Mirror - Vol. 23, No. 02 - September 25, 1997

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FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
IRROR
Volume 23 Number 2 The Image of Fairfield Thursday, September 25, 1997
Republicans Peddicord and
Schlicting to run for Fairfield RTM
Chad Peddicord
Editor's Note: This article is
the second of two which profile
candidates for Fairfield1s Rep-resentative
Town Meeting. The
election will take place in No-vember.
Jodi DiGregorio
Campus Life Editor
Fairfield University students
and Republicans Chad
Peddicord and Jerald "Jerry"
Schlicting will join the race for
Representative Town Meeting
(RTM) in November.
Their Democratic counter-parts,
Domenic Paniccia and
Michael Franz, were profiled in
the Mirror last week.
Peddicord, a junior from
Maryland, is active in politics
both at Fairfield University and
in the town of Fairfield. Cur-rently,
Peddicord is serving as a
Community Relations Liaison
on the Town Relations Branch
of Fairfield University Student
Association. Being a liaison
has required Peddicord to at-tend
town meetings since March
of last year.
"In going to town meetings,"
he said, "I saw people standing
up and walking all over stu-dents.
It is necessary to have
students on the RTM because
we live here nine months out of
the year."
According to Peddicord, his
political experience lies solely
within Fairfield University and
his accomplishments as a stu-dent.
"Although I haven't done
(political) work outside of
Fairfield, I' ve done a lot ofwork
at Fairfield," he said. "Being
involved in activities here is my
way of being involved in the
town."
Aside from being a Commu-nity
Relations Liaison,
Jerry Schictling
Peddicord participated in the
LEAD (Leadership Education
and Development) program. He
was also a team leader for first
year facilitators, and helped to
coordinate Clam Jam '97.
Peddicord said that running
for RTM, will give him a
chance to represent the stu-dents'
voice in the' town of
Fairfield. He said that being a
community relations liaison
has given him a head start in
establishing a sound working
relationship with the town, and
an opportunity to increase com-munication
between Fairfield
University and the town.
"I'm excited about being at
Fairfield University, I want to
be here, and I want to represent
its students," Peddicord said.
Schlicting, a sophomore
from New York, has a broad
political background. Both of
his parents were Republican
representatives in their home-town
of Cranford,NJ. In 1992
Schlicting was able to help his
parents with the New Jersey
gubernatorial campaign of
Christine Todd Whitman. In
high school, he was vice presi-dent
ofhis class for three years,
and a liaison between theBoard
of Education and the town
council.
Schlicting was one out of
six high school students se-lected
to be part of the Young
New Yorkerprogram, in which
the students meet in Buffalo to
converse about teen responses
to major social and political
issues.
Schlicting's political work
has continued at Fairfield Uni-versity.
A member of the
Fairfield University Student
Association, Schlicting is the
co-director ofmajor dances and
special events, including Har-vest,
Siblings and Dogwoods
weekends. He is also on the
University Elections Procedures
committee, which oversees the
aspects of all FUSA elections.
Last year, Schlicting was the
LEAD student activity co-coor-dinator.
"I am so happy with my
Fairfield University experience,"
Schlicting said, "that I want to
do anything possible to make
Fairfield even better for future
students."
Along with Peddicord,
Schlicting has been involved in
Fairfield town meetings since
March.
"Fairfield University needs
good student representation," he
said. "I think that student par-ticipation
in the RTM is at a
crossroads. We' ve made a lot of
progress in repairing what had
been a tenuous relationship with
the town, and what continues to
be so."
Both candidates are currently
working with Jack McCarthy,
the Republican candidate for
First Selectman, to improve re-lations
between the students and
the town.
Schlicting, who describes
himselfas willing and dedicated,
said, "After having been here for
two years, I've done a lot to
bring myself to the forefront of
student life. I just really want to
make a difference. I hate to sit
back and watch when I feel I can
help contribute towards an ef-fective
solution."
Student is victim
of alleged sexual
assault at beach
John Griffith
Co-Assistant News Editor
Last week campus officials
distributed a flier to beach resi-dents
urging them not to "allow
strangers into their homes" and
not to "go anywhere with a
stranger." The flier distribution
came days after an incident on
September 13 in which a female
Fairfield University student was
allegedly sexually assaulted by a
man unaffiliated with the Uni-versity
at a beach party.
According to witnesses, the
setting was a typical Fairfield
student party. Alcohol was flow-ing
as well as the steady stream
of people entering and exiting
the house. The party was not
overcrowded and the doors were,
to an extent, being monitored in
an attempt to control the size of
the party and who was allowed
inside. However, at least one
stranger was able to get into the
house. The stranger mingled with
people and gave no indication
that he did not belong at the party.
The female was seen talking with
the stranger inside the house.
Later in the evening, the two
were no where to be found.
"I was amazed at the women
who responded. They were very
brave, they went looking for her
when they noticed she was miss-ing,"
Dean Gwen Vendley, As-sistant
Vice President and Dean
of Students, said applauding the
actions of the alleged victim's
housemates.
Witnesses said the alleged
victim and the stranger came
back together and the stranger
left shortly thereafter. No
charges have been filed.
"Students need to realize that
it does not take long for some-thing
like this to happen,"
Vendley said. "The students [at
the beach] need to take the nec-essary
precautions to ensure that
they know everyone in their
house."
Taking steps to ensure safety,
Vendley feels, would be ex-tremely
beneficial in the long
run. One of those steps is to
monitor each person's level of
alcohol intake.
"Students need to be aware
that when drinking is involved, a
person tends to be more trusting
Continued on page 4
Inside
this week
Athletic facility
building update
New varsity athletic
complex to open in the
spring, see page 4.
Canisius Acad-emy
for all of us
Canisius Academy is
not an elite honor
society, see page 6.
Suffer from
writer's block?
Writing center might be
able to solve your prob-lems,
see page 6.
Jesuit plaque
long overdue
Plaque in the new plaza
honors the Society of
Jesus, see page 9.
How diverse is
Fairfield?
Student explores reality
of Fairfield Now and
current campus
statistics, see page 9.
The rave scene
rages on
Find out about the rave
scene in modern America,
see page 11.
On the Spot
Find out what you missed
at the Levee and when you
can see them perform
again, see page 12.
Football team
wins MAAC
opener!
Team is now 2-0 overall.
For more details, see
page 14.