The Fairfield Mirror 12-11-13

THE MIRROR Student newspaper

Week of December 11, 2013

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Students scheduled to lead humanitarian efforts in Atlanta

By Enxhi Myslymi Associate News Editor During a service trip to help rebuild the city of Joplin, Miss., destroyed by the 2011 tornado, Luis Gonzales Rios ’14 met a mother who could not afford to buy books for her three daughters.

“It made me really sad,” Rios said. “I remember growing up something my dad always told me was, ‘I can say ‘no’ to everything but I will never say ‘no’ to a book or to food.’”

Deeply affected by the girls, whose basic needs of food and education were not fulfilled “because they weren’t able to,”

Rios decided to purchase books for them, to the girls’ delight.

“Something hit me to where these girls were so glad that a stranger just bought them a book and to me it wasn’t something incredible that I did, but to them it was incredible,” Rios continued. “It made me realize people struggle whether they are hit by a tornado or they haven’t been … and they gave me a new perspective.”

Rios is one of two student leaders who have taken the initiative to organize a Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network alternative spring break service trip to Atlanta, Ga., for next semester where they will be working with the International

Rescue Committee to help refugees in the United States.

“It’s a good opportunity for Fairfield students and it puts a face on the refugee crisis,” said Karen Parkinson, program coordinator for the Center for Faith and Public Life.

Two advisers, Economics Professor Dr. Thomas Murray and Assistant Director of the Department of Public Safety Officer John Ritchie, will be attending the service trip along with the students.

“We see the advisers as one more member of the group,” said Rios.

The JUHAN service trip began two years ago when a Fairfield alumnus in Jo-

plin contacted the university in hopes of building a connection with Fairfield, according to Julie Mughal, assistant director for the Center for Faith and Public Life.

Different from Campus Ministry service trips, JUHAN’s trip focuses on more humanitarian needs that “are not always front-page news,” said Rios. The students have control over where to go on the trip as long as it involves humanitarian efforts.

In terms of the applications, Angelina Morisi ‘15 and Rios looked at professor recommendations, what the students were involved in on campus and if they had pre-

Let’s talk about sex

DPS, Admin. and FPD push for campus drop

By Leigh Tauss Opinion Editor Free condoms and red solo cups are probably the last things you’d expect to see in the Barone Campus Center on a Thursday afternoon.

“The idea [is] to provoke people, to peak their interest, to titillate them if you will,” said Dr. Jocelyn Boryczka, associate professor of politics at Fairfield.

Condoms and candy, with facts such as “in 47 percent of rapes, both the victim and perpetrator had been drinking,” were handed out to students to promote sex, sexuality and gender studies in a celebratory light at FU Between the Sheets.

The third annual sex and sexuality fair that took place on Thursday, Dec. 5, was the culminative effort of the 30 students in Boryczka’s Sex, Sexuality and Gender class. A variety of stations focused on sexual assault and racial discrimination, with activities including water pong and mock speed dating.

“The purpose of this event is to create a space at Fairfield University where students can empower themselves to engage in a positive discourse around sex, sexuality and gender,” said Boryczka.

One of the stations asked students, “What do your clothes say about you?” Students examined photographs and wrote the first words that came to mind, drawing attention to the careless way words can be thrown around, fueling stereotypes.

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By Robert Joyce Crime Beat Reporter

Senior Danielle Levangie and Michael Genovese ‘16 are smiling happily behind a weird box.

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“It’s depressing but you know it’s interesting to see what we think of,” said Michaela Crossen ‘14, referring to students writing “bros,” “douchebags” and “dicks” in response to a picture of guys posing in button-down shirts and jeans.

“The words that we use have power, and sometimes we use them so regularly that we

don’t even stop and think of the power they have,” said Boryczka. “When you say something like ‘I raped that test’ … [think] what does rape mean, why am I using it as a verb in this context in relationship to an exam?”

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The Office of the Dean of Students, Fairfield Police and the Department of Public Safety have all received numerous complaints from students and campus neighbors about general misconduct regarding taxis.

According to John Ritchie, assistant director of public safety, “We have taxicab drivers who are not running the meter, which they are required to do. We have complaints about cab drivers making inappropriate comments to our students and we have complaints that cab drivers may take a long way back to campus or an indirect route, or they will not drop the students off on campus – they prefer to drop them off on the perimeter of campus so they can get back and pick up another fare.”

Ritchie said that it is inappropriate for students to enter campus through a closed gate. He also said that “a cab company can only charge you for the transport. It has nothing to do with the number of

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Radio City trip still a Christmas hit

By Danica Ceballos Executive Editor

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On Monday night, 47 Fairfield students participated in a Christmas tradition that has been infamous in the New York City area since 1933: the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

The Charter Bus left Alumni Hall at 4 p.m. and arrived at Radio City Music Hall just before 6 p.m., giving students time for dinner before the show. Promptly after the performance, the bus picked up students and brought them back to campus.

“I always heard of the Rockettes, but this was my first time ever seeing them, and I had no idea what to

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expect. I loved the performance,” said Caroline Surprenant ’15. “Going to this show really made me feel like I was a kid again and put me in the Christmas spirit.”

The event was organized by FUSA’s Directors of Cultural Events Nicole Rende ’15, Megan Lewis ’15, Alexandra Dell’Anno ’16 and Sanya Porbandarwaia ’17. Fifty-four tickets were offered with four reserved for the FUSA directors. Despite the popularity of the show, it did not sell out on campus; however, the FUSA directors were pleased that they sold 86 percent of the tickets.

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On Monday 47 students boarded a bus charted for the famed Radio City Music Hall.

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FUSA directors plan to schedule trips to NYC, two Broadway shows offered CONT. FROM PAGE 1 Dell’Anno said, “I thought last night went really well. … There was a ton of traffic last year, and we didn’t hit that much. I wish we just had a little more time so we could have maybe walked around the city or seen the tree.”

The four directors began planning the event in October and received confirmation in November.

The day of the event, they arrived at Alumni Hall 30 minutes before to wait for students to fill the bus. The directors continued to ask attendees if they were waiting for anyone else.

Rather than simply asking who was missing, Dell’Anno and Porbandarwaia admitted that this is something they want to improve upon next semester when they organize the next three trips to New York City.

Dell’Anno explained, “Maybe for next semester we would consider taking attendance, just because you don’t ever want to leave anyone in the city.”

Unlike this year, both directors will consider having the names and phone numbers of students who purchased tickets. They also plan on giving attendees their phone numbers in case of emergency.

Despite this one setback, the event ran smoothly, and student reactions were mostly positive. “It

was the first time I had ever seen the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and it definitely didn’t disappoint,” said Kristina Graham ’15.

“It was such a good show.”

Each semester, FUSA offers three shows for Fairfield students.

Dell’Anno and Porbandarwaia explained that they just confirmed the third trip for next semester.

Instead of attending three Broadway shows next semester, the directors have decided to see two more popular and expensive shows.

The third New York City trip will be to Madame Tussauds Wax Museum.

The two Broadway shows that will be offered are “Wicked” on Jan. 30 and “Aladdin” on April 10.

While these tickets normally sell for $77 and $70, respectively, Fairfield will be selling them for $55 and $40, including travel.

The directors explained that purchasing these tickets is advantageous for students because FUSA pays for a large percentage of the trip, providing students with discounted tickets. “We’re taking a huge cut for both of them,” said Porbandarwaia.

After the success of Monday night’s trip, both Dell’Anno and Porbandarwaia are looking forward to organizing the three events next semester. Dell’Anno said, “We hope these are shows people want Students were able to attend the Radio City Christmas Spectacular through FUSA. to see.”

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Dismantling stereotypes of sex, sexuality and gender CONT. FROM PAGE 1 zka said, students can become more aware of the power and politics inherent in their words and more mindful of their use of language in the future.

While the university has offered other avenues for these types of discussions, such as The Pelvis and the Pulpit panel in October, “If you want to reach a broad audience, usually having a little bit of fun, hooking them in and then giving them important information allows them a certain level of accessibility,” said Boryczka.

“The fact being, if you’re that drunk and you can’t see straight, how can you think straight to consent?”

- Brigid Callahan ‘16 Junior Lisa Tkach commented, “They should do events like this more often.”

“It’s fun, it’s engaging, it can get students excited about learning about the topics,” said Jameel James ‘14, a student in Boryczka’s class.

One of the most popular features of the event was the water pong table. Students were asked to wear goggles that dramatically altered their vision and to attempt to sink a ping pong ball into one of many solo cups.

