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The FairfieldMRRORV Volume 17, No. 9 Thursday, November 19, 1992 Happy Thanksgiving Times Article Airs Fairfield's Dirty Laundry Lynn Marchetti Staff Writer Spreading across three pages and boasting two photo-graphs, the never-ending Students vs. Town of Fairfield battle re-ceived yet more publicity this week in an article featured in The New York Times. The article depicted the Good Neighbor/Bad Neighbor situ-ation in the Time's Connecticut Weekly section. The Times piece was full of honest opinion quotes that came from virtually every party involved in this perpetual squabble. Students Nicole Minore and Martin Pierce were quoted, along with some of their nice and not-so-nice year-round neighbors. The article is rounded out with quotes from the University admin-istration. ' Ofall weekends, thejour-nalists chose Alumni Weekend to do their on-the-scene reporting. Understandably, the spirits were high and the alcohol abounded that weekend. There were lines at the Seagrape bar, the cops gave out lots of tickets, and the cabs were everywhere. So this is exactly what they wrote about—as if every Lantern Point, the center of controversy. photo: L.Marchetti weekend were like that one. Going right to the source, family neighbors had a chance to speak their mind. Gretchen Hauser raises a family in the middled of the stu-dent- populated area, amongst "89 animal houses," in her own words. But Edel Kollar and Sandi Boback had only nice things to say about the students. Kollar uses some students for babysitting, and Boback said the students don't bother her. "I rarely hear any-thing," she said. Steven Levine owns the Seagrape, a popular bar amongst students, mostly because ofits con-venient location near the student beach houses. He calls this battle a "political football," because he feels the students are an "easy tar-get for the town's powerful lead-ers." He summed up the situa-tion very well by putting things into perspective: "Of the 6,000 beach residents, 400 of them are students." Murray Farber, the University's Public Relations di-rector, reminds us that the univer-sity has no legal right to tell the students where to live. Best of all, Vice Presi-dent of Student Services William Schimpf had some great things to say about the situation, that will make the students happy. He points out the significant reduction in the size of the off-campus pool, re-minding us that 900 students lived off campus in 1980. "I will not accept the idea that students must be excluded from the beach. They have a right to live anywhere they wish, just like any other citizen," he said. Finally, a little bit ofposi-tive publicity for the student resi-dents of Fairfield Beach Road. Stag Her Debate Staggers On University Council Proposes Compromise FUSA Senate Refuses To Budge Jennifer Luongo Assistant News Editor Hours before the FUSA Senate meeting, on November 10, the University Council struggled to find a win/win solution to the controversial and emotional Stag Her Inn question. The Council meeting was filled with tension, and frustration over this issue was made apparent. The Council is a tripartite body, and students frus-tratingly found themselves in dis-agreement with the faculty and ad-ministration who want to change the name of the Stag Her Inn. Jim Fitzpatrick, assistant dean of university activities and a member of the Council, proposed a compromise (see article at right). Fitzpatrick felt that this would en-able students to have their freedom of expression, without the University's endorsement of the name. This would allow the Coun-cil to eliminate institutionalized forms of harassment, since the name Stag-Her Inn is seen by some as a sexist slur. Fitzpatrick said, "It's important for the student sec-tor to understand that there is a genuine attempt to make a com-promise, so they don't feel like it's rammed down their throat." However, some ofthe stu-dents on the Council do not agree that the compromise is fair. Mike McCormack, '94, said, "In view of making a compromise, in the tri-partide body, the students would be outvoted." In addition, a FUSA Senator, who was present at the meeting, presented a petition of 502 students who want to keep the name as it is. Others at the meeting felt that these 502 names cannot possibly reflect the opinions of the rest of the University community. After tabling the motion of the compromise, the University Council sent the idea back to the FUSA Senate. Dan Martin Staff Writer On Tuesday, November 10, the FUSA Senate continued to discuss the issue that has seem-ingly taken over campus. Once again, the Senate argued about the changing of the name of the Stag- Her Inn. A compromise was of-fered by the Univeristy Council: the students would be alllowed to publicise it as the "Stag-Her Inn", but the University would refer to it in all official documents as the "Snack Bar." In order to get sufficient support to pass the compromise, the Senate reiterated that the Stag- Her is for the students, not for the faculty, who are the major complaintants about the name. Therefore, it is the students' right to choose the name. They maintain that the vast majority of the students who have been asked, especially women, consider the issue ridiculous, and the name unoffensive. The Senate maintained that there should be no change. Some Senators also feel that the controversy is about more than the name. They claim that it is an infringement on student rights. However,' when that point was mentioned during the meeting, the administration present urged that this was not the case. They stated that the alteration is neccessary because some people found the name offensive. Another reason that the administration brought up was that