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I1 MIRROR Fire forces Bannow evacuation BY STEVEN M. ANDREWS A fire in the basement of the Bannow North Science Center last Thursday which knocked out the building's power has resulted in classes being relocated for at least a week while the school waits for new equipment to arrive. Just before 6 p.m. a transform-er, located in the recent addition to the science building, suddenly caught fire and set off alarms. No one was injured in the incident, as the fire burned only in the room which contained the transformers. There was also no danger to students who were working in labs while the incident took place, according to Ric Taylor, associate vice president for campus plan-ning and operations. "All of the life-safety sys-tems, such as venting and lighting, are controlled by an emergency generator," said Taylor. "When the power was originally knocked out, the emergency system came up immediately." A reason for the sudden fire has not yet been found, though is it expected to be the result of a product malfunction. "There was nothing wrong with the wiring or electronics put in by the school," said Martha Mil-carek, assistant vice president of public relations. "It appears to be a defect in the transformer itself." Taylor expects to explore the issue of why a transformer, which was less than three years old, caught fire more fully once the building in back at normal operational power. "We don't believe this is a problem with the building," he said. "After we've replaced the transformer, we'll be looking at the old one to try and determine what happened." SEE "CLASSES" ON P. 9 Chris Donato/The Mirror Fire remnants: Burn marks remain on a transformer in the Bannow basement Tuesday after a fire caused the building to be closed last Thursday evening and classes to be relocated for the week. Constitution^ changes move FUSA elections BY RYAN BLAIR As the Fairfield University Student Association (FUSA) puts the finishing touches on a new con-stitution, it has indicated that all winter elections will be postponed from now until mid-late March, according to Brett Ritterbeck, FUSA's vice president of senate. "If this were a normal year, we'd be starting the election process this weekend," Ritterbeck said. "Right now, we're very close to completely overhauling our con-stitution, so we're going to push it back about a month. A move from February to late March is something we've been contemplating in the new constitution, so we're going to go ahead and start that now." The overhaul Ritterbeck is referring to is more formally known as the Constitutional Convention, a series of meetings comprised of student representatives from all lev-els of FUSA. The sole purpose of these meetings has been to rewrite the existing constitution. Many "major" changes to the constitution have been made since then, said FUSA President Paul Duffy. The first meeting was on Nov. 15. "In reviewing the constitution, one of the most important ques-tions we wanted to address was 'Is FUSA still effective?'" said Ritterbeck. "We also wanted to structure the new constitution so that the senate fully realizes the power they possess as representa-tives of the student body." To address these concerns, the latest draft of the constitution has consolidated the entire orga-nization from a five-branch to a three-branch system. SEE "THREE" ON P. 4 Bucking the trend: StagCard accepted off campus BY BILL MCBAIN Have you run out of cash? Not feeling Bar-one tonight? Sick of The Stag? Students craving a change can now use their StagCards at local merchants. Last week The Chef's Table on Post Road held a press conference to formally kick-off the program which allows students and faculty the ability to use their StagBucks off campus at a few businesses. Dean of Students Mark Reed spoke to those gathered and expressed his happiness with the program, and shared his aspirations between Fairfield University and the surrounding com-munity. "I hope that many merchants follow Chef's Table in joining this program," said FUSA Senate Vice President Brett Ritterbeck '05 as he performed the ceremonial first swipe. Chef's Table owner Rich Herzfeld said that this is a great opportunity for his restaurant. "In the past year we have redone the whole shop to make it more aimed towards students," said Herzfeld. SEE "DINING" ON P. 9 Bill McBain/The Mirror Expanding its reach: Chef's Table is among the businesses that now accept StagBucks off campus.
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Title | Mirror - Vol. 30, No. 15 - January 27, 2005 |
Date | January 27 2005 |
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. |
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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 | I1 MIRROR Fire forces Bannow evacuation BY STEVEN M. ANDREWS A fire in the basement of the Bannow North Science Center last Thursday which knocked out the building's power has resulted in classes being relocated for at least a week while the school waits for new equipment to arrive. Just before 6 p.m. a transform-er, located in the recent addition to the science building, suddenly caught fire and set off alarms. No one was injured in the incident, as the fire burned only in the room which contained the transformers. There was also no danger to students who were working in labs while the incident took place, according to Ric Taylor, associate vice president for campus plan-ning and operations. "All of the life-safety sys-tems, such as venting and lighting, are controlled by an emergency generator," said Taylor. "When the power was originally knocked out, the emergency system came up immediately." A reason for the sudden fire has not yet been found, though is it expected to be the result of a product malfunction. "There was nothing wrong with the wiring or electronics put in by the school," said Martha Mil-carek, assistant vice president of public relations. "It appears to be a defect in the transformer itself." Taylor expects to explore the issue of why a transformer, which was less than three years old, caught fire more fully once the building in back at normal operational power. "We don't believe this is a problem with the building," he said. "After we've replaced the transformer, we'll be looking at the old one to try and determine what happened." SEE "CLASSES" ON P. 9 Chris Donato/The Mirror Fire remnants: Burn marks remain on a transformer in the Bannow basement Tuesday after a fire caused the building to be closed last Thursday evening and classes to be relocated for the week. Constitution^ changes move FUSA elections BY RYAN BLAIR As the Fairfield University Student Association (FUSA) puts the finishing touches on a new con-stitution, it has indicated that all winter elections will be postponed from now until mid-late March, according to Brett Ritterbeck, FUSA's vice president of senate. "If this were a normal year, we'd be starting the election process this weekend," Ritterbeck said. "Right now, we're very close to completely overhauling our con-stitution, so we're going to push it back about a month. A move from February to late March is something we've been contemplating in the new constitution, so we're going to go ahead and start that now." The overhaul Ritterbeck is referring to is more formally known as the Constitutional Convention, a series of meetings comprised of student representatives from all lev-els of FUSA. The sole purpose of these meetings has been to rewrite the existing constitution. Many "major" changes to the constitution have been made since then, said FUSA President Paul Duffy. The first meeting was on Nov. 15. "In reviewing the constitution, one of the most important ques-tions we wanted to address was 'Is FUSA still effective?'" said Ritterbeck. "We also wanted to structure the new constitution so that the senate fully realizes the power they possess as representa-tives of the student body." To address these concerns, the latest draft of the constitution has consolidated the entire orga-nization from a five-branch to a three-branch system. SEE "THREE" ON P. 4 Bucking the trend: StagCard accepted off campus BY BILL MCBAIN Have you run out of cash? Not feeling Bar-one tonight? Sick of The Stag? Students craving a change can now use their StagCards at local merchants. Last week The Chef's Table on Post Road held a press conference to formally kick-off the program which allows students and faculty the ability to use their StagBucks off campus at a few businesses. Dean of Students Mark Reed spoke to those gathered and expressed his happiness with the program, and shared his aspirations between Fairfield University and the surrounding com-munity. "I hope that many merchants follow Chef's Table in joining this program," said FUSA Senate Vice President Brett Ritterbeck '05 as he performed the ceremonial first swipe. Chef's Table owner Rich Herzfeld said that this is a great opportunity for his restaurant. "In the past year we have redone the whole shop to make it more aimed towards students," said Herzfeld. SEE "DINING" ON P. 9 Bill McBain/The Mirror Expanding its reach: Chef's Table is among the businesses that now accept StagBucks off campus. |