Mirror - Vol. 36, No. 14 - January 19, 2011

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The Reflection of Fairfield
Remembering Sill, "Funny, Spontaneous and Happy"
BY GABKIELLA TUTINO
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Photos by Peter Caty/lhe Mirror
Faculty and students gathered at the Egan Chapel on Tuesday to honor Julia Sill, who tragically
passed away on Tuesday morning.
Students squeezed
inside Egan Chapel last
night in remembrance of
beloved classmate Julia Sill
'13. Fr. Michael J. Doody,
S.J. presided over the prayer
service that allowed friends
and family to grieve the
sudden death of a fellow stu-dent.
The Egan Chapel was
filled to capacity, exhibiting
the strength of the Fairfield
community in a time of
sorrow.
Julia Sill '13
Sill came to Fairfield from California, and
was described by her friends as funny, spon-taneous
and happy. She lived in Claver Hall
and was an active member of Glee Club, which
made their presence at the service even more
meaningful.
In the middle of the service, people were
allowed to offer their prayers by sprinkling
incense on burning charcoal—the idea being
that the smoke that rose towards the ceiling
was the physical manifestation of the mem-bers'
thoughts and condolences for Sill and
her family.
The prayer service included an acoustic
rendition of Bob Dylan's "Forever Young;" and
readings were done by friends Kevin Bachman
'13, Lindsay Hillas '13 and Annie Coyle' 13;
three girls—Amanda McKane '13, Diana Lordi
'13 and Brittany Lane' 13—closed the service
with goodbye letters.
Poster-boards in the vestibule of the Egan
Chapel and a slideshow of Sill and her friends
downstairs in the McGrath commons gave peo-ple
another look at the girl who was described
as lovely, amicable and caring. Fr. Doody
ended the service by reminding the attendees
to use this as a quiet time to enjoy with friends
and to try not to give in to temptations.
Sill, a sophomore majoring in Commu-nications
in the College of Arts & Sciences,
was found dead in her Claver Hall dorm
room Tuesday.
The Fairfield Police Department reported
that Sill was found with a self-inflicted injury,
and that there were no suspicious circum-stances
surrounding her death and no reason to
believe that anyone else was involved.
Sill's parents, who live in California, were
notified of their daughter's death early Tuesday
morning. An email sent by Mark C. Reed, V.P.
of Administration and Student Affairs, Tuesday
afternoon notified the University community.
The University informed members of the
Fairfield community that Counseling Services,
Campus Ministry and Residence Life are avail-able
to those coping with this sad situation.
Space in the third floor lounge in Claver Hall is
also being set up for students to contact support
services.
Seniors Smile at New Parking Availability near Village
BY ANNIE ROONEY
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
The long ten-minute walks are over and the vacancy is
now filled. Seniors living in the village can now park in the
new parking lot, across from the Quick Center.
In an e-mail sent last Wednesday to senior village resi-dents,
Dr. Mark C. Reed, V.P. of Student Affairs, stated that
the changes to make parking available in the lot across from
the Quick Center will be implemented to those seniors living
in one of the Village area residences.
However, part of the compromise states that students
with the gold village parking sticker will be asked to move
their cars on the occasion of Quick Center demands.
Last fall semester, Fairfield's student Inter-Residential
Housing Association (IRHA) addressed Student Affairs with
the parking request to consider the opportunity for student
parking in the newly expanded Quick Center parking lot that
is often vacant.
Kevin Reda' 13, director of student affairs for IRHA
worked with Carly Bock, President of IRHA to initiate the
compromise. Reda is under the impression that every senior
who requested parking in the lot will receive a gold park-ing
sticker, granting them a more easily accessible spot for
parking near the Village. As of now, he believes there will be
about 50 spots available.
Reda said the compromise was a long process. The first
meeting between IRHA and Student Affairs ended with an
assignment for Public Safety to first audit the parking lot
throughout the remaining months of the semester.
"We are always open to finding workable solutions if
and when they may exist," Reed said.
After Public Safety reported their review, IRHA met
again with student affairs and made the compromise.
Seniors living in village residencies would now be allowed
to park in the quick center lot as long as they abide the
compromise and move their cars for popular Quick Center
events.
"These situations usually involved a popular perfor-mance
or event in the Quick Center, coupled with graduate
classes or other activities in the evening in the Dolan School
of Business, or another special University function or event,"
Reed said. He hopes this part of the compromise will not be
too inconvenient and students will not have to move their
cars often.
"They will probably have to move their cars 6 or 7
times," Reda said and believes this is a fair trade off. He
hopes the seniors will play by the rules to ensure future
senior parking in the Quick Center lot. "Let's not throw it
away," he said.
Brittany Martin' 11 who lives in the apartments and was
frustrated with parking across campus in the Regis Hall lot
is now very appreciative of the new parking option. "It's a lot
more convenient. I can actually get places," she said. "I feel
like [the price of parking sticker] is worth my money now
because I paid the same amount as everyone else."
In attempt to continue to gain more student recogni-tion,
IRHA is working hard on reforming the guest pass
policy and establishing a new lottery system for the new
residences that will open next year.
"Your IRHA representatives are to be commended for
their approach to this matter," Reed said.
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IRHA and the Administration have reached a compromise over parking in the much debated Quick Center Parking lot.
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