Mirror - Vol. 29, No. 10 - November 06, 2003

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BY ELIZABETH BRADY
What senior would not be looking
forward to a booze cruise through the
New York City Harbor to celebrate 200
nights until graduation with the rest of
their classmates?
Perhaps the 700 seniors who were
left without tickets this year.
Tickets sold out last Tuesday, with
over two weeks remaining until the din-ner
dance takes place on Nov. 14.
seniors miss
Tickets sold out over
the boat for 200
two weeks in advance
Night
Seniors both on-campus and off-campus
are outraged at the shortage of
tickets for the annual event.
"I didn't think they would be gone
in two days. My friends all got them
and it's just stupid how only a third of
the class can go, and the majority of it is
girls, because guys don't jump on buy-ing
the tickets," said Matt Colford, one
of the seniors who did not get a ticket.
Many seniors, even including
those with tickets, agree.
"I didn't know that it would be as
popular as it is and I think they should do
something that could potentially outfit
the entire class," said Jack Harder '04.
Some students believe that SBRA
and FUSA should have taken into ac-count
the popularity of the event and
planned accordingly, allowing more
seniors to enjoy the tradition.
"I think that the high level of in-terest
in senior mug night by seniors
should've been an indication to 200
Nights planners that the class of 2004
would also have a high interest in
the 200 Nights event, and should've
planned to allow more than one third
of the class to attend," said one senior
who wished to be kept anonymous.
SEE "TICKET" ON P. 4
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Page 3
CHAPPELLE'S SHOW
Bill McBain/The Mirror
Half Baked: Comedian Dave Chappelle performed a sold-out show in front of 2000 people at Alumni
Hall on Saturday. For a review of the show, please see "Chappelle" on page 10.
Student wins RTM spot; Flatto re-elected
BY ETHAN FRY
ROSE
FLATTO
Popular images of New England town
politics do not exactly incite massive stu-dent
interest at Fairfield University.
Kerry Rose '05 hopes to change that.
Rose, a Democrat who lives in Claver
Hall, won a spot on the town's Representa-tive
Town Meeting in part of a huge victory
for Fairfield Democrats. The RTM is the
town's form of government, with members
elected by the residents of the 10 voting
districts of the town.
Rose will be one of five members
representing the fourth district, in which
the university is located.
"I've always been interested in the
relationship between students and town
. .residents and also town politicians," said
Rose Tuesday night. "I've always been
interested in politics anyway, and I'm just
looking to get my feet wet."
Rose beat out the closest Republican
candidate in the district by only nine votes,
516-507, and will serve on the RTM for a
two-year term.
She described her campaign as infor-mative
and gave credit to Ken Flatto, who
was re-elected in a landslide as the town's
First Selectman.
"I went door to door for three hours
every weekend for the past month," she
said. "There was no negative reception
to what Ken Flatto has done in Fairfield.
People were surprised that I was running,
but I got nothing but support."
SEE "DEMOCRATS'! QN PV.6
Townhouse residents
unable to enter dorms
BY ASHLEIGH EGAN
You're running around
campus in between classes when
you remember that you were
supposed to borrow a book from
your friend in Claver hall. So you
head over to Claver, whip out your
handy StagCard, and swipe it at the
door, hear that old familiar click
and go up to your friends room to
retrieve the book. Many of us may
have taken this simple process for
granted, now that starting this year
townhouse residents do not have
StagCard access to the residence
halls.
In past years townhouse resi-dents
were allowed access to all
residence halls and the apartments
from approximately 7 a.m. until 11
p.m., according to Michael Tor-tora,
coordinator of information
systems for student services.
This summer the Department
of Residence Life and Housing de-cided
via a survey of the residence
access policies, that townhouse
residents were not to receive ac-cess
to the residence halls or apart-ments,
said Tortora.
Tortora added that every year
the administration of the university
reviews and updates its policies,
and that "this change was a result
of that practice, with no particular
incident leading up to it."
Dean of Students Mark Reed
described this inconvenience for
students "fairly insignificant in
the big picture."
Reed also stated that he
doubts that the 30 percent of the
junior class who live in Kostka and
Claver halls would "view the in-ability
to access the residence halls
via their StagCard as a deterrent to
the many other benefits that come
with living in a townhouse."
Townhouse students see this
policy as another unnecessary
hassle.
"I have friends who live in
Claver and it's just a hassle every
time I want to visit them," said
Marisa Caban '05, a townhouse
resident. "I'm a student here and
a junior just like they are and I
think it's stupid that during the
day I can't be allowed into the
dorms."
Reed believes that this new
policy seems to be fairly reason-able
and a safety procedure.
SEE "HOUSING" ON P. 4
Card complications: Townhouse residents lost access to the dorms
and apartments after a survey taken over the summer.