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THE MIRROR Student newspaper Week of December 4,2013 Vol. 39, Iss. 13 www.fairfieldmirror.com ]V£ @fairfieldmirror ^ff The Mr field Mirror er in re By Luigi DiMeglio Managing Editor The Fairfield registrar has reported an excellent course sign-up period for students, though a long history of strug-gle has left some lingering fixes to be desired. Robert C. Russo 72 posted on the technology services Tumblr account on Nov. 22: "The smoothest on-line regis-tration ever!!!! Thanks for all of your attention in giving the system a major 'tune up?' In recent years, the online platform for course registra-tion has been known to fail - leaving students unable to get into any classes at all until the problem was fixed by technol-ogy services. This year, Fairfield purchased new servers and dedicated one solely to registration to make room for the abrupt surge of web traffic that occurs. Still, other aspects of registration receive negative re-views. "Its inconvenient for a lot of students. The reason I think is because [registration] times conflict with classes," said Conor Long T6. He "got lucky" because he declared a major in film and got to preregister for media-related courses and one of his German courses rolled over from this semester. However, he missed registration for his Residential College course because the registration period for students in the Service for Justice Residential College conflicted with film pre-reg-istration. "I think it's pretty stupid," said Rob Marsalona '16. "I'm with the disability and support office [so I register early], but I had the same issue [as Long]." Marsalona points to registration times conflicting with each other and class time as the biggest system faults. READ REGISTRATION ON PAGE 4 TBSflRl«r*1i ' 0?0E( 335 II I I 8*WHW*fiTFfiIE J II I I II "'MiMlMHH tfi -1 J-L UJ ntKMtftuUi* cttriius. TAIXT | | FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY PAIKriBLn, CONNECTirm' . .STUDENT r>f CONNECTICUT COURSE CARD flu* <*pj <4 ifa Rtybtmrt rwf;.T. F+- Contributed by Robert Russo '72 DPS updates campus safety procedure By Robert Joyce Crime Beat Reporter Columbine High School. Virginia Tech. Sandy Hook Elementary School. All of these schools have one thing in common: tragic shootings. Even as these terrible and horrifying incidents oc-cur closer and closer to home, the Fairfield community operates under the guise that an incident of such nature could never happen here. Associate Director of Public Safety Frank Ficko spoke to Fairfield faculty and Residence Life staff about basic emergency procedure at Fairfield during crisis situations and critical incidents. He explained how to recognize a critical incident, how to act and how Fair-field is not immune. "There is no magic bubble around our campus," said Ficko. He continued: "A critical incident, by the book definition, is an extraordinary event which jeopardizes lives and property, is unpredicted, overwhelming and requires the additional resources for a successful resolu-tion." Ficko recalled previous crisis/emergency situations on campus. On Feb. 12, 2002, there was a hostage crisis in Canisius Hall where a former student with an alleged explosive device took 26 people hostage. "What made that such a big deal was that it was the first major event in the country post 9/11. So, all eyes of the country, for that matter, were on Fairfield for those few hours," said Ficko. Weeks before that, there was an incident where a student believed they had been exposed to anthrax from mail in their Barone Campus Center mailbox, according to Ficko. Just last year, Fairfield was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy and Winter Storm Nemo. The Department of Public Safety has released a new Faculty/Staff Emergency Guide for critical incidents of many different natures. Hostage situations, fires/ex-plosions, hazardous material releases/gas leaks, bomb threats, violent intruders and weather emergencies READ SAFETY ON PAGE 4 Fairfield adjunct professor for counseling education Bob Schmidt and his wife Josie highlighted the power of music in healing processes. The workshop was conceived after the Sandy Hook shooting last year. Loan Le/The Mirror Catharsis through creativity By Loan Le Editor-in-Chief After 26 people died in a senseless shoot-ing at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, community members started placing ted-dy bears, flowers and small gifts near the site to honor the victims. Bob and Josie Schmidt, town residents for 31 years, recalled visiting the makeshift memorial on a rainy, cold day. "Everywhere we went in town, we were reminded of what happened; it was beauti-ful and touching, but it still reminded us of the pain and the loss," said Bob Schmidt, an adjunct professor teaching Fairfield graduate classes for counseling education. Deeply affected by the sorrows that couldn't seem to go away, he and his wife, Josie, a retired teacher who once substituted at Sandy Hook, composed a song to