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The women’s Soccer team showed off their moves during the Student- Athlete Talent Show and placed second to the women’s Volleyball team. By Laura O’Reilly Managing Editor Fairfield University studentathletes traded the field for the stage during the Third Annual Student-Athlete Talent Show held last Saturday at Alumni Hall. The event, run by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), raised money for a one-yearold boy diagnosed with a very rare genetic disorder. Finnegan Straub was born on Sept. 6, 2011, and within several months he was diagnosed with MicCap Syndrome. Signs and symptoms
of Mic-Cap Syndrome include uncontrolled seizures, small head and brain size, blindness, deafness and impaired neurological capacity. He is only the tenth case in the world that has been identified with this disorder. Many of Fairfield University’s athletic teams came together to perform 15 different acts, all vying to walk away with this year’s trophy and the title of the team with the most talent. Senior Michael O’Keefe and Will Hollingsworth ‘14 co-hosted the event. A donation of $3 at the door went to helping Finnegan find treatment for
his seizures and his other medical expenses. Students and student-athletes cheered on the performers of the night, whose acts included many types of entertainment, such as lipsynching, dancing and comedic skits – all showing that they are not just athletic, but creative as well. The men’s Baseball team were up first, performing the “Get Your Head in the Game� scene from Disney’s “High School Musical.� They wore Fairfield Basketball jerseys and showed off some Globetrotters moves.
The Softball team had no time for bronchitis with their rendition of YouTube sensation Sweet Brown’s viral video of her response to a fire in her home. Women’s Soccer also performed their own take on the Macklemore and Ryan Lewis song “Thrift Shop.� The second half of their act took audience members back to the Summer Olympics with a synchronized swimming skit to the tune of an Italian opera. The Volleyball team awed the crowd with their unique puppeteer dance routine. The Volleyball players
were the puppets themselves, dancing to such famous tracks as “Kung Fu Fighting,� “Soldier Boy� and “Teach Me How to Dougie.� Junior Katelyn Parisi said that the Volleyball team’s act was her favorite. “It was nice to see that they cared enough about the event to put that kind of energy into it,� she said. “It seemed like they took a lot of time and effort to put that together and I think that’s what the audience appreciated the most.� Irish step dancing was featured in numerous acts in this year’s tal-
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THE MIRROR Staff Report After multiple operating schedule changes last year, the Stag, Einstein’s Bagels, and even the Main Dining Room have finally attained new hours at the students’ discretion. Starting this semester, the Barone Main Dining Room will be open until 8 p.m., with a continental breakfast starting at 8 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. The hours of the Stag Snack Bar and Einstein’s have also changed. Einstein’s will now be open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., while the
Stag hours run between 11 a.m. and 10 p.m. every day, except on Thursday when it will remain open until midnight. As a result of the new hours, students will be able to eat a substantial breakfast on the weekends, grab a coffee before their 8:00 a.m. class at Einstein’s, and have a hot dinner until 8:00 p.m. in Barone. Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs James Fitzpatrick was instrumental in bringing about the extended hours. He made the changes in response to many complaints about the hours of the dining facilities, saying that
“the request didn’t seem impractical.� Junior Samuel Maxfield is the FUSA Chair of Senate who helped direct the organization’s accumulation of student input. Although the new dining hours became official over the Winter Recess, the push for extended hours in Barone had been a wish of the student body for years. However, as Maxfield explained, it takes consistency to put changes in motion with the administration: “With Mr. Fitzpatrick you have to be consistent ... another thing that he likes to say is ‘prove it.’�
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