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THE MIRROR Independent student newspaper
Week of February 27, 2019
Vol. 44 Iss. 17
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Claire-Voyant Outcome in FUSA Election Monahan and Guerrera look forward to the future of their presidency Monahan and Guerrera defeated opponents Thomas Boutros ’20 and By Deanna Carbone Danielle Tringali’ 20, Brian Managing Editor Gozzo ‘20 and John (Jack) The 72nd Fairfield UniCallanan ’20 and Jennie versity Student Association Toutoulis ‘20 and Meghan election proved that one vote, Jackson ’20 after a six-day or 12 as the case maybe, goes election period. a long way. Junior Claire Mo“FUSA president was nahan and Noelle Guerrera ‘21 never something I thought were elected to be the 2019-20 I would do,” said Monahan. student body president and “What I realized is that vice president by a margin of FUSA president is the voice just 12 votes. of the students.That’s when The two campaigned right I realized that the FUSA up until the polls closed at president is someone that 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 26 can achieve real change on in the Daniel and Grace Tully campus.” Dining Commons where they Monahan and Guerhanded out candy and spread rera were able to secure the positive enthusiasm. presidency with 532 votes. At 7:00 p.m., students Boutros and Tringali came took to The Levee Pub to supat a close second place port the next elected leaders of with 520 votes, followed by campus. When the results were Toutoulis and Jackson with announced at 7:20 p.m., it was 275 votes, and Gozzo and met with resounding applause Callan received 249 votes. from University students as “There were a lot of the underdog candidates were amazing candidates that indeclared the winners. Neither spired Claire and I to work Lexi Thimble/ The Mirror Monahan nor Guerrera have harder to campaign and served on the FUSA proconnect with the students,” Left to Right: Noelle Guerrara ‘21 and Claire Monahan ‘20 are all smiles after winning the 2019 FUSA election. gramming board or on any board in the executive branch, and Guerrera ran as an underclassman. said Guerrera. “I always loved serving the students and listening to what they want fixed. I want the Monahan currently serves as the head of the judicial branch as chief justice of the FUSA court and Read FUSA on Page Two Guerrera currently serves as the head of the legislative branch as speaker of the senate. By Alicia Phaneuf Editor-in-Chief
Students Fearful After Library Incident By Alicia Phaneuf Editor-in-Chief When Audra Dachowski ‘22 ventured to the DiMenna-Nyselius Library with her two friends, Kaitlin Tracy ‘22 and Danielle Doleva ‘22 on Saturday, Feb. 23, facing a potential invasion of privacy never crossed their minds. After being in the library for about two hours, the three first-year students unexpectedly felt threatened by a questionable person lurking around them. According to the director of Fairfield University’s Department of Public Safety, Todd Pelazza, “Students were concerned about suspicious behavior from a male non-community member who appeared to be either filming or taking photos of them on the second floor of the library.” According to Dachowski, the three friends went to the library around 1:00 p.m. and believe the male to have arrived around 3:00 p.m. Dachowski explained that the male had been in the library for a while, when she noticed he was holding his phone upwards in a way that appeared he was recording. “He was very obviously recording. It was so obvious that I thought he wouldn’t be recording me … and I dismissed it,” said Dachowski.
Dachowski moved to sit in a different chair when one of her friends approached her and expressed immediate concern to leave the library. Her friend had been watching the suspicious male and believed that he had definitely been recording the three students. “He had his phone up … and then he set it down and rested it on his computer and then moved it so that the camera was still on us,” said Dachowski. The girls immediately felt compelled to pack up their stuff and leave the library. They explained that the individual could have been filming them for about 45 minutes until they realized what was happening. Before exiting the library the three students went to the circulation desk to explain what they had witnessed. The employees who were behind the desk at the time of the incident then called DPS. DPS received a call from the library at 5:48 p.m. “DPS came and basically flooded the library,” said Dachowski. “There was like six DPS officers and we airdropped a photo of the guy to the DPS officers.” The three students were told they could leave the library and would be notified with updates of the situation. “I was very impressed with how seriously DPS took us. They could easily have been like ‘you’re being paranoid,’ but
they took us really seriously and responded so quickly to it,” said Dachowski. The students estimated that it took DPS about five minutes to arrive at the library. DPS later told the students that the individual had no distinct reason to be on campus, and when officers went to go and talk to him, he “faked a phone call,” and officers believed that the individual to be deleting photos and/or videos from his phone. “Officers responded and identified the individual. The individual denied taking pictures, however, was somewhat non-compliant with other officer requests,” said Pelazza. “This individual was escorted out of the building and off campus after being issued a criminal trespass warning.” Pelazza explained that the criminal trespass warning bans the individual from campus, and if found on the grounds of Fairfield, “ he will be arrested for Criminal Trespass in the first degree.” Following this incident, a new protocol has been initiated where all non-university faculty, staff and students will need to produce an authentic ID upon entering the library and be required to sign-in at the front desk. “It just feels very violating,” said Dachowski. “I’m supposed to feel safe to be in the library. I shouldn’t have to look out for people videoing me while I’m studying.”
Students Raise Over $20 Thousand for a Cure By Daniel Messier Contributing Writer Fairfield University’s second annual Stagathon was held on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 1:00. Students formed teams for $10 a person and were tasked with competing in various board games, participating in different activities and, most importantly, staying on their feet. All of the money raised goes to children in need. “Stagathon is a year long fundraiser that raises money for our local CMN [Children’s Miracle Network] Children’s Hospital, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital. During the event we had multiple fundraiser opportunities as well, whether it was the raffle table or
hourly fundraiser pushes, encouraging participants to donate or reach out to friends/family to donate,” said Liza Rozenberg ‘21, recruitment chair for the event. However, the event goes further than just financial support for children in need. “For our main event that was held this past Saturday, we invited families that were treated the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital to honor them and have them tell their story. This day was a day for the kids to just be kids. No hospitals or doctors just fun and celebration of all they’ve been through in their medical journey,” continued Rozenberg. The day was truly about the children.
The main theme of this year’s Stagathon was board games. “At the event, there were a variety of fun activities, ranging from giant Jenga, to Twister, to bowling, to KanJam, corn hole and more! The Exec Team also organized several minute-to-win-it games that were super fun for the kids, and Just Dance was a huge crowd pleaser,” said Megan Roy ‘21 and current philanthropy chair of Play Like A Girl, who attended the event. However, Roy noted that the students’ interactions with the children was the highlight of the event, “My favorite part of the event was hearing the Miracle Read Community on Page two