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Swine Flu, Vaccines Arrive at Fairfield

The Independent Student Newspaper of Fairfield University The Reflection of Fairfield

Women’s Rugby Fights to the Finish

By Keri Harrison News Editor

is to be administered to those in the University community who fall into the appropriated categories named by the federal government, As of this week, three Fairfield students said Birge. have been diagnosed with swine flu. ApproxiAccording to Associate Vice President mately 60 students have had flu-like illnesses. and Dean of Student Thomas Pellegrino, the While the health center reports that all of University and the Health Center are wellthe cases have been mild, many students are not prepared to deal with outbreaks of the swine aware of the flu’s presence on campus. In addiflu this semester. tion to a University message Tuesday night giving “Our approach is to separate the ill from an update to students on the swine flu, Fairfield the healthy, which is something that really has a small page on its Web site dedicated to flu calls upon cooperation from everyone,” said information. In light of President Barack Obama Pellegrino. recently declaring swine flu a national epidemic, The Health Center has set up a hall in there is little student knowledge of the H1N1 upDolan Hall adjacent to the Health Center dates in the which can fit University approximately 22 community. students. Accord“I had ing to Birge, this no idea. is for students The Univerwho can not sity could make it home. have done “The Health a better job Center develby letting oped protocols students for H1N1 and know to at the Task Force least look created plans to on the Web accommodate site,” said students who Samantha become ill with Santana Contributed Photo the flu,” she ‘12.

The H1N1 vaccines are ready in the Health Center’s refrigerator. said. “Identifying Interim a ‘recovery area’ Director of the Health Center Susan Birge said and planning for food, linens, and medical that in no way are they trying to hide informamonitoring for sick students has also been tion when in fact students have the right to addressed.” know about the flu epidemic on campus. The Birge also said that in preparation for this reason for the Web site is that it can be updated semester and flu season, the Health Center has in a timely manner and accessible to anyone in teamed up with the Town of Fairfield and State the Fairfield community. of Connecticut Health Departments in order to The Health Center also received an initial come up with H1N1 strategies on campus. supply of the H1N1 vaccine on Tuesday, which

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The women’s rugby team lost the championship game to Hofstra University on Sunday afternoon, 20-14. Fairfield’s team went into the game undefeated, the first time they have done so in a season.

Pictured above, Jennifer Manzi ‘10 tries to get past the Hofstra defense.

Perlitz Detained

By Chris Simmons Managing Editor Last Wednesday, Federal Magistrate Judge Joan G. Margolis detained Doug Perlitz ‘92 after his lawyers withdrew their argument against his detainment.

William F. Dow III, Perlitz’s lead attorney, asked for the right to continue the matter at a later date if the defense should choose to. The government’s petition for detainment was granted without prejudice. Dow said that the defense had not yet met the conditions that Margolis had set forth for his release, but that ultimately, he will ask for Perlitz to be released once he secures the finances.

“It’s an extraordinary bond requirement,” said Dow after the hearing. “It involves a bunch of moving parts, like playing three-level chess.”

But the day before, the lawyers for Doug Perlitz ‘92, filed a new motion, which submitted a new proposal for Perlitz’s release. Margolis seemed to indicate that she would accept a

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Obama’s Source of Victory

By Melissa Mann Entertainment Editor He was the man behind President Barack Obama’s campaign, the one who helped keep everything on track, the face in the background that helped with the making of history.

And now he’s coming to speak at Fairfield.

David Plouffe, Obama’s 2008 campaign manager, will be speaking in the Oak Room on Wednesday as part of Fairfield’s OPEN Visions program to promote the release of his book, “The Audacity to Win,” which chronicles the lengthy campaign process that led to Obama’s election as president.

“I started as a very low-level campaign staffer, kind of knocking on doors,” Plouffe said in a phone interview about his beginnings in politics. “I just started down the track, working different elections and managing house races and senate races, culminating in the Obama campaign last year.”

Plouffe explained that he had met Obama when Obama was running for Senate in 2004.

When Obama started thinking about running for president, he came to Plouffe.

“I think he wanted a group of people around him that were close to him and that he trusted,” Plouffe said.

And thus begin Plouffe’s important role in helping to shape Obama’s journey from candidate to president.

“Starting in 2007, most of the political community didn’t think we would win,” said Plouffe. “We thought we had a narrow pathway to victory. We were very clear-eyed about how hard it was going to be. It’s an improbable American story.”

Plouffe said that there were many things throughout the campaign that helped them achieve a victory, including Obama’s strong visions of what he wanted to accomplish as president and the help of volunteers along the way.

“He understood very clearly from day one what he wanted to say in the campaign. He knew who he was and the idea he wanted to talk about,” Plouffe said.

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But it wasn’t always easy, and the campaign team needed to rely on each other and its experiences to deal with the setbacks that came along.

Asked if there was anything that he would have done differently, looking back, Plouffe Contributed Photo said that “we were David Plouffe, Obama’s campaign manager, will be coming to Fairfield on fortunate to be part Wednesday at 8pm to discuss his book, “The Audacity to Win.” of an endeavor that got most of the good things right.” were making.”

“We made a couple mistakes in the priStill, that was the one area Plouffe felt mary in terms of how we approached certain could have been improved, if given a second states,” he continued. “But we just came to be chance. “We didn’t know enough about the enormous believers in internal communicaprimary, so when we were going through a tion, making sure that our staff and our voluntough time, we were not doing a good enough teers knew what was going on in the campaign while we were making the decisions that we Plouffe | page 4

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Project Halo’s Cicirelli

By Cavan Sieczkowski Staff Writer

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Who Says You Can’t Go Home?

Geoff Staysniak ‘10 poses in a box at the Homeless Village sleep-out on Tuesday night in the Loyola Green. Students slept outside for one night in order to show their support for the homeless. Nonperishable goods were also collected in exchange for a box.

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Campus crime beat

By Dan Leitao Staff Writer Tuesday, Oct. 27 1:01 a.m. An individual was arrested in Dolan Hall for criminal trespassing.

10:42 a.m. A townhouse resident reported smashed pumpkins and a bent drain pipe. Maintenance was called.

Friday, Oct. 30 8:55 a.m. There was a complaint made about a

BB gun. It was confiscated and secured from a Fairfield Prep student.

9:05 a.m. The fire marshal rescued Prep students from an elevator.

6:23 p.m. An unwanted guest at a Fairfield Prep football game was escorted off-campus.

11:23 p.m. Public Safety assisted Residence Life at the townhouses. 94 people were referred to Judicial.

was called.

8:56 p.m. A motor vehicle struck a light pole in the Kelley Center parking lot.

Saturday, Oct. 31

10:54 a.m. A hit-and-run was reported. A motor vehicle struck a guard rail.

1:30 a.m. An RA reported a fence that had been hit on the softball field.

11:49 a.m. An RA reported graffiti in Regis. Pritchard

Sunday, Nov. 1 12:57 a.m. A Regis RA reported a light fixture with exposed lighting.

11:59 a.m. There was a suspicious man at the library.

Monday, Nov. 2

Better Know a Stag

By Mikaela Tierney Who: Bridgette Sliva ‘12 Hometown: Monroe, Conn.

Major: Business Undecided Minor: I’m thinking economics or international studies.

How would you have dressed up the Stag for Halloween?

Something with color, because it’s so boring with only bronze. Or maybe I’d give it wings so it would be a Pegasus, but with antlers ... A multi-colored Flying Stag!

How do you cope with having to get up at 5 a.m. everyday to practice for crew?

I nap everyday for at least an hour, and I go to bed early, usually by 10:30 p.m. I just view it as waking up really, really late at night.

What change would you like to see happen on campus?

I would love to see a monorail that went directly from the dining hall to my dorm room, making my many commutes to Barone easier.

did not want to put them in harm’s way, and he did not know any other homosexuals to turn to. “I wasn’t allowed to Imagine walking into high school cry. I wasn’t allowed to be angry. I had each morning fearing for your safety, to get up and survive,” he said. fearing for your physical security, fearThe Project Halo founder grew up ing that today is the day you will die. in a conservative, suburban Ohio town.

Outside this very high school, “If you were gay, you were a menace … things seemed picture it was a scandal and everyperfect — with a winning one would talk about it,” said football team, a talented Cicirelli. His attackers hated swing band and nationallyhim because he was different; prized teachers. But inside and their hatred stemmed these walls, a boy lived in from their ignorance. Cicirelli’s fear for two excruciatingly program seeks to put an end to long years. During this time that ignorance. he was brutally beaten by Cicirelli has travelled to three classmates. He sufmany places in the nation, Cicirelli fered broken ribs, kidney spreading awareness and tellpunches, suppressed ing his story. He has always breathing and blood in his urine. been proud to call Fairfield his college.

This boy is Michael Cicirelli and “Fairfield offers me the best chance he was mistreated his sophomore and to waltz,” he said. junior year of high school solely because Cicirelli said he has made wonhe is homosexual. derful friends here at Fairfield, friends Cicirelli is currently a senior at whom he has called upon when he was Fairfield. On Oct. 27 he held the third broken. These are the individuals who annual presentation of Project Halo at got rid of his sadness; these are the the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. individuals who he does it for.

“I think this is a very important program “I am here to support Mike,” Gil to have at Fairfield. We have such a Keenan, a junior nursing major, said homogeneous population,” said sophosimply. more, Erika Gjesteby.

Despite all he has gone through Project Halo is an abuse prevenand the side effects he still has to deal tion program that Cicirelli developed in with — such as getting nervous around his freshman year to spread awareness large groups of men, hating being about prejudice and violence, not only surprised from behind, and a loss of against the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, feelings in his extremities — Cicirelli transgender) community, but against all is willing to bare his soul because he victims of cruelty. knows these violent acts are prevent“I am here to support Mike because able. Hatred is a choice. People must he is really great to the LGBTQAA comthink about what they project. munity and this is a really great thing “Michael is such a brave person, he’s doing,” said Daniella Mania, fellow to get up there in front of a crowd of senior and fellow Residential Assistant. strangers and talk about this dark time Cicirelli hopes to be a voice for all in his life. I am sure he has given this persecuted people. “Project Halo looks entire crowd courage it didn’t have at common stereotypes in the combefore,” said Samara Yohai ‘11. munity and dispels those,” said Cicirelli.

Cicirelli says that hatred is merely Unbeknownst to many, stereotypes can a waste of energy. Project Halo has have very serious ramifications — those helped him realize this. Before, he of which almost got him killed. looked at humanity for its weakness.

Cicirelli had to put on a brave face Now, he looks at it for its love. “I don’t throughout the troubling times. His famhave time to hate them [his attackers],” ily was prominent in the community, he he said.

