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Date: Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 10:49 AM
Subject: MUST READS from The STAG
“WE HAVE ISSUES!”
… and some which you MUST READ
MUST READS:
In Fairfield University’s “The Stag” during the Tenure of the Class of 1968
THE 'LIBRARY AFFAIR'
On the night of April 11-12, 1965, students climb over the wire mesh “cage” in library on the main floor of Canisius Hall and reshelve 100 or so volumes on the Catholic List of Forbidden Books into the open stacks. Although considered a harmless prank (the Index was soon to be abolished at the urging of Vatican II), it was an interesting enough incident to warrant an article in the New York Times, and in a reference in the popular TV show, Man From U.N.C.L.E., the Stag reported the incident under the title, “The Library Affair.”
New York Times Headline:
RESTRICTED BOOKS SHIFTED IN “PRANK”
Works of Balzac and Sartre moved to open shelves at Catholic College…
The NY Times in their article on April 15th labeled the event a “prank”, certainly not the first time they were wrong and not on the right-side of history and unable to grasp the significance of an event. Frankly, in our opinion, then and now, the courageous students demonstrated they the were ahead of the curve, and presaged themselves what Vatican II was to do years later.
The Stag - Vol. 16, No. 09 - February 10, 1965
Features not to miss:
CURRICULUM: TOO “CATHOLIC”? by Fr. Richard W. Russeau, S.J., p.6
http://digital.fairfield.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/studentnews/id/135/rec/9
*** The Stag - Vol. 19, No. 24 - May 15, 1968 ***
http://digital.fairfield.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/studentnews/id/216/rec/10
*** In this edition of The Stag, FORTUNE Magazine Rates Fairfield the #3 Catholic University in the U.S.A. behind #1 Notre Dame University and #2 Fordham University.
*** Social Consciousness/Social Obligation:
Guest Editorial from the Faculty: Professor Walter Petry: “SOMETHING WANTING.” A professor’s “call to arms” for students to take advantage in the Bellarmine Lecture Series in Gonzaga Auditorium, in tutoring failing students in Bridgeport, in the cultural offerings in NYC (the first of a series of Guest Editorials from Faculty Members)
http://digital.fairfield.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/studentnews/id/131/rec/221
Stag - Vol. 16, No. 11 - March 10, 1965
Page 1:
Hoy To Speak On Education & Negroes – John C. Hoy, Director of Admissions at Wesleyan University and chairman of the Inter-Racial Scholarship Fund spoke in the Gonzaga Auditorium in what was known as “The Hoy Plan.” The effort was to identify and develop education-deprived minorities (Fairfield University had a program in place, the Y.I.C. (Fairfield’s “Youth Interracial Council”) program, which operated with Bridgeport schools to tutor “at risk” youth.).
Page 3:
Campus Chapter Of NAACP Active in Bridgeport Slums
Under the direction of Fr. John L. Bonn (S.J.), Fairfield students actively and aggressively visited Bridgeport slums, going door-to-door, doing surveys to see what services were not being provided by landlords, and where students could benefit from tutoring by Fairfield students (via the Y.I.C.) to improve their academic standings.
Page 7:
Malcolm X, Saint and Sinner by J.A. Santangelo, Jr.
A balanced look at this enigmatic figure who was assassinated a few weeks earlier in the Audubon Ballroom (at Broadway and west 165th Street in Washington Heights on Feb. 21, 1965). Stag journalist ends his article with a quote from Arthur Schlesinger that our greatest task is to “… make the world safe for diversity.”
