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THE MIRROR Student newspaper Week of November 6,2013 Vol. 39, Iss. 10 www.fairfieldmirror.com ]V1 @fairfieldmirror feff The Fairfield Mirror No leads in Lantern Point theft By Salvatore Trifilio News Editor Fairfield Police Department an-swered the call of a reported theft at a house on Lantern Point early Saturday morning, officials said. Police responded to the house on Lantern Point between the hours of 11 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1, and 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, and noted the incident had occurred after the resi-dents hosted a party with numerous guests in attendance. Two wallets - belonging to two separate residents of the home - val-ued at $1,100, along with $80 in cash, two licenses and multiple credit cards, were stolen from the residents' un-locked rooms, FPD spokesperson Sgt. Sue Lussier stated. "There are no suspects at this time, no witnesses or additional in-formation," stated Lussier. While students initially began referring to the incident as a burglary over the weekend, officials explained they believe it to be a theft because of the events that occurred earlier in the evening. "We believe under this circum-stance the suspect was granted entry by the resident and there is no way to know they entered with the sole pur-pose to commit the larceny," Lussier stated. Many residents and guests who socialized at Lantern Point in the days after the reported theft expressed their frustrations with the crime at hand. "Living at the point, we have se-curity guards but they don't do much, even though we pay them to be there," said Andrew Kringas '14. "For the first week or so, our back door keys wouldn't lock the door, so it was kind of sketchy leaving the house at night. But we were finally able to lock the back door and feel pretty safe now." FPD explained that having a par- READ STUDENTS ON PAGE 4 While administrators see college rankings as a necessary evil, potential students use these rankings as a resource when weighing their final decisions on which university is best for them. Tebben Gill Lopez/The Mirror Rankings don't define Fairfield's value By Danica Ceballos' Executive Editor Normally in a college setting, students are denned by numbers. In this case, Fairfield University is too. A number of rankings have been released, placing Fairfield alongside some of the most presti-gious colleges in the United States. One of the more important rank-ings, according to Fairfield, posted on the homepage of the university website, is the 2014 Kiplinger's Per-sonal Finance ranking that listed the school in the "100 Best Values in Private Colleges." One of the main components of the report requires an under-standing of the word "value." In a recent New York Times article, titled "Lists That Rank Col-leges' Value Are on the Rise," Ariel Kaminer wrote, "There is no agree-ment on how to measure the value of a college, and there is no agree-ment, or anything even close, on what value is in the first place." According to the Kiplinger ranking, value is defined as "aca-demic quality and affordability." Assistant Vice President of Administration and Student Af-fairs James Fitzpatrick '70 expand-ed on these qualifications, saying: "I think everyone, in terms of ad-ministration, wishes they would go away because in many cases, this says nothing about what po-tentially Fairfield University could offer students, but the reality is that nowadays there are rankings that are out there." While Fairfield ranked 97 out of 100, the contrasting crite-ria present different perspectives on this specific rank. The criteria for determining value in this sur-vey include: admission rate, stu-dent per faculty ratio, four-year graduation rate, total cost per year, average need-based aid, average non-need-based aid, percent of non-need-based aid and average debt at graduation. Senior Vice President for Aca-demic Affairs Rev. Paul J. Fitzger-ald, S.J., explained: "Some schools, like Yale and Harvard, do extreme-ly well because they are the top of the top. At Fairfield, you don't have to be the top one-half of one per-cent to get in, but four years later, people have really stepped up their game." While the report defines value as focusing on both quality and cost, five of the eight specified qualifications related to money. "Dollars-and-cents tabula-tions ... are the fastest-growing sector of the college rankings in-dustry, with ever more analyses vy-ing for the attention of high school students and their parents who are anxious about finances," said Ka-miner. Questions were directed to Dean Karen Pellegrino as a repre-sentative of financial aid and ad-missions, but she was unavailable READ QUALITY ON PAGE 3 Advising is more than PIN numbers By Margaret Andrew Online Editor The College of Arts and Sciences has revealed a new process for academic advising, affecting the 1,600 students enrolled in the largest of Fairfield's four colleges. CAS has released a student advising checklist that includes six sections that students must prepare in advance. The questions range from a straight-for-ward list of what core and major classes remain, to reflection questions on how study abroad and intern-ships could help in preparation for career goals. The checklist concludes with course preferences for the upcoming semester. The completed checklist and a printed degree evaluation are required at each advising session. Students without their prepared materials will not receive advising. An email sent to students enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences explained these changes by stating, "Advising is a conversation that requires student preparation." The new system requires students to take time to reflect on their academics beforehand, which Dr. James Simon, associate dean of CAS, hopes will "bring more balance to the process of advising." In the past, students showed up to advising ses- READ COLLEGE ON PAGE 2 ING NYC Marathon coverage on Page 2. Danica Ceballos/The Mirror NEWS: OPINION: THE VINE: SPORTS:
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Title | Mirror - Vol. 39, No. 10 - November 06, 2013 |
