Mirror - Vol. 32, No. 08 - October 26, 2006

              WEEK OF OCTOBER 26,2006
Vol. 32, Iss. 8-32 pages
Two Sections
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Admin, on calendar change: Wait 'til next year
Officials reneg on claim of early start for '07-'08 school year
BY KATE MCGANN
Administrators sent a letter to beach
residents, landlords and parents last week
notified them of an upcoming change in the
academic calendar that would move up the
beginning of the semester to late August,
before Labor Day.
But Academic Vice President Orin
Grossman said after the letter had been sent
that the change will not go into effect until
the 2008-2009 school year.
"At first we thought we
would begin early next year (fall
2007), but we realized that people
make plans far in advance for
vacations, beach rentals, etc.,"
he said.
"So at this point we are plan-ning
to begin the week before La-bor
Day beginning fall 2008."
The letter originally stated
that, "...in all probability," the
academic calendar would be GROSSMAN
revised in time for the 2007-
2008 school year. It said that
classes would begin about a
week earlier than normal, on
Aug. 27 2007.
It went on to warn students
interested in living at the beach
to make the proper accom-modations
with their landlords
to ensure that housing will be
available to them for the start
of the year.
Currently, the majority of student leases
do not begin until Labor Day.
Students said they are generally pleased
with the decision.
"I'm happy with the change because
usually I'm the last one home every year,"
said Nicole Farella '09. "And I think it will
relieve the stress of moving in over a holiday
weekend."
Grossman also said that as of now,
SEE "STUDENT" ON P. 4
WELCOMING PARENTS WITH OPEN ARMS
Dave Axelrod/The Mirror
And also with you: University President Fr. Jeffrey von Arx presided at a mass for students and their
families gathered in Alumni Hall during Parents' Weekend.
Just say no, or just do it?
For athletes, fine line
between eating and cheating
BY JAMES THOMPSON
In sports, having even the
slightest edge on your opponent
could mean the difference between
winning and losing.
the NCAA, however, other more
surprising substances have been
placed on the banned list. A recent
addition to the list includes popular
energy drinks like Red Bull.
According to
That extra boost of HOLD THE POPPY SEEDS: the MAAC sports
energy is what ev- Our resident athlete goes handbook, "MAAC
ery athlete desires. through the strange list of policy prohibits ath-
It's no wonder more what athletes can and can't eat letes from drinking
and more college atwww.FMRFiELDMiRROR.coM products that con-athletes
are turn-ing
to performance
enhancers to find that winning
edge.
When the average person
thinks of performance enhanc-ers,
steroids and needles come to
mind.
After continued research by
tain concentrated
amounts of caf-feine.
The use of these products,
(e.g.: Red Bull) is prohibited by
all game personnel in all MAAC
sports during practice and com-petition.
A violation of this rule
SEE "STUDENTS" ON P. 5
Scholars for dollars
DSB students find success in job market; A&S students lament
BY STEPHANIE LAUTO
People always say that bigger
is better. But in the case of gradu-ating
Fairfield seniors, is business
always better?
Matt Castillo '07 thinks so.
Castillo, a finance major in
the Dolan School of Business,
said that his business classes were
difficult all four years but they are
finally paying off.
He has secured a post-gradu-ation
job in Stamford with UBS,
a top tier investment banking and
securities firm.
"I got the job as a summer
internship through eRecruiting," a
Web site used by Fairfield's Career
Planning Center, he said, adding
that assistance from Career Plan-ning
and school faculty helped him
find the job.
"The school is helpful and
gives good guidance," he said.
"But you have to get out there and
do it yourself."
He also said that being in the
School of Business, as opposed to
other University schools, made it
easier to obtain employment.
"For [liberal arts majors], it
seems harder. From what I saw at
career fairs, there were more finan-cial
companies and financial ser-vices,"
he said. "It also seems like
Fairfield pushes it (business)."
Business student Diane Fields
'07, however, said it is impossible
to judge whether business students
are afforded better opportunities.
"I can't really comment on
whether or not students at Fairfield
are better off being in the business
school when it comes to finding
jobs," she said. "I do know that the
business school exposed me to the
correct people to get information
about my internship and pointed
me in the right direction."
An information systems ma-jor,
Fields currently has a job with
General Electric Commercial
Finance's Information Manage-ment
Leadership Program.
The two-year rotational pro-gram
based out of Connecticut
moves employees to "a new lo-cation
so that you experience as
much of General Electric busi-nesses
as possible."
She applied for an internship
with GE Fleet Services through
Fairfield's eRecruiting Web site,
as well.
Another business school stu-dent,
Andrew Crocco '07, has a job
lined up with the public accounting
firm Ernst & Young. Though he
secured the job on his own, the
former Sacred Heart University
student said Career Planning and
business school faculty helped a
great deal.
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