Mirror - Vol. 29, No. 29 - May 13, 2004

              BLOCKBUSTER BLOWOUT
We preview the
summer's best
FUN AT FENWAY
One student's
story
Page 16
BY BILL MCBAIN
Fairfield University's Student Newspaper
A friend of Fairfield: After 25 years of service, Fairfield says goodbye to Father Kelley, pictured here at an
event at the Arena at Harbor Yard last year.
INSIDE
The Mirror pays tribute to Rev. Aloysius P. Kelley, SJ.
Pages 4-5
Students win battle for game room space
BY MIKE THEILE
In the battle for the game
room, the students have come
back to defeat the faculty and
staff's request for the transforma-tion
of the game room into their
new dining room.
"We took some stats to show
the university how important and
beneficial the game room is to stu-dents,"
said Paul Duffy '05, FUSA
president-elect.
"It's like the
student's liv-ing
room and a
place for them
to relax. The
game room is
not going to be
taken away."
But now
the faculty and staff have to find
a new place for their dining room,
FITZPATRICK
since their old one is being turned
into office space for main student
operations. James Fitzpatrick, as-sistant
vice president of student
services, provided the faculty and
staff a temporary spot for meals
in the Oak Room where they re-ceived
free soup and pastries.
"The faculty dining room was
never heavily used," said Fitzpat-
SEE "LEVEE" ON P. 6
Incoming freshman
class larger,
lacks diversity
Admittance into Fairfield University has become much more se-lective
in the past seven years according to a new report. The faculty's
Admission and Scholarship Committee (ASC) released a report to the
faculty on May 4 that outlined the credentials of the Fairfield class of
2008. The report shows how qualifications have generally risen over
the past seven years.
During this time period the total number of applications has in-creased
by 30 percent, with 7,129 applications received this year. In
addition to quantity, the quality of the applicants has risen overall. The
average SAT score has risen for applicants from 1116 for the class of 2001
to 1184 for the class of 2008. Average SAT scores of accepted students
have increased steadily from 1163 for the class of 2001 to 1244 for the
class of 2007, dropping slightly to 1239 for the class of 2008.
SEE "AHANA" ON P. 6
Where have all the
Jesuits gone?
BY CHRISTINA PALLADINO
Yet another Jesuit has left Fairfield University. Prof. Joseph Mac-
Donnell, S.J., a mathematics professor, retired about two weeks ago
and has left to live at the Jesuit retirement home in Massachusetts.
With the steady decline in Jesuits teaching at Fairfield University
and with many older Jesuits ready for retirement, Fairfield faces a
potential problem with the number of Jesuits it has on campus.
Fairfield currently has 37 Jesuits assigned to the Jesuit community
on campus. Of these 37, 10 work full or part-time at the Prep, 13
are retired or work outside of the university and Prep, and 14 work
full or part-time at the university. Of these 14, seven are involved
in administration and seven in teaching, according to Father Charles
Allen, S.J. executive assistant to the president.
'The Jesuits also work at the Prep, on campus, in parishes in the
community, and in other organizations of campus ministry outside of
Fairfield University," said Mary Frances Malone, associate academic
vice president. "There are no requirements to live on campus because
the Jesuits are separate from the university," she added.
Consequently, there are not too many Jesuits to be seen either on
campus or in the classroom.
"Finding qualified Jesuits will be an increasing challenge, because
all of the Jesuits will retire eventually. However, in recent years we
have hired several younger Jesuits at the university," said Dean Timo-thy
Snyder of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Indeed Fairfield has hired three young Jesuits to oversee the im-provement
of the media center on campus. Over the past few years,
Father Mark McGregor S.J., Father Mark Scalese S.J., and Father
Jim Mayzik S.J, have all been hired for their expertise in visual and
performing arts.
As more Jesuits reach the age of retirement and with fewer men
SEE "JESUITS" ON P. 6