Fairfield University - Manor Yearbook (Fairfield, CT)

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The Boss In Who Bruce Springsteen was the undispulcd lioss ol - ' 'ro N of c ... . r continued1-iaitrati sell out crowds in this country .mdi co. Bruce broke millions ol' hearts across the nation by marrying .lulic Ann Phillips from Oregon. thereby shattering the dreams ol' all Jersey Girls. After winning the World Series. Royals pitcher Bret Saberhagen embraces third basemen George Brett after pitching a five-hitter to beat the si. Louis cardinals. sabemagen the 0 Q winner of two Series games, was named as the Most Valuable Player in the series. I ,J Odddf 1 Chicago Bears Quarterback Jim McMahon and kicker Kevin Butler on th 'dl' d ' S B fl XX. .ii esi eines uring uper ow .X .5 fa The Bears beat the New England iv fl,-A . ,L Patriots 46-10. McMahon displays his famous headbands. A Bob Geldof, rock musician. inspired and imple- mented a musical mobilization to aid starving peo- ple in Africa. The single record by British rock stars under the name Band-Aid raised Sll mil- lion. The Live Aid concert performed simulta- neously in London and Philadelphia in July broad- cast world-wide additionally raising S72 million. Geldof won the Nobel Peace Price for his efforts. Inspired by Geldofs endeavors. the United States has initiated its own contributions to Africa and at home with USA for Africa . Farm Aid. Hands Across America. and Fairfields min fund raiser Porch Aid .

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af Riots were an almost daily occurence in South Africa as blacks protested Apartheid. Here, a white man runs from a jeering group of stonethrowing blacks in downtown Johannes- burg as widespread violence continued to brea- kout throughout the country. Fairfield Univer- sity responded to the governments policy on Apartheid by divesting in South Africa. Huge- qc-.j4g.,, - -, ff 5 V' ij ,si A --L ' Zi 'Lf r-us!! sf' q . . - 4, i V 'wx t- -i - . . '-1' 'tmmm-s. A series of devastating earthquakes fumbled through Mexico City in September sending the death toll into the thousands. Few in the metropolitan area of 18 million escaped the effects of the first quake, which registered 8.1 on the Richter scaleg or the second quake, which measured 7.5. A Challenge N01 Mel The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded only 74 seconds after take off at 11:38 a.m. from Cape Canaveral on January 28, 1986. All seven crew members were killed including Christa McAuliffe, a Concord, New Hampshire high school teacher selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administra- tion to be the first citizen observer to ride the space shuttle. The apparent cause for the disaster was a flame from the right-hand solid fuel booster rocket which lead to the eventu- al explosion.

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FERRARO AT FAIRFIELD Geraldine Ferraro, 1984 Vice-Presiden- tial nominee for the Democratic ticket lead by Walter Mondale, spoke out against intolerance of women at Fairfield University in an Oak Room lecture. A three time Representative of the House from Queens, Ms. Ferraro became the first female to ever run on the Presiden- tial ticket. She pointed out to the Oak Room crowd that her running was aimed at promoting women's rights and their equality with men. During her lecture, she criticized the Reagan administration for its stand on Women's rights and im- plored all listeners to carry on the pro- 11:5 1 ff L 6 gress of the feminist movement to further combat intol- 1 erance of women in the United States. Fairfield University students elected Michael Miller to succeed Jim English as the new student body president. English held that post as a senior for the entire academic year and enjoyed what onlookers term a successful presidency. President Miller hopes to improve upon the programming of events by F.U.S.A.