Mirror - Vol. 37, No. 02 - September 14, 2011

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Convocation 2015: The Class
of Global Citizenship
BY DANICA CEBALLOS
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
"World's Imagined" is this
year's theme, encouraging the
student body to take advantage of
opportunities to promote change
and work towards global peace.
Fr. Paul Fitzgerald, Senior Vice
President for Academic Affairs,
began Convocation by welcoming
the class of 2015. Michael Doody,
SJ., director of Campus Ministry,
said the Invocation, and Charlie
Knights, FUSA President, gave a
welcoming speech ending. Fr. von
Arx, President of Fairfield Univer-sity,
introduced speaker Danke Li,
Associate Professor of History.
In her speech, Professor Li
addressed the videos that were to be
watched before convocation. She
explained that they gave a "mes-sage
of the big picture," that we are
"living in exceptional times." Li went
on to state that the lessons to be
taken from the videos are the ability
of students to connect to ideas of
responsible global citizenship.
In orderto better realize their
ability to work towards global citizen-ship,
Li asked students to partake in
a self-examination in which there are
three steps. The first step involves
recognizing that students are already
global citizens. The second step is to
take personal actions to make a differ-ence.
This involves taking courses on
campus that one is passionate about,
as well as joining clubs and making
a difference in the smaller commu-nity.
The third step is gratitude forthe
Jesuit values provided and ability to be
involved in the school both through
classes and other activities.
Kaitlin McEwan '15 stated, "It
was a very inspiring speech that made
me think about what I was going to do
during my time at Fairfield. I learned
how I can be a global citizen."
Kelan McDonnell '15 claimed
that "Professor Li's speech on
global citizenship was very nice;
however, the whole event seemed
thrown together and disorganized
and that distracted me from the
overall experience."
Poems werethen read by two
members of the class of 2014. The
class of 2015 was given their class gift
ofglobe stress balls symbolizing that
they have the world in the palm of
their hands.
Tom McKiver/Photo Editor
Students sitting on Bellarmine Lawn listening to Prof. Danke Li at the Fall 2011 Convocation Ceremony.
The Reflection of Fairfield
CT Post Contributed Photo
Freshmen students finally move into their dorms on September 6, 2011.
Hurricane Reflection
BY DANICA CEBALLOS
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The first day of school came
four days late. Fall Welcome was
shortened from four to two days,
and the whole student body
was asked to move in within 48
hours; however, a week after the
start of school, Fairfield has re-turned
to normal after Hurricane
Irene's attack on the northeast.
During the hurricane,
precautions were taken by ask-ing
students already living on
campus to evacuate. Resident
Assistants, First Year Mentors,
and certain athletic teams were
allowed to remain on campus.
Other than those few exceptions,
Fairfield University was unoc-cupied.
Although maintenance
had already prepared for Fall
Welcome, they were asked to
remove and put away all decora-tions
around campus. They
worked around the clock to
clean and care forthe school,
even during heavy winds and
rain. In addition, upper level
administration slept on campus
to ensure the safety of students
remaining here.
Students have complained
about extra work during this first
week of classes and panic among
teachers, but because only a few
days of class were missed there
will be no change in the overall
school year schedule. Although
professors may need to adjust
their syllabi, in years past school
did not begin until after Labor
Day. This cushion allowed
leeway for the cancellation of the
first four days of school.
When discussing the hur-ricane
with faculty and staff,
almost all commented on the •
successful flexibility and com-munication
between students
and administration. Because
many students seem unsure as
to where different groups on
campus stand on the effects of
the hurricane, key faculty and
staff gave their input on the re-sponse
to the hurricane, its im-pact
on move-in, and the steps
being taken to move forward
from this minor setback.
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New Permit Parking Rules Not Much ofa Perk
BY LIZ KOUBEK
NEWS EDITOR
Excitement. Freedom. Con-venience.
These are the adjectives
one would think to associ-ate
with having their car on
campus. To some extent that
assumption is correct; however,
along with the sense of freedom
also comes a list of rules.
"Parking is such a sensitive
area, it's important we get the
information out as our traffic en-forcement
efforts begin shortly,"
said the Associate Director of
Public Safety Frank J. Ficko.
Starting Friday September
16, 2011 all vehicles must be
registered with the University.
Registration costs $120 and
must be completed on Stagweb
under "Parking Registration" as
well as in the Public Safety of-fice
located in the Lower Level
of Loyola Hall.
The option to register a
vehicle is only permitted to
Juniors and Seniors on campus.
Neither Freshmen nor Sopho-mores
are allowed to register
their car for any reason, nor are
Juniors nor Seniors allowed to
register underclassmen in their
name. If they do so, their park-ing
privileges can be revoked.
Once students have com-pleted
the registration process
they will receive a sticker repre-senting
which parking lot they
are permitted to use. Details
explaining this further can be
found at Fairfield.edu/parking.
PARKING Ims 2
Diagram Courtesy of Public Safety
"Gold Zone" parking at the Village is reserved for Seniors only. Seniors are permitted to park in the Quick
Center lot (0-1) east end only (see diagram)," according to Ficko.
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FASHION WEEK
P. 9
INDEX
Opinion • Page 7
The Vine-Page 9
Coffee Break-Page 16
Sports • Page 20
OPINION:
WEIGHT ROOM
NOT WEIGHING IN
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NEWS:
HURRICANE IRENE
BASHES BEACH
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