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More than 2200 students were in attendance for the 10th annual Presidential Ball held at Bellarmine Hall. Tebben Gill Lopez/The Mirror

Last weekend, students from all classes marched up the hill to the Bellarmine Lawn for Fair!eld’s 10th annual Presidential Ball. "e event started at 8 p.m. with doors closing at 10 p.m., and ended at midnight.

As part of the tradition, stu-dents and guests made their way through Bellarmine Hall to the pa-tio where they were able to get their picture taken with Fair!eld Presi-dent Fr. Je#rey von Arx, S.J., before descending the stone staircase and voyaging on into the event known as “Prez. Ball.”

FUSA President Alex Long ’14 said that the historically successful event “went smoothly compared to the last couple of years.”

Assistant Director of Public

Safety John Ritchie attributes the success of the event to the sta# and personnel who worked to make sure those who attended had a safe and enjoyable experience.

At Prez. Ball there were seven medical transports from the event. "ere were an additional seven medical transports from campus throughout that evening and into the early morning. At the event, 21 people were triaged - determining priority of patient’s treatments - by medical sta#.

According to Ritchie, extra sta# allowed DPS to be better pre-pared for triaging students. "is reduced the need to send students to the hospital. At the event, sta# was able to make contact with about 100 people who appeared to need medical attention; most were deemed to not need medical atten-tion.

Ritchie said, “Safety is always a concern at any event.” Large-scale events are worrying; the consump-tion of alcohol and drugs by those attending causes concern, said Ritchie.

G-Force Security, a private se-curity company from Fair!eld was hired to provide additional sta#-ing to keep an eye on the perim-eter of the event site. According to Ritchie, "ey predominantly work event venues and have a lot of ex-perience with these types of events, speci!cally crowd management. At Prez. Ball, G-Force Security con-sisted of eleven personnel and one supervisor.

Ritchie said that the event was a mostly positive experience for students, considering the amount of people that attended the event, adding that “this sheds light on how we should prepare for the up-

coming Fall Concert.”According to von Arx, Prez.

Ball started out as his inauguration ball, and was originally in Alumni Hall for the !rst time. “"e kids were so enthusiastic about it that we decided to continue and so here we are, year ten,” said von Arx.

According to von Arx, his fa-vorite part of the evening is “just saying ‘hi’ to kids ... It’s great to see everybody dressed up. It’s wonder-ful, and it’s great to see everybody enjoying themselves.”

When asked how hard it is to hold a smile for so long, von Arx laughed, saying “I get used to that one way or another. I massage my face muscles to get them back into shape. It’s a wonderful, wonderful occasion and I’m so happy to be here and so happy that we’re able to

By Robert JoyceCrime Beat Reporter

Prez. Ball deemed a perfect 10

DPS: Fair!eld crime rates in ‘good shape’Fair!eld University campus

safety is in “very good shape” in terms of its crime statistics, according to the Department of Public Safety.

Fair!eld recently released its crime statistics, in accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Cam-pus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, which mandates that college security submit annual reports before Oct. 1.

In regards to the numbers for Jan. 1 through Dec. 31 of 2012, “we see a lot of consistency over the board,” John Ritchie, assistant direc-tor of DPS, said.

He added, “"ere’s been no

drastic changes for this year or in the last three years.”

Larceny and the$ incidents showed a gradual decrease since 2009, diminishing from 80 to 49 in 2012, the lowest number in the past three years.

Disciplinary referrals for liquor law violations were 1,072, which is 81 less than referrals for 2011.

"at is not to say that statistics did show slight increases in other ar-eas.

In this year’s report, referrals for drug abuse violations totalled 69, as opposed to last year’s 38. Arrests for drug abuse violations came to 32, eight more than the 2011 statistics. Such drugs include cocaine, heroin, marijuana and barbiturates.

"ere were also more drug abuse-related arrests in 2012 than in 2011, with 32 and 24 arrests, respec-

tively. But Ritchie said of these statis-

tics, “"at doesn’t faze us too much.”

Drug abuse violations come in waves, he said, citing that in 2010, statistics showed 92 disciplinary re-ferrals, but then in 2011, 38 viola-tions.

Freshman Teon Smith said he was initially “shocked” at the num-ber of arrests and referrals for drug abuse. He believes that whatever was done in 2011 to prevent that year’s low statistics should be instigated again. Lowering the number “could be done.”

In addition to an increase of drug abuse on campus, forcible sexu-al o#enses incidents totalled to four – three occurring in student residences and one in an o#-campus facility. In the 2011 calendar year, public safety reported zero incidents in this cat-

egory. Such o#enses include rape, sodomy and fondling.

Sexual o#enses are the most un-derreported crimes, said Ritchie, and in this case people choose to utilize the con!dential reporting o#ered by DPS.

Burglary crimes, di#erent from larceny (when the item is stolen di-rectly from them), has increased from 12 to 17 incidents. In addition, hate crimes based o# race also saw two incidents in the last year.

“It’s not like I’m expecting that the campus [crime statistics] would be pitch perfect,” Christopher Guti-errez ‘17. He added that it’s “natural,”

By Loan LeEditor-in-Chief

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Community sets sights on

climate change

Residents of Fairfield County launched the first Citizens Climate Lobby meeting on Sept. 24 at the Burroughs Community Center.

“We are really trying to make an impact from below on our con-gressional people to have an effec-tive policy on climate concerns,” said Barbara Bresler, a Bridgeport resident that lived in Fairfield.

“I got people together and we’ve been reading literally around my kitchen table about the issues,” Bresler added. “Almost everybody I have talked to is concerned.”

Bresler was one of a dozen Fairfield County members that participated in CCL’s talk last Tuesday to raise awareness about climate change.

Mary Jane Sorrentino, a mem-ber of the Rhode Island Chapter of the CCL, said, “We need to put a simple, transparent predictable price on carbon … [and] focus on getting climate change legislation passed.”

For Maryann Matthews of Trumbull, “Citizens need to get angry about what is happening in the world. They should be angry enough to get on the phone and talk to Congress. Just start making noise.”

CCL is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization that lobbies to pass legislation on climate change. It supports putting a tax on car-bon-based fuels with the belief

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By Enxhi MyslymiAssociate News Editor

Unfortunately, because everyone has an open attitude towards safety [on campus], we’re going to still see some of these statistics.

- John Ritchie, Assistant Director of DPS

NEWS:New changes from ITS

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Students

On Tuesday, Oct. 1, students traveling the paths between Canisius Hall and the Barone Campus Center, found tables surrounding the well-known apple trees on campus. "e second annual “Apple Fest” was hosted by the Leaders for Environmental Ac-tion at Fair!eld from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Students were given canvas bags provided by LEAF and were allowed to use apple pickers to take as many apples as they could carry. Along with the free canvas bag, students were also provided with apple cider from Sodexo, who were also given ex-tra apples picked by LEAF. President of the student organization Alex Fy-lypovych ‘14 said, “"e event was so successful last year that we brought it back.” She also assured that any bad apples picked by students were sent to the University’s garden for compost.

Photos by !omas Shea/!e Mirror

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Fair!eld has joined forces this se-mester with New York’s leading social organization and community center, 92nd Street Y, as part of the Open Vi-sions Forum-Espresso lecture series.

"e new partnership will feature live streamed broadcasts sent to Fair-!eld’s Quick Center about today’s de-bated issues.

“Fair!eld is extremely excited to be partnering with such an important cultural institution as 92Y,” said Mike Horyczun, director of media relations.

According to a Fair!eld press release, the Open Visions Forum-Espresso lecture series, already in its second year, releases events frequently, unlike the Open Visions Forum.

When asked about student atten-dance of the Espresso Lecture Series, Horyczun said, “We hope that stu-dents take advantage of such a won-derful educational opportunity.”

"e Espresso Series will feature conversations held by Open Visions Forum founder and creator Dr. Phillip

Eliasoph, professor of art history, and Dr. Michael Serazio, assistant profes-sor of communication and deputy director of Open Visions Forum. "e series also features guest speakers.