By the Numbers 113

Number of Yankee wins, regular season and playoffs combined

27

World Series championships the Yankees will have if they win.

17

Career playoff wins for Andy Pettitte, the Yankees starter for Game 6, the most of any pitcher in history.

9

Years since the Yankees last won a World Series.

1

Games the Yankees need to win to be World Series champs.

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Breaking Down the FUSA Budget

By Mikaela Tierney Assistant News Editor The current fiscal year has had serious consequences on the budget at Fairfield University, resulting in financial aid cuts, a loss of campus resources and the firings of 31 university staff and faculty members.

In a press release from June 2009, President Jeffrey von Arx, S.J. told the University community, “It will be a difficult time for all of us as we will be asked to do more with less, but these budget reductions are essential given the extraordinary economic times in which we find ourselves.”

While the money saved was allocated to a variety of areas, some students became upset upon hearing that a significant portion of the money was given to FUSA, the Fairfield University Student Association. In fact, FUSA received almost $300,000 this year — more funding than in previous years. This increase was due to an overall rise in tuition fees — specifically, an increase in the student activities fee from $85 to $95 per student.

With an expected 3,125 students each paying this fee, FUSA received a substantial amount of funding with which to design programs for the semester.

David Axelrod, the Secretary of the Treasury of FUSA, explained the process behind the FUSA budget.

“The numbers are all based on the budgets and how the budgets were used from previous years,” said Axelrod. “That’s how we determine if the FUSA branches need more or less money [than previous years].” After a series of editing, redrafting, and approval, the budget is finally approved after about a month of work, says Axelrod.

Axelrod noted that the increase in FUSA funding was necessary in order to improve the quality of the student activities offered on campus. Rather than having many individual events, FUSA is working to combine smaller activities into larger, more entertaining events in an effort to make student activities “bigger, better and more exciting.”

“We’ve had awesome attendance at all of our events [so far this year],” Axelrod noted. “The last Late Night at the Stag had over 500 people there.”

personally would much rather see it go to something that would be more practical, like small scholarships or books for students,” said Rachael Purri ‘12.

“I think that FUSA events are good and we definitely should put enough money into them,” Erika Gjesteby ‘12 said. “But we also need to be able to share the money as much as possible among different areas of campus life.”

“If students can’t even afford to come here, they wouldn’t be here for the programs anyway — you can’t have programs if you don’t even have students,” she added.

The budget committee expanded this year to include other university members, such as graduate students and faculty members from various departments. The committee members “want to be able to better communicate what’s going on,” Axelrod added. “Having more people from various departments with different perspectives … allows them to better communicate out what the committee is talking about.”

Photo Illustration by Dan Leitao An open meeting was held on Tuesday afternoon in which any interested university community Now the question becomes whether the allocation of members were invited to voice their suggestions for budget such funds to FUSA was rightfully done — should the money negotiations this year. have been put towards other uses, such as scholarships or staff Only six individuals showed up to the meeting. Of them, employment? only three spoke. Executive Vice President Dr. William Weitzer Although areas of University life have suffered as a result helped to facilitate discussion at the budget meeting. He was of budget cuts across campus, attendance and enthusiasm not surprised at the low turnout, noting that similar past meethas increased at many events, as a result of the added perks ings have also had low attendance. financed by the additional funds. The increase in school spirit The meetings are offered despite such low turnouts and student involvement is a goal of the budget committee and because “it’s our effort to be as inclusive and transparent as they maintain student programming as a large focus of their possible” in creating the university budget, Weitzer said. negotiations, said Axelrod.

Debates over the budget in the current economic situation Students are torn over proper allocation for the funding. will continue to permeate university life during the current While some agree with its distribution, others believe it would academic year. The effects of the recent budget cuts and allocabe better spent in other areas of the University. tions of funding will become apparent as the year progresses.

“I have been to very few FUSA-sponsored events, and I As Axelrod noted, “Nothing’s ever perfect.”

University Releases Board of Trustees Report

By Tom Cleary Editor-in-Chief In his monthly report to the faculty, University President Fr. Jeffrey von Arx provided a summary of the October Board of Trustees meeting, with the goal of keeping the faculty informed as to what is happening on campus. The 33-member Board meets once a month on campus to hear presentations from a variety of University members, including faculty, administration and students.

At the meeting, the advancement committee reported that despite the recession, $8.9 million was raised in the 2009 fiscal year, compared to $8.8 million in 2008, but donations at the President’s Circle level (donations of $1,000 and more), decreased, resulting in a $400,000 drop in gifts at that level.

The finance committee reported that the endowment had decreased by 21.3 percent during the 2009 fiscal year, a loss that had been anticipated at the end of the 2009 academic year. The committee also reported that the updated utility budgets show that the combined heating and power facility is estimated to create a “$4 million cost avoidance over having to purchase electricity on the open market.”

Also at the meeting, Rama Sudhakar reported to the Marketing and Communications Committee that last year’s goal was to promote the Strategic Plan initiatives and rebranding the University Web site.

Sudhakar said “the focus of the current academic year would be on ‘humanizing’ the branding strategies and activities by promoting individual stories/profiles, implementing Web 2.0 tools to bring the stories to life, and developing integrated ways to leverage events and community engagement activities to enhance Fairfield’s visibility.” A presentation on Fairfield LIVE, a social media site aimed at both prospective and current students was given to show how the marketing department was attempting to meet its goals.

Committee member Patricia Glassford ‘85, a vice president at GE Enterprise Solutions, recommended “that we always use the context of the competitive marketplace top drive the

division’s efforts and the committee’s work, particularly in terms of recruitment marketing.”

The advancement committee announced that “plans are underway for the 2010 Fairfield Awards Dinner, which benefits the Multicultural Scholarship fund.” The committee estimated that this year’s dinner will raise more than the record $1.1 million raised in 2008.

It will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on April 27, 2010 and feature Fairfield graduate Carmen Wong Ulrich ‘92, the host of CNBC’s On The Money. She will become the first Fairfield graduate to speak at the event. Last year’s speaker was Earl “Butch” Graves Jr., the president and CEO of Black Enterprise Magazine. The Alumni Service Award, Distinguished Faculty/ Administrator Award and the Alumni Professional Achievement Award will be given out at the dinner.

The committee also reported that the Center for Academic Excellence received a $200,000 grant from the Davis Educational Foundation. Established in 2003, the Center for Academic Excellence is an “on-campus resource for professors seeking to learn and share information about the newest educational tools and techniques,” according to the University Web site. The Contributed Photo grant has allowed the center to host week-long summer seminars for individual departments. The committee said, “the project will continue to realize the implementation of goal one of the University’s strategic plan related to the integration of the core curriculum. This is a significant achievement for Fairfield given that the Davis Foundation made it clear that the competition for funding was very strong.”

Also at the meeting, FUSA President Jeff Seiser brought four students to present on “student engagement,” Athletic Director Gene Doris reported on the state of athletics and nursing professor Sheila Grossman presented on the potential doctorate in nursing program at Fairfield and national trends in the field.

This month, the board elected three new members, Peter Gillen ‘68, Eileen Rominger ‘76 and Joseph Bronson ‘70. Rominger is the global chief investment officer of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and has appeared on CNBC and Bloomberg News. Bronson is the CEO of SVTC, a San Jose based Fortune 500 electronics contract manufacturer. Gillen may be the most well-known of the group, having served as head men’s basketball coach at Virginia, Providence and Xavier, before joining CBS Sports as a basketball analyst.

New details surface in Perlitz hearings

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bond in the $4-5 million range along with increased third-party custodians during the first portion of the hearing, which took place 20 days beforehand.

The new proposal included 19 other people to raise bail money along with 12 more third-party back-up custodians.

Dow said that motion was just an outline of a package and that it is a ”dynamic one, not a static one, pieces have to be filled in.”

That motion was followed by a rebuttal by the govern-

ment. The government also attached “Exhibit A,” which stated that after a very preliminary investigation by an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agent, Perlitz’s computer was found to contain over 100 images of nude black males performing sex acts along with numerous URLs to various sex Web sites.

“We haven’t seen any information about what they are alleging with the computer,” said Dow. “There is nothing illegal about any of the conduct the government described.”

The hearing was also attended by 12 Haitians from New

York City, led by the Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network, who want to give the Haitian children a voice in the courtroom after the first hearing was packed with Perlitz supporters.

For more Perlitz coverage and to see all the URLs he visited, log onto fairfieldmirror.com. Also check back next week in print for a profile of Michael McCooey, the new chairman of the Haiti Fund, and his efforts to keep the charity running despite limited financial backing.

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Fairfield Screens to Beat the Blues

By Casey Donahue Staff Writer Counseling & Psychological Services held a National Depression Screening Day this Tuesday, in order to help diagnose students who may be suffering from depression. Many college students face depression, and diagnosis is first step in receiving treatment.

About 50 students attended the screening, which consisted of a questionnaire on sleep/eating habits, moods, and attitudes. Following the questionnaire, students discussed their results with an on-hand counselor, in order to look at all the symptoms that the student might be showing and how long they have been present.

“The important thing is that it helped heighten awareness,” said Susan Birge, director of Counseling & Psychological Services and the interim director of the Health Center. “This is favorable, help-seeking behavior from students who are reaching out and using the resources available to them.”

Depression is a mental illness, characterized by sad or irritable mood; changes in levels of sleep, energy, and appetite; lack of interest in everyday activities; and recurrent thoughts of death or suicide, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness [NAMI].

Many college students suffer from

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depression as a result of a combination of factors.The adjustment to living on their own, the constant workload, erratic hours, and college social life can leave many students feeling unable to cope with daily life.

Last year, 21.4 percent of students utilized the services offered by the Health Center Contributed Photo to deal with depression and For National Depression Screening Day, the Counanxiety issues. The national seling and Psychological Services screened approxiaverage of students who mately 50 Fairfield students on Tuesday. utilize on-campus health services for depression is 10 percent.

Last year, a chapter of NAMI was Depression is not a problem that added to the University in order to help will go away and without treatment the Fairfield students who may be dealing symptoms will only increase over time, with depression. NAMI on campus clubs according to the University’s Counseling are “student-run, student-led organiza& Psychological Services. The disease tions that provide mental health support, can be treated by interpersonal therapy, education, and advocacy in a university cognitive-behavioral therapy and medior college setting,” said the organization’s cation such as Zoloft and Prozac.

Web site.

“We’re looking for whether or not Birge said that one of the biggest people would benefit from psychological reasons it is important for students to get therapy,” said Birge. Counseling & Psychoscreened for depression is because it is a logical Services utilizes a psychiatrist who treatable disease. “With proper medicacomes in every Thursday, and can offer tion and good therapy, students who short-term help for up to 12 sessions. struggle can learn to function and stay in Over 15 million adults in the United school,” she said.