Date | November 06 2013 |
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. |
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SearchData | THE MIRROR Student newspaper Week of November 6,2013 Vol. 39, Iss. 10 www.fairfieldmirror.com ]V1 @fairfieldmirror feff The Fairfield Mirror No leads in Lantern Point theft By Salvatore Trifilio News Editor Fairfield Police Department an-swered the call of a reported theft at a house on Lantern Point early Saturday morning, officials said. Police responded to the house on Lantern Point between the hours of 11 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1, and 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, and noted the incident had occurred after the resi-dents hosted a party with numerous guests in attendance. Two wallets - belonging to two separate residents of the home - val-ued at $1,100, along with $80 in cash, two licenses and multiple credit cards, were stolen from the residents' un-locked rooms, FPD spokesperson Sgt. Sue Lussier stated. "There are no suspects at this time, no witnesses or additional in-formation," stated Lussier. While students initially began referring to the incident as a burglary over the weekend, officials explained they believe it to be a theft because of the events that occurred earlier in the evening. "We believe under this circum-stance the suspect was granted entry by the resident and there is no way to know they entered with the sole pur-pose to commit the larceny," Lussier stated. Many residents and guests who socialized at Lantern Point in the days after the reported theft expressed their frustrations with the crime at hand. "Living at the point, we have se-curity guards but they don't do much, even though we pay them to be there," said Andrew Kringas '14. "For the first week or so, our back door keys wouldn't lock the door, so it was kind of sketchy leaving the house at night. But we were finally able to lock the back door and feel pretty safe now." FPD explained that having a par- READ STUDENTS ON PAGE 4 While administrators see college rankings as a necessary evil, potential students use these rankings as a resource when weighing their final decisions on which university is best for them. Tebben Gill Lopez/The Mirror Rankings don't define Fairfield's value By Danica Ceballos' Executive Editor Normally in a college setting, students are denned by numbers. In this case, Fairfield University is too. A number of rankings have been released, placing Fairfield alongside some of the most presti-gious colleges in the United States. One of the more important rank-ings, according to Fairfield, posted on the homepage of the university website, is the 2014 Kiplinger's Per-sonal Finance ranking that listed the school in the "100 Best Values in Private Colleges." One of the main components of the report requires an under-standing of the word "value." In a recent New York Times article, titled "Lists That Rank Col-leges' Value Are on the Rise," Ariel Kaminer wrote, "There is no agree-ment on how to measure the value of a college, and there is no agree-ment, or anything even close, on what value is in the first place." According to the Kiplinger ranking, value is defined as "aca-demic quality and affordability." Assistant Vice President of Administration and Student Af-fairs James Fitzpatrick '70 expand-ed on these qualifications, saying: "I think everyone, in terms of ad-ministration, wishes they would go away because in many cases, this says nothing about what po-tentially Fairfield University could offer students, but the reality is that nowadays there are rankings that are out there." While Fairfield ranked 97 out of 100, the contrasting crite-ria present different perspectives on this specific rank. The criteria for determining value in this sur-vey include: admission rate, stu-dent per faculty ratio, four-year graduation rate, total cost per year, average need-based aid, average non-need-based aid, percent of non-need-based aid and average debt at graduation. Senior Vice President for Aca-demic Affairs Rev. Paul J. Fitzger-ald, S.J., explained: "Some schools, like Yale and Harvard, do extreme-ly well because they are the top of the top. At Fairfield, you don't have to be the top one-half of one per-cent to get in, but four years later, people have really stepped up their game." While the report defines value as focusing on both quality and cost, five of the eight specified qualifications related to money. "Dollars-and-cents tabula-tions ... are the fastest-growing sector of the college rankings in-dustry, with ever more analyses vy-ing for the attention of high school students and their parents who are anxious about finances," said Ka-miner. Questions were directed to Dean Karen Pellegrino as a repre-sentative of financial aid and ad-missions, but she was unavailable READ QUALITY ON PAGE 3 Advising is more than PIN numbers By Margaret Andrew Online Editor The College of Arts and Sciences has revealed a new process for academic advising, affecting the 1,600 students enrolled in the largest of Fairfield's four colleges. CAS has released a student advising checklist that includes six sections that students must prepare in advance. The questions range from a straight-for-ward list of what core and major classes remain, to reflection questions on how study abroad and intern-ships could help in preparation for career goals. The checklist concludes with course preferences for the upcoming semester. The completed checklist and a printed degree evaluation are required at each advising session. Students without their prepared materials will not receive advising. An email sent to students enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences explained these changes by stating, "Advising is a conversation that requires student preparation." The new system requires students to take time to reflect on their academics beforehand, which Dr. James Simon, associate dean of CAS, hopes will "bring more balance to the process of advising." In the past, students showed up to advising ses- READ COLLEGE ON PAGE 2 ING NYC Marathon coverage on Page 2. Danica Ceballos/The Mirror NEWS: OPINION: THE VINE: SPORTS: |