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The FairfieldMIRROR Volume 14, No. 11 Our Second Decade Thursday, November 30, 1989 The Image of Fairfield Housing Policy Modified Due To Student Protest Frosh Floors Replace Frosh Halls AnnMarie Puckhaber News Editor As a result of the student protest and the request made by the officers of FUSA, the University has modified its original plan to house all of the freshmen in three residence halls. Freshmen will now be grouped together by floor or wing instead of in separate halls. "It is obviously a compro-mise, but I see it as a victory," said Sean Leyden, FUSA Vice Presi-dent of Student Life. The students and the rally "did make the differ-ence," he said. "It is not essential to our plan to house them (the freshmen) in three buildings," said William Schimpf, Vice President of Stu-dent Services. The purpose of the "freshman year experience" pro-gram is to make the transition from high school to college easier for the students and to provide faculty, staff, and student support for their concerns. Schimpf said freshmen residence halls were originally proposed to "minimize disruption." Gonzaga, Kostka, and Claver halls will remain untouched by the modification. Since all fresh-men will be required to dine in Julie Hall, Kostka and Claver will not house freshmen due to their proximity, said Richard Rossi, Director of Student Residences. The administration has decided not to use Gonzaga to house the freshmen because it has always been popular with the upperclassmen. "There's never been more than 16% underclass-men in Gonzaga in the past two years and it is always closed out in the lottery," Rossi said. Due to the upperclassmen's interest in Loyola Hall, only the north end of Loyola I will be used for freshmen residences. Freshmen floors or wings will therefore be designated in Campion, Jogues, and Regis halls providing an equal mix of males and females. All of the new rooms created in Julie will also house freshmen, but current single rooms will be reserved for upperclass-men. Leyden said this new plan will maintain the mix of upper-and underclassmen. "You can't separate them. You have to let them interact because that's where most of the learning takes place," he said. Schimpf decribed the plan as a "very good modification." He said, "Yes, it (the protest) did work, but there are more effective and efficient ways ofcommunication." Ritter Helps Street Kids Survive Laura Ann Frauenhofer Staff Writer "We don't want him, you keep him," is the response the Rev-erend Bruce Ritter often hears when he calls the parents of a street kid who has come to Covenant House. "When I tell the kid his parents want him to stay with me, that's when the kid knows he is an orphan. The saddest day of the year is not Christmas, it's Mother's Day. My kids cry a lot on Mother's Day," said Ritter. Ritter founded Covenant House which was licensed in 1972 to operate homes for abandoned and runaway kids. In 1977, he opened the first Covenant House crisis center in Times Square, New York. Since then, other Houses have been opened in Florida, Texas, New Orleans, and Toronto. Ritter spoke to students on November 14 in Loyola Chapel about his kids and the lives they lead and the help he offers them. Covenant House is open 24 hours a day and offers food, shel-ter, protection, and even the chance to go home if that's possible for the kids who knock at its doors. Ritter estimates that in the U.S. there are at least 300,000 homeless kids who live and die in the streets, They become victims of drug dealers and pimps. "Street kids come to Cove-nant House, not runaways. Well, maybe a few runaways, but mostly street kids," said Ritter. Tom Sawyer was a kid who left home because he was inter-ested in experiencing all sorts of things. He could have returned home to a family who wanted him. Tom was a runaway. Huck Finn's alcoholic fa-ther beat him, and in order to stay alive, Huck had to leave home. Huck was a street kid, Ritter said. Street kids come from fami-lies destroyed by drugs, alcohol, and sexual abuse. These kids are nurtured by the street, and they learn that the street is a "brutal parent," he said. Sometime within a 24 hour period the typical street kid uses a combination of drugs and alcohol and engages in commercial sex. A sixteen year old once told Ritter, "I have two choices: I can either go with a john/customer or I can rip someone off and go to jail, and I can't go to jail." Ritter explained the street kid's rationalization. When you have nothing to sell but yourself, you sell yourself. Only half of the kids who come to Covenant House survive. "You can't live a long time on the street, and three months Is consid-ered a long time," said Ritter. Many die of alcoholism at an early age. These kids are also becoming vic-tims of AIDS. Ritter has estab-lished a floor in Covenant House especially for kids with AIDS. Ever since the bitter cold night in February, 1969, when six homeless kids knocked on Ritter's apartment door on the lower east side of New York to ask if they could sleep on his floor, Ritter has been working to give kids a chance to survive. "The most important thing I have to say is that you have no idea how good they are," he said. "They are simply trying