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&K\ I i f. -■■■:■ _ FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY IRROR Volume 21 Number 1 The Image of Fairfield Thursday September 26, 1996 Football and fireworks mark This Fairfield's Homecoming f96 Week's Top Stories Kristen Sullivan Assistant News Editor "What's Up, What's Up, What's Up! Go Fairfield," exclaimed football's game cap-tain Eric Wise at the pep rally Friday night. This is the kind of enthusiasm and energy that the team and the students shared for Fairfield's first home foot-ball game. "Since I've arrived at Fairfield, I've been impressed with the enthusiasm here. People here are excited about their school and football provides a great rally for the University," Head Coach Kevin Kiesel said, regarding Homecoming Week-end. The weekend's festivi-ties began Friday evening with a Pep Rally held on Alumni Field. During the Pep Rally, recently inducted Fairfield Hall ofFamers Paul T. Barnes; Jeff Gromos; and Arthur Kenney were intro-duced. Coach Kiesel and his coaching staff introduced the football team, which was repre-sented by its game captains, James Tabery and Eric Wise. The Pep Rally concluded with a sixteen minute fireworks dis-play. Approximately 1,500 people attended the Pep Rally, which was sponsored by the Fairfield University Student Association, the Alumni Asso-ciation, and the Athletic Depart-ment. FUSA President Michael Reardon had been planning the event since he took office. Jim Fitzpatrick, Associate Dean of University Activities, praised Reardon and FUSA for their ef-forts. "It was quite a night. Ev-erything fell into place. I can't remember a night like this on campus. It was electric," Fitzpatrick said. Reardon said that in planning the Pep Rally, FUSA's intent was to make the event, "fair and equitable to students." Given the positive feedback re-ceived from the University com-munity, Reardon said that FUSA would like to make the Pep Rally a tradition for Homecoming Weekend. On Saturday, the inau-gural football game took place on Alumni Field, where the Stags were defeated by the Georgetown Hoyas, 59-14. The Stags played in front of a sold out crowd of 4,500. Despite the loss, Coach Kiesel appreciated the fan sup-port and turn-out for the game." The fans' understanding for the players was great and very touch-ing for the team," Kiesel said. As a former coach at universities such as Gettysburg, Temple, Fordham, Albright, and the University of Kentucky, Coach Kiesel has been a part of many homecomings. He found Fairfield's homecoming to be as impressive as any other home-coming he has seen. "There's a great spirit about Fairfield," Kiesel said. fr "\ Tensions blaze at the Beach JoAnn Gomel/ News Editor Editor's Note: The Mirror receives continual up-dates about the conflict at the beach, and we will pass this information along as it becomes available. "Twenty years ago parties at the beach were an insignificant event. There were few town residents living there, especially during the winter. That isn't the case now," Fairfield Police Captain Paul Dyer said, in a recent inter-view. He and Fairfield's Chief of Police, Ronald Sullivan, expressed sympathy for both students and town resi-dents living at the beach, but said that "we're caught in the middle. The students say we do too much, and the residents say we aren't doing enough." Both men explained that last year's "Clam Jam" seemed to have caused manyresidents at the beach to press the police to monitor ille-gal behavior of students visit-ing the beach. This year, they said, the semester started off with a larger number of stu-dents visiting the beach, for longer amounts of time. "Including the students that live at the beach, there seemed to be about 1000 stu-dents down there every night of the first week," Sullivan said. derage drinking that takes place at the beach nearly every week-end. They said that students are the ones who are responsible to keep things under control, and that may mean taking "It seems that, for every student living there, there are ten or 20 show-ing up," Dyer said. Dyer and Sullivan ex-plained that one of the greatest problems facing them is the un-a very strong stand. "Students living at the beach cannot provide to under-age students. It's illegal, and it's a felony," Dyer said. "Also, par-ties have to end by 10 p.m. from Sunday through Thursday, and 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. People have to be gone by then, not leaving. Students can call us if people aren't leaving, and we will come and clear the house, but this has to be done about a half hour before,the time is up." Sullivan said that the main point that needs to be made is that students must I consider the beach to be a neighborhood, and just as other neighbors wouldn't invite an uncontrollable number of guests, or al-low gate-crashing, stu-dents must try to abide by the same standards. "We have some laws that overlap,. We've been giving the stu-dents infractions when amisdeameanor might have been given , and we've been trying to be lenient about other things," Dyer said. "Students should expect us to be a lot more watchful, and to give harsherpunishments. Also, more actual in-custody arrests may be made, if that is an option," he said. "The biggest problems continued on page 4 Student Beach Residents and Town relations continue to clash. Inside p. 6 ^ J> - =^ Feast Day of Patron Saint of Fairfield largely ignored by University. Inside, p. 9 Jr Fairfield's #1 student band SUPROX con-tinues to recieve rave reviews. Inside p.13 Women's Ten-nis coach Jim Gianchino bids farewell after years of success. Inside p. 16 ^ JJ
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Title | Mirror - Vol. 21, No. 01 - September 26, 1996 |
