Mirror - Vol. 38, No. 18 - March 06, 2013

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Week ofMarch 6,2013 • Vol. 38, Iss. 18 • The Reflection ofFairfield • Independent Student Newspaper of Fairfield University
Low is
in it tor
the long
haul
BY DYLAN DEMBIN
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
With Fairfield University
Student Association elections
complete, Alex Long '14, the new
FUSA President, is working on
implementing his goals for his
time in office.
. Current FUSA President Rob
Vogel '13 elaborated on the cur-rent
transition period and the
workings of the change process
in the acLministration that FUSA
is taking on.
The main concern at the mo-ment:
to select a new executive
-
"We're working
with the thought
process that, down
the road, all this
will be implement-ed
by Alex.
-Rob Vogel,
CurrentFUSA
President
council for next year.
"The basic timetable for
when Alex takes office will be May
1st, and until then it's business as
usual with FUSA. On the side I'll
be working with the vice presi-dent
on time tables, selecting an
executive council," Vogel said.
He said they will use some of
last year's guidelines to help get
the cabinet together.
Vogel explained that Long
will handpick his own cabinet but
"we'll be here to bounce ideas off
him and take a step back but help
him every step of the way."
This transition period will
last until May and then they will
take on orientation, budgeting
and also planning over the sum-mer,
said Vogel.
"A lot of the platforms and
initiatives I've worked on will be
charged to Alex for next year,"
Vogel continued. "We're work-ing
with the thought process that,
down the road, all this will be im-plemented
by Alex."
There are many issues and
initiatives that have been relevant
to students, said Vogel.
These include an increase in
write-ups and making things like
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Contributed by Margaret McCaffrey
Fr. Richard Ryscavage speaks at an immigration reform event, held in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.on Feb. 26.
■ Jesuits support immigration reform
BY LOAN LE
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Along with 24 other Jesuit uni-versities
in the United States, Fairfield
University has promised to support
undocumented students in higher
education.
Undocumented students are
individuals who were brought to the
U.S. as children by parents without a
renewed visa or by parents who en-tered
the country illegally.
On Feb. 26, around 15 Fairfield
students and faculty members met
with senators, Congress members and
presidents from the Association of Je-suit
Colleges and Universities (AJCU)
at the Dirksen Senate Office Building
in Washington, D.C.
Senior Sarah Joseph was one of
the students who attended the event
in hopes of discussing the plight of
undocumented students.
"I am interested in undocument-ed
students in higher education, as
well as how I can help enforce change
for others," said Joseph.
Another participant, Students for
Social Justice member Melissa Han-nequin
'13, also wanted to advocate
for immigration reform. "It was great
seeing our Fairfield faculty at the head
of a Senate meeting room, in front of
many influential people - Jesuit uni-
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Contributed Photo
In addition to many other jobs, students work on construction during their spring break service trip of 2012. service is in season
BY GRACE TIEZZI
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
"It's a spring break your
mom will be proud of," says
Wylie Smith Blake, Campus
Minister for Service.
Instead of jetting off to Pun-ta
Cana or Cancun for a week in
the sun, 51 Fairfield University
students, and 10 staff leaders are
preparing to spend their spring
breaks participating in one of
five trips.
This year four domestic
service trips are being offered
through Amazing Breaks, Cam-pus
Ministry program, said
Blake. Groups of 10 students and
two staff leaders are heading to
Kentucky, Virginia, Miami, New
Orleans and Missouri.
Students heading to Ken-tucky
are participating in a proj-ect
called Rural Renewal through
the Christian Appalachian Proj-ect.
Participants will "serve
and learn about the injustices
and realities of poverty" while
repairing the homes of Appala-chian
residents, said Blake.
In Virginia, students will
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BY GIOVANNA GIAMPA
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
For the second year in a row,
the FUSA class Senate elections
ended in a tie.
Two class years, 2014 and
2015, had two candidates with
the same amount of votes.
The candidates who tied in
last week's election from the ju-nior
class were Harry Cintineo
and Cameron Shirley.
From the sophomore class,
George Tioutine and Joe Dirico
tied in their races.
This Tuesday was the runoff
election in the BCC where stu-dents
from both classes were en-couraged
to come out and vote.
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