Mirror - Vol. 29, No. 26 - April 22, 2004

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April 12, 2004 \ airfield University's Student Newspaper
Construction on campus continues
BY MEG MAHONEY
Just when you thought the construction
was over, think again. Two new projects are
slated to begin within the next few months
along with the current Bellarmine recon-struction
effort already in progress.
The first of the two projects, beginning
in May, is a new boulevard and entrance.
Secondly, the design of a two-story, 15,000
sq. ft. office building and an adjoining park-ing
lot will begin design in the fall, accord-ing
to a Campus Currents article.
The new University Boulevard, de-signed
to give visitors "a sense of arrival
on campus", will be part of the North Ben-son
entrance.
The road will extend straight through
the grassy area in front of Alumni Hall that
previously housed tennis courts and end in
front of the Barone Campus Center.
The new road will also feature a secu-rity
checkpoint, a lit, tree-lined entryway
and a parking lot. The existing rotary will
be removed. The project is scheduled to be
completed in August, according to Campus
Currents.
The second project will begin as the first
winds down. The two-story office building,
that has yet to be designed, will be located on
the hill to the northeast of Bellarmine Hall.
Recently approved by the Board of Trust-ees,
it will house undergraduate and gradu-ate
admissions, financial aid, the university
registrar, the bursar and feature an adjoining
parking lot.
"No plans have been developed yet,
but we do know the building will be
two stories and contain about 15,000 square
feet," said Ric Taylor, director of campus
operations, "The exterior will be carefully
designed so it compliments Bellarmine."
Today, the admissions office, offices of
financial aid and the University registrar are
all housed in separate buildings.
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Carleigh Brower/The Mirror
Keeping the tradition alive: Several Fairfield students partake in this semester's Keg Races at The Point on Saturday morning.
The warm weather provided the perfect backdrop for enjoying a beverage.
Drugs trouble
FU officials
BY ETHAN FRY
After recent arrests of Fairfield. students
on drug dealing charges, administrators
interviewed by The Mirror said they are
concerned about drug abuse on campus,
but said it wasn't a major problem.
"I do not think Fairfield has a drug
problem," said Dean of Students Mark Reed.
"Fairfield, like most other colleges and uni-versities
with a majority of
traditional age college stu-dents,
deals with students
who use.alcohol and or
drugs."
"The recent arrests
by the state police of two
former students are trou-bling,"
Reed said.
Reed also said more
students should report illegal activity.
"What troubles me most about those
recent arrests were that other students, even
if it were only a few, knew that these stu-dents
were involved in illegal activity yet
did nothing about it," he said.
"I understand the reluctance that some
students feel towards becoming involved
or holding other students accountable, but
it speaks to good and responsible citizen-
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Seniors gear up for end of the year festivities
BY MIKE THEILE
What can you buy with $ 163? Eleven
30 packs of beer, 16 large pizzas, 82 house
shots at the Grape—or Senior Week tick-ets.
Fairfield seniors faced a tough deci-sion
when buying Senior Week tickets:
shell out $163 in advance to get one ticket
for each event or buy selective tickets, but
run the risk of getting shut out from popular
events.
"My mom bought the tickets in ad-vance,
so I was happy I didn't have to wait
on that line," said Nicole Schwarz '04.
"She bought tickets to the family dance for
everyone in my family and it should be a
good time."
The theme of Senior Week is "Life is a
Highway," and all the events will be deco-rated
as different cities around the country.
Some of the most anticipated events include
Pub Night, the Mohegan Sun Casino trip,
the Senior Picnic, the Semi-Formal and the
Family Dance.
"Students had the opportunity to
purchase a package in advance for Senior
Week, in order to not get shut out of events
that could be sold out," said Jillian Grant
'05, who is on the Senior Week committee.
"Some tickets were limited like Pub Night
and the Mohegan Sun trip. Students who
didn't buy a package may have gotten ex-cluded
from going to these events."
Tickets went on sale last Wednesday,
and students who didn't buy the package
may have stood on line for over an hour to
purchase tickets. So far students have had
mixed reactions over the prices of some of
the events.
"If I go and don't have a good time, then
I think the prices will be unfair," said Kevin
Spencer '04. "But if I get wasted and I don't
remember anything, it will all be worth it.
I'm most looking forward to Mohegan Sun,
so I can win big and pay back my loans."
"I don't really know what to think about
the price of the tickets because I have noth-ing
to compare them to," said Schwarz.
"But overall I think the prices were all
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