Mirror - Vol. 23, No. 20a - April 23, 1998

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FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
MIRROR
Volume 23 • Number 20 The Image of Fairfield
Cracking down on the
party of parties
Dana Ambrosini
News Editor
Clam Jam is on its way
and all eyes are definitely on the
annual bash.
Although the event is
not officially sponsored by
FUSAor Fairfield University, the
responsibility to see that things
go well has fallen by default into
the hands of the student leaders.
As was the case last year, perma-nent
beach residents have not
failed to make their grievances
known.
An article in the Con-necticut
Post indicated that some
residents are threatening to pos-sibly
sue the University and stu-dent
leaders for disturbing the
peace and lowering the property
value of the homes surrounding
the student area.
This year, plain clothes
as well as uniformed police will
be monitoring the event.
"I intend to go, have a
good time, and drink a lot of
beer," said junior Marcel Blais.
"Hopefully in regards to the town
of Fairfield, things will go as
smoothly as they did last year."
In order to address the
problems caused by Clam Jam, a
policy was instituted last year to
keep non-Fairfield students out of
the party and underage students
from drinking. Fairfield students
were given bracelets and allowed
only one guest each. Another set
of bracelets was distributed the
day of the event to those students
21 or over.
In keeping with last
year's success, FUSA will once
again institute the bracelet policy.
"Fairfield student" bracelets are
currently being distributed to
those with a valid University ID,
from 12:00 to 2:00 and 5:00 to
7:00 in the Barone Campus Cen-ter.
These bracelets will not be
given out the at the event itself.
On the day of the event,
students must wear the bracelets
to be allowed into the festivities.
Students must also bring their
Fairfield ID and bracelet in order
to receive a bracelet for a guest.
Only one is permitted for each
student. ""21 or older" bracelets
will be distributed at the event as
well, but only to those students
with two picture IDs, such as a
driver's license and student ID.
Presidency passes to
Piag
Brian Williams
Assistant News Editor
A major concert on
campus. Bettering relations be-tween
the university and town
residents. Improving school
spirit and student participation in
campus events. These are but a
few of the issues Mike Piagentini
has targeted for the upcoming
school year.
FUSA President Mike
Piagentini was officially inaugu-rated
before his friends and fam-ily,
at a ceremony in Bellarmine
Hall, Tuesday, April 7. Now in
office, Mike will begin his quest
towards solving these issues
along with his new group of
FUSA associates.
continued on p. 4
Clam Jam rules...
Use Common Sense !!!
—Access will be limited to only
Fairfield University Students and their one guest.
—DO NOT LOSE YOUR WRISTBAND. Wristbands
will be checked at all entrances. ONLY the 21 and over
wristband and the guest band will be given out the day
of the event.
—Police Officers & student volunteers will be present
at all entrances.
—BOOK BAGS AND BACK PACKS WILL NOT BE
PERMITTED!
—BEER DISTRIBUTION WILL BE MONITORED
BY POLICE OFFICERS.
—Portions of Fairfield Beach Road and Reef Road will
be closed.
—Police will be manning DRUNKEN DRIVING
CHECKPOINTS and the department's mobile com-mand
unit will be closed.
—Parking will be restricted and temporary no parking
signs will be posted.
A WRECKER WILL BE STANDING BY TO TOW
ALL ILLEGALLY PARKED CARS.
—The Safe Rides program will be providing rides
BACK to campus.
—In order to receive a "21 or older" bracelet you must
be prepared to show two forms of picture ID.
photo: Brian Williams
Chris Cipriani) passes the gavel.
Playing the parent?
Brian Huben
Staff Writer
How would you feel
if you returned home and
found your parents, instead
of being thrilled to see you,
are upset with the news they
have received from Fairfield
about you? This has become
reality for dozens of Fairfield
students this year.
Starting last Sep-tember,
Gwendolyn Vendley,
dean of students, began
sending copies of newspa-pers
to the parents of stu-dents
whose name appears in
the crime report section.
Any student who
has been ticketed at the
beach for underage drinking
or for any other reason and
whose name appears in the
newspaper for it, can expect a
copy of it to be sent to their
parents, according to Vendley.
Vendley said that if
the student's name appears in
the paper, it then becomes a
public affair and the school has
the right to tell parents. Stu-dents,
however, have a differ-ent
outlook.
"I think it's ridicu-lous
on the school's part, not
to place trust in their students
with their parents," said Shan-non
Baxter '01, a freshman
senator and one of the students
whose name appeared in the
paper.
Baxter said she was
ticketed in December for un-derage
drinking at Eli's, a lo-cal
bar (recently shut down),
continued on p. 3
Thursday, April 23, 1998
Inside this
week
New parking
regulations
announced
Check out the new rules
on p. 3
IRHG
brings
home the
conference
Sneak a peak at what's
to come next year, seep.4
Indiana or
Bust!
Four students journey to
the Midwest, see p.5
Is the Levee
dry?
Levee offers alterna-tive
to beach & THs?
see p. 6
Gay Jeans Day
supported
SAYSO responds to
John O'Dea,
see p.9
Get a leg up
Check out a student
adventure at a rock climb-ing
expedition, seep. 11
What is your
taste?
Try it all at the Interna-tional
Buffet! see the
savory selection on p. 13
Still rollin'...
Men's lacrosse
remains unbeaten
inMAAC, see p. 15