Mirror - Vol. 25, No. 19 - April 06, 2000

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FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
Volume 25, Number 19 The Image of Fairfield Thursday, April 6,2000
Hail to the chief!
By Paul Pennelli
MANAGING EDITOR
On Tuesday, April 4, the Fairfield Uni-versity
Student Association (FUSA) got
its yearly influx of new leadership.
Kevin Hayes '01 became the fifty-fifth
president of the organization amid a
. crowd of friends, family and well-wish-ers
in Bellarmine Hall. Hayes was swom-in
by friend and Chief Justice of the Stu-dent
Court Tim Healy '01.
In his brief remarks, Hayes thanked the
numerous people who aided him in his
campaign. He reflected on the legacy of
the FUSA presidency, and the burden of
responsibility that it carries. In express-ing
his thanks, Hayes said that he hoped
that he would prove worthy of the faith
that so many had placed in him during
the course of his long campaign.
See "Hayes" on page 6
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Y USA President Kevin Hayes '01 accepts the gavel from Louie SoUa '00 during his inauguration ceremony Tuesday night. Haste
makeswaste
Students feel diversity requirements
may be lacking solid planning
By Frank Washkuch
STAFF WRITER
In an email obtainedbytheMirror,
administrators described amorningwalk-through
ofthe Quad, admitting the decay of
the area and needforvast
improvements. For more, see "One chance to
make a first impression" onpage 2.
ass This
week:
Fairfield University's recent addi-tions
to the core diversity requirement
have come under fire from a number of
students, many ofwhom are seniors afraid
that they may not have the proper amount
of credits needed for graduation in May.
Current seniors and juniors are
only required to complete one US diver-sity
course in order to receive their diplo-mas.
However, faculty and administration
reached a decision in the past two years
that beginning with the class of 2002, in
which students must fulfill a diversity re-quirement
that is made up of both a United
States and a world diversity course.
Many students have become divided on
the necessity of the courses and the
university's handling of the recent addi-tions.
As of the release of the most re-cent
university course catalog, diversity
courses have been offered in subject mat-ter
from business and economics to mu-sic
and religious studies. Almost all di-versity
courses are applicable to require-ments
for either the core or individual
students' major or minor and not just the
diversity core.
More importantly, some students
are enraged that courses that they origi-nally
felt would satisfy the school's di
See "Courses" on page 3
Campus Life:
Alumni Relations
moves ahead
seep. 7
Commentary:
Editor-in-Chief bids
farewell
seep. 11
A&E:
Hepburn television
movie disappoints
seep. 14
Sports:
Men's lax readies
for Villanova
seep. 18
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