States suffer from depression. The most Counseling & Psychological Services common age is between 15 and 24, with encourages students who think they or females twice as likely to be afflicted as others are suffering from depression to males, according to NAMI. visit the Health Center or call ext. 2146.

job of telling our supporters directly what our status was and why. So I think internally we weren’t communicating enough with our volunteers.”

And Plouffe said that it was the volunteers who, in addition to Obama being “an extraordinary leader,” helped make Obama’s presidency a reality.

“They did a lot of great work for us,” Plouffe said. This is one of the points he hopes to make for readers with “The Audacity to Win,” and how it was the average person who made huge contributions as well.

“The power of what happened on the ground, the average people, they organized our campaign. I just want to make sure that all the people that worked so hard, that they’re in the book, they’ll see themselves in the book,” he explained. “And if that happens then I’ll feel I’ve accomplished my goal.”

Plouffe also asserted that he did not even consider writing a book about the campaign until after Obama was elected president.

“I didn’t really start thinking about it until after the election,” he said. “It’s clear that this election victory was a significant moment in American history and I think that we felt that it should be captured in some way, and captured accurately. What I tried to do was capture what happened through our eyes.”

“In the primary we had so many ups and downs, we grew to learn not to prematurely celebrate,” Plouffe said.

“There’s no doubt that things looked good in the end, we just kept focused on keeping our heads down. Of course we felt good about things but we just kind of put those thoughts aside. We were all elated on election night, it wasn’t something we expected to happen. To see it come to fruition was kind of a magical moment.”

“I’m doing all I can from the outside to help, obviously,” he assured. “And I could not be more proud of the job [Obama] is doing as president.”

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Students Frustrated by C&NS Location

By Charlotte Adinolfi Staff Writer

semester. She continued to say that it would be easier to have C&NS located closer to the main campus so she could have solved her Internet issue between classes.

“I could not figure out what time to Skype with my parents because I had no email access,” said Westenberg. “It is hard not having this access when I am in another country far from my

Sean Williams ‘12 has also experienced issues with the location of C&NS in the past. He was “reluctant to walk all the way to Dolan,” when his laptop broke last year.

The release of the spring course booklet this past Friday “I am more likely to try and fix it myself since the center is brought on conversations on campus surrounding which so far away,” said Williams. “I could do more damage by doing classes to take and what professors are the best. this just because I don’t want to walk there.”

With spring registration just around Students also said that they have also had an issue the corner, students are relying on StagWeb that was harder to resolve due to the C&NS location. more frequently than before. If StagWeb is not Estrada said that students have not always been working, a student’s window of time to choose faced with the issue of the C&NS being so far from the classes becomes smaller and they begin to feel main campus. Since 1993, the faculty of C&NS has moved the pressure of registration. During the past from a centralized location in Bannow, to being dispersed weekend, as StagWeb went down for a time, throughout academic buildings and finally settling where students experienced this issue and could not it is today in Dolan Hall. do anything about it.

The staff at C&NS has considered creating a system The catch is, if they have such an issue, where staff would come to dorms to help students if the Computing and Network Services Center needed. “It isn’t a good use of our time to have techni(C&NS) is on the outskirts of campus in cal staff distributed to several dorm locations trying to Dolan Hall. anticipate where the computer problems will occur,” “Since I lived in Dolan last year, I didn’t said Estrada of this feature. “It is more efficient to have mind,” said Marit Westenberg ‘12. an internastaff concentrated at a central Help Desk where they can tional student from Holland. “I think they did it assist students from several dorms or those who live offfor the Dolan students so they have something campus.” out there with them.”

Much to student’s dismay such as Westenberg and The Computing and Network Services CenMaffei, Estrada said that at this time there are, “no other ter is located in an area that is farther away than Peter Caty/ The Mirror areas that currently provide the options Dolan does.” students would like it to be.

Students are frustrated with the location of the Computer and Networking Support services such as C&NS are not at the top of the James Estrada, vice president for Information Services, which is located in Dolan Hall. priority list for University money or relocation, Estrada said.

Services & University librarian, said that he hasn’t For this reason, Estrada said students can try and troublereceived a single complaint from students regarding the locaparents.” shoot on their own with online tools provided by the center. tion of C&NS or the Student Computing Help Desk since the Sophomore Christina Maffei shared her experience as Students can find the, “best range of practices recommended move was made five years ago. well. “One time last year, it was snowing when I had an issue

by C&NS,” in areas such as “virus protection” and the best Westenberg provided evidence that the location is an with my computer so it was hard for me to get there,” said directory for self-help is Student Computing Services. issue in student’s mind when saying how she was without Maffei. “I tried to call, but they often don’t pick up which is a That is, if they have Internet connection. an Internet connection for the first two weeks of school this hassle.”

Things That Go Drunk In The Night

By Dan Leitao Staff Writer On Halloween night, Mirror Staff Writer Dan Leitao spent the night with Public Safety officers Justin Walker and James Cavallaro. Throughout the night: A student walking to the townhouses from the suites was seen with a Busch light bottle. When asked what he had in his hands, he admitted to the officer he was carrying an unopened beer can. He then informed the officer that he would be turning 21 in three weeks. The officer had him dump the contents of the can.

Around 11:40 p.m., a student was stopped by a Residence Assistant for having a open container in Campion Hall. While the RA was taking his information down, another student seized the beer out of his hand, dashed into the bathroom and drank the remains of the can. The student then ran away from the RA and was not found again until the RAs were on rounds later in the night.

The student then claimed that his name was James and he was a student at Sacred Heart. When Public Safety officers arrived on the scene, he continued to claim to be a Sacred Heart student. After another 20 minutes the student said he was going to come clean, admitting that he was a student at Fairfield and he thought he would get in less trouble if he said he was from another school.

The two Public Safety officers exchanged glances. He then said his StagCard was in another room. After retrieving his StagCard from a locked room, the officers then directed the student to the Health Center and instructed him to remain out of Campion Hall for the rest of the night.

Photo Illustration by Dan Leitao

Mirror staff writer Dan Leitao went on a ride along with Public Safety on Halloween night.

A few hours later, the same student was seen outside Campion Hall after being released from the Heath Center.

The officer then pulled over his cruiser near the student and stood outside talking to me for roughly 10 minutes, allowing the students and his friends to realize that Public Safety had taken notice of him. The student then proceeded to enter Campion Hall, and was followed by the officer. He then walked backwards down the stairs into the officer. Finally, the student was asked to exit the building with the officer and was told a final time not to enter Campion Hall. He was not seen again for the rest of the night.

While driving through the townhouses, a student dressed as Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz” was seen walking with a Solo cup. When the officer asked her to dump the solo cup, she dropped it on the ground and the contents of the cup then splashed up onto her.

Later that night around 1:38 a.m., friends of a severely intoxicated student called Public Safety to ask for assistance. It was difficult to decipher how intoxicated she was as her friends were unsure how much she had drank during the night.

Although Public Safety was anticipating a much more eventful Halloween night, they still had some interesting stories to last the night.

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“I saw a couple of Teletubbies running around the townhouses last night.”

A Shield for Student Journalists The Free Flow of Information Act, a federal shield law that will be monumental for journalism if passed, will move one step closer to existence this Thursday when it is considered in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The latest version of the bill will provide protection for student journalists, as well as bloggers and any other individuals attempting to gather information for the public. The new bill was drafted and approved by lawmakers, President Barack Obama's administration and media organizations.

The bill will provide an important shield for student journalists, who are often more vulnerable than their professional counterparts. Student-run news organizations usually work with a small budget and do not have the legal support that a major media organization does. But those journalists are still writing about important topics and often face backlash from administrators, when topics that bring negative attention to the University are covered.

New language in the bill allows varying levels of protection for journalists, based on whether a case is a criminal case or civil case, and whether the case has implications on national security.

Currently shield laws vary by region, so a federal law could allow journalists the ability to tackle serious issues without fear of retaliation on a civil or criminal level. The bill states that if the public interest in news gathering is stronger than the need to reveal a source, a federal judge could throw out a subpoena against a journalist.

The freedom of the press to

dig deep into important stories is one that is frequently tested, especially at the student level.

Recently at Northwestern University, prosecutors subpoenaed the grades, notes and witness interviews of student journalists who uncovered new evidence reportedly showing that a convicted murderer was innocent.

In 2007, at nearby Quinnipiac University, students at The Chronicle were forbidden from publishing articles online before they appear in print after a controversial story was published on the arrest of basketball players.

That decision led to the creation of an online-only newspaper, The Quad News.

At Fairfield, the issue of freedom of speech was brought to the forefront following the controversial "He Said" article published in The Mirror on Sept. 30.

In that case, a potential disciplinary ruling against the writer, Chris Surette, would serve as a form of censorship. Although it was an opinion piece, it is still important for writers to express opinions and share information without fear of reprisal.

In a time when journalism is dealing with tough economic times, it is pleasing to see that the Obama administration is willing to help continue the journalistic tradition of providing a watchdog for the people. With newspapers suffering, a new breed of journalists is developing in schools and on blogs, and it is time for those writers to find the legal protection they deserve.

It is important for the Senate to move this bill forward so that journalists can continue to freely provide information essential to the public without fear.

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Delaware Student’s Punishment Doesn’t Match the Crime

By Casey Donahue Staff Writer The world’s most dangerous criminal has finally been brought to justice. Not a terrorist, gangster, or mass murderer, but someone even more terrifying: a six-year old boy from Newark, Del. Last month, first grader Zachary Christie was suspended for 45 days for bringing a camping tool containing a knife, fork, and spoon to school. His nefarious plan for this dangerous weapon? To eat his lunch. It sends shivers down my spine just thinking about it.

This is not the first time the Christina School District has had to deal with this type of situation.

Last year, a fifth-grade student was almost expelled after bringing in a birthday cake and a knife to cut it with. Clearly, this school system is nothing but a breeding ground for blade-wielding psychopaths.

If only Marilyn Manson had written a song about camping tools, we would have somebody we could easily point to as being to blame for this situation. Or maybe we should blame the parents, who obviously never taught their child the funda-

mental value that schools are not places to bring eating utensils.

Or maybe we should just let the kid eat his lunch. If the school had just told him not to bring the knife to school next time, because somebody might get hurt, the whole ridiculous situation could have been avoided. Suspending the kid for 45 days and sending him to a reform school is not going to accomplish anything.

While a school cannot be completely blamed for trying to protect their students from violence, it can be blamed for a glaring lack of common sense. A six-year old with a fork and knife is not the same as a student who brings a gun to school and starts shooting people.

