Mirror - Vol. 31, No. 18 - February 16, 2006

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State narcs arrest senior
More than 5 pounds of marijuana and
a 7.65mm gun discovered in beach residences
BY JESSICA MITCHELL
Sean Keegan '06, a former pitcher
for Fairfield's men's baseball team, was
charged with possession of marijuana with
intentto sell and operating a drug factory
on Feb. 8 after State Police searched his
beach house.
Keegan, 22, had more than five pounds
of marijuana and was released after post-ing
$25,000 bond pending arraignment in
Superior Court, according to a Feb. 13,
Connecticut Post article.
According to police, members of
the Statewide Narcotics Task Force and
Fairfield Police seized 93 grams of mari-juana,
$ 179 in cash and a Mauser 7.65-mm
pistol from Keegan's off-campus home at
84 College Place, also known to students
as The G-Spot, on Wednesday, Feb. 8.
Keegan was not home during the raid,
but police learned that he was at another
location, 715 Fairfield Beach Road.
Police said Keegan was arrested at
this location after officers found 2,480
grams, or about 5.5 pounds, of marijuana
and $842 in cash.
Police sources told the Connecti-cut
Post that Keegan became a major
marijuana dealer on campus after former
Fairfield student Michaela Marshall '06
was convicted in March 2004, and that
they have information that Keegan sup-plied
marijuana to Marshall for selling
purposes.
Police learned that Marshall was
dealing marijuana when she made several
marijuana sales to an undercover police
officer last March.
Police seized 14 bags of marijuana,
SEE "POLICE" ON P. 7
DUST IN THE WIND
Mark Servidio/The Mirror
Not your little brother's sand art: Tibetan monks practiced the ancient art of Mandala,
which creates ornate designs out of sand. The exposition went on for four days in the
lower lobby of the Barone Campus Center. For complete coverage, see page 2.
Preserving a senior tradition
, Contributed photo
Lofty ambitions: Seniors gathered at The Loft in South Norwalk to celebrate the last
100 Nights before graduation.
Student-organized event, 100 Nights,
goes off without a hitch; students pleased
BY MARK SERVIDIO
Unlike last year, the buses to the 100
nights celebratory event did not get stuck
under any bridges, even though the harsh
weather conditions were an annoyance.
Fairfield had its biggest snowfall of the
year Saturday night, but students did not
let the weather affect their 100 nights
celebration.
"I thought it was an extremely fun
event, and the band was awesome. Good
booze and snacks, good music and good
people. Overall I rate the night an A," said
Charlie Sferlazza '06.
The 100 nights celebration was
planned and arranged by Ashlee Fox
'06 and was hosted at The Loft in South
Norwalk. Most students did not know the
location of the event until Saturday night
on the buses.
The location of the event was kept
undisclosed according to Fox in the Feb.
2 edition of The Mirror to "make it a little
more exciting and also eliminate drunk
driving to the event."
The bad weather put a stop to having
a continuously running shuttle that was
originally planned to run back and forth.
However, changes were made, and arrival
and departure times were set up by Fox.
Many seniors were upset about the
lack of publicity about the event. The
event was not sponsored or endorsed by
Fairfield University in any way, which cre-ated
a difficult environment on campus for
Fox to publicize the event to seniors.
"I felt that it was not appropriate to
advertise through school channels ... [and]
other publicity methods such as posters
on campus and campus announcements
were not options, which definitely created
a disadvantage," said Fox.
News of the event was mainly spread
by word of mouth, primarily because of
the lack of involvement from the school
administration.
The administration did not want any
part in 100 Nights this year because of
their inability to exert control measures
over event, according to Matt Dinnan,
assistant director of Student Services
and Activities in the Nov. 3 issue of The
Mirror.
Despite the university's lack of in-volvement,
there were zero problems at
The Loft, according to Fox.
"I, myself, felt that everyone acted
very respectfully and can say that there
was not one complaint," she said.
"Two hundred fifty seniors attended
an open bar for over three hours and, to
my knowledge, there were no unfortunate
mishaps. This goes to show that the class
of 2006 is a responsible group of young
adults, which this school's administration
SEE "ONLY" ON P. 8
I DON'T GET IT
Dan Shannon discusses
his perplexion with
"Sex and the
City"
PAGE 20
THIS WEEK IN COMMENTARY
2 POINTS OF VIEW
Is Fairfield's administration
right in not geting big name
commencement speakers?
PAGE 10
ROM'S VICTIM SPEAKS OUT
In a letter to the Editor, Shawn
Schuerlein, talks about man
who sued Fairfield.
PAGE 9
GRAMMY ROUNDUP
Cheryl Holmes takes
a look at the best
of the year in
music
PAGE 13
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