Mirror - Vol. 19, No. 08 - November 10, 1994

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FairfieldMRR©R Volume 19, No.8 Thursday, November 10, 1994 The Image of Fairfield
Students march toward awareness
Caitlin Whelan
News Editor
"Break the Silence!
StoptheViolence!" This was the
cry of nearly two hundred
students gathered in the center of
the Quad the night of Wednesday,
November 2 for a campus-wide
march to protest to the
discrimination on campus this
semester.
The march was
organized by a group of students
hoping to stress the need for
diversity on campus.
Among the students
involved were Kathy McGuigan
'95, Brandee Schweitzer '97,
Megan Connolly '96, Steve
Dwyer '96, Dave Walsh '97, Kara
Henn '96, Erin Murphy '97, Jen
Heins '95, and Pam Testa '96.
The crowd moved from
the Quad to the Campus Center
Megan Connolly '96 speaks to a group of 200
students gathered to protest the discrimination that
has filtered through campus. Photo: L. Hosang
patio, where a podium was set up
for student organizers to address
their peers. Megan Connolly'96
began by stating the purpose of
the march and protest itself.
"We are here to break
the silence and stop the violence,"
Connolly said. "There has been
too much going on. We are a
small community—we should be
together on this."
Brandee Schweitzer and
Kathy McGuigan next read a list
of five goals being discussed with
the administration about possible
changes on campus in the area of
diversity.
The first goal was to
increase communication by
having a monthly open forum,
where faculty, administration,
and students could come together
to voice their opinions, positive
and negative, about issues on
campus.
The second item stated
that the University needs to
enhance curriculum with a core
class about racial and ethnic
diversity. Such a course would
replace the 5th core requirement
in the Philosophy and Religion
area of the core. "We cannot
come here to be educated and not
learn anything."
Third, Schweitzer and
McGuigan said that the
University needs to create a more
proactive atmosphere. Students
need to see people who commit
assault and harassment violations
receive stiffer penalties. •
"Show them that
students are expelled, the state
does get involved. We need to
know people who commit
violations will be punished,"
McGuigan said. "We need to
have this out in the open and find
out what's happening."
The fourth goal was a
monthly Security report issued
to students. Schweitzer and
McGuigan acknowledged that a
male student was expelled
recently for harassing a female
minority student.
"If this happens, let us
know. Let us know what's
happening so we know what
we're up against. We deserve to
know what's going on at our
(Continued on page 4)
Hunger Cleanup receives
national award
Shelagh Scollin
Staff Writer
In six years, Fairfield
University's annual Hunger
Cleanup went from a small,
fledging effort by a few people, to
a campus-wide event that earned
its organizers a national award.
Patti Sullivan '94 and Jim Sulzer
'95 were co-chairs of last year's
campaign, whose success earned
Fairfield one of five awards given
for the highest participation rates
of 181 schools. The award was
presented October 15 at a
conference in New York
University.
Sponsored by the
National Student Campaign
Against Hunger and
Homelessness, the Hunger
Cleanup mobilizes college
students to participate in a day of
volunteer work at soup kitchens
and other sites. The students are
sponsored by friends, family, and
local businesses for the four hours
they work.
The money raised is
divided: half goes to the national
level for redistribution on the
grassroots level, and the other half
stays in the community to assist
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Shelagh Scollin, Sally Piervincenti, Tom McCarthy, and Beth
Kuehnel pose before the Hunger Cleanup last April. Photo: File
local efforts. In this way, the
students' help is doubled—not
only do the local organizations
benefit from their actual work, but
they are also helped financially.
Jim Sulzer, in his second
year as co-chair of the event, said,
"We weren't trying for the award
at all. We didn't even know they
had one. All were trying to do was
to maximize the service hours
given and the amount of money
raised—and with over 200 people,
that's 800 hours of community
service."
Sulzer added that almost
$3,000 in donations were raised.
Carolyn Rusaickas of
Campus Ministry, the advisor to
the Hunger Cleanup Committee,
remarked on the high caliber and
dedication of the committee
members. "It's comprised of
Eucharistic ministers, tour guides,
a lector, Mission Volunteers, First
Year Facilitators, R.A.s, a glee club
officer, Alpha Sigma Nu members
a varsity athlete, an orientation
committee member, and a member
of the Multicultural Task Force.
We have twenty different
personalities coming together to
help realize a single vision," she
said.
(Continued on page 3)
Alpha Sigma Nu
offers a safer
alternative
Caitlin Wheian
News Editor
The Fairfield
University members of Alpha
Sigma Nu, the National Jesuit
Honor Society, have begun a
service project called
"Alternative Rides." The project
involves Alpha Sigma Nu
members volunteering to provide
one way rides from the beach to
campus.
The shuttle will run
every Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday night from 11:30 P.M.
to 2:30 A.M. It will pick up
students who show a valid
Fairfield ID at the corner ofReef
Road and Fairfield Beach Road
every twenty minutes and drop
them off at the Campus Center
or the townhouse circle.
The Alternative Rides
program was begun by this
year's chaptermembers of Alpha
Sigma Nu to provide students
with an alternate way ofreturning
to campus without having to call
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a cab or drive themselves.
"The reality is that
most people prefer not to take a
cab and just jump in their own
cars," Kevin Garofoli '95, a
member of Alpha Sigma Nu,
said. "We wanted to provide a
safe ride from the beach back to
Fairfield for the students."
Each year, members of
Alpha Sigma Nu are involved
in a year-long service project to
benefit the community. The
current chapter wanted to
concentrate on the University
community itself.
"We wanted to do a
service project that would
directly help people from
Fairfield University," Garofoli
said.
Jim Sulzer '95,
presidentofthe 1994-95 chapter
of Alpha Sigma Nu, added,
"Alpha Sigma Nu has
historically looked off campus
for service, and we thoughtwe'd
start in our own back yard."
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