THE MIRROR Independent student newspaper
Week of November 30, 2022
Vol. 49 Iss. 10
IRHA to Host Charity Dodgeball Tournament By Madeline West Editor-in-Chief
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The Levee is one of the main dining options for students on campus. Students can now use their meal swipes from 9 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and has plans to expand in size starting summer of 2023.
Changes to Come at The Levee: Meal Swipe Hours & Renovation By Julian Nazario Assistant News Editor By Madeline West Editor-in-Chief
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The Levee, one of the main dining options for Fairfield University students, has recently been a large focus for both the Fairfield University Student Association Senate and Matthew Dinnan, vice president of auxiliary services as changes to meal swipe times and plans for renovations are in the works. The changes to the acceptance of meal swipes at The Levee go all the way back to September 2022 when FUSA Senators started to pay attention to the issue at the dining location. In a Sept. 28 hearing, Speaker of the Senate Steven Burns ‘24 highlighted the
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collaboration between FUSA and Stags Hospitality as an effort to provide students with more late-night food options. “The Levee doesn’t accept meal swipes past 9 p.m. but they are still open till 10 p.m,” Burns said. “Essentially if you are relying on the meal plan, which is the majority of first-years and sophomores, you can’t get a meal after 9 p.m.” After months of working with Stags Hospitality on a compromise agreement that resulted in additional dining time covered by meal swipes, an announcement was made during a Nov. 11 General Senate Meeting by Senator Olivia Conkling ’25, the senate chair of the Facilities, Auxiliary and Technology Committee. “As far as The Levee goes, apparently the meal swipe option was less about having FUSA programming
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The International Residential Housing Association will be hosting their annual charity dodgeball tournament on Dec. 3 from 12-4 p.m. in the RecPlex. The winner will take home a grand prize of $500. All proceeds will go to The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Junior and President of IRHA Lexi Roberts relayed that the idea for choosing to fundraise for The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention came from an organization-wide vote during September’s general assembly meeting. “When we voted, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention was presented by Loyola and had the overwhelming majority,” Roberts explains. Roberts continues to mention that, “ I think college students know how important mental health is and know that it should be supported and I was very happy that this was a
cause that our members are very passionate about supporting.” The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention was founded in 1987. It is a voluntary health organization that gives those affected by suicide a nationwide community empowered by research, education and advocacy to take action against this leading cause of death. AFSP has chapters in all 50 states and programs/events nationwide. Their misssion is “dedicated to saving lives and bringing hope to those affected by suicide, including those who have experienced a loss.” AFSP engages in funding scientific research, educating the public about mental health and suicide prevention. It advocates for public policies in mental health a n d s u i c i d e p r e v e nt i o n . CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
in there and more about generally not having the space or enough workers to handle the amount of students in the Levee that late,” said Conkling. She also added that the University “would consider having the Levee accept meal swipes until 9:30 p.m., so that students getting out of their latenight turbos would still have the option.” Dinnan confirmed the meal swipe time extension at The Levee. “One thing that can be rolled out beginning next week with the Levee was [an] extended meal plan [JNM1] swipe … extending to 9:30,” said Dinnan in a statement on Nov. 29. In a separate statement, Jay Degioia ‘80, director of Stags Hospitality, also corroborated the efforts made by the FUSA Senators CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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Matt Turner ‘17 takes on the World Cup.
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