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THE MIRROR Independent student newspaper

Week of September 28, 2016

@FairfieldMirror

Vol. 42 Iss. 4

$ave Dat Date: Lil Dicky to Headline Concert

David Burd, a white Jewish rapper from Philadelphia, is set to take the stage in Alumni Hall on Oct. 14. The University of Richmond business graduate began professionally rapping after leaving his job as an account manager at an ad agency in San Francisco.

Fifty-four students were polled

Sixty-nine students were polled

Creative Commons/Flickr.com Illustration designed using Piktochart by Jesse Erickson Information provided by Billboard.com and GQ.com. The polls above were conducted by The Mirror. Pictured above is Lil Dicky, who will be performing at this year’s FUSA Fall Concert.

By Jesse Erickson Editor-in-Chief By Elizabeth O’Hara Contributing Writer The wait is over and Lil Dicky was announced as the 2016 Fall Concert and Red Sea Madness performer. As stated by GQ magazine, who interviewed Lil Dicky last September, Lil Dicky “markets himself as a sort of everyday man … who raps about being white, getting too high and the insecurities

of meeting a new girl’s ex-boyfriend.” His most recent hit “$ave Dat Money” peaked at No. 71 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Hits and the video has gone viral with more than 55 million views. This past summer, he was announced to be a part of the 2016 XXL Freshman Class, a highly regarded hip hop magazine. Now, before he embarks on his tour, he will be making a stop at Fairfield. For the first time, Fairfield University Student Association will be combining its fall concert event with Red Sea Madness, an event sponsored by

Fairfield Athletics and Stags in the Stands. “Red Sea Madness is a long standing tradition at Fairfield U, just like the FUSA Fall Concert,” said FUSA’s Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Nina Poosikian ‘17. “Many other universities tie together their basketball opening ceremony with a concert and people love it, so we thought we’d give it a try at Fairfield.” However, some students believe that the change is an attempt from the University to combat drinking before the Fall Concert.

“I think combining the events is going to be hard because it is going to deter a lot of the upperclassmen from attending both,” said Ben Bayers ‘17. “I think that it’s a good effort to stop students from drinking and doing drugs before the concert, which I’m sure is part of the deal, because it is enough time before the concert that kids won’t be getting transported.” However, FUSA denied the speculation. Poosikian said that “the attendance at Read Fall on Page 

O’Rourke Talks 2016 Presidential Elections By Deanna Carbone Contributing Writer

Creative Commons/Wikipedia.org P.J. O’Rourke spoke at this year’s first Open Visions Forum.

In accordance with the upcoming elections, the first speaker in the Open Visions Forum series at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts was a political satirist. The speaker, P.J. O’Rourke, provided insights on the campaign and the various issues plaguing the nation. He introduced himself to the audience as a “political satirist in a campaign that’s self-satirizing.” O’Rourke is a conservative-libertarian who is the best-selling author of 16 books, including “Thrown Under the Omnibus.” He is a political journalist

who writes for a weekly column at The Daily Beast called “Up to a Point.” He discussed his own personal views on the election, endorsing Hillary Clinton as the “second worst thing that could happen to America.” “I’ll vote for Hillary, but she’s wrong about everything. At least you know what you’re going to get with her.” Sophomore Sabrina Musto agreed with O’Rourke’s sentiments about the presidential election. “He honestly spoke my mind when he said we have to choose between the lesser of two evils. That’s honestly how I’ve felt for months,” she said. O’Rourke discussed how Donald

Trump has the power to ruin the Grand Old Party. He believes that Trump is a wild card and that there is no way of knowing what damage he is capable of if he steps into the oval office. He talked about how likeable and qualified Ohio Senator, John Kasich is, but according to O’Rourke, the “GOP isn’t in the mood for a competent and experienced Republican in office.” Students responded to his humor positively. Sophomore Hayley Falls felt that she learned a lot from his presentation. “I think the entertainment aspect Read Open on Page 