This just goes to show the ridiculous lengths parents and schools are going to in order to coddle their children. For example, many schools these days do not let students bring in fake weapons to go along with their costumes on Halloween. Clearly these kids are not going to use Halloween as an opportunity to unleash all sorts of mayhem and violence on the school. They just realize that their Darth Vader costumes are really

lame without the lightsaber.

Or how about schools that do things like ban games like dodgeball, because they supposedly teach students to gang up on the slower, weaker kids. Speaking from personal experience as the fat kid who was always knocked out first, I still love dodgeball. It’s a fun game, and losing it did not fill me with a desire to kill anybody. Instead, it just made me realize that maybe I should start hitting up the treadmill. And besides, banning games is not going to stop people from picking on those who are weaker than them. That sad, familiar trait of human nature has been around a lot longer than dodgeball.

Yes, knives are dangerous. Yes, horrible tragedies like Columbine and Virginia Tech do happen. But schools should not be focusing its attention on little incidents like kids bringing utensils to school. It should be looking out for students who might commit a horrible atrocity, and reaching out to them to ensure that such incidents do not occur.

Or maybe schools should just serve soup in the cafeteria, so kids don’t have to bring in knives in the first place.

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Commitment

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By Dan Leitao Staff Writer Well, I walked up to her, and I asked her if she wanted to dance, she looked awful nice and so hoped she might take a chance. When we danced I held her tight, then I walked her home that night, and all the stars were shining bright, and then I kissed her. -The Beach Boys.

Even without the melody, this Beach Boys song now sounds corny, childish and naive. I doubt that they were talking about grinding when he asked her to dance. So when we talk about college guys and commitment we should try to realize that the days the Beach Boys sing about are gone.

Guys want it, girls want it, and it is what killed commitment: the hookup. Neither sex can solely be blamed for the hookup becoming common place. But it is easy to see why it led to the death of commitment in a college setting. If a guy can get something for free when he goes out on a Friday night, what is his incentive for more? And if girls are willing to not hold a guy to a higher standard, aren’t they equally to blame?

It’s not often that you hear someone is going on a date; that is, the 1950s definition of dinner and a movie.

By Lily Norton Executive Editor

A night ended with a kiss instead of the next morning in bed. Today, a date might follow a string of hookups. We are a generation of instant gratification: this has lead to the breakdown of dating.

Not to mention that to ask a girl out on a date requires a guy to invest time, money and put himself out there to be rejected.

Whereas with a random hookup, chances are he won’t remember being rejected.

All guys are not afraid of commitment. If one really looks around Fairfield, you will see relationships. It is clear that not all guys here are afraid of commitment. In fact, once guys get out of their “living up the college life” phase, it would seem most guys are pretty reasonable. What it really comes down to is guys not being forced into commitment.

When both sexes grow up, they seem to manage relationships just fine here at Fairfield.

So to all those patiently waiting for their crush to mature, you might as well live up life in the meantime.

I’ve said to friends before that if I did not come to Fairfield with a serious relationship already under my belt, I would not be at Fairfield.

Why? Because the "accepted" male and female attitudes and beliefs on campus are really messed up. But really, what has happened to Fairfield students? Are we really different from other colleges in that the dating scene is completely defunct?

Not really. Talking to friends at other colleges, these same problems transpire all the time.

Alcohol certainly plays a role, making all of your competition drunk, sloppy, and most importantly, easy.

And, let's not forget, Fairfield was just voted No. 3 for amounts of hard liquor according to the Princeton Review. Correlation, anyone?

But you may argue, it isn’t the culture — it’s just that these men are too young to even care about getting into a relationship now. I honestly don’t believe that age is a factor — we all want to be loved, women AND men. Men just don’t admit it as much; they are more concerned with appearance to their friends than to the women they only see at parties, and rightfully so. You do not want to interfere with a bromance.

Both you and I know couples at Fairfield an d 60 percent of Fairfield

grads marry within the Fairfield alum circle. Although many Fairfield couples may not be perfect, they do exist. There are guys here who can commit.

So is it possible that it’s the ladies faults that they can’t? Maybe some of us are just too slutty to make guys understand the perks of being in a real relationship. If they don’t have to work for it, they won’t.

I can attest to the fact that men our age, although they may be hard to find, can commit. They exist. Maybe the 55/45 women to men percentage isn’t working in our favor, but we can overcome this. So let’s look at how we can increase the numbers of relationships on campus.

Stop being so slutty. While you’re at it, try to get your friends to stop being slutty, too. It doesn’t really come off as “I’m serious about getting married at 25.” If you want to be in a relationship, the last thing you want to do is bring all your hot, promiscuous friends around the guy you want. Maybe you have the urge to test them and see if they still will pick you out of the crowd, but I don’t really think this will work in your favor.

Proper Etiquette When Leaving Stag-Country

By Dan Leitao Staff Writer

above all else, don’t sexile your host. After that, your best bet is just to act like you would at Fairfield. The worst you can do is act like you don’t care. Besides that, your friends will be trying to show you the best time there is.

So if you're missing Fairfield, don’t let them

spring, a Saturday at the Point is also in order.

A good dinner is ideal so it is best to take them to the Levee. Barone is only for when you're You and your buddies pile into the car. hungover or still drunk from the night before.

Expectations are high; there are two 30s in Make sure to get them a guest pass. It saves the trunk, iPod blasting your playlist, printed trouble in the long run, which also explains MapQuest some simple Res directions Life policies. and you're Damn, who inoff. In just a vited that kid?: few hours you There will will be pulling always be that into one of the one kid visiting many colwho realizes that leges along the he will never East Coast, a see any of these welcome break people again and from the Fairdoes not care field scene. what anyone thinks of him.

The drive: Chances are Once you can exclude the invitation inviting him to visit your altogether. If you friend's school can’t, your best has been bet is to pray he Photo illustration by Dan Leitao/The Mirror extended, you realizes that he is The road trip precedes the crazy visit. are quick to tell just being a tool. your friends so The exit: as not to have to travel there alone. All week see and just know that when they come to The worse thing you can do is stay too you will be pumped for your excursion to see Fairfield they will be blown away. long. If it's a day trip, it is best to be out your old friend. So make sure the car is clean, Being a good host: before noon. The two day excursion gives tank is full and music is ready. Speeding and As the host, your job is to simply show you more leeway. road beers can lead to quite a crappy start to your friends as good a time as you can. At No matter what happens, the trip back to the weekend, so be smart.

Fairfield that means the whole FU experience.

Fairfield should be capped off with a stop at Being a good guest: The beach and the townhouses are ideal, and Country Cow. Don’t throw up, don’t get in a fight, and if your friends are lucky enough to come in the

Don’t interfere with the bromance. Give the guy some space. I might talk to my guy three times a day at most. It’s a good thing.

Go on a real date with the guy. Getting drunk and showing up at some guy’s townhouse completely wasted doesn’t really scream “girlfriend material.” If a guy wants to commit, he won’t want to date someone he thinks is a complete fool. Although it may be weird to ask a guy out, that’s how I got my boyfriend, and we’ve only been together for five years.

Better yet, just go on a day date. Yeah, we’ve all seen the movie “Just Friends,” that brings shame to the day-daters. But at Fairfield, when most think the only option at night is to get wasted out of their mind, a day date may be just the thing to hook your man in.

Don’t be afraid to call, text, BBM, Gchat, and the list goes on. I hate AIM, or any other thing besides actually calling a person up and hearing their voice, but I’ll say this — don’t analyze your texts for 10 hours before sending them. The guy is supposed to like you for you. Sending contrived, researched text messages is not the answer. Just don’t be afraid of being vulnerable. Sending a sober, genuine text is probably a lot less embarrassing than having a drunken hook-up.

If all else fails, and I’d be surprised if they did, transfer.

I probably would have.

Letter to the Editor To the Editor: It's amazing how difficult, and in this case dangerous, the Town of Fairfield makes life for the Fairfield University students. The townspeople don't mind charging outrageous rents for broken down shacks at the beach, counting all their dollars at their delis, restaurants, stores and bars spent by Fairfield students, but GOD FORBID that cars are parked in an otherwise empty lot overnight so that kids can act responsibly and not drink and drive. Where is the University administration on this? Why is it they never seem to stand up for their students?

Cars parked in that lot are bothering no one. The residents still have their Fairfield Beach Residents Association but the students had THEIR Student Beach Resident Association disbanded, who speaks for them?

Do you really think that taking this parking lot away will stop students from going to the beach? If you don't want the students around, stop renting to them at outrageous profits, stop selling them liquor and food and clothing and you can all go bankrupt. The hypocrisy at work here is disgusting.

Sincerely, Nancy Malinowski, Parent '06 and '09

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You hear these words ringing through your cell phone every weekend. This is the well-known answer of Fairfield Cab Company dispatcher, Sandy Castelluci. Besides being the elusive voice on the other end of your phone, Sandy is much more than a phone operator.

Sandy, who has been working for Fairfield Cab for four years, says her favorite part about her job is “helping people.”

“Helping them locating cabs and helping them when they’re lost makes me feel good,” said Sandy.

If Sandy could have any other job, it would be as a nurse so that she could help people. As a mother of two college-age daughters, Sandy has experience with this age group.

Most Fairfield students call Fairfield Cab after being at a party on Fairfield Beach Road, and ask to get picked up at the Seagrape so they do not have to figure out the address of the house they are at. Sandy said this is a common occurrence, “After 2:00, I know you’re not there. They’re probably walking. My pet peeve with them is they don’t answer their phones. But as soon as that cab comes by, boom, they’re there.”

But Sandy has never experienced the Grape herself.

“I’ve driven by it. I know what it’s like. I’ve never been inside.”

Along with Sandy’s many calls comes a lot of confusion as per people’s locations. “My pet peeve is when I ask for a

Sandy Castelluci The Woman in Your Phone

phone number and they ask 10 people behind them, ‘what’s my phone number?’ It makes me wonder what would happen in an emergency.”

Although it is hard to believe anyone but Fairfield

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Sandy sends her drivers out in well-known gray and orange cars (pictured above).

students are calling the busy line for cabs, adults use their services too. Sandy said, “Sometimes my adults are as difficult as my kids. My pet peeve is when I ask where they are and they say, ‘I don’t know.’”

Sandy works 11-hour days from 4 p.m. in the afternoon to 3:30 or 4 in the morning. When asked how she deals with the stress, Sandy joked, “You really don’t wanna know.”

Sandy went on to say, “I take each day and each call as it comes. And I don’t answer my phone at home because after 12 hours, you get tired of it.” She said she would like to be retired in 10 years and living on an island somewhere with no phones.

