Mirror - Vol. 25, No. 06 - November 04, 1999

              The Mirror
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
Volume 25, Number 6 The Image of Fairfield Thursday, November 4, 1999
Moving "online
Core and elective clasees to be registered on the Web
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By Karen Affinito
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
It is clear to see that Fairfield Univer-sity
is making extreme changes with the
campus's appearance in order to prepare
for the millennium. However, it is the
changes that are less obvious and invis-ible
to the eye which are also having a
huge effect on the student body.
For the first time, this semester, sopho-mores,
juniors, and seniors have the op-portunity
to register for their core and
elective courses on-line at Fairfield's
home page using the BANNER Web Stu-dent
registration system. Freshmen will
still register through the lottery system.
"Hopefully this process will make
things easier," Robert Russo, the registrar
said. "Students have been asking for an
easier way to register for a long time.
In order to access the registering ca-pabilities
on the computers, students need
to use their assigned pin numbers which
were given out last spring. Once on the
home page, students should click on the
"student services" site and then on "stu-dent
web" to begin the process. To com-plete
the rest of the procedure, follow the
instructions and the computer will guide
you to completion.
"This registration process allows stu-dents
to be self serving," Russo said. As
of now, no major or minor classes will be
registered for on-line. However, "we hope
do all the registration on the web for the
fall of 2000," Russo said.
Discarding the idea of phone registra-tion,
Fairfield went straight to the newest
technology in registration processes.
"You can
see your
class selec-tion
right
on the
screen,"
Russo said.
"We de-cided
to
skip over
phone reg-istration
be-cause
the
web is now
the latest
technol-ogy-'
Fairfield
puts a great
deal of im-portance
on
the faculty
advising
process and
will not
lose that as-pect
due to
the new
web regis-t
r a t i o n .
"Students
still need to
meet with
their advi-sor-
that's
something
that we
value and don't want to lose," Russo said.
"And it is still important for major and
minors to get the classes that they need
and we want to ensure that they get first
preference with the new system as well,"
Russo said.
This Week...
Inside A & E:
Upcoming events at
Fairfield
see p. 15
Inside Campus Life:
Get the facts on
depression
see p. 6
Inside Commentary:
FUSA president
strikes back
see p. 11
Inside Sports:
Men's soccer looks to
MAACs
see p. 18
Photo: Nick Ouimet
For the first time, students will be registering for their core
classes without having to wait in line in front of the
Registrar's Office
One thing that students often com-plained
about was the lottery system.
It seemed that students often felt that
they were always receiving bad num-bers
and hence never getting the classes
that they wanted or needed. However,
on-line registration works on a first
come first serve basis. Only 100 stu-dents
are allowed in at one time and
spaces will open up as they complete
their registration. Students will only be
able to register on their class's assigned
day.
The class of 2000 will register on
Monday, November 15, the class of
2001 will register on Wednesday, No-vember
17, and the class of 2002 will
register on Thursday November 18.
Fairfield is hopeful that the
web registration system will be able to
successfully expand and make registra-tion
an all around easier process. How-ever,
the university realizes that the
transition may present problems.
"It's a pretty simple system
and we are hoping to get a handle on it,
but I'm sure we'll run into a few snags,"
Russo said.
The web registration will
bring Fairfield into the twenty-first cen-tury
and will enable students a faster
and easier way to register. "It's a really
nice system and we are looking forward
to it," Russo said.
Healy wins
RTM
—^
Junior andfellow
Republicans take
district
By Paul Pennelli
MANAGING EDITOR
After many rain soaked trips to
the polls at the Jennings School on
Tuesday, Fairfield students helped get
one of their own a seat at Fairfield's
Town Meeting. Tim Healy '01 (R)
became one of five Republican can-didates
in the 4th District to win the
For election results, see p. 5
position of Representative to Town
Meeting.
Healy, along with Harry Ackley
(R), Richard Copchyan (R), Cynthia
Footorap (R) and Richard Parker (R)
were all able to outlast their nearest
competitors. All told, the Republi-can
party won back two seats at Town
Meeting that it lost during the previ-ous
election two years ago.
RTM was not the only race held
on Tuesday. First Selectman, one of
the most important positions in local
politics, is changing hands as a result
of Tuesday's voting. In a stunning
upset, John Metsopoulos (R) won the
race for First Selectman over incum-bent
Kenneth Flatto (D).
After hearing of the early returns
and his victory on Tuesday evening,
Healy reflected on the eventful day.
"Right now, I am feeling absolute joy.
I'm not only happy for myself, but
also for all of the people that worked
so hard today to see this come to frui-tion."
Though Fairfield students suc-cessfully
gained representation
through Healy's election, student apa-thy
appeared to be a problem at the
polls. At the time that The Mirror
went to press, early returns showed
that only approximately 125 students
had cast votes in this election, which
is 300 votes shy of the student turn-out
two years ago.
According to Healy, this low stu-dent-
voter turn-out may be attributed
to a lack of understanding regarding
the importance of Town Meeting.
"The importance of Town Meeting
cannot be understated," said Healy.
"[By having a student in this position]
it gives us [Fairfield students] a di-rect
voice in the law making process
See student on p. 5