to survive. What happens to them should not hap-pen." Committee Completes Details Of Lottery AnnMarie Puckhaber News Editor At its last meeting of the semester Monday night, the Lot-tery committee completed the de-tails of the townhouse and off-campus lottery process. Within the next two weeks, senior groups will be re- • quired to fill out their applica-tions for the lottery. The groups will mark on the applications their preference for townhouse or off-campus living All applications will be due on December 14 in the Student Services office. Seniors will be given full privileges throughout the lottery process and only seniors groups will be involved in the first lot-tery. A senior group consists of at least five persons from the class of '91 in a group of six, at least four persons from the class of '91 in a group of five, and at least three persons from the class of '91 in a group of four. Off-campus applications of groups of three or less must be made up of members who are all of the class of '91 to be considered senior status. All groups will receive two lottery numbers: one for the townhouses and one for off-cam-pus. Those applications with a townhouse preference will be given the top numbers for the townhouse lottery and the lower numbers for the off-campus lot-tery. Similarly, those applica-tions with an off-campus prefer-ence will be given the top num-bers for the off-campus lottery and the lower numbers for .the townhouse lottery. This method will give next year's seniors who want to live in the townhouses the better num-bers for the townhouse lottery and it will give those who want to live off-campus the better num-bers for the off-campus lottery. Members of the Lottery Com-mittee said that they feel this will almost guarantee that seniors are able to live where they want. Lottery numbers will be given to the groups randomly and posted on December 20. On January 24, a meeting will be held for all townhouse groups to select a unit and sign their contracts. Off-campus groups have until February 1 to sign a lease. Any off-campus group that is unable to find a lease must notify student residences before this date if the students wish to return to campus, said Richard Rossi, Director of Student Resi-dences. Senior groups that have not been placed by the end of January can use their townhouse or off-campus lottery numbers to fill vacant spots. However, all seniors groups must be placed by February 1. There are 869 spaces available in the townhouses and off-campus combined: 469 in the townhouses and 400 off campus. On February 1, Junior groups will be given one lottery number and will be able to fill any remaining spots in the tow-houses or off-campus. Approxi-matley 200 members of the class of '92 will be eligible for townhouse or off-campus living, according to Rossi. The residence hall lottery process has not yet been designed. The Lottery Committe will de-sign this lottery next semester, taking into account the new fresh-men floor concept. The resi-dence hall lottery will be held in the late spring. There will be an informa-tional meeting regarding the en-tire lottery process on Monday, December 4, at 7 p.m. in the Oak Room. The Lottery Committee will explain the process in greater detail at this time and answer any questions from the student body. Financial Aid Up 13% Fr. Bruce Ritter poses with senior Scott Arnold (left) and junior Shawn Brady. Photo: Thomas Beirne Emily Okenquist Staff Writer Financial aid and scholar-ships have increased about 13% for the 1989-90 academic year in comparison to last year, according to Paul Marchelli, Director of Fi-nancial Aid. However, the final statistics will not be compiled until the spring. The increase in aid was due to additional fund raising in the Development Office, in-coming gifts, and the increase in tuition. "There is a strong commitment to increasing financial aid in light of federal and state financial aid regu-lations," Marchelli said. According to statistics, during 1988-89, Connecticut gave Fairfield $1,303,900 for the Con-necticut Institutional College Stu-dent Grant Program, which is only given to Connecticut residents. "The amount was lowered this year, but Fairfield University still in-creased their aid," said Marchelli. Approximately 65% of all students are given some form of financial aid. All of the Univer-sity's aid is received from grants and scholarships, loans, and stu-dentemployment through the Work Study Program. Students who are not eligible for financial aid, but have a need for extra earnings, are enrolled in Work Study, in which they are given a job on campus worth $1,200-$ 1,300 per year. All of the loans and scholarships are based on merit or need. This year, thirteen freshmen received Presidential Scholarships. These full tuition scholarships are based solely on academic achieve-ment, not financial need. All vale-dictorians and students in the top of their class for this honor on the basis of SATs and grades. This is the final year Fairfield will award these, and although they will still be referred to as Presidential Schol-arships in future years, eighteen students will receive a maximum continued on page 2
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Title | Mirror - Vol. 14, No. 11 - November 30, 1989 |