After sitting down with Sandy in Fairfield Cab’s headquarters at the Fairfield Train Station, I was able to experience firsthand how Sandy deals with the stress of her job and some of the interactions she has with her customers.

One man walked by during our interview and said he was offended by her smoking. Sandy brushed this comment off.

For a woman that deals with many characters during the day, she must remain tough, and under her tough act, she is a sweet woman who wants to help. She made sure I included that not all students are bad and that some even came back after they graduated to visit her.

Fairfield Cab has been in business for close to 40 years.

The business operates 24/7 and services more residents than students, who are here for more time of the year. Sandy is friendly with most of the drivers, as she said, “Everyone has a different personality here, some you can talk to some you can’t. Some take their job too damn seriously.”

One might be lucky enough to be driven by Sandy as she has driven cabs herself from time to time.

“When they get in the car I ask ‘do you know who I am?’” she said.

Now when students get in the car they will know that Sandy is a mother who wants to help other parent’s children find their way, dishing out a bit of attitude back right after she takes it.

Fairfield Students Work with Company to Bring Shoes to Children

By Casey Donahue Staff Writer

Popular events at other schools include “Style Your Sole” parties, where students are given materials to personalize their TOMS shoes.

Many companies use percentages of their profits to make charitable contributions to American entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie foundgood causes. TOMS Shoes is a company that takes it a step further, and Fairfield students ed the company in 2006 after traveling to Argentina are helping them to do it. and witnessing the high level of poverty TOMS Shoes’ mission is abundant in the country. Mycoskie simple: for every pair of shoes decided to start the company in order that it sells, it will donate a pair to supply shoes to the children who ran to a child in need. According to barefoot in the streets. The company’s its Web site, the company has name comes from its original concept, given away over 150,000 pairs of the Shoes for Tomorrow Project. shoes through its One for One In many countries with heightened Movement since it was founded levels of poverty, children who live in 2006, and plans to give away without shoes often face a number of 300,000 shoes in 2009. health risks due to cuts and scrapes, as The TOMS Shoes Campus well as elements like parasite-contamiClub works to run events on nated soil. According to the TOMS Web Contributed Photo campus for students to learn site, many children are banned from A bin of shoes at a TOMS shoe about TOMS Shoes and its misattending public schools if they do not drop. sion, according to president wear shoes.

Emily Robillard ’11, who started Based in Santa Monica, Calif., the Fairfield University chapter Contributed Photo TOMS Shoes delivers shoes to Argentina, Ethiopia, South Africa and the at the beginning of this year after TOMS founder, Blake Mycoskie, gives shoes to children in developUnited States. The company performs “shoe drops” all year round, including ing countries. learning about the company once a month in Argentina and five days a week in Ethiopia. herself.

TOMS Shoes products are based on local Argentinean alpargata shoes, “TOMS Shoes is redefining the way people shop by making giving and shopping one a type of slip-on. Their shoes are available in a wide variety of colors and fabrics, with and the same,” said Robillard. “I believe it is important for students to understand what prices ranging from $44 to $68. Robillard insists that the price is worth it.

TOMS is doing and to be introduced to the idea of conscious consumerism.”

“Students should be concerned with what their money is going to support when TOMS Shoes has reached out to involve a number of high schools and colleges they buy a product,” said Robillard. “TOMS shows consumers exactly what their money is across the country in its cause. Fairfield’s chapter, which contains about 25 students, held going to support: helping give every child in the world a pair of shoes. Consumers can be its first event this Tuesday, an Open Mic Night/Coffee House at the Levee. proud to support a company like TOMS.” The night featured representatives of the company who discussed the TOMS One for One Movement, as well as student performers, free coffee and Robeks smoothies.

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Stag Spirit Missing for Sports

By Sean Clores Staff Writer

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As the cold November weather rolls in, sports fans find themselves torn in all types of directions. For the average college student, it’s usually a time to root for your college football team on Saturdays, it’s a time to be excited about your college basketball team getting underway, and a time to buy more college gear to get ready for the winter months while still sporting your school’s logo.

All that sounds great for a school like the Texas or Penn State, which have over 50,000 students, top ranked teams and plenty of national coverage but what about a school like Fairfield? We are a school just shy of 4,000

students, we don’t have a football team, we watch all the stadiums packed with crazy fans, and we say … Man, why can’t things be like that here?

My question is ... why can’t it be?

Sure, we don’t have the numbers to fill a 20,000 seat arena, and we will never be considered a national powerhouse, but Fairfield can still be a great atmosphere to experience sports. We are the ones who can make that happen and nobody understands that more than Hutchinson Williams.

For those of you unfamiliar with Hutch, he was a

Fairfield graduate in 2008 but more importantly, the face of Fairfield school spirit.

William’s presence was huge on campus and his effort to improve school spirit has always been a priority. Most students remember the face painted, wig wearing Hutch that yelled and screamed at all the Stags games, but now things are different.

He remains at Fairfield as a graduate assistant for Marketing Promotions and even though his job has become is a continuation of his work as a student, Hutch knows that being a student is a once in a life time thing.

“Don’t miss out,” he said. “I am still here but it’s different. The wig and face paint aren’t coming back anytime soon.”

The college years fly by so quick and there are so many opportunities during that time. Being an alumnus, Williams understands how special being a college fan is and his goal is to make sure everybody takes advantage of it.

The Athletic Department invests a lot of time on this issue and is doing things to bridge the gap between hesitant students and the games themselves. The first way to do that is to put a good product out there. Fairfield sports teams are increasingly improving each year and Williams believes this should be the main reason fans support their team.

“We offer a good product. You don’t realize the excellent opportunity you have to watch sports at this level until you are gone,” said Williams.

Outside of the teams themselves, the school is working hard to make the events more interactive for the fans.

The “StagCup” brings students right into the game. All eight residential areas on campus are represented. At halftime of each game, teams face each other to represent their hall and win prizes. This way, students can come watch the game and support their residents as well. That is just one of the many examples.

The overall goal is to build a stronger community.

Hutch, the sports teams, coaches and school officials can

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try a lot of things to get fans to games. Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of strong Stags fans out there and many more waiting to throw on the Cardinal red to support their school, but that decision ultimately depends on you.

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Hutch Williams throws his stags up at a basketball game.

Hutch works to promote school spirit at Fairfield.

We have four short years. Are we ever going to be like Florida, or Notre Dame, or UConn? The answer is no, but can we show our teams and our school that we have just as much heart and dedication in our 4,000 as those school have in their 50,000? Absolutely.

So as the basketball season and all the other sports roll in, and the Stags come out to battle, throw on your red and come down to the game. In the end, there is nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Don’t wait ‘til it’s too late. Join Stag Nation and make being a fan part of your college experience.

Or as Hutch Williams says: “This is a once in a lifetime chance. Go give it a shot.

Give it the old college try.”

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Former Fairfield Student Has a ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ Dream Job

By Julie Cleary Staff Writer

tions and loans. Loans come from artists or collectors.

Twenty years ago he was living in Jogues and going to Joe Jackson and Thompson Twins concerts on campus. Today, Craig Inciardi has one of the ultimate jobs that most music fans at Fairfield can only dream of: curator of the New York City annex of the Cleveland-based Rock And Roll Hall of Fame. The Mirror reporter Julie Cleary recently visited the HOF annex with her freshman cluster class, then talked to Inciardi about Fairfield and the future of music.

The Mirror: You have a job most Fairfield students would kill for. Briefly, how did you get it?

Craig Inciardi: I was recruited to work at an auction house and at that point I started to put together auctions with various types of memorabilia — rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia, sports memorabilia, antique toys. It was sort of a miscellaneous store but I had always been a music fan and a collector of ticket stubs, records, autographs ... It was sort of a hobby that became a profession. After three years at Sotheby’s, I was approached by one of their biggest customers, a gentleman named Seymour Stein, who was on the board of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and he helped mound the Hall of Fame.

TM: Do you actually decide whether a picture of, say, Jimi Hendrix is too expensive to buy for the museum? Or whether you already have enough memorabilia about Coldplay?

CI: We generally don’t purchase that much material that is at the museum; most of the artifacts are either donated or loaned ... We’re a non-profit so we rely on dona-

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Attendees at the recent opening of the John Lennon exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex.

TM: What is a typical day like?

CI: Well, it can vary. I might be working with a collector or artist trying to decide what types of artifacts they have that might best suit an exhibit that they are working on. I travel a little bit, often Contributed Photo to California or London to One of the galleries that is featured in the New York Annex of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. meet with a lot of artists. I am centered in New York; there CI: It did. I do a lot of writing in my work and I felt that I are a lot of people in New York, and record labels are centered got a lot of writing experience that was very practical. Since my in New York, often record labels archives and representatives job is very much in the liberal arts vein, it was a very practical of the record label. Also, looking at materials that were sent curriculum for me. I work in a museum and it presents work to Cleveland. Sometimes [it involves] more conceptual work about music and pop cultural and politics. with colleagues to decide what they are going to do with a new exhibit, what the parameters are going to be ..

TM: Prediction time: Name two relatively unknown bands who you think are so good that they may wind up in TM: The Hall of Fame is in Cleveland. Why did you open the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. an annex in NYC? CI: There’s lots of great bands that are just hitting the CI: The annex opened last year. The concept is a taste of charts now that we are working with but they won’t even be the museum. The museum is very large, over 125,000 square eligible to be inducted for a long time. To be inducted, you feet, and the annex is much smaller. The annex is very New have to have recorded at least 25 years prior to the year that you York centered whereas the museum is very broad. were inducted, so again there is a lot of new contemporary acts that I love who are not eligible but could still be included in the TM: Were you passionate about music when you were museums exhibits. I mean I could tell you right now somebody at Fairfield? Are there any artists who inspired you to have a who I really love is Duffy, but she is by no means undiscovered. career that is so focused on music and rock and roll?

She’s a British pop singer. But I am honestly not so connected CI: I was actually; I did some writing for The Mirror; I did to the underground music business. Undiscovered bands are some record reviews (not too many though), but I always went not necessarily my territory. to concerts. My friends and I and my future wife would often go to concerts either on campus, in New Haven, and we went to TM: Where did you live each year on campus?

Hartford and Manhattan. So I was always very passionate.

CI: Jogues for two years and then lived at the beach for two years. Off-campus at the beach.

TM: How did Fairfield help prepare you for this job?

CI: I was an English and Communications major and I TM: Name five songs you listened to recently on your had a communications class - the professor was very enthuiPod. siastic about people getting into the auctioning and arts and CI: antique collecting business. So I sort of took his lead. He sort of 1. Miles Davis — So What inspired me.

