Mirror - Vol. 34, No. 14 - December 11, 2008

              WEEK OF DECEMBER 11,2008
Vol. 34, Iss. 14- 16 pages
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INSIDE:
Camps Ufe
"The little engine that
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p. 7
"John Legend hits
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p. 9
"Leaders of the MAAC"
p. 16
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The independent student newspaper
of Fairfield University
Quantitative faculty evaluations to
be published for student viewing
BY DENISE LIGRECI
As registration rolls around, students
can be found checking ratemyprofessor.com
more often than their Facebook accounts.
But starting next semester, students will
have a more reliable way of selecting profes-sors:
FUSA will be publishing the quantita-tive
evaluation forms students fill out at the
end of the semester.
The statistics gath-ered
from the evalua-tions
will be published
in The Mirror coincid-ing
with the registration
period and will also be available on the
FUSA Web site.
"We're doing this to help students
make better decisions in choosing classes,"
said FUSA President Jeff Seiser '10. "This
will help students improve their education,
INSIDE:
CHATTIN' WITH
CHAPIN
P. 5
which is every-thing
the Fairfield
strategic plan is
about."
The results
of the evaluations
were published in
the past but inex-plicably
stopped
in 1993. It is Uni-versity
policy
that evaluations
Caitlin Leist/The Mirror
Rate my professor: FUSA hopes to create a Web site that lists each
teacher's ratings along with past syllabi and required texts for the class.
are public information unless the profes-sor
checks the box not to release it on the
envelope of the evaluations.
In the future, FUSA plans on creating
online faculty pages with their evaluation
results, past syllabi and required texts. This
information on the Web site would only be ac-cessible
by entering a Stagcard ID number.
Many students are already reacting
enthusiastically to the idea of publishing
evaluation results online.
"It would be a better way to decide if I
want to take a class than using ratemyprofes-sor.
com," said Anthony Parisi '09. "These
evaluations are done by everyone in the
class, which makes it more valid."
SEE "EVALUATIONS" ON P. 3
Contributed Photo
Before (2005), after (2008): Dee Quinn, the mother of John Giuca, who
was convicted of murdering Mark Fisher '06, changed her appearance in
order to seduce a juror in her son's murder trial.
Mother ofconvicted murderer
ofFairfield student attempts
to tarnishjuror, get retrial
BY JOE CARRETTA
It was one of the saddest student incidents in recent Fairfield history:
Mark Fisher '06 was murdered on a late night trip to New York City in
2003. Fisher's killers, two New York men, were convicted in 2005.
Now the case has taken an odd turn after the mother of one of the
incarcerated men, John Giuca, started flirting with a member of the
jury in hopes of getting her son a new trial, according to a New York
Times article.
Doreen Giuliano, 46, became "Dee Quinn" and struck up a flirta-tious
relationship with Jason Allo, a contractor from Brooklyn, who
served on the jury that put her son behind bars. Over the course of this
relationship, Giuliano was able to record conversation in which she
claims prove Allo knew her son prior to the trial, the article said.
Giuliano dyed her hair, joined a gym, went tanning, and assumed a
false identity all in an attempt to discover information that would give her
son another chance at escaping prison, according to the Times article.
She said that she recorded Allo saying that he knew members of
her son's clique,, people who were said to have abused Allo's brother,
but that he kept the information to himself during jury selection.
SEE "MOTHER'S" ON P. 2
Fairfield finances
additional aid,
endowment down
20 percent
BY TOM CLEARY
As the economic state of the country continues to decline, it
has become increasingly difficult for the University to deal with
its own financial climate and continue to please everyone.
On Monday, students in desperate need of financial aid
found a temporary relief in the most recent letter from Uni-versity
President Fr. Jeffrey von Arx, as students, alumni and
community members looking forward to the addition of a new
art museum on campus learned they would have to wait a year
longer to see the fine art it promises to offer.
Although construction plans on the Bellarmine museum
will be delayed, the University will direct more funds to fi-nancial
aid in order to help families who are also struggling
through this financial crisis.
A first letter on the economy was sent to students and fac-ulty
in October from von Arx. Now, as the situation continues
to change from day to day, he has found it important to update
the community a second time, as it heads into winter break.
"While it is still too early to assess the precise impact of
the economic downturn on Fairfield University, we are mak-ing
progress on examining various scenarios and planning for
different contingencies," said von Arx in the letter. "I want to
reiterate that we remain in a healthy and stable financial posi-tion,
thanks to our fiscally conservative budgeting policies
and practices."
The good news for Fairfield students is that the University
understands that many of their families are dealing with dif-ficult
times as well, as von Arx stated that it will do its best to
help these families survive.
"The biggest impact will be on the ability of families to
pay for a Fairfield education," said von Arx. "We are deeply
SEE "CONNECTICUT" ON P. 3