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Volume 24 Number 16 The Image of Fairfield Thursday, March 25, 1999
Spam Jam gets the boot... onto campus
By Dana Ambrosini
NEWS EDITOR
Has Spam Jam been
canned? Actually, the annual
pre-Clam Jam fiesta is being
moved, from its traditional home
at the beach to the Fairfield Uni-versity
campus.
The decision came as
a result of many concerns, not
the least being that beach stu-dents
stand to face larger liabili-ties
for hosting Spam Jam this
year than in years past. Police
have stated that if the party is
held at the beach it will be shut
down early, as was the case last
year, and arrests will be made
against underage drinkers and
anyone serving them, according
to FUSA President Michael
Piagentini.
"It is both unfair and
unrealistic to expect one house
or a small group of houses to
assume liability and responsi-bility
for such a large number
of guests," said RTM member
Students show support in candlelight vigil Photo Peter Catalanotti
Candlelight concerns ...
CUCM gets its meeting with Fr. Kelley
By Brian Huben
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
Acandlelight vigil was
held outside of the chapel last
week to continue the fight for
"Justice for Janitors".
Fr. G. Paul Peterson or-ganized
the vigil which drew ap-proximately
65 people at 7:30
p.m. on St. Patrick's Day. It was
attended mostly by students, but
there were also some faculty
members, two Jesuits, custodial
workers and some of their fam-ily
members.
"The purpose of the
vigil was to lend a religious light
to our quest for justice," said Pe-ter
Catalonotti, '99, CUCM
member. Fr. Peterson
spoke to the crowd and a union
organizer gave them an update
on the current status of their fight
to obtain a "living wage" for the
custodial workers. Katie
Ferranti, '99 and Kevin Borla,
'99 led prayers for the group.
The vigil came after a
recent meeting between Rev.
Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J. and some
CUCM members. The CUCM
members asked Fr. Kelley to ask
SMG to institute a "card check
agreement" which would enable
the janitors to unionize by fill-ing
out cards and thus avoid a
lengthy unionization process,
according to CUCM member
Audra.Makuch, '99.
Makuch said that some
of the workers filed a charge
with the National Labor Rela-tions
Board in Hartford against
SMG for allegedly harassing
them in their attempts to union-
Continued on pg. 3
Jerry Schlichting. He also
pointed out that a new keg la-beling
law would make it easier
for student hosts to be identified.
To make the new event
a success, a joint effort among
FUSA, IRHG, UNITE, SBRA,
the Commuter Club, and the Ad-vancement
Office has raised
about $30,000. Approximately
$20,000 will be spent on a lineup
of bands for the festivities, while
the rest will go to free food, re-freshments,
and outdoor recre-ation
activities in the form of wa-ter
novelties.
An outdoor beer tent
will also be available to students
of drinking age. Piagentini and
Schlichting both expected that
an atmosphere similar to that of
Alumni Weekend will be created
at the May 1st event, which
hopes to revive the lost tradition
of heavy on-campus partying on
"May Day."
A block-party like en-vironment
is being encouraged
for the town houses so that stu-dents
can congregate above the
football field to watch the bands
below.
"Students should not
view this move as one of defeat
or resignation. Rather this
should be viewed as an adapta-tion
to changing times," said
Schlichting.
Schlichting stated that
moving the party also helps to
alleviate the responsibility of or-ganizing
end of the year events,
that has traditionally fallen on
the shoulders of beach residents,
who are still in charge of 400/
30 nights and Clam Jam itself.
"I ask for full student
support of this event," said
Piagentini. "This is a plan that
will not only help alleviate the
problems the beach is facing but
also will offer all students a start
to a new tradition of a large scale
on-campus event."
Fairfield addresses
registration woes
By Christina Biagioli
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Pennsylvania State
University. Boston University.
Yale University. University of
Connecti-
&$B%. cut.
m li These and
«.
many
other uni-ifep^
t;i versities
JHP V all over
^Kk^f the coun-p
§t ^ * try appear
James Estrada to be a
step ahead
of Fairfield University in the
world of technology.
Students at these col-leges
have the option of obtain-ing
their grades and registering
for classes on-line from their
personal computers. Now, in
1999, it seems that Fairfield may
finally be catching up. Plans for
students to be able to receive
grades and register for classes
from their personal computers
are in effect for some time next
year, according to Robert Russo,
the University's Registrar.
But there is no target
date as of yet for this project to
be put in effect.
"This month is cru-cial,"
said James Estrada, vice
president of information re-sources.
"Even though we
haven't come up with an exact
Continued on pg. 4
Inside this edition...