Instead of reiterating what

students have read countless times from a poster or a handout, the game helped students experience, in a sober state of mind, just how altered their perceptions can be under the influence of alcohol.

“The fact being, if you’re that drunk and you can’t see straight, how can you think straight to consent?” said Brigid Callahan ‘16.

Even though it is against university policy to distribute condoms on campus, Boryczka claims this does not meet the need of the students. “Just because you don’t give out condoms doesn’t mean students aren’t going to have sex,” she said.

Another booth that captured students’ attention was the Free Candy Pharmacy. “Students come up and they ask what kind of candy they want and our pharmacist gives them the wrong kind,” explained Lindsay Maurer ‘14. The purpose was to educate students on “therapeutic substitution,” or when pharmacies switch out prescriptions to medications, like birth control, for the generic brand without informing the recipient.

“We want to raise awareness so that people recognize that they’re getting the wrong candy,” said Maurer.

The class utilized the entire semester in preparation for the event.

“They engage in what is called ‘consciousness raising’ in the classroom, so they identity what personal issues are politically important to them,” said Boryczka.

Sex, Sexuallity and Gender student Stefanie Salvatore ‘16 explains the relationship between alcohol and sexual assault.

Below: Brigid Callahan ‘16 tries on drunk goggles, showing how drinking inhibits decision making.

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The event, partially funded by the politics department, had condoms donated by Planned Parenthood and food provided by local restaurants, according to Boryczka.

“They’re giving out a lot of good information,” Calla Tiberi ‘16 said.

“It’s interesting to see people actually caring,” Andres Arce ’14 said. “It should be a wake-up call to a lot of people but I’m not sure if it will ever be addressed.”

Boryczka predicted that if each of her 30 students spoke to 10 people, as many as 300 students may have participated in the event.

Studying outside the library

By Molly Leidig Coffee Break Editor

Last year’s service trip to Joplin, Mo., focused on rebuilding the city.

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Students help refugees in America CONT. FROM PAGE 1 vious experience with community service. The 10 students attending raise funds to cover the total cost of the week-long trip, usually about $500.

Those who applied “felt they were called to do service,” said Morisi, a student leader for the trip. “One girl had gone to India for two years to work in an orphanage, and a lot of applicants were immigrants who can help build personal connections with the refugees.”

For Mughal what is most important for the students who participate in the service trips is the “richness of the experience … more than anything, it’s the personal growth you see in the students” who come back a different person than they were before they left.

“Everyone on the trip bonds together quickly and they become really good friends before the week is over,” added Morisi.

The service trip to Atlanta, Ga. garnered positive attention from students.

“I think it’s a great alternative to spring break and it’s great that people want to go,” said Resident Assistant Alexa Annunziata ’15.

Participating in the trip “definitely takes a lot of strength.”

For Matthew Lazicky ’16 it is “pretty cool” that the trip is in Atlanta because “when you hear about service trips, you think that it’s out of the country … and it’s great that this is helping the people in the U.S. who also need our help.”

When it comes to studying for final exams, most students automatically assume the library is the best place to go, but others have a different strategy.

“I don’t tell people about it, it’s my secret study place,” joked Charlie Morrill ‘17.

Morrill, a math major, takes his work to the top floor of Bannow Science Center and on a snowy Monday night sits alone doing a group project. He explained a senior tipped him off about the fourth floor being a good place to study, and he’s been going there to do work ever since.

“The library is too quiet. I like it here because there is white noise in the background,” said Morrill.

For students who work better outside of absolute silence, the top floor of Bannow might be a new goto spot. Unlike the library’s silent floors, the fourth floor of Bannow is ideal for group work and study.

Students who enjoy the silence but not the hectic environment of the library during finals week need not fret. Few have considered Egan Chapel as anything more than a place to worship on Sundays or say a quick prayer between classes, but the bottom floor makes a perfect study spot.

The chapel is uncrowded and normally has free snacks and Keurig access in the kitchen. A favorite aspect of studying in the chapel for Emily Bower ‘14 is it never closes.

“I’m a late night studier, so unlike the library that usually closes at 12, I can stay here studying as late as

I want,” said Bower. She explained that usually around midnight a public safety officer will come around to check if anyones still there, and then tell the student to call when they leave so DPS can lock the building.

Another semi-quiet setting with natural light and scenery, the mezzanine is another place to consider.

Freshman Nicole Colasuonno explained she doesn’t like the library and is tempted to fall asleep if she studies in her room.

“It’s easier to focus here and it’s a nice change of scenery from my dorm room where I am all the time,” Colasuonno explained.

The end of the semester tends to mean abundant group presentations. Most students are aware that one difficulty groups have is finding a location to meet. The Lower Level Barone Campus Center is another adequate group-work environment.

Set up with small tables surrounded by comfy chairs, John Webber ‘17 explained all of his group members can easily collaborate and talk comfortably, unlike the library where you might get dirty looks for being too loud.

Still some students enjoy the traditional experience of studying at the library.

“I like to study at the library rather than any other place because it is a positive environment. Although you can be distracted by your friends, it makes you feel comfortable and energetic that everyone is studying together. It is a place to manage your stress,” said Daniella Rinaldo ‘14.

THE MIRROR | Week of December 11, 2013

Crime Beat

News

Compiled by Robert Joyce.

Information contributed by the Department of Public Safety.

Wednesday, 12/4 6:14 a.m. - DPS witnessed a person deploy a road flare while hanging out of the window of a vehicle going the wrong way on a one-way road near Townhouses 10 block.

The driver of the vehicle was previously issued a criminal trespass warning and was arrested for trespassing.

Saturday, 12/7 11:42 p.m. - A Regis Hall ground floor mens bathroom was reported vandalized.

A hand dryer was ripped off the wall and items were strewn about.

Sunday, 12/8 1:15 a.m. - A male student reported he was assaulted near Townhouses 12 block. According to DPS, there was “obvious deformity” caused by the assault to the victim’s nose. Two male suspects have been identified and referred to student conduct.

2:50 a.m. - A male student was witnessed vomiting near 70 McCormick Road. DPS determined the student to be intoxicated but required no further medical attention. He was allowed to return to his residence and referred to student conduct.

3:53 a.m. - A fourth-floor women’s bathroom in Regis Hall was reported vandalized after the paper towel dispenser was ripped off the wall.

7:23 a.m. - The same ground floor men’s bathroom was reported further vandalized when a sink and light fixture were discovered broken. DPS has suspects and will be referring them to student conduct.

6:04 p.m. - It was reported to DPS that a privately owned golf cart was vandalized outside of 70 McCormick Road sometime over the weekend when the owner discovered the passenger door was ripped off its hinges. The incident is under investigation.

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passengers.”

According to the standard cab fare rates from both Yellow Cab and Red Dot, a one way trip from the entrance of campus to the Seagrape Café, or vise versa, should cost no more than $15.

“We want students to enter campus through the main entrance and to get dropped off at their residence hall. We do not want the taxicab companies to drop students off on the perimeter of campus.”

Getting dropped off on the perimeter of campus or closed gates is causing a distraction to the neighbors – it is a quality of life factor for our neighbors,” said Ritchie.

According to Ritchie, it is a lot safer for students to get dropped off right at their residence as opposed to off campus.

The Office of the Dean of Students, Department of Public Safety and Fairfield Police Department met last week “to work on a collaborative effort to try to reduce the number of cabs and students getting dropped off at closed gates and to encourage them to come in the main entrance,” said Ritchie.

Dean of Students Karen Donoghue emailed students on Thursday, Dec. 5, and stated “Yellow Cab and Red Dot cab companies have been dropping students off in non-authorized locations on the perimeter of campus. This presents a risk to passengers and other vehicles on the road. It also creates a public disturbance.”

Senior Carolyn Kosewski said she doesn’t like how the drivers are required to drop off their patrons inside of campus because “as you drive around and in [to campus] it runs the meter up more … it’s not that I want to break the rules … it’s my campus – I think I should be able to walk on.”

Donoghue also stated that “the Fairfield Police Department will be enforcing violations related to cabs and students disturbing the neighborhoods around campus.”

Sophomore Humza Malik said, “I’ve gotten dropped off outside the townhouses … because it would take too long to go through campus,” and that the cabs he takes don’t usually run the meter. Malik explained the standard for the cabs he

Station awaitng their next drop offs.

takes from campus to Fairfield beach usually charge $5 per person rather than their normal rate.

Kosewski said that “Red Dot drivers are more talkative and friendly,” as opposed to Yellow Cab. Kosewski also said she has never had a bad experience with Red Dot, and that they are on time more often than Yellow Cab. Kosewski said that with Yellow Cab, ‘I remember one guy was really rude to me. I knew he was taking a longer way.”

