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Four Students in Haiti Okay; Fairfield to Lend Help By Lily Norton Executive Editor
Anne-sophie Janvier, and Lisa Haylon ‘10, were contacted through a variety of means. Professor Gisela Gil-Egui was the first who was able to make contact with any of the students, with LeGros through Facebook. Four Fairfield students who were in Haiti when the “I was able to connect with the other three through 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Tuesday are safe, according information supplied to me by a friend of theirs who to the University. lives in the United States,” said Dean of Students Tom The students, Francesca LeGros ‘10, Tara Buteau ‘10, Pellegrino. The students are focusing on getting a flight back to the United States from the Santiago airport in the Dominican Republic, according to Pellegrino. There were no service trips or other University-related activities to Haiti at the time of the earthquake, although Haiti is one of the most common destinations for service trips through campus ministry. Contact was made with the students mainly through e-mail, and University representatives have had communication with the students’ families as well. Some alumni of the University reside or work in Haiti, including several Fairfield students and family members Photo Illustration by Peter Caty of the students and staff in Haiti. Fairfield students and University members are doing all they can in order to “We will continue to do all that we help in the Haiti relief efforts. A Facebook group called ‘Fairfield For Haiti’ was can to inquire about the well-being of created last week by students who wanted to band together and brainstorm any other members of our community,” ideas to raise money for the Haitian people. A forum is planned for Wednesday said President Jeffrey von Arx in a Uninight for all Fairfield students and organizations, according to the group. versity message.
“There are of course others in our community (students, faculty and staff ) who were not present but who have family and friends there,” Pellegrino added. “There is still much we do not know,” he said. Students are already responding to the crisis. The Fairfield for Haiti group will be holding a forum on Wednesday, Jan. 20, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. to develop ideas for fund-raising. The location is to be announced. John Sullivan ‘13, who is part of the group and has worked in the Hopital Sacre Coeur, a hospital that provides free health care to everyone in Milot, Haiti, hopes that Fairfield will nside page step up to the plate to help Haitians. Rebuilding Haiti the “Now, from what Right Way I’ve heard from my contacts in Haiti is that the hospital is flooded with people. They’ve set up tents outside to assist people and are doing the best they can to help everybody,” he said. “Fairfield needs to help Hopital Sacre Coeur and the rest of Haiti out during this time.” Melissa Quan, Director of Service Learning at Fairfield, will be coordinating efforts with the Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network (JUHAN) to decide how Fairfield can respond to the crisis, short-term and long-term. “Specific to the crises in Haiti, the JUHAN student leadership team will be meeting this afternoon to begin
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Kat DeLuna added to FUSA Concert By Michelle Morrison Online Managing Editor
to Fairfield. One of her backup dancers, Brian Herman, is a Fairfield senior. Tickets, which will cost The mystery is revealed: $30 for students and Kat DeLuna, the $40 for the public, will singer best known go on sale Feb. 1. for her goldStudents can buy certified single one student-price “Whine Up,” will ticket per person, be the third act of per StagCard and an the FUSA spring unlimited number of concert. tickets at the public FUSA received price. final word that According to DeLuna accepted Mann, FUSA has gottheir bid at the end ten a very upbeat reof December, after sponse from students students had gone looking forward to the home for winter concert. break. “Students have “It was kind been really positive of like an early Contributed Photo about all three,” she Christmas present,” FUSA recently announced that Kat Deluna will said. “To get three said Melissa Mann be the third act in this year’s concert. strong acts like that ’10. Mann is the is awesome and I’m excited can be described as a mixture director of concerts for FUSA about that.” of techno, reggae, rock and as well as the entertainment Since her hit single pop, fits well alongside Kingseditor of The Mirror. “Whine up” in 2008, DeLuna ton’s smooth sound. DeLuna will join reggaehas released more singles “I think she’ll be a good fusion singer Sean Kingston including “Unstoppable” tie-in with Sean Kingston at and pop-rock band Eve 6 on featuring Lil’ Wayne and the same time,” said Mann. Feb. 20 in Alumni Hall. “She will help keep the energy the bilingual song “Dance With DeLuna on the bill, Bailalo.” up.” this concert will be Fairfield’s DeLuna has a unique tie first with a female performer. “We are doing something different this year and she helps fit that bill,” said Mann. DeLuna’s music, which
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