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Volume 24 Number 14 The Image of Fairfield Thursday, February 25, 1999 Is racism returning? By Brian Huben ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR February 17 seemed like a nor-mal day for English professor, Dr. Gita Rajan. Then she arrived at her office door in Donnarumma Hall. Rajan's door had been com-pletely vandalized. Papers and her of-fice hours were ripped down, her name-plate was unscrewed and removed, and most disturbingly, racial slurs were chalked across the wooden door. "I absolutely enjoy teaching here and I do not understand why someone would do this," said Rajan. "I am look-ing forward to seeing the response from leaders on campus." Rajan sent a letter to Rev. Aloysius R Kelley, S.J. and vari-ous university administrators, informing them of the incident. Dr. Orin Grossman, acting aca-demic vice president and dean of the Col-lege of Arts and Sciences, said it is an "out-rage" that this "cowardly and disgraceful" act took place. "It is awful to think that there is someone on this campus who thought that this was a fun thing to do." Grossman added that he hopes there are swift actions to re-move from the university whomever was Continued on pg. 4 Justice for the janitors... CUCM rally draws students, faculty and administrators By Dana Ambrosini NEWS EDITOR Students working to unionize the custodial workers at Fairfield Uni-versity have characterized a recent rally as "really successful." Approximately 200 students, administrators and faculty gathered with union organizers outside the Campus Center on Tuesday to protest the univer-sity administration's refusal to take re-sponsibility for ensuring the workers a "living wage" and other benefits. The group then marched to Bellarmine Hall chanting "we've got the power" and "do the right thing." A small delegation met with Fr. Charles Allen, S.J., executive assistant to Rev. Aloysius R Kelley, S.J., university president while protesters continued marching. Union organizers had last week sent a letter to members of the univer-sity Board of Trustees appraising them of their concerns. Fr. Allen referred to the letter, saying that the board of trust-ees are looking into the issue and "now it's at a higher level," according to union organizers. Nevertheless, a flyer distrib-uted to the ralliers by personnel from the university public relations department stated that Fr. Kelley would be request-ing the chairman of the board to "return the issue to the administration for fur-ther discussion." Students, faculty, administrators and "It was really successful," said Audra Makuch, '99, a member of CUCM who helped organize the rally. "It's suc-cessful any time a large number of people come out to speak for people without a voice." FUSA President Michael Piagentini had a different outlook. "I think students should see both sides of the issue and make an educated decision for them-selves," said Piagentini, regarding the rally. "I really think they're getting brain-washed here by only getting one side." photo: Nick Segretario custodial workers rally for unionization. The university flyer also stated that Fr. Kelley is willing to speak with campus community members about the issue but will not meet with "union representatives or other third parties." The university is un-willing to "direct the day-to-day operations or salary and benefits practices" of it's con-tractors, stated the release. The janitors that work on campus are employees of the Service Management Group, an outside firm that Fairfield con-tracts to do it's custodial work: The deci- Continued on pg. 2 Sweeping changes in store for the beach By Paul Pennelli ASST. SPORTS EDITOR '. Yesterday, University Presi-dent Rev. Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J. an-nounced a broad, comprehensive ini-tiative aimed at reducing the active role that alcohol currently plays in the lives of Fairfield students. Upon the approval of university's Board of Trustees, Fair-field is planning to construct a $12 million apartment-style don. :tory near the Quick Center, whici. is scheduled to open in the fall of 2000. "This is Father Kelley's decision after speaking with the Task Force, senior ad-ministrators, and legal counsel." —Douglas Whiting In a personnel move, Fr. Kelley plans to install an administrator whose pri-mary responsibility will be to create and maintain a strong relationship be-tween the administration and students living at Fairfield Beach. "This is Father Kelley's de-cision after speaking with the Task Force, senior administrators, and le-gal counsel," says Douglas Whiting, associate vice president for public re-lations. Despite Fr. Kelley's state-ment in the memorandum that the university wishes to continue to of-fer off-campus opportunities "where they [the students] are afforded a high Contined on pg. 4 Inside this edition FUSA announces new VPs, see p.2 Tips to prepare your resume, see p. 6 Messes in residence halls, see p. 9 Movie mogul Gene Siskel passes away, see p. 11 Hockey bids farewell to Coughlin, see p. 14
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Title | Mirror - Vol. 24, No. 14 - February 25, 1999 |
