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WEEK OF MARCHffi 2007 Vol. 32, Iss. 20 - 20 pages FREE - Take One &ROR WWW.FAIRFIELDMIRROR.COM The independent student newspaper of Fairfield University A&S Dean Prepares for New Position at Loyola-Maryland BY CHRISTINA STODDARD Colorful balloons, Godiva chocolates and a bottle of champagne decorated the office of Timothy Law Snyder, dean of the College ofArts and Sciences, Thursday afternoon. These gifts celebrated his coming birthday as well as the announce-ment that he has accepted the position of vice president for Academic Affairs at Loyola College in Maryland. Snyder, who has worked at Fairfield for six years, will assume his new position in Baltimore in July. "It's bittersweet because I have to leave good people, good friends, good colleagues, good students," Snyder said. "I've accomplished a lot, and it's been wonderful." Before coming to Fairfield, Snyder spent 14 years at Georgetown, where he was a professor of mathematics and computer science, was named a Wright Family Distinguished INSIDE: EDITORIAL: TOUGH LOSS TO TAKE P. 7 Professor and served as the com-puter science department chair before being named dean of sci-ence in 1995. Snyder earned a bachelor's degree in both mathematics and psychology and a master's in mathematics from the University of Toledo in Ohio. He also holds a master's and a doctorate in applied and computational mathematics from Princeton. He has taught at both Toledo and Princeton, as well as the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Now, after 20 years as a distinguished part of the Jesuit education system, Snyder will move onto a sibling Jesuit institution, about which he said he is very excited. "Loyola is known for innovation and a kind of nimble ap-proach to Jesuit education," said Snyder. "They are not afraid to try new things and frequently assess themselves." Snyder also said that he looks forward to working with Loyola's fac-ulty. "They [Loyola faculty members], like ours, balance well education and scholarship," he said. Snyder interviewed at Loyola on Wednesday and Thursday of the week before the announcement, when he met with members of the Loyola com-munity and was asked to make a public presentation followed by a question and answer session. Orin Grossman, vice president of Academic Affairs at Fairfield, said that the process of finding a replacement for Snyder has yet to begin. He will most likely hire an "interim SEE "SNYDER" ON P. 6 SNYDER For Elections, No Fanfare, but Respectable Turnout BY STEPHANIE LAUTO WILLIAMS Nowhere to be seen was the mob of students, the HAM Channel lights and cameras or any of the other sights and sounds that have become synony-mous with FUSA Elec-tion Night. Instead, there was a small group of FUSA officials, gathered in an otherwise empty Barone Campus Center lower level as Election Commissioner Alexandra Ghiorzi '09 handed out sheets of paper that listed results that were essentially cemented a week ago. After a three-hour delay, FUSA President Hutch Williams '08 officially became the first president in FUSA history to be elected to a second term, leading a list of incumbent of-ficials who won re-election. The results.—which were scheduled to be announced at 9 p.m.—were announced shortly after midnight because of the large number of votes for write-in candidates received, which made it more difficult for officials to count all the votes. Williams, running un-contested after Frank Fraioli '08 withdrew from the race last week, received 671 votes, while write-in candidate Matt Reed '08 came in a distant second with 41. John Daly '08 was elected vice president with 628 votes. He will take over for out-going vice president Megan McConville '08, who chose not to run for re-election. Despite not having contested elections for president and vice president, the election drew 842 voters. The results are the lowest since 1989, the earliest year for which data was available. But turnout was close to what it was two years ago when 892 students participated and Jess DiBuono '06 defeated Ashlee Fox '06 for the presidency. "We had hoped for a higher turnout, but I anticipated roughly this amount," said Wil-liams. "I'm happy with my own turnout, for example; last year 819, this year 671, so that SEE "INCUMBENTS" ON P. 3 PLAY BRAWL! John Ollwerther/The Mirror Up close and personal: Fairfield and Providence players exchanged blows after the final buzzer of the Stags' season-opening 6-5 win last Saturday at Alumni Field. For cartoon, see p. 7 in Commentary; for coverage, see p. 19 in Sports. Lewis Headlines National AIDS Conference BY ANDREW CHAPIN Emblazoned with shared memories, war merits, bowling pins and smiling vic-tims, six uniquely designed panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt humanized the disease in the lower level of the Barone Campus Center last week. Friday marked the beginning of the National FACE AIDS Conference held at Fairfield from Feb. 23-24. It was the cul-mination of what started simply as a button drive for AIDS awareness on campus by the Fairfield FACE AIDS chapter. Stephen Lewis, former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, addressed the Egan Chapel Friday night as the key-note conference speaker. Lewis, who described his disposition as that of "anger and emotional volatility," said he is shocked by the lack of response to the growing pandemic. "How is it possible in the year 2002, LEWIS three, four, five, six, seven, 25 years into the pandemic, we're still losing so many children, so many women, so many men in such excruciating numbers; it's hallu-cinatory to watch it," he said, reflecting on the current effects of AIDS on the world population. Striking the podium, Lewis expressed disbelief about how such a modern world could allow an increase in the "number of infections and number of deaths in every single region of the world since 2004." In Africa alone, according to Lewis, there are more than 2 million children stricken with the disease, while only 5-10 percent of the 720,000 that require immedi-ate treatment receive it. "Why are African children's lives so expendable?" INSIDE: asked Lewis, STUDENTS FAILED who alluded to the premature To SHOW UP deaths of young j>,J children. "If they don't receive treatment, 50 percent of them die before the age of two and 80 percent of them die before the age of five." While praising the "incremental prog-ress" made in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Lewis said the protection of women has been neglected. "This is a virus driven by gender in-equality," he said. "The disproportionate levels of infection are absolutely over-whelming and women having no control of their own sexuality, no capacity to say 'no' to predatory male sexual behavior, no SEE "STUDENT" ON P. 6
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Title | Mirror - Vol. 32, No. 20 - March 01, 2007 |
Date | March 01 2007 |
Description | [PLEASE NOTE: This issue was misprinted as March 22, 2007. It has been corrected to March 01, 2007 for indexing purposes.] 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. |
Type of Document | Newspaper |
Original Format | Newsprint; color; ill.; 11.5 x 17 in. |
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Publisher | Fairfield University |
Place of Publication | Fairfield, Conn. |
Source | Fairfield University Archives and Special Collections |
Copyright Information | Fairfield University reserves all rights to this resource which is provided here for educational and/or non-commercial purposes only. |
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SearchData | WEEK OF MARCHffi 2007 Vol. 32, Iss. 20 - 20 pages FREE - Take One &ROR WWW.FAIRFIELDMIRROR.COM The independent student newspaper of Fairfield University A&S Dean Prepares for New Position at Loyola-Maryland BY CHRISTINA STODDARD Colorful balloons, Godiva chocolates and a bottle of champagne decorated the office of Timothy Law Snyder, dean of the College ofArts and Sciences, Thursday afternoon. These gifts celebrated his coming birthday as well as the announce-ment that he has accepted the position of vice president for Academic Affairs at Loyola College in Maryland. Snyder, who has worked at Fairfield for six years, will assume his new position in Baltimore in July. "It's bittersweet because I have to leave good people, good friends, good colleagues, good students," Snyder said. "I've accomplished a lot, and it's been wonderful." Before coming to Fairfield, Snyder spent 14 years at Georgetown, where he was a professor of mathematics and computer science, was named a Wright Family Distinguished INSIDE: EDITORIAL: TOUGH LOSS TO TAKE P. 7 Professor and served as the com-puter science department chair before being named dean of sci-ence in 1995. Snyder earned a bachelor's degree in both mathematics and psychology and a master's in mathematics from the University of Toledo in Ohio. He also holds a master's and a doctorate in applied and computational mathematics from Princeton. He has taught at both Toledo and Princeton, as well as the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Now, after 20 years as a distinguished part of the Jesuit education system, Snyder will move onto a sibling Jesuit institution, about which he said he is very excited. "Loyola is known for innovation and a kind of nimble ap-proach to Jesuit education," said Snyder. "They are not afraid to try new things and frequently assess themselves." Snyder also said that he looks forward to working with Loyola's fac-ulty. "They [Loyola faculty members], like ours, balance