FREE | Take one Week of October 26, 2011 | Vol. 37, Iss 4
News: Manned Down? Engineering Helicopter Show P.3
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The Reflection of Fairfield
“Be a Part of the Puzzle Inside the Puzzle” Don’t Let the
Bed Bugs Bite By Danica Ceballos Associate News Editor
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OPINION: All the Tricks Without the Treats P.8
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Get to Know the Artists P.10
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As part of the Ignatian Heritage Week, a new statue of St. Ignatius was build in front of Egan Chapel. This statue is of two identical images, made from the same cast, depicting St. Ignatius doing a spiritual reflection.
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Index Opinion • Page 7 The Vine • Page 9 Coffee Break • Page 16 Sports • Page 20
“Good night, sleep tight. Don’t let the bedbugs bite!” While many children are familiar with this catchy rhyme, many do not know that bedbugs do exist…. even on college campuses. Recently, due to one student’s experience with bedbugs at Fairfield University, there was a rumor that there was an outbreak in freshman dorms Jogues Hall and Gonzaga Hall; however, the director of Residence Life said that in this isolated case, the bedbugs were brought into the dorms by an outside source “We currently work with an outside exterminating company to address any and all concerns of bedbugs,” explained Charlie Sousa, associate director of Residence Life. “To date there has been one isolated issue of bedbugs on campus, so this is not an epidemic or an outbreak.” Besides Sousa, no other representatives from ResLife, including Area Coordinators and Resident Assistants, would comment on this incident. According to Sousa, Facilities Management and ABM were involved in working with the student affected in this case in exterminating the bedbugs. It was immediately addressed and is said to have only affected one room. Because some students were skeptical of bedbugs in their rooms, ResLife said that they sent exterminators to check each room that filed a complaint. According to Sousa, with the exception of this one case, there have been no further discoveries of bedbugs. The Fairfield student involved asked to remain anonymous and
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Can You Create a Masterpiece in 10 Minutes? By Martin O’Sullivan Opinion Editor
SPORTS: Instant Classic P.20
The Independent Student Newspaper of Fairfield University
It took Da Vinci almost four years to complete the Mona Lisa. For David Garibaldi, painting a portrait double the size takes less than 10 minutes. Garibaldi, a performance painter, showed the speed of his ability on Oct. 24 at Fairfield University’s Quick Center. He performed his original stage act entitled“Rhythm and Hue,”in which he rapidly paints celebrity portraits in rhythmic harmony with popular songs. With the help of an onstage DJ and drummer, the performance began with a remix of songs by The Beatles. Within seconds, Garibaldi began chaotically stroking paint on his black canvas, throwing each brush before dunking another into a paint can. Within six minutes, one could fully understand the meaning of the name “Rhythm and Hue.” What
began as a mess of color magically took shape as a 6’ x 5’ portrait of The Beatles’ John Lennon. In a mid-performance speech, Garibaldi described the message of his work, which is that a person’s passion holds unlimited potential. He explained to the audience the importance of pursuing one’s dreams and how this pursuit can change the world, citing the philanthropic work of Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg. “It’s how we begin to use this passion as a platform, when we apply this purpose behind it that we see the world change,” said Garibaldi. Seconds later, Aerosmith’s “Dream On” began playing as Garibaldi started throwing paints and brushes. After only seven minutes, the audience was looking at a portrait of a man who changed the world by saying that he had a dream - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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One of David Garibaldi’s many paintings, this depicts Albert Einstein.
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