Mirror - Vol. 26, No. 19A - April 01, 2001

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Volume 26. Number 19
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ST DROP
Problem drinking results in
a ban of allalcoholon campus
By Chris Mas
The view of Fairfield University
administration has become "enough is enough."
After careful consideration'of all
available options, Fr. Kelley announced
late Wednesday night that alcohol will
be forbidden within the confines of Fair-field
University. "This campus will be
officially 'dry' within 72 hours of this
declaration," his press-release reported.
Fr. Cato, a spokesperson for Fr.
Kelley, also addressed a small contingent
of the media at a press-conference, say-ing
that "it is our belief that there is a
need for action."
He asked that all students carefully
read the entire ten page report before
forming their opinions. This report will
be made available to all students on
Thursday evening after 5:00 PM at the
Campus Center's Information desk. A
preliminary copy of the report was ob-tained
by The Mirror. Fr. Cato also in-troduced
the new Dean of Sobriety for
the University, Rex Banner.
According to the report, the cata-lyst
for the prohibition of all alcoholic
drinks was two-fold. The report out-lines
the high cost of damages to resi-dence
halls that are believed to be the
results of "drunken revelries."
Furthermore, the report specifies
a growing trend in alcohol consump-tion
both on campus and across the
nation. One staggering statistic is that
the Freshman class alone is respon-sible
for 20 percent more write-ups
per student than the previous two
classes combined.
Citing this and other examples,
the response of Fairfield Administra-tors
has been for the immediate search
and seizure of all alcoholic substances
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, found to be within the possession of
Cminors. This search and seizure has
:»§■ already begun under the ruse of
Health and Safety Inspections within
the dorms.
Those students that are of age
for the consumption of alcohol are
sncouraged to finish their personal
jpr collections by Friday night at mid-night,
where a massive security led
search will commence throughout
the residence halls and all town-houses.
The search is expected to take
all weekend with round the clock
shifts as well as the aide of the Con-
1 * necticut National Guard scouring the
I hallways. Residents are asked to ex-pect
a guard or soldier at their door
at any moment, day or night,
throughout the weekend.
This reaction to problem drink-ing
is not without precedence. The
Southern Pennsylvania College of
Mimes had a similar situation several
years ago. The school has since then
implemented with remarkable success a
policy of a "Dry Campus."
Dean Banner was quick to point to
this example and several others to dem-onstrate
the feasibility of this new policy.
A reporter for the Connecticut Post,
Hunter Thompson, asked Dean Banner
how he would ensure that students would
not restock their alcohol once the
searches are complete. Banner re-sponded
by reading the report's conclu-sion
statement verbatim. "It is the opin-ion
of this committee that in order to
maintain the so-called 'dry campus' that
penalties must be made far more strin-gent."
Banner then outlined his proposals,
which still require the approval of Fr.
Kelley. He will grant RAs the right to
See "Dry campus" on p. 7
THE MIRROR ShutDown
By Mike Pigtails
STAFF WRITER
University President, Rev.
Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J. has or-dered
for The Mirror to cease
circulation until further notice.
Due to recent accusations by the
paper towards university offi-cials
and policies, this is the last
issue of The Mirror at this time.
A representative of Fr.
Kelley's office said, "The Mir-ror
has gone too far. They slan-der
the university's policies ev-ery
week. They don't properly
represent Fairfield University in
a positive manner." He went on
to say, "It is time something be
ione. Maybe in the future the
lewspaper will learn from this."
After being awoken from a
eep sleep on The Mirror's
ouch, Editor in Chief Paul
snnelli was less than surprised
hen he heard the news.
Ve've been moving down this
ad all semester," Pennelli
id. "I guess the editorial we
i about that whole 'slippery
slope' concept wasn't a load of
crap after all."
Managing Editor Matthew
Payne agreed. "I'm not
shocked," Payne said from his
perch on a stool at The Grape.
"I mean, we all knew this free-dom
of speach thing would
never last."
Earlier this year, articles
discussing Fairfield students'
behavior at the beach, led to the
abrupt halt of The Mirror's dis-tribution
in the Quick Center. Fr.
Kelley had said that he received
complaints by some towns-people
because they found cer-tain
content in The Mirror to be
offensive and inappropriate. Fr.
Kelley felt the paper should be
intended for the 'campus audi-ence'
and not for the general
community.
However, after recent pub-lications
that included question-ing
Mark Reed's ability to hold
the dean of Students position,
Fr. Kelley now feels The Mir-ror
should not even be viewed
See "School" on p. 7