Mirror - Vol. 29, No. 17 - February 12, 2004

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ruarv 12, 2004 Fairfield University's Student Newst
Meredith Clinton/The Mirror
Passing glance: Posters advertising a reward for information leading to the arrest of Mark Fisher's killer, or killers, have been posted in
prominent places around campus, such as the one seen above near the entrance to the Barone Campus Center cafeteria. Below, the top of
the poster advertising the reward.
More questions than answers in Fisher case
BY KEITH WHAMOND
The story of Mark Fisher '06
has become one of frustration: the
frustration of a mourning family,
of detectives and of one Fairfield
student who is trying to defend
her name.
Four months after his murder
in New York City, the investigation
into the death of Fisher has gone
completely cold, with both family
members and investigators plead-ing
for anyone with information to
talk to police.
Meanwhile, Angel DiPietro
'06, one of the last people to see
Fisher alive, has been named in a
newspaper story as one of four
people who are "not cooperating
fully" with police.
"My whole family is refuting
that report," DiPietro told The Mir-ror.
"I have been questioned twice
and told [police] my whole story. I
told them everything I know, and
they dismissed me."
The report, which was fea-tured
in the Feb. 5 issue of New
YorkNewsday, also named a friend
of DiPietro, Al Geary, as one of
the uncooperative members of the
investigation.
Michael Fisher, the father of
Mark, expressed his aggravation
with the investigation.
SEE "MARK" ON P. 6
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Rising juniors
denied beach
housing
BY TARA LYNCH
Sophomores are angered that
they will not be allowed to live
off campus during the 2004-2005
school year, after a Department of
Residence Life and Housing Policy
kept them from being granted a re-lease
from their housing contract.
According to Director of
Housing Gary Stephenson and
Dean of Students Mark Reed, the
department's policy is to grant 400
students off-campus status, while
other students will be provided a
bed on campus.
"There was no decision made
to allow one group off campus
and deny other," said Stephenson.
"Back at the informational meeting
in October, I stated that we would
be allowing approximately 400
students at the beach for the fall of
2004. I disclosed that there were
120 off campus now that would
be included in the count, allowing
around 280 to be released through
the lottery process."
"As the applications came in
we began to see that the release
commitment to the 400 [students]
would end somewhere in the class
of 2005," said Stephenson.
However, some students are
angered with the process, claiming
that in the past the Department of
Housing hasn't conformed to al-lowing
only a specific number of
students off campus.
"When they posted the lot-tery
numbers and I read that we
wouldn't be allowed to live off
campus I was just shocked," said
Amy Rose '06, who was planning
to live on College Place with four
other women next year.
SEE "STEPHENSON" ON P. 6
FUSA candidates begin campaigns
BY RYAN BLAIR
Voters are faced with a unique choice
this year, as an incumbent FUSA president
at Fairfield University tries to protect his
position from four other contenders. The
candidates' ad campaigns started not while
voters were out and about but rather in the
dark of night.
At 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, campaign
volunteers flooded the halls of dorms, aca-demic
buildings and the campus center dis-tributing
8 1/2" x 11 "campaign paraphernalia
to voters by the ream. The most tenacious
volunteers scoured every structure on campus
for space to post their material.
If there was one mantra that volunteers
took to heart that evening it was surely "Every
vote counts." With a stack of blue flyers in
hand, Catherine Alessi '07 yelled "Duff's the
stuff!" to unsuspecting students as she passed
them on their way to grab a midnight snack
from the vending machine on Campion 1.
Neubauer supporters appeared well
organized, covering almost every available
bulletin board with the candidate's signature
lime-green fliers by 1 a.m. Duffy supporters
were out in full force as well, searching for
the best locations on campus.
Though relatively inconsequential be-
ARRIGO BUTTERLY DUFFY MANCHAK NEUBAUER
cause of the still early hour of the campaign,
the remaining three candidates were not to
be seen that night. There are a few explana-tions
for this. Arrigo, for one, does not agree
with the ad campaigning that has become
normal over in past years. "A[n] [election
sign] in your face when you sit down on the
toilet is just a little too much. I'm not going
to be posting that much - maybe one here
and there," the candidate opined.
EXPANDED COVERAGE: Candidate profiles - p.4