Mirror - Vol. 34, No. 16 - January 29, 2009

              Stags now riding four-game win streak after victories over Marist and Manhattan,
Lowenthal named MAAC POW for the second week in a row. See p. 20 for story.
WEEK OF JANUARY 29,2009
Vol. 34, Iss. 16- 20 pages
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"Finding diversity all
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"Early Learning Center"
p. 9
Entertainment
"Oscar 2009 nominations"
p. 11
"Double trouble"
p. 20
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Just-Us
New sophomore
intentional
community to
open next
semester
BY ANNIE ROONEY.
"Just-Us" for Justice.
The diversity themed liv-ing
community for sopho-mores,
presently located on the
first floor of Kostka is being
relocated and reinvented: A
new living opportunity will be
introduced to Fairfield Uni-versity
in
INSIDE:
EDITORIAL
P. 7 I
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From Jes-Res to Just-Us: The Jesuit Residence is being transformed into another living and learning
community in the same vein as Loyola. This community will focus on social justice and diversity.
September 2009.
The "Just-Us" community will have the
advantage of living in the newly renovated build-ing,
presently known to Fairfield University as
the St. Ignatius House.
The present Jesuit community now lives
comfortably in this residence. Located across from the Quick Center
entrance, a hidden dirt path connects this building to the rest of the
campus. Future construction plans aim to reorient the entrance so
Just-Us residents are noticeably welcomed onto the campus com-munity.
Some students actually prefer the forest-like surrounding.
"The building is nice, but I especially like that it's secluded," states
Jarrod DePrado '12, who attended the recent Just-Us Open House.
Any sophomore student is eligible to live in the new residential
college. Upwards of 120 students in the class of 2012 will be accepted
and moved in by next semester. These students will have access to
facilities no other dormitory on campus offer, not even the Ignatian
Residential College in Loyola Hall.
Services include large and spacious common areas, kitchens and
lounges on each floor and its own cafeteria providing a continental
SEE "NEW" ON P. 5
High tide Water pipe break in Dolan
washes out C&NS
BY LILY NORTON
After a water pipe burst on Jan. 20, 2009 in Dolan Commons,
Computer and Networking Services has been forced to move to
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other locations across campus.
The repairs that affect C&NS are expected to take approximate-ly
2-3 weeks, according to an e-mail sent to the Fairfield community
by James Estrada, vice president for information services.
At the time of the flood, about 40 stu-dent
computers were suspected of being
held at the C&NS office.
Some student computers were dam-aged,
but as compensation, some were told
that they would be replaced.
"C&NS told me that they were pretty
sure my hard drive was unaffected, but if it
was, they would buy me a new computer,"
said Jack McNamara '10, a resident of
Dolan Hall and also the Associate News
Editor for The Mirror, who had brought
his laptop there to be repaired a few days
before the flood.
C&NS Director Don Adams was
unavailable for comment at the time of
publication. Other C&NS supervisors were
not available or had no comment.
David Frassinelli, vice president and
director of facilities management, will be
Peter Caty/The Mirror
Water is wet: A burst pipe flooded the Dolan Commons last week. SEE "CHANGE" ON P. 2
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