express their grief. Yesterday, they performed "Rain, Rain, Rain" during a workshop at the Fairfield University Bookstore and discussed how creative outlets like literature and songs can heal people after devastations. The Schmidts led the first storytelling workshop last year. Today, Newtown continues to heal. "We are starting to see the town as the beautiful place we love," Bob Schmidt said. As a member of the Sandy Hook Crisis Response Team, he volunteered at a crisis cen-ter and said that seeing people come together "helped me get my balance again." According to Dr. Bogusia Skudrzyk, who also spoke on yesterday, the healing process af-ter tragedies doesn't always have to be personal. "We must allow ourselves to be around people who care for us." "We must allow ourselves to be around people who care for rt US. - Dr. Bogusia Skudrzyk To start the healing process, the cause of the pain and sorrow must be confronted. Some people might believe that grief must be over-come immediately. "Ihere is so much pressure around us that makes us pretend that nothing [bad] happened," the associate professor of counselor education said. But grieving has no timetable. Skudrzyk also disagrees with the myth that showing sadness is a sign of weakness; she encourages people to be open, like children "who are strong enough to admit their feel-ings." Josie Schmidt believes that acknowledg-ing griefand its causes leads to "an appreciation of the beauty of everyday life." Catharsis can happen with words on pa-per, a brush against a blank canvas or notes strummed on a guitar - creativity opens the path to healing and people can choose what-ever route they feel comfortable with. Eventually, attendees were asked to draw four trees, each representing a different sea-son, and then break up into smaller groups to discuss their drawings. The attendees - some strangers, some classmates from Skudrzyk's course on multicultural issues in counseling and education - started exchanging stories about parents, siblings and friends who have passed away. Jeff Burgdorfer, a Fairfield graduate stu-dent studying clinical mental health counsel-ing, associated the seasons with the beginning of a healing process. He said autumn represents acceptance of the "inevitability of death... which gets you into READ CREATIVITY ON PAGE 4 NEWS: Page 2 SPORTS: Page 16
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Title | Mirror - Vol. 39, No. 13 - December 04, 2013 |
Date | December 04 2013 |
Description | 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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Publisher | Fairfield University |
Place of Publication | Fairfield, Conn. |
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SearchData | THE MIRROR Student newspaper Week of December 4,2013 Vol. 39, Iss. 13 www.fairfieldmirror.com ]V£ @fairfieldmirror ^ff The Mr field Mirror er in re By Luigi DiMeglio Managing Editor The Fairfield registrar has reported an excellent course sign-up period for students, though a long history of strug-gle has left some lingering fixes to be desired. Robert C. Russo 72 posted on the technology services Tumblr account on Nov. 22: "The smoothest on-line regis-tration ever!!!! Thanks for all of your attention in giving the system a major 'tune up?' In recent years, the online platform for course registra-tion has been known to fail - leaving students unable to get into any classes at all until the problem was fixed by technol-ogy services. This year, Fairfield purchased new servers and dedicated one solely to registration to make room for the abrupt surge of web traffic that occurs. Still, other aspects of registration receive negative re-views. "Its inconvenient for a lot of students. The reason I think is because [registration] times conflict with classes," said Conor Long T6. He "got lucky" because he declared a major in film and got to preregister for media-related courses and one of his German courses rolled over from this semester. However, he missed registration for his Residential College course because the registration period for students in the Service for Justice Residential College conflicted with film pre-reg-istration. "I think it's pretty stupid," said Rob Marsalona '16. "I'm with the disability and support office [so I register early], but I had the same issue [as Long]." Marsalona points to registration times conflicting with each other and class time as the biggest system faults. READ REGISTRATION ON PAGE 4 TBSflRl«r*1i ' 0?0E( 335 II I I 8*WHW*fiTFfiIE J II I I II "'MiMlMHH tfi -1 J-L UJ ntKMtftuUi* cttriius. TAIXT | | FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY PAIKriBLn, CONNECTirm' . .STUDENT r>f CONNECTICUT COURSE CARD flu* <*pj <4 ifa Rtybtmrt rwf;.T. F+- Contributed by Robert Russo '72 DPS updates campus safety procedure By Robert Joyce Crime Beat Reporter Columbine High School. Virginia Tech. Sandy Hook Elementary School. All of these schools have one thing in common: tragic shootings. Even as these terrible and horrifying