In the world: r The casket of the revolutionary and inspiring former leader of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, arrived on Wednesday to the nation’s capital for public viewing, according to USA Today. r Mary T. Barra, 51, was named yesterday as the next chief executive of G.M., notably the first woman to climb to the top of a major auto company, according to the New York Times. r According to the Associated Press, a couple from the Netherlands reported that they received good treatment from their abductors after being released from months of captivity in Yemen. r India’s supreme court ruled to reverse the landmark 2009 Delhi High Court order that decriminalized homosexual acts, according BBC World News.

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She said that the cab driver lied when she confronted him about the route.

Both Yellow Cab Company and Red Dot Taxi were unable to be reached for comment.

“We lack authoritative control of the taxi cab companies – all we can do is take complaints and refer those complaints to the department of transportation in the state of Connecticut,” said Ritchie.

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Gory details won't provide closure for Sandy Hook

By Meaghan Conlon Contributing Writer What if I told you I knew what route Adam Lanza took to get to Sandy Hook on Dec. 14, 2012? Would you do a Google search and greedily devour the entire story for the slightest scrap of new evidence? You’ve scoured the web for new information about the mass murderer and for what? How does the route he took or the clothes he wore or the music he listened to change the fact that Lanza killed 26 people in a mass shooting for absolutely no reason at all?

The 911 tapes were recently released and the media and public went crazy as they listened to trapped people call from inside Sandy Hook

Elementary. Instead of providing closure, the tapes have only re-opened the wounds that were just beginning to close.

People not directly affected by the shooting have a morbid fascination with Sandy Hook. They search for a reason someone would commit such horrible acts. They feel satisfied when they learn something new; they believe they are one step closer to figuring out what made Lanza go on a murder spree. People are satisfied with the information they obtained, but this satisfaction is only temporary. It only serves to distract us from the tragedy that occurred.

If I was a parent or a family member who lost a loved one in the shooting, there would be no way

I could listen to the tapes without thinking if my child’s last moments were caught in the background of that call. There is no closure achieved with the release of these tapes. There is only the strength of people to go through the motions each day until it becomes routine. The loss of a child, especially in a random and mass act of violence, is not something one ever truly accepts.

As we approach the one-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, we begin to reflect. In the aftermath of the shooting, everyone was having conversations about gun control and mental illness, and how the government should act in response to the Sandy Hook shooting. Everyone had an opinion

on something and voiced it to their peers. Now, conversations about these topics have faded or have been shoved to the back of people’s minds.

In the weeks following the shooting, there was a huge push for the government to enact laws in order to prevent mass shootings from occurring again. One government shutdown and a year later, there has been no progress in gun control legislation. Public support has lost momentum after months of little activity and no solution in sight.

The government needs to formulate a solution, but with the lack of vocal public persuasion, the issue will likely be placed on the backburner.

The media’s current stance in this situation is not helping the cause

to stop future outbreaks of mass violence. The headlines scream about the gory details and the life Lanza led, but offer no solutions to the problems Sandy Hook has brought up for our nation. The flashier headlines sell more copies, but the sales will not affect the future and safety of the country - but an article on gun control could spark the conversation again.

The citizens of the United States need the assurance of protection for their families and their children, and they want to know the unimportant details of the case. We need to stop being fascinated with Lanza’s kill count, and more focused on ensuring that an event like Sandy Hook will never occur again.

Ukrainians oppose corrupt government

By Alexandra Fylypovych Contributing Writer

I never anticipated using the Ukrainian flag in my room for anything other than a proud wall decoration. But on Sunday, Dec. 8, I carefully folded the blue and yellow flag and tucked it, along with a traditional flower and ribbon wreath, into my backpack. Under warm layers, dressed in my Ukrainian embroidered shirt, I felt connected with my extended family, who was already braving the numbing Ukrainian winter. Off to New York City I went to participate in one of many worldwide Ukrainian protests.

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Two weeks ago, for the first time in its 22 years as an independent country, Ukraine’s government exerted ruthless violence on its own people.

On Nov. 21, a few hundred students assembled in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, to assert their support of Ukraine joining the European Union – a promising political move for the economically and politically struggling country.

Joining the EU would significantly distance Ukraine from its long-time bully, Russia, in many economic and political aspects.

Earlier this November, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych had expressed a wavering position on signing the preliminary EU association docu-

Three Connecticut college campus lockdowns have occurred in the past two months.

Nowadays, it’s like we’re waiting for the next campus lockdown, just because it happens so often.

Fairfield University Department of Public Safety sent out an email on Dec. 9 telling people, “If you see something, say something.”

While we know how important campus security is in case something does happen, we don’t think about preventative measures before it gets to that stage.

Threats can grow within our campus as a result of bullying;

Stop Bullying, a federal government funded website, said bullying victims can retaliate with violence. We can possibly prevent this from happening by just being kind to one another.

Bullying leaves a visceral mark on victims. Even when you’re an adult, you are reminded of a moment when someone greater than you in academics, social status or economic status ridiculed you for something you couldn’t control or you weren’t aware of at that moment. After the incident, you constantly think about what you perceived

ment. Concerned for their country’s future and hopeful that their presence would push Yanukovych to sign the EU agreement, Ukrainian students and youth gathered in Independence Square in Kyiv. They wanted to remind the east-leaning Yanukovych of his responsibility to act on behalf of improving the country’s standards of living - not to please neighboring Russian President, and apparent handler of Yanukovych, Vladimir Putin.

However, rather than addressing the students in a democratic manner, Yanukovych acted in a backwards way. Hauntingly reminiscent of heavyhanded Soviet oppression, he sent in police equipped with tear gas and ba-

was wrong with you, because bullying can hurt.

If you see someone having trouble at school, reach out to them. If you see others treating one person badly, intervene.

If the situation gets out of hand, alert the authorities. The Fairfield community can combat weakness easily with simple kindness and attention to social malpractice. Tuesday’s DPS notice does not explicitly state the need for kindness, but we think it is definitely necessary because common sense is often overlooked and not acted upon. It's not that

tons, who repeatedly clobbered a group of non-violent demonstrators. Yanukovych’s sadistic attempt to discontinue the peaceful student protesters instantly fired up the Ukrainian spirit, and resulted in a worldwide Ukrainian effort to impeach the malicious president.

Hundreds of thousands of outraged and pained Ukrainian people now stand vigil in the streets of Kyiv.

Bold blue and yellow Ukrainian flags wave atop the bundled crowds, who are bracing against the raw winter. The united people continue to peacefully protest Yanukovych’s ill intentions.

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hard to do.

We practice observant behavior every day already. When a friend has an odd disposition about them, we usually ask - even if not aloud - what the problem is.

We’re not saying all mass murderers do what they do because they have been bullied - sometimes we never find out why they commit such crimes.

But the important thing to remember is that our greatest tools against tragedy start with everyday courtesy.

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Marching to his doorstep from all corners of the country and the world, Ukrainians are assembling to remind him that they have not and will never tire from defending their right to freedom.

A poll conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology calculated that 70 percent of Ukrainians who swarmed the square did so primarily because of their disgust with the savage attack on the Ukrainian youth. The second reason was to rally against Yanukovych’s selfish refusal to sign the EU agreement.

Amazingly, the Ukrainians continue to address these episodes of Russian encroachment in non-violent tactics. Ukrainian women poke flowers through the militia’s shields, while men stand with linked arms in front of ministry buildings, as snow coats their hats and jackets. Cold but determined, the Ukrainian people are once again demanding human dignity.

On Sunday I gathered with fellow Ukrainians in front of the Ukrainian consulate in New York City. In Chicago, the Sears (Willis) Tower glowed blue and yellow in support of the peaceful demonstrations. The power of social media - from Facebook’s Euromaidan page to Twitter’s #euromaidan - serve as evidence of the undying Ukrainian spirit linking patriotic hearts worldwide.

After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the young country was never able to wriggle completely free from the oppressive grasp of Russia. Russian political figures continued their hostile bigotry, preventing independent-minded Ukrainians from gaining valuable positions in government. As a result, the young country has been figuratively independent, but continues to suffer from corruption and poverty. According to a University of Pennsylvania Wharton School article, Transparency International ranks Ukraine 144 out of 177 in corruption - tied with Nigeria, Iran and the Central African Republic.

Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko, the international WBA heavyweight boxing champion, stood tall among the people in Independence Square. He expressed the country’s frustration and desire to escape the corrupt Ukrainian government’s close ties with Russia: “For 22 years [the government] promised us to change the system and that we will live better, but nothing ever happens. How many years have they told us this, that we’ll become a European country … but they lie. Now is the decisive moment, all of Ukraine is gathered here because we’re tired of corruption … We must do everything so that this government ceases to exist.” Journalist Mark Rachkevych quoted Klitschko on kyivpost.com, which provides continuous coverage of the protests throughout Ukraine.

Having celebrated its 22nd year of “independence” in August, Ukraine still bears the scars of Soviet oppression, political corruption, and centuries of cultural persecution. The people have endured Tsarist bans on their printed language to horrors like Stalin’s attempt to wipe out the Ukrainian populace in the 1932-33 governmentinduced famine-genocide — the Holodomor. Like their ornate, embroidered shirts, the Ukrainian people have intricately woven pride and perseverance into their hearts.

Ticket? No thanks!

Excessive ticketing goes unexplained

By Corey Bradley, Andrea Butler, Danielle Griffith, Megan Kuzniewski and Madelyn Wojak Contributing Writers The first snow of the season always hits right around finals week, blanketing the campus in fresh powder.

The crisp whiteness of it all makes even the walk to your car less of a trek and more of a stroll through a winter wonderland - until you see it. The offensive spot of neon orange on your car that brings your visions of sugarplums to a crashing halt. That horrid orange slip that makes your stomach drop and signifies you won’t be able to afford your mom’s Christmas present this year.

Between buying books and paying tuition, the old anecdote of the broke college student who lives on a Ramen noodle a day is a sad reality for many of us. A $60 fine just to get to class is not something most students can afford.

The rampant distribution of tickets on campus is one of the biggest

issues students have had with the Department of Public Safety. Fairfield’s parking system is so confusing and disorganized that many students, especially beach residents and commuters, simply get aggravated and do not comply. The school should work with students to help make parking better by giving a clearer and comprehensive explanation of campus parking regulations, as well as making the price for parking more reasonable for commuter students.

Why should students who rely on their cars to get to class - both those who choose to live at the beach and those who choose to live home to save money - have to pay the same fee for parking as those students who choose to live on campus and have the option of walking to class? They shouldn’t.

Non-resident parking is already extremely limited, which leads to commuters being forced to park in other lots not designated for them. Ticketing discriminates against students that live

off campus because for these students, driving to class is not a choice, but a requirement.

With the limited parking situation, you would think that the Department of Public Safety might be a little more forgiving when it comes to handing out tickets; however, we all know that is simply not the case. DPS takes ticketing to a ridiculous level in order to meet their quotas. Parking on a white line and not completely within the spot should not result in a ticket.

Having to park over the line because the person next to you is parked on top of you is not something you have control of. It is unexplained rules such as this that enrage students the most.

A better understanding of the campus parking policies and why these policies are in place would be beneficial to everyone. It would allow for students to more easily comply with the policies, leading to fewer tickets being distributed and would foster a more positive student attitude toward DPS.

Students need 24 hour on-call nurse at Health Center

By Michaela Crossen, Megan take care of.

Students need to know that they Forbes, Samantha Hart, Marilyn will have secure access to medical atPeizer, and Ashley Ruggiero tention 24/7. Illnesses have the ability Contributing Writers Imagine having a 9:30 a.m. exam that you’ve been studying for all week.

You are just ready to top it off with a solid night’s sleep, but instead of drifting off peacefully, you are overtaken by the feeling that you need to go to the bathroom every five minutes, but to no avail. After drinking two full liters of cranberry juice, you are finally able to relieve yourself, only to feel an intense burning pain. All you would need to save yourself would be one pill from the health center. Too bad it’s after 8 p.m. and the health center's closed. You are doomed to spend your night with a urinary tract infection.

Your only option would be to call DPS and have them tell you to either call a taxi to go to the emergency room or deal with it. Unlike an alcohol-related incident, which a student brings upon themselves, legitimate illness is often swept under the rug and left to the individual to

to strike at any moment. Unlike the health center, illness does not operate within certain time periods. If a medical issue arises, students need to know that there is a resource that they can reach out to that will support them in finding the appropriate medical attention. No matter how serious the issue, this support should be guaranteed. Students cannot afford to get into a cab where their driver may not be reliable when they are sick.

There is a clear solution to this problem: having a nurse on call who can speak to students to determine whether an emergency room visit is warranted. This is the case at Hampton University in Virginia. Their website states that they have an on-call clinical staff member 24/7 to address student concerns. An on-call staff member who can see that students receive necessary advice or transportation to the emergency room would be beneficial.

Knowing that the health center is

closed after a certain time, many students may seek out the Department of Public Safety when they are not feeling well. All DPS officers are certified EMTs and can evaluate and transport students to the health center, but they will not transfer students off-campus.

Evaluation and transportation, while helpful, does not give students the complete help that they need. Medical advice or a prescription is still up to a medical professional.

Assessing a student’s minor health concerns should not fall under DPS’ jurisdiction. Also, what freshman would call DPS when experiencing a UTI? None that we know. Having someone with medical expertise on-call 24/7 would be invaluable to students.

Why should students be forced to wait until the morning to take care of pain or discomfort? How can you possibly be expected to do well in your classes and live up to everyone’s expectations if you are lacking sleep and feeling like death warmed over?

A 9:30 a.m. exam?

In a perfect world, a student experiencing pain or discomfort would

be able to call an on-call nurse and receive whatever medication or advice deemed necessary. A UTI would be solved with a single pill, a full-blown ear infection would receive the proper antibiotics and a possible case of appendicitis would be rushed to St.

Vincent’s Hospital. No more braving a daunting taxi ride to the hospital or waiting until 8 a.m. for the health center to open.

Wouldn’t it be great if this wasn’t just a Fairfield student’s dream?

Call a cab.

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'Stop Kiss' gives show-stopping performance

By Austin Begin Contributing Writer

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hich way do you eat your corn? Do you eat it like a typewriter or around the world?

What seems like an average question was full of charm and innocence as it was discussed by Véronique Poutré ‘16 and Molly Gregory ‘16 in Theatre Fairfield’s production of "Stop Kiss."

"Stop Kiss" is a 90-minute play directed by Cat Miller about two young women, Callie (Poutré) and Sara (Gregory). Sara is a proud schoolteacher who recently moved to New York City and Callie is a passive traffic news reporter who has lived in New York for a long time.

Slowly, the friendship between Callie and Sara becomes one full of mutual curiosity and longing; they slowly fall in love with each other.

Like any type of relationship, friendship or more, Callie and Sara have their ups and downs.

They have fun, quick-witted backand-forths; they also have discussions of a more intense conflicting nature. However, both types of conversation lend to the development of their relationship: the good broadens their fondness of each other, while the bad causes each to identify the faults in one another and in themselves, allowing for personal growth.

One late evening after a night out, Callie and Sara find themselves being verbally attacked by a strange man. Sara pugnaciously retorts, while Callie insists upon feigning ignorance about the man. The man becomes physical, resulting in a few bruises for Cal-

lie, but a comatose state for Sara.

Both Callie and Sara have ambiguously defined ex-boyfriends: George and Peter, played by Alec Bandzes ‘15 and Brendan McNamara ‘17, respectively. Each man plays significant roles as Callie and Sara’s slow rejection of them further solidify their feelings for one another.

While Sara is in her coma, Callie is forced to become stronger: She must admit to herself and to others her feelings for Sara as well as the reason they were abused - because the man had seen the two of them kissing. This detail did not go amiss on the local news, which reported it as an assault against homosexuals.

Yes, the story is very well written, but the performance itself was also outstanding. The amount of lines that both Poutré and Gregory delivered, and with such deliberation and confidence, was fantastic. Both put on an easily believable performance and showed their characters’ development as the play progressed.

Banzes, as well, showed great talent. Juxtaposing the more serious moments in the play, Banzes provided some perfectly timed humor. McNamara, too, did well.

He tiptoed on the fine line between longing desperation of his comatose ex-girlfriend, and angry confusion towards Callie as to why she wasn’t the one in the coma.

Sophomore Tori Schuchmann played a nurse and a witness of the crime who was likeable and someone with whom the audience can identify: a good samaritan and an all-accepting person. And the detective played by Sebastian Salvo ‘17 started out softly and got

progressively more aggressive as the show went on. Both parts were played well and allowed for the audience to stay engaged for the entire duration of the show.

Perhaps the aspect of the play that I liked the most was the fact that the events were not told in chronological order. The events leading up to the attack, and those directly succeeding it, cut back and forth. Successfully communicated by Theatre Fairfield, this storytelling device played a significant role as if it were a character itself.