Date | February 25 1999 |
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 | Volume 24 Number 14 The Image of Fairfield Thursday, February 25, 1999 Is racism returning? By Brian Huben ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR February 17 seemed like a nor-mal day for English professor, Dr. Gita Rajan. Then she arrived at her office door in Donnarumma Hall. Rajan's door had been com-pletely vandalized. Papers and her of-fice hours were ripped down, her name-plate was unscrewed and removed, and most disturbingly, racial slurs were chalked across the wooden door. "I absolutely enjoy teaching here and I do not understand why someone would do this," said Rajan. "I am look-ing forward to seeing the response from leaders on campus." Rajan sent a letter to Rev. Aloysius R Kelley, S.J. and vari-ous university administrators, informing them of the incident. Dr. Orin Grossman, acting aca-demic vice president and dean of the Col-lege of Arts and Sciences, said it is an "out-rage" that this "cowardly and disgraceful" act took place. "It is awful to think that there is someone on this campus who thought that this was a fun thing to do." Grossman added that he hopes there are swift actions to re-move from the university whomever was Continued on pg. 4 Justice for the janitors... CUCM rally draws students, faculty and administrators By Dana Ambrosini NEWS EDITOR Students working to unionize the custodial workers at Fairfield Uni-versity have characterized a recent rally as "really successful." Approximately 200 students, administrators and faculty gathered with union organizers outside the Campus Center on Tuesday to protest the univer-sity administration's refusal to take re-sponsibility for ensuring the workers a "living wage" and other benefits. The group then marched to Bellarmine Hall chanting "we've got the power" and "do the right thing." A small delegation met with Fr. Charles Allen, S.J., executive assistant to Rev. Aloysius R Kelley, S.J., university president while protesters continued marching. Union organizers had last week sent a letter to members of the univer-sity Board of Trustees appraising them of their concerns. Fr. Allen referred to the letter, saying that the board of trust-ees are looking into the issue and "now it's at a higher level," according to union organizers. Nevertheless, a flyer distrib-uted to the ralliers by personnel from the university public relations department stated that Fr. Kelley would be request-ing the chairman of the board to "return the issue to the administration for fur-ther discussion." Students, faculty, administrators and "It was really successful," said Audra Makuch, '99, a member of CUCM who helped organize the rally. "It's suc-cessful any time a large number of people come out to speak for people without a voice." FUSA President Michael Piagentini had a different outlook. "I think students should see both sides of the issue and make an educated decision for them-selves," said Piagentini, regarding the rally. "I really think they're getting brain-washed here by only getting one side." photo: Nick Segretario custodial workers rally for unionization. The university flyer also stated that Fr. Kelley is willing to speak with campus community members about the issue but will not meet with "union representatives or other third parties." The university is un-willing to "direct the day-to-day operations or salary and benefits practices" of it's con-tractors, stated the release. The janitors that work on campus are employees of the Service Management Group, an outside firm that Fairfield con-tracts to do it's custodial work: The deci- Continued on pg. 2 Sweeping changes in store for the beach By Paul Pennelli ASST. SPORTS EDITOR '. Yesterday, University Presi-dent Rev. Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J. an-nounced a broad, comprehensive ini-tiative aimed at reducing the active role that alcohol currently plays in the lives of Fairfield students. Upon the approval of university's Board of Trustees, Fair-field is planning to construct a $12 million apartment-style don. :tory near the Quick Center, whici. is scheduled to open in the fall of 2000. "This is Father Kelley's decision after speaking with the Task Force, senior ad-ministrators, and legal counsel." —Douglas Whiting In a personnel move, Fr. Kelley plans to install an administrator whose pri-mary responsibility will be to create and maintain a strong relationship be-tween the administration and students living at Fairfield Beach. "This is Father Kelley's de-cision after speaking with the Task Force, senior administrators, and le-gal counsel," says Douglas Whiting, associate vice president for public re-lations. Despite Fr. Kelley's state-ment in the memorandum that the university wishes to continue to of-fer off-campus opportunities "where they [the students] are afforded a high Contined on pg. 4 Inside this edition FUSA announces new VPs, see p.2 Tips to prepare your resume, see p. 6 Messes in residence halls, see p. 9 Movie mogul Gene Siskel passes away, see p. 11 Hockey bids farewell to Coughlin, see p. 14 |