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Perlitz Trial Delayed By Chris Simmons Managing Editor In a motion filed on Nov. 25, the legal team for Doug Perlitz ‘92 asked the U.S. District Court to re-set the deadlines for the filing of pre-trial motions and the start of jury selection. The pre-trial motions were due to be filed on Oct. 29 while jury selection was scheduled to start on Dec. 2. The defense for Perlitz argued that both the government and the defense have been principally occupied with detention hearings on Perlitz’s possible release on bond.
Perlitz’s lawyers have also yet to receive any discovery from the government, except for the government’s initial discovery letter on Oct. 29. But “significant
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initial production will be made early in the week of Nov. 30,” according to court documents. Because of the large volume of material to review and the preoccupation with the detention
hearings, the defense has requested an extension until Jan. 29, 2010 for the filing of pretrial motions. The defense also requested that jury selection be delayed until April 2010, but also admitted that it is extremely difficult to know if that is a realistic trial date at this time with the logistics of investigation and gathering witnesses from a foreign country. The Assistant U.S. Attorney Krishna Patel did not object to the motion and the defendant waived his right to a speedy trial. The U.S. Attorney’s office could not be reached by press time for comment.
Registration Reruns By Amber Nowak Staff Writer
into the classes I need.” Several departments use the roll out system to restrict registration for certain Unpack your bags, greet friends, courses, to majors (or minors) only or to a and … head to the registrar? As students certain graduating class. For instance, the return to Fairfield from Thanksgiving Dolan School of Business limits introducbreak nearly two weeks after the initial tory courses to students who are majors in registration period, some are still working the business school during the first week on getting into the classes they need. of registration in order to allow business The relatively new registration majors the opportunity to register for their system, which was first employed for the core business classes. Students who have Spring 2009 semester, differs from the fora minor within the School of Business mer method. Now preference is not given but are majoring in another school (i.e. to majors or minors within a department. College of Arts and Sciences) have to wait until several days after the initial registration period to register for the introductory business classes they need to begin their minors. Associate professor and Chair of the Marketing department Mark Ligas Ali Foreman/The Mirror stated, “IntroFor some students, registration is still occurring, due to the relatively ductory courses new registration process. only have holds for business Instead, particular time slots are allotted minors who are not majoring within the to students by class, with priority given to School of Business. Only for 101 courses is upperclassmen. there a preference for business students.” But for according to underclassHe encourages students who do not men, particularly sophomores who juggle get into the classes they need the first getting started on the core and applying time around, to “seek the advisement of themselves to their majors and minors, chairs and professors” after the first week the process is less than equal. of registration. Joey D’Alessio ‘12, an English and “I am very happy with the registraJazz double major, said, “I did not want tion process. I did not experience any difto take core classes next semester, so ficulty getting into the classes I needed,” that I could instead focus on the classes says marketing major Michelle Hughes I’ll need for my majors. Because majors ‘12. Conversely, journalism major Eric cannot register first, I’m stuck e-mailing professors. Hopefully I can get written Aftermath | page 5
Index Opinion • Page 7 Features • Page 9 Arts & Entertainment • Page 11 Coffee Break • Page 13 Sports • Page 20
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The men’s and women’s cross country teams closed out their campaign at the 2009 IC4A/ECAC championships at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, N.Y. The men’s team was paced by junior Ben Heslin who finished 43rd overall while the women’s team was led by sophomore Kristen Golen who recorded Fairfield’s fastest 5K time at Van Cortlandt Park in program history.
Bargaining your Books By Mikaela Tierney Assistant News Editor It’s that time of year again – time to sell back old textbooks for a fraction of what you paid for them back in the beginning the semester. Some students have been creative with the selling of books once courses have ended, but many still turn to the Fairfield bookstore in hopes of getting at least a few dollars back. Fairfield’s bookstore is operated by eFollet, the same company that controls bookstores at colleges and universities nationwide, including Boston College and Loyola University in New Orleans. According to the eFollett book buyback guidelines, “If an instructor has requested your textbook for next
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term, then the value increases,” sometimes up to half of the book’s original price. Additionally, the guidelines say, “Textbooks will be purchased until we reach our shelf stock limit.” The first students to sell books back will be most likely to get the highest buyback prices. Once the bookstore reaches its quota, students are sometimes out of
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luck. Books can be purchased by the bookstore to be sent to other bookstores or won’t be purchased at all. Even when the bookstore does offer to buy the books back, students may sell them back at a much lower value than the original price. The bookstore can buy back a used edition of a book, like Introduction To Public Speaking textbook for CO 101, for $29 and then sell the same used copy the next semester to students for $89.50, according to the eFollet Web site. Because the bookstore is known for its low sellback prices, some students turn to services other than the bookstore to sell back their used textbooks. “I’m selling some of my books to my friends who are taking the same classes next semester, or I’ll sell them on Amazon or another Web site,” said Victoria Niles ’13.
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