It will feature a pre-lecture held by Serazio before a 92Y streaming video of “Full Court Press: Inside the Bush and Obama White Houses.”

According to the press release, the video will feature the press secre-taries for Barack Obama and George W. Bush, Robert Gibbs and Ari Fleischer, moderated by former Chief White House Correspondent for "e Associated Press, Ben Feller.

“If the Open Visions Forum-Espresso lecture series is something kids our age are interested in, I would certainly go,” said Rob Nardella ’15.

Following the streaming video will be a discussion led by Serazio and Assistant Professor of politics Dr. Gwendoline Alphonso, with Eliasoph moderating the conversation.

“People may not know about [Espresso lectures] as much. A lot of students that went (to the Open Vi-

sions Forum) were probably required to do so by their professors,” said Jen-nifer Jamin ‘14. “I think we should go because it’s important to be politically informed, because a lot of people our age, including myself, aren’t.”

"e next Open Visions Forum-Espresso lecture series event will be held on Monday, Nov. 4. It will present a live broadcast at 8 p.m. of “My Life in Law” with author and attorney Alan Dershowitz, who will be interviewed by CNN analyst Je#rey Toobin at the Regina A. Quick Center.

“"e program sounds really in-formative, but Fair!eld just needs to spread the word more,” said Lily McLoughlin ‘16.

“I think the ‘Full Court Press: Inside the Bush and Obama White Houses’ sounds interesting and it helps keep students up to date with what is going on in the world,” McLoughlin added.

For students interested in attend-ing the various Open Visions Forum-Espresso events this year, tickets are $12.

By Robert HagstromAssistant News Editor

ITS changes for students

On the weekend of Sep. 21, Fair!eld’s Information Technology Services launched Terminal Four Platform onto www.fair!eld.edu causing stu-dents to loose connectivity with important websites.

Although the downtime was expected by ITS and even publicized through email, not all were prepared for it.

"e downtime began around noon on Sep. 21. Dur-ing this time, the Terminal Four System was displaying outdated information. Instead of the current my.fair!eld link, the old student portal “Stag-Web” was shown with outdated headlines.

Although not all may have attempted this, “If some-one had used a bookmark to my.fair!eld.edu or simply en-tered that into their browser it worked throughout,” says Fair-!eld’s Chief Information O%-cer Paige Francis.

Because many students access their my.fair!eld and blackboard account through the fair!eld.edu address, they were not able to successfully connect during downtime.

Freshman Katherine Dal-ton was one of the students who had di%culty with this.

“I couldn’t get onto my.fair!eld to access my black-board account to do my home-work,” said Dalton.

During the down time,

Dalton and many other stu-dents were thrown o# and un-sure about how to proceed.

However according to Francis, “the transition was scheduled and communicated to students, faculty and sta#.

We also supplied contact information to communicate any lingering issues.”

With this new update, ITS expects for there to be minor issues and broken areas the !rst weeks of operation. However, the team is prepared and ready to help and repair any issues.

Some students are con-cerned with how quickly these issues will be resolved, such as Jessica Bouche ’17.

“I really hope all the is-sues are worked out soon be-cause it is confusing and hard to plan things when downtime is constantly occurring,” says Bouche.

"e transition to the Ter-minal Four Platform has been in developement for over a year now, with the student in mind as it has extreme bene!ts over Fair!eld’s old web system such as mobile capability, audit trail, content access control, user rights and integration with other systems, and better per-formance, according to ITS.

While students might !nd the Terminal Four Platform to be new to their online experi-ence here at Fair!eld, as of Sep. 30 students, along with faculty and sta#, experienced a shi$ to new wireless networks.

In an email to the student body ITS told students, “As announced earlier this sum-mer and approved through the ATC, your network team is providing a more secure wire-less network for faculty, sta# and students.”

Francis explained the shi$ to the new secure networks as an answer to students’ requests.

“More bandwidth and improved wireless seems to be a steady request from Fair!eld University students via a vari-ety of channels…” stated Fran-cis.

Francis even went as far as to mention Twitter “direct messages from Fair!eld Tur-keys” aided the progression to the new secure networks.

ITS explained that while these are the newest additions to Fair!eld’s internet services, work is done every day to pro-vide “a more secure working environment for faculty, stu-dents and sta#.”

As a tip for students and teachers for the future Francis said, “my advice would be keep an eye out for communications coming with a subject line of ‘Technology Announcement’ and know that, when there is downtime, we will get every-thing back running smoothly as soon as possible. Also, al-ways feel free to let us know the minute you experience anything odd technology per-formance-wise.”

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Citizens lobby for

carbon taxthat it will decrease the amount of fossils fuels used and move to-wards clean energy sources, ac-cording to its website.

CCL has 73 chapters in the United States and Canada, with Fairfield’s group being the first in Connecticut, the site stated.

A carbon tax would be a fee on sources of greenhouse gas emis-sions with the intent to decrease its usage. A $20 tax per ton of carbon would raise the price of gas $0.20 a gallon, but the tax would be rev-enue neutral in that each dollar collected would be a decrease in payroll tax by the same amount, according to CCL’s site.

According to Director of En-vironmental Studies and Associ-ate Professor of Politics Dr. David Downie, “The carbon tax would absolutely lead to short-term and long-term reductions in green-house gases. It is an incentive to use the energy devices we have to make new energy devices.

“The trouble with carbon tax-es is political because in part there are legitimate concerns with how to do it effectively,” Downie said. However, if the tax is phased in

gradually, it will not cause harm to the economy.

For students, there needs to be more awareness regarding the effects of climate change.

For Ryan Wessel ’15, a mem-ber of LEAF at Fairfield, “green technology and renewable energy sources are imperative towards the future growth of our society … Instead of taxing, perhaps there should be tax incentives to pro-mote green practices without hurt-ing the economy.

“People, not just Fairfield students, need to stay informed and be able to form an educated opinion. I think that’s a big step in moving forward in environmental issues,” added Wessel.

When asked if students do not have the time to worry about cli-mate change, Allisa Ciccia ‘15 said, “Until it starts snowing in Miami during Ultra, it might not grab too much attention.

“Obviously there are students who care and have invested their time and intelligence to this topic … such as ‘go green’ campaigns [and] reserving energy,” Ciccia said. “What they need to be do-ing is get other people who don’t know and aren’t paying attention on board.”

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Compiled by Robert Joyce.

Information contributed by the Department of Public Safety.

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Wednesday, 9/25

10:50 a.m. – A Fairfield student was referred to student conduct for inappropriate behav-ior near Fairfield Prep facilities. DPS has a strong suspicion that psychoactive drugs were involved.

Thursday, 9/26

2:44 p.m. – Two females were involved in a verbal altercation after one accused the other of cheating on an exam. Both were referred to student conduct.

Friday, 9/27

8:13 p.m. – A young man in Claver Hall was spotted by DPS walking out of a room with an alcoholic beverage. This led to the discovery of more alcohol in the room. The student was referred to student conduct.

10:00 p.m. – Four students were referred to student conduct for an alcohol violation in the Canisius parking lot.

11:27 p.m. – A white iPhone was reported stolen from the tent at the Presidential Ball.

Saturday, 9/28

1:08 a.m. – A purse containing an android phone and a driver’s license was reported sto-len from the tent at Prez Ball.

3:36 p.m. – A criminal trespass warning was issued to a male non-student cohabitating with a female student in Regis Hall. The student was referred to student conduct.

10:54 p.m. – A noise complaint led Resident Assistants and DPS to a Regis Hall residence where suspected marijuana, paraphernalia and alcohol were found. The students responsible were referred to student conduct.

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In the world:Congress’ inability to pass a budget for the federal government has suspended all non-mandatory spending. Republicans insist they will not vote for a budget as long as Obamacare remains a law. Dem-ocrats want to keep the law and have not backed down.

Poachers using cyanide in water holes in Zimba-bwe have killed 91 elephants, among other animals.

