Mirror - Vol. 18, No. 07 - November 11, 1993

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FairfieldMRR©R Volume 18, No. 7 Thursday, November 11, 1993 The Image of Fairfield
Security Gives Unregistered
Cars The Boot
David Harris
Staff Writer
Attention scoff-laws!
The Hot List is out and Security
has your name and license plate
number. If those parking tickets
aren't paid you will find yourself
with a major headache. No
excuses will be accepted. If
security finds your car they will
immobilize it until you come up
with the money.
The Hot List refers to
people with five or more unpaid
parking tickets and at the present
time, twenty-seven people owe
a bit of cash.
Out of the twenty-seven
who owe money, the top
two are students. The leader is
in hock for $1,200 and second
place owes $ 1,160. The leading
faculty member, whose names
would not be released, had $750
in parking tickets.
Although these
amounts are excessive compared
Without registration, these cars could get the boot. photo: file
to last year, Mary Ann De Masi,
Operations Assistant, sees a
positive effect in the increase in
fines.
"Our hot list last year
was much larger. People ignore
a ten dollar fine but with fifty
dollars it gets their attention."
Some are not so happy.
One student, who wished to
remain anonymous because his
case is under appeal, owes $400
in fines and has his car
temporarily immobilized.
"I think it' s an outrage.
I'm a commuter so I have to take
a car on campus to get to class
and it's unfair that I have to shell
out fifty bucks for the honor of
parking here. Those costs should
be absorbed by the students with
cars who live on campus because
their cars are luxuries."
The above student and
ten others have had their cars
booted in the last week. Due to
a technical glitch in the
computer the Hot List only
came out last week. But now
thatit'sout, Security has moved
swiftly in reigning in those who
will not pay.
To its credit, the
University does allow recourse.
Once Security immobilizes
your car, you must go to Loyola
to rectify the problem.
They do not force you
to pay right away but you have
to sign a promissory stating
you will come up with the
money.
However their is an
appeal process and all eleven
who have been caught so far
are appealing their fines. For
those remaining sixteen:
Beware. There' s a boot out there
with your name on it.
Campus
Holds Race
Relations
Conference
Caitlin Whelan
Staff Writer
This week marked the
University's campus Race
Relations Conference, a four-day
program to further racial
awareness and multicultural
community.
The conference began
on Monday, November 8th. To
start the program off, RA's, in
cooperation with IRHG, co-sponsored
residence hall
programs to focus on the idea of
"community." On Tuesday, a
panel presentation entitled
"Affirming Diversity in Higher
Education" was held, followed
on Wednesday evening by a video
and discussion session on race
relations. The program concludes
on Thursday, November 11th,
with three closing event,s
beginning at noon with an
AHANA student panel of "Life
at Fairfield."
Continued on p.3
Knauf, Knauf, and Pilkerton
Enjoy Election Victory and Look Ahead
Karen LoCurto
AssistantNews Editor
Last Tuesday Knauf,
Knauf, and Pilkerton, the
Republican candidates for
Representative Town Meeting
were elected to office. Chris
Pilkerton received 804 votes,
Chris Knauf, 755 votes and
Andrew Knauf 765 votes. The
Fairfield Universityjuniors beat
Democrats Fred Miller wo
received 597 votes, Kenneth
Flatto, 587 votes, and their
major competitor, Selina Strong
who received 647 votes.
Many Fairfield
students placed their votes on
election day to lend support to
the Republican candidates.
"People talked about how
students wouldn't come to
vote—but [University] people
came in droves." , said
Pilkerton. The majority of
students came between 6:30 and
8 pm. A total of 350 people
from Fairfield University voted.
400 of the votes for Knauf.
C. Knauf, C. Pilkerton, and A. Knauf. photo: campaign PR
Knauf and Pilkerton came
outside the University voters,
showing the support of the
surrounding community as
well. The large student turn out
was made possible by campus
sponsored vans and buses
which took students to polling
booths at Fairfield Woods
School.
Knauf, Knauf, and
Pilkerton will be sworn in on
Monday, November 14. The
newly elected representatives are
looking to the Board of
Education to improve teen
alcohol and drug abuse in the
town of Fairfield. "We're the
right age to come up with ideas
to help the situation," Andrew
Knauf says. In addition, Knauf,
Knauf, and Pilkerton have been
democratically assigned to
specific committees. Chris
Pilkerton is on the Education
Committee, Andrew Knauf is
on the Legislative and
Administrative Committee, and
Chris Knauf is on the Finance
Committee and will deal with
town budgets.
Through these
committees Knauf, Knauf, and
Pilkerton will listen to
arguments pertaining to certain
issues and research them to
evaluate how they may be
resolved. Andrew Knauf
says,"We hope to do our best
job through the different
positions we hold."
With Fairfield
students as part of the
Representative Town
Meeting,"Fairfield University
as a whole can have a better say
in how fair laws are enacted,"
Said Andrew Knauf.
This is possible
because, as Chris Pilkerton said,
"We can see things that will
affect Fairfield students while
they are in process so that these
issues can be brought to their
attention. In this way, they can
respond to them before it is too
late."
An example of how
things may be improved is the
re-districting that was done in
the town of Fairfield.
Andrew Knauf
pointed out that of the ten
districts throughout the town,
"ourdistrict was designed poorly
for the University, as it is
significantly smaller than other
districts."
The representatives
believe that the new system is
unfair and will look into similar
cases where laws apply to
Fairfield University. Most
importantly, Chris Knauf wants
to "make a difference in how
Fairfield University is received
by the town."
Knauf, Knauf, and
Pilkerton express their thanks to
all students who came out to
vote. "If it wasn't for them, we
would not have won," Andrew
Knaufsaid, "We especially wish
to thank Jen Benson, Rosiland
Van Tuyl, Chrissy Donato, and
Don Demerse."
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