Mirror - Vol. 31, No. 08 - October 27, 2005

              WEEK OF OCTOBER 27,2005
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Father arrested at Grape during Parents' Weekend
BY ELIZABETH BAE
• Last weekend, hundreds of
parents came to Fairfield's cam-pus
and Fairfield Beach Road to
spend time with their kids and
take them out to dinner. But this
year, one of them had mug shots
and fingerprints taken at the
Fairfield Police Station.
White Plains, N.Y., resident
John McCarthy was arrested
across the street from the Sea-grape
Cafe at 2:10 a.m. on Sat-urday,
Oct. 23.
"I saw his [McCarthy's] face
in the dirt," said Kristen Vissi-chelli
'06. "They were cuffing his
hands behind his back and hold-ing
him down on the ground".
The 60-year-old's son, Mike
McCarthy '06, said an argument
arose when bouncers started
clearing out the Seagrape af-ter
last call. McCarthy and his
parents were finishing drinks
when they heard 'everybody get
the hell out," according to the
younger McCarthy.
"One of the bouncers came
over and was giving us grief
about getting out," he said.
"The next thing he [the
bouncer] says is 'f- this and f-that,'"
said McCarthy. "That's
when my dad said 'don't ever
curse in front of my wife.'"
A verbal argument between
the father, son and bouncers
escalated into a physical fight of
"pushing and shoving," where-upon
the bouncers kicked them
out, said McCarthy.
Outside of the bar, the young-er
McCarthy said his father was
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Plan for the future: The Fairfield University Master Plan, a detail of which is shown here, outlines all the
locations for future building possibilities. Red coloring indicates the location of the proposed dorm.
Officials discussing possibility of new Res Hall
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Fairfield students are familiar
with the buildings that have long
graced the quad. But soon, there
nay be another dormatory to add
o that list.
A plan for a new residence
lall is in progress. All locations
)n campus are being considered,
jut the most talked about location
s between Campion and Jogues
Hall, where the residence life trailer
is currently located, according to
Gary Stephenson, director of Hous-ing
Operations.
Father Jeffrey von Arx S.J.,
president of Fairfield University,
approached Stephenson to discuss
housing statistics and the possibility
of building a new residence hall.
Fairfield University guaran-tees
four years of housing to all
full-time, matriculated undergradu-ate
students.
Due to the over-occupancy
in underclassman residence halls
and townhouses, the university is
required to deal with this issue.
"A new dorm would make
much more sense than the admin-istration
building ... I would rather
sacrifice the quad to avoid being
in a triple," said Carolyn Manning
'06.
The class of 2009 has about
948 students, many of whom find
SEE "GOODBYE" ON P. 6
trying to "rip the bouncer" off of
him [Mike McCarthy], "which
any father would do."
"By the time I got up, there
was a cop restraining me," said
McCarthy. "And there were three
police officers on top of fny dad
across the street, putting hand-cuffs
on him."
John McCarthy, who works
in commercial real estate and has
never before been arrested, was
charged with interfering with an
officer and breach of peace. He
was able to leave the Fairfield
Police station with his wife at
3:30 a.m. and his court date is
scheduled for Tuesday.
The arresting officer, An-thony
Vaspasiano, was unable to
be reached for comment.
At first, bystanders at the
scene were confused.
"I didn't see it that well,"
said Dan Fahy '06. "One of the
bouncer's shirt was ripped. I
thought it was just a fight. Then
after everything kind of cleared
SEE "STUDENTS" ON P. 4
Convicted killers in
Fisher trial sentenced
FROM STAFF REPORTS
The two men convicted of
the killing of Mark Fisher were
sentenced to 25 years to life in
prison on Oct. 19.
Antonio Russo, 19, and John
Giuca, 22, also received concur-rent
25-year sentences for rob-bing
Fisher, and Guica received
an additional 15-year sentence on
a weapons charge.
In the courtroom, Fisher's
sister Alexis, 20, read a five-page
statement before both men
apologized to the family and were
sentenced, according to the New
York Times.
Fisher was murdered on
Oct. 12, 2003, in Brooklyn after
attending a party with friends
from Fairfield. He was separated
from his friends and ended up
returning to Giuca's house for a
party, where it is said he offended
Giuca by sitting on a table instead
of a chair.
Prosecutors said that Russo
later killed Fisher with a gun
provided by Guica.
Justice Alan D. Marrus said
that "this crime was callous, the
defendants' reactions were cal-lous,
and so my sentence will be
callous," according to an article
in the New Jersey Herald on
Oct. 20.
According to the New York
Times, Fisher's father, Michael,
said that two people besides
Giuca and Russo had been with
Mark the night he was killed, and
that justice would not be done
until the additional two were ar-rested
and went to trial.
The attorneys of both Russo
and Giuca are expected to appeal
the convictions.
Mirror file photo
Sentenced: The fate of Mark Fisher's murderers was sealed on
October 19. Antonio Russo, 19, and John Giuca, 22, were eached
sentenced to 25 years to life in prison, almost two years after
Fisher's murder.
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