2. Abba — Mamma Mia 3. Rolling Stones — Jumpin’ Jack Flash TM: In hindsight, was taking 20 courses in the core use4. Radiohead — My Iron Lung ful for you as you change jobs and your career unfolds?

5. Amy Winehouse — Love is A Losing Game

‘Sainthood’ Doesn’t Live Up to Potential

By Mikaela Tierney Assistant News Editor

strung up with a heavier, more upbeat sound. There exists a strong contrast between the lyrics and the music, and by the end of the song, the combination of both makes sense.

I was confused by “On Directing,” a relatively simple tune on “SaintWhen I first started listening to Tegan and Sara’s new album “Sainthood.” It sounds like a good song, albeit a bit repetitive and monotonous hood,” I had high expectations — their past albums have featured a huge by the end, but it never seems to take off. The song could explode into a variety between the tracks, spanning different emotions and experiences huge medley of the twins’ intense vocals with equally intense backing with their unique sound and lyrics. The first sounds on the album were instrumentals, but it seems to be wary of really going anywhere. new and different from past songs on past albums, and I was excited to “Sentimental Tune,” as the title suggests, is the quiet and more emohear the rest of the highly-anticipated tracks. tional track on the album. Tegan and Sara poke fun at the requirement of I was disappointed. at least one “sentimental” song on every album, but their teasing results in It’s not that “Sainthood” is a bad album — not at all. It’s just not as a real hit. It’s one of the simplest songs on the album but definitely helps good as the previous albums the pair has created. In a sense, they set their to illustrate that sometimes the simple things really are the best. Their own standard too high, and “Sainthood” doesn’t quite reach expectations. second-to-last track on the album helps to save the album from being a At times, it seems as if they are trying too hard to fit into certain song total bust, and still sounds great even after a few plays on repeat. genres, yet at other times it sounds as if they are trying too hard to break Despite some problems with other aspects of the new album, the lyrics the conventional song molds. Some of the backbeats and synthesizers of “Sainthood” are just as good as always. This was the first album in a decade used in a few of the tracks don’t fit with the words being sung or the emoContributed Photo in which the two twins wrote the majority of the songs together: the result is tion attempting to shine through, and others are simply annoying. The Tegan and Sara switch gears in their sound, a success. Even if the music behind the words isn’t always perfect, the lyrics variety among the songs allows each listener to find at least a few tracks but the resulting album is disappointing. themselves capture the listener’s attention and tell a moving story, paint a that they enjoy, but also leaves room for disappointment with the rest. vivid image, or reveal a hidden emotion of the singers.

“Hell,” the duo’s first single off “Sainthood,” is a strong way to introduce the album. The Overall, “Sainthood” is a good album. But good is not what Tegan and Sara are truly sound is more mainstream, most likely a reason for releasing it as the single, but the feel of the capable of — they’re capable of creating amazing music. While some tracks are reminiscent song is perfect. You can’t listen to it without tapping along with the beat, and the chorus gets of their better past albums, many fall short of their potential. I give the pair some credit for stuck in your head as soon as you hear it the first time through. It’s catchy, it’s upbeat and it experimenting with new sounds and techniques, but I’m a fan of their classic hits — I want the makes the album sound good; I can see why it’s the single. old Tegan and Sara back.

Another unique track on the new album is “The Ocean.” It feels like a heartfelt ballad, but

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iPick

By Mikaela Tierney Associate News Editor Artist: Jason Mraz Song: Dynamo of Volition I love Jason Mraz. Mraz’s acoustic songs are definitely his best, but his latest album did a decent job in capturing his live sound on a studio track. “Dynamo” is a tonguetwister of a song with a chorus that you just feel the need to dance to. It is also currently my ringtone … (which explains why it takes me so long to answer my phone.)

Artist: The Hush Sound Song: Momentum Quite possibly one of my favorite songs of all time. It starts out slow, but just wait — it’s worth it.

Artist: Tristan Prettyman Song: War Out of Peace

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I love Tristan Prettyman’s music. Her songs make you feel like you’re listening to them on a beach, and her sound is impressively genuine. Her first album had perfect summer vibes of sun and surf and her second album has more of an energetic upbeat to its tracks. While I like her first album better, this song is my favorite mellow track off her second one.

Artist: Thriving Ivory Song: Runaway Artist: The Script Song: Talk You Down Maybe it’s because The Script is from Ireland that it isn’t a huge sensation in the U.S. yet, but it should be. I can’t think of one song on its entire album that I don’t like, and its sound varies immensely between tracks. My other favorites are “Breakeven” and “Fall For Anything” — great songs to work out to.

Artist: John Mayer Song: Heartbreak Warfare I’ve had Mayer’s latest single on repeat every since I first heard it. It’s a quiet song with a tune that can get stuck in your head for hours on end but you won’t even mind. His new album sounds like it’s going to be awesome — I can’t wait for it to drop Nov. 17.

Thriving Ivory are a relatively unknown band with a sound that eludes comparison to anyone else.

Its intense sound is paired with lead singer Clayton Stroope’s unexpected voice … it sounds weird at first, but it definitely grows on you and makes a perfect song to run to.

Theatre Fairfield’s ‘Machinal’ a Success

By Alexandra Hein Staff Writer

At the play’s close Helen is on trial for the murder of her husband, and is killed by an electric chair. She is the first woman Alexandra Burke and the cast and to have been executed this way and her crew of “Machinal” were given a roaring death is ironic to the plot of the play. Helen round of applause as the cast finished ultimately fought to get away from machines their final performance Sunday at the and structure her entire life, and the point Quick Center’s Wien Black Box Theatre. when she was finally beginning to become The show was sold out, with extra “somebody,” she was killed by a machine. patrons waiting outside of the theatre Michelle Onofrio ‘11 attended the play in hopes of tickets becoming available. and also had to read the play for a class she “Machinal,” written by Sophie Treadwell, is currently taking. is about a young feminist named Helen “I didn’t see any differences from the Jones, who is rarely referred by this name text and the play, but what I did like was in the play. Burke, who played this role Helen’s monologue. Seeing it in person was brilliantly, captured the essence of the much better than reading it. It was very well young woman’s struggle. Through her, the done,” Onofrio said. audience watched Helen as she battled Anne Nieuwenhuis ‘11 had similar for her independence. reviews.

Burdened with an aging mother “I love going to plays and I heard this (played by Kerry Davies), society’s expecwas a good play just to read. I really liked tations to marry and have children, and Burke’s acting,” Nieuwenhuis said. “She was bills to pay, Helen finds herself working very believable and very consistent. She did in a setting surrounded by machinery.

Photo by Sarah Iannarone a great job.”

She must also take the subway to work, a The Theatre Fairfield cast of “Machinal.”

The play was put on in collaboration transportation system she finds stifling. with Project Peg and was directed by Martha She marries her first suitor to escape her Newson’s character laughed and said, “you simply aren’t Schmoyer LoMonaco. The Scenic and Lightcurrent lifestyle. breathing well enough.” ing Designer was Karl Ruling, the Costume Designer was Adam Newson played Helen’s husband, the rich, sucHelen’s first feelings of identity came when she was Julie Leavitt, and the Sound Designer was Amanda Xeller. cessful, vice president of a company who does not attend having an affair with Richard Roe, played by Jeremy Shea.

Also playing important roles were Chloe Ainley, to his wife’s needs or wants. He successfully played out the Shea played the part of a smooth talking traveler, who Gabrielle Brygider, Michael Maio, Josh Matteo, Maury Yeattitude of a man during the 1920s, adding to a woman’s rebelled and fought for his freedom, and his character linne Mosquea, Joseph Perkowski, Pamela Perrimon, Nick feelings of oppression. For example, during a panic attack, showed Helen a side of living she had never seen.

Phillips, Joe Plouffe and Halimat T. Somotan.

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‘Suessical’ Brings Out the Kid in Everyone

By Meagan Flynn Staff Writer Oh, the things you can think!

The cast of “Seussical the Musical” lit up the stage at the Quick Center this past Sunday, reminding audience members both young and old of the power of imagination.

TheatreworksUSA’s production of “Seussical,” adapted from the Broadway version and shortened for younger audiences, is a combination of all of Dr. Suess’s best-loved characters and stories. The musical starts with JoJo, a young Who in Whoville, sitting in his room and thinking of wondrous things — an act discouraged by his strict parents. He thinks up the Cat in the Hat, who serves as the mischief maker and host into JoJo’s imaginary world. From the planet of Who, JoJo imagines the Jungle of Nool, where creatures such as Horton the Elephant, Mayzie La Bird, Gertrude McFuzz, Sour Kangaroo, and the playful Wickersham Brothers reside.

Trouble ensues when Horton discovers the planet of Who on a speck of dust and vows to protect his new tiny friends from the chaos of floating aimlessly through the universe. All but Gertrude McFuzz, Horton’s lovestruck but awkward and shy neighbor, think Horton is crazy. They attempt to destroy the dust speck and lock Horton away in an insane asylum.

Horton remains dedicated to saving the Whos, because, as he reminds us, “a person’s a person, no matter how small.”

The 12-person cast did Dr. Seuss justice. From the costumes to the choreography, one truly felt as though they were a kid again, entranced by one of Seuss’s books. The Wickersham Brothers, played by Michael T. Howell, Khalid Riviera and Clark Ausloos, moved and even laughed like mischievous monkeys. Horton, played by Nick Settimi, didn’t need a fake trunk to portray an elephant; he merely used his arm. And the one-feather tail of Ms. Gertrude Mcfuzz, played by Shaina Taub, was really an ugly sweater tied messily around her waist. All one had to do was use his imagination to see these actors transform into whimsical Whos and jungle creatures.

“Seussical” has many themes, including friendship, loyalty, love, imagination and dignity. Just as in Dr. Seuss’s books, the depth of the subject matter allows the musical to transcend the young age group towards which it is aimed. It was refreshing to break from studying and see this show, and be reminded of the things that really matter. Now, if I could only get those catchy Dr. Seuss rhymes out of my head.

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‘This Is It’ Pays Tribute to Michael Jackson

“This Is It” showcases Michael Jackson as we remember him.

By Deanna Mitchell Staff Writer While watching the late musical genius work hard on perfecting everything about the show, from correcting back-up dancers half his age, to setting the tempo for musicians who have played with him for years, it was difficult not to admire Michael Jackson for wanting to put on a fantastic show for his audience.

One would have expected the film to show a dried up old man with nothing else to offer, but director Kenny Ortega did a fine job of capturing a side of the late icon that the public has not seen in the media by portraying it in the footage filmed during Jackson’s final rehearsals before his death. The audience had the opportunity to see Jackson’s creative process in the works, and his dedication to his music is shown countless times when Jackson stops to correct others, or grows agitated with monitor malfunctions. However, it’s balanced with images of Jackson laughing and smiling with people, and even attempting a joke.