the name was never taken seriously because no one ever saw the sign and that the change really wouldn't matter. The Senate will continue to get petitions signed and obtain ever greater support. They have concluded that it is too important an issue to accept the compromise, and that they will continue to fight for the students' views and rights. Sexual Harassment Addressed Megan Harvist Staff Writer Tthe National Associa-tion of Student Personnel Admin-istrators (NASPA) presented a tele-conference entitled Confronting Sexual Harassment on Campus last week. The conference, which was shown in Gonzaga Auditorium, was presented live, via satellite, from BizNet studios in Washing-ton, D.C. The teleconference con-sisted of five panel members who answered questions and gave ad-vice on how to deal with sexual harassment. Two forms of sexual ha-rassment, student to student and faculty to student, were dealt with at the teleconference. The panel members commented that this is not a feminist issue but rather an issue ofrespect for everyone. Some people aren't willing to fight for the respect they deserve. The prob-lem is that women blow it offwhile men play it off. The panel members dis-cussed a few cases of faculty-stu-dent harassment in which profes-sors would call students at home, invite them to plays and dinner, and have them over to their houses for "private study sessions."If the student did not comply to their requests, the professors would re-taliate with a bad grade. There are also cases of student-faculty ha-rassments in which students write suggestive sexual remarks on their papers. Panel member Frederick Preston remarked, "colleges must deal with these problems on an individual and an institutional level."It is important to have people on campus that students, faculty, and staff can go to for help. Coun-seling is needed because harassed people tend to feel inferior and guilty and they need to be reas-sured that what happened was not their fault. An option for the victims is to write a letter to their harasser. This letter should contain a factual account of what happened, a de-scription oftheirfeelings, and what they want to happen. All of these options are essential in order to deal with the problem of sexual harassment on college campuses. Keith Eldredge, the Residence Hall Coordinator in Regis, felt that the conference was "very good and very informative." He said, "The most important thing is raising awareness about sexual harassment. People need to under-stand what it is and why it is wrong." the Silent Crime ofDate Rape V page 3 ^ % Discovering the Injustices of the Justice System page 5 4 Students React to NY Times Attacks pages 8, 9 V-rr JJ "Airplane" and "KFM" Top List ofFunniest Films page 11 ^(faeet the 1992-93^ Stags Basketball ■^ ->' \z Team pages 14-15 J
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Title | Mirror - Vol. 17, No. 09 - November 19, 1992 |
Date | November 19 1992 |
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 FairfieldMRRORV Volume 17, No. 9 Thursday, November 19, 1992 Happy Thanksgiving Times Article Airs Fairfield's Dirty Laundry Lynn Marchetti Staff Writer Spreading across three pages and boasting two photo-graphs, the never-ending Students vs. Town of Fairfield battle re-ceived yet more publicity this week in an article featured in The New York Times. The article depicted the Good Neighbor/Bad Neighbor situ-ation in the Time's Connecticut Weekly section. The Times piece was full of honest opinion quotes that came from virtually every party involved in this perpetual squabble. Students Nicole Minore and Martin Pierce were quoted, along with some of their nice and not-so-nice year-round neighbors. The article is rounded out with quotes from the University admin-istration. ' Ofall weekends, thejour-nalists chose Alumni Weekend to do their on-the-scene reporting. Understandably, the spirits were high and the alcohol abounded that weekend. There were lines at the Seagrape bar, the cops gave out lots of tickets, and the cabs were everywhere. So this is exactly what they wrote about—as if every Lantern Point, the center of controversy. photo: L.Marchetti weekend were like that one. Going right to the source, family neighbors had a chance to speak their mind. Gretchen Hauser raises a family in the middled of the stu-dent- populated area, amongst "89 animal houses," in her own words. But Edel Kollar and Sandi Boback had only nice things to say about the students. Kollar uses some students for babysitting, and Boback said the students don't bother her. "I rarely hear any-thing," she said. Steven Levine owns the Seagrape, a popular bar amongst students, mostly because ofits con-venient location near the student beach houses. He calls this battle a "political football," because he feels the students are an "easy tar-get for the town's powerful lead-ers." He summed up the situa-tion very well by putting things into perspective: "Of the 6,000 beach residents, 400 of them are students." Murray Farber, the University's Public Relations di-rector, reminds us that the univer-sity has no legal right to tell the students where to live. Best of all, Vice Presi-dent of Student Services William Schimpf had some great things to say about the situation, that will make the students happy. He points out the significant reduction in the size of the off-campus pool, re-minding us that 900 students lived off campus in 1980. "I will not accept the idea that students must be excluded from the beach. They have a right to live anywhere they wish, just like any other citizen," he said. Finally, a little bit ofposi-tive publicity for the student resi-dents of Fairfield Beach Road. Stag Her Debate Staggers On University Council Proposes Compromise FUSA