Mirror - Vol. 35, No. 23 - April 14, 2010

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The Reflection of Fairfield
Not Your Typical 'College Budget'
BY CHRISTOPHER HALISKOE
MANAGING DIRECTOR
For more than a quarter of a
century Bill Lucas, Vice-President
of Finance and Administration, has
stood in front of student to present
the University operating budget, but
it has been the last 24 months that
have created a headache that only
his June 1 retirement could wash
away.
"It is not business as usual," said
Lucas, to a group of student leaders
in the McGrath Commons of Cam-pus
Ministry. "Our economic climate
challenges us to keep our tuition
increase moderate while enhancing
our financial aid, and funding our
strategic initiatives."
The moderate increase in
tuition, as well as room and board
was set at 4.2 %, roughly the same
as Fairfield's peer group of college
which include: Villanova, Quin-nipiac,
Scranton, Holy Cross, and
Loyola, in addition to other. The
total cost of tuition, room and
board for students living in tradi-tion
resident halls will increase
from $48,170 to $50,190.
"We set our own price [tu-ition]
but we also took a look at our
competition and marketplace," said
Lucas. Almost every institution has
had their tuition either cut, froze,
or increased by less 2 percent, ac-cording
to Lucas. Over the last ten
years the University has traditionally
increased tuition by a rate of 6 to 7
percent, but has hovered just above
4 percent the last two years to reflect
the economic downturn.
Much of the recent the Univer-sity
budget crunch has been created
by the recent decline in endowment
donations. As a result, endowment
spending has decline.
Von Arx said many potential
donors have said, "I want to give to
Fairfield, I will give to Fairfield, just
not right now."
According to von Arx, although
additional spending is small, the
University has to stay true to their
strategic efforts. He stated that
supporting the faculty through
compensation, supporting financial
aid efforts, and supporting student
programming, are at the forefront of
the budgets most important task.
COLLEGE I PAGE 3
Competeing University
Budget Increases
Fairfield 5.8%
Holy Cross 6%
Loyola, MD 6%
Providence 6.5%
Villanova 7.7%
Quinnipiac 7.6%
*Above Universities included in Fairfield
Peer Admission Group for 2010-2011
projected budgets
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
BY LILY NORTON
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
What is our environmental
destiny?
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., son to
Bobby Kennedy and nephew to
John F. Kennedy, will be address-
Kennedy on
Campus
"Our generationfaces the greatest
moral andyoiiticaicrisis in
human history."
— <RoSert T. %ennedu) Jr.
ing
this very question on
Monday night at the Third
Annual Student's Forum
An advocate for the environ-ment,
Mr. Kennedy's appearance
is honoring the 40th anniver-sary
of Earth Day. Kennedy has
worked on water issues in the New
York area with the group River-keeper,
and the current chairman
of the Waterkeeper Alliance. He is
also a published writer, and tours
the country speaking on issues
about the environment, politics,
and the media.
Tickets are available online
or at the Quick Center Box Office..
Gun Shots at Last Call
Fairfield police responded to a shots fired call that came in
around 1 a.m. on Fairfield Beach Road in the vicinity of the Grape bar,
according to Officer Charles Ricco. Police were still actively investi-gating
as early as 2:45 a.m. He could not give any other comments or
details as of early Wednesday morning. We will have more coverage of
the incident as we gain more knowledge. Check Fairfieldmirror.com
for future updates.
FUSA Goes Loco with Logo Makeover
BY DAN LEITAO
MANAGING EDITOR
"We had 81 submissions, So Awesome" Christine
Ruane told the crowed in the lower bcc this past Friday
before the unveiling of the new FUSA logo.
The winner of the contest was Laura Cuciaotta and
Rebecca Volent was the runner up. Neither of the winners
were in attendance for the unveiling of the logo.
Ruane explained to the Mirror "We decided FUSA
exec that current
[FUSA logo] was
bland and was
not a reflection,
and needed to
be lighter and
fun." FUSA Sen-ate
Chair Frank
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Student Association
Fioretti (Check Spelling) came up with
the idea of having a contest in which
students submitted logo ideas.
Ruane took the idea and put it into
practice which resulted in over 81 submis-sions.
Which lead to a long and tough the
decision process was tough with the 81 different
submissions.
The winner of the contest received a gift bas-ket
including a $500 gift card. The runner up also
received a $50 gift card to the bookstore along with
a free ticket to a FUSA-sponsored event.
The FUSA constitution will be amended to say
that the new logo can't be changed for four years.
FUSA staffwas pleased with the design, FUSA Presi-dent
Eddie Muniz said, "The logo embodies everything
Fairfield is." He also continued that he liked the fact that it
is fun."
INDEX
Opinion* Page 9
Arts & Entertainment • Page U
Coffee Break • Page 17
Sports • Page 24
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