It was evident that Jackson had not lost his gift of song and dance, but it can be painful to watch the frail man practice his dance moves. They’re not as awe-striking as before, but there are moments that will remind you that he could certainly move. His need for perfection is seen the most here. It grows rather annoying at some points because you just want the man to dance through the entire song without feeling the need to mark where a musician should place a certain note, or to make sure his dancers are positioned correctly. Jackson

still had his unique vocals that blew his fans away years ago, even though his voice had grown older with him.

You might even catch yourself singing along to a number of pieces Jackson went over such as “Billie Jean,” “Smooth Criminal,” “I’ll Be There,” and so on.

Because he seems so sickly thin with his mutilated face, a sad shadow on what is to come shortly after the recordings brings a sense of grief. There are moments when the dancing almost seems painful, or Jackson looks so tired and worn. Yet, the fact that he keeps pushing it out for the sake of the show reminds you of his dedication to his music, and more importantly, his fans.

The commentary graciously given by his musicians, stage crew and dancers can come across as foreshadowing, which is kind of creepy being that Jackson’s death was taken as a surprise (and the film was initially for Jackson’s personal use), but they give a good look at what it was like working with him. One would think their responses were more or less staged or rehearsed, but the sincerity can be seen.

The film is a nicely-made tribute to the musical icon who stole the hearts of billions across the globe. It shows a deeper side of Jackson, a more serious and professional tone with the eccentric personality that he was known for having. It is a good film for loyal fans to adore, and for casual listeners to appreciate the raw footage where Jackson was able to be himself without worrying about the public getting a peek at it (or so he thought.)

As lovely as the film is, it will make you hate the fact that the man had to pass before he was able to perform what would have probably been one of his greatest shows.

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Everyone asks before entering college: what is my roommate going to be like? As we enter the halfway mark of the semester, we begin to form the answer.

With all the great technology we have today, you are able to get to know your new buddy or possible worst enemy before you even meet them. Therefore, the process of wondering if you’ll be living with someone like you or a person similar to Kyle in “Road Trip,” who just sits in the room playing Dungeons and Dragons, can end rapidly.

You could have the greatest roommate in the world or a complete dud.

Whether they are good or bad, there are always problems that arise.

The first is being sexiled.

It really sucks after a long night of boozing to come back to your room and have your roommate ask you to leave for about an hour because he’s about to get with a chick.

Honestly, though, there’s nothing worst than having a 19-year-old drunk kid stumbling around at three in the morning, trying to break into other rooms to find a place to crash. There’s nothing more awkward than waking up on your neighbor’s couch, whom you barely know.

The second problem that can come up is

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HE said / SHE said Knowing your roomie

the possibility that your roommate is always there. Sometimes it’s great just chilling out by yourself, playing some video games or watching the tube without being bugged to turn down the volume because he needs to study for a midterm tomorrow. Of course, I’ll turn it down, because you are too lazy to make the 10 minute walk to the library.

Guys, we all have needs - don’t fool yourself by saying you don’t. It sucks satisfying those needs based on your roommate’s schedule, but it could not be worse if he doesn’t follow the schedule and catches you mid-activity in the top bunk.

The last problem is his cleanliness. As guys we are known for many things, and being dirty is on top of the list. Trust me, just check out my living room after the weekend, it usually looks like an atomic bomb went off. But this is Fairfield, the home of the richy riches, and even if there are many typical guys here, there are also a lot of pretty boys like those in a Vineyard Vines catalog.

Most roommate disputes are arguments over one roommate being a slob. Mr. Clean and Pig Pen usually don’t work even together.

So whether or not you get a roommate who becomes one of your boys or not, just remember they are kind of like family; you can’t choose them for the most part, so just suck it up, it’s only for one year.

When guys think of girls living together, they like to picture lingerie, pillow fights, and slumber parties. In reality, it bears more resemblance to “Flavor of Love.”

Living with your friends can be great; they become your second family. But it’s not easy. The little things suddenly become taboo and awkward topics. I’ve heard some great stories over the past four years.

Sharing clothes is always an issue; especially when the outfit you lent your friend is still hanging in their closet two years later. And the littlest issue, like what is on TV, can be the cause of a blowout fight.

You never realize what weird habits people have until you live with them. Something as simple as getting ready for bed can be a process, or the noises they make in their sleep might keep you up all night. You probably wind up sexiled, or have your roommate leave their dirty tissues on your desk at least once.

The dedication of people on the crew team is amazing to me, but the dedication of their roommates is really admirable. Having a roommate that is up before the sun for practice, and being able to sleep through their morning routine of racket, is the work of a champion. Especially if they let the

Allyson Wuensch alarm go off and hit snooze a million times.

And please note: your roommates are not just your actual roommates, but your floor mates and housemates. So have some decency and don’t throw up in the hallway.

However it’s not all bad. I thought living with strangers in a forced triple freshman year would be the end of the world, but it worked out pretty well. I wound up finding roommates who shared my affinity for naps and ABC Family in the afternoon.

Entering the unknown lets you get to know people who you might not have been friends with otherwise.

When something is given the prefix of “Roomie” (roomie dinner, roomie naps, etc), it automatically makes it more entertaining and more exciting than it would have been otherwise.

I know people seriously love their roommates - but no matter how much you love your roommate, it’s just not appropriate to jump into your roommate’s bed without pants on.

Despite the horror stories, it’s always nice to have someone to come home to and share the stories of your day with; someone to make fun of you after a ‘stride of pride’ (it’ll catch on); someone to have the drunken munchies with and start a floor picnic; and someone to pick up the pieces when you’ve had the worst night ever.

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This Week in Sports The week that was in Fairfield Athletics

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Stags Interviewing Stags

Q&A with Senior Rob Gariano Baseball

by Tyler Wosleger ‘12, 1B/3B

He has been named to the All-MAAC first team twice, led the league is strikeouts, and played in the prestigious Cape Cod Collegiate Baseball league which showcases the top baseball players in the country each summer. Despite all of Gariano this, Fairfield pitcher Rob Gariano ’10 is unsure of his potential to be drafted by a professional team and is focusing on enjoying his senior year at Fairfield.

« The Mirror: What do you have to say to the scouts who say you’re too short to pitch professionally? « Rob Gariano: If you look back to the past couple years, some of the greatest pitchers weren’t any taller than 5 feet 10 inches and had very successful major league careers. I just tell scouts to give me the opportunity and I know they will not be disappointed.

Women’s Rugby Loses in Finals

Sophomore Alice Guglielmoni attempts to catch the ball in the final of the MET Women’s Rugby playoffs. The Lady Ruggers lost 20-14 against Hofstra to end the first undefeated season in team history.

« TM: What is your favorite memory from playing Little League or High School baseball? « RG: I’ll never forget when I was on the 10 year old all-star team for my little league and we won the entire tournament. I was pitching the final out of the championship game and after we won my catcher ran out to me and everyone piled on the pitchers mound. It was so great because it was with all of my best friends and nothing will take that away from us.

Introducing...

Freshman Paul Bimmler Swimming & Diving

« TM: What are the biggest challenges on and off the field? « RG: Keeping my grades up is always a concern for me. It’s always important to balance your time accordingly and I think after 3 years at Fairfield I’ve figured it out pretty well. As for on the field, my biggest challenge is to help my team reach its full potential. « TM: Describe the experience you had this summer playing in Cape Cod with some of the nation’s elite players. « RG: Playing in the Cape Cod League this summer was one of the best experiences of my entire life. I was surrounded by some of the greatest college baseball players in the country and I learned so much from them and the coaching staff. At first, I only had a temporary contract, which means I could have been released from the team at any time due to full contract players coming from their respective college baseball seasons. I performed well in my first couple appearances and I was offered a full-time contract, which was a huge accomplishment for me.

Go to www.fairfieldmirror.com for a longer interview.

earned seven varsity letters and set 12 league records at Austin Prep while helping the Cougars Bimmler to six Catholic League titles. After winning two Mass. Division II State Championships in 50 and 100 free, he was named the 2009 Swimmer of the Year by the Boston Globe. He was named the team MVP his final three season while also playing baseball and football. « College: Bimmler has been an integral part of the Stags season

during which the men have gone 2-2 in head-to-head matches and came in fourth place at the Husky Invite. « The Props: Last Saturday, the men were narrowly edged by Provi-

dence, 154-146, but Bimmler continued his stellar debut, capturing three events and breaking his own program records in two of them, the 50 free and the 100 free with times of 24.53 and 55 seconds respectively. He also anchored the record-setting 200 medley relay.

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A Whale of A Tale: One Hartfordian’s bout with protestors, alcoholism, and hockey deprivation 10 years later.

“Milkshake,” complete with dance. You can see it through the skylight above our shower for any curious ladies out there.

Trying to guess that ass on Barstool Sports while sitting in The Mirror office.

The lap dance freshman year in Dan Akeson’s basement. I was young. It was college. I was curious.

Ben Doody. We just go off into our own world when we talk ... or touch. He just understands me.

Seeing that champagne sitting on ice with no reaKeith Connors General Manager son to pop it. I like to pop it. And I haven’t popped it in a long while ...

Joining the Fairfield swim team. You don’t understand. I could have been a contender. A Somebody.

Instead of a bum.

If it’s me, I’m going Chase Utley. 100 percent of the time. He’s a power-hitting second baseman — do you know how rare that is?

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Being sober.

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That game of Twister on Halloween night. Right foot green!

Cal Ripken Jr. Just so I could look into those bright eyes and make everything right in the world. Sigh.

Hi, My Name is Mike Timlin and this is My Friend Phil Coke: The story of a confused man who wished he was a relief pitcher.

A toss-up: a) the Simmons Soul Train: A line dance through life, or b) Southern Comfort and the Human Response.

Billie Jean. I just love Michael so much. I miss him.

A lot. I really do. I also cry when I sing and sing when I cry. It’s a horrible cycle.

You’d think R. Kelly. But let me paint this picture for you, ladies: a lit Yankee Candle, some soap suds, and “Unchained Melody.” Magic, anyone?

Women’s volleyball

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Pittenger to Push Stags to Finish Line

By Keith Connors General Manager Nine straight wins. A secure place atop the conference standings. An impressive 3-1 win merely 48 hours earlier. All signs pointed to head coach Alija Pittenger being overly pleased with her team prior to Tuesday afternoon.

But if history has taught this program anything lately, it’s that complacency kills, and a strong regular season means nothing come November.

As such, Pittenger stressed that, despite recent success and the team’s 3-1 victory over Manhattan this Sunday, the Stags still have miles to go before they can consider themselves the conference’s premier squad.

