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FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
IRROR
Volume 23 Number 11 The Image of Fairfield Thursday, January 22, 1998
TH basements banned
Maura Parsons
News Editor
Townhouse residents were
welcomed back from winter
break with a bright green notice
from Residence Life in their mail-boxes
declaring that townhouse
parties must be moved upstairs.
Following reports from the
university fire marshal last se-mester
that townhouse basements
are unsafe for "social functions",
the department of residence life
changed the townhouse party
policy and banned the use of
townhouse basements for par-ties
all-together.
The basements, the tradi-tional
gathering place for
townhouse parties, are no longer
permitted to be used at anytime
during the parties.
As reported in the Mirror
last December, Joseph Boucard,
the university fire marshal, ex-pressed
his concerns about the
safety of townhouse basements
to the administration of the uni-versity..
"The intent of the basement
area was always for storage and
mechanical equipment,"
Boucard said.
Boucard concluded in a
letter to Gwen Vendley, dean
of students, that the basement
area was ^^^^^^^^
not de- ^^^^^^^^^
signed to
hold par-ties.
Fran
Koerting,
associate
dean ofresi-dence
life,
said that the
department
ofresidence
life had
been look-ing
into ^^H^U^B
banning
basements
since they were determined to
be a liability.
"Once it was printed (in
the Mirro r) we had to take
immediate action," Koerting
said.
Some students have ex-pressed
concern about the new
policy, including members of
the UniversityTownhouse Ex-perience,
U.N.I.T.E.
"I think it is ridiculous,"
U.N.I.T.E. vice president
Carolyn Voehl '98 said. "I
wish we were confronted with
I think safety is a
valid concern, but it
will ruin party life
on campus.
it before it happened."
Voehl-sakHhat residence
life discussed with U.N.I.T.E.
banning basements in the fu-ture
but she did not expect the
ban this semester.
Megan Einermann' 00 be-lieves
that banning parties in
townhouse basements may
lead to more problems at the
beach.
"It's not really smart,"
Einermann said. It's not going to
help matters with more students
driving to the beach."
"I think safety is a valid con-cern,"
Colette Collins '00 said,
"but it will ruin party life on cam-pus."
As outlined in the new policy,
townhouse residents are now al-lowed
to use their back porches
during registered parties . How-ever,
students can only use their
porches if they obtain florescent
tape from residence life to block
off the porch stairs.
Residence Life will hold a
meeting Thursday, Jan. 22 at 7:30
p.m. in Gonzaga Auditorium to
address concerns about the new
party policy. Koerting said that
she hopes for a large turnout.
"We haven't received much
feedback yet but are hoping that
at least one representative from
each house will attend," Koerting
said. "We want the students to
know that we will work with them
and address their concerns
throughout the semester."
FUSA auction
raises $1,150 for
charity
Maura Parsons
News Editor
Students raised over $1,000
for charity in a FUSA sponsored
faculty auction held at the Levee
on Nov. 12.
FUSA presented a check for
$1,150, the proceeds from the
auction, to representatives from
the United Way on Dec. 4. The
money was raised from student
bids on items donated by faculty
and administrators.
Donated items included din-ners
with Fr. Thomas Regan, Fr.
Simon Harak, Dr. Alan Katz and
Carolyn Ruisakas. The auction
also featured cookies donated by
Jeanne DiMuzio and authen-tic
congressional campaign
pins from Dr. John Orman.
The items receiving the
most student bids included a
dinner with Rev. Aloysious P.
Kelley and broadway tickets
donated by Fr. Carrier.
Matt Pitucco '98, FUSA
vice president of government
operations, and Mike Burke
'00, FUSA director of
fundraising, hosted the auc-tion.
"The money we made for
the United Way was excel-lent,"
said Pittucco. "Students
were really willing to give
money to a good cause."
photo: Dave DeFusco
FUSA President Chris Cipriano and FUSA Fundraising
Director Mike Burke present a check to United Way repre-sentative
Phyllis Schwartz. Also pictured are United Way
campaign co-chairs Frank Ficco and Cynthia Swift.
