Mirror - Vol. 17, No. 14 - February 18, 1993

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FairfieldMBRRORV Volume 17, No. 14 Thursday, February 18, 1993 We're Not Cheap — We're Free
Administration Refuses To
Budge on Townhouse Policy
Claire St. Louis
Editor-in-Chief
So far, the University
administration has shot down
every proposal put forth by
UNITE, the student-run
townhouse committee. Just
recently, UNITE proposed an
alcohol, graduation, and coffee
house policy, all of which were
promptly rejected by
administration officials.
"Ourmajor concern right
now is the graduation policy,"
says Jen Bracco, president of
UNITE. "That is of immediate
importance to us."
The proposal stipulated
that every townhouse senior
would put up a $150 security
deposit, and if anyone got written
up during Senior Week, every
member of that person's
townhouse would lose his or her
deposit. This proposal was an
attempt at a compromise with the
administration, which had
"suggested" a security deposit of
$500 from each senior —- to be
forfeited by everyone if even one
person were written up.
The administration
rejected this compromise because
it would not cover the cost of
calling in the Fairfield Police.
"Security has no
authority over us," Bracco says.
"Writing us up won't be sufficient.
The administration feels that the
only threat that seniors will listen
to is being arrested. And the town
police need $600 every time the
Fire Department is called in."
Since the traditional
bonfire seems inevitable, the Fire
Department would most surely be
brought in, and the administration
feels that the $ 150 security deposit
will not cover the cost.
The procedure for
making proposals up until now
has been to draft a proposal and
submit it to the administration
through Pat Rombalski, Assistant
Director of Residence Life. But
UNITE is taking a different tact
for the latest draft of the proposal.
Karen Snyder and Jen Flynn,
townhouse seniors, are currently
working on the proposal, which
will be signed by FUSA President
Steve Shannon, as well" as
members of the Student Issues
Committee, which consists of the
leaders of several campus groups.
Then UNITE will sit down with
the administration and revise the
proposal together until a suitable
agreement can be reached.
UNITE strongly urges
every townhouse senior to input
suggestions for the graduation
proposal. There will be a general
meeting for this purpose on
Wednesday, February 24, at 9:30
p.m. in the Oak Room.
Once the graduation
proposal has been completed,
UNITE plans to turn its attention
on the alcohol and coffee house
policies. Students disapprove of
the current alcohol policy, which
includes party checks, carding,
and the wearing of wristbands.
They claim that the strict rules
and "Big Brother" atmosphere
surrounding the policy have
resulted in poor party
performance. Consequently,
students had to turn to the beach
for entertainment, which leads to
the risk of increased DWI
incidents.
UNITE is attempting to
set up a coffee house for next
year, designating one four-person
townhouse as the site ofthis cafe.
The administration turned down
this idea for the immediate future,
because it needs all available
townhouses for student housing.
However, it will most likely
incorporate the coffee house into
its five-year plan.
University Plants Tree
in Memory ofStudent
Debra De Shong
News Editor
Jamie Cantwell's favor-ite
color was red. It was even the
reason he came to Fairfield, so he
could wear the school color. This
is why his friends and family think
he would have loved and appreci-ated
the Scarlet Oak tree planted
Tree commemorating Jamie Cantwell. photo: L. Marchetti
in his memory and dedicated to
him last Sunday. Cantwell, who
was a senior, died Feb. 19, 1992
due to complications with diabe-tes.
The tree, which was
planted in the summer after gradu-ation,
stands in front of Regis
Hall where he was a Resident
Advisor(RA), when he passed
away. The tree was purchased by
his mother and was presented as a
gift.
Senior Erin Kent, who
was an RA with Cantwell said, "I
think Jamie would have really
liked this. It's a nice long lasting
momento of him."
Close friend, Rev. Paul
Holland, S.J., said "the tree is a
reminder that even in seasons of
cold, new life is being nurtured."
He agrees that Jamie would have
loved the tree and "when the red
blooms, it will show Jamie's love
of life and love of Fairfield.
There will be a mass to-night,
Feb. 18, at 10 pm to com-memorate
the one year anniver-sary
of his death.
Sarge Overtakes Dominos
In Pizza War
Rosalind E. Van Tuyl
Staff Writer
Pizza is a staple of col-lege
living. The average college
student probably consumes up-wards
of ten kazillion pizza over
the course of four years. So when
it's late at night and you are up
studying for a huge Economics
mid-term, who do you call? There
are so many choices: Domino's,
Sassano's, Pizza Works, Stag-her
Pizza (even if it's not politically
correct)...a person could go crazy.
Theoverwhelmingchoice
used to be Domino's. But re-cently,
students have begun to
gravitate towards Sargent
Pepperoni's. And the reasons are
clear. Sargent Pepperoni's (aka
"The Sarge") offers a different
breed of pizza in everything from
the menu to the service to the
specials.
Sargent Pepperoni's
started about two and a half years
ago by a group ofcollege age kids
at the University of Hartford. The
pizzas the group had eaten in col-lege
were "just horrible," accord-ing
to Rob Cifuentes, owner of
the Fairfield SargentPepperoni's.
So a group of guys set out to sell
a good, home-style pizza at a rea-sonable
price with top notch ser-vice.
They opened their Fairfield
location last November and have
been gaining popularity ever
since.
"We're different than a
lot of the other pizza delivery
places partly because we are a
limited partnership," Cifuentes
explained. "This gives us the
ability to diversify and change
our menu and specials according
to customers needs. Since about
60%ofourclient base are Fairfield
students, we have things like later
delivery hours, different menu
options, and cigarette delivery."
Student's can choose from a wide
array oftoppings onthe theirpizza,
but The Sarge's menu offers many
things besides pizza, such as
Chicken Parmigiana, salads, "All
American" Heroes, Baked Ziti,
and Buffalo Wings. Students can
also charge deliveries of $10 or
more to their credit cards.
Another very important
element ofThe Sarge's success at
Fairfield is the excellent service.
Cifuentes is on a first name basis
with many of students. "All ofus
here [at Sargent Pepperoni's] col-lege
age. The oldest one of us is
23, so we can really relate to the
students."
Apparently the feeling is
mutual. As sophomore, Maggie
Reaganexplains, "HikeThe Sarge
because the pizza is really good
and the delivery guys are great to
talk to—very friendly." So
friendly that students like sopho-more
Jennifer McStravick will
order pizza even though she
doesn'tlikecheese. "The Sarge is
the only pizza I will eat. I don't
normally like anything with
cheese on it, butThe Sarge's pizza
is very good."
"Our philosophy is to
have a fun with this business. This
means getting to know the stu-dents
you serve and listening to
their suggestions," Cifuentes said.
One such suggestion from a stu-dent
in Claver was to give give
outfree Sargent Pepperoni t-shirts
with the pizza. Cifuentes said that
Sargent Pepperoni's will be do-ing
thatvery soon. Cifuentescom-ments,
"It is so important to get to
know the students, because you
build loyalties and gain custom-ers
for life."
The Sarge is also involved
in co-sponsoring the "Male Re-view"
at Kelly's, a bar frequented
by many Fairfield students. In
addition, they are also very in-volved
with Fairfield town activi-ties.
Sargent Pepperoni's is
definitely on its way up. Sopho-more
Franchesca Matos says, "If
you haven't tried The Sarge, call
them tonight. You're gonna love
The Sarge."
Snow blanketed the campus Tuesday but soon turned tc
rain; it tucked in the campus the past two weeks, plowing
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