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The Mirror FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY Volume 25, Number 2 The Image of Fairfield Thursday, September 30, 1999 They know where you live By Paul Pennelli MANAGING EDITOR The constant allegations and fric-tion regarding student residency on Fairfield Beach is beginning to take its toll on the relationship between the university and its students. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the university's new policy of ac-cumulating the addresses of all of its students living off-campus. Though off-campus residents have always submitted their addresses to the Student Beach Resident Association (SBRA), this is the first year that the addresses are being collected directly by the university administration. If a student fails to comply with these guidelines, the university is planning to prevent that student from register-ing for the spring semester, according to Dean of Students Gwen Vendley. Some students who live at the beach view this policy as an invasion of privacy. Jane Nolan, '00, a board member of the SBRA, believes that the university does not have the right to require its students to provide this in-formation. "At the end of last year, off-cam-pus residents did not sign anything that obligated them to give the university our local addresses," said Nolan. Be-cause of this, argues Nolan, the uni-versity should not threaten its students with disciplinary measures. However, Vendley, whose office is compiling these addresses, feels that this policy will actually protect stu-dents living at the beach. "[This policy] is for emergencies, and to maintain a better relationship with students [living on Fairfield Friend or foe? By Diana Fusco STAFF WRITER You are standing down at the beach when the police come to break up a party. As you stand there watch-ing what is going on you realize that you are not the only one watching. There is a man who came with the po-lice who is not doing anything but wit-nessing the way the problems are be-ing handled. That man is Duane Melzer, Coordinator for Off-campus Students. His main responsibilities include riding with Fairfield Police Thursdays, Fri-days and Saturdays from 10 p.m. until beach area settles around 3 a.m., ob-serving any encounter with the police and Fairfield students and if appropri-ate filing a report of incident with the Dean of Students. He also serves as a moderator with the Fairfield Beach Resident Association and hears judi-cial cases which do not violate any of the University's Code of Conduct that occur off-campus. It's a big job, one made tougher by what Melzer sees as a Duane Melzer monitors lifestyle differences between perma-nent residents and students. "There is also a prejudice against young people especially students, which is true in all areas not just Fairfield," Melzer said. But he seems to off to a good start. According to Jane Nolan, a member of the Student Beach Resident Asso-ciation (SBRA) executive board, "Duane has certainly adjusted well to his new position and communicates photo: Nick Ouimet weekend partying at the beach very well with students and the po-lice. His presence has been noticed by both off-campus and on-campus students." There are several things that will happen as Melzer adjusts to his new position. Soon, Melzer will carry a beeper. Year-round beach residents will have his beeper number and can call Melzer to complain about a party. Melzer can then call the house and Continued on p. 4 New student ID cards serve many purposes By Jen Sehnert ASSISTANT A&E EDITOR Fairfield University's march into the next millennium includes not only new buildings and campus facilities, but also the creation of a new student identification card. The more modern student identifi-cation card, issued this fall, currently has the same primary functions as its predecessor: meal/cafeteria card, li-brary card, and means of entry to the Continued on p. 4 residence halls. Director of Student This Week... Campus Life Mosquito alert in Conneticut. Protect yourself. see page 6 Commentary The Fairfield community comes through. see page 11 Arts and Entertainment Movie madness: Summer reviews and upcoming previews see page 16 Sports Volleyball wins 19 straight in MAAC. see page 18 Services Jim Fitzpatrick added that the new ID can also include a calling card option if the student so desires. "It's a lot more attractive, high-tech, professional ... and is finally marching us into the 21st century," said FUSA President Luigi Solla ex-pressing his positive attitude about the new ID card and system. By September of, '00, the com-mittee in charge of this project hopes to begin the second phase of the plan, which includes vending and laundry. Fitzpatrick reported that the commit-tee decided to give the system one year before these new functions were added to the card so that students and administrators could get to know the system and its supplier, AT&T, bet-ter. "It's great that we're getting a one card system. It's still wefrk in progress, but eventually students will be able to do laundry, get their meal plans, go to snack machines, and get into the buildings with one card," added Solla. However, the modern identifica-tion card has received mixed reviews to date. "It's more convenient now cause you don't have to worry about stickers for meal plans and worrying about the plastic in the front of the card rip-ping off," Tomas Ruiz de Luzuriaga, '01. "I don't see that it's really any dif-ferent from the old card. It looks bet-ter and it doesn't fall apart, but it doesn't do anything different," said Lisa Whitman, '02. "It's the same thing basically and it could be more high-tech. Freshman and sophomore year, I had to have it all the time, but since I'm in a townhouse it doesn't "It's a lot more at-tractive, high-tech, professional ... and is finally marching us into the 21st century." --Luigi Solla make much difference," said Tara Kennedy, '01. "It would have been good if we got more information about what the cards did. No one seemed to have any in-formation on them when we first got them," said Nicole Sitar, '00. According to Fitzpatrick, there were several important reasons why the new student identification card was implemented this fall. The difficul-ties that the old system posed for both students and campus workers were listed along with the card's lack of a technological and up-to-date quality. Despite the inability to have the sys- Continued on p. 4
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Title | Mirror - Vol. 25, No. 02 - September 30, 1999 |