Inside this
week
FUSA
President
Candidates
announced
see p. 2
Hockey gears
up for Friday
face-off
see p.3
Happy
Holiday's for
Women's
Basketball
see p.4
Check out
next week's
regular issue.
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| Title | Mirror - Vol. 23, No. 11 - January 22, 1998 |
| Date | January 22 1998 |
| 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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| Place of Publication | Fairfield, Conn. |
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| SearchData | FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY IRROR Volume 23 Number 11 The Image of Fairfield Thursday, January 22, 1998 TH basements banned Maura Parsons News Editor Townhouse residents were welcomed back from winter break with a bright green notice from Residence Life in their mail-boxes declaring that townhouse parties must be moved upstairs. Following reports from the university fire marshal last se-mester that townhouse basements are unsafe for "social functions", the department of residence life changed the townhouse party policy and banned the use of townhouse basements for par-ties all-together. The basements, the tradi-tional gathering place for townhouse parties, are no longer permitted to be used at anytime during the parties. As reported in the Mirror last December, Joseph Boucard, the university fire marshal, ex-pressed his concerns about the safety of townhouse basements to the administration of the uni-versity.. "The intent of the basement area was always for storage and mechanical equipment," Boucard said. Boucard concluded in a letter to Gwen Vendley, dean of students, that the basement area was ^^^^^^^^ not de- ^^^^^^^^^ signed to hold par-ties. Fran Koerting, associate dean ofresi-dence life, said that the department ofresidence life had been look-ing into ^^H^U^B banning basements since they were determined to be a liability. "Once it was printed (in the Mirro r) we had to take immediate action," Koerting said. Some students have ex-pressed concern about the new policy, including members of the UniversityTownhouse Ex-perience, U.N.I.T.E. "I think it is ridiculous," U.N.I.T.E. vice president Carolyn Voehl '98 said. "I wish we were confronted with I think safety is a valid concern, but it will ruin party life on campus. it before it happened." Voehl-sakHhat residence life discussed with U.N.I.T.E. banning basements in the fu-ture but she did not expect the ban this semester. Megan Einermann' 00 be-lieves that banning parties in townhouse basements may lead to more problems at the beach. "It's not really smart," Einermann said. It's not going to help matters with more students driving to the beach." "I think safety is a valid con-cern," Colette Collins '00 said, "but it will ruin party life on cam-pus." As outlined in the new policy, townhouse residents are now al-lowed to use their back porches during registered parties . How-ever, students can only use their porches if they obtain florescent tape from residence life to block off the porch stairs. Residence Life will hold a meeting Thursday, Jan. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Gonzaga Auditorium to address concerns about the new party policy. Koerting said that she hopes for a large turnout. "We haven't received much feedback yet but are hoping that at least one representative from each house will attend," Koerting said. "We want the students to know that we will work with them and address their concerns throughout the semester." FUSA auction raises $1,150 for charity Maura Parsons News Editor Students raised over $1,000 for charity in a FUSA sponsored faculty auction held at the Levee on Nov. 12. FUSA presented a check for $1,150, the proceeds from the auction, to representatives from the United Way on Dec. 4. The money was raised from student bids on items donated by faculty and administrators. Donated items included din-ners with Fr. Thomas Regan, Fr. Simon Harak, Dr. Alan Katz and Carolyn Ruisakas. The auction also featured cookies donated by Jeanne DiMuzio and authen-tic congressional campaign pins from Dr. John Orman. The items receiving the most student bids included a dinner with Rev. Aloysious P. Kelley and broadway tickets donated by Fr. Carrier. Matt Pitucco '98, FUSA vice president of government operations, and Mike Burke '00, FUSA director of fundraising, hosted the auc-tion. "The money we made for the United Way was excel-lent," said Pittucco. "Students were really willing to give money to a good cause." photo: Dave DeFusco FUSA President Chris Cipriano and FUSA Fundraising Director Mike Burke present a check to United Way repre-sentative Phyllis Schwartz. Also pictured are United Way campaign co-chairs Frank Ficco and Cynthia Swift. Inside this week FUSA President Candidates announced see p. 2 Hockey gears up for Friday face-off see p.3 Happy Holiday's for Women's Basketball see p.4 Check out next week's regular issue. |