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CRIME DOWN Overall stats show a decrease;
alcohol violations tick up 6%
BY BURIM GjIDIJA
It looks like Fairfield has be-come
a safer place; at least accord-ing
to new reports published by
The Department of Public Safety
late last week.
In conformity with Connecti-cut
General Statute, Fairfield
University has released its annual
Jeanne Clery Disclosure Report,
which statistically summarizes
trends in crime on campus over
the last three years.
The report covers seven ma-jor
types of crimes, as well as
other categories, including larceny,
which Public Safety incorporates
to paint a clearer picture of mis-conduct
on campus.
The seven major categories
consist of criminal homicide,
sexual offenses (forcible and non-forcible),
robbery, aggravated as-sault,
burglary, and motor vehicle
theft. .
Also open to all members of
the Fairfield community is a com-prehensive
public log of crimes
committed on campus, which is
available for viewing Monday
through Friday during normal
business hours in The Public
Safety Office.
Public Safety also gathers
information from other sources
on campus, including the director
of judicial affairs, residence life
and housing, and various other
departments responsible for re-porting
incidences that have been
acknowledged.
Information is also gathered
from offcampus resources, includ-ing
the Fairfield Police Depart-ment.
This information is crucial
for violations that are reported
directly to F.P.D. rather than to
MIRROR SNAPSHOT
POLICY VIOLATIONS
Referrals —
The 2003 crime report was released last week,
stating how many crimes were commited last year.
Here's how they compared with totals over the past five years.
Alcohol Violations
2003:651
2002:817
2001; 778
2000; 718
1890; 383
use
2003:87
2002:126
2001; 107
2000:87
1999:32
Weapons Possession
2003:4
^2002:4
2001:0
2000:3
1999:2
Incidents
al Offenses
2003:3
2002:4
2001;8
2000;1
1999:0
y-Theft
2003: 76
2002:98
2001; 73
2000;114
1999; 114
rjyated Assault
2003:0
2002; 1
2001;0
2000:2
1999 2
ry
2003:19
2002:36
1:18
2000; 47
1999: 33
Car Theft
2003: 0
2002; 0
2001:1
2000;0
1999:3
campus officials.
Frank Ficko, associ-ate
director of the depart-ment
of Public Safety,
understands that there
seems to be a decrease
in overall crime rates,
but insists that this dis-crepancy
remains fairly
consistent throughout the three
years reported.
"We try to be proactive rather
than reactive in our involvement
on campus. We constantly have
officers patrolling campus in a
variety of manners and do not feel
that ensuring public safety relies
on simply responding to phone
calls," said Ficko. "We stress vis-ibility
and a security presence on
campus."
CRIME BEAT
This week's
campus
violations
Page 6
Ficko also empha-sized
the importance of
residents locking their
doors, even if leaving
their room for a few mo-ments.
"Many of the crimes
we have witnessed have
been property crimes, or
crimes of opportunity. If students
would take simple precautions
like locking their doors, it would
do wonders for future statistics,"
he said. "You wouldn't leave your
house door open when you leave,
so the same should apply to your
room."
Many students felt that the
crime report is a great tool to
understand the often-unseen work-ings
of the public safety system,
;o>iif;<«i !.<« uiuy Department; fairfield edu
StkiieWC S»V .ki-iHim O C<.*»>i*fl/iti.? Mirror
and feel comforted by the new
statistics.
Antonia Randazzo '08 feels
a sense of relief after reading the
-new reports.
"When I look at the statistics,
it makes me feel a lot safer," she
said. "There is much less crime
on campus than I had originally
thought, especially when compar-ing
our reports to those of other
schools in the city where the crime
rate seems much higher."
Anyone who has not received
a report is urged to contact the de-partment
of Public Safety to obtain
one, or to view the full Clery report
online by accessing the Campus
Security link, listed under the
Student Services link on Fairfield
University's Web site.
Fall block
party calls
poker theme
BY MEG MAHONEY &
CHRISSIE MAYR
Aces and deuces wild. Five
card draw. Free to get in. The an-nual
fall block party sponsored
by RAZOR and UNITE held
in the townhouses will have a.
western Texas Hold 'Em theme
this year.