Oskarshamn nuclear power plant, one of the world’s largest nuclear reactors found in southeast Sweden, was shut down due to a huge cluster of jel-ly!sh blocking its intake pipes.

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have this occasion for our students.”

According to FUSA, there were more than 2,200 tickets sold for the event at $20 each. FUSA President Alex Long ’14 emailed stu-dents the day before and of-fered advice on how to make Prez. Ball a safe and fun event for all.

He advised students to avoid hard liquor, eat a big dinner and burn a lot of calo-

ries on the dance &oor. He urged students to stay classy and be in control at all times, speci!cally: “Don’t make it awkward when you are taking a picture with Fr. von Arx.”

Fair!eld Dean of Stu-dents Karen Donoghue also emailed students, saying that “the Presidential Ball should be a fun, safe event. It is my expectation that students will not put themselves in harm’s way by making terrible choic-es when it comes to alcohol consumption. I want this

event to continue to be a tra-dition at Fair!eld University. Any policy violations will be met with a heightened re-sponse from my o%ce.”

Long also informed the students that “excessive write-ups and problems associated with Prez. Ball may jeopar-dize [FUSA’s] ability to spon-sor this event in the future.”

"ere is a meeting next Monday for Fair!eld faculty and sta# to discuss and re-view the event.

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or re&ective of human fallacy, that crimes would be committed.

Looking at other categories with zero or a small number of incidents in the past years, Gutierrez said that “it comes to show that our campus is fairly safe.”

Ritchie said: “Fair!eld is very fortunate to be located where we’re at. We’re fortunate to have formal pe-rimeter – or borders around campus – which prevents a lot of outsiders from freely walking on the campus.”

But, “Unfortunately, because ev-eryone has an open attitude towards safety [on campus], we’re going to still see some of these statistics,” he said.

Smith also said that the crime statistics on Fair!eld campus “would be di#erent for other campuses.”-

"e guidelines for campus se-curity reporting underwent a wave of changes when 19-year-old Jeanne Clery was found dead in her third-&oor dorm at Lehigh University. An autopsy showed that she had been raped and then strangled with a met-al coil by a fellow student. Her par-ents sued the school and launched a nationwide cause for better reporting for all college campuses and in 1990, the Clery Act, formerly the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act, was signed.

Rise in drug abuse not a concern

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In an effort to strike down the Affordable Care Act (Obam-acare) (we put the common name next to the legal one in parenthesis because many don’t know they’re one and the same), Republicans have refused to allow the passage of a new federal budget. The logic is: Stopping everything else so that Democrats are forced to rethink Obamacare is worth a temporary shutdown of nonessential govern-ment payments.

But despite the “In the World” entry on page 4, there is no top news story this week. Other outlets can feign surprise at the develop-

ment of a government shutdown, but the truth is behind the rhetoric. There is nothing that should be a shock about this fiasco because it is just another installment in a series of congressional sessions that do not impress us.

We have grown accustomed to lackluster performances on be-half of hundreds of national lead-ers. The parties will not agree. In an age where the people are used to finding answers instantly at their fingertips, the deadlock and mud-slinging seems archaic. Can our generation bear to live under this form of government? Perhaps we are ideologically closer to a form of

anarchy than the circus performers on Capitol Hill realize.

The system is broken, but the blame is not to be set on one group. Many news outlets will have the pubic believe that Republicanism is the root of government block-age. Many outlets will assert that Obama’s and Democrat goals are not in the best interest of our na-tion. The truth is, there are always going to be disagreements. The circus performers and propaganda outlets are only going to be able to do what they do because the prod-uct is bought in to. Congress shut down the government because they can and everyone who thinks

they’re hilarious on our Facebook and Twitter feeds will joke about it without actually knowing how to solve the problem.

At Fairfield, we are taught to educate the whole person. As a body, America has failed at know-ing itself entirely and truthfully. Can the people responsible for putting congressmen on The Hill articulate in simple terms the pros and cons of the thousands of pages that make up the Affordable Care Act? Absolutely. In this way, it’s al-most like our true government has been off for a long time already.

We just hope our passports can get renewed before Spring Break.

Loan LeEditor-in-Chief

Danica CeballosExecutive Editor

Luigi DiMeglioManaging Editor

Gridlock

Letter to the Editor

Chocopocolypse nigh! Price of cocoa too damn high

Forget global warming; disaster looms as the world’s reserve of cocoa beans is shrinking, and in turn, our share of precious chocolate. Specula-tion pegs that chocolate prices will reach record highs, up to a 45 percent increase from 2007. One of the main problems lies with the world’s insis-tence on bipolar weather patterns. Businessweek reports that farmers in West Africa gave up on the cocoa crop for that reason, as well as pro!t shortages.

Considering that West Africa is to chocolate what the Middle East is to oil, this is a grave cause of con-cern that is in dire need of address-ing. What is more irritating is that a report in Reuters has deemed that the anticipation of chocolate production will result in more than doubling co-coa prices by 2020. People should be aware of this issue and be convinced to buy more chocolate before things climb to epic proportions and citizens start rioting against our government.

Considering the government has just shut down, this would be a perfect opportunity; though looking at our history, it is far more likely that we will simply initiate World War III in Africa and !ght to the death over our chocolate reserves and take them for ourselves. I can see it now:

"e African Revolution storms out of Egypt and Libya to defend their west-ern brothers as we set !re to Liberia and Obama proclaims, “Let them eat chocolate,” as he snacks on a Snickers. "ey say Army Strong; I say Choco-late Stronger.

"e other primary issue here lies within our society’s health nuts. People are preferring dark choco-late over its more delicious, milky counterpart because the making of said dark mediocrity involves more beans. "e greater cocoa capacity leaves less sugar content for people who actually stress over the calorie intake.

I cannot say I understand their point of view when milk chocolate has been the de facto chocolate ev-erywhere I’ve looked all my life. Eat-ing a smorgasbord of M&Ms is akin to having sex on ecstasy. Ravaging a 5-pound Hershey bar at Hershey Park with your friends beats out any “Breakfast Club” bonding baloney. "e "ree Musketeers were known for being bros so well that they made a chocolate candy in their honor. Chocolate is life.

On the other hand, one could also bite the bullet and simply eat less chocolate. As one who treats M&Ms like a medical necessity, I under-stand the giant undertaking involved in repressing primal urges to gorge yourself in the delicious delicacy.

But there is clearly a greater good here that can only be helped if the individual strengthens their resolve, whether it be dying for our freedom in Africa or setting aside the Klon-dikes and actually trying to get laid, instead of settling for chocolate to raise your endorphins.

Another lucrative, though de-

structive, option is to buy as much chocolate as possible right now. "e Halloween rush is still a month away and there is plenty of time to set up a Valentine’s Day package while it is cheap (though that may also come o# as cheap in a di#erent way).

It is best to avoid the dark choc-olate excuse as well; so what if a little

daily dose of dark chocolate lowers blood pressure? Try exercising so you can actually rock those skinny jeans outside of your room. Eat a banana and ignore inevitable quips about phalluses; that potassium will prevent your body from absorbing sodium.

By Timothy LeachContributing Writer

Dear Fair!eld Mirror, O$ce of the Dean of Students, and Fair!eld University Student Body,

I would like to set the record straight about my involvement in last weekend's Dolan Hall brawl. First, I was actually not present during the event that was mentioned by the press. "e incident I did witness was a previous confrontation; while leaving my room I witnessed a !ght between my roommate, his brother and a few other students from down the hall. I did what I believe to have been right, which was to try to protect everyone and help break up the !ght. I hit no one in the process and had minimal contact with anyone. "e confronta-tion I observed was broken up.

A%erward, I went back to my room. I was not present for the later altercation that supposedly included

the involvement of weapons and le% thousands of dollars of damage in its wake. Later, I answered a knock at my door to !nd a Fair!eld police o$cer. He threw me against the wall and handcu#ed me. "e purpose for this detention was that the o$cer had reason to believe I was involved in the second altercation. I felt mistreated, disrespected and under attack. His refusal to hear my side of the story and see my innocence caused me to feel this way.