http://digital.fairfield.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/studentnews/id/143/rec/225
STUDENTS AID IN LOCAL SOCIAL WORK (in the Child Guidance Center in Bridgeport, tutoring needy children in Fr. Panick Village), page 2
http://digital.fairfield.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/studentnews/id/139/rec/228
Stag - Vol. 16, No. 12 - March 24, 1965
Page 1:
NAACP MARCHES IN BPT. STUDENTS AND FACULTY JOIN IN PROTEST
http://digital.fairfield.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/studentnews/id/151/rec/1
The Stag - Vol. 19, No. 03 - October 4, 1967
Page 2:
Our Social Obligation (editorial): “We must transcend this apathy and take an active interest in understanding the Negro. The university offers tutoring programs, YIC traveling programs, the Harlem Street Academy and other interracial programs …
The opportunities exist on this campus for students to actively commit themselves to this cause …
http://digital.fairfield.edu/cdm/ref/collection/studentnews/id/192
*** CULTURE:
Stag - Vol. 17, No. 13 - January 12, 1966
“The Jersey Boys” (The Four Seasons) Mardi Gras Friday Night Concert
http://digital.fairfield.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/studentnews/id/153/rec/2
The Stag - Vol. 17, No. 20 - March 24, 1966
Features not to miss:
CARNOVSKY * RAY CHARLES @ DOGWOOD 1966 * RUGBY SEASON OPENER
http://digital.fairfield.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/studentnews/id/161/rec/2
*** SPORTS:
The Manor (1968), Basketball section …
The basketball season of 1967-’68 was the product of many long years of anticipation and growth. Anticipation began when it was hoped that big-time basketball would one day become a reality to Fairfield. The growth was an evolution from the small college status of the Tri-State League to playing one of the toughest schedules in the East,
The season – its victories and defeats, its hopes and objectives – was a product of Fairfield Basketball from the beginning. Anyone who was ever connected with this sport helped by playing, by coaching, by supporting, and even by dying.
The culmination at this activity, the 1967-’68 season, showed to everyone that the Stags – both players and fans – could rise to the challenge of big-time basketball. (AJK)
The Stag - Vol. 17, No. 12A - January 8, 1966
Sports Special
Pat Burke (R.I.P.) Sports Personality
Pete DeLisa graphic
http://digital.fairfield.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/studentnews/id/152/rec/1
MARCH 9, 1966: COACH BISACCA ADDRESSES WRITERS + RICHARD PECK article
The Stag - Vol. 16, No. 8 January 13, 1965 - page 4
http://digital.fairfield.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/studentnews/id/133/rec/9
Not to miss: LETTER TO THE EDITOR
(Professor Mike) McDONNELL CITES NAUSIA
The Stag – Vol. 17 No. 16 February 23, 1966 - page 3
In Memoriam Patrick J. Burke, Jr. (1943-1966)
http://digital.fairfield.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/studentnews/id/155/rec/1
Stag - Vol. 17, No. 18 – March 9, 1966
Page 8: “Coach Bisacca Addresses Writers” (on not receiving an N.I.T. bid)
http://digital.fairfield.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/studentnews/id/159/rec/1
Fairfield Basketball season of Records:
19 wins – 5 losses
“Margin of Victory Record” 51 points (111-60 vs Bridgeport) see page 12
http://digital.fairfield.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/studentnews/id/159/rec/1
Stag - Vol. 18, No. 11 - December 07, 1966
Page 6: “Dear Grace: - Student comment_ The purpose of Universities by our classmate “Royal “Roy” Rhodes: obliterates the liberal necessity of “safe spaces” (what a waste of space). Royal’s opinion piece should be required reading all Fairfield professors. Royal Rhodes was the editor of the bi-annual literary magazine, New Frontiers, under the direction of Fr. Bonn.
http://digital.fairfield.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/studentnews/id/177/rec/1
Stag - Vol. 16, No. 08 - January 13, 1965
Page 7 from The Sports Desk by Phil Sinisgalli (a must read)
http://digital.fairfield.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/studentnews/id/133/rec/105
Stag - Vol. 19, No. 19 - March 20, 1968
BISACCA’S 100th VICTORY VS. GEORGETOWN … PRITZ ICES GAME W./ 1-&-1
Stag - Vol. 16, No. 10 - February 24, 1965
LINK: http://digital.fairfield.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/studentnews/id/136/rec/5
Coach George R. Bisacca, “The Father of Fairfield Division-1 Basketball” retires:
“My most significant memories were not of wins and losses, but of the people that have helped form the human drama of which I was a part.”
Most successful coach in Fairfield’s history; 64% winning percentage; 10 seasons, 8 winning seasons; 1967-’68 season played #1 Houston University, #3 St. Bonaventure & #6 Dayton University.
Bisacca Tenders Resignation; Statement; THE BISACCA ERA
http://digital.fairfield.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/studentnews/id/209/rec/1
1965-’66 Season: RECORDS
Largest margin of victory: 51 points (111-60 vs. Bridgeport);
Longest win-streak: 13 consecutive victories
Seasonal Margin of Victory: 12.7 ppg. 84 ppg. vs. opponents’ 72.0 ppg. = RECORD for 50+ YRS.
1st Top 20 National Vote in the history of the school
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