Mirror - Vol. 28, No. 09 - November 07, 2002

              Fairfield
Novembei 7, 2002 Vol. 28, li I
University
Celebrating IS Years of Publication
Fairfield mourns death of professor
BY LAURA WALSH
Whenever Dr. Mark Worden's name is
mentioned, one of the first words that come
to mind is warmth.
'There's not one unkind thing to say
about him," said Allison Lombardo, '03.
Students and faculty are mourning the
loss of Worden, a professor of psychology
at Fairfield University for 30 years, who
passed away last Sunday at the age of 55.
According to Rev. Thomas J.
Regan S.J., dean of arts and sci-ences,
the death was caused by a
reoccurrence of cancer.
"It's just a terrible loss," said
Regan. "He was a wonderful
teacher and a wonderful person."
Dr. John McCarthy, chair of
the Psychology Department,
agreed.
"He was warm and friendly and
tegral part of the Psychology De-partment,"
said McCarthy. "He
was selected to teach general psy-chology
for majors because of his
ability to get across the material in
such a friendly and warm manner.
He will be greatly missed."
Worden received his bach-
WORDEN elor's and master's degrees from
Bellarmine University in his hometown of
an in- Louisville, Kentucky, and was awarded his
doctorate at St. Louis University. At Fair-field,
he was a former head of the Psychol-ogy
Department and taught a range of
courses, including introductory classes, ab-normal
psychology and minds and bodies
of the Honors program.
His focus, however, was on health psy-chology
and family therapy. He had his own
practice in Fairfield that specialized in fam-
SEE "FUNERAL" ON P. 5
Students buck against Stag prices
New options may change diner's prices, food quality
BY ZACK FINLEY
With outrageous prices for
food, according to those who go
to the Stag on a regular basis, and
a staff that doesn't bother match-ing
your face to the picture on the
card you are giving them, the stu-dents
here are worried and out-raged
at what is going on with their
alternative to the dining hall.
"While the Stag may think
their prices are fair, they are not
even comparable to the quality and
service you get at a sandwich place
such as A&S or even Subway,"
said Jeremy Sawyer, '04. "The
prices are just ridiculous."
This seems to be the tone
throughout the student body and
administration who frequent the
Stag. However, the man in charge
vows that these people are over
reacting.
"It is a generalization that the
students have this reaction to all
the services that Fairfield offers,
whether it be the food, the health
center or even transportation," said
Jim Fitzpatrick, assistant vice-president
of Student Services.
"They are thinking about Thanks-giving
and their mom's home
cooking. They are looking for a
light at the end of the tunnel."
"The food stinks, the prices
are too expensive...the school is
Chris Donato/The Mirror
Dining for dollars: Many students are upset over the cost of food in the Stag.
screwing the kids over," said Sean
Klock, '04. "Have you seen the
size of those chicken sandwiches?
They're so tiny and it costs 6
bucks? The school is ripping us
off."
Fitzpatrick agrees with some
of the complaints that students
have. He does say that nobody is
pleased with the quality or the va-riety
of the burger and chicken
sandwich section. However, he
would not say the same for the deli
in the Stag.
"I have not had one student
come to me complaining about the
food here," says Fitzpatrick, "and
I would put our deli up against
Firehouse any day. Boars Head
meat is the greatest you can get and
that is what we use."
Students can complain as
SEE "FRANCHISES" ON P. 4
AHANA students: too much of a minority?
BY LAURA PFEIFER
Chris Donato/The Mirror
Multicultural dilemma: Despite increases in
minority enrollment at Fairfield, many think
that there are not enough AHANA students.
"It does bother me at times that there aren't
a lot of minorities here. Unlike back home there
aren't enough people here that can actually re-late
to my background and my experiences. Yes
it's all well and good that everyone is happy to
hear your stories and is willing to learn, but
there are times where you want a person that
already understands and knows what you're
saying without saying it," reflects AHANA stu-dent
Mothler Dalexis, '05.
Dalexis is one of 396 students in AHANA
(The African, Hispanic, Asian and Native
American Club) on Fairfield University's pri-marily
white campus. Yet many AHANA stu-dents
disagree amongst themselves as to the
efficiency of the university's attempts to cre-
SEE "SCHOOL" ON P. 5
Financial aid
doesn't keep
up with bills
BY JEN MALCOM
In her freshman year, Nickie
Pendolpi '04 received a Presiden-tial
Scholarship that covered 33
percent of the cost of her atten-dance
at Fairfield. Now that same
scholarship of $ 10,000 covers just
28 percent, leaving her and her
family responsible for that extra
five percent.
"This year was tough finan-cially,
especially with my sister
now attending college as well,"
said Pendolpi. "Luckily, because
of my sister, I now have a grant. I
just wished that the scholarship
went up every year in proportion
to the tuition increase."
Every year as the cost of tu-ition
at Fairfield gets higher, finan-cial
aid struggles to keep up.
Coupled with a poor economy, stu-dents
say that paying for tuition,
fees and room and board is getting
harder.
The problem is not restricted
to Fairfield, whose costs went up
7.2 percent this year alone.
"Many college-bound stu-dents
and their families are af-fected
by the struggling economy,"
Gaston Capertoh, president of the
College Board told The Boston
Globe. "As the cost of college
rises, the availability of student aid
becomes increasingly critical to a
student's ability to attend college
and pursue academic goals."
According to a report by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, the tu-ition
component of the Consumer
Price Index (CPI) has risen by 8
percent per year from 1979 to
2001. If the trend continues, chil-dren
born today will face college
costs three to four times greater
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