I was then arrested because the o$cer had "probable cause" to my involvement in an event that I was not even present at. A%er sitting in a jail cell for hours I was !nally able to tell my story to the sergeant, who realized that I was not involved in the altercation they were investigating, besides rooming with one of the par-

ties involved. Despite his realization, I was still charged with disorderly conduct, meaning unruly and/or of-fensive, rude behavior. I am currently working towards getting this charge dropped.

"e part of this that is most un-settling it the press' connection with this story. As news of the this night was released to the press, the lack of truth to it all and the harm to my rep-utation was out of control. My name and face has been linked to this story even though I was not involved. Even this paper, "e Mirror, thought that it was alright to report about one of the University’s current students’ involve-ment in an incident they knew little about.

I was very displeased to see my

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Get over the bad boy ideal

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character desecrated in so many places. I have even heard of a univer-sity professor who slandered me in name to his classes. I was not even present at the incident that brought local police to our campus. I am very upset that a story about me has

picked up so much attention, es-pecially since I was just trying to break up a "ght.

I felt it necessary to write this article so I can defend my charac-ter and set the story straight.

From leather-strutting greaser Danny Zuko, to “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” antagonistic vamp Spike, to action hero Jason Statham, bad boys have no doubt established a pres-ence in our culture. And our desires for them have only increased.

A bad boy is meant to tempt us, pull at our heartstrings and then take off with the profits at the end of the series. Someone who’s cool, exciting, potentially dangerous, sometimes far from normality and has the tendency to be extremely sexy; face it, that’s hard to ignore. Essentially, we want what we can’t control.

Either way, it’s a relative under-standing that every girl is told that they should want a bad boy at least once in their life –– it’s just too ex-

citing of a deal to pass up.This conception is harmful to

men because it convinces them that their true selves aren’t good enough to appeal to women. Men feel pres-sured because of this high expecta-tion into becoming this rough and tough guy that society seems so willing to accept, coinciding with how men expect and sometimes pressure women to be the sexy Vic-toria’s Secret model.

In fact, the idea of the bad boy actually makes it impossible for real relationships to exist.

Imagine the two of you being married; he takes off on his mo-torcycle every single night, loathes showing his emotions so he never connects with his kids and possibly is a heavy drinker and gets into way too many fights. In reality, the bad boy isn’t some sexy vampire sport-ing leather or a misunderstood,

devilishly handsome guy; he’s po-tentially dangerous, involved in things that can result in heavier consequences than just a broken heart.

Real relationships are filled with warm emotion, love, com-munication and connection. The bad boy ideology encourages men to oppose the foundations of a real relationship by remaining arrogant, emotionally distant and flaky on communication. While we claim to want thrills, last time I checked there’s nothing more thrilling about an involved husband who enjoys seeing you in your flannel pajamas and kissing the kids good night.

Society should understand by now that the only thing wonderful about the bad boy is the spontane-ous wild side he brings to the table.

Nothing more, nothing less.

By Jasmine RaghunandanContributing Writer

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We all want to know the new features for the next iPhone, the newest technological advancements and the best way to make our lives more convenient. But something happens when this new “thing” comes out. We scream “Big Brother” and shout in anger.

We complain and petition about how the new iOS 7 is too “complicated.” Well, I am here to say that while I agree with the iPhone thing, we need to decide whether we want to live in a technologically advanced world or if we are just go-ing to keep slowing down the best minds of our generation. Make the decision quick because this is ex-actly what Facebook has been going through since they announced their new system for advertising on your wall.

Facebook has released some groundbreaking technology that takes your Internet search history and turns it into relatable adver-tisements. !is is done to show ads targeted to you, not some random

30-second ad that comes up before your favorite cat video. I’m talking to you, YouTube. When I "rst saw the ads, I realized that I actually wasn’t the only one that wanted Hello Kitty collectibles. !is was until I realized that Facebook had been collecting information on my incessant Hello

Listen: Mark Zuckerberg is our friend and he does not want us to fear. He knows that initially, it is only natural for us to be hesitant when it comes to the invasion of our privacy. I only ask of you to imagine a world in which we embrace this technology. !e day could come when everything we see, think and search is regularly and systematically internalized into a system and then regurgitated into ad-

-es would "nd a whole new meaning when Corporate America realizes they can record what we see and what we do.

It is dire that people start to be-come more open-minded and will-ing, like me. Enough of these old, hairy people with their “paranoia” of Big Brother taking over our lives. I say I love you, Big Brother and I

want you to come over for dinner. I say Big Brother, I am your advocate and I will agree with anything you say, insofar as it makes my life easier. And if it does the opposite, I’d be willing to negotiate maybe a six month contract instead of two years.

Two years only, you say? OK, sorry. I’ll have a $200 Droid with that too, Verizon.

For anyone who is weary that “this is only the beginning” and that one day Facebook is going to “take it too far,” you tell them that luckily, they’re right. Why wouldn’t we want Facebook collecting our personal information for them to make more money? What would we do with all that information anyways — be some private loser? Do you want to be a loser? Didn’t think so.

and go into this new world with open arms. Pay no attention to their baby step approach to taking our privacy away. And if your arms are chained because someone thought that the information they collected on you was “unpatriotic,” don’t worry. Your pro"le picture still looks really, really cool.

Embracing big brother

Appalled would be an under-statement. Just when you thought the fashion trends of today could not get any lazier, any more heinous, manufacturers raised the bar yet again. Some brilliant designer out there has decided to further conve-nience us by sewing together a pair of leggings and a skirt, giving birth to the skegging.

What confuses me is that: is it not simple enough to simply wear a pair of leggings under a skirt, if you so desire? !e creation of the skeg-ging represents a serious problem of Western society. Today, everything must be simple. We are no longer challenged. We have shaped our

world to be convenient to us, with the inventions of fast food restau-rants, drive through windows and now skeggings. As a society, we have grown to become very lazy people. A simple thing such as the fusion of a skirt and a pair of leggings has gone to exemplify our horri"c lazi-ness.

Skeggings are just atrocious.

!e workplace is also no place for skeggings; as a society, we no longer take the time to present ourselves in a professional and respectable way.

If we can take anything from skeggings, it should be that they should not be worn. !e skeggings need to go, and the laziness needs to end.

By Atdhe TrepcaContributing Writer

Say no to skeggingsBy Gabrielle Rizzo

Contributing Writer

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MORE INSIDE . . .MUSIC:Kid Cudi's latest concert shows how far the artist has come and how far he will go. Read our review inside.

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TELEVISION:Spoiler Alert: A review on the !nale of "Break-ing Bad."

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Best Bites: Cru

This is the fence that separates mothers from children, husbands from wives and thousands of mi-grants from their dreams of a better life.

On Sept. 25, at Fairfield Uni-versity’s Regina A. Quick Center, the fence also became the central focus of an exhibit titled “Solidar-ity on the U.S.-Mexico Border: Kino Border Initiative in Words, Deeds, and Images.”

The exhibit featured two dis-tinct parts, each aimed at investigat-ing the physical border between the U.S. and Mexico and dissecting the ideological borders that separate citizens of the two nations.

“Boundaries are not just geo-graphical. They exist among us,” said Dr. Janie Leatherman, director of international studies at Fairfield, who introduced the exhibit.

First to take the stage was Rev. Sean Carroll, executive director of the Kino Border Initiative, a bina-tional organization focused on pro-moting workable and safe migration between the U.S. and Mexico.

In order to understand the bleak realities that many undocu-mented immigrants face, “we need to put one foot on each side of the border,” Carroll advised the audi-ence.

Since being founded in 2009,

the KBI has aimed to do just that.Comprised of several organi-

zations in both northern Mexico, as well as in Arizona, the KBI has founded three humanitarian out-posts in Nogales that provide aid to migrants who have undergone the perilous trek through the Sonoran desert to the border, only to be de-ported back to Mexico, their hopes of a new life dashed.

