Mirror - Vol. 30, No. 18 - February 17, 2005

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Slew of on-campus robberies have students locking up
BY GREGORY HILL
When freshman Lindy Hatch's friends
saw that she had signed off AIM around
12:30 p.m. they thought nothing of it. After
leaving at 12:00 p.m., Hatch returned at 5:30
p.m. to discover that her computer was miss-ing.
It wasn't she who signed off.
A burglary occurred Tuesday on the
second floor of Dolan. She said that she and
her roommate had left the window open dur-ing
the day; however, she lives on the second
floor of Dolan. Hatch suspects that that the
burglar came through the window.
According to Public Safety there was
no damage to the screen.
"I felt enraged," said Hatch. "I always
lock my doors."
Since the beginning of the semester, an
influx of burglaries have occurred in student
residences, leaving students outraged and
disturbed.
Eight burglaries have happened in
student residences since the winter break,
according to Michael Louzon, assistant
director of Public Safety. The townhouses
have been the target of six of them.
"We do think they're connected," said
Louzon. "It's too coincidental."
The suspects' description according to
a security alert sent to students described
a college-aged Caucasian male, approxi-mately
5 feet 7 inches tall, 160 lbs with dark
hair wearing a black fleece jacket.
Most of the burglaries have occurred
in the same fashion, a window entrance that
damages the window screen.
Similar to Hatch, Andrew Wadden '05
had his laptop stolen Saturday from his
townhouse.
"I feel violated," said Wadden. "You
expect things to be safe and it hurts when
someone steals from you, especially some-one
who might be from Fairfield."
Greg Turner '05 Who lives with Wad-den
had his digital camera, Playstation 2,
videogames and DVD's stolen as well.
"Our assumption every day is that
nothing is going to happen on this campus,"
said Turner.
According to Wadden and Turner, the
unknown burglar entered through the rear
window. Turner said that the doors were
SEE "EIGHT" ON P. 4
FAIRFIELD FALTERS
Lorraine Lampe/The Mirror
Missed opportunity: The Stags fell to Niagra 78-74 last Saturday in a critical match-up that could've have placed
Fairfield first place in the MAAC. This Saturday, the Stags play a non-conference game against Cal. State North-ridge
in a Bracket Buster tournament at the Arena at Harboryard. For the full story see p. 23
Updated FUSA consitution presented to Senate
Closed-door policy defined in newly proposed constitution
BY RYAN BLAIR
In the latest revision of its constitution,
FUSA reserves the right to close any meeting
to the public "when the rules of procedure
require that they be closed," or by the consent
of "a simple majority vote of those attending
the meeting," it was proposed to the FUSA
Senate at its weekly meeting Sunday.
The change, which appears within the
"Declarations of Rights and Responsibilities"
of FUSA, represents the first constitutionally
protected "right" of the governing body to
close a meeting to the public.
Kristina Chomick, chairperson of the
Constitutional Convention, further clarified
the clause as it is applied to senate proceed-ings.
"If a senator motions for a closed meet-ing,"
she said, "and can get someone to
second that motion, and the motion passes
by a two-thirds majority, they can close the
meeting. And there's nothing anyone can do
about it."
Other new changes to the constitution
include a shake-up of the leadership in the
upper echelons of the organization. According
to the draft presented to the senate at a meet-ing
Sunday night, the new constitution would
call for only two elected officials within the
SEE "CONSTITUION" ON P. 4
FUSA still
shopping
spring
concert act
BY KELLY SHEEHAN
Stop crossing your fingers and
holding your breath, because the
only way you'll be hearing "Crazy
Game of Poker" at volumes that
make your ears hurt, will be if you
blast your personal stereo (before
quiet hours, of course).
But don't transfer quite yet.
After popular college band, O.A.R.
rejected FUSA's bid on Friday, a
second bid was placed on Monday
for hip-hop band, The Roots.
Many students expressed their
disappointment in losing O.A.R.,
who appeared at Fairfield only four
years ago.
"I was supposed to go see
them two times over the sum-mer
and my plans fell through,"
said Liz Leone '06. "I was really
counting on seeing them this year
at Fairfield. I can't believe I'm
missing them again."
Although many students had
their hopes up for the first bid's
approval, the second bid doesn't
seem like a second choice.
"It would be amazing if The
Roots came to Fairfield," said
Pryce Gaynor '07. "They're up-beat
music that everyone enjoys-they're
on a par with O.A.R."
According to Jessica DiBu-ono,
co-chair of music in the
programming department, FUSA
offered O.A.R. two dates: April 23
and April 29, but the band rejected
both. O.A.R. said they want to end
their current tour by April 27, so
SEE "ROOTS" ON P. 6