glastonbury on Saturday,
January 20. 1973 for a match with
Trinity College of Hartford: and
to the University of Connecticut
for a game with the Huskies
Junior Varsity squad on Tuesday
January 24.
Leape CIIaDIel
The M.I.H.L. team Ii~up this
year shows a few changes.
Newark College of Engineering
voluntarily withdrew from the
League following two rather
dismal seasons and Stonybrook
University was dismissed from
the League. Queens College will
be returning to the ice following
a one-year absence and Wagner
College of Staten Island. New
York will be making its hockey
Hockey Club to Make Season
Debut Sunday vs. Manhattan
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ADVERSE CONDITIONS - Both last Friday night's rain and a powerful Westchester team made
things miserable for the Stags as they suffered through a ~ whitewashing.
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Sub-Varsity Tryouts
Sunday, OCI.15
7:00 p.m. at Gym
Open To
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-Coach Barakat
SUB-VARSITY TRYOUTS
The Fairfield County Sports
Car Club has announ~ plans
for its 7th annual "Fantasia"
rally. an 8O-mile tour of the
back roads of Fairfield.
Westchester. and Putnam
counties, to be held saturday
evening. October 28.
Navigation and course
following will be as simple as
possible in order to make this
rally ideal for novices. Any car
(except those with commercial
registrations) is eligible if it is in
good condition (there will be an
inspection of lights, tires,
wipers. brakes. and hom) and is
equipped with seat belts. and 3
stick-type road flares.
Registration will be from 4:30
to 7:00 PM in the rear parking lot
of the Pitney-&wes Copier
Products Co., on U.S. Route 7 in
Norwalk, 1/10 mile soulh of
Merritt P.arkway exit no. 39.
There will be duplicale
dashplaques awarded to all
finishers and pewter trophies 10
the top IS %in each class.
For more infonnation. contact
Mark Higgins in Box 336, in the
Campus Center Mailroom. or
call Rallymaster LyM Ford in
Stamford at 1-322-2306. For a car
number reservations, call
Registrar Marti Pittman in
Norwalk at 1-86&-7206 (between 6
and tOp.m.l.
Preregistration is
recommended because there is a
IlXkar limit.
Set Sports
Car Rally
game, to adults paying $2.50 for a
ticket. and to children buying
one for S1.25. The best seats.
those painted bleachers opposite
the radio booth. will be filled on
a "rirst come. first served"
basis. The remaining reserved
section of bleachers will be
occupied by season ticket
holders and purchasers of a $3.00
reserved ticket.
In conclusion, I would like to
add that the £irst half of the Sept.
28 article explaining the
allocation of monies to club
sports is accurate. The second
half of the article. however. is a
different story. All argument
and explanation based on the
misconception of $24.000 going
into the basketball is false and
therefore irrelevant. Hopefully,
this article has rectified the
situation.
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Mr. Ribbon or Mr. Baxter 366-4321
By Tony Mixeul
In regard to the Sept. 28 article
about the Athletic Free. a few
points must be brought up and a
few misconceptions corrected.
One-half of the athletic free
($24.000) was DOl appropriated
directly into the basketball
program.
Since the University finances
all varsity sports, one section of
the university expenditures
deals with athletics. Countless
other expenditures are also
itemized on this overall
University budget. On the other
side of the ledger. all income (of
which this $24.000 is a part I is
totalled, and is used to pay the
expenditures. To simplify: you
have a "pile" of cash in order to
pay a "pile" of bills.
Basketball has been operating
at the same budget of $38.000 for
the past few years. Whatever
income they derive (rom the
gate. guarantees at away games.
or even the concession stand
goes into the "pile" of cash. The
only other source of income in
dealing with intercollegiate
athletics would be those derived
from the rental of the gym to
those groups or people outside
the campus community. The
recent pro exhibition gpme is a
good example. This rental fee,
likewise, becomes part of the
entire University revenue.
Also to be considered. as far as
expenditures are concerned, is
the over $30,000 debt connected
with the gym renovation. The
athletic fee, most probably, will
be used to pay a major portion of
this cost. The projected view for
the athletic fee is to aid a
hopefully yearly basketball
income coupled with frequent
gym rentals to balance all the
expenses related to
intercollegiate athletics.
. Bettcl; Siudeot Seals. .
A new pqlicy P<:ls ~~n i!:li!iated
regarding seating arrangements
at basketball games. The two
end-zone bleacher sections along
with the painted bleacher section
opposite the radio booth are now
classified as unreserved seals.
These 2,300 seats will be open
to Fairfield students. who have
picked up their free ticket for the
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