This allowed the audience to see how each character changed as a result of the events that occurred. I don’t mean the events of getting beaten; I mean the events of falling in love.

Regardless of gender, two people who fall in love have their lives changed forever. This story was about two people who stride together with equal excitement and trepidation into the unknown battlefield of love as equal companions. Unfortunately, someone who observed the simple act of a kiss and does not approve, like the strange man, can successfully stymie the progress.

However, as "Stop Kiss" brilliantly shows that although the progress is temporarily delayed, it is not permanently stopped - and will push through any boundaries it needs to.

Two people can have dinner together, two people can party together, two people can talk about the correct way to eat corn together. And, regardless of who accepts it, two people can fall in love, and that love can continue even after a kiss has been prematurely stopped.

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Lana Del Rey

By Allison Radde Contributing Writer

ana Del Rey’s new 27-minute short film, “Tropico,” was just released on Dec. 5. Directed

by Anthony Mandler and written

by Del Rey herself, it features three tracks from her “Born To Die” album including “Body Electric,” “Gods and Monsters,” and “Bel Air.” The film depicts a modern day love story through its ups and downs.

It starts off in the wondrous and mysterious Garden of Eden, with Del Rey portraying Eve, and her lover Adam.

There are various dream-like, intimate scenes where they are rolling around in the grass, dancing and staring longingly into each other’s eyes, as impersonators of John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, and Jesus Christ are loosely depicted giving monologues.

The innocence of the couple is evident in the first six minutes of the film, and is further heightened as Del Rey affectionately interacts with a lamb and a unicorn. Once she takes a bite out of the forbidden fruit, however, Del Rey falls to her death while her lover follows.

From this point on, the two transition to the world of modern day Los Angeles. There is a compilation of scenes involving pole dancing, smok-

Student ban

By Luigi DiMeglio Managing Editor The improvised jazz riffs from Jimmy Greene’s horn have been heard in New York, Moscow, Rome, Paris, Brazil and more. This past Thursday, the star musician gave a full Gonzaga Auditorium and a very impressed Fairfield Jazz Ensemble a performance true to form.

Near the end of every semester, Fairfield’s jazz ensemble culminates months of rehearsal with a concert performance. The students are accustomed to playing in front of their instructor, renowned bassist Brian Torff, but Jimmy Greene’s first time with the students was on stage wit the students. “... We get to work with a difference guest artist which is always really cool so you don’t really know what to expect,” said pianist Robby Schwartz ’16. “We just come in here with an open mind and whatever happens, happens.”

The concert featured a handful of classic tunes, like Wes Montgomery’s “Four On Six” and “Sack o’ Woe” by

ing, drinking, drugs, a robbery with guns and a raging party, while tattoos, wife-beaters, and cornrows adorn the crowd of people who surround Del Rey and her lover.

At one point during this sequence, the camera focuses on a distant shot of Los Angeles as Del Rey describes the city as the entrance to the underworld, and as the land of gods and monsters. She also recites, “The garden of Eden [was] transformed into the garden of Evil.”

Del Rey and her lover drive away in their convertible, leaving Los Angeles to conclude the final act of the film. Scenes of both Del Rey and her lover being baptized show how they are redeeming themselves from the corrupt lives they had led. This act is about finding paradise again and returning to it.

In regards to the title “Tropico,” director Mandler describes its significance in an interview with Time Magazine by saying, “The word kind of lends itself to a paradise and a paradise lost. Del Rey had always had it in her head as the title.”

Del Rey’s Catholic upbringing and her lifelong curiosity in religion are evident throughout this short film. In the November 2013 issue of Nylon Magazine, Del Rey says that she loved the mysticism and the idea

Cannonball Add mental piece du Man.” “This was a and impressed b (Braindead Meg “The piece Jimmy fit in per lots of noise and Torff also Michael Cooney Greene's late dau was dedicated to the 20 students k town, Conn. last with bright tone "The studen stated Torff. "Th

of something more monumental with an idea of a divine plan.

Del Rey said, “For me, the concept of religion transitioned into a really healthy idea of God – I don’t have the traditional views of a conservative Catholic, but my imagination was opened within the big blue-and-gold cathedral walls. I liked the idea of being looked after.”

Although I was hesitant at first, I came to actually enjoy “Tropico.”

Something about Del Rey’s spin on the significance of religion and the role it can play in our lives seemed so raw and honest, especially in today’s world that can be so corrupt at times.

I also enjoyed the effervescent love story that she depicted in the film. Del Rey’s take on how true love can still be as alluring and as pure in the world as ever, despite negative outside forces, really says something about the honesty and passion that she puts into her music.

Unless you’re into quirky indie films or you’re obsessed with the “Video Games” singin’ beauty, then I wouldn’t recommend “Tropico” to the average music listener. Del Rey proves, however, that she has the ability to create a work that is appealing to those who enjoy unique and original expression.

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WVOF Top 30 Charts

Week of December 10, 2013

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Best Bites: The Gray Goose

246 Old Post Road, Southport, CT

By Nicholas O'Connell Food Columnist

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Photo by Nicholas O'Connell/The Mirror Rigatoni with spicy sausage, pecorino romano and vodka sauce.

ight around the corner from Southport Center, across from the Delamar Hotel, is The Gray Goose. Under the same ownership as Westport’s Spotted Horse and Fairfield’s The Chelsea, this environment has a similar comfortable ambiance.

The interior resembles an old New England living room with oriental rugs and a stone fireplace. They have a decent selection of wines by the glass, but unfortunately no beers on tap. In a holiday mindset, I ordered the “Cinnamon Toast” cocktail - Captain Morgan, Tanduay Rum over hot apple cider with a cinnamon sugar-rimmed glass. This was the perfect drink for the winter season. Stop by The Gray Goose for lunch; it will not be quite as busy as the usual dinner traffic jam.

$$$$ Hours of Operation Mon - Thu: 11:30 a.m. to 1 a.m.

Fri - Sat: 11:30 a.m. to 2 a.m.

Sun: 11:30 a.m. to 1 a.m.

Recommended Appetizers: Tommy’s House Made Turkey Meatballs: with pomodoro sauce and a scoop of fresh ricotta. These two massive meatballs are soft and rich.

The ricotta enhances the heavy flavor and makes you feel as if you are not eating turkey. The best turkey meatball I have ever had.

Cape Cod Calamari: with three dipping sauces: garlic aioli, marinara and spicy plum. This ownership loves giving you options. These three sauces provide savory, sweet and spicy variables that allow you to experiment.

Recommended Entrees: Sirloin Steak Sandwich: Hand-cut prime sirloin, sautéed onions, melted crumbled bleu cheese, jalapeño bacon and onion jam on a baguette roll. This sandwich has a multitude of nice flavors. The bleu cheese acts as a thickening agent while the jalapeno bacon and onion jam sweetens the taste.

Rigatoni “Gray Goose” style: House-made pink vodka sauce with sweet peas, spicy sausage, tomatoes, basil and pecorino romano. This well-rounded pasta dish is a must try. The peas are the perfect component to mellow out the heavy sauce. The sausage is surprisingly mild and the pecorino adds a sharp flavor.

Increase your wine IQ

By Andrew Hoover Wine columnist

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lthough this is the last wine column that I’ll write for The Fairfield Mirror — I graduate in January — that’s no excuse for you to stop your vinous studies.

Myriad books, blogs and podcasts are available to facilitate your quest for more wine knowledge. You can even attend a class at Harry’s Wine & Liquor Market right in the center of Fairfield, which is one of the best ways to quickly learn about wine while also being social.

Unlike quantum physics, studying wine is actually fun. It is probably the only topic that requires you to imbibe alcohol to become more knowledgeable. In truth, the more bottles you crack and analyze, the better you’ll understand the different styles of wine and the idiosyncrasies of various grapes and regions.

Aside from urging you to up your wine consumption (responsibly) as a means to further your studies, here are six effective resources that are sure to increase your wine IQ.

Books: “Windows on the World Complete Wine Course” (Sterling Epicure, 2013) by Kevin Zraly, $20.

A perfect guide for budding oenophiles who are looking to expand their vinous knowledge, this book features basic wine information in an entertaining, easy-to-read format. An added perk: The updated edition comes with an audio pronunciation guide to ensure that you’re saying all the terms correctly.

“How to Taste: A Guide to En-

joying Wine” (Simon & Schuster, 2008) by Jancis Robinson, $20 So, you love to drink wine, but now you want to get more serious and discover how to analyze wine?

