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WELCOMING WEEZER : KEEPING IN TUNE
A look at the great ones' * We compare 3 of the biggest
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Page 9 Pages 10-11
The
Hate crimes see sharp increase in 2003
BY TANYA BENEDICTO
Escence McCoy '06 was driving home
from work last October when a crowd
blocked the road in front of Campion. All
but one man intentionally stood there. After
a minute of honking her horn and flashing
her high beams, he stepped aside.
She parked her car and walked back
to her dorm. The same crowd drove past
her. "The guy in my way yelled out of the
window: 'Get out of the way you n*****!'
and sped off," said McCoy.
According to crime statistics from
2002, there were zero reports of hate crimes
on campus that year. However, three such
incidents were reported in 2003.
"Hurling racial slurs is a horrible act
of cruelty," said Rev.- Charles Allen S.J.,
executive assistant to the president. "Sadly,
the punishment is ever rarely able to fit the
crime."
The formal definition of hate crimes
often includes language such as "bodily
injury." While African-American stu-dents
do not experience "bodily injury"
when they are called a racial slur, they
can remain traumatically scarred by the
harassment.
Last May, James Keene '06, Christo-pher
Merritt '06 and Kentebe Ogbolu '06
were walking back to campus from town
with weekend guests. Four passengers in
a Jeep drove by twice screaming "Keep
walking n***** "
They ignored the comments and quick-ened
their pace to the townhouse gates.
"We climbed over the closed gates
so security came," said Keene. Security
advised them to stand by the gate to see if
they would pass by. The car drove past them
again screaming a racial slur.
SEE "PUNISHMENT" ON P. 6
Contributed photo
Lights of rememberance: A person lights a candle to remember the victims of the Madrid train bombings inside one train station Sunday.
Students abroad affected by Spain bombings
BY ASHLEIGH EGAN
"It's almost like 9/11 followed me here,"
said Isabel Depina '05 about the March 11
bombings in Madrid, Spain. Depina is cur-rently
studying in Seville, Spain, only a few
hundred miles from the attacks.
The attacks, which took place at the
height of the morning rush hour, killed 190
people and injured around 1,400 people.
Three separate trains were hit by near-simul-taneous
attacks around 8 a.m. in Santa Euge-nia,
El Pozo, and the worst explosions were
in Atocha, according to CNN.com.
This semester Fairfield hai fourteen stu-dents
studying in Spain; three are in Madrid,
eight in Seville, and one each in Alicante,
Salamanca and Granada, according to Susan
Fitzgerald, director of international education.
SEE "SPAIN" ON P. 4
Fairfield's
finances
reviewed
by report
BY ETHAN FRY
An independent economist
presented a report to profes-sors
Wednesday night evaluat-ing
Fairfield's financial well-being.
The 34
page report by
Dr. Rudy Fich-tenbaum
was
obtained by The
Mirror prior to
the presentation,
which occurred
after press time.
In it, Fich-tenbaum
notes "the financial con-dition
of Fairfield University has
deteriorated slightly over the period
1999-2003," but still concludes
"Although the financial condition
of the University has declined mod-erately
... Fairfield University is in
good financial condition."
Vice President of Finance
William Lucas took issue with
parts of the report.
"My disagreement is in his
conclusion that 'the financial
condition of Fairfield University
has slightly deteriorated over the
period 1999-2003'," Lucas said.