According to Carroll, many arrive at the centers in a far worse state than when they first em-barked. Some are severely dehydrat-ed, their only source of water being cattle troughs found in the desert. After weeks of walking across the hot sand, many have crippling blis-ters that leave them unable to walk. Women are particularly vulnerable, and often are victims of assault and rape. Many families have been sepa-rated, some members gaining access over the border, while others are de-ported.

The faces of these unknown men and women become more and more clear as Carroll continued to speak.

“When people arrive at our centers they stare at their feet. Their body language communicates de-spair, desperation and fear,” he said.

After spending time at the cen-ter under the warm care of the staff,

being fed hot meals twice a day and receiving medical attention, Car-roll says the change is palpable. “They stand straighter, their faces are brighter, and they are ready for what comes next.”

Yet, what comes next for the unsuccessful immigrants may be disheartening.

Most return back to their towns and cities, often to circum-stances of abuse, violence and ex-treme poverty.

In a study conducted by the KBI, 12.7 percent of immigrants polled said that violence was a fac-tor in their decision to migrate.

53.1 percent were separated from their families when detained.

However, bearing constant wit-ness to the struggles and heartaches of these migrants does not dampen Carroll’s optimism.

“We also witness good,” said Carroll. “We witness the inner strength of the rape victim, the rev-erence of the migrants praying be-fore a meal, and the dedication of the staff.”

Next to take the stage was Pa-mela Hoffmeister, an artist aiming to gives faces to the thousands of undocumented workers in the U.S. that as she puts it, are “forced to live in the shadows.”

Through her variety of color-ful portraits, carrying titles such as “Cleaning Ladies,” “Eating at Com-edor,” “Possibility,” and “Hope,” Hoffmeister illuminates the every-day lives of these workers.

Interestingly, the workers themselves do not dominate the paintings. Their faces are indistinct and oftentimes camouflage with the backdrop to the point where they can barely be seen.

“They don’t want to be picked

out,” Hoffmeister said.The exhibit particularly moved

some students.“I was crying,” Lizbel Escamil-

la ‘14 admitted. As the child of two immigrants, she is no stranger to the plight that many undocumented workers face.

“I wish people would under-stand their suffering instead of just

judging,” she added, gazing up at Hoffmeister’s paintings.

Other students expressed feel-ings of helplessness.

“It’s good for students to be aware,” Emma Byrne ‘17 said. “But I’m not sure how much we can do about the problem."The cool, black steel of the United States-

Mexico border fence stands forebodingly in Nogales, Mexico. Its snakelike

structure dominates the city’s landscape.

At the border, helping those in need

By Jessica DelahuntContributing Writer

Pamela Hoffmeister's collection, which highlights the plight of undocu-mented immigrants in the United States, is on display at the Quick Center.

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Best Bites: Cru Hours of Operation: Sundays and Mondays: Closed

Tuesdays through Saturdays: 11:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. (with Happy Hour from 4 to 6 p.m.

and 50 percent o! food and drink )

$$$$ out of $$$$

***** out of *****

125 Main St., Westport Contributed by Nicholas O'Connell. One of Cru's small plates, Southweest Flatbread, with its tender pulled chick-en and red pepper mayo, isn't one to pass over.

Located underneath the Gap in West-port center, Cru, which opened in June, is a restaurant and lounge with a

modern and luxurious atmosphere. "e dining room tends to #ll up because

of its popularity; therefore I recommend making a reservation. "e lounge is an excel-lent area to have drinks and small plates, and dishes are paired with recommended wines.

My favorite aspect of this new spot is that you are allowed to customize your own tasting, or “$ight,” by selecting any three wines by the glass (sample sizes are provided, of course). Descriptions are placed on each coaster, allowing you to compare and contrast the tones of each wine.

Similar to this tasting mentality, the menu is broken down into three sections: American, Paci#c and Mediterranean.

Although I was confused at #rst, the format provides plenty of options to #t your mood.

Here are my recommended small plates:AmericanSouthwest Flatbread: Corn purée, pulled

chicken, red pepper mayo and aged cheddar.

"e dish is surprisingly light with a hint of spice … easy eating.

Paci!cCalifornia Roll: A fresh and $avorful ar-

rangement of crab, Asian pear and cucumber, topped with avocado and masago.

Mediterranean Hummus Fries: Chickpea $our, roasted

garlic, paprika and piquillo pepper ketchup. Order this thickly cut and meaty plate with cocktails. "is plate is also an interesting in-terpretation of a classic snack.

Recommended Entrée:Short Rib Gnocchi: "e combination of

the Gruyere cream sauce and the tenderness of the braised meat melts in your mouth.

Recommended Dessert:Gelato Sliders: Pistachio gelato with

Nutella spread between two wa%e cookies—a perfect way to end the night.

Entertainment:DJ - House and lounge music: from 10

p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday; jazz from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday.

The Food Review

By Nicholas O'ConnellFood Columnist

When you think of pizza and college you probably imagine early morning calls to Domino’s a&er a night of tomfoolery and shenani-gans at the townhouses. You think of that greasy, hastily made “pizza” that you can’t get enough of a&er copious amounts of jungle juice and Natty Light. Or perhaps you think of boxes and boxes of Bavoo-ki’s all over the $oor of the Goat House. Kudos to you if you got the “Blue Mountain State” reference.

But if you’re like me, a true lover of good pizza, then there’s one place that you absolutely have to go: Colony Grill. Colony is the brick-front place in town across from the bookstore that always has a million people in it. It’s actually owned by Fair#eld Prep graduate and former USA Hockey and New York Rangers star Chris Drury, who has been known to pop in from time to time.

Here’s all you really need to know about Colony: there is no menu. You can order one thing, and one thing only: pizza. Oh, sure, you can pick from a list of toppings, but that’s it. No appe-tizers, no sides, no desserts. Just pizza. You know you’ve got a suc-

cessful place when you serve one item and there’s a line out the door every "ursday, Friday, and Satur-day night for people to sit down.

If it’s thick crust you like, then Colony de#nitely isn’t for you. "e pizza has virtually no crust at all. It’s thin, crispy brick-oven good-ness. If you’re going to head to Col-ony, you absolutely have to order your pizza with hot oil. It’s some-thing that I’ve never seen served anywhere else. Hot oil, as the name implies, is an olive oil that has a particular spicy quality to it.

I’d say it’s like bu!alo sauce or pepper sauce, but I’d be lying. It’s a completely unique $avor that you have to experience to understand completely. I order mine with hot oil and sausage and there has never been a time I’ve le& unsatis#ed.

As much as I love Colony and have been there countless times, I must report that when I went this past week with my friend with the intention of writing this column, my pizza got burned and they had to make me another one. In the time that it took for my buddy and I to get our pizza, we should have been able to eat and leave. But they realized their mistake, comped us a beer each, and took one of our pies o! the bill. Classy people at Colony.

Bottom line, this place is a must-visit. Domino’s has its time and place, but if you want to go out and get some real pizza at a reason-able hour, I don’t know where else you’d want to go. A lot of Fair#eld students go and it’s a great hang-out. If you’re going to go to Colony, I suggest making an early night of it. Head down at #ve and beat the dinner rush. And if you don’t order your pizza with hot oil, you’re ab-solutely crazy.

By Joseph MarinoFood Columnist

Stripped down to simple terms, there are two types of wine consumers: those who care and those who don’t.

"ose who don’t care are the in-dividuals who enjoy wine, but they’ll imbibe any swill that comes their way without having a concern for quality.

In contrast, those who do care treat a bottle of wine as if it were a painting. "ey cherish the wine’s aro-matic and $avor nuances as if they were brushstrokes on a celebrated canvas. To these a#cionados, quality trumps quan-tity. It’s not about the buzz (although certainly that’s a plus); it’s about appre-ciating the wine’s individual expression.

