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FAIR FIELD UNIVERSITY
IRROR
Volume 24 Number 6
The Image of Fairfield Thursday, November 5, 1998
Beach landlord Ganim vows lawsuit
By Brian Williams
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
The Connecticut Post's publi-cation
of the Fairfield BeachAssociation's
"Dirty Dozen" loudest, most suspect
houses at the beach has driven landlord
George W. Ganim to threaten a lawsuit
for defamation of character since his
home is one of the accused.
Ganim, the father of Bridgeport
Mayor Joseph P. Ganim and Democratic
Senate candidate Thomas Ganim, is en-raged
over the inclusion of his name and
house number on the Fairfield Beach
Association's list. This list consists of the
houses the association feels are in the
greatest violation of the law.
In the wake of the threat, Col-leen
Sheriden, the President Elect of the
Fairfield Beach Association, claimed the
list was not official. However "official"
it may or may not have been, the list was
given to and printed in the Friday, Octo-ber
23 issue of The Connecticut Post.
Fairfield First Selectman Kenneth Flatto
along with other association members
claimed that the list had been assembled
by and presented to town officials by the
association members. ,
Ganim, who resides in Easton,
rents his home at 1019 Fairfield Beach
Road to four University students and be-came
extremely angry when the associa-tion
assumed and accused that more than
four lived there. With all of the atten-tion
surrounding the issue, one resident
of the house declined to comment on the
issue.
Kim Soen, President of the Stu-dent
Beach Resident Association, is
listed in the Stag, as one of the residents
at 1019 Fairfield Beach Road. Gwen
Vendley, Dean of Students, has ap-plauded
Soen's efforts to ease the beach
crisis in the past. Soen could not be
reached for comment on the issue of
Ganim's lawsuit.
Ganim's home originally ap-peared
at the top of the "Dirty Dozen"
list compiled by the 200 member asso-ciation.
The list claims as many as 12
students live in many of the houses in
the beach area. While state zoning regu-lations
permit a maximum of six unre-
1019 Fairfield Beach Road, otherwise known
Beach Road Association's "Dirty Dozen."
lated persons to live under one roof, the
town's ordinance permits no more than
four in the beach district.
After reading his name and
house number among the "Dirty Dozen"
in The Connecticut Post, Ganim re-sponded
with a letter to Steve Laitman, a
member of the association. In his letter
he angrily states that: "Unless you im-mediately
correct this public smear, I in-tend
to bring a suit for defamation of char-
Photo: NickOuimet
as the Overlook, topped the list of the Fairfield
acter. I have not spent a lifetime of charac-ter
building for you to take a 'cheap shot'
at my reputation and in doing so, damage
the political reputations of my two sons."
Declining comment on Ganim's
letter on the grounds that she had not seen
it, Colleen Sheridan did say in The Con-necticut
Post that, "The Fairfield Beach
Association has taken no official stand to
date on any rental housing in the beach
area."
continued on p. 3
More money please...
Students andfaculty present arguments for increasing the budget of theirprograms
By Dana Ambrosini
NEWS EDITOR
The University Finance Com-mittee
is holding its second open budget
forum today at 3:45 p.m. in the Faculty
Dining Room of the BCC for students
and faculty interested in getting more
money for their programs for the next fis-cal
year.
The first meeting, held thisTues-day,
featured requests for an increase in
funding for Theatre Fairfield, the depart-ment
of visual and performing arts,
Nyselius Library, faculty awards, and the
School of Business.
"It's worth doing," said Dr.
continued on p. 4
photo: Dana Ambrosini
Members of Theatre Fairfield were the first group to present their case for additional
funding.
Shirley
Chisholm
to visit
Fairfield
By Courtney Darts
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
After disappointing turnouts at
several events designed to raise
multicultural awareness at Fairfield, the
Student Association (FUSA) has booked
a prominent politician and public figure
to speak at this year's Martin Luther King,
Jr. Day celebration.
continued on p. 3
Inside this edition...