SEE "FINANCE" ON P. 7
EDITORIAL
Student
input vital
in financial
issues
Page 15
INSIDE: FAIRFIELD MOURNS PAST PRESIDENT - SEE PAGE 6
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| Title | Mirror - Vol. 29, No. 22 - March 25, 2004 |
| Date | March 25 2004 |
| Description | The Mirror (sometimes called the Fairfield Mirror) is the official student newspaper of Fairfield University, and is published weekly during the academic year (September - May). It runs from 1977 - the present; current issues are available online. |
| Notes | A timeline for Fairfield University student newspapers is as follows: The Tentative, Nov. 7, 1947 - Dec. 19, 1947; The Fulcrum, Jan. 9, 1948 - May 20, 1949; The Stag, Sept. 23, 1949 - May 6, 1970; The University Voice, Oct. 1, 1970 - May 11, 1977; The Fairfield Free Press & Review, Sept. 10, 1970 - Apr. 24, 1975; The Fairfield Mirror, Sept. 22, 1977 - present. |
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| Place of Publication | Fairfield, Conn. |
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| Copyright Information | Fairfield University reserves all rights to this resource which is provided here for educational and/or non-commercial purposes only. |
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| SearchData | WELCOMING WEEZER : KEEPING IN TUNE A look at the great ones' * We compare 3 of the biggest new CD and DVD legal download options Page 9 Pages 10-11 The Hate crimes see sharp increase in 2003 BY TANYA BENEDICTO Escence McCoy '06 was driving home from work last October when a crowd blocked the road in front of Campion. All but one man intentionally stood there. After a minute of honking her horn and flashing her high beams, he stepped aside. She parked her car and walked back to her dorm. The same crowd drove past her. "The guy in my way yelled out of the window: 'Get out of the way you n*****!' and sped off," said McCoy. According to crime statistics from 2002, there were zero reports of hate crimes on campus that year. However, three such incidents were reported in 2003. "Hurling racial slurs is a horrible act of cruelty," said Rev.- Charles Allen S.J., executive assistant to the president. "Sadly, the punishment is ever rarely able to fit the crime." The formal definition of hate crimes often includes language such as "bodily injury." While African-American stu-dents do not experience "bodily injury" when they are called a racial slur, they can remain traumatically scarred by the harassment. Last May, James Keene '06, Christo-pher Merritt '06 and Kentebe Ogbolu '06 were walking back to campus from town with weekend guests. Four passengers in a Jeep drove by twice screaming "Keep walking n***** " They ignored the comments and quick-ened their pace to the townhouse gates. "We climbed over the closed gates so security came," said Keene. Security advised them to stand by the gate to see if they would pass by. The car drove past them again screaming a racial slur. SEE "PUNISHMENT" ON P. 6 Contributed photo Lights of rememberance: A person lights a candle to remember the victims of the Madrid train bombings inside one train station Sunday. Students abroad affected by Spain bombings BY ASHLEIGH EGAN "It's almost like 9/11 followed me here," said Isabel Depina '05 about the March 11 bombings in Madrid, Spain. Depina is cur-rently studying in Seville, Spain, only a few hundred miles from the attacks. The attacks, which took place at the height of the morning rush hour, killed 190 people and injured around 1,400 people. Three separate trains were hit by near-simul-taneous attacks around 8 a.m. in Santa Euge-nia, El Pozo, and the worst explosions were in Atocha, according to CNN.com. This semester Fairfield hai fourteen stu-dents studying in Spain; three are in Madrid, eight in Seville, and one each in Alicante, Salamanca and Granada, according to Susan Fitzgerald, director of international education. SEE "SPAIN" ON P. 4 Fairfield's finances reviewed by report BY ETHAN FRY An independent economist presented a report to profes-sors Wednesday night evaluat-ing Fairfield's financial well-being. The 34 page report by Dr. Rudy Fich-tenbaum was obtained by The Mirror prior to the presentation, which occurred after press time. In it, Fich-tenbaum notes "the financial con-dition of Fairfield University has deteriorated slightly over the period 1999-2003," but still concludes "Although the financial condition of the University has declined mod-erately ... Fairfield University is in good financial condition." Vice President of Finance William Lucas took issue with parts of the report. "My disagreement is in his conclusion that 'the financial condition of Fairfield University has slightly deteriorated over the period 1999-2003'," Lucas said. SEE "FINANCE" ON P. 7 EDITORIAL Student input vital in financial issues Page 15 INSIDE: FAIRFIELD MOURNS PAST PRESIDENT - SEE PAGE 6 |