Many people who #rst taste wine do so without really paying attention. "ey don’t know how to truly appreci-ate it. "ey slurp it down, and if it brings them some joy, it’s deemed good. In certain circumstances, there is nothing

wrong with this casual approach.But there is something rewarding

about plunging deeper into the wine and understanding more than just its deliciousness factor.

So how does a person taste wine to extract maximum pleasure from the glass? Just follow this easy #ve-step tasting process.

SeeA&er you pour a glass of wine,

don’t take a sip right away. Give your-self a minute to examine its color and luminosity. "e hue and brightness can tell you a lot about the wine. Younger wines tend to have deep, more vibrant colors of ruby, violet and purple. Wines that have been aged for many years tend to lose their purple hues and in-stead gain tones of garnet and rust.

SwirlOnce you have given the wine

a good eyeing, swirl it in the glass by keeping the base of the glass on a table, gently moving it in a counterclockwise motion so the wine revolves around the inside of the glass. By doing so, you in-corporate oxygen into the wine, which helps to unlock more aromatics.

Sni!Now that you have studied the

wine’s color and swirled oxygen into the glass to release all of its hidden scents, it’s time to stick your nose into the glass and take a big whi!. What do you smell? For white wines, common aromas include apples, pears, tropical fruits, citrus fruits and white $owers. Red wines o&en show notes of berries, cherries, chocolate, spices as well as earthy tones like mushrooms and to-bacco. If you can’t peg an exact aroma at #rst, that’s okay. Sometimes the best descriptors are more poetic, such as “this wine reminds me of an autumn day, when the leaves have fallen on the ground and the #replace is aglow.”

SipYou’ve been patient going through

the motions of scrutinizing the wine’s color, swirling it and taking the time to savor its aromas. Now it’s time to take a sip. What does it feel like in your mouth? Is it light bodied (the feeling of water); is it full bodied (the weight of half and half); or is it somewhere in between? If it’s a red wine that you are tasting, does it feel rough and scratchy due a high amount of tannins or does it seem smooth, as if you were tasting silk in liquid form? Take note of the wine’s $avors; these can di!er from the aro-mas you smelled.

SavorA&er scrutinizing the wine, swal-

low it. Do the $avors linger or do they disappear like Houdini? "e longer you can taste the $avors in your mouth a&er having swallowed the wine, the better the product. In some of the best wines, the $avors remain alive and vivid for two or three minutes.

By Andrew HooverWine Columnist

A SIDE NOTE TO LAST WEEK’S REVIEW ON PRONTO: PRONTO WILL ACCEPT STAGCARDS.

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“Rush,” released Sept. 20, is a must-see. ! is epic action-drama " lm takes us back to the 1970s rivalry be-tween Formula 1 racecar drivers Niki Lauda, played by Daniel Brühl, and James Hunt, played by Chris Hemsworth. Producer and two-time Academy Award winner Ron Howard was able to bring this rivalry back to life in ways an ordinary documentary would fall short.

Howard begins the " lm when Lauda and Hunt " rst meet in a lower division of Formula 3 racing. From the second they

meet, you can tell the characters make for a great " lm. Hemsworth plays the carefree playboy down to the small-est detail. Hunt is always with di# er-ent women, drinks and likes to party. However, the " lm also portrays his love and pure dedication for racing. He is a

driver at heart and will inch closer to death in order to become

champion. When Hunt is in the drivers seat, nothing can stop him.

Brühl, in contrast, takes on the role of conservative Lauda. On the track, Lauda is unstoppable, but o# the track he remains focused. Early on in the " lm, you realize that Lauda cal-culates his every move. Lauda will not race if the risk outweighs the reward.

He even " ghts his Formula 1 team as a rookie to make

meticulous and for-mulated changes to his car.

In the end, Brühl and Hems-

worth remain true to the era and the rivalry. Lauda will always put

his life and fam-ily before a

victo-ry,

while Hunt will put his life and racing on the line before anything else. Both Lauda and Hunt will do whatever it takes to beat each other.

"While you can never be 1,000 percent authentic, it was important that we get it right," said Howard in a re-cent phone interview with ! e Associ-ated Press. Accuracy made the " lm rich with intense racing and drama.

"I didn't want those kinds of ga# es. When talking to people who re-ally love motor sports, they'd talk about movies that weren't documentaries and they'd cite mistakes, the kind of mis-takes that would really just take them out of the movie,” he said. Howard was able to take you from the the-ater back to the 1970’s trackside with Lauda and Hunt. You feel like you are standing in the center of the Grand Prix; it is that believ-able.

Lauda himself was amazed by the " lm. In a recent interview with James Kleinmann, a freelance " lm critic, Lau-da was captivated by Howard’s honest approach to the " lm. “! ere were no Hollywood changes,” said Lauda. Hem-sworth and Brühl “played the charac-ters outstanding.”

Brühl was able to spend time with Lauda in Vienna to learn the ins and outs of Lauda’s real life experiences, even down to Lauda’s Austrian accent. A$ er seeing the " lm and watching real footage, you could not tell the slightest di# erence between Lauda and Brühl or Hunt and Hemsworth.

! is is a movie with vast charac-ter development, friendly competition, love, racing, hardship, determination and so much more. You do not need to be a racing fan to get a thrill out of this " lm.

James Hunt, played by Chris Hemsworth. Producer and two-time Academy Award winner Ron Howard was able to bring this rivalry back to life in ways an ordinary documentary would fall short.

Howard begins the " lm when Lauda and Hunt " rst meet in a lower division of Formula 3 racing. From the second they

death in order to become race if the risk outweighs the reward. He even " ghts his Formula 1

team as a rookie to make meticulous and for-

mulated changes to his car.

In the end, Brühl and Hems-

worth remain true to the era and the rivalry. Lauda will always put

his life and fam-ily before a

victo-ry,

while Hunt will put his life and racing on the line before anything else. Both Lauda and Hunt will do whatever it takes to beat each other.

"While you can never be 1,000 percent authentic, it was important that we get it right," said Howard in a re-cent phone interview with ! e Associ-ated Press. Accuracy made the " lm rich with intense racing and drama.

"I didn't want those kinds of ga# es. When talking to people who re-ally love motor sports, they'd talk about movies that weren't documentaries and they'd cite mistakes, the kind of mis-takes that would really just take them out of the movie,” he said. Howard was able to take you from the the-ater back to the 1970’s trackside with Lauda and Hunt. You feel like you are standing in the center of the Grand Prix; it is that believ-able.

By Charles DeFilippoContributing Writer

'Rush' stays true to history

If there’s one thing college freshmen learn within the " rst weeks of their new life, it’s that functioning on campus is like a dance. ! e performer twists and turns in gracefully odd an-gles. With any luck, a week will " nish with dignity and sanity hung up neatly in a dorm the size of a postage stamp, sans the stain from ! irsty ! ursday.

Some get through with spectacular fashion; that balle-rina skirt looks like it is right out of a J.Crew catalogue. Oth-ers could use a little bit of help. Seriously, the lack of constant thunder from the helicopter parent you’re used to can make life a lot quieter. And silence isn’t always golden. ! at’s obvi-ously why roommates were invented.

Jawad Bayat, the new Muslim chaplain, has done the dance before—three times—because like those in the most popular major on campus (shout out to those undecided) he just couldn’t make up his mind as to what to do. So many in-terests, so little time. Bayat graduated from William Patterson University in 2011, where he received a bachelor’s degree in psychology and elementary/special education, and he is a cur-rent student at Hartford Seminary.

Whether you’re a practicing Muslim or just feel like try-ing on the “Open Mindedness” T-shirt for size, there’s a con-versation waiting to happen that won’t start with “where are you from?” or “what’s your major?” How refreshing.

“I’m human " rst,” says Bayat, “I want to be a presence on campus.” If there’s one thing to take away from an interaction with this guy, it’s that Bayat loves to help people. “If I think of all the jobs [I’ve had], they have been with people. Even when working at a restaurant.” Or an assisted living home. Or IHOP.

