Mirror - Vol. 30, No. 06 - October 14, 2004

              BIG WELCOME
The inaugural week
of Fr. Jeffrey von Arx in pictures
Pages 8-9
The
THE OLD COLLEGE TRY
With a college tour and memoir,
Dylan is still electric
Page 11
CAUGHT OFF GUARD RHC seen in New York while on duty;
RA report forces him to resign
BY MEGAN MAHONEY
Jogues Residence Hall Coordinator
Clark Callaghan was forced to resign last
Tuesday after a resident assistant informed a
higher-ranking staff member that Callaghan
was in violation of residence life staff codes
of conduct.
Callaghan was the primary RHC on
duty last Saturday and required to stay
within 30 miles of campus.
However, Callaghan decided to go to
New York City during the day.
He was spotted by a female
resident assistant, assigned to the
quad, who happened to be on the
same train.
She then reported his breach of
conduct to other staff members.
The report made its way to
Fran Koerting, director of residence
life, who immediately questioned
Callaghan about the incident in question.
"When I was first questioned about
CALLAGHAN
being in the city, I lied," said Cal-laghan.
"There was a series of
meetings with Fran and they were
going to fire me and I asked if I
could resign and they allowed me
to do that."
The series of meetings
included Fran Koerting, Mark
Reed, dean of students, and Gary
Stephenson, director of housing,
according to several residence life staff
members.
Callaghan resigned from the RHC
position rather than be fired and was told to
vacate Jogues Hall by Friday.
Callaghan was appreciative of Koert-ing's
handling of the matter.
"I think she took the time to listen to
my side of the story," he said. "I think she
was in a position where she needed to pro-tect
the integrity of the position and to do
that, she needed to dismiss me."
SEE "RAS" ON P. 4
Four-course system
stalled at drawing board
BY ERIN GRAY
Two years ago, Fairfield's
College of Arts and Sciences fac-ulty
voted to change the normal
five-course per semester student
load to a four-course per semester
model. Yet little has happened
since then, and students should not
start counting on extra hours.
The idea of shifting from
five three-credit courses to four
four-credit courses is certainly not
unique to Fairfield; most compa-rable
schools use such a system,
according to faculty members who
support the shift. But it seems that
finding a working form of this
curricular plan for this university
is exceedingly difficult.
The possible shift in the future
of Fairfield's curriculum may seem
quite attractive for students, but
a drop from five to four courses
per semester could actually mean
more time spent with books rather
than Budweiser.
The motivation behind the
idea of decreasing the amount of
courses necessary for graduation
is not to allow more free time for
students. The idea emphasizes the
need for students to spend more
time on the remaining four courses
and to have a deeper understand-ing
of topics rather than a basic
understanding of a wide range of
topics.
SEE "PROFESSORS" ON P. 6
FLOWERS FOR FISHER
James Scholl/The Mirror
Memorial mass: At a mass Tuesday at the Egan Chapel, flowers were left at
the altar in memory of Mark Fisher, who was killed one year ago. Next week
The Mirror will take a look at where the case lies today.
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Respective schools' security and public, safety departmental Graphic by Joshua O'ConnellH-he Mirror
DiMuzio: class size, freshmen dorms
to blame for drinking increase
BY BURIM GJIDIJA
College has been synonymous with
parties and drinking, but the dilemma lies
in what can be chalked up to "college life"
and what is concerning to one university
official.
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure Report
distributed by the Department of Public
Safety this month documents the rise in
alcohol violations in 2003 from the previ-ous
year.
The report shows a rise in incidents by
34 cases to a total of 651, which reflects a
5.51 percent increase from 2002.
Reasons for the subtle differences vary
and are a result of many factors.
The Wellness and Prevention Center
monitors the trends published in the Clery
Report and offers creative programming as
well as informational and support services
for Fairfield students.
Jeanne DiMuzio, director of wellness
and prevention, proposes a few explana-tions
for the rise in documented alcohol
violations.
"The size of the incoming as well as
existing classes at Fairfield University has
a dramatic effect on the information in the
Clery report," she said.
SEE "OTHER" ON P. 6