Mirror - Vol. 31, No. 16 - February 02, 2006

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Civil liberty breach at the beach?
Injunction made permanent; Fairfield police granted unfettered access to the Point
BY KELLY SHEEHAN
On Friday, the temporary
court injunction that prohib-its
more than 250 college stu-dents
from gathering at Fairfield
Beach's Lantern Point was made
permanent.
Since 2001, the town of
Fairfield has been enforcing a
temporary injunction after nine
year-round Fairfield beach resi-dents
brought a case against the
Lantern Point Association.
The conflict was over large
beach gatherings, the most widely
recognized being "Clam Jam,"
a spring party organized on and
around the Point's deck. It at-tracted
approximately 5,000 par-tygoers
with 270 kegs of beer at
the height of its popularity.
While year-round residents
are now happier, many cur-rent
Fairfield students say they
feel cheated and discriminated
against.
"Obviously I'm upset," said
beach resident Carla Pasquale '06.
"Senior year at the beach was one
of the reasons I came to Fairfield
in the first place, and it seems like
every senior class had all these
crazy parties, and it just stopped
with our class."
"I still wonder why peo-ple
who don't like college kids
would ever move to the Fairfield
beach area, though it looks like
they're trying to weed us out,"
she added. -
Now, Fairfield police will
have full access to Lantern Point
grounds during the academic year.
Police normally do not have ac-cess
to private property, but the
landlords of the houses located at
SEE "V.P. REED" ON P. 10
On Roe v. Wade anniversary,
FU students march on Washington
Elyse Raby/the Mirror
33 years later... On Jan. 22, ten Fairfield students and two Jesuits participated in the March for Life in
Washington, D.C. The event is meant to protest the Supreme Court's legalization of abortion 33 years ago
with the Roe v. Wade ruling. Above, Fr. Terry Devino and Fairfield students participate in the march.
accompanied by Fr. Terry Devino of Campus Min-
BY KATE MCGANN
Exactly 33 years after the Supreme Court
officially legalized abortion in the Roe v. Wade
decision, a group of Fairfield students traveled to
Washington D.C. over the weekend of Jan. 22 to
participate in the Annual March for Life.
The march was first held on Jan. 22, 1974, in
order to memorialize the event and petition the
Supreme Court's decision, according to the official
March for Life Web site.
The students are part of the University's Stu-dents
for Life group and attended the march for the
second time in three years to show support for the
pro-life community. The group of 10 students was
istry and Fr. Mark Scalese of the Media Center.
In addition to the march on Jan. 24, the students
also participated in other activities during their
two-night stay at Georgetown University, including
a visit to the John Paul II Cultural Center, a Vigil
Mass at the National Basilica and the seventh annual
Cardinal O'Connor Conference on Life.
According to a statement from the Students
for Life president Talia Pettini '06, the events of
the conference were "very informative and power-ful."
Other students who made the trip had great
SEE "SECOND" ON P. 11
100 Nights...but only
for 250 seniors
Student-planned event sells out
in a weekend
BY ALEXANDRA STEWART
Once time-honored senior traditions like Keg Races, Mock Wedding
and most recently, the FUSA sponsored event 200 Nights, are slowly
being removed from the agenda of the senior class due to liability issues
at the university.
In November of 2005, Ashlee Fox '06 announced that she had an
answer to the seniors' shrinking social calendars in the form of a new
tradition - 100 Nights.
While the event was merely in the preliminary stages in November,
the event has now been planned and has even sold out. During winter
break, Fox prepared the final arrangements for 250 seniors to celebrate
the 100 days until their graduation. She started to sell tickets this past
Friday and the response has been so positive that the event was sold out
as of Monday night at 7 p.m.
• "There has been such ah overwhelmingly positive response," said
Fox. "It's been so great these past two days to hear such a great response
from'my classmates - not just the number of people who expressed
SEE "TICKETLESS" ON P. 11
Mirror file photo
The good old days: Members of the class of 2005 celebrate Mock
Wedding at Fairfield Beach last spring. The cancellation of the
event this year, along with the cancellation of 200 Nights, inspired
Ashlee Fox '06 to upstart a new senior tradition: 100 Nights.