Many of the students at Fair" eld are not Muslim, but are Christian or Jewish. Fear not. Bayat explains, “I look to other world religions for nourishment, too, but I believe I’m strongly rooted in my own traditions at the same time. I believe there’s

something to be learned from every tradition. Doing more community-related stu# , and also being in relation to the non-Muslim community as well is what I really want to be engaged with.

“I saw that I liked teaching, and I liked psychology, and I saw that those things were never going to leave me, so I pur-sued that … I worked with the population I wanted to, which was children with autism,” he says.

Whether you just want to say “hi,” or engage in a con-versation where your inexperience will not be mistaken as naivety, Jawad o# ers a di# erent perspective, but with a time clock. Muslim chaplain is an annual rotating position; the time we have with Bayat is limited.

For your time management pleasure, here is a list of things you should know about Bayat. ! e return of the horri" -cally awkward memories from orientation is not intentional, but here are his fast facts: He is …

1. On campus on Wednesdays.2. A " rst-generation Afghan American.3. A New Jersey guy.4. A graduate student of religious studies at Hartford

Seminary.5. A big advocate for questioning everything.6. ! e " rst in his family to pursue a degree in the liberal

arts.7. A graduate of community college previous to being a

student at William Patterson University.8. Pursuing a career working with autistic children, or

kids with other special needs.9. A big fan of pizza. He wanted to be a pizza man when

he was 10.10. A brother. Got sister troubles? He’s got your back.

Meet JawadBayat

By Caroline KiezulasContributing Writer

Mr. Rager, ! e Man on the Moon, Mr. Solo Dolo, Scott Mescudi; these are all names for the artist we have come to know as Kid Cudi. Kid Cudi performed at Foxwoods Ca-sino’s MGM Grand ! eatre on Sept. 29.

! e performance was an incredible representation of Kid Cudi and how he is evolv-ing as a revolutionary artist. ! ere was a mix of some of the old Cudi songs we have grown with and also many new songs from his most recent album, “Indicud.”

! is addition to the 2013 “Cud Life Tour” in Mashan-tucket, Conn. began with an opener from popular artist

Big Sean. He played every-thing from “Beware” to “Dance (A$$),” which got the audience excited and ready for the main part of the show.

Emerging from a smoke-" lled, Cudi-inspired model of a lunar cave, the artist wore a full space suit attire. ! e " rst few powerful and zoned out notes of “Unfuckwittable” pounded through the base-" lled audito-rium.

As the sound ramped up, the lights went on in the moon cave, he approached the micro-phone and his " rst song really brought the essence of the stel-lar new sound we have seen from this artist.

As a part of the “Indicud” album, this " rst song and many

By Dylan DembinContributing Writer

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of the others highlighted the powerful sounds that are em-blematic in Cudi’ music. One of the big players on this al-bum is King Chip, who collaborates with Kid Cudi on many of the songs on “Indicud.”

One of these songs is “Just What I Am,” and when Cudi and King Chip started to pound out this one, the audience went completely crazy. Shirts and hats were thrown and hands were waved in the smoke-! lled air.

If there was one song out of the whole night that com-pletely stood out from all the rest, it was “Mr. Rager.” It is di" cult to put this in world unless you know the true feeling of listening to Kid Cudi in a mindset that is unique from the every day.

For this classic song, the whole stage was # ooded in red spotlights, the tempo and noise dropped so the audience could only hear the heavy, immersive beat and the soulful words of this song that really relays the depths of his life and how he tries to connect to those on the same journey as him.

$ ere were many other classic Cudder anthems as well. “Pursuit of Happiness” is one of the most famous songs from Cudi, and the entire crowd joined together in this song that so many can relate to. It was followed by the MGMT ver-sion of “Pursuit of Happiness” which was the rage song of the night.

Kid Cudi also spoke to the audience a few times be-tween songs about his life lately and how it relates to the cur-rent times of his journey. He remarked on how it has been almost seven years since his ! rst mixtape came out and how he was so thankful to be where he is now.

He expressed more than once how great the Connecti-cut audience was and how he was very grateful to be on the stage for them at that moment in time. $ ere was an overall theme of appreciation and growth coming from the artist.

Putting Kid Cudi into words is hard, and putting the stories of his music into words is even harder. $ ere are so many relatable messages in his songs yet at the same time they are on such a psychedelic level. $ e title “Man on the Moon” probably sums it all up the best.

Seeing the Man on the Moon perform “$ e Man on the Moon” was an experience of a lifetime. $ is was a con-cert for the records, and the overwhelming good feelings given out are best experienced in person. $ e closest thing to it would be to put on some of Kid Cudi’s music until his next concert.

A% er ! ve # awless seasons, what has been hailed as the most perfect show on television came to perhaps too perfect a conclusion Sunday night. “Breaking Bad” le% no loose end un-tied, no justice undealt, and no ques-tions unanswered. Compared to other epic series endings, (“$ e Sopranos,” “Lost”) it seemed to o& er the audience the most satisfying and least mysteri-ous conclusion.

So why am I still unsatis! ed? $ e series has been so ridiculous-

ly good, it begs the question, would there be any ending that could feel truly satisfying? Saying goodbye to such an epic story feels wrong no mat-ter which way you cut it.

It’s almost unfair. $ e ending gave me every semblance of closure you’d think be! tting to a ! ve year relationship. For starters, killing o& the main character leaves little to the imagination in terms of the a% erlife of the “Breaking Bad” world. You expect that all the characters remaining alive eventually return to some kind of nor-mality.

It’s actually kind of a happy end-ing. Walt is ! nally able to be honest about the motivation that drove the growth of his meth empire, “I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And I was really … I was alive.”

Maybe that was the point all along. Forget about the drugs, the

murder and absurd plot twists – at its heart this show was simply the last chance of a dying man to really live, and what it takes to be a man daring enough to take that chance.

In the end, Walt came full circle, from an unful! lled guy with a death sentence and nothing le% to lose, to a man who has lost everything in pur-suit of the one thing he was actually able to love.

Serendipitously, the sum of Walt’s dastardly deeds worked out the way he wanted. He tricks Gretchen and Elliot Shwartz into giving his remain-ing millions to his son, solidifying that his descent into crime was not all for nothing.

Fans attending the Final Viewing in Hollywood raised over two mil-lion dollars for Kind Campaign, an anti-bullying non-pro! t organization founded by Aaron Paul’s wife, Lauren.

All bad things must come to an end, so they have said, and perhaps in this case it is a good thing “Breaking Bad” didn’t succumb to the luxury of time wringing the raw out of the se-ries. Just look at what happened to “Dexter.” $ ey say its better to burn out than fade away, and the “Break-ing Bad” ! nale most certainly burned spectacularly bright for its last breath of life.

A% er a tumultuous 5-year re-lationship with “Breaking Bad,” this might not have been the ending we wanted, but its the ending we de-served.

“Prima Materia”! e Virgins- “Strike Gently” album (2013)

I got to see these guys this summer when they opened for $ e Killers in Newark, and I thought that they were great. If this song doesn’t get the head bob-bing or the foot tapping, then I don’t know what will. It’s just so raw and groovy. And they’re fairly local too. $ e quartet hails from the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City. Give these guys a chance and you’ll be hooked.

“On the Way Home” John Mayer- “Paradise Valley” album (2013)

If you haven’t listened to John Mayer lately, there are two things you should know. #1: You’re missing out. #2: $ is isn’t the “Your Body Is A Wonderland” or “Daughters” John Mayer you’re probably expect-ing. He’s gone rather Americana lately. But this certainly isn’t a bad thing. Mayer’s most recent record “Paradise Valley” is a great listen, and “On the Way Home” is a perfect song to listen to around the house this fall.

“Used to Get High”John Butler Trio- “John Butler Trio: Live at Red Rocks” album (2011)

Hailing from Western Australia, “millionaire

hippie” John Butler’s music contains a whole lot of two things: politics and some incredible guitar solos. I had the opportunity to see the John Butler Trio on the Sunshine Coast when I was abroad in Australia, and he’s right up there with Mayer as the best musician I’ve ever gotten to see live. $ is whole record is abso-lutely mesmerizing, especially if you’re like me and you admire somebody who can really play the guitar.

