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rKcjE Take one THE E#MIRROR
Week of Mar. 2, 2011 | Vol. 36, iss ie
■fairfieIdmirror.com ■
The Independent Student Newspaper
of Fairfield University
The Reflection of Fairfield
The Price ofLiving.. .In Damages
$5,009.00
J4,500.00
14,000.00
*4=
Mmr
•mum mmm«
BY LUIGI DIMEGLIO AND TOM SHEA
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Broken windows. Vandalized exit signs. Furniture in the hallway. Vomit stained carpets.
These are some of the types of damages that Fairfield U. students see in their residence
halls every day.
The fall 2010 semester, proved to be more cosdy than its 2009 counterpart. The total
damage for this past semester for all of the on-campus residential areas combined was
$15,527.32— an increase of $1,597.77 from the Fall 2009 semester.
Residents of Jogues Hall, as of the end of last semester, will be receiving the highest bill
for hall damages. Jogues has accumulated $4,491.61 in damages, which is almost $2,000
more than the second highest-totaling residence hall; Campion.
When asked about living in the most charged building on campus, Jessica Jacobs '14
criticized those people in charge of the students for allowing the poor conduct to grow.
"The leadership in Jogues seems to tolerate this kind of disrespect towards the building and
our community."
A high concentration of vandalism in Jogues was most responsible for the residence
hall's high total. The semester's most cosdy incidents include a damaged elevator and a
broken glass door, resulting in fees of $299 and $244, respectively.
The second floor alone has been subjected to damaged exit signs, destroyed paper
towel dispensers and many other minor fees. It has proven to be the costliest out of all
residence hall floors on campus.
Another student, a sophomore who insisted on remaining anonymous, jokingly told
The Mirror that "There are a lot of trouble makers around here." He also went on to say that
most of the kids who live there were written up frequendy freshman year. "I feel that all of
those kids were dumped here together."
Most damages are small but accumulate cost quickly due to their regularity. Accord-ing
to Associate Director of ResLife Charlie Sousa, the most frequent charge made is for the
removal of items, such as bed parts, from hallways. "We have to put in a call to maintenance
to remove these items because they present a fire hazard," he said.
Sousa added that while it may not be the most frequent damage, "hands down fire
equipment such as alarms, sprinklers, and fire doors are the most expensive to repair." This
is because a specialized and licensed service must be called in to fix the equipment.
Students are only charged for damage that has been deemed malicious or as vandal-ism.
Wear and tear to residence hall property is covered by money set aside in the univer-sity
budget.
Due to their lack ofcommon property, The Townhouses had the least amount of damage
charges. Past trends suggest, however, that damage totals will increase for the spring semester.
According to Sousa, this has to do with the increase of people partying outside in the warm
weather and breaking fences.
Loyola and Kostka Halls, along with The Village Apartments and Townhouses, were the
only residence halls to see a decline in damage fees compared to the Fall 2009 semester.
Muniz Mutters in
Speech to Students
BY GABRIELLA TUTINO & DANICA CEBALLOS
ASST. EDITOR & CONTRIBUTING WRITER
When the State of the University
Address started 13 minutes late at 7:43
p.m on Tuesday, FUSA President Ed-die
Muniz's voice and the background
sounds of bouncing ping-pong balls
echoed throughout the B.C.C.
"Our mission is to serve the student
body and develop student leaders," Mu-niz
said; however, the attendance of less
than 30 students at the speech proved
otherwise.
Every year the FUSA President is
required to give a State of the Univer-sity
Address at the beginning of the
President's term. After delaying the
delivery of the initial speech, Muniz
and his Executive Cabinet Members
made an appearance to talk about the
initiatives and actions of FUSA. Muniz
outlined the six "boards and initiatives"
of FUSA: Senate, Class Council, S'.W.A.T,
Programming, C.O.S.O and Executive
Cabinet, providing information on how
each have worked towards improving
student involvement this year.
The address reiterated what the stu-dent
body already knows: programming
is the biggest part of FUSA. A budget
of over $70,000 was spent this year in
efforts to increase student activities,
"to increase creativity and home grown
events," according to Muniz. This in-cludes
late night activities on Friday and
Saturday, as an "alternative to drinking."
Muniz and the Cabinet also ad-dressed
controversial issues such as the
negative image associated with FUSA.
"We can't make everyone happy,"
Muniz said. "People complain that we
have too many program events...I mean,
I think that there is definitely a negative
connotation, but I don't know if there is
SPEECH I PAGE 3
Peter Caty/lhe Mirror
Providing popular beers like Keystone Light and Coors Light, Stop & Shop would be a con-venient
place to shop if alcohol weren't banned on Sunday. However, unlike large corpora-tions
like Stop & Shop, family-owned liquor stores often cannot afford to keep stores open
an extra day without raises prices.