“Overall, I don’t think we really competed as well as we could have this week,” Pittenger said. “I think a lot of that is why we lost to Siena (on Saturday night). I think we really need to work harder.”

Much of Pittenger’s conclusion stems from the team’s disappointing 3-1 setback to Siena, the team’s big-

gest Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) rival, on Saturday night in Albany.

Siena entered the game losers of seven of their previous eleven games. Conversely, the Stags rode a nine-game win streak, which tied a program best, and appeared as if they were playing the were peaking at just the right time.

But Siena, which desperately needed to assert itself in arguably its most important match of the season, played with an added sense of urgency and made an early statement.

The Saints stole the first set, 26-24, and then cruised to a 25-18 win in the second set to take a demanding lead in the match. From there, they never looked back.

“It’s hard to give an explanation, really,” Pittenger said. “We thought we’d show up and come to work for every point. But, in this league and against a team like Siena, if you’re not working hard and trying to earn every little thing... You’ve got to be prepared.”

To the team’s credit, the Stags bounced back with a convincing 3-1 win over

Men’s Lacrosse

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Copelan Prepares for Tough 2009 Schedule and New ECAC

By Keith Connors General Manager

Peter Caty/The Mirror Senior Katie Mann will look to finish out her final season strong.

Manhattan. Not only did the team show resiliency after dropping the first set to the Jaspers, but they also received an added boost from senior Katie Mann.

Mann, who finished with a game-high 18 kills, surpassed Lindsay Lee for third place on the program’s all-time kills list.

Still, with a muchimproved MAAC and their biggest games still to come, Pittenger is far from satisfied with a 15-11 start.

“We’ve got a tough

schedule ahead of us,” Pittenger said. “We go down to Loyola for a very difficult game, and then come back a day later to play a tough St. Peter’s team that can have a really good day. We don’t have much room to breathe.

But we just have to go out and work. (We have) a lot of tough practices ahead of us... a lot of hard work.

“We have to want it as bad as anyone else in this league. We’ll show we want it as bad as they do,” Pittenger added.

Just seven months ago, only a day or two after the team’s final game of the season, men’s lacrosse head coach Andy Copelan made a bold prediction.

“We lose a few big names (Penn State, Georgetown), but I really do feel that, with this realignment, this conference will be even better and much improved.”

Copelan’s words are looking more and more prophetic. Yesterday, Fairfield released the team’s 2010 regular-season schedule.

This year’s slate boasts a myriad of impressive out-of-conference game, coupled with a revamped conference that includes Ohio State, Quinnipiac, Denver, and Air Force.

“Our 2010 schedule poses some real Copelan challenges and some real opportunities,” said Copelan in a recent press release. “We’ve added three non conference opponents who were in the NCAA tournament last year...and at least one of our games will be on national television.”

That televised game comes on April 24 against new ECAC opponent Denver, which finished 7-8 a season ago and concluded the season one spot behind the Stags in the LaxPower rankings. The game, which will be played in Hartford, Conn. at Rentschler Field, will be televised nationwide on ESPNU. Fairfield will face its toughest tasks in the out of conference schedule. The Stags will travel to Villanova, the No. 18 team in the country last year and a week later to Notre Dame for a neutral site game in Texas.

Another notable out-of-conference game comes on May 1, when the Stags travel to Maryland to play the Terps, one of the nation’s premier lacrosse powerhouses. Copelan was an assistant at Maryland before coming to Fairfield.

Aside from the high profile out-of-conference games, Copelan is thrilled that the realigned ECAC give Fairfield the opportunity to play in some of lacrosse’s emerging markets.

Men’s Soccer

Uy and Seniors to be Honored on Senior Day Sunday Continued from page 20 out from students and fans can help motivate his team.

“The crowd at Lessing Field has a reputation within our league for being vocal,” Rees said. “It is a huge advantage to be supported during competition and I think we have the best support in the MAAC. The students give our guys a big boost and can unsettle Peter Caty/The Mirror our opponent.”

Christian Uy ‘10 will finish his Fairfield career on Sunday along with four other seniors.

On Sunday, Fairfield will We will miss their soccer talent but more so celebrate its senior day and face Canisius we will miss the their presence and personali(5-10-2, 4-3 MAAC). Four Stags will play their ty. All three have been a credit to our program final regular season home games at Lessand the University,” said Rees. know all three ing Field: forward Christian Uy, midfielder will be trying their best to win another MAAC Kwadwo Asante, defender Charlie Grover and Championship to make it three in four years. goalkeeper Matt Cleveland. Uy has two goals Kojo [Asante], Matt and Chris have left their and eight points this season and has 16 career mark on our program and we are all very goals, sixth most in school history. Asante has grateful for their hard work and dedication.” made eight appearances this season, with Rees hopes that the Stags can make a two assists. Cleveland has come on in relief of similar run as last year.

O’Keeffe twice this year. While Uy has had the “I have really enjoyed working with the most prolific career at Fairfield, Rees said the team this season,” he said. “It is a tight knit other seniors have also played in an imporsquad. Assistant Coaches Phil Murray and tant role.

Justin Burse have done a great job behind As a class, the four seniors have won a the scenes in training and scouting oppoMAAC Regular Season title, two MAAC Cham- nents. I would be delighted to see our group pionships and made two trips to the NCAA reach the playoffs and give us a shot at a tournament. championship.”

“It will be sad to see the Seniors move on.

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Men’s Soccer Fights Forward in MAAC

By Tom Cleary Editor in Chief

With two regular season games remaining, the men’s soccer team is facing a crucial weekend. The Stags are currently 4-1-2 in the MAAC, putting them in third place, and will play Niagara, the fourth seed team on Friday night. With a victory, the Stags will all but clinch a spot in the four-team MAAC tournament, which will be played from Nov. 13-15 at Fairfield.

This past weekend, Fairfield moved closer to sealing a spot in the tournament it will host by defeating Rider 5-0 and tying Loyola 0-0, both on the road. The Stags have now outscored opponents 13-1 over their past four games. Freshman goalkeeper Michael O’Keeffe did not allow a goal in 155 minutes of work this weekend, making 10 saves and earning the Co-MAAC Rookie of the Week Award, the second time he has won it this season.

“The team is playing with confidence and purpose,” Head Coach Carl Rees said. “Defensively, we have been solid. Our collective defensive shape has been good and our individual defending has improved as the season has progressed. This has provided a platform for us to attack. We are getting great service from the wide areas and Jack Burridge and Eric “the wardrobe” Ilisije have been finishing chances well.”

The four-game winning streak and dominant late-season performance brings back memories of last season’s three-game run, during which the Stags outscored opponents 10-0 en route to a surprise playoff berth and eventual MAAC championship. But Rees said that it is too early to compare the two squads.

“Our goal is to improve throughout the year so it makes sense that we should be playing our best soccer at this time,” Rees said. “We went on a good run at this point last season but comparisons to that team would be premature. We still have to clinch a spot in the playoffs.”

On Friday, the Stags defeated Rider (4-11, 1-6 MAAC) in Lawrenceville, N.J. 5-1. Ilisije (in photo above) scored two goals, with Jack Burridge, Nuno Rodrigues and Shane Kurtz each also providing a goal. On Sunday, Fairfield traveled down to Loyola (8-6-3, 5-0-2 MAAC) and shut down the Greyhounds through two overtimes for an important tie.

After the weekend, the Stags are averaging 5.07 goals per game, the most in the MAAC and O’Keeffe has a 1.14 goals against average, the fourth best in the conference.

This weekend Fairfield will face Niagara (6-8-2, 4-2-1 MAAC) on Friday night at Lessing Field. A victory would all but clinch a spot in the tournament and Rees hopes a strong turn-

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Women’s Soccer Falls to Niagara in MAAC Quarterfinals

By Chris Simmons Managing Editor

One week after beating Niagara 2-0 on the final weekend of the regular season, the No. 3 seeded women's soccer team fell 2-1 in the MAAC quarterfinals to the No. 6 seeded Purple Eagles. The Stags ended the season 9-9-3 overall.

Head coach Jim O'Brien did not think that having played NiO’Brien agara so quickly was an advantage or disadvantage.

"I don't think so, the weather was significantly different," said O'Brien. "The first game was different with rain and temperatures barely above freezing; we got a few goals and then just grinded it out from there. The weather in Florida was much nicer."

O'Brien also said that Niagara appeared to simply go through the motions in the first game. In the quarterfinal loss, the Purple Eagles scored two goals in a span of 5:30 during the first half. The first goal was scored at 25:29 and the second at 30:59. The Stags' only goal was scored at the 80:38 mark in the second half when sophomore Jasmin Corniel passed the ball through two defenders to senior Adrienne Boyer who knocked it in the back of the net.

"We were fortunate to have come out only allowing two goals," said O'Brien. "We were disorganized defensively. We looked like we did in the beginning of the season. We had improved, but we weren't as focused and we paid for it."

The defense had struggled early in the season against some tough competition and dealing with adjusting to losing two key seniors from last year's backfield. Sophomore Alyssa Decker was the only returning member.

The Stags also had to deal with injuries to several key players throughout the season with seniors Chrissie Sidie and Casey Frobey missing significant time along with freshman Lauren Reilly.

"With those players sustaining injuries, it was disappointing," said O'Brien. "Casey Frobey will apply for a medical redshirt, so that tempers her season. But with Chrissie, Adrienne and (senior) Bridget (Nerich); they've all contributed significantly to our program in a variety of ways. So it was disappointing the way the season ended for them."

But next year the Stags return much of their young talent and will try to capitalize on the experience they've gained this season. Junior Nicole Cavallaro will return for her senior season after being named the MAAC Preseason Player of the Year the past two seasons, but also dealing with injuries in each.

Leading scorer Corniel will also be back after recording 10 goals and five assists this season. They Peter Caty/The Mirror headline an attack that emphasizes speed and skill Spenser Allaway ‘12 battles for the ball in a game against Marist. along with sophomore Spencer Allaway and freshman Lauren Reilly.

Sidie, Allaway, senior Lisa Haylon and sophomores Kaitlin Allaway, Corniel and Decker were all named to the AllDenis, Bri Miller, Brittnay Putnam and Jackie Taylor.

MAAC First Team. Boyer, Cavallaro and sophomore goalie "We lose some key contributing players, but we return Kelly Boudreau were all named to the All-MAAC Second 21 sophomores and freshman along with the addition of Team. Freshman Rachel Madasci was named to the All-MAAC Frobey and Cavallaro coming back for her senior season," Rookie Team. Named to the All-MAAC Academic Team were said O'Brien. "We'll be strong players next season."

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