More Is Fairfield Reactions to the Movie mania: Lacrosse
Spam Jam
coverage,
watching the
HAM channel?,
new housing
plans,
Oscars
awarded,
looks at a strong
season,
see p. 4 see p. 5 seep. 8 seepgs. 11-13
see. p. 14
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| Title | Mirror - Vol. 24, No. 16 - March 25, 1999 |
| Date | March 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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| SearchData | Volume 24 Number 16 The Image of Fairfield Thursday, March 25, 1999 Spam Jam gets the boot... onto campus By Dana Ambrosini NEWS EDITOR Has Spam Jam been canned? Actually, the annual pre-Clam Jam fiesta is being moved, from its traditional home at the beach to the Fairfield Uni-versity campus. The decision came as a result of many concerns, not the least being that beach stu-dents stand to face larger liabili-ties for hosting Spam Jam this year than in years past. Police have stated that if the party is held at the beach it will be shut down early, as was the case last year, and arrests will be made against underage drinkers and anyone serving them, according to FUSA President Michael Piagentini. "It is both unfair and unrealistic to expect one house or a small group of houses to assume liability and responsi-bility for such a large number of guests," said RTM member Students show support in candlelight vigil Photo Peter Catalanotti Candlelight concerns ... CUCM gets its meeting with Fr. Kelley By Brian Huben ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Acandlelight vigil was held outside of the chapel last week to continue the fight for "Justice for Janitors". Fr. G. Paul Peterson or-ganized the vigil which drew ap-proximately 65 people at 7:30 p.m. on St. Patrick's Day. It was attended mostly by students, but there were also some faculty members, two Jesuits, custodial workers and some of their fam-ily members. "The purpose of the vigil was to lend a religious light to our quest for justice," said Pe-ter Catalonotti, '99, CUCM member. Fr. Peterson spoke to the crowd and a union organizer gave them an update on the current status of their fight to obtain a "living wage" for the custodial workers. Katie Ferranti, '99 and Kevin Borla, '99 led prayers for the group. The vigil came after a recent meeting between Rev. Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J. and some CUCM members. The CUCM members asked Fr. Kelley to ask SMG to institute a "card check agreement" which would enable the janitors to unionize by fill-ing out cards and thus avoid a lengthy unionization process, according to CUCM member Audra.Makuch, '99. Makuch said that some of the workers filed a charge with the National Labor Rela-tions Board in Hartford against SMG for allegedly harassing them in their attempts to union- Continued on pg. 3 Jerry Schlichting. He also pointed out that a new keg la-beling law would make it easier for student hosts to be identified. To make the new event a success, a joint effort among FUSA, IRHG, UNITE, SBRA, the Commuter Club, and the Ad-vancement Office has raised about $30,000. Approximately $20,000 will be spent on a lineup of bands for the festivities, while the rest will go to free food, re-freshments, and outdoor recre-ation activities in the form of wa-ter novelties. An outdoor beer tent will also be available to students of drinking age. Piagentini and Schlichting both expected that an atmosphere similar to that of Alumni Weekend will be created at the May 1st event, which hopes to revive the lost tradition of heavy on-campus partying on "May Day." A block-party like en-vironment is being encouraged for the town houses so that stu-dents can congregate above the football field to watch the bands below. "Students should not view this move as one of defeat or resignation. Rather this should be viewed as an adapta-tion to changing times," said Schlichting. Schlichting stated that moving the party also helps to alleviate the responsibility of or-ganizing end of the year events, that has traditionally fallen on the shoulders of beach residents, who are still in charge of 400/ 30 nights and Clam Jam itself. "I ask for full student support of this event," said Piagentini. "This is a plan that will not only help alleviate the problems the beach is facing but also will offer all students a start to a new tradition of a large scale on-campus event." Fairfield addresses registration woes By Christina Biagioli CONTRIBUTING WRITER Pennsylvania State University. Boston University. Yale University. University of Connecti- &$B%. cut. m li These and «. many other uni-ifep^ t;i versities JHP V all over ^Kk^f the coun-p §t ^ * try appear James Estrada to be a step ahead of Fairfield University in the world of technology. Students at these col-leges have the option of obtain-ing their grades and registering for classes on-line from their personal computers. Now, in 1999, it seems that Fairfield may finally be catching up. Plans for students to be able to receive grades and register for classes from their personal computers are in effect for some time next year, according to Robert Russo, the University's Registrar. But there is no target date as of yet for this project to be put in effect. "This month is cru-cial," said James Estrada, vice president of information re-sources. "Even though we haven't come up with an exact Continued on pg. 4 Inside this edition... More Is Fairfield Reactions to the Movie mania: Lacrosse Spam Jam coverage, watching the HAM channel?, new housing plans, Oscars awarded, looks at a strong season, see p. 4 see p. 5 seep. 8 seepgs. 11-13 see. p. 14 |