Mirror - Vol. 24, No. 18 - April 15, 1999

              Volume 24 Number 18 The Image of Fairfield Thursday, April 15, 1999
Mirror Exclusive
Missing student calls classmate
By Paul Pennelli
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
After al most two weeks of ques-tions,
prayers and pleas, Jeffrey Eloy '02,
the 17 year-old Fairfield University stu-dent
who has been missing since March
31, finally made an attempt to reach out
to those who are worrying so much for
his safety.
On the evening of April 11, Eloy
placed a phone call to the room of one of
his classmates, Dan Linehan '02 at ap-proximately
10:30 in the evening. Accord-ing
to Linehan, the two have known each
other since their days in high school, and
they were roommates for the semester this
year.
"When I first heard that he hadn't
gone home for Easter, I thought that he
had stayed at the beach or some place in
Bridgeport," said Linehan. "I didn't think
that he had run away."
According to Linehan, Eloy's
phone call was actually answered by an-other
student, but the phone was quickly
handed over to Linehan.
Eloy told Linehan that he was
calling from upstate New York, which he
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Photo: Christen Kohut
Eloy (bottom left) at Fairfield among his peers.
had reached by hitchhiking from New
York City. Linehan was not able to get
Eloy to tell him what town he was spe-cifically
calling from.
"Jeff said that he wanted to see
some things [around the country] ... he
had no idea that he was missing, or about
all of the news reports," said Linehan.
Eloy went on to hint that his eventual des-tination
may be California.
The university's security depart-ment,
however, is not quick to confirm
this news. Director of security, Todd
Pelazza, would not comment on this in-formation.
"This phone call is still uncon-firmed,"
said Pelazza.
These events come on the heels
Continued on pg. 3
Governor Rowland snubs Fairfield
By Jennifer Sehnert
STAFF WRITER
There is much debate through-out
campus over whether Gov. John G.
Rowland's absence put a damper on the
importance of the March 30 Insignis
Award Ceremony held at the School of
Business.
This event was aimed at unveil-ing
the new facilities of the School of
Business and gathering students, faculty
and the business community together to
intermingle, according to Dr. Walter Ryba,
dean of the School of Business.
"Part of the reason (for the award
ceremony) was that we wanted a large
number of the business community to see
the new facilities and further expose the
faculty, curriculum and students," said
Ryba.
The Insignis awards, the first
ever granted at the university, were given
to Charles F. Dolan, founder and chair-man
of Cablevision Systems Corporation,
and Terrence Murray, chairman and chief
executive officer of Fleet Financial
Group.
"They are two excellent recipi-ents
who are well known within both the
business community and the general com-munity,"
said Ryba.
According to Ryba, many
schools give Insignis awards to outstand-ing
business leaders.
Despite the overwhelming suc-cess
of the event that Ryba reported, there
still stands some confusion over the fact
that Gov. Rowland, scheduled as the
night's keynote speaker, declined to ar-rive
at the event.
Rowland sent his Lieutenant
Governor, Jodi Rell, in his place. She
reported that Rowland could not attend
the Insignis Award Ceremony because he
was celebrating with the UConn men's
basketball team over their national cham-pionship
victory.
According to Ryba, the effect of
Rowland's absence had a very minimal
impact on the success of the ceremony.
"The Lieutenant Governor did an out-standing
job and said all of the wonderful
Continued on pg. 3
Behind
closed doors
By Desiree Beebe
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The FUSA Senate, which
handles over $200,000 in student fee
money each year, has decided to prevent
general students and the public from see-ing
how decisions are made.
At the March 21 Senate meet-ing,
several students- including the Sen-ate
advisor, Jeanne DiMuzio- were asked
to leave the room while the Senate voted
on bills. This act initiated by the newly
appointed Senate president, Tracy Boyd,
was contrary to the tradition of the Sen-ate,
which has always taken great pride
in the fact that meetings are open and ac-cessible
to the student body.
My philosophy has always been
that Senate meetings should be open to
students and the general public," said
former Senate president, Joe Giuliano.
The action also came at a time
when the long-neglected Senate was try-ing
to gain equal footing with the more
visible FUSA cabinet, whose meetings are
open to all students. When asked why
visitors were excused from the meeting
during voting, Boyd said that keeping the
voting sessions private allows senators to
vote more freely and with less pressure.
Boyd said that this privacy, "pro-tects
people who vote certain ways and
doesn't create a public record of who
voted in what way."
Yet DiMuzio said the Senate still
planned to keep minutes of its meetings,
through which outsiders could see what
senators said and how they voted.
Some senators tend to agree with
Boyd. "Voting in private allows us to dis-cuss
certain issues and make unbiased
decisions without all other options being
leaked to the students, thus causing more
problems," said freshman senator,
Amanda Betz.
But the action, which was con-trary
to the way most legislative bodies
operate, drew fire from professors, stu-dents
and some senators.
Continued on pg. 2
Inside this edition,
Is the US
training
assassins?,
see p. 3
Meet the new
Mr. Fairfield,
see p. 5
Administrator
schools
professor,
see p. 9
Forces of
Nature and Go
reviewed,
see p. 12-13
Men's and
women's lacrosse
both victorious,
see. p. 14