Date | September 30 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 | The Mirror FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY Volume 25, Number 2 The Image of Fairfield Thursday, September 30, 1999 They know where you live By Paul Pennelli MANAGING EDITOR The constant allegations and fric-tion regarding student residency on Fairfield Beach is beginning to take its toll on the relationship between the university and its students. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the university's new policy of ac-cumulating the addresses of all of its students living off-campus. Though off-campus residents have always submitted their addresses to the Student Beach Resident Association (SBRA), this is the first year that the addresses are being collected directly by the university administration. If a student fails to comply with these guidelines, the university is planning to prevent that student from register-ing for the spring semester, according to Dean of Students Gwen Vendley. Some students who live at the beach view this policy as an invasion of privacy. Jane Nolan, '00, a board member of the SBRA, believes that the university does not have the right to require its students to provide this in-formation. "At the end of last year, off-cam-pus residents did not sign anything that obligated them to give the university our local addresses," said Nolan. Be-cause of this, argues Nolan, the uni-versity should not threaten its students with disciplinary measures. However, Vendley, whose office is compiling these addresses, feels that this policy will actually protect stu-dents living at the beach. "[This policy] is for emergencies, and to maintain a better relationship with students [living on Fairfield Friend or foe? By Diana Fusco STAFF WRITER You are standing down at the beach when the police come to break up a party. As you stand there watch-ing what is going on you realize that you are not the only one watching. There is a man who came with the po-lice who is not doing anything but wit-nessing the way the problems are be-ing handled. That man is Duane Melzer, Coordinator for Off-campus Students. His main responsibilities include riding with Fairfield Police Thursdays, Fri-days and Saturdays from 10 p.m. until beach area settles around 3 a.m., ob-serving any encounter with the police and Fairfield students and if appropri-ate filing a report of incident with the Dean of Students. He also serves as a moderator with the Fairfield Beach Resident Association and hears judi-cial cases which do not violate any of the University's Code of Conduct that occur off-campus. It's a big job, one made tougher by what Melzer sees as a Duane Melzer monitors lifestyle differences between perma-nent residents and students. "There is also a prejudice against young people especially students, which is true in all areas not just Fairfield," Melzer said. But he seems to off to a good start. According to Jane Nolan, a member of the Student Beach Resident Asso-ciation (SBRA) executive board, "Duane has certainly adjusted well to his new position and communicates photo: Nick Ouimet weekend partying at the beach very well with students and the po-lice. His presence has been noticed by both off-campus and on-campus students." There are several things that will happen as Melzer adjusts to his new position. Soon, Melzer will carry a beeper. Year-round beach residents will have his beeper number and can call Melzer to complain about a party. Melzer can then call the house and Continued on p. 4 New student ID cards serve many purposes By Jen Sehnert ASSISTANT A&E EDITOR Fairfield University's march into the next millennium includes not only new buildings and campus facilities, but also the creation of a new student identification card. The more modern student identifi-cation card, issued this fall, currently has the same primary functions as its predecessor: meal/cafeteria card, li-brary card, and means of entry to the Continued on p. 4 residence halls. Director of Student This Week... Campus Life Mosquito alert in Conneticut. Protect yourself. see page 6 Commentary The Fairfield community comes through. see page 11 Arts and Entertainment Movie madness: Summer reviews and upcoming previews see page 16 Sports Volleyball wins 19 straight in MAAC. see page 18 Services Jim Fitzpatrick added that the new ID can also include a calling card option if the student so desires. "It's a lot more attractive, high-tech, professional ... and is finally marching us into the 21st century," said FUSA President Luigi Solla ex-pressing his positive attitude about the new ID card and system. By September of, '00, the com-mittee in charge of this project hopes to begin the second phase of the plan, which includes vending and laundry. Fitzpatrick reported that the commit-tee decided to give the system one year before these new functions were added to the card so that students and administrators could get to know the system and its supplier, AT&T, bet-ter. "It's great that we're getting a one card system. It's still wefrk in progress, but eventually students will be able to do laundry, get their meal plans, go to snack machines, and get into the buildings with one card," added Solla. However, the modern identifica-tion card has received mixed reviews to date. "It's more convenient now cause you don't have to worry about stickers for meal plans and worrying about the plastic in the front of the card rip-ping off," Tomas Ruiz de Luzuriaga, '01. "I don't see that it's really any dif-ferent from the old card. It looks bet-ter and it doesn't fall apart, but it doesn't do anything different," said Lisa Whitman, '02. "It's the same thing basically and it could be more high-tech. Freshman and sophomore year, I had to have it all the time, but since I'm in a townhouse it doesn't "It's a lot more at-tractive, high-tech, professional ... and is finally marching us into the 21st century." --Luigi Solla make much difference," said Tara Kennedy, '01. "It would have been good if we got more information about what the cards did. No one seemed to have any in-formation on them when we first got them," said Nicole Sitar, '00. According to Fitzpatrick, there were several important reasons why the new student identification card was implemented this fall. The difficul-ties that the old system posed for both students and campus workers were listed along with the card's lack of a technological and up-to-date quality. Despite the inability to have the sys- Continued on p. 4 |