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ELECT TO VOTE
Registration deadline for
RTM elections approach
Page 3
EDITORIAL
Mirror endorses candidates for
RTM, First Selectman
Page 14
The
Fairfield
October 18.2001 MIRROR
—ECHOES OF TERROR—
University
Volume 27, Number 6
Many Fairfield County units responded to the call of an anthrax scare on campus Photos: Chris Zeitz
By Chris Zeitz and
Sean Hayes
A team of hazmat workers
were sent in to investigate
the possibility of anthrax.
.1
The unthinkable happened Tuesday
afternoon when the possibility of an an-thrax
outbreak shut down the lower
floors of the Barone Campus Center.
At approximately 4:00 p.m., a fe-male
student opened a letter and became
aware of a powdery white substance on
her thumb while still in the vicinity of
the mailroom, according to university
officials.
At this point the student notified
Fairfield Security.
Security immediately reported the
incident to Fairfield's Fire and Police
Departments.
Quickly, police and fire department
vehicles descended upon the campus
center. The Fairfield County Hazardous
Material Response Team arrived soon
, after to inspect the mail room area.
Led by Bill Schimpf, vice president
ofstudent services, Fairfield University's
Crisis Management Team quickly orga-nized
and held a meeting to determine
what course of action to take.
The female student was taken to a
local hospital as a precaution. At the time
of publication. Director of Public Rela-tions
Doug Whiting stated the Hazmat
team had deemed that no hazardous
materials were in the campus center at
any time.
Whiting distributed an email to the
campus population stating that the cam-pus
center was safe and reopened.
According to a Haz-Mat technician
who declined to be identified approxi-mately
25 technicians responded to this
incident.
He said that because there were so
many people in the area that would be
vulnerable to exposure there was a need
for a significant number of technicians.
This has been the sixth powder related
incident in less than a week for this re-sponse
team.
The final results on the material col-lected
would not be known for a couple
of days, according to the technician.
The Hazardous Materials unit deter-mined
that there was "no hazardous ma-terials
at the site and said there was no
risk to anyone on campus with respect
to the incident," according to the email.
The university's anthrax scare
comes during nationwide concerns over
the spread ofthe fatal disease in the wake
of the September 11th terrorist attacks.
There have been a number of news
See "Anthrax" on p. 6
Related Story: Could this happen? See page 7
Object Description
| Title | Mirror - Vol. 27, No. 06 - October 18, 2001 |
| Date | October 18 2001 |
| 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. |
| Type of Document | Newspaper |
| Original Format | Newsprint; color; ill.; 11.5 x 17 in. |
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| Publisher | Fairfield University |
| Place of Publication | Fairfield, Conn. |
| Source | Fairfield University Archives and Special Collections |
| Copyright Information | Fairfield University reserves all rights to this resource which is provided here for educational and/or non-commercial purposes only. |
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| SearchData | ELECT TO VOTE Registration deadline for RTM elections approach Page 3 EDITORIAL Mirror endorses candidates for RTM, First Selectman Page 14 The Fairfield October 18.2001 MIRROR —ECHOES OF TERROR— University Volume 27, Number 6 Many Fairfield County units responded to the call of an anthrax scare on campus Photos: Chris Zeitz By Chris Zeitz and Sean Hayes A team of hazmat workers were sent in to investigate the possibility of anthrax. .1 The unthinkable happened Tuesday afternoon when the possibility of an an-thrax outbreak shut down the lower floors of the Barone Campus Center. At approximately 4:00 p.m., a fe-male student opened a letter and became aware of a powdery white substance on her thumb while still in the vicinity of the mailroom, according to university officials. At this point the student notified Fairfield Security. Security immediately reported the incident to Fairfield's Fire and Police Departments. Quickly, police and fire department vehicles descended upon the campus center. The Fairfield County Hazardous Material Response Team arrived soon , after to inspect the mail room area. Led by Bill Schimpf, vice president ofstudent services, Fairfield University's Crisis Management Team quickly orga-nized and held a meeting to determine what course of action to take. The female student was taken to a local hospital as a precaution. At the time of publication. Director of Public Rela-tions Doug Whiting stated the Hazmat team had deemed that no hazardous materials were in the campus center at any time. Whiting distributed an email to the campus population stating that the cam-pus center was safe and reopened. According to a Haz-Mat technician who declined to be identified approxi-mately 25 technicians responded to this incident. He said that because there were so many people in the area that would be vulnerable to exposure there was a need for a significant number of technicians. This has been the sixth powder related incident in less than a week for this re-sponse team. The final results on the material col-lected would not be known for a couple of days, according to the technician. The Hazardous Materials unit deter-mined that there was "no hazardous ma-terials at the site and said there was no risk to anyone on campus with respect to the incident," according to the email. The university's anthrax scare comes during nationwide concerns over the spread ofthe fatal disease in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks. There have been a number of news See "Anthrax" on p. 6 Related Story: Could this happen? See page 7 |