Date | November 30 1989 |
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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SearchData | The FairfieldMIRROR Volume 14, No. 11 Our Second Decade Thursday, November 30, 1989 The Image of Fairfield Housing Policy Modified Due To Student Protest Frosh Floors Replace Frosh Halls AnnMarie Puckhaber News Editor As a result of the student protest and the request made by the officers of FUSA, the University has modified its original plan to house all of the freshmen in three residence halls. Freshmen will now be grouped together by floor or wing instead of in separate halls. "It is obviously a compro-mise, but I see it as a victory," said Sean Leyden, FUSA Vice Presi-dent of Student Life. The students and the rally "did make the differ-ence," he said. "It is not essential to our plan to house them (the freshmen) in three buildings," said William Schimpf, Vice President of Stu-dent Services. The purpose of the "freshman year experience" pro-gram is to make the transition from high school to college easier for the students and to provide faculty, staff, and student support for their concerns. Schimpf said freshmen residence halls were originally proposed to "minimize disruption." Gonzaga, Kostka, and Claver halls will remain untouched by the modification. Since all fresh-men will be required to dine in Julie Hall, Kostka and Claver will not house freshmen due to their proximity, said Richard Rossi, Director of Student Residences. The administration has decided not to use Gonzaga to house the freshmen because it has always been popular with the upperclassmen. "There's never been more than 16% underclass-men in Gonzaga in the past two years and it is always closed out in the lottery," Rossi said. Due to the upperclassmen's interest in Loyola Hall, only the north end of Loyola I will be used for freshmen residences. Freshmen floors or wings will therefore be designated in Campion, Jogues, and Regis halls providing an equal mix of males and females. All of the new rooms created in Julie will also house freshmen, but current single rooms will be reserved for upperclass-men. Leyden said this new plan will maintain the mix of upper-and underclassmen. "You can't separate them. You have to let them interact because that's where most of the learning takes place," he said. Schimpf decribed the plan as a "very good modification." He said, "Yes, it (the protest) did work, but there are more effective and efficient ways ofcommunication." Ritter Helps Street Kids Survive Laura Ann Frauenhofer Staff Writer "We don't want him, you keep him," is the response the Rev-erend Bruce Ritter often hears when he calls the parents of a street kid who has come to Covenant House. "When I tell the kid his parents want him to stay with me, that's when the kid knows he is an orphan. The saddest day of the year is not Christmas, it's Mother's Day. My kids cry a lot on Mother's Day," said Ritter. Ritter founded Covenant House which was licensed in 1972 to operate homes for abandoned and runaway kids. In 1977, he opened the first Covenant House crisis center in Times Square, New York. Since then, other Houses have been opened in Florida, Texas, New Orleans, and Toronto. Ritter spoke to students on November 14 in Loyola Chapel about his kids and the lives they lead and the help he offers them. Covenant House is open 24 hours a day and offers food, shel-ter, protection, and even the chance to go home if that's possible for the kids who knock at its doors. Ritter estimates that in the U.S. there are at least 300,000 homeless kids who live and die in the streets, They become victims of drug dealers and pimps. "Street kids come to Cove-nant House, not runaways. Well, maybe a few runaways, but mostly street kids," said Ritter. Tom Sawyer was a kid who left home because he was inter-ested in experiencing all sorts of things. He could have returned home to a family who wanted him. Tom was a runaway. Huck Finn's alcoholic fa-ther beat him, and in order to stay alive, Huck had to leave home. Huck was a street kid, Ritter said. Street kids come from fami-lies destroyed by drugs, alcohol, and sexual abuse. These kids are nurtured by the street, and they learn that the street is a "brutal parent," he said. Sometime within a 24 hour period the typical street kid uses a combination of drugs and alcohol and engages in commercial sex. A sixteen year old once told Ritter, "I have two choices: I can either go with a john/customer or I can rip someone off and go to jail, and I can't go to jail." Ritter explained the street kid's rationalization. When you have nothing to sell but yourself, you sell yourself. Only half of the kids who come to Covenant House survive. "You can't live a long time on the street, and three months Is consid-ered a long time," said Ritter. Many die of alcoholism at an early age. These kids are also becoming vic-tims of AIDS. Ritter has estab-lished a floor in Covenant House especially for kids with AIDS. Ever since the bitter cold night in February, 1969, when six homeless kids knocked on Ritter's apartment door on the lower east side of New York to ask if they could sleep on his floor, Ritter has been working to give kids a chance to survive. "The most important