Senate Refuses To Budge Jennifer Luongo Assistant News Editor Hours before the FUSA Senate meeting, on November 10, the University Council struggled to find a win/win solution to the controversial and emotional Stag Her Inn question. The Council meeting was filled with tension, and frustration over this issue was made apparent. The Council is a tripartite body, and students frus-tratingly found themselves in dis-agreement with the faculty and ad-ministration who want to change the name of the Stag Her Inn. Jim Fitzpatrick, assistant dean of university activities and a member of the Council, proposed a compromise (see article at right). Fitzpatrick felt that this would en-able students to have their freedom of expression, without the University's endorsement of the name. This would allow the Coun-cil to eliminate institutionalized forms of harassment, since the name Stag-Her Inn is seen by some as a sexist slur. Fitzpatrick said, "It's important for the student sec-tor to understand that there is a genuine attempt to make a com-promise, so they don't feel like it's rammed down their throat." However, some ofthe stu-dents on the Council do not agree that the compromise is fair. Mike McCormack, '94, said, "In view of making a compromise, in the tri-partide body, the students would be outvoted." In addition, a FUSA Senator, who was present at the meeting, presented a petition of 502 students who want to keep the name as it is. Others at the meeting felt that these 502 names cannot possibly reflect the opinions of the rest of the University community. After tabling the motion of the compromise, the University Council sent the idea back to the FUSA Senate. Dan Martin Staff Writer On Tuesday, November 10, the FUSA Senate continued to discuss the issue that has seem-ingly taken over campus. Once again, the Senate argued about the changing of the name of the Stag- Her Inn. A compromise was of-fered by the Univeristy Council: the students would be alllowed to publicise it as the "Stag-Her Inn", but the University would refer to it in all official documents as the "Snack Bar." In order to get sufficient support to pass the compromise, the Senate reiterated that the Stag- Her is for the students, not for the faculty, who are the major complaintants about the name. Therefore, it is the students' right to choose the name. They maintain that the vast majority of the students who have been asked, especially women, consider the issue ridiculous, and the name unoffensive. The Senate maintained that there should be no change. Some Senators also feel that the controversy is about more than the name. They claim that it is an infringement on student rights. However,' when that point was mentioned during the meeting, the administration present urged that this was not the case. They stated that the alteration is neccessary because some people found the name offensive. Another reason that the administration brought up was that the name was never taken seriously because no one ever saw the sign and that the change really wouldn't matter. The Senate will continue to get petitions signed and obtain ever greater support. They have concluded that it is too important an issue to accept the compromise, and that they will continue to fight for the students' views and rights. Sexual Harassment Addressed Megan Harvist Staff Writer Tthe National Associa-tion of Student Personnel Admin-istrators (NASPA) presented a tele-conference entitled Confronting Sexual Harassment on Campus last week. The conference, which was shown in Gonzaga Auditorium, was presented live, via satellite, from BizNet studios in Washing-ton, D.C. The teleconference con-sisted of five panel members who answered questions and gave ad-vice on how to deal with sexual harassment. Two forms of sexual ha-rassment, student to student and faculty to student, were dealt with at the teleconference. The panel members commented that this is not a feminist issue but rather an issue ofrespect for everyone. Some people aren't willing to fight for the respect they deserve. The prob-lem is that women blow it offwhile men play it off. The panel members dis-cussed a few cases of faculty-stu-dent harassment in which profes-sors would call students at home, invite them to plays and dinner, and have them over to their houses for "private study sessions."If the student did not comply to their requests, the professors would re-taliate with a bad grade. There are also cases of student-faculty ha-rassments in which students write suggestive sexual remarks on their papers. Panel member Frederick Preston remarked, "colleges must deal with these problems on an individual and an institutional level."It is important to have people on campus that students, faculty, and staff can go to for help. Coun-seling is needed because harassed people tend to feel inferior and guilty and they need to be reas-sured that what happened was not their fault. An option for the victims is to write a letter to their harasser. This letter should contain a factual account of what happened, a de-scription oftheirfeelings, and what they want to happen. All of these options are essential in order to deal with the problem of sexual harassment on college campuses. Keith Eldredge, the Residence Hall Coordinator in Regis, felt that the conference was "very good and very informative." He said, "The most important thing is raising awareness about sexual harassment. People need to under-stand what it is and why it is wrong." the Silent Crime ofDate Rape V page 3 ^ % Discovering the Injustices of the Justice System page 5 4 Students React to NY Times Attacks pages 8, 9 V-rr JJ "Airplane" and "KFM" Top List ofFunniest Films page 11 ^(faeet the 1992-93^ Stags Basketball ■^ ->' \z Team pages 14-15 J |