Mirror - Vol. 28, No. 01 - September 12, 2002

              COFFEE ANYONE?
New coffee bar to debut
in the Barone Campus Center
Page 9
ROOTS IN MUSIC
September 28 concert
headlined by Rusted Root
Page 13
Fairfield
September 12, 2002 - Vol. 28, Iss. 1 MIRROR University
:SEPT. 11 - ONE YEAR LATER=■
Los Angeles Times/Washington Post Wire
A massive reminder: Ringed by reoccupied buildings, the World Trade Center site remains an empty reminder of the thousands of lives lost
one year ago. Plans for an official memorial are in limbo, but there's no shortage of visitors paying their respects.
Anniversary of attacks remembered
Fairfield plans memorials
for 14 alumni, parent
Stamp honoring 9-11 heroes
commemorated at Quick
BY JESSICA HOLMBERG
Shaken and traumatized one
year ago, the United States fell vic-tim
to evil acts of terrorism. At
the heart of New York's financial
district, the World Trade Center
ultimately fell to the ground after
two airline jets flew into the twin
towers, where over 3,000 civilians,
health care providers, firemen, and
policemen lost their lives. Attacks
on The Pentagon and in Somerset,
Pennsylvania left Americans afraid
for their lives and of future attacks.
Despite the anger and fear,
broken spirits quickly transformed
into patriotic codes of conduct.
Stars and stripes adorned car win-dows.
American flags fluttered in
the sky from street corner to street
corner. Athletic teams sported
American flag patches on their
uniforms. The outpour of patriotic
emotion spread nationwide. Anew
way of life emerged, and Ameri-cans
were changing for the good.
One year later, the nation has
not forgotten the tragedies of Sept.
11, 2001, and the Fairfield com-munity
has bonded together to rec-ognize
the victims. Within the
university, 14 alumni and the fa-ther
of a current student were lost.
"Unlike Americans in other
parts of the nation, many at
Fairfield University know indi-viduals
who died on Sept. 11 and
the families that now grieve for
them," University President
Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J. said. "It is
with this in mind that the univer-sity
will create memorials on cam-pus
in memory of the parent who
died and our 14 lost alumni."
After careful consideration,
Kelley appointed a committee last
year, comprised of faculty, stu-dents,
and alumni, to organize
plans for a memorial on campus.
Upon Kelley's approval, the com-mittee
proceeded to the city of
New York with a plan in mind.
"We wanted the memorial to
be small and tasteful," said Fredric
C. Wheeler, associate vice presi-dent
for development and chair-man
of memorial committee. "The
memorial needed to be a cross rep-resentation
of the horrors of Sept.
11 and an important record of how
Fairfield University and this event
SEE "FAIRFIELD" ON P. 5
BY JEN MALCOM
On Monday Sept. 9, 2002 the
* U.S. Postal Service hosted a cer-
* emony at the Quick Center to com-
* memorate the release of a new
* stamp paying tribute to the victims
* of the Sept. 11 tragedy.
» The theme of the night was
m one of reflection, gratitude and
* love. Honorees included
j, firefighters from the FDNY, Den-
* nis Brown of AmeriCare and
* Dianne Auger of the American Red
» Cross.
In addition, men and women
* from Connecticut who assisted in
^ the search, rescue and recovery
* efforts in New York and Washing-
* ton were recognized, including
* family members of World Trade
* Center victims, flight attendants
* and members of the Connecticut
t and New York Police and Fire
* Departments.
Grammy award-winning art-
* ist Roberta Flack praised the
* stamp, saying that funds raised
■ through its purchase will help
* people in need. Although she was
* not asked to sing, she said she was
* proud to be there as an American.
Joshua O'Connell/The Mirror
Stamp for aid: The U.S. Postal
Service commemorated a stamp
to remember the heroes of Sept.
11. The stamp was dedicated at
the Quick Center Monday.
Another proud American
present was Gary Suson, the offi-cial
Ground Zero photographer for
the Uniformed Firefighters Asso-ciation.
He presented a moving
presentation of images set to mu-sic
from his eight-month work at
the site, named "Tribute to He-roes."
SEE "STAMP" ON P. 5
Celebrating 25 Years of Publication
F.U. ranked
higher than
Duke and
Northwestern
University now
considered to have worst
town-gown relations
BY ETHAN FRY
Problems between students
and beach residents took another
turn for the worse this summer
when the Princeton Review named
Fairfield University as having the
worst town-gown relations in the
nation.
The focal point of the decay-ing
relations between students and
townspeople is the weekly con-frontation
between partying stu-dents
and angry year-round resi-dents
at the beach, but town and
university officials have been
quick to downplay the conflict.
"The Review frankly fails to
acknowledge the hard work that
has achieved significant progress
in the relationship between
Fairfield University and the Town
of Fairfield in recent years," wrote
Rev. Aloysius P. Kelley, S J., Presi-dent
of Fairfield University, and
Doug Flatto, First Selectman of the
Town of Fairfield, in a letter to the
Connecticut Post.
Earlier, the Post printed an
editorial stressing that town and
university officials should con-tinue
to work together to improve
relations, in addition to calling on
the student government to make
strides to help the strained relation-ship.
Kelley and Flatto criticized
the Review's method of evaluation
for their rankings, saying that they
are "based only on one question
about a single issue asked of stu-dents
on campuses."
However,"Kelley and Flatto
never Once in their letter men-tioned
work being done by stu-dents
to help town-gown relations,
only saying that town officials and
university officials were working
to alleviate the problem.
Student beach residents like
Gina Dell'Aquila '03 have mixed
feelings about the ranking. "I defi-nitely
think it has gotten worse,"
she said. "Last weekend didn't
seem like it was out of control here.
Now that the ranking has come
out, I'm sure the SBRA (Student
Beach Resident Association) will
work hard to improve relations."
Karen Donoghue '03, FUSA
SEE "FUSA" ON P. 4