incidents oc-cur closer and closer to home, the Fairfield community operates under the guise that an incident of such nature could never happen here. Associate Director of Public Safety Frank Ficko spoke to Fairfield faculty and Residence Life staff about basic emergency procedure at Fairfield during crisis situations and critical incidents. He explained how to recognize a critical incident, how to act and how Fair-field is not immune. "There is no magic bubble around our campus," said Ficko. He continued: "A critical incident, by the book definition, is an extraordinary event which jeopardizes lives and property, is unpredicted, overwhelming and requires the additional resources for a successful resolu-tion." Ficko recalled previous crisis/emergency situations on campus. On Feb. 12, 2002, there was a hostage crisis in Canisius Hall where a former student with an alleged explosive device took 26 people hostage. "What made that such a big deal was that it was the first major event in the country post 9/11. So, all eyes of the country, for that matter, were on Fairfield for those few hours," said Ficko. Weeks before that, there was an incident where a student believed they had been exposed to anthrax from mail in their Barone Campus Center mailbox, according to Ficko. Just last year, Fairfield was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy and Winter Storm Nemo. The Department of Public Safety has released a new Faculty/Staff Emergency Guide for critical incidents of many different natures. Hostage situations, fires/ex-plosions, hazardous material releases/gas leaks, bomb threats, violent intruders and weather emergencies READ SAFETY ON PAGE 4 Fairfield adjunct professor for counseling education Bob Schmidt and his wife Josie highlighted the power of music in healing processes. The workshop was conceived after the Sandy Hook shooting last year. Loan Le/The Mirror Catharsis through creativity By Loan Le Editor-in-Chief After 26 people died in a senseless shoot-ing at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, community members started placing ted-dy bears, flowers and small gifts near the site to honor the victims. Bob and Josie Schmidt, town residents for 31 years, recalled visiting the makeshift memorial on a rainy, cold day. "Everywhere we went in town, we were reminded of what happened; it was beauti-ful and touching, but it still reminded us of the pain and the loss," said Bob Schmidt, an adjunct professor teaching Fairfield graduate classes for counseling education. Deeply affected by the sorrows that couldn't seem to go away, he and his wife, Josie, a retired teacher who once substituted at Sandy Hook, composed a song to express their grief. Yesterday, they performed "Rain, Rain, Rain" during a workshop at the Fairfield University Bookstore and discussed how creative outlets like literature and songs can heal people after devastations. The Schmidts led the first storytelling workshop last year. Today, Newtown continues to heal. "We are starting to see the town as the beautiful place we love," Bob Schmidt said. As a member of the Sandy Hook Crisis Response Team, he volunteered at a crisis cen-ter and said that seeing people come together "helped me get my balance again." According to Dr. Bogusia Skudrzyk, who also spoke on yesterday, the healing process af-ter tragedies doesn't always have to be personal. "We must allow ourselves to be around people who care for us." "We must allow ourselves to be around people who care for rt US. - Dr. Bogusia Skudrzyk To start the healing process, the cause of the pain and sorrow must be confronted. Some people might believe that grief must be over-come immediately. "Ihere is so much pressure around us that makes us pretend that nothing [bad] happened," the associate professor of counselor education said. But grieving has no timetable. Skudrzyk also disagrees with the myth that showing sadness is a sign of weakness; she encourages people to be open, like children "who are strong enough to admit their feel-ings." Josie Schmidt believes that acknowledg-ing griefand its causes leads to "an appreciation of the beauty of everyday life." Catharsis can happen with words on pa-per, a brush against a blank canvas or notes strummed on a guitar - creativity opens the path to healing and people can choose what-ever route they feel comfortable with. Eventually, attendees were asked to draw four trees, each representing a different sea-son, and then break up into smaller groups to discuss their drawings. The attendees - some strangers, some classmates from Skudrzyk's course on multicultural issues in counseling and education - started exchanging stories about parents, siblings and friends who have passed away. Jeff Burgdorfer, a Fairfield graduate stu-dent studying clinical mental health counsel-ing, associated the seasons with the beginning of a healing process. He said autumn represents acceptance of the "inevitability of death... which gets you into READ CREATIVITY ON PAGE 4 NEWS: Page 2 SPORTS: Page 16 |