TUTORIAL
Learn how
to play Texas
Hold 'Em
Page 20
"RAZOR
and UNITE
came up with
the theme
due to the in-creased
popu-larity
of Texas
Hold 'Em on
campus," said
Melissa No-wicki'
05, head of UNITE.
The block party will be held
from 12 to 5 p.m. on October 16
in the quad area between the 2,3,
4, 5, 6 townhouse blocks and is
open to all juniors and seniors.
SBRA is working on sup-plying
a shuttle will be run-ning
from the beach to campus
throughout the event for off-campus
students.
The planning for this event
SEE "POKER" ON P. 6
Apartment residents continue to battle locked window regulations
Mirror file photo
BY CAITLIN CALLAGHAN
You are in your living room, watch-ing
television, and you see smoke billow-ing
out from under your; apartment door.
The door is hot to the touch. You race to
the window to escape. Oh wait- the win-dows
are locked, and you are trapped!
This scene has run through the minds
of many apartment residents, now that
the windows are locked for the second
consecutive year to keep humidity low
and fight against mold.
Mold became a problem in the apart-ments
during the summer of 2003, when
28 apartment residents had to be evacu-ated.
EnviroMed, an outside company,
was hired to rid the apartments of mold.
The apartments were cleaned and re-opened
the fall of 2003, but the windows
remained locked to keep humidity low.
Joseph Bouchard, Fairfield Univer-sity's
fire marshall, understands students'
concerns, but stresses that having the
windows locked does not jeopardize
students' safety because the apartments
have a sprinkler system and a full detec-tion
unit.
"I feel that having the windows
locked is just as safe as having them
open," said Bouchard. "But I also un-derstand
that residents would like .10 be
able to open their windows to get fresh
air at times." /
SEE "LOCKS" ON P. 4
Object Description
| Title | Mirror - Vol. 30, No. 05 - October 07, 2004 |
| Date | October 07 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. |
| Type of Document | Newspaper |
| Original Format | Newsprint; color; ill.; 11.5 x 17 in. |
| Digital Specifications | These images exist as archived TIFFs, JPEGs and one or more PDF versions for general use. Digitized by Creekside Digital through the LYRASIS group. |
| Publisher | Fairfield University |
| Place of Publication | Fairfield, Conn. |
| Source | Fairfield University Archives and Special Collections |
| 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 | More new entertainment options than you can shake a CD-R at! See our CD and DVD previews for the best (and worst) new releases. Pages 9-10 « * CRIME DOWN Overall stats show a decrease; alcohol violations tick up 6% BY BURIM GjIDIJA It looks like Fairfield has be-come a safer place; at least accord-ing to new reports published by The Department of Public Safety late last week. In conformity with Connecti-cut General Statute, Fairfield University has released its annual Jeanne Clery Disclosure Report, which statistically summarizes trends in crime on campus over the last three years. The report covers seven ma-jor types of crimes, as well as other categories, including larceny, which Public Safety incorporates to paint a clearer picture of mis-conduct on campus. The seven major categories consist of criminal homicide, sexual offenses (forcible and non-forcible), robbery, aggravated as-sault, burglary, and motor vehicle theft. . Also open to all members of the Fairfield community is a com-prehensive public log of crimes committed on campus, which is available for viewing Monday through Friday during normal business hours in The Public Safety Office. Public Safety also gathers information from other sources on campus, including the director of judicial affairs, residence life and housing, and various other departments responsible for re-porting incidences that have been acknowledged. Information is also gathered from offcampus resources, includ-ing the Fairfield Police Depart-ment. This information is crucial for violations that are reported directly to F.P.D. rather than to MIRROR SNAPSHOT POLICY VIOLATIONS Referrals — The 2003 crime report was released last week, stating how many crimes were commited last year. Here's how they compared with totals over the past five years. Alcohol Violations 2003:651 2002:817 2001; 778 2000; 718 1890; 383 use 