Mirror - Vol. 23, No. 17 - March 12, 1998

              FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
MIRROR
Volume 23 Number 17 The Image of Fairfield
University considers revision of
core requirements
Dana Ambrosini
Assistant News Editor
Amidst discussion of
adding yet another requirement
to Fairfield's core, the university
is looking to deal with the issue
of core reform on a broader
scale, according to academic
vice president Robert Wall.
A required non-west-ern
course may be looming on
the horizon, but Wall acknowl-edges
that Fairfield's core is
large in comparison to other
schools and that core reform will
be dealt with.
"Every time we add a
new requirement we limit flex-ibility.
That's a problem,"Wall
said.
He did not mention
specifically what reforms would
be considered, but he said that
exemptions for students in the
professional schools— the
school of business and the
school of nursing —may be a
the university's students - stated
that.he would look into core re-form
by first determining the
actual purpose of the core.
"It may he that we haven't
explained the point of the
core well enough. yy
possibility in light of those stu-dents
particularly regimented
schedules.
Dr. Orin Grossman,
dean of the college of arts and
sciences - which is responsible
for teaching the core to all of
Grossman said that he would be
bringing in a consultant to help
answer that question.
"It may be that we
haven't explained the point of
the core well enough,"
Grossman said. He indicated
his desire to do so, and to con-sider
any reductions from this
angle.
The question of core
reform was one of many
brought up in a press confer-ence
with Wall held in a con-temporary
journalism class last
week. The issue is tied to the
continued increase in the school
of business, whose students are
particularly interested in core
reform, that has come in great
part as a result of the MBA pro-gram.
Fr. Charles Allen, S.J.,
executive assistant to the presi-dent,
said that whenever a
group grows they have more
say. However, he pointed out
that, "Academically, the com-mon
core is a unifying aspect."
In a brief explanation
Continued on pg. 4
Off-campus housing
slots hard to come by
John O'Dea
Staff Writer
Sophomores on the
waiting list for off-campus hous-ing
will have to wait until at least
May to find out if they will be
allowed to live at the beach for
the 1998-99 academic year.
"More students may be
let off campus once the univer-sity
knows for certain the size of
next year's incoming freshmen
class," said associate dean of
residence life Fran Koerting.
Those on the waiting
list may have to wait as late as
July, when the university finds
out the amount of transfer stu-dents.
There has been much
confusion surrounding the wait-ing
list for off-campus housing in
recent weeks. Last year, all
sophomores who entered the lot-tery
for off-campus housing were
granted permission.
According to Koerting,
this year's sophomore class will
not be allowed to live off cam-pus
as easily as last years.
, "This year's junior
class, the class of '99, were all
released off-campus because
most seniors wanted to live in
the townhouses," Koerting
said. "Thosejuniors don't want
to move back on campus for
their senior year."
One hundred students
from the Class of 2000 were
initially allowed to live off
campus. This left 98 students
on the waiting list. The num-ber
of students from the Class
of 2000 allowed to live off cam-pus
in their junior year is fewer
than the previous year.
Last year 130 sopho-mores
entered the lottery and
all were given permission to
leave campus immediately.
There was no waiting list.
There were additional students
who requested permission to
live at the beach after the lot-tery
last year, all of whom were
given permission in June.
The reason for the
limit on off-campus residents is
the cost of living in the resi-dence
halls. There are 1789
spaces on campus that need to
be filled in the resident halls.
The resident halls must be filled
to capacity to ensure that the
continued on pg. 4
GOOD LUCK STAGS
The Fairfield University's women's basketball team
ranked #15 will play #2 ranked UConn at Storrs to-morrow
night in the first round of the NCAA tourna-ment.
If you can't make it to the game, tune into
ESPN2 at 6:00 p.m. for tip-off. The winner of the
game will advance to the second round and face the
winner of the Georgia and George Washington game.
Thursday, March 12, 1998
Inside this
week
The RecPlex
gets a lift
Find out the details on
p. 4
Are you
planning for a
safe break?
Check out our spring
break safety tips, see p.5
Athletics and
academics, can
they co-exist?
Details on p. 7
LL Cool J
is cool
Students react to
last week's commentary,
see p. 9
Where were
you?
Last week's unity
march
criticized, see p. 10
Find out who
got the shaft
Check out the Oscar
nominees, see p. 11
Open your
eyes!
Check out the Open
Visions Forum, seep. 13
Diamonds in
the rough
Softball and baseball
teams previewed,
see p. 14