Penned in a breezy, accessible style by one of the world’s most esteemed wine writers, this book will help you learn all the tricks to becoming a skilled taster.

Blogs: 1 Wine Dude: A Serious Wine Blog for the Not-So-Serious Drinker (1winedude.com) Just as the blog’s title suggests, this is a website that offers wine info that’s lighthearted and entertaining.

The 40-character wine reviews are written in Twitter-esque language, helping you to quickly discover a rec-

ommended wine that suits your taste.

Diner’s Journal Blog (dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/category/ drinking/) Written predominantly by Eric Asimov, The New York Times’ wine critic, this book is a great read for people who wish to learn more about food-and-wine pairing. Each week Asimov suggests a beverage to be paired with one of the Dining Section’s featured recipes.

Classes: Harry’s Wine & Liquor Market, Fairfield, Conn. (harryswine.com) Fairfield’s oldest, continuously operating wine shop offers educational classes that are taught in a laidback, pretension-free manner. Start

by taking the Wine 101 class, and then be adventurous and opt for a region-specific session. Delicious plates of cheese and crusty French bread are provided for your enjoyment.

Podcasts: Guild of Sommeliers Wine Podcasts (guildpodcast.com) Produced by the Court of Master Sommeliers, a prestigious wine organization, these podcasts feature in-depth discussions about wineproducing regions as well as enlightening interviews with winemakers and other industry notables. As only one new podcast is made available per month, there is plenty of time to absorb all the facts before moving onto next month’s offering.

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iPick, YouListen

By Dylan Dembin Assistant Vine Editor

“Sad Sad City”

“We Can Make the World Stop”

by The Glitch Mob

by Ghostland Observatory

This song has the same name as this whole album from The Glitch Mob. How would I describe it? Heavy. That’s what first comes into your head, literally, when you hear this song.

Is there piano in it? Yes. Does that make it any less tremendous? No. This song, played at the right volume, will shake your books off your desk. There is an iconic swooping in and out of the heavy bass sounds and is honestly best appreciated when listened to on a good set of speakers. Many people ask me, “Yo do you have any bass-heavy songs, man?” I do, and while this song could possibly be categorized by this distinction it is more of a sound that is simply just “good.”

Ghostland Observatory is a band that incorporates a ton of the great electronic sound of this hip age into its original sounding music.

“Sad Sad City” is a song off their album “Paparazzi Lightning,” which takes so many good sounds and brings them to your ears in a methodical beat throbbing fashion that really gets you amped up for whatever you are about to do next. This song, along with the rest of the album, is one of the standard tunes that always make it up on to my sports playlists. The sound produced from Ghostland Observatory in some way gets you super energized but collected at the same time. I can’t really compare the sound to any other band, because it sounds like no other band. Check it out.

“Sleepless”

What Else Is There?

by Flume feat. Jezzabell Doran “Sleepless” is another track that dives into the techno side of current music generation.

While this tune is not quite as geared to the ampup stage for your day as some others, it is really a masterpiece that will come sounding through your headphones. There are some very delicate almost “twinkling” or piano notes in this song that are artfully counterbalanced by the pounding bass and the whiney vocals. This song off the album “Flume” is really something you can get into very easily. Not to say it is mainstream at all, but I have personally not met anyone who has not enjoyed it. In my opinion, there is good electro music and bad electro music; this is the former.

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Off the album “The Understanding,” this song is a Japanese version of some really amazing electronically assisted rock, or is that dance? I can’t put my finger on it, but I do put my finger on the play button when I see this song. It has some powerful vocals accompanied by sweeping beats. There are also sections of violin and guitar that are incorporated into the already grabbing melody incredibly well. This song is so flawlessly put together, with so many different elements, you will have to listen to it a few times before you can really appreciate it.

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COFFEE BREAK Editor

Gabrielle’s Cocktail GABRIELLE RODMAN

My initial vision of the perfect Christmas looks similar to an image of a Christmas card: my mom, my stepfather and me crowded around the tree in our oversized country living room where decorations explode from every corner and a fire burns to the right of our couch. I have one of those mothers who begins the decoration process post-October.

Then begins Thanks-Christmas … In my mind, we sit opening our packages, smiling to each other, silently acknowledging our thanks for letting God bring us together for another Christmas Day. While reading this I would like you to keep in mind two important facts 1.) This was my first image that came to mind. 2.) I am by no means materialistic; it’s called I like nice things. So, with that being said I realized after the fact that this was “my perfect Christmas Day,” I was supposed to be defining, not the greatest, happiest or best Christmas Day. I change my answer. It’s Christmas Day and I open my eyes that are covered by my Egyptian cotton sheets as I lay in my canopy bed. I stretch my arms like Elle Woods and look out my window into the beautiful, blue sky. I am in Malibu, Calif., in our second, non-existing but utterly perfect home.

While the holidays are usually supposed to be a time of family, love and giving thanks, stress in most families never seems to pass with the coming of every new season. For those of you who know me, I don’t deal with stress well. This is why on my Christmas Day if I could choose anything, it would be to escape wet snow and to look out of my window to see palm trees strewn with white lights.

Following the exchange of gifts, our day would consist of a large feast because clearly we have a chef in this idealized house. After stuffing our faces with course after course my mother and I will lay on the warm sand. We will then proceed to watch our two Christmas classics that we usually

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begin repeating mid-September: “Love Actually” and “It’s a Wonderful Life,” as we cry and laugh hysterically.

While my vision did change to a more extravagant setting one thing remained constant and that is the comfort of the people who mean the most to me, the people who I am rarely able to see while I am at school. Being in a beautiful house in Malibu is similar to a response I might give if I was asked what I might do if I won the lottery.

Regardless of where my Christmas Day was taking place - whether it be in a small apartment, or a house of someone I do not know - it would still be perfect in the sense that I have with me the most important people, those who have given me everything and more.No Tiffany necklace or sparkle UGG can compete with that. For as I said, I just like nice things. What did you ask for Christmas?

I’ll have an Affligem Noel - a Belgian strong dark ale with a muddy, dark amber glow, head for days and a nine percent ABV that just screams Christmas in a glass.

I’ll start by saying that if you’re not an Italian, you might want to brace yourself for this little piece of information: You’ve never celebrated Christmas correctly.

Now, I don’t mean to put down the way you and your family might celebrate the holiday, but I know that the perfect Christmas starts on the 24th with the feast of seven fishes. That’s right: seven.

If you’re eating meat on Christmas Eve, then I’m sorry, but you’re doing it wrong. I’m not religious, but even I wouldn’t dare to touch red meat before the clock strikes midnight.

While you’re eating whatever it is you’re eating on Christmas Eve to ruin the holiday, I’ll be at home with my increasingly

large Italian family, feasting on pasta with clams, lobster, some fried calamari, insalata di mare, baccala and anything on the table.

As if you’re not jealous enough already, I’ll be washing that all down with some homemade wine, because what selfrespecting Italian buys their vino from a store?

Don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten we’re American as well. We’ll just wait until midnight and bring out the wings, ribs, baked mac n’ cheese and some quiche, just to stay classy. At this point I’ll probably switch over to some delicious craft beer and think about how lucky I am that my family knows how to celebrate this holiday the right way.

After a toast of champagne and drunkenly opening up a few presents, I will retire into my hard-earned food coma where even St. Nick himself could not wake me up if he fell out of the chimney and onto my lap.

I’d like to take a brief moment to apologize for making you realize that this perfect Christmas Eve is better than any Christmas you’ve ever had. Even the one where you got a “Tickle Me Elmo.”

Christmas continues with coffee and panettone, opening presents in the late morning and, after rushing to get ready before the rest of the family comes over, heading downstairs to crush course after course of antipasti before the Christmas ham and - you guessed it - more pasta.

Finally, the marathon ends with dessert, and not just any boring dessert.

I’m talking about struffoli, cannolis, tiramisu, sfogliatelle and homemade cookies.

Let’s face it: the perfect Christmas is about good company, better wine and the best food. We just happen to have all three, so for those of you who are doomed to celebrate however it is you non-Italians do, mi dispiace e buon Natale.

Ask Miss Molly

Dear Miss Molly, I’ve been dating my girlfriend for two years. With all the anniversaries and holidays in the time we’ve spent together, I’ve run out of presents to give her. Christmas is coming up and I want to give her something perfect to show her how much I love her. Do you have any ideas?

Sincerely, Giftless Dear Giftless, Your girlfriend is a lucky girl. The fact that you’re so concerned about giving her the perfect Christmas present shows how much you really care. I’ll give you my input, but I guarantee no matter what you decide to give her, you can’t go wrong.

