Mirror - Vol. 29, No. 11 - November 13, 2003

              SHOP TIL YOU DROP
Shopping's not just for the ladies!
Guys get into holiday shopping
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SUCCESSFUL DEVOLUTION1
The final part of the 'Matrix' trilogy
pleases, despite minor disappointments
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November 13, 2003 - Vol. 29, Iss. 11
Security goes undercover to patrol
Fairfield's campus undetected
BY KYLE YASIGIAN
John Puchowicz, a senior in high
school, was driving into campus
last Friday night to visit his older
brother, Matt.
While getting out of his car in
the Claver parking lot, he was con-fronted
by a man who Puchowicz
assumed was an upperclassman here
at Fairfield.
Only this wasn't a student. It was
a Fairfield security officer, dressed as
a student. '
"He asked me if I had any
beer," Puchowicz said, "and then he
showed his badge and asked to see
my ID."
Fairfield's security department
has used undercover officers in order
to discourage underage drinking as well
as overall criminal activity.
"We are very pro-active in our
patrol," said Assistant Director of
Security Frank Ficko. "We do what's EDITORIAL
necessary if we have an area that's giv-ing
us problems." Security goes
Politics professor Donald Green- too far with
berg called Fairfield's undercover undercover
security "an absolute disgrace." patrols
SEE "GREENBERG" ON P. 6 Page 15
A LOT OF FRUSTRATION
Bill McBain/The Mirror
Thou shalt not park here: Although a new parking lot was created near Dolan, and many of the spaces are generally empty, students are
not allowed to park there. For more information, see "University's lot" on page 2.
A closer look: FUSA!s unique handling of govTt, budget
BY ZACK FINLEY
FUSA, on the outside, may seem like any
other college or university student government
association. They put on programs, make de-cisions
for the better of the student body and
offer students the chance to become involved
in structured government while in college.
But FUSA President Kevin Neubauer '05
is proud that FUSA runs itself under a different
tune than other area universities that he keeps
in touch with via e-mail and at conferences.
FUSA will take close to $400 dollars of
your money before you graduate to fund the
body's operations. The operation of FUSA is
what makes it unique from other schools: all the
different divisions operate under one roof.
The close to $100 per year is similar at
other colleges, according to Bobbi Sue Gib-bons,
Marist College's student government
president. At Marist, the student government
is funded by the same means as Fairfield:
taking a section of students' student fee and
multiplying it by the number of students.
But what is different about Fairfield and
Marist is that Gibbons oversees everything
in the government, including Senate and the
school's programming: Neubauer does not
oversee Senate. Geoff Cook '05, VP of Senate
has that responsibility. VP of Programming Jil-lian
Grant '05 takes care of the programming.
SEE "RESULTS" ON P. 4
Preferred
registration
angers some
students
BY LINDSAY SAMPSON
Like sleeping until noon on
the weekdays? Want Fridays off
from class after a hard night of
partying? Enjoy having teachers
who think tests and papers are a
waste of time?
At Fairfield, don't expect to
enjoy a schedule like this one,
unless you are
DEEP FRYED
Registration
frustration
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a Presidential
Scholar. Or a
Fellow Scholar.
Or a Commu-nity
Scholar. Or
a varsity athlete.
Or a nursing ma-jor.
Or an RA. Or a member of
the debate team.
Yes, there is a pecking order at
Fairfield, a group of elite students
that get to avoid long lines and
register before the rank and file
average students.
"I don't understand how, as
a senior, I still can't take all of
the classes that I need and want,"
said Jill Farinon '04, a marketing
major.
"I think it's ridiculous
that some students get to go
before others," Farinon added.
"We all pay the same amount
to go to Fairfield. Why should
an athlete with a horrible GPA
get to go before a Dean's List
student?"
Ursula Hurley '04 agreed.
SEE "UNIVERSITY" ON P. 6