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WEEK OF March 9,2006
Vol. 31, Iss. 21 -20 pages
FREE - Take One
TheRRO WWW.FAIRFIELDM1RR0R.COM
The independent student newspaper
of Fairfield University
RETOOLING
Tim OToole not to return
next year; athletic department
searching for successor
ntfji
EXTENDED
COVERAGE
• On Basketball:
Search won't rx ea
• Doody Calls:
O look was
a class aci
PAGE 20
EDITORIAI
It takes more
than a eoach
PAGE 7
BY BEN DOODY
There were plenty of reasons
for Athletic Director Gene Doris
to renew Head Basketball Coach
Tim O'Toole's contract. In ad-dition
to the fact that O'Toole's
league record was the best of
any Fairfield coach in 25 years,
Doris has known O'Toole since
he was a freshman at Arch Bishop
Stephanie High School in White
Plaines, N.Y, where the former
was a coach and
the latter a player ,Jl T~. T~T . ,
who would later I think I might
come to Fairfield feel worse than he
on a basketball ^^ beperfectly
blunt."
Gene Doris
Athletic Director
scholarship.
But the sim-ple
arithmetic was
this: eight years
plus zero MAAC
titles equals no
contract exten-sion.
"Eight years and we didn't
get a championship," an emotion-al
Doris said after the announce-ment.
"When you take a look at
it, we talk about fans and what
do they want? When you take a
look at the body of work and a lot
of other ways with integrity and
him as a person. I think I might
feel worse than he does, to be
perfectly blunt."
There will be debates for
weeks, if not months or years,
about whether O'Toole, who
compiled a 78-56 record in the
MAAC (112-120 overall) since SEE "PLAYERS" ON P. 18
taking over for the 1998-99 sea-son,
deserved to have his contract
renewed.
But now, despite the emo-tional
trauma that came with
making what may have been
the most difficult decision of his
professional life, Doris' attention
must turn to finding a successor
to O'Toole, something he said
would ideally be accomplished
in early April, the week after the
conclusion of the NCAA tourna-ment.
"The optimum
week to get it done
would be the week
after the final four.
I'm a realist. I'd like
to have it before
then, but there are
going to be domi-noes,"
he said.
In other words,.
Doris said, there
will be a list of can-didates,
some of
whom will interview for jobs
at higher profile schools. What
Fairfield has to do is hope that
some of those candidates are
turned down from those jobs and
fall into Fairfield's lap.
Fairfield, though, has to have
its "bases covered," Doris said, in
the event that all of those candi-dates
take other jobs.
The biggest names being
thrown around the rumor mill
right now are those of Pete Gil-len,
the former coach at Xavier,
Jogues Hall: Round II? Frosh lament
BY JAMES NGUYEN
The floodlight brightly il-luminates
the face of Cassandra
DePinto '09 as her head crashes
onto the white pillow. As she
closes her eyes, the words "get
down girl, go head, get down"
emanate loudly from the shower
radio across the hall.
Instead of counting sheep,
three thoughts run through De-
Pinto's mind: Stupid cellophane
curtains! Is there a Kayne West
concert in the bathroom? I don't
want to live here again next
year!
On Tuesday.Feb. 28, the uni-versity
announced that in the next
academic year, Jogues Hall will be
designated as an all-sophomore
dorm, while Gonzaga will be
shared by the incoming freshman
class and the rising sophomore
class.
Many students like DePinto,
a current Jogues Hall resident, are
unhappy over the announcement
and possibility of having to live
in the same residence hall two
years in a row.
"Of all the people that I've
talked to, there is a sense of dis-content
about having to Jive in
Jogues for another year," said De-
Pinto. "I believe that many rising
sophomores were looking forward
to a better housing situation next
year, and for some, if might be a
downgrade."
Dean of Students Thomas
Pellegrino said the goal is to find
the best balance between the ef-ficiency
of space used and student
comfort.