Expensive gifts are not necessarily always the most meaningful ones. The creative gifts are usually the ones that bring girls to tears, not necessarily “every kiss

begins with Kay.” Some gentlemen aren’t the most inclined in the creativity department, but I’m sure doing something for your love will get your creative juices flowing. Make a scrapbook of your time spent together. Documenting all your favorite memories in a book is a gift that is thoughtful and adorable and will definitely make her heart throb. Scrapbooks also take a lot of time and energy to create, so your hard work will show her how much you really care. And even better, it won’t be a big hit on your wallet. What’s not to love?

If you want something a little more extravagant yet still creative, plan a perfect date adventure for just the two of you.

Show your girlfriend how well you know her by getting tickets for the two of you to see a musical in the city, a concert of her favorite band, or if she’s more sporty, a game of her favorite team. She will be head over heels that you remember the little things about

her, and you two will get to spend a fun day in each other’s company.

Your gift will be a memory she’ll have forever.

If you’d rather not spend money and time buying tickets and traveling, plan an extra romantic date night. Dress up in your sharpest outfit and cook her a gourmet meal you know she’ll love. If you aren’t the best in the kitchen, get some tips from someone else so you can really “wow” her. Decorate your apartment with roses, candles and play some sensual music. The two of you can spend a loving night together with conversation, wine and great food. Who knows, dessert may end up being sweeter than you planned.

I’m sure your sweetheart will love anything you come up with.

Follow your heart and you can’t go wrong.

Love always, Miss Molly

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THE MIRROR | Week of December 11, 2013

Weekly 4x5

Because they like to talk ...

Your 2013-2014 4x5 Columnists:

Jennifer Calhoun, Luigi DiMeglio, Thomas Shea and Connor Kelley

Winter break is coming up. Do you have any big plans?

What do you prefer ... Webster Bank Arena or Alumni Hall?

HA.

Alumni Hall.

NFL playoffs are beginning soon.

Who is going to make it to the Super Bowl?

Broncos.

What would you say 2013 was the What's on your wish list for the "year of?" holidays

Lossoffaithinthehumanrace

Jennifer Calhoun Sports Editor

HarryStylesNiallHoranLouisTomlinsonZaynMalikandLiamPayne.

aka twerking.

Luigi DiMeglio Managing Editor

Being the youngest 1992 kid in my grade this whole time means turning 21 is long overdue. Maybe I'll see what this whole 'Grape thing is about around New Year's.

Probably lame.

Training my belligerent yelling for Arena volume means that it doesn't really matter at this point (see @FredJKuo's tweet from Nov. 9). For the sake of normal people, I would say Alumni Hall just makes more sense.

Thomas Shea Multimedia Manager

Oh yeah. My butt print on my couch has faded since I left from Thanksgiving, so there's that to get back to. Doing big things this break.

That's a tough one. Honestly, I think we need them both. The Arena makes us look legit on a national stage and on TV, but Alumni is home and cozy. Either way, I'd like to see them both filled more.

After watching the interview Peyton Manning did with Ron Burgundy, I don't think anyone should root against the Broncos.

Salvatore Trifilio News Editor

My Italian uncle, who lives in Germany, is visitng for the holiday for the first time in 30 years. If you think Germans can drink, you should see this crazy hybrid of a beer and wine guzzler.

Alumni Hall hands down. Listen up, Fairfield, if you think you will ever be able to attract a student body that will fill that areana, then you guys are even more delirious and disconnected with this world than I've feared.

I'm not a betting man by any stretch of the imagination, but I got my money on my boys in Seattle and a surprise shot-in-hell bid from Gang Green. Everyone knows Santa is a Jets fan.

Though home is close to the city, I am a New Englander from Connecticut and thus, a Patriots fan. That being said, I'm really excited about the Jaguars going all the way.

Wasn't the world supposed to end last year? I'll call this year another slap in the face to indigenous American populations.

Meat.

Meat.

Free Meat.

Meat Meat.

House.

Meat.

Meat.

Meat. Meat. Meat. Meat. Meat.

MEAT.

If I wake up Christmas morning and find Jennifer Lawrence underneath my Christmas tree, I'll finally figure out why Mariah Carey sang that annoying song.

Well ... Miley Cyrus happened, Britney Spears just came out with a new album and people like Justin Bieber and One Direction (sorry, Jen) are still relavent. As my father would say, it's the year of the "dumรกs."

- a New York Jets Super Bowl birth - a lifetime supply of beer ... any beer will do - a round-trip ticket to Boulder, Colo., after Jan. 1 - For Danica to never speak in the newsroom again

Important basketball dates for the break Men's basketball

Women's basketball

12/21 - @ Wisconsin - Green Bay, 1 p.m.

12/29 - @ Rider, 4 p.m.

12/28 - @ Bucknell University, 2 p.m.

12/31 - vs. Niagara, 2 p.m.

1/2 - @ Marist College, 7 p.m.

1/3 - @ Monmouth University, 7 p.m.

1/4 - @ Manhattan College, 7 p.m.

1/5 - vs. Quinnipiac University, 2 p.m.

1/8 - vs. St. Peter's, 7 p.m.

1/9 - @ Manhattan College, 11 a.m.

1/10 - @ Iona College, 7 p.m.

1/11 - vs. Marist, 6 p.m.

1/16 - vs. Niagara, 8:30 p.m.

1/16 - vs. Siena, 6 p.m.

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Schneider Says:

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In Week 15, Keenan Allen thrives off Rivers resurgence

By Matthew Schneider Sports Columnist

Tebben Gill Lopez/The Mirror

The final week of classes for the semester is upon us, so if you want to take a break from worrying about finals for a few minutes and read some fantasy advice, then you’re in the right place.

Week 15 had one of the most interesting games that I have ever seen: the “snowbowl” between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Detroit Lions. The nearly eight inches of snow on the field made it impossible for field goals or extra points to be attempted, resulting in a number of exciting two-point-conversion tries.

For almost the entire first half, the game was boring, ending with the Lions leading 8-0. It was after the intermission that things started to get interesting.

The Lions returned a punt for a touchdown, which seemed to all but seal the game, as the Eagles’ normally fast-paced offense was ineffective.

A touchdown before the end of the third quarter brought the Eagles

within striking distance of the Lions, and the Eagles’ running game did the rest in the fourth quarter. Running back LeSean McCoy rushed for a franchise-record 217 yards and two touchdowns in the snow, and the Eagles outscored the Lions 28-6 in the final quarter to cap off a convincing win. For those who weren’t able to watch the game, it was a treat; try to watch the highlights if you can.

Speaking of the Lions, star running back Reggie Bush was injured in pregame warm-ups for Sunday’s matchup, and may not be able to start next game against the Baltimore Ravens. If Bush doesn’t suit up, a viable backup running back can be found in Joique Bell, who has performed well in Bush’s absence.

Bell has scored a touchdown in three of the past four games. He is owned in 63.6 percent of ESPN leagues, so he may be available in yours. I would consider keeping Bell in mind, especially if your team has injuries to deal with, as there have been a rash of running back injuries in the past few weeks (Adrian Peterson and Darren McFadden, just to name a couple).

Shane Vereen seems to be the current favorite running back in New England, even though he doesn’t carry the ball very much. Confused?

The explanation is that Vereen has been used as a pass-catching back ever since inheriting the starting gig four weeks ago. While he has had only 24 rushing attempts over the past four weeks (an insanely low average of six attempts per game), he has had 33 receptions, an average of around eight per game.

Eight receptions is somewhat normal for a wide receiver, so he is not slacking in that regard. Vereen

has been a Points Per Reception monster these past four weeks, so if you are in such a league, I highly recommend that you add him to your team at once. He is owned in 82.3 percent of ESPN leagues, so there is a chance that he can be in yours.

Both of the Chicago Bears quarterbacks have a juicy matchup against the Cleveland Browns this weekend. If starter Jay Cutler can’t play, backup Josh McCown should continue to flourish with the help of wide receivers Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery and running back Matt Forte. If he does return from injury, Cutler will be facing a defense that has given up 10 touchdowns and at least 27 points in the past four games. As he is returning from a long

absence, Cutler should be available in your league (he is owned only in 50.4 percent of ESPN leagues), and could be a good matchup player for at least one week.

