Mirror - Vol. 16, No. 01 - September 05, 1991

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FairfieldMIRRORV Volume 16, No. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1991 The Image Of Fairfield
Class of f95 Embarks on Fairfield Voyage
Emily Okenquist
News Editor
Afouryear voyage through
Fairfield' s Red Sea began on Mon-day
for 752 freshmen as they were
greeted by over 300 members of
the junior class who sailed along
with Orientation '91 's theme of
"Come Abroad - Cast OffTo Your
Future."
Hawaiian leis, Beach Boys
cruise music echoing through the
Quad, an oasis information booth,
and thematic dorm names like
"Campion - A Whale of a Dorm"
gave the freshmen an early glimpse
of Stagmania.
Greeted by The Stag near
Loyola Hall, the Class of 1995
arrived on campus under sunny
skies and cool temperatures for the
second half of Orientation '91 af-ter
a successful summer program,
Fairfield's first attempt at this type
of welcome.
"We hoped to reduce the
unknowns in June," said Fran
Koerting, director of Orientation,
"so the freshmen would be better
prepared for September."
It appeared the Orientation
Committee, anchored by co-chairs
Stacey Irwin, '93 and Steve Shan-non,
'93, achieved their goal of
creating a more comfortable at-mosphere
for the new students,
coming from 38 states. Freshmen
knew immediately where to regis-ter,
found their schedules in their
mailboxes, and even bought their
books.
"I think our system paid
Workers unload a freshman's car in front of Campion Hall. Orientation staff unloaded and
moved in freshman all day last Monday. photo: Emily Okenquist
off," said Irwin. "Everything went
extremely well."
Because of the June pro-gram,
freshmen docked on cam-pus
Monday instead of the tradi-tional
Sunday arrival.
"It was pretty smooth and
organized," said Andrea Bradley,
'95, a resident of Jogues Hall.
Enthuastic, helpful stu-dents
waving balloons and shout-ing
"Welcome to Fairfield!" caused
one parent to comment, "This is a
very warm and welcoming place."
Cooperation from the Ori-entation
Committee, Resident
Advisors, Freshmen Facilitators,
and workers made the moving-in
process simple.
An unusually quiet orien-tation
day with little confusion
surprised the Orientation Commit-tee
and impressed the parents and
students.
"There was a twenty min-ute
wait tops at the dorms," said
Irwin. "I was very happy with the
way things moved along,"
"I didn't expect to stand
around while the juniors unloaded
the cars," said one Loyola parent.
"Everything moved very
smoothly," said Claudine Zamor,
'93, an R.A. in Regis Hall. "The
Orientation people kept the lines
moving."
The efficiency of the pro-gram
and the speedy unloading
process allowed the freshmen and
their families to tour the univer-sity,
enjoy lunch on the Campus
Center lawn or the newly reno-vated
Stag-Her Inn, buy their
books, and make requests on
WVOF, which entertained the
Quad and beyond. Most arrivals
were relaxing on campus by 2:00
p.m.
"This is the best orienta-tion
I've ever seen," said Dave
Ross Miller, '95 of Regis Hall,
who has watched four older sib-lings
arrive at college. "At other
schools, it wasn't this easy."
"Everyone was very help-ful
and really friendly," said
Siovhan Flannery, '95, of Dolan
Hall.
In addition to the fresh-men
arrival on Monday, approxi-mately
35 transfer students also
moved in under the direction ofco-chairs
Meredith Hudgins and John
Corsier. By arriving on the same
day as the freshmen, the transfers
also benefitted from the social
activities.
Monday afternoon and
evening, the new students went to
mass, enjoyed dinner at an Interna-tional
Festival, attended a welcome
by Fr. Kelley, and were mesmer-ized
by the talent of hypnotist Jim
Wand.
Tuesday's activities in-volved
Freshmen Facilitator meet-ings,
Freshmen/Junior Olympics,
which continued Orientation's
theme with additional water sports,
enjoyed a barbeque, and were
exposed to the variety of campus
clubs at the annual Activities Fair.
A majority of the fresh-men
participated in the summer
program, traveling to Fairfield from
as far away as Los Angeles, Chi-cago,
and Florida.
"We had a phenomenal
turnout," said Irwin.
Ninety percent ofthe fresh-men
met their roommates, had their
ID pictures taken, and attended
social activities, like the dance
"Shipwrecked at Fairfield," along
with completing some of the aca-demic
work usually saved for the
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New Policy Alerts Students
to Alcohol Regulations
Christina Hennessy
Editor-in-Chief
A new drug and alcohol
policy takes effect this year in an
effort by the University "to pro-mote
an environment in which the
misuse of alcohol and drugs is not
tolerated," according to the writ-ten
policy. William Schimpf, vice
president of Student Services, ap-proved
the policy, which outlines
the regulations and sanctions in-volved
in "the purchase, sale, pro-vision
and consumption of alco-holic
beverages and illegal drugs
at Fairfield University."
"The policy is a more
comprehensive statement that
brings together several different
policies into one general statement
in an attempt to eliminate confu-sion,"
said Schimpf.
The result is a reworking
of existing policies by a University
Council subcommittee.
"It was good to get it in
writing so all rules and regulations
were known, and there would be
no questions," said John Tedesco,
'92, FUSA Senate President.
The policy not only out-lines
regulations and sanctions, it
also includes philosophical state-ments
about the concept of alcohol
and drug consumption and abuse
of either substance.
"There are certain key
statements that are meant to change
attitudes about intoxication,"
Schimpfsaid. "They make a strong
statement and express that intoxi-cation
will not be tolerated."
The presentation of the
policy follows a student proposal
introduced to the University Coun-cil
last March, which recommended
several rules and guidelines for
townhouse parties.
The policy also follows the
1990 findings of the Alcohol Task
Force that found alcohol abuse
prevalent among the classes.
The policy was put to-gether
by a University Council
subcommittee consisting of John
Tedesco, '92, FUSA Senate Presi-dent;
Joanne Lewers, '91, student
representative; Rev. Thomas Re-gan,
S.J., assistant professor ofPhi-losophy,
and Schimpf.
The policy conforms with
the laws of the State of Connecti-cut
and includes University rules
and sanctions:
• The selling of beer, wine
or liquor without a license, such as
selling cups, is a violation of Con-necticut
state law. Those who are
in violation shall be fined no more
than one thousand dollars or im-prisoned
for not more than one
year, or both.
• Walking with open con-tainers
of alcohol on public roads,
highways or sidewalks is a viola-tion
in Fairfield.
• Students in the residence
halls in whose room alcohol is
being consumed are responsible
and accountable for the behavior
of guests and the condition of the
common area in which there are
guests.
• Pure grain alcohol is not
allowed on the Fairfield Univer-sity
campus.
• All residents and guests
must be of legal drinking age if
alcohol is present within a resi-dence
hall room.
• For townhouse parties, at
least one member of the house
giving the party must be 21 years
old and present at the party. In ad-dition,
all members of the
townhouse must attend one of the
alcohol awareness sessions offered
during the year.
The policy, which also
includes the sanctions, is included
in the student handbook
"It is no longer a piece-meal
policy," said Tedesco. "More
rules are spelled out, including
unwritten ones, and existing and
new policies have been integrated
into one statement."
Fairfield University Security Increases
Campus Coverage with New Phones
Security has installed six emergency phones like the
one pictured above. They are located near the Barn,
near the Library, between Canisius Hall and the
Campus Center, at the traffic courts, in the parking
lot in front of Dolan Hall, and at the end of the
football field closet to Dolan Campus. These phones
are to be used in emergencvy situations only.