Mirror - Vol. 23, No. 01 - September 18, 1997

              FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
IRROR
Volume 23 Number 1 The Image of Fairfield Thursday, September 18, 1997
Democrats Franz and Paniccia to
run for RTM
Editor's Note: This article is
the first of two which will pro-file
candidates for Fairfield's
Representative Town Meeting.
The election will take place in
November.
Jodi DiGregorio
Campus Life Editor
It's that time again. Cam-paigns
for Representative Town
Meeting (RTM) are in the works,
and this year four Fairfield Uni-versity
students have decided to
run in the election. Our Demo-cratic
candidates are Domenic
Paniccia and Michael Franz. Our
Republican candidates are Chad
Peddicord and Jerry Schlichting.
All four candidates are faces
everyone needs to recognize.
The Democrats have two very
qualified people on their team.
Paniccia, a senior, has spent
much time in the world of poli-tics.
His father, Domenic
Paniccia, Sr., was the town chair-man
in Monroe, Connecticut. In
1992 he ran for the Connecticut
State Senate, and Paniccia was
able to help with his father's
campaign. In high school,
Paniccia and his brother David
began the Monroe Young Demo-crats,
an organization that helped
with local campaigns. Through
this, he had the opportunity to
work on many professional
campaigns, including those of
Chris Dodd and Joe
Leiberman, who ran for the
Connecticut State Senate.
In his sophomore year at
Fairfield University, Paniccia
became involved with Jenni-fer
Carpenter and the College
Democrats. At the time, the
club had approximately ten
members. In the last two years
in which Paniccia has been
president, enrollment in the
College Democrats has almost
doubled. Last year, the club
volunteered on the campaign
for Bill Finch, who ran for
Congress, Tom Ganim, who
ran for the Senate, and the
1996-97 Presidential cam-paign
for Bill Clinton and Al
Gore.
"I've always been interested
in politics," said Paniccia.
"What a better way to learn
than to run my own campaign."
Paniccia plans to be a strong
voice for students within the
community and make the town
aware of student concerns, all
the while building a strong,
flourishing relationship with
the town. Paniccia, who de-scribes
himself as hard work-ing,
serious, and open-minded
said, "I've been to town meet-
Parking Committee
revises rules
Christine Hamel
Editor in Chief
Parking seems to be one of
the hottest topics on campus.
This year, students received no-tices
in their mailboxes upon re-turning
from the newly formed
Parking Committee. The Park-ing
Committee consisting of one
student, in addition to several
faculty and staff members, was
formed at the end of last semes-ter
to find a fair alternative in the
parking problem. The idea was
based on feedback from all of
the Fairfield University commu-nity.
According to ToddPelazza,
Directorof Security, the Parking
Committee is to "address con-cerns
in a fair and equitable way."
There have been several new
regulations. The five day free
pass has been replaced by the
free one day pass; there is a
limit of 6 passes per academic
year. Also, the thirty day pass
has been replaced by the seven
day pass, the cost of this reg-istration
is $10.00. First year
students can park at Dolan
and Kostka Hall parking ar-eas.
Off campus students will
no longer be permitted to park
in residence hall parking ar-eas
except at the townhouses
and Dolan Hall parking
areas.The upper and lower
parking lots behind Canisius
and Gonzaga are designated
for off campus students only.
With the exception of lot "U"
between the Campus Center
and Alumni Hall - resident
students who are restricted to
residence hall lots only.
Michael Franz
ings, and I know what to expect,
therefore I think I'm more expe-rienced
in some areas than others
might be. I would be able to
voice student opinions in a way
that will make people listen."
Junior Michael Franz, a po-litical
science major and the vice
president of the College Demo-crats,
is also highly qualified.
"I'm brand new at this," said
Franz, "but I've always been in-volved
in the political system."
His mother, Diane Franz, is the
Chief of Staff for Massachusetts
State Representative Brian
Dempsey. Franz has helped his
mother by volunteering, fund-raising,
and working at various
events. He has also worked in
Dempsey's office over winter and
spring breaks.
Last year, Franz appeared on
News Talk Television to discuss
Domenic Paniccia
youth and politics. The focus of
Franz's discussion was how and
if politics, specifically the is-sues
of the Clinton/Gore cam-paign,
affected youth.
Franz sees the need for
Fairfield University students to
become involved in the com-munity.
In his opinion, people
attach a negative stigma to col-lege
students. "I can be a youth-ful
voice in town," said Franz,
"and represent youth as a whole
and try and change that atti-tude."
By running for RTM, Franz
feels he is doing something that
benefits Fairfield University and
its students, while fitting well
with his major and his personal-ity.
"I'm looking to have a good
experience, a fun experience,
and a learning experience with
the intention of bridging gaps
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Also, with the completion of
the new Athletic Facility, there
will be 80 additional parking
spaces open by Alumni Hall and
Rec Plex area.
Security wants all students to
know that if they have five or
more tickets, they will lose their
parking privilege for the entire
year. In addition, Security wants
to hear students' concerns and
they will address them to make
it a workable system for all.
Inside
this week
Service topic of
convocation
Fr. Gregory Chisholm,
S.J., encourages students
to think of others, see
page 4.
Meet Dr. Haug
She is always giving a
helping hand to others
even in other countries,
see page 6.
Beware of STDs
STDs are becoming a
problem at colleges. Find
out how to protect your-self,
see page 7.
In defense of
Brent Wall
Afather writes to his son
to support him through a
trying time, see page 8.
State of the
Univeristy
FUSA President Chris
Cipriano address the
campus with his agenda
for the year, see page 8.
CRABS are on
our campus!
What are CRABS? Find
out what they can dofor
you. For more informa-tion,
see page 13.
What's going on
at the Levee?
Check out the latest
events and plan ahead,
see pages 12 & 13.
Women's tennis
off to great start
Team has perfect record
with new coach. For
details, see page 14.