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Trees Down, Tempers Rise
Peter Caty/The Mirror
Construction on the Village parking lot and the deforestation near the Quick Center
began during spring break while students were away.
BY LILY NORTON
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
When she heard the
construction had started,
Alex Roem '10, the director of
the Green Campus Initiative,
sacrificed her spring break
and came back to campus.
"I wish I could have
stood in front of the ma-chines,
but even the tires
were bigger than me," senior
Roem said.
But without other stu-dent
alongside her, advocating
for the woods, she couldn't
bring herself to stand in front
of the machines.
She had known that
construction to expand the
Quick Center parking lot was
scheduled to begin some-time
in March, but hoped
she to have her allies at her
side when it did. She didn't
care to vacation over Spring
Break; instead sh chose to
document the events in the
parking lot, despite strange
looks from the workers man-ning
the machines.
The expansion plans
that took away at least 60
trees from the south side
woods on campus had only
been made known to the
students and faculty on the
Environmental Steering
Committee in February, al-though
plans had been made
in late 2008.
Since Roem heard of the
construction plans, she has
been in countless meetings,
working to prevent the very
scene that happened before
her last Wednesday.
The week before, stu-dents
and professors had put
yellow ribbons around trees
in the area. Roem, unable
to stop the deforestation,
inspected the area, found
the ribbon she put up days
before abandoned on the
ground. Now, she has it tied.
to her backpack as a symbol
of what has.happened.
Construction also began
in the Kostka/Claver parking
lot last week, taking down
more trees. In addition,
students living in the suites
are parking in Jogues lots
DOWN | PAGE 5
Students Question
Conduct Rules
BY MIKAELA TIERNEY
FEATURES EDITOR
At 109 pages, the University handbook is the one book
all students are required to read.
However, many students are unaware of the proce-dures
followed in the case of a rule or policy violation. This
can create problems for students when they get in trouble
with the University.
Although it is relatively easy to read the Handbook
— a simple search on the University Web site yields many
copies of the Handbook pages online — how likely are
students to read it?
"I've never read the student handbook," said Nicole
Fogliano'12.
Daniel Liashek '12 agreed. "No, I've never read it," he
said.
When asked if she knew anything about the Peer
Conduct Board as opposed to the Student Conduct Board,
Becca Patrick '12 responded, "Is there a difference?" Again,
Patrick's unfamiliarity about the judiciary system of Fair-field
doesn't stem from ignorance, but rather from lack of
available information.
"I've never heard of it before," she said.
Patrick is not alone in her unfamiliarity with the Stu-dent
Conduct Board — in fact, most students have no idea
what the Student Conduct Board is, let alone its function in
the judiciary system of Fairfield.
The Student Conduct Board, generally com-
CONDUCT I PAGE 4
New Haven Goes Irish and Doesn't Go Back
BY MEAGAN FLYNN
STAFF WRITER
The luck of the Irish was
not with the city of New Haven
this weekend, whose annual St.
INSIDE I PAGE 13
St Patrick's Day:
See how the festivities of
St. Patrick's Day began.
Patrick's Day Parade took place
on Sunday. Yet not even one of
the most devastating storms in
Connecticut's recent history could
keep parade-goers from taking
to the streets to shOw their Irish
pride.
The greater New Haven St.
Patrick's Day Parade was sched-uled
to go on, rain or shine, ac-cording
to the parade's Web site.
First started in 1842, the pa-rade
is the largest St. Patrick's Day
Parade between New York and
Boston, and is the sixth-oldest
parade in the country.
The parade is also recognized
as a "Local Legacy" by the Library
of Congress, according to Walter
Nester, parade chairman for the
2010 event.
"The parade attracts on aver-age
250,000 to 300,000 spectators
annually to the streets ofNew
Haven making it the largest single
day event in the state," said Nester.
"... More than 3,000 marchers
come from as far away as Ireland
to participate," he said. "The
parade itself represents the
culmination of a year long,
totally volunteer effort."
The parade, which was
preceded by a Mass at St.
Mary's Church on Hillhouse
Avenue, followed its tradition-al
route, starting on the corner
of Chapel Street and Sherman
Avenue, and ending on Orange
Street. However, festivities
IRISH | PAGI4
Contributed Photo
Irish step dancers perform at the parade.
INDEX
Opinion* Page 7
Features • Page 9
Arts & Entertainment • Page 13
Coffee Break • Page 17
Sports • Page 24
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ST. PATRICK'S DAY ISNT
ALL ABOUT THE DRINKING
SEE PAGE 7.
FAIRFIELD IMPROV
GROUP PERFORMS
IN BOSTON
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