well education and scholarship," he said. Snyder interviewed at Loyola on Wednesday and Thursday of the week before the announcement, when he met with members of the Loyola com-munity and was asked to make a public presentation followed by a question and answer session. Orin Grossman, vice president of Academic Affairs at Fairfield, said that the process of finding a replacement for Snyder has yet to begin. He will most likely hire an "interim SEE "SNYDER" ON P. 6 SNYDER For Elections, No Fanfare, but Respectable Turnout BY STEPHANIE LAUTO WILLIAMS Nowhere to be seen was the mob of students, the HAM Channel lights and cameras or any of the other sights and sounds that have become synony-mous with FUSA Elec-tion Night. Instead, there was a small group of FUSA officials, gathered in an otherwise empty Barone Campus Center lower level as Election Commissioner Alexandra Ghiorzi '09 handed out sheets of paper that listed results that were essentially cemented a week ago. After a three-hour delay, FUSA President Hutch Williams '08 officially became the first president in FUSA history to be elected to a second term, leading a list of incumbent of-ficials who won re-election. The results.—which were scheduled to be announced at 9 p.m.—were announced shortly after midnight because of the large number of votes for write-in candidates received, which made it more difficult for officials to count all the votes. Williams, running un-contested after Frank Fraioli '08 withdrew from the race last week, received 671 votes, while write-in candidate Matt Reed '08 came in a distant second with 41. John Daly '08 was elected vice president with 628 votes. He will take over for out-going vice president Megan McConville '08, who chose not to run for re-election. Despite not having contested elections for president and vice president, the election drew 842 voters. The results are the lowest since 1989, the earliest year for which data was available. But turnout was close to what it was two years ago when 892 students participated and Jess DiBuono '06 defeated Ashlee Fox '06 for the presidency. "We had hoped for a higher turnout, but I anticipated roughly this amount," said Wil-liams. "I'm happy with my own turnout, for example; last year 819, this year 671, so that SEE "INCUMBENTS" ON P. 3 PLAY BRAWL! John Ollwerther/The Mirror Up close and personal: Fairfield and Providence players exchanged blows after the final buzzer of the Stags' season-opening 6-5 win last Saturday at Alumni Field. For cartoon, see p. 7 in Commentary; for coverage, see p. 19 in Sports. Lewis Headlines National AIDS Conference BY ANDREW CHAPIN Emblazoned with shared memories, war merits, bowling pins and smiling vic-tims, six uniquely designed panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt humanized the disease in the lower level of the Barone Campus Center last week. Friday marked the beginning of the National FACE AIDS Conference held at Fairfield from Feb. 23-24. It was the cul-mination of what started simply as a button drive for AIDS awareness on campus by the Fairfield FACE AIDS chapter. Stephen Lewis, former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, addressed the Egan Chapel Friday night as the key-note conference speaker. Lewis, who described his disposition as that of "anger and emotional volatility," said he is shocked by the lack of response to the growing pandemic. "How is it possible in the year 2002, LEWIS three, four, five, six, seven, 25 years into the pandemic, we're still losing so many children, so many women, so many men in such excruciating numbers; it's hallu-cinatory to watch it," he said, reflecting on the current effects of AIDS on the world population. Striking the podium, Lewis expressed disbelief about how such a modern world could allow an increase in the "number of infections and number of deaths in every single region of the world since 2004." In Africa alone, according to Lewis, there are more than 2 million children stricken with the disease, while only 5-10 percent of the 720,000 that require immedi-ate treatment receive it. "Why are African children's lives so expendable?" INSIDE: asked Lewis, STUDENTS FAILED who alluded to the premature To SHOW UP deaths of young j>,J children. "If they don't receive treatment, 50 percent of them die before the age of two and 80 percent of them die before the age of five." While praising the "incremental prog-ress" made in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Lewis said the protection of women has been neglected. "This is a virus driven by gender in-equality," he said. "The disproportionate levels of infection are absolutely over-whelming and women having no control of their own sexuality, no capacity to say 'no' to predatory male sexual behavior, no SEE "STUDENT" ON P. 6 |