Former
NY Times
editor to speak,
see p. 4 for details
How safe are
you in the
residence halls?
see p.5
Notorious
townswoman
speaks out,
See Commentary
editor's response on
p. 8-9
Janet Leigh
commemorates
Hitchcock,
seep. 11
Conference
tournament
previews,
see pgs. 14-15
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| Title | Mirror - Vol. 24, No. 06 - November 05, 1998 |
| Date | November 05 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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| Publisher | Fairfield University |
| Place of Publication | Fairfield, Conn. |
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| SearchData | FAIR FIELD UNIVERSITY IRROR Volume 24 Number 6 The Image of Fairfield Thursday, November 5, 1998 Beach landlord Ganim vows lawsuit By Brian Williams ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR The Connecticut Post's publi-cation of the Fairfield BeachAssociation's "Dirty Dozen" loudest, most suspect houses at the beach has driven landlord George W. Ganim to threaten a lawsuit for defamation of character since his home is one of the accused. Ganim, the father of Bridgeport Mayor Joseph P. Ganim and Democratic Senate candidate Thomas Ganim, is en-raged over the inclusion of his name and house number on the Fairfield Beach Association's list. This list consists of the houses the association feels are in the greatest violation of the law. In the wake of the threat, Col-leen Sheriden, the President Elect of the Fairfield Beach Association, claimed the list was not official. However "official" it may or may not have been, the list was given to and printed in the Friday, Octo-ber 23 issue of The Connecticut Post. Fairfield First Selectman Kenneth Flatto along with other association members claimed that the list had been assembled by and presented to town officials by the association members. , Ganim, who resides in Easton, rents his home at 1019 Fairfield Beach Road to four University students and be-came extremely angry when the associa-tion assumed and accused that more than four lived there. With all of the atten-tion surrounding the issue, one resident of the house declined to comment on the issue. Kim Soen, President of the Stu-dent Beach Resident Association, is listed in the Stag, as one of the residents at 1019 Fairfield Beach Road. Gwen Vendley, Dean of Students, has ap-plauded Soen's efforts to ease the beach crisis in the past. Soen could not be reached for comment on the issue of Ganim's lawsuit. Ganim's home originally ap-peared at the top of the "Dirty Dozen" list compiled by the 200 member asso-ciation. The list claims as many as 12 students live in many of the houses in the beach area. While state zoning regu-lations permit a maximum of six unre- 1019 Fairfield Beach Road, otherwise known Beach Road Association's "Dirty Dozen." lated persons to live under one roof, the town's ordinance permits no more than four in the beach district. After reading his name and house number among the "Dirty Dozen" in The Connecticut Post, Ganim re-sponded with a letter to Steve Laitman, a member of the association. In his letter he angrily states that: "Unless you im-mediately correct this public smear, I in-tend to bring a suit for defamation of char- Photo: NickOuimet as the Overlook, topped the list of the Fairfield acter. I have not spent a lifetime of charac-ter building for you to take a 'cheap shot' at my reputation and in doing so, damage the political reputations of my two sons." Declining comment on Ganim's letter on the grounds that she had not seen it, Colleen Sheridan did say in The Con-necticut Post that, "The Fairfield Beach Association has taken no official stand to date on any rental housing in the beach area." continued on p. 3 More money please... Students andfaculty present arguments for increasing the budget of theirprograms By Dana Ambrosini NEWS EDITOR The University Finance Com-mittee is holding its second open budget forum today at 3:45 p.m. in the Faculty Dining Room of the BCC for students and faculty interested in getting more money for their programs for the next fis-cal year. The first meeting, held thisTues-day, featured requests for an increase in funding for Theatre Fairfield, the depart-ment of visual and performing arts, Nyselius Library, faculty awards, and the School of Business. "It's worth doing," said Dr. continued on p. 4 photo: Dana Ambrosini Members of Theatre Fairfield were the first group to present their case for additional funding. Shirley Chisholm to visit Fairfield By Courtney Darts CONTRIBUTING WRITER After disappointing turnouts at several events designed to raise multicultural awareness at Fairfield, the Student Association (FUSA) has booked a prominent politician and public figure to speak at this year's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration. continued on p. 3 Inside this edition... Former NY Times editor to speak, see p. 4 for details How safe are you in the residence halls? see p.5 Notorious townswoman speaks out, See Commentary editor's response on p. 8-9 Janet Leigh commemorates Hitchcock, seep. 11 Conference tournament previews, see pgs. 14-15 |