Mirror - Vol. 28, No. 21 - March 20, 2003

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Former Fairfield student missing since January
BY JESSICA HOLMBERG
Matthew Mullaney, a former Fair-field
University student studying
abroad in Florence, Italy, has been miss-ing
for seven weeks, according to tele-vision
reports.
Italian police and investigators
continue to look for the 21 year-old, but
Mullaney is nowhere to be found, and
family and friends in the United States
expressed concern over his disappear-ance.
According to his father, Michael
Mullaney, Matthew was taking a leave
of absence from the university and trav-eled
to Italy to study art. Upon notifi-cation
of his son's disappearance, the
father immediately traveled to Italy in
search of his son.
"I went to Italy and posted posters
outside of the school so we can find
him," Mullaney's father said. "They are
all aware of him missing."
Mullaney studied at the Angel
Academy of Art in Florence since Jan.
5, according to his father.
Matthew's parents received an e-mail
from him on the afternoon of his
disappearance.
"He simply said how much he was
enjoying his stay in Florence, even
though he was studying very hard. He
had decided to take some time off on
that Friday night since he was spend-ing
all his evenings studying at home
and going to bed at 10 p.m.," said
Mullaney's father. "There weren't any
hints to any possible problems."
Upon the father's arrival in Flo-rence,
Matthew's passport and belong-ings
were found unaltered in his Italian
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MULLANEY
From RAI TRE
Weather forces construction ofnew tennis courts
BY STEPHANIE COX
Heavy snow and frigid temperatures
have cracked the tennis courts near Alumni
Hall, affecting playability and requiring the
university to construct new courts, accord-ing
to university officials.
This year's harsh winter and snowfall
has caused more damage than in year's past.
"At least two courts may not be playable
without significant work," said Richard Tay-lor,
associate vice president of Campus Op-erations.
Men's and women's tennis head coach
Jeff Wyshner said the winter's harsh condi-tions
took its toll on the already aging courts.
"The courts had a tough winter with the
amounts of water that sat on them and the
freezing and thawing that went on repeat-edly.
But, they are playable," said Wyshner.
'There's really only one court that the cracks
are really in play. They're better than a lot
of courts we see at other schools."
The existing courts were built in 1979
and resurfaced in the late 1980s. "Each year,
the courts would receive a 'tune-up' before
the season started," said Taylor.
Construction began this past week at
the area west of the Walsh Athletic Center,
home of the new tennis courts. "The tennis
team and recreational tennis were both con-sidered
in this plan," said Athletic Director
Eugene Doris. "There were also zoning is-sues
and campus appearance taken into con-sideration
so that a proper site was located."
Tennis team members are reacting posi-tively
to the new courts. "After hearing what
bad shape the courts were in," said Erin
Reeves, '04, co-captain of the women's
team, "it will definitely be nice to have the
brand new courts."
Colin Torrance, '04, also agreed. "I'm
extremely excited and hope that they will
Amy Womack/The Mirror
All cracked up: The harsh winter devastated the old tennis courts.
citement for the new facilities, yet the new
location caused mixed reactions. Some
members expressed their concern for lack
help our team become more successful. I
think they will also help inspire current play-ers,
knowing that the athletic department is
investing in our program."
Tennis team members share their ex- SEE "TENNIS" ON P. 4
Iraq on minds
of students, faculty
BY CHRIS ZEITZ & ETHAN FRY
With a stark ultimatum from President
Bush expiring Wednesday evening and no
sign of abdication from Baghdad, all indi-cations
are that war is unavoidable between
the "coalition of the willing" and Iraq.
The war, remarkable for its pre-emptive
justification, has stirred emotional reactions
across the world, including the campus of
Fairfield University.
Professors sign anti-war petition
In just one day, an
online petition for fac-ulty
and staff members
attracted 80 signatures.
The petition quotes a
statement from the Je-suit
order that states,
"The doctrine of pre-emptive
war is neither
in accordance with UN
doctrine and law, nor
morally defensible."
Prominent faculty
members, including
former recipients of the
"Teacher of the Year"
award, have signed the petition. Dr. Joy
Gordon, a vocal critic of UN resolutions for
the harm they cause to innocent Iraqis, was
vital to the establishment of the petition, ac-cording
to one professor.
"As a Jesuit university, it is important
for Fairfield to address [a pre-emptive war
against Iraq] as one of the most pressing
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IRA
PETITION
Faculty protest
impending Iraq war
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Students shocked at termination of Dr. Marice Rose
BY LAURA WALSH
Katie Demkiw-Orman, '04,
considers Dr. Marice Rose of the
art history department to be one of
her favorite professors at Fairfield
University.
"She's undoubtedly one of the
best teachers I've had at Fairfield,"
said Demkiw-Orman. "She's in-fluenced
many students to want to other professors, was part of a
become art history majors." group of faculty that were hired in
Due to a one-year
contract that has not
been renewed because
of financial reasons,
however, Rose will not
be returning back to
Fairfield next year.
LETTER
Students feel Rose
is a 'great mentor'
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response to "the large
class of juniors," said
Academic Vice Presi-dent
Orin Grossman. A
number of professors
were therefore hired
with the understanding that their
Rose, along with a number of contract would be for one year
only without the expectation of
renewal.
Rose, however, has been here
for several years and many stu-dents
were shocked to hear that she
would not be coming back next
year, especially because Rose is a
recent alumna of Fairfield.
"It's just sad that she's an
alumna and she's getting booted,"
said Demkiw-Orman. "This will
definitely affect the art history de-partment."
Jen Tumsuden, '04, an art his-tory
major, agreed.
"Even for people who aren't
art history majors, she [Rose] finds
a way to make it interesting," said
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