Mirror - Vol. 30, No. 04 - September 30, 2004

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X marks the spot: This map (center) has caused mixed emotions among students Chris Donato/Photo illustration/The Mirror
Kylin Wentz/Photos/The Mirror
Maps distributed on-campus raise concerns
BY ASHLEIGH EGAN
Students are accustomed to finding
coupons for local restaurants on their dorm
room floors. This week, however, many
came home to find something different.
Late last week, the Fairfield Student
Guide was distributed to students in the
residence halls and townhouses. The guide,
which was not provided by any student or-ganization,
featured a map and listing of the
names and addresses" of many of the beach
houses, as well as ads from local businesses
offering discounts to students.
Michael Cipollino, Fairfield class
of 2004, produced the map along with a
partner.
"Myself and my partner came up with
the idea for a list of houses for juniors
and seniors at the beach last year," said
Cipollino. "We thought it would be useful
for sophomores to find housing and for
students to get good discounts from local
businesses."
Cipollino said he compiled the list of
houses during his two years of living at the
beach while attending Fairfield. Cipollino
lived at the Exit and the Toolbox as an un-dergraduate
student.
With town/gown relations already a
topic of conversation, President of SBRA
Dave Parrott '05, spoke out against the
map.
SEE "BEACH" P. 4
First FUSA
election for
freshmen
BY MEG MAHONEY
Hutch Williams and Dana DeGennaro
were elected as president and vice-president,
respectively, of the class of 2008 Tuesday
night with definitive victories for both.
Also elected were Logan Carr, who ran
uncontested for Treasurer, and ten Senators:
John Daly, Casey Grier, Marc Hansel, Me
gan McConville Jessica
McLane, Kaity Noone,
Chris Pace, Elizabeth Pfei-ffer,
Eliot Smith and Ben
Welch.
VVSUMS
Both Williams and
DeGennaro, who both
listed Fairfield as their first
choice college, were eager
to begin and Very confident about their roles
as student leaders for the freshman class
and school.
"I am extremely excited and enthused,"
aolthy/iUidiiib. "I "H£eTo~give lfO percent
We can do that when I am at the wheel."
Williams outlined his goals for the class
of 2008 in an interview late Tuesday night
after learning of his landslide victory over
six other candidates.
"I have two goals. The
first one is class unity. I
noticed, when talking to
upperclassmen, that they
don't know everyone in
their class. I want to bring
everyone together through
various activities," he said.
"My second goal is fundrais-ing.
Money makes the world go around.
These will allow us to do things now and
do things later. I want to get a lot of people
there."
SEE "WILLIAMS" P. 6
DEGENNARO
O.A.R.'s agent responds to rejection of FUSA bid
BY MEG MAHONEY
O.A.R. did not ignore Fairfield Univer-sity's
bid to engage them as the November
20 fall concert act as previously reported
by The Mirror, but they did reject it and
somehow FUSA never found out.
O.A.R. management contacted The
Mirror in response to the September 16
article which stated that Fairfield University
and FUSA specifically, had never received
an answer to the bid placed on August 10.
Band manager and president of Ever-fine,
the independent record label that
produces O.A.R.'s records, Dave Roberge,
stated that the band was aware of the bid.
"Management made O.A.R. aware
of the offer," he said. "Management was
presented with the offer from the band's
booking agency, Monterey Peninsula Art-ists
(MPA), was presented with the offer
by Andrew Herrick of Clear Channel Col-lege
Entertainment (CCE) on behalf of the
school."
While the band briefly entertained
FUSA's bid, unfortunately the band decided
they needed to pass on the bid due to previ-ously
scheduled events.
"It would conflict with two New York
City shows already booked for later that
week," said Roberge. "The band draws
a large percentage of fans from Fairfield
County for the New York City shows, so
it was determined that accepting the very
generous school offer would negatively
impact the ticket sales for the shows later
that week."
"The decision was based solely on the
fact that we did not want to negatively im-pact
any of our tour dates that had already
been confirmed," he added.
O.A.R. especially wanted its college
fans to know that they appreciate them
and their support, neither of which was
involved with the decision made to reject
Fairfield's bid.
"The band had nothing but good memo-ries
about their last appearance at the school
and the students that they met while they
were there," said Roberge. "Unfortunately
we are unable to accept every offer that
comes our way for a number of reasons and
therefore end up needing to decline shows
that we want to do but physically cannot."
The band made their decision before
the offer expired on August 20 and passed
their decision on to MPA, who in turn con-
SEE "BREAK" P. 8