Mirror - Vol. 29, No. 07 - October 16, 2003

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October 2003 - Vol. Fairfield University's Student Newspap
Fairfield mourns death of sophomore
The final
hours
Here is a timeline
of the places
Mark Fisher
visited the night
of his murder.
Just after 2 a.m.: Fisher
left The Bar Harbour with an
unidentified woman.
4 a.m.: Police told The Daily
News that Fisher called some
friends saying he was going
to a house party in Brooklyn.
Approximately 4:20 a.m.:
Fisher withdrew $20 from an
ATM machine at the Eleven 7
convenience store on Coney
Island Avenue in Brooklyn.
6:41 a.m.: Several gunshots
were heard on Argyle Road
in Brooklyn, where Fisher's
body was found moments
Graphic by Joshua O'Connell/The Mirror
Mark Fisher remembered as a
"genuinely kind person"
BY JESSICA HOLMBERG
His life cut short last
Sunday morning, Mark
Fisher, '06 is mourned
by the Fairfield com-munity
while the New
York Police Department
continues the search for
his murderer.
"Mark restored my
faith that there are good
people on earth when I
doubted there were any left," said
Stephen Dogmanits, '01, former
defensive coordinator of Fairfield's
football team. "Mark was a genu-
FlSHER
inely kind person, and he had a
bright future ahead of him."
Fisher was recruited
by Dogmanits for the
football team and played
as an offensive lineman
until the program was cut
last spring.
"After meeting him
for the first time, it was
enough to know he is
a fine man," said Dog-manits.
"He was liked
not only by the whole coaching
staff, but by all people."
SEE "MARK" ON P. 6
Administration:
Don't spread misinformation
BY STEVEN ANDREWS
As word of Mark Fisher's
tragic death spread across cam-pus,
many students have been left
shocked and puzzled.
While many questions remain
about the events surrounding his
death, the administration urges stu-dents
to remain calm and not spread
any speculation and rumors.
"We all have the natural urge
to want to know more informa-tion
or exactly what happened,"
said Dean of Students Mark
Reed by e-mail. "Unfortunately,
today's media is often focused on
the 'breaking news' without regard
to sensitivity for victims' families
or friends. I urge students to resist
that temptation and be supportive
of Mark's friends."
SEE "MEMORIAL" ON P. 6
EXPANDED COVERAGE
Editorial: Campus in mourning Page 13
Letters: Community reacts to Fisher's death Page 13
Deep Fryed: Entire community affected by loss Page 9
Library catalog knocked offline
BY JAKE PIERSON
Trying to check out the library stock on-line?
Good luck because the online catalog
isn't accessible.
"We were moving the catalog to an-other
server," said Joan Overfield, director
of library services. "A consultant that was
helping us ran into a problem on Wednes-day
morning and the catalog is now inac-cessible."
The consultant, who would not be
identified by the library, made the error
on Wednesday, and the library has been
working around the clock to correct the
problem.
The consultant isn't involved in the
recovery of the catalog.
"We are recovering the data as fast as
we can. We use a particular type of soft-ware
that's run locally on a server here.
It's distributed by Sirsi, and they are as-sisting
us in recovering the catalog," said
Overfield. "We want the catalog to be up
ASAP."
The cost of the error and the subsequent
recovery hasn't been figured out yet.
"The cost hasn't been determined yet,"
said Overfield. "We're using multiple av-enues
to recover the catalog."
Students have not been happy with
having the catalog down.
SEE "LIBRARIAN" ON P. 7
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Library Catalog Temporarily Unavailable
The current DiMenna-Nysellus Library Catalog Is temporarily unavailable. As
an alternative, the following options are available:
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