Mirror - Vol. 22, No. 18 - April 17, 1997

              FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
IRROR
Volume 22 Number 18 The Image of Fairfield Thursday, April 17, 1997
Police and students unite
New rules for Clam Jam Inside
Todd Chiaramida
Copy Editor
Members of the Fairfield
University Student Association,
Student Beach Residents Asso-ciation
and the Fairfield Police
Department met last week to
prepare for amore orderly Clam
Jam on Sun., April 27. Each
group will work the day of the
event to maintain order and
safety at Clam Jam and the
surrounding neighborhood.
Lantern Point, where Clam
Jam is held, will be fenced off.
Access will only be granted to
students ofFairfield University
and their invited guests. Stu-dents
must obtain a Fairfield
University identification brace-let
for themselves next week at
the Barone Campus Center.
Guests bracelets will be avail-able
at Clam Jam. FUSA and
SBPvA will check for bracelets
at the entrances to Lantern Point
and hand out a second bracelet
to students who are 21. They
will also patrol the area.
Regarding the new policy,
FUSAPresident Chris Cipriano
said, "The ultimate goal is to
keep out high school students
and uninvited guests who have
historically caused the major-ity
of problems."
Safe Rides will provide stu-dents
with free, one-way trans-portation
from Clam Jam to the
University only. The program
will start at mid-morning and
run through the evening.
DWI checkpoints will be set
up by the Fairfield Police De-partment
as will the Mobile
Command Center. Temporary
"Women in
Israel" topic of
lecture
Maura Parsons
Co-Assistant News Editor
Before the backdrop of the
Wein Theater at the Quick Cen-ter
for the Arts last Thursday
night, Israeli author and politi-cal
scientist, Dr. Dafna
Sharfman, discussed the Israeli
woman's quest for equality. She
presented a lecture entitled,
"Women in Israel: The Struggle
for Change and Reform" to an
audience ofstudents, faculty and
members of the Fairfield com-munity.
Sharfman detailed legislative
triumphs for women in Israel
starting with the women's rights
laws passed in 1951 and includ-ing
the Israeli subcommittee on
women in 1994. Sharfman said
that issues involving women are
now very high on the legislative
agenda.
She pointed to recent
women's issues that have
emerged over the past few years
including the issue of domestic
violence. "During the last five
years, it is the most recognized
social issue in Israel," Sharfman
said. The Israeli government
recently passed numerous laws
against domestic violence and
continues to budget money to-ward
the cause.
According to Sharfman',
women have not yet gained
equality in both the army and
the orthodox family court sys-tems.
Although women have
been able to enlist in the army
since the turn of the century,
they have b;en shunned from
leadership roles.
"We would like to see women
as pilots and have other leading
roles in the army," Sharfman
said. Several womenhave turned
to the secular Supreme Court of
Israel in an attempt to become
army pilots.
Continued on page 4
"No Parking" signs will be
placed on several streets ap-proaching
Lantern Point in the
days preceding the event. In ad-dition,
portions of Reef Road
and Fairfield Beach Road will
be closed to traffic on the day of
ClamJam. Police will direct traf-fic
away from these areas.
The plan was designed with
the hope of satisfying the con-cerns
of both students and town
residents. "This plan was set up
for the safety ofstudents. It abides
by the law and is an attempt to
curb underage drinking,"
Cipriano said.
Thomas is
keynote speaker
at awards dinner
Thomas
Alex Ordonez
Staff Writer
The Fairfield Awards Dinner
was held at the Hyatt Regency
Hotel in Greenwich. The annual
awards dinner raises funds for
scholarships for students of Af-rican-
American, Hispanic,
Asian, and Native American de-scent.
This year, the keynote
speaker for the event was Isiah
Thomas.
Thomas, a 12-time All-Star
and anchor of the Detroit Pis-tons
during the team's 1980s
championship era, is now a part
owner of the Toronto Raptors.
He was recognized for his lead-ership,
talent and humanitarian
efforts as both an athlete and a
businessman.
Chairman of this year's
Awards Dinner Committee was
Thomas C. Quick. A1977 gradu-ate
ofFairfield University, Quick
is the president and chief operat-ing
officer of the Quick and
Reilly Group, Inc., in Palm
Beach, Florida. He is also vice
Quick
president, treasurer and secre-tary
of Quick and Reilly, Inc., in
New York. Quick has served on
the committee since the dinner's
inception in 1988.
Thomas was raised in one of
Chicago's toughest neighbor-hoods,
where he witnessed the
consequences of poverty, gang
warfare and drug addiction. He
transcended these obstacles un-der
the guidance of his mother,
Mary, who taught him that edu-cation
was the key to destiny.
Thomas graduated with hon-ors
from St. Joseph High School,
and was recruited to play basket-ball
for Bobby Knight at Indiana
University, where he was a mem-ber
of the legendary NCAA Di-vision
I championship team in
1981. The same year, he was the
second pick overall in the NBA
draft, chosen by the Pistons. He
was considered one of the finest
point guards in basketball his-tory.
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