Mirror - Vol. 22, No. 15 - February 27, 1997

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FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
IRROR
Volume 22 Number 15 The Image of Fairfield Thursday, February 27, 1997
From the Editor-in-
Chief:
In the February 23 issue of the Connecticut Post, the following
letter to the Editor appeared. I was appalled when I read this and hope
that as a student body, you will be as well. Student Beach Residents'
Association President Kate Mclntyre responds to this letter on page
9 in the Commentary section. I hope that more students will take a
stand against the outrageous generalizations put forth in this letter
and submit Letters to the Editor to the Connecticut Post. As it
appeared in the Connecticut Post on February 23 the letter reads as
follows:
Students ignoring legalities
I am writing about the article in the Feb. 20 Connecticut Post
concerning underage drinking by Fairfield University students.
Why doesn't someone point out to those silly, selfish, self-cen-tered,
self-indulgent, irresponsible, spoiled little brats that it is illegal
for anyone under the age of 21 to drink. I find it mind-boggling that
these kids, who are fortunate to be going to college at mommy's and
daddy's expense, cannot get it through their thick skulls that they have
no right to drink if they are underage- not at Clam Jam or any other
time. Attempting to control their reprehensible behavior is not
"unconstitutional"; the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee a right
to break the law, no matter what school you go to.
Why is this illegality tolerated? This continuing problem certainly
makes the whole school look bad - students, faculty and administra-tion.
Veronica Mallory
Stratford
New financial aid
plans released
Jennifer Rugarber
Contributing Writer
The Office of Financial Aid
has announced its new proce-dures
for students applying for
financial aid for the 1997-98
school year. The Free Applica-tion
for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA) needs to be completed
by March 15 for any student re-ceiving
any form of aid such as
loans, grants, or scholarships.
Only a select group of students
need to submit copies of tax re-turns
and complete the Profile
form this year.
These procedures have been
altered from past years and are
essential for students to know
since approximately 67 percent
of full-time undergraduates re-ceive
some form of aid. Comple-tion
of the FAFSA form is re-quired
to be eligible to receive
any aid. According to Patti
Patore, verification supervisor at
the Financial Aid office, "No
award will be given until FAFSA
information is received."
To receive aid for the 1996-97
school year, students were re-
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quired to complete both the
FAFSA and the profile form.
Returning students who have
completed the Profile form pre-viously
only need to complete
the FAFSA. Copies of the tax
returns from both the student
and parents for 1996 are only
required for students who are
Pell eligible or chosen for verifi-cation.
Anyone in either ofthose
categories will be notified by the
Financial Aid Office.
Students who have received
aid in previous years are not
automatically guaranteed the
same aid. They need to apply for
financial aid every year, meet-ing
the deadlines if they are to
continue to receive aid. Each
candidate will be reviewed an-nually
based on the comprehen-sive
financial information com-pleted
on the FAFSA form.
Students who have completed
this form previously should re-ceive
a FAFSA renewal form at
their home address early in the
year. But regular FAFSA forms
for the 1997-98 school year are
also available in the Financial
Aid Office.
Conference on
diversity another
success
JoAnn Gometz
News Editor
Fairfield University played
host to a wide range of people
last weekend as the University
opened its doors for the "Sec-ond
Annual Conference on
Multiculturalism and Diversity
in Catholic Higher Education:
Continuing the Dialogue."
Participants came from all
over the East Coast and as far
away as California to take part
in open forums on such topics as
"Crisis Management Following
a Hate Incident," "Historical Per-spectives
on Conflict and
Change," "Curriculum Design,"
and "Non-Catholic Students at
Catholic Universities."
Fairfield students and faculty
played a vital role in the confer-ence,
serving on panels and mod-erating
many of the discussions.
Other institutions were repre-sented
equally well by present-ers
on a number of topics.
The conference committee,
including Fairfield University
faculty and staff Chair Karen
Creecy, Richard Weber, Larri
Mazon, James Fitzpatrick, Ellen
Umansky, Rose Rodrigues,
Julianna Poole, Ralph Coury,
Murray Farber, Johanna Garvey,
Beverly Kahn, Lucy Katz, Sally
O'Driscoll, Walter Perry, Carl
Scheraga, and Cynthia Swift, en-couraged
student participation by
allowing Fairfield students to at-tend
the conference free of
charge, except for a luncheon on
Saturday afternoon.
During one forum on Friday
afternoon, Kevin McKelvy, a
Fairfield graduate student,
summed up the main issue of
that seminar and the issue ad-dressed
by the conference as a
whole, saying, "The majority
group believes they are the norm
and that anything outside the
norm needs to be 'fixed.' The
majority takes for granted that
they will always be the norm.
This school is just as 'normal' as
apublic, secular school. The only
marked difference is that there
are a lot more priests walking
around."
Congratulations
Coach Nolan!
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