FREE | Take one Week of September 28, 2011 | Vol. 37, Iss 4
The
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The Independent Student Newspaper of Fairfield University
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Introducing Fairfield University’s Fall Concert Artists The Reflection of Fairfield
By Mikaela Tierney Editor-In-Chief
It’s official – the FUSA fall concert on October 28 will feature headliner Far East Movement, supported by opening acts Hoodie Allen and The Hood Internet. Scheduled to go on sale on October 11 at 11 a.m, tickets will cost $35 until October 24, when ticket sales will become available to the public and prices will increase to $45. The concert was announced during the WVOF Fall Concert Announcement show hosted by Kevin Tellie ‘12, WVOF station manager, and Ivey Speight ‘12, WVOF Sports Director. “It was a great turnout, we really liked that people came – we wanted them to have fun!” Speight noted after the event. “It really pumped them up for the concert.” Special guests Rob Goger ’14 and Michael Leavitt ’12, both from FUSA, offered some insight into the process of choosing the performers. “It’s
extremely difficult - You’ve got to get in touch with people’s agents…figure out the budget, what students want to have [as a] kind of genre, what the school can host that fits their values,” Goger explained. About 150 people attended the announcement show in the Lower Level of the Barone Campus Center. Initially, people at the event were excited by the free food provided by Garden Catering and Robek’s, but some got annoyed when they had to wait through a half hour of music and talking for the actual performer announcement. Student reactions to the final announcement of the concert performers were mixed. “I’ve never gone [to the fall concert] and this concert doesn’t excite me enough to change that,” said
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The Hood Internet (Upper Left), Hoodie Allen (Right) and Far East Movement (Bottom)
Fairfield Students Learn How to Date Kerry Cronin, a philosophy professor at B.C., spoke on Monday and said Fairfield U. students have been “excelling” at the hook-up culture . By Maggie Andrew Contributing Writer
would unabashedly pose personal questions to her students to find out the truth about the inner workings Fairfield is on the list… again. of modern college relationships. While Fairfield was recently Shocked by the conclusions, she added to the ranks of prestigious introduced an unusual assignment Universities by the U.S. News and to combat the deterioration of legitiReview’s 2012 edition of “America’s mate relationships. Best Colleges” for the Best Regional Cronin challenged her Universities in the Northeast, Kerry students to ask someone out on a Cronin has a special place for our level one date and the mandatory school on her own personal face-to-face invitation was list. only the beginning of the Cronin, a philosoculture shock experienced phy professor at Boston by her philosophy seminar College, spoke in front class. of a packed audience on The “target,” as one Monday night about the student described the current “hook-up culture,” intended victim of her dating, and the categories philosophy project, needs of hook-ups that she atto know the nature of the tributes especially to Fairdate. The student also has field students, who she to invite someone he or says have been “excelling” she has a genuine interest in this particular variation in, but should not spend of college relationships. Contributed Photo more than 90 minutes A hook-up is a Kerry Cronin speaking in 2010 at Boston College. on this “reconnaissance physical or social interacmission.” Cronin believes tion with no perceived an hour and a half provides emotional connection or expectation rial fed to them by their professors. just enough time to gather inforof a follow-up, according to Cronin. In order for the students to take their mation and make a decision if the She classifies college students into Jesuit education seriously, she would relationship is worth pursuing. three categories: the pseudo-married need to figure out how to incorporate This manner of courtship can couples, those who opt out and, of Plato and Aristotle into their lives be difficult to initiate in the pervacourse, those who hook-up. outside the classroom. sive hook-up culture of colleges, During Cronin’s previous three Eight years of research on this providing a definite challenge to visits to campus, Fairfield students topic provided the background Cronin’s students at Boston College. volunteered different classificainformation necessary to undertake Aileen Monahan ’14 says, “Level tions of those who participate in the blending of philosophy with the hook-up culture, including the the students’ social lives, and she Continued| page 5
Index Opinion • Page 7 The Vine • Page 9 Coffee Break • Page 16 Sports • Page 20
categories of the revenge, rebound, bored and now-or-never hook-ups. Cronin first realized that she needed to connect with her students beyond the typical philosophy curriculum at the advice of a Jesuit 15 years ago. He helped her to understand that the students’ real learning occurs in residential halls and cafeterias and involves their friendships and relationships, not just the mate-
OPINION: Textbook price problems p.7
Signs of Student Money By alicia bissonnette Contributing Writer
When walking on Fairfield’s campus this semester, one might notice a different sight. Over the summer, signs with red backgrounds and white lettering were erected to label the buildings on campus. These signs, which are part of Fairfield’s beautification process that is taking place over the course of the next several years, have sparked some mighty rumors. One rumor is that the signs cost $3,800 per sign, and the other is that the color scheme of the signs is incorrect. However, upon closer investigation, both rumors proved to be wrong. In the exchange of emails from Dr. Mark Reed, the Vice President of Administration and Student Affairs at Fairfield University, it was discovered that neither was the case. Although he was unable to disclose the actual amount spent on the signs, he reported that the cost was not $3,800. The signs, Reed also not-
ed, are the color they were designed to be since the idea’s creation. The beautification project on the campus has been in the budgets and master plan for four to five years. At this point, “it was a multiyear and multi-phase plan which we have been implementing ever since. The Quad, as an example, was the largest component to be completed thus far, but there have been others – such as the Village this past summer, select parking lots and additional sidewalks, and other examples,” said Reed. Although he cannot disclose actual prices, he noted that the prices seem more daunting than they actually are when worked into the budget. For example, when there were new doors put in around campus, Reed noted they were a sixfigure number, but claimed that this was the norm. He notes: “It’s a big campus! [It’s] safe to say that when all is completed, the total cost for this will also be in that cost range.” There has been some confusion
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Danica Ceballos/Associate News Editor
This sign lists the other departments that can be found within the building
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