Mirror - Vol. 15, No. 16 - February 21, 1991

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FairfieldMIRRORV Volume 15, No. 16 Thursday, February 21, 1991 The Image Of Fairfield
Student Reps Propose
Townhouse Keg Policy
Ann Marie Puckhaber
Editor-in-Chief
As an answer to the threat of
banned kegs in the townhouses,
student representatives presentated
William P. Schimpf, vice presi-dent
of Student Services with a
proposal last Thursday outlining
alternative suggestions to curb
alcohol abuse on campus.
The proposal's aim is "to
eliminate under age drinking and
the serving of obviously intoxi-cated
individuals at townhouse par-ties"
through a monitoring system
in which wristbands will be re-quired
for those over 21 who wish
to be served.
"I think it is a very sound
proposal," said senior Matt Gal-lagher,
FUTA president. "It's
feasible and I can't see why it
won't be accepted."
The student proposal is as
follows:
1. All parties at which there
will be a keg (s) and more than 24
persons in attendance must be
registered with Student Residences
at least 24 hours prior to the start of
the party. Guidelines for register-ing
a party are:
* there must be at least one
member of the townhouse giving
the party of legal drinking age,
* all members of the
townhouse must have attended one
of the alcohol awareness sessions,
* until both of the above
mention guidelines are fulfilled,
the townhouse will be unable to
register a party,
* at the time of registration,
the townhouse will record the
number and size ofthe kegs to be at
the party (maximum - 3 half kegs).
2. At time of registration,
Student Residences will give the
townhouse representative a maxi-mum
of 150 colored identification
wristbands.
3. Before the party, mem-bers
ofthe townhouse will write on
the wristbands using an indelible
marker the number of the
townhouse and the initials of the
townhouse member.
4. During the party, the back
door will be locked and used for
exit only. At the front door, a
member of the townhouse will be
stationed. Any person of legal age
who wishes to be served from the
keg will present valid Fairfield ID.
If the person is not a student, two
forms of ID are required. If ID is
accepted, a wristband will be at-tached
to the person's left arm.
Wristbands from other
townhouses will first be removed
and discarded before a new band is
put on. If a person, regardless of
their age, enters the party intoxi-cated,
the townhouse member will
not give the person a wristband
and beer will be denied to him/her.
5. During the party, a resi-dent
from that townhouse will
serve beer from the keg.
6. It is the student's respon-sibility
to remove the wristband
when leaving the party. The
townhouse will not be held liable
for the actions of the student once
he/she leaves the townhouse.
The responsibilities of the
townhouses members outlined in
the proposal include not giving
wristbands to minors, not serving
minors, and not serving students
who are obviously intoxicated.
Townhouse residents will be
required to sign a contract at the
conclusion of the alcohol aware-ness
sessions saying that they will
comply with these regulations.
Failure to comply with the
regulations will result in revoca-tion
oftownhouse party privileges,
a fine on the townhouse totaling
$100.00 or 100 hours of commu-nity
service for the townhouse (all
fines collected by the University
will be used to help sponsor non-alcoholic
events on campus), and
for the first offense of the semes-ter,
the townhouse will be on pro-bation
for the remainder of the
semester
A second offense in the same
semester will result in a loss of
townhouse residence privileges.
Comments from Schimpfon
the proposal were not available at
this time, however, Gallagher said
Schimpf'seemed optimistic" when
the proposal was presented to him.
IfSchimpfagrees to consider
the proposal, it will be presented
to the University Council and sent
on through the proper channels for
further input.
University Community Voices
Concerns to Committee
Laura Coffey
Staff Writer
Christina Hennessy
News Editor
After two weeks of open
forums, the University Long Range
Planning Committee will begin to
meet to discuss the many ideas and
suggestions introduced by the
members of the University com-munity,
with much of the input
focused on the relationship be-tween
the administration and rest
of the community, the attention to
the athletics program, the role of
students in campus activities, and
the push for more cultural diver-sity.
"I see an emergence of
unbalance because the University
administration has made decisions
without consent or opinions of
students," said Bill Murphy, '92.
Representatives of the fac-ulty
and Jesuit communities also
voiced concern.
"Jesuit education has always
centered on students and my ques-tion
is 'Is Fairfield University stu-dent
centered'," said Rev. Joseph
MacDonnell, S.J., professor of
mathematics and computer science.
"The students have inadver-tently
been pushed to the side and
now have a sense ofpowerlessness
and the student government is
unable to keep the students in the
center," he added.
In addition, he questioned
the level of responsibility given to
the students with the new policies
developed by the administration
and were they "preparing the stu-dents
to face the real world once
they leave."
Dr. George Lang, of the
mathematics and computer science
department, stated "the faculty
voice is indeed a minor one" and
criticized the tendency to let "fac-ulty
turn into deadwood."