Finally, a recently emerging fantasy player is Keenan Allen of the San Diego Chargers. The big wide receiver, while somewhat ineffective in standard leagues, has torn things up in PPR formats, scoring 21, 16 and 20 points, respectively, over the past three weeks. He probably owes his good play of late to the resurgence of Philip Rivers in San Diego this year, but as long as Rivers stays hot, so should Allen. Allen is owned in 74.4 percent of ESPN leagues, so if you are in a PPR league and are in need of some insurance at the wide receiver

position, you may have found your man. There is no guarantee that Allen will continue to produce at the high level he has recently, but I feel that he is worth picking up for at least a week in case he does keep playing well. In the worst-case scenario, you can drop him and pick someone else up next week.

This is my final fantasy football article of the semester, and I would just like to take a moment to thank each and every one of you who have been reading my articles. It has really been a pleasure writing for you, and I hope to continue to do so next semester. Have a great Christmas and happy holidays, everyone!

Contributed from CBS Sports Shane Vereen could be the starting running back for New England and look for him to be a pass-catching back.

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nearly 30-point win.

Sophomore Kristin Schatzlein and Kelsey Carey ‘17 scored in double digits, both scoring eleven points, and Carey corralled five rebounds, the most in a game in her still very young college career.

With still one non-conference game to go, a date against Oklahoma at Webster Bank Arena on Dec. 18, Frager likes where his team is at right now.

“We’ve had a pretty challenging schedule, I like where we are,” said Coach Frager. “I think it’s given our younger kids an opportunity to get their feet wet, find out what college basketball is all about. Hopefully it gets us ready for the conference portion of our schedule.”

One thing that Coach Frager has been impressed by so far has been not only the play of the newcomers, but also how well the team has shared the scoring and ball-handling responsibilities.

“We’ve shared the basketball.

The ball has moved … we’ve had

seven different players score in double figures for us, and that’s important,” said Coach Frager. “I think defensively we can definitely improve. Our ability to contain dribble penetration has got to improve, because we’re not really a very quick team. We have to play very good team defense to accomplish that.”

As for that upcoming game against 20th nationally ranked Oklahoma, Coach Frager called it a “heck of a challenge.”

“They’re an outstanding team. It’s quite rare that you get a team like that to come and play here … but they were heading east and we’re fortunate to get them [at home],” said Frager. “In a game like that, it’s great to be able to test yourself, but what you really have to do is take that type of game one play at a time.

Obviously, every time you lace ‘em up, you want to win. But above all, at the end of that forty minutes with that team, your kids walk off the court saying ‘You know, we played as hard as we possibly could’ve played.’ That’s all you can ask.”

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Volleyball seniors look back on four seasons of success

By Thomas Shea Multimedia Manager After four years of blood, sweat, tears and two trips to the NCAA Tournament, Rachel Romansky ‘14 felt “like I ran into a wall” when their tournament game against eighthranked Nebraska ended with a 3-0 loss.

“I just started crying ... I wasn’t crying because we lost, I wasn’t crying because we did badly; it was just like that was it, I was never going to see the court again,” said Romansky, who finished her collegiate career with a 22-assist effort in the loss, bringing her total for her four years at Fairfield to 4,552 assists, good for second alltime in school history. “It was just so shocking, so overwhelming.”

Romansky also finishes ninth in school history in career digs with 1,132, and sixth in school history with 452 sets played. She became just the second player in program history to finish her career with over 4,000 assists and 1,000 digs, joining Liz Bower ’99.

For Haley Moyer ‘14, she said the feeling did not hit her until the locker room.

“The coaches came in and started talking about how it was a great season, and that we’re going to miss the seniors, and then the tears started rolling down,” said Moyer.

Moyer finishes seventh in Fairfield history with a .284 hitting percentage, and earned multiple MAAC Academic Honor Roll spots.

Senior Carsen Mata, who joined the Fairfield program after one year

at North Carolina State, called her experience in the NCAA Tournament this season “exciting and exhilarating.”

“It was incredible. All I can say is that it was a once in a lifetime opportunity. I’m so proud of our team,” said Mata after the match on Friday.

The seniors Romansky, Moyer and Mata leave behind quite the legacy for Fairfield volleyball.

The duo of Romansky and Moyer were part of a Fairfield team that lost 20 matches their freshman season in 2010.

Since then, the team has gone 61-32, has won back-to-back MAAC regular season championships and earned two straight NCAA Tournament berths.

Despite their own personal accomplishments, both Moyer and Romansky pointed to team efforts and accomplishments as their biggest sources of pride.

“I think my proudest moment was just making sure we won that first MAAC Championship, because we had all that pressure and the stigma of not winning for eleven years,” said Moyer. “I think winning that first one was my proudest moment as a Stag, and winning a second one was just a cherry on top, for senior year.

But seeing this team grow, and now that it’s a standard that we should win and go to the NCAA Tournament, is an amazing way to leave.”

Romansky agreed, and points to how much she and Haley have dealt with over their four years as sources of her personal pride.

“I think for me it was just how much Haley and I have grown and

built this program,” said Romansky.

“We started at the bottom and made our way up. That was our biggest accomplishment. Starting from having seniors that didn’t really like us, it was really hard in the beginning, and we had to figure it out, it was rough.”

Both Romansky and Moyer laughed when they brought up a prediction made by Moyer early in their freshman year.

“Haley said freshman year, ‘So, you’re going to get the athlete awards, and I’m going to get the scholar awards,’” said Romansky laughing, “… and I think, at the end, we both had our fair share. Both of us did really well, and we both got individually recognized, and we’re really proud of that too.”

Both lived up to those predictions almost creepily accurately. Romansky has gone on to win MAAC Setter of the Year each of the past three seasons, something that had never been done before in MAAC history, while Moyer has made every academic team imaginable and is using her talents in the classroom to go to law school next fall.

While the two did not agree on which of their MAAC Titles meant more to them (Moyer believes last year was more magical as a curse-ending year, while Romansky liked how this year’s team proved doubters wrong by winning it all again), both can agree that there is one thing that can define their four years at Fairfield: winning.

“Winning twice, both junior and senior year, that makes it even better,” said Romansky.

Contributed by Scott Bruhn Senior Rachel Romansky sets the ball against Nebraska in the NCAAs.

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Week of December 11, 2013

Intramurals name fall champions

Dirty Sets

Backyard Soccer Captain Sebastian Dumoulin

Captain Paul Malaspina

Just a Couple of Guys

Mario and Luigi

Captain Mike Xarras

Captain Conor O'Meara Contributed by Ian Diaz/ Head of Intramurals

Women's basketball takes down Maine

By Thomas Shea Multimedia Manager The Fairfield women’s basketball team defeated the Maine Black Bears on Sunday 8059 to win the Brown Bear Classic in Providence, R.I. It is the second tournament that the Stags have won this season, following their win in the Emerald Beach Hotel Islander Classic in November.

Senior Brittany Obi-Tabot averaged 12.5 points over the two games of the tournament, including a season-high 18-point effort in the win over Maine, en

route to being named tournament Most Valuable Player. She also averaged 8.5 rebounds, and had two blocks and two steals for the weekend. Junior Felicia DaCruz scored a career high 19 points with five rebounds and four assists to lead the Stags.

The first half was a close affair for the first twelve minutes, with the Black Bears taking a 2722 with just over eight minutes remaining. Fairfield (5-3) would go on a 15-2 scoring run over the next six and a half minutes, and went into halftime with the 37-32 lead.

Fairfield came out of halftime on a 12-4 run, and after a Maine

run made it a seven-point game with 12 minutes remaining, one of DaCruz’s three baskets from

"It’s great to be able to test yourself, but what you really have to do is take that type of game one play at a time."

- Joe Frager, Women's basketball coach beyond the arc gave them a double-digit lead once again, and

would gradually extend their lead and put away the Black Bears by 21 points.

“I think Felicia DaCruz has shown tremendous improvement … just her assist to turnover ratio has been outstanding,” said Head Coach Joe Frager.

In the first game of the tournament, the Stags cruised to a 75-46 win over Morgan State on Saturday. Senior Katie Cizynski led Fairfield with a career-high 24 points, shooting 11-15 from the floor. Senior Alexys Vazquez was 4-9 from three-point range, adding twelve points of her own.

“I definitely think Katie Cizynski is a player that you lean

on. When you’ve got a post player who can score inside and outside the way that Katie can, it gives versatility to her game,” said Coach Frager. “And I think definitely [Alexys] Vazquez, another one of our seniors, those are two player that we are going to look to lean on. All our seniors for that matter.”

The Stags never trailed in the game, with Cizynski scoring the first basket. The Stags shot 45.5 percent in the first half, and continued their dominance in the second half, pulling away for the READ

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