2003:87 2002:126 2001; 107 2000:87 1999:32 Weapons Possession 2003:4 ^2002:4 2001:0 2000:3 1999:2 Incidents al Offenses 2003:3 2002:4 2001;8 2000;1 1999:0 y-Theft 2003: 76 2002:98 2001; 73 2000;114 1999; 114 rjyated Assault 2003:0 2002; 1 2001;0 2000:2 1999 2 ry 2003:19 2002:36 1:18 2000; 47 1999: 33 Car Theft 2003: 0 2002; 0 2001:1 2000;0 1999:3 campus officials. Frank Ficko, associ-ate director of the depart-ment of Public Safety, understands that there seems to be a decrease in overall crime rates, but insists that this dis-crepancy remains fairly consistent throughout the three years reported. "We try to be proactive rather than reactive in our involvement on campus. We constantly have officers patrolling campus in a variety of manners and do not feel that ensuring public safety relies on simply responding to phone calls," said Ficko. "We stress vis-ibility and a security presence on campus." CRIME BEAT This week's campus violations Page 6 Ficko also empha-sized the importance of residents locking their doors, even if leaving their room for a few mo-ments. "Many of the crimes we have witnessed have been property crimes, or crimes of opportunity. If students would take simple precautions like locking their doors, it would do wonders for future statistics," he said. "You wouldn't leave your house door open when you leave, so the same should apply to your room." Many students felt that the crime report is a great tool to understand the often-unseen work-ings of the public safety system, ;o>iif;<«i !.<« uiuy Department; fairfield edu StkiieWC S»V .ki-iHim O C<.*»>i*fl/iti.? Mirror and feel comforted by the new statistics. Antonia Randazzo '08 feels a sense of relief after reading the -new reports. "When I look at the statistics, it makes me feel a lot safer," she said. "There is much less crime on campus than I had originally thought, especially when compar-ing our reports to those of other schools in the city where the crime rate seems much higher." Anyone who has not received a report is urged to contact the de-partment of Public Safety to obtain one, or to view the full Clery report online by accessing the Campus Security link, listed under the Student Services link on Fairfield University's Web site. Fall block party calls poker theme BY MEG MAHONEY & CHRISSIE MAYR Aces and deuces wild. Five card draw. Free to get in. The an-nual fall block party sponsored by RAZOR and UNITE held in the townhouses will have a. western Texas Hold 'Em theme this year. TUTORIAL Learn how to play Texas Hold 'Em Page 20 "RAZOR and UNITE came up with the theme due to the in-creased popu-larity of Texas Hold 'Em on campus," said Melissa No-wicki' 05, head of UNITE. The block party will be held from 12 to 5 p.m. on October 16 in the quad area between the 2,3, 4, 5, 6 townhouse blocks and is open to all juniors and seniors. SBRA is working on sup-plying a shuttle will be run-ning from the beach to campus throughout the event for off-campus students. The planning for this event SEE "POKER" ON P. 6 Apartment residents continue to battle locked window regulations Mirror file photo BY CAITLIN CALLAGHAN You are in your living room, watch-ing television, and you see smoke billow-ing out from under your; apartment door. The door is hot to the touch. You race to the window to escape. Oh wait- the win-dows are locked, and you are trapped! This scene has run through the minds of many apartment residents, now that the windows are locked for the second consecutive year to keep humidity low and fight against mold. Mold became a problem in the apart-ments during the summer of 2003, when 28 apartment residents had to be evacu-ated. EnviroMed, an outside company, was hired to rid the apartments of mold. The apartments were cleaned and re-opened the fall of 2003, but the windows remained locked to keep humidity low. Joseph Bouchard, Fairfield Univer-sity's fire marshall, understands students' concerns, but stresses that having the windows locked does not jeopardize students' safety because the apartments have a sprinkler system and a full detec-tion unit. "I feel that having the windows locked is just as safe as having them open," said Bouchard. "But I also un-derstand that residents would like .10 be able to open their windows to get fresh air at times." / SEE "LOCKS" ON P. 4 |