"[The switch] will be done
so that if we do need to triple
next year, we can take advantage
of the larger rooms in Gonzaga,
should that become necessary,"
said Pellegrino. "Our dual goal
is to provide the best living space
SEE "RISING" ON P. 6
-S2
Gonzaga Hall
Freshmen and
Sophomores
with forced triples
CJ
jfi Proposed location
for new dorm
! H
g
-£k-
JoguesHall
All sophomores
r?
j
s± .a
Campion Hall
Proposed plans to make
all freshmen
ML
Katie McCarthy/Mirror photo illustration
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| Title | Mirror - Vol. 31, No. 21 - March 09, 2006 |
| Date | March 09 2006 |
| 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. |
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| Publisher | Fairfield University |
| Place of Publication | Fairfield, Conn. |
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| SearchData | WEEK OF March 9,2006 Vol. 31, Iss. 21 -20 pages FREE - Take One TheRRO WWW.FAIRFIELDM1RR0R.COM The independent student newspaper of Fairfield University RETOOLING Tim OToole not to return next year; athletic department searching for successor ntfji EXTENDED COVERAGE • On Basketball: Search won't rx ea • Doody Calls: O look was a class aci PAGE 20 EDITORIAI It takes more than a eoach PAGE 7 BY BEN DOODY There were plenty of reasons for Athletic Director Gene Doris to renew Head Basketball Coach Tim O'Toole's contract. In ad-dition to the fact that O'Toole's league record was the best of any Fairfield coach in 25 years, Doris has known O'Toole since he was a freshman at Arch Bishop Stephanie High School in White Plaines, N.Y, where the former was a coach and the latter a player ,Jl T~. T~T . , who would later I think I might come to Fairfield feel worse than he on a basketball ^^ beperfectly blunt." Gene Doris Athletic Director scholarship. But the sim-ple arithmetic was this: eight years plus zero MAAC titles equals no contract exten-sion. "Eight years and we didn't get a championship," an emotion-al Doris said after the announce-ment. "When you take a look at it, we talk about fans and what do they want? When you take a look at the body of work and a lot of other ways with integrity and him as a person. I think I might feel worse than he does, to be perfectly blunt." There will be debates for weeks, if not months or years, about whether O'Toole, who compiled a 78-56 record in the MAAC (112-120 overall) since SEE "PLAYERS" ON P. 18 taking over for the 1998-99 sea-son, deserved to have his contract renewed. But now, despite the emo-tional trauma that came with making what may have been the most difficult decision of his professional life, Doris' attention must turn to finding a successor to O'Toole, something he said would ideally be accomplished in early April, the week after the conclusion of the NCAA tourna-ment. "The optimum week to get it done would be the week after the final four. I'm a realist. I'd like to have it before then, but there are going to be domi-noes," he said. In other words,. Doris said, there will be a list of can-didates, some of whom will interview for jobs at higher profile schools. What Fairfield has to do is hope that some of those candidates are turned down from those jobs and fall into Fairfield's lap. Fairfield, though, has to have its "bases covered," Doris said, in the event that all of those candi-dates take other jobs. The biggest names being thrown around the rumor mill right now are those of Pete Gil-len, the former coach at Xavier, Jogues Hall: Round II? Frosh lament BY JAMES NGUYEN The floodlight brightly il-luminates the face of Cassandra DePinto '09 as her head crashes onto the white pillow. As she closes her eyes, the words "get down girl, go head, get down" emanate loudly from the shower radio across the hall. Instead of counting sheep, three thoughts run through De- Pinto's mind: Stupid cellophane curtains! Is there a Kayne West concert in the bathroom? I don't want to live here again next year! On Tuesday.Feb. 28, the uni-versity announced that in the next academic year, Jogues Hall will be designated as an all-sophomore dorm, while Gonzaga will be shared by the incoming freshman class and the rising sophomore class. Many students like DePinto, a current Jogues Hall resident, are unhappy over the announcement and possibility of having to live in the same residence hall two years in a row. "Of all the people that I've talked to, there is a sense of dis-content about having to Jive in Jogues for another year," said De- Pinto. "I believe that many rising sophomores were looking forward to a better housing situation next year, and for some, if might be a downgrade." Dean of Students Thomas Pellegrino said the goal is to find the best balance between the ef-ficiency of space used and student comfort. "[The switch] will be done so that if we do need to triple next year, we can take advantage of the larger rooms in Gonzaga, should that become necessary," said Pellegrino. "Our dual goal is to provide the best living space SEE "RISING" ON P. 6 -S2 Gonzaga Hall Freshmen and Sophomores with forced triples CJ jfi Proposed location for new dorm ! H g -£k- JoguesHall All sophomores r? j s± .a Campion Hall Proposed plans to make all freshmen ML Katie McCarthy/Mirror photo illustration |