thing I have to say is that you have no idea how good they are," he said. "They are simply trying to survive. What happens to them should not hap-pen." Committee Completes Details Of Lottery AnnMarie Puckhaber News Editor At its last meeting of the semester Monday night, the Lot-tery committee completed the de-tails of the townhouse and off-campus lottery process. Within the next two weeks, senior groups will be re- • quired to fill out their applica-tions for the lottery. The groups will mark on the applications their preference for townhouse or off-campus living All applications will be due on December 14 in the Student Services office. Seniors will be given full privileges throughout the lottery process and only seniors groups will be involved in the first lot-tery. A senior group consists of at least five persons from the class of '91 in a group of six, at least four persons from the class of '91 in a group of five, and at least three persons from the class of '91 in a group of four. Off-campus applications of groups of three or less must be made up of members who are all of the class of '91 to be considered senior status. All groups will receive two lottery numbers: one for the townhouses and one for off-cam-pus. Those applications with a townhouse preference will be given the top numbers for the townhouse lottery and the lower numbers for the off-campus lot-tery. Similarly, those applica-tions with an off-campus prefer-ence will be given the top num-bers for the off-campus lottery and the lower numbers for .the townhouse lottery. This method will give next year's seniors who want to live in the townhouses the better num-bers for the townhouse lottery and it will give those who want to live off-campus the better num-bers for the off-campus lottery. Members of the Lottery Com-mittee said that they feel this will almost guarantee that seniors are able to live where they want. Lottery numbers will be given to the groups randomly and posted on December 20. On January 24, a meeting will be held for all townhouse groups to select a unit and sign their contracts. Off-campus groups have until February 1 to sign a lease. Any off-campus group that is unable to find a lease must notify student residences before this date if the students wish to return to campus, said Richard Rossi, Director of Student Resi-dences. Senior groups that have not been placed by the end of January can use their townhouse or off-campus lottery numbers to fill vacant spots. However, all seniors groups must be placed by February 1. There are 869 spaces available in the townhouses and off-campus combined: 469 in the townhouses and 400 off campus. On February 1, Junior groups will be given one lottery number and will be able to fill any remaining spots in the tow-houses or off-campus. Approxi-matley 200 members of the class of '92 will be eligible for townhouse or off-campus living, according to Rossi. The residence hall lottery process has not yet been designed. The Lottery Committe will de-sign this lottery next semester, taking into account the new fresh-men floor concept. The resi-dence hall lottery will be held in the late spring. There will be an informa-tional meeting regarding the en-tire lottery process on Monday, December 4, at 7 p.m. in the Oak Room. The Lottery Committee will explain the process in greater detail at this time and answer any questions from the student body. Financial Aid Up 13% Fr. Bruce Ritter poses with senior Scott Arnold (left) and junior Shawn Brady. Photo: Thomas Beirne Emily Okenquist Staff Writer Financial aid and scholar-ships have increased about 13% for the 1989-90 academic year in comparison to last year, according to Paul Marchelli, Director of Fi-nancial Aid. However, the final statistics will not be compiled until the spring. The increase in aid was due to additional fund raising in the Development Office, in-coming gifts, and the increase in tuition. "There is a strong commitment to increasing financial aid in light of federal and state financial aid regu-lations," Marchelli said. According to statistics, during 1988-89, Connecticut gave Fairfield $1,303,900 for the Con-necticut Institutional College Stu-dent Grant Program, which is only given to Connecticut residents. "The amount was lowered this year, but Fairfield University still in-creased their aid," said Marchelli. Approximately 65% of all students are given some form of financial aid. All of the Univer-sity's aid is received from grants and scholarships, loans, and stu-dentemployment through the Work Study Program. Students who are not eligible for financial aid, but have a need for extra earnings, are enrolled in Work Study, in which they are given a job on campus worth $1,200-$ 1,300 per year. All of the loans and scholarships are based on merit or need. This year, thirteen freshmen received Presidential Scholarships. These full tuition scholarships are based solely on academic achieve-ment, not financial need. All vale-dictorians and students in the top of their class for this honor on the basis of SATs and grades. This is the final year Fairfield will award these, and although they will still be referred to as Presidential Schol-arships in future years, eighteen students will receive a maximum continued on page 2 |