The Sunday Debate
See p. 7
Opinion • Page 9
The Vine • Page 11
Coffee Break • Page 19
Sports' Page 24
ARE WE ACTUALLY
LEARNING
ANYTHING? P. 6
INSIDE (i^tox^^
LITERARY
JOURNALISM p. 11
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| Title | Mirror - Vol. 36, No. 19 - March 02, 2011 |
| Date | March 02 2011 |
| Description | [PLEASE NOTE: This issue was misprinted as issue number 16. It has been corrected to issue number 19 for indexing purposes.] The Mirror (sometimes called the Fairfield Mirror) is the official student newspaper of Fairfield University, and is published weekly during the academic year (September - May). It runs from 1977 - the present; current issues are available online. |
| Notes | A timeline for Fairfield University student newspapers is as follows: The Tentative, Nov. 7, 1947 - Dec. 19, 1947; The Fulcrum, Jan. 9, 1948 - May 20, 1949; The Stag, Sept. 23, 1949 - May 6, 1970; The University Voice, Oct. 1, 1970 - May 11, 1977; The Fairfield Free Press & Review, Sept. 10, 1970 - Apr. 24, 1975; The Fairfield Mirror, Sept. 22, 1977 - present. |
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| Place of Publication | Fairfield, Conn. |
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| SearchData | rKcjE Take one THE E#MIRROR Week of Mar. 2, 2011 | Vol. 36, iss ie ■fairfieIdmirror.com ■ The Independent Student Newspaper of Fairfield University The Reflection of Fairfield The Price ofLiving.. .In Damages $5,009.00 J4,500.00 14,000.00 *4= Mmr •mum mmm« BY LUIGI DIMEGLIO AND TOM SHEA CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Broken windows. Vandalized exit signs. Furniture in the hallway. Vomit stained carpets. These are some of the types of damages that Fairfield U. students see in their residence halls every day. The fall 2010 semester, proved to be more cosdy than its 2009 counterpart. The total damage for this past semester for all of the on-campus residential areas combined was $15,527.32— an increase of $1,597.77 from the Fall 2009 semester. Residents of Jogues Hall, as of the end of last semester, will be receiving the highest bill for hall damages. Jogues has accumulated $4,491.61 in damages, which is almost $2,000 more than the second highest-totaling residence hall; Campion. When asked about living in the most charged building on campus, Jessica Jacobs '14 criticized those people in charge of the students for allowing the poor conduct to grow. "The leadership in Jogues seems to tolerate this kind of disrespect towards the building and our community." A high concentration of vandalism in Jogues was most responsible for the residence hall's high total. The semester's most cosdy incidents include a damaged elevator and a broken glass door, resulting in fees of $299 and $244, respectively. The second floor alone has been subjected to damaged exit signs, destroyed paper towel dispensers and many other minor fees. It has proven to be the costliest out of all residence hall floors on campus. Another student, a sophomore who insisted on remaining anonymous, jokingly told The Mirror that "There are a lot of trouble makers around here." He also went on to say that most of the kids who live there were written up frequendy freshman year. "I feel that all of those kids were dumped here together." Most damages are small but accumulate cost quickly due to their regularity. Accord-ing to Associate Director of ResLife Charlie Sousa, the most frequent charge made is for the removal of items, such as bed parts, from hallways. "We have to put in a call to maintenance to remove these items because they present a fire hazard," he said. Sousa added that while it may not be the most frequent damage, "hands down fire equipment such as alarms, sprinklers, and fire doors are the most expensive to repair." This is because a specialized and licensed service must be called in to fix the equipment. Students are only charged for damage that has been deemed malicious or as vandal-ism. Wear and tear to residence hall property is covered by money set aside in the univer-sity budget. Due to their lack ofcommon property, The Townhouses had the least amount of damage charges. Past trends suggest, however, that damage totals will increase for the spring semester. According to Sousa, this has to do with the increase of people partying outside in the warm weather and breaking fences. Loyola and Kostka Halls, along with The Village Apartments and Townhouses, were the only residence halls to see a decline in damage fees compared to the Fall 2009 semester. Muniz Mutters in Speech to Students BY GABRIELLA TUTINO & DANICA CEBALLOS ASST. EDITOR & CONTRIBUTING WRITER When the State of the University Address started 13 minutes late at 7:43 p.m on Tuesday, FUSA President Ed-die Muniz's voice and the background sounds of bouncing ping-pong balls echoed throughout the B.C.C. "Our mission is to serve the student body and develop student leaders," Mu-niz said; however, the attendance of less than 30 students at the speech proved otherwise. Every year the FUSA President is required to give a State of the Univer-sity Address at the beginning of the President's term. After delaying the delivery of the initial speech, Muniz and his Executive Cabinet Members made an appearance to talk about the initiatives and actions of FUSA. Muniz outlined the six "boards and initiatives" of FUSA: Senate, Class Council, S'.W.A.T, Programming, C.O.S.O and Executive Cabinet, providing information on how each have worked towards improving student involvement this year. The address reiterated what the stu-dent body already knows: programming is the biggest part of FUSA. A budget of over $70,000 was spent this year in efforts to increase student activities, "to increase creativity and home grown events," according to Muniz. This in-cludes late night activities on Friday and Saturday, as an "alternative to drinking." Muniz and the Cabinet also ad-dressed controversial issues such as the negative image associated with FUSA. "We can't make everyone happy," Muniz said. "People complain that we have too many program events...I mean, I think that there is definitely a negative connotation, but I don't know if there is SPEECH I PAGE 3 Peter Caty/lhe Mirror Providing popular beers like Keystone Light and Coors Light, Stop & Shop would be a con-venient place to shop if alcohol weren't banned on Sunday. However, unlike large corpora-tions like Stop & Shop, family-owned liquor stores often cannot afford to keep stores open an extra day without raises prices. The Sunday Debate See p. 7 Opinion • Page 9 The Vine • Page 11 Coffee Break • Page 19 Sports' Page 24 ARE WE ACTUALLY LEARNING ANYTHING? P. 6 INSIDE (i^tox^^ LITERARY JOURNALISM p. 11 |