The freshman housing pro-gram
policy was used as examples
of the administration not listening
to the other areas of the commu-nity.
The results of an extensive
poll conducted by the Faculty Life
Committee were presented by Rev.
Tom Regan, S.J., Faculty Chair-man
of Student Life Committee
and professor of philosophy. One
major issue he focused on was
putting money into the residence
halls.
He suggested to the com-mittee
that lounges and kitchens
be put in the residence halls. "We
need to allocate space and make a
community atmosphere," he said.
Father Regan also discussed the
topic of freshman housing. He
said,"It is very difficult to find
anyone who supports isolating the
freshman at Dolan Campus. It
would be a disaster to sustain it."
"The freshman are feeling
very isolated with no assimilation
or example setting for them in the
halls," said Daniel Wilmer, '93.
"Dolan campus canbecome
the most positive project for the
committee ifoffered to upperclass-men,
equipped with kitchen facili-ties
and modified to establish a
student union," he added.
Dianne Nolan, the woman's
basketball coach stated to board
members that something must be
done about the basketball court in
Alumni Hall. She stated the floor
has a very hard surface and it fa-cilitates
injuries and hinders reha-bilitation.
"In my twelve years of
coaching here I have witnessed
fourteen knee operations and many
stress fractures," she said.
Harold Menninger, Direc-tor
of Athletics and Recreation,
lobbied for monies to improve
existing athletic facilities, expand
intramural facilities and research
an indoor surface to be used by
teams if the weather is inclement.
"Campus Ministry has its
pride and the fine arts department
has pride, now its our turn," he
said. "We must have athletic and
recreation facilities to compete in
the future.
Christopher Darcy, a gradu-ate
assistant, suggested an expan-sion
of Campus Center facilities
for clubs and activities. He also
stated that there be more interac-tion
between student services and
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Tri-Chairs Selected
for Senior Week '91
Christina Hennessy
News Editor
Miffy Lanosa, Mike Canzano and Ed Hardiman gear up to pre-pare
for Senior Week as all three have been chosen to lead the junior
class as the first ever junior tri-chairs.
"Collectively, they have strong organizational and program-ming
skills and bring high energy and great motivation to the job,"
said Matt Dinnan, Assistant Director of the Campus Center and
member of the selection committee.
Dinnan will also serve as an advisor for Senior Week.
Eight applicants applied for the Co-Chair position, with each
submitting an application and participating in an interview with the
selection committee. This year's tri-chairs were all called back a
second time. •
"We honestly couldn't come up with the best two so we kept the
three best," said Dinnan.
The tri-chairs must now select a theme along with their staff of
roughly 24 sub-chairs, who will be selected by the week before
Spring Break. Ordering of tickets and supplies, as well as breaking
down workers to the different committees should be completed by the
end of March.
The newly selected senior week tri-chairs Ed Har-diman,
Miffy Lanosa, and Mike Canzano.
As for the theme, it should encompass all events for the week.
"We've put some ideas together, but we are still waiting to pick
the sub-chairs and get together to have a brainstorming session," said
Canzano, a management major and resident of Boylston, Ma.
"We'd like to find a theme which is creative and can apply to
all events, like last year's theme Around the World in Five Days,"
said Lanosa, a nursing major of Bristol, Ct. "We would like to hear
from everybody, though, before we make the final decision."
The Senior Week Committee will operate with a "zero-based
budget", according to Dinnan, in that expenses will be absorbed by
ticket sales.
The committee looks towards last years budget to get a rough
estimate of cost and expected ticket sales. A surplus of roughly
$2,000 was left over which goes to this year's fund. The event usually
costs about $75,000.
Events will run from May 15-18 and include a Senior/Jesuit
Social sponsored by Alpha Sigma Nu, the Jesuit Community and the
Senior Week Committee, on the Bellarmine Terrace on the last day
of school, a faculty/senior brunch, a Pub Night, a senior picnic and
dances for both the seniors and parents.
A Baccalaureate Mass is scheduled for the day before gradu-ation
on May 19.
"I thought Senior Week would be a good way to send off my
friends in the senior class, while meeting members of my class and
having a great time," said Hardiman a political science major and
resident of Norwood, Ma.
Roughly 75 juniors will usher out the Class of '91 including the
sub-chairs and the workers. The committee will attempt to assign
workers to their first and second choices, but the workers will help out
all week on the various events.
"Not only is this the last chance for the seniors to have a great
time all together at Fairfield, but it also is a great opportunity to get
to know more members of the junior class," said Canzano.
"I hope to make the event successful and memorable for the
seniors and I hope they can leave having enjoyed themselves," said
Lanosa.
The selection committee was made up of Dinnan, Jeane Di-
Muzio, assistant director of University Activities, and Julie Ford,
Chris Darcy, and Denise Sutphin,, graduate assistants.