Mirror - Vol. 27, No. 23 - April 11, 2002

              IN THE GROOVE
Dance Ensemble performs
in front ofpacked house
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CHANGE UP
Baseball team turns
season around
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Fairfield
April J l,200f MIRROR University
Volume 27, Number I i
FWFpinnedto cancellation
BY JEN MALCOM
Fairfield University has
pulled the plug on the student
produced Fairfield Wrestling
Federation, and many students
are outraged.
There have been quite a
few injuries and the show was
canceled after concerns about
the safety of the show follow-ing
a report from the health cen-ter,
according to James
Finnegan, '02, the show's pro-ducer.
Ham Channel officials
were away on a conference and
unavailable for comment.
"I don't think it's danger-ous,
we take precautions," said
Finnegan. "I feel as producer
my responsibility is to outline
the merits of the show. It's not
just about kids getting together
and fighting it's also a teaching
tool on how to use equipment
and gets new people involved
in the Ham Channel."
The cancellation of the
show left much disappointment
at the Ham Channel. There
were many plans for the end of
year including a live show, ac-cording
to FWF participants.
FWF is the longest running
show in Ham Channel history.
"I find it ironic that a uni-versity
that has apathy running
rampant decides to cancel a
show that actually garnered a
legitimate response from stu-dents
and generated a refresh-ing
campus buzz," said Ross
Ajemian '03 and "Kid Dynasti"
from FWF. "But I guess the
Photo: FWF Website
Injuries caused during tapings of FWF were involved in the cancellation of the show.
university is content
with being apathetic
and indifference to stu-dent
run activities."
"I was initially up-set
after the cancella-tion
of the show, but I
could see where they
were coming from,
from -a liability stand-point,
said Finnegan.
"I'm disappointed they
didn't contact anyone involved
in the show about their concerns
before they acted."
University officials could
not be reached for comment on
this issue at the time The Mir-ror
went to press.
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"I didn't watch it
all the time, but from
time to time I did turn
it on," said Laura
Orozco, '04. "It just
seemed like a few guys
having fun, beating
each other up. It's un-fortunate
that it was
canceled."
Other students
disagree on the merits
of the show. "I never watched
it, nor would I ever," said Dora
DeNardo, '04. "It is dangerous
and definitely a liability for the
school. I'm amazed it was ap-proved
in the first place."
FWF previously aired on
the Ham Channel, channel 64,
on Sundays and Wednesdays
from 9:00pm to 10:00pm.
Since the decision was passed
down, the Ham Channel is not
allowed to air any shows or
make any new ones.
"The problem was with
individuals getting hurt, and
what's done is done," said John
Marini, '02. "It would be ri-diculous
to say that airing old
tapes would be harmful, but
most concerning is how the ad-ministration
hasn't even at-tempted
to really setde some-thing
with them. They just is-sued
a mandate, and that was
it...no more FWF."
Students unhappy
with Ludacris
conceit
BY MIKE THEILE
The Ludacris concert is
scheduled to be held at Sacred
Heart University on April 12.
But are any Fairfield University
students planning on attending?
At Fairfield University,
students have the opportunity to
attend Sacred Heart's concert
with Ludacris
and American
Hi-Fi at a dis-counted
ticket
price. But, at
Fairfield,
there is a
mixed reac-tion
from stu-dents
on the
F U S A ' s
choices of
concerts this
year for the
student body.
Ludacris,
a rising rap
artist in the hip-hop world, does
not seem to be attracting a mass
audience from Fairfield. Some
of the different reasons for stu-dents
not attending the concert
include location and music
genre. It seems students would
rather see a band play than a
hip-hop star.
"I think the O.A.R. concert
was great," said Tom Hansbury
'04. "It was great to have ev-eryone
in the quad, and to have
a band that everyone seemed to
like."
SEE "STUDENTS" ON P. 6
LUDACRIS
OPINION
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springconcert?
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F.U. entranceconstructiondelayedayear
BY MIKE PIGNATARO
Construction delays have
continued on campus with the
postponement of the relocation
of the tennis courts and con-struction
of the university's new
entranceway.
The project was
scheduled to begin
with the construction
of the new tennis
courts in front of the
Walsh Athletic Center
after a legal settlement with the
university's town neighbors was
approved on Feb. 12, according
to John Fallon, Fairfield
University's attorney.
"We've decided to defer
the project this year principally
because of the amount of con-struction
and renovation going
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on on campus," said Douglas
Whiting, associate vice presi-dent
for Public Affairs.
"The work that the univer-sity
is doing as well as the Prep
beginning its large-scale con-struction
project, we thought
that doing the entrance
and moving the old
tennis courts at this
present time would be
too much for the cam-pus
to handle-espe-cially
with the access
roadways into campus."
Following graduation this
year, the current tennis courts
would have been torn up to
make way for the main
entranceway that would lead
into the center of campus. How-ever,
the construction has now
been pushed back until the
Spring of 2003.
Director of Athletics Eu-gene
Doris says certain compli-ance
issues complicated the
project financially.
"By in large it's my un-derstanding
that it was a finan-cial
decision and a decision in
regard to working with the
town," Doris said. "I think ev-erybody
wanted to get the
whole project done, but when
the final results started to come
in there were some questions
whether or not we were going
to be in total compliance with
everything-questions with the
boulevard were the major is-sue."
The extra time will allow
the university to adjust some of
it's original plans, according to
Doris.
The tennis courts will not move
"The project involved a lot
more [money] than the institu-tion
is ready to put out right
now," Doris said. "We're go-ing
to have more money to work
with next year-that's more the
issue and being able to go back
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for at least a year.
and look over the plans again
and seeing whether or not there
are ways to do some things a
little differently than was origi-nally
looked at."
SEE "AMOUNT" ON P. 8