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Newhousing Delayed Student Deli Director Quits Class of '81 Larger THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1977 VOL 59 NO. 15 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK More Rooms, More Problems New Housing Delayed by Bob Ehalt and Neal Grealy Incoming freshmen, who were originally Becker was unable to give students prior scheduled to move into the newly built notice. Construction in Roberts was due to apartments in the Lalande section of be finished on August 26. Martyrs' Court, have been forced to move Dean of Students William Crawley stated into other sections of that dormitory due to that the decision to build in Lalande and construction delays. Roberts was made in early June. Once the The apartments which will house 24 decision was made, architects were called in freshmen males will not be ready until to draw up plans and construction compan- September 15 according to Housing Dean ies submitted bids for the job. Robert Becker. This delay will cause a A-J Construction Company was the low tripling-up situation in other freshmen suites bidder and they were contracted. Crawley throughout Martyrs'. said that at this time the University knew that Becker also announced that the locks for Lalande would not be finished but they were the new apartments in the basement of guaranteed that Roberts would be com- Roberts Hall have not arrived. He stated that pleted by September. he was informed Monday, August 22 that Crawley also discussed the apartment the locks would arrive on October 18. They buildings that Fordham owned four years are military usage locks and require a special ago on E. 191 Street. It was due to the rising Frank Kwok order . Since he was informed so late, cost of upkeep that the buildings were sold MARTYRS' COURT:Students need some adjustment to Fordham dorm life. he stated. The apartment buildings, 548 and 610, housed approximately 60 students. Executive Vice President Paul Reiss said Student Deli Director Quits that the final decision to build in Roberts and Lalande was made by the Board of Trustees. by Jim Dwyer operations, according to Tunney. Conroy, Bob Nugent, and Tom Offer with The renovations are considered capital "Nobody bothered us while we were the approval of Fazio. According to Tunney, Tim Tunney on Tuesday became the first expenses and they must be approved by the paying back taxes these last two years. some Interest was expressed by the USG student to resign the position of deli director, Board. We're not down there to generate money. interviewers in the potential profits of the citing a "lack of respect" on the part of Reiss claimed that the delay was not My intention always had been to keep prices deli. He expressed his desire to keep costs to Assistant Dean of Students Peter Fazio, and caused by monetary problems. He pointed as low as possible." the minimum during the interview. increasing pressure to turn the deli into a out that a report describing the housing Tunney and the three other directors, last Fazio refused to comment on Tunney's profit rather than service oriented operation. problem was not released until April because year voted down a pay increase. The three resignation for undisclosed personal rea- Tunney, a Fordham College senior who of being without admission figures to project operation directors, made sixty dollars per sons. He said he had been in touch with has worked in the deli throughout his three student need for housing before them. week and the financial manager made Tunney once or twice over the summer years at Fordham, was to have started his "When we started construction we knew eighty. According to Tunney, operation about deli matters other than the proposed second year as director this fall. Lalande would not be ready. But we had to However, problems arising from the decide whether it was better to inconveni- proposed Fordham Student Agency, that ence students for a short period of time or to would incorporate together the Deli, Ram- put off construction until next year. It was skellar, and two print shops, caused Tunney decided that it would be better to start in July to rethink his position at the Deli, and finally and after a few weeks students would be to submit a letter of resignatin. much better off," Reiss said. "The catalyst was a lack of communica- Another problem in Lalande was caused tion between Peter and me, says Tunney. "It by the fact that cinder blocks were used for stems from what seems to be a complete walls instead of metal and plaster, according lack of respect on his part. I now lack to Becker. Construction on both buildings professional respect for him." began on July 11. The university will Tunney's knowledge of the Fordham provide students in the crowded rooms with Student Association is sketchy, and Fazio bed and mattresses. admits having spoken only to Tony Mon- "I haven't heard too many complaints doro, the financial manager of the deli, about Lalande, but I guess that an answer about the new Agency. According to Fran for that may be that they are [residents] are Conroy, United Student Government vice TIM TUNNEY: resigns student dell post over disagreement with Dean Fazio. freshmen," Becker pointed out. Though president for operations, the primary pur- directors put in about twenty-five hours most Agency. He said Tunney was excluded from Becker has heard few complaints, the pose of the Agency is to combine profits in weeks. Pressed for an explanation of their discussion about the Agency "by circum- students are dissatisfied.' order to supply greater leverage for the vote, Tunney said, "It's not that we weren't stance, not design." "This apartment is too crowded," stated student services which are not as financially working hard enough. It's really that we "The only knowledge I have of Tunney is Steve Rossettie, FC'81, "I just don't like it. profitable as the Deli. didn't think it was fair to pass along the costs the fact that he has resigned," said Fazio. "I When my parents found out, they wanted don't know why—he hasn't seen me." me to get a cut in the boarding price." Tunney objected to the use of deli profits of bigger salaries by increasing prices." Tony Turner, FC'81, who will be sleeping for any purpose other than expansion of deli Tunney was rehired by the three outgoing Fazio released a statement late yesterday on a cot for the next three weeks, is quite services and rollbacks in prices. directors and three USG- people, Fran {continued on page 2\ "There's nothing wrong with concerts," [continued on page 6] said Tunney, "But we're not here to make Waldronn AppraiseAppraisess Frosrroshn money for concerts. We're here to feed as many people as possible at the lowest prices possible." Fazio said he "never considered the deli to Class of '81 Larger, Smarter be a profitable organization, If there were 76-77. "This seems to be a reversal of the 1 any profits, they would go back to the Dean of Admissions Richard Waldron national trend," Waldron said. students." expects this week to register about 800 This year's freshmen come from the same The deli management enjoyed consider- freshmen in Fordham College and between general locale as their predecessors. "The able success in the last two years and has 325-350 freshmen in the College of majority of students come from the greater met a schedule for repayment of over thirty Business Administration. The CBA figure New York area," Waldron stated. "Twenty- thousand dollars in back taxes. In April of represents a significant increase over the 254 five per cent are from out of town, from W8, the final lax payments should be met. freshmen registered last fall, while the FC upstate New York, New England, Pennsyl- The revenues that in the last two years had figure of HOC) freshmen has remained stable vania, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. A to go to the New York State Sales Tax over the past two years. sprinkling of students come from areas Agency will be available to Fordham. If the The Class of 1981 also appears to be outside the Northeast, he added. Fordham Student Agency is created, then better qualified than last year's freshmen. A The Admissions Office is doing everything these profits would be shared in a general total of 59% of this year's FC freshmen it can to attract students from across th<> pool with the Ramskellar (usual money ranked in the top 20% of their graduating country, but the housing situation at loser) and the USG Office of Communica- classes, while 51% of the Class of 1980 Fordham has proven to be a stumbling l!l"is and the Student Pn'nt Shop Under the ranked in the top two-fifths of their classes. block. "With 1300 spaces for housing, out of nirrent system, the deli would be free to use On the SAT's, this year's freshmen scored which we allow 340 freshmen beds, there's the money for its own expenses. The deli six 31 points higher on the verbal section, only so much we can do," Waldron said. He income expected late next spring has while the average math score represents a five / feels that more student housing is needed at NMrked a great deal of interest in their to 22 point "increase over the freshmen of WALDRON: Has good news. Fordham. The Ram Thursday, September 1,1977 Page 2 HaidWnrit Phis Benefits So You Want To Be An RA? t^J\^ M ^ ..... ... ,„•„„, , H off-cammis.off-campus," but that the interviewintervu s by the on the evaluation," he said.
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