Date | September 26 1996 |
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 | &K\ I i f. -■■■:■ _ FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY IRROR Volume 21 Number 1 The Image of Fairfield Thursday September 26, 1996 Football and fireworks mark This Fairfield's Homecoming f96 Week's Top Stories Kristen Sullivan Assistant News Editor "What's Up, What's Up, What's Up! Go Fairfield," exclaimed football's game cap-tain Eric Wise at the pep rally Friday night. This is the kind of enthusiasm and energy that the team and the students shared for Fairfield's first home foot-ball game. "Since I've arrived at Fairfield, I've been impressed with the enthusiasm here. People here are excited about their school and football provides a great rally for the University," Head Coach Kevin Kiesel said, regarding Homecoming Week-end. The weekend's festivi-ties began Friday evening with a Pep Rally held on Alumni Field. During the Pep Rally, recently inducted Fairfield Hall ofFamers Paul T. Barnes; Jeff Gromos; and Arthur Kenney were intro-duced. Coach Kiesel and his coaching staff introduced the football team, which was repre-sented by its game captains, James Tabery and Eric Wise. The Pep Rally concluded with a sixteen minute fireworks dis-play. Approximately 1,500 people attended the Pep Rally, which was sponsored by the Fairfield University Student Association, the Alumni Asso-ciation, and the Athletic Depart-ment. FUSA President Michael Reardon had been planning the event since he took office. Jim Fitzpatrick, Associate Dean of University Activities, praised Reardon and FUSA for their ef-forts. "It was quite a night. Ev-erything fell into place. I can't remember a night like this on campus. It was electric," Fitzpatrick said. Reardon said that in planning the Pep Rally, FUSA's intent was to make the event, "fair and equitable to students." Given the positive feedback re-ceived from the University com-munity, Reardon said that FUSA would like to make the Pep Rally a tradition for Homecoming Weekend. On Saturday, the inau-gural football game took place on Alumni Field, where the Stags were defeated by the Georgetown Hoyas, 59-14. The Stags played in front of a sold out crowd of 4,500. Despite the loss, Coach Kiesel appreciated the fan sup-port and turn-out for the game." The fans' understanding for the players was great and very touch-ing for the team," Kiesel said. As a former coach at universities such as Gettysburg, Temple, Fordham, Albright, and the University of Kentucky, Coach Kiesel has been a part of many homecomings. He found Fairfield's homecoming to be as impressive as any other home-coming he has seen. "There's a great spirit about Fairfield," Kiesel said. fr "\ Tensions blaze at the Beach JoAnn Gomel/ News Editor Editor's Note: The Mirror receives continual up-dates about the conflict at the beach, and we will pass this information along as it becomes available. "Twenty years ago parties at the beach were an insignificant event. There were few town residents living there, especially during the winter. That isn't the case now," Fairfield Police Captain Paul Dyer said, in a recent inter-view. He and Fairfield's Chief of Police, Ronald Sullivan, expressed sympathy for both students and town resi-dents living at the beach, but said that "we're caught in the middle. The students say we do too much, and the residents say we aren't doing enough." Both men explained that last year's "Clam Jam" seemed to have caused manyresidents at the beach to press the police to monitor ille-gal behavior of students visit-ing the beach. This year, they said, the semester started off with a larger number of stu-dents visiting the beach, for longer amounts of time. "Including the students that live at the beach, there seemed to be about 1000 stu-dents down there every night of the first week," Sullivan said. derage drinking that takes place at the beach nearly every week-end. They said that students are the ones who are responsible to keep things under control, and that may mean taking "It seems that, for every student living there, there are ten or 20 show-ing up," Dyer said. Dyer and Sullivan ex-plained that one of the greatest problems facing them is the un-a very strong stand. "Students living at the beach cannot provide to under-age students. It's illegal, and it's a felony," Dyer said. "Also, par-ties have to end by 10 p.m. from Sunday through Thursday, and 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. People have to be gone by then, not leaving. Students can call us if people aren't leaving, and we will come and clear the house, but this has to be done about a half hour before,the time is up." Sullivan said that the main point that needs to be made is that students must I consider the beach to be a neighborhood, and just as other neighbors wouldn't invite an uncontrollable number of guests, or al-low gate-crashing, stu-dents must try to abide by the same standards. "We have some laws that overlap,. We've been giving the stu-dents infractions when amisdeameanor might have been given , and we've been trying to be lenient about other things," Dyer said. "Students should expect us to be a lot more watchful, and to give harsherpunishments. Also, more actual in-custody arrests may be made, if that is an option," he said. "The biggest problems continued on page 4 Student Beach Residents and Town relations continue to clash. Inside p. 6 ^ J> - =^ Feast Day of Patron Saint of Fairfield largely ignored by University. Inside, p. 9 Jr Fairfield's #1 student band SUPROX con-tinues to recieve rave reviews. Inside p.13 Women's Ten-nis coach Jim Gianchino bids farewell after years of success. Inside p. 16 ^ JJ |