Mirror - Vol. 35, No. 08 - October 28, 2009

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The Reflection of Fairfield
Police Raid at Bravo Finds Underage Students
BY DAN LEITAO
STAFF WRITER
Students. Fake ID's. Bravo.
Raid?
The first five items sound like a typi-cal
Tuesday night for a majority of Fairfield
students. However, a raid on Bravo Bar and
Restaurant last Tuesday turned a night of fun
into a night of mayhem.
The raid occurred at about 9:45 p.m. at
Bravo, which is located at 1418 Post Road in
downtown Fairfield. Members of the Con-necticut
Liquor Commission as well as the
Fairfield Police Department entered the bar to
find a staggering number of underage patrons.
Only six patrons out of the 106 who were
found with fake IDs have been charged thus
far for being seen consuming or admitting to
consuming alcohol. The rest must wait while
the confiscated IDs are sorted through.
The Connecticut Post stated that, "Police
Sgt. Jim Perez said that more than 65 fake
driver's licenses and other phony IDs were
confiscated."
Michael Constand, who is the manager
of Bravo, told The Mirror in an exclusive inter-view,
"I'm in full cooperation with the police
to determine what has been done. Everyone
that was here did present an ID of good quality
and now we are just working with liquor con-trol
to figure out the outcome. It's very hard to
keep up with the technology of fake IDs."
He continued by likening it to "steroids
and drug testing. A new test comes out and
doctors have a new steroid."
He also said, "Bravo is going to be
perusing a senior night so that students can
still enjoy the establishment."
Bravo has been a popular bar for Fair-field
students and gained even more popu-larity
after the Snickering Squirrel Saloon
closed its doors to those under 21.
Sarah Ferri '10, who is a shot seller at
Bravo and was working on Tuesday night,
described the events as she saw them.
"Walking outside, I noticed a lot more police
cars in the parking lot across from Bravo as
well as on the street."
When she walked back into the bar,
she saw little flash lights in the darkness and
then saw the badges and realized that Bravo
was being raided. She said she believes
there were undercover cops, and she is not
expecting it to as busy come this Tuesday.
Although no one from the University
responded to The Mirror's questions by
press time, the University did release a state-ment
to ABC News last week on the incident.
Associate Vice President and Dean
of Students Thomas Pellegrino said in the
statement, "This is of course troubling news,
but it is something that college and univer-sity
campuses across the country deal with.
Although these matters occurred off campus,
Fairfield University takes seriously its role in
addressing this behavior both from a disciplin-ary
as well as education standpoint."
Along with Fairfield students, Sacred
Heart University students and other underage
students were eaught at the raid.
One sophomore, who wanted to remain
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RESTAURANT BAR
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After a raid last week, Bravo was pretty empty this past Tuesday night.
anonymous due to the sensitive issue, was
present on Tuesday. "I was at the door when
it happened. It was unreal how many cops
pulled up. There were also Connecticut Liquor
Authority in the jackets to watch everyone
walk in," he said."
"I first thought it was probably a fight and
cops coming in to break it up and then when
I saw the jackets, I realized it was a real raid.
I was kinda amazed that they had caught on
that Bravo was all underage," he continued.
University Unveils Stag Statue
BY MICHELLE MORRISON
ONLINE MANAGING EDITOR
Despite the chilly October wind,
hundreds of students, staff and alumni
gathered outside of Gonzaga Hall to
catch their first glimpse of
Fairfield's new stag statue
at its unveiling on Friday
afternoon.
"I don't think the
weather can stop the
stag pride that's in the air
tonight," said alum Rob
Scribner '09 as he stood
amidst a crowd of people
wearing give-away fuzzy
stag antlers and "I've
Been Bronzed!" T-shirts.
A Public Safety car
with lights blaring, an
athletics bus and a pickup
truck with members of
the dance team on the
back escorted the statue
from Alumni Hall to the
circle outside of Gonzaga.
The statue was initially
hidden by a giant red
tarp, although its many-pronged antlers
peeked out of the top.
Before the stag was unveiled by a
group of student representatives, onlook-ers
observed a moment of silence for
Fr. Laurence O'Neil, a longtime teacher
and former dean of students who passed
away on Oct. 19. Mike Rubertone '11, art
history professor Phillip Eliasoph and Fr.
Charles Allen also spoke.
Peter Caty/The Mirror
J.C. Dye, the sculptor picked by the University, unveils the new bronze
stag statue on Friday afternoon.
The statue is a bronze depiction
of a stag in motion, according to James
Fitzpatrick, assistant vice president for
Student Affairs.
Fitzpatrick played a role in the com-mittee
that helped bring the stag statue to
campus, an effort that began in the mid-
1960s but did not really gain momentum
until 2007, when the stag statue commit-tee
was formed. Members included Vice
President for Administrative
and Student Affairs Mark
Reed, Eliasoph, Fitzpatrick,
Megan McConville '08 and
former FUSA president
Hutchinson Williams.
After approaching
several artists and receiving
proposals at the end of last
year, the stag statue com-mittee
commissioned the
work from artist J.C. Dye of
Stamford, Montana.
Fitzpatrick said that
from the beginning, the
statue was never going to
be funded by the University
budget. All funding came
from anonymous outside
resources that were willing
to commit funds specifically
for a stag statue.
"It would have been
very difficult for me to approve such a
project if University operational funds
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Students Angry Over
Budget Cuts:
Canisius coffee shop closed.
New Motions Filed in
Perlitz Trial
BY CHRIS SIMMONS
MANAGING EDITOR
Two motions were filed on Tuesday in the Douglas
Perlitz '92 case in preparation for his detention hearing
on Wednesday Oct. 28. Here is a quick rundown:
Memorandum in Further
Support of Release on Bond
The first motion, filed by Perlitz's attorney, William
F. Dow, submits a revised proposal for Perlitz's release.
He has obtained additional commitments from 19 indi-viduals
or couples for a total of $2.9 million in addition
to the original $2.3 million. Perlitz has also secured 12
more third-party "back-up" custodians in case Laura
and Anthony Sirianni cannot monitor Perlitz 24/7.
Government's Supplement Memorandum
in Support of Motion to Detain
The government filed their own motion to counter
the defense's. It argued that the defense's new package
is still not adequate. The government also presented Ex-hibit
A, some very preliminary findings from Doug Per-litz's
computer. The finding allege Perlitz had over 100
image files of nude black males engaged in homosexual
acts. He also visited numerous Web sites with URLs like
www.islandboys.com among others.
See www.fairfieldmirror.com for more.
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