“Strangeland”Keane- “Strangeland” album (2012)

You’ve heard of these guys before. $ e British

piano-rock group burst onto the scene with their song “Somewhere Only We Know” and their record “Hopes and Fears” in 2004. A% er a couple of forget-table records between now and then, I quite enjoyed “Strangeland.” $ ink of them as a lighter version of $ e Killers: same kind of voice on the front man, but less synth and guitar.

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! e Virgins- “Strike Gently” album (2013)

I got to see these guys this summer when they opened for $ e Killers in Newark, and I thought that they were great. If this song doesn’t get the head bob-bing or the foot tapping, then I don’t know what will. It’s just so raw and groovy. And they’re fairly local too. $ e quartet hails from the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City. Give these guys a chance and you’ll be

John Mayer- “Paradise Valley” album

If you haven’t listened to John Mayer lately, there are two things you should know. #1: You’re missing out. #2: $ is isn’t the “Your Body Is A Wonderland” or “Daughters” John Mayer you’re probably expect-ing. He’s gone rather Americana lately. But this certainly isn’t a bad thing. Mayer’s most recent record “Paradise Valley” is a great listen, and “On the Way Home” is a perfect song to listen to around the house

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THE MIRROR | Week of October 2, 2013 Page 12Coffee Break

While I am usually one who welcomes the advance-

ment of technology with open arms, I must say that if I ever met the man who invented the SMS text message, I would surely run him down in a crosswalk.

While I cannot speak for every man out there, I am almost certain I speak for most when I say that

text messaging might be the worst in-

vention ever conceived.

T h i n k about it: Some dude is sitting around his col-

lege dorm room one day thinking to himself: you know what’s really difficult? Com-municating with women.

You know what would make it exponentially more difficult? If we took all body language and di-rect verbal com-munication out of the equation. Perfect, now I get to be over-

analyzed by the girl I’m talking to, even when I’m not in her presence.

Ask any guy out there, ladies. Most of us would rather you call, tell us what you want in ten minutes, and let us get back to designing an ingenious 85-yard drive in Madden 25. But no, instead let’s drag this conversation out over the next couple hours. I’m sure my friends won’t get an-noyed that I keep pausing the game every five seconds.

And God forbid if we decide it is im-portant to shower, eat, or go to the gym, leaving us unable to text you back for the next 10 minutes to an hour. At that point we might as well tell you we never want to speak to you again.

“Food?”“Basketball?”“MNF?”Three letters on that last one and I

have successfully communicated to my best bud that I’m curious if he would be inter-ested in watching Monday Night Football, throwing back a couple brews and maybe, if we’re feeling ambitious, crush a pizza.

But if I say “OK” to that girl I met on Friday night, I’ve already lost.

What happened to the time when having good game meant being confident, knowing how to dress and, most impor-tantly, knowing how to speak to a female?

How is it possible that there’s some-thing that exists that is more annoying than Facebook?

As I sit here at the bar of The Levee finishing my bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale, I cringe at the thought of the next text message I will have to send. The bitter iro-ny: I wrote this all through a text message.

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within her who comes out when she’s waiting for a text from that one guy. Her phone could be set just a few feet away, but as soon as it starts to ring she is sprinting full-force towards that 5-inch piece of alu-minum thinking, “Yes, it’s him!” Poor girl. We know where this story ends: the phone is lighting up with many names, but never the one she wants.

“Never” is too strong of a word, but he doesn’t text you as often as you would like, so it pretty much feels like never. You would think that texting makes commu-nicating with a guy easier, but it actually makes things more complicated.

When you’re finally texting the boy you like, little things have you thinking that he wants nothing to do with you. For instance, using the grammatically correct but evil period.

Nothing makes you think someone is trying to blow you off more than when they use a period. You ask him how his day has been so far, and he responds with, “Good.” Obviously this means that he finds you annoying, and wants the conver-sation to end …

No, actually, he just has really good grammar and likes to use it while texting. Why has text messaging come to this? We read into every detail and find problems that aren’t even there. If someone didn’t want to talk to you they just wouldn’t answer, isn’t that obvious? Yet we like to drive ourselves insane.

Let’s talk about the use of acronyms that really lead you to believe it is over. Once again, you’re texting the same boy and you ask him what his plans are for

the night and he responds with “idk.” You think to yourself that he doesn’t want to tell you what he’s doing tonight because he doesn’t want to see you.

Wrong again. He truthfully doesn’t know what he’s doing tonight, and he’s in the middle of a video game with his roommates while they’re drinking some beers. He is more focused on winning his game of Madden 13 than spelling out “I don’t know,” in your conversa-tion.

The moral of this texting story is that girls do it differently. We love to use exclamation points, emojis are necessary, and sending novels are acceptable. So the next time you’re sprinting to your phone to answer his text, remember that it’s the way he talks to you in person, not the way he texts you be-hind his phone.

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Ask Miss Molly

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Dear Miss Molly,

I’ve been hearing about the gov-ernment shutting down. What should I do to be more informed? Sincerely,Uninformed

Dear Uninformed,You seem to have a problem com-

mon to many college students: lack of knowledge about politics.

It makes my blood boil when pol-itics comes up in conversation in class, and students either could care less and scroll through Twitter on their phone or ramble on and have no clue what they’re even saying.

I will admit, my political leanings tend to be conservative to libertarian; however, I have no problem with peo-ple disagreeing with my view. I actually appreciate when people disagree with me, but the one thing I cannot stand is ignorance. Students walk around preaching and showing support for a side, but then have nothing to back up their argument.

Get informed, people. I know that, as college students, we don’t have much spare time, but there are small things you can do to stay informed on current events. Follow your favorite

news station on Twitter and read up on their up-dates, or skim The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal on occa-sion. Trust me, you might not care now, but one day when you’re on your own and pay-ing the bills, you will.

In the short-est and simplest terms possible, you should care about the govern-ment shutdown, as it could seriously affect your life.

The crux of what is going on is, the Republican-dominated House of Representatives and the Democrat-dominated Senate cannot agree. Both parties are too stubborn to bend, so in-stead of coming to an agreement, they shut the government down.

The root of the disagreement is a funding bill passed over the weekend by the House that would delay Obam-acare for one year and repeal a tax on

medical devices. The Senate did not approve of the bill, and neither side is bending. At this point, government has only been shutdown for a day, but if this disagreement continues, we could see great effects on our daily lives.

Personally, I am perplexed as to why the Senate thinks it’s a good idea to implement Obamacare. Obamacare is a healthcare plan that essentially

puts government in con-trol of our healthcare. If the government can’t even act like mature adults and come to an agreement, how could they take on the enormity of America’s health, a task I find much more fitting for a doctor who attended four years of medical school?

The government has not seen a shutdown in 17 years, and here we stand with a shutdown - with Obamacare at the origin.

Our healthcare sys-tem is part of what makes our country ours. Amer-ica: the land of the free and the home of the brave. People come from all over

the world to our country for the free-dom and opportunity that we offer. Our country was founded on small business and hard work, the makings of the “American Dream.” Government should not be dominating our daily lives, or our health care. If government hands people everything, our country will regress.

As with anything man-made, no system is perfect, and our healthcare

system is no exception. We do not need to go to such an extreme as completely revamping our system with an almost 2,000-page document. Small changes can prove immense difference.

I am not proposing that I would ever like to see anyone denied health care, but that is why we have govern-ment-supported systems such as Medi-care and Medicaid, to help those who might not have the same access to de-cent healthcare.

You may not agree, but as a con-stitutionalist I believe Obamacare is straying away from our country’s core values. Our Declaration of Inde-pendence states, “When in the course of human events, it becomes neces-sary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another” and “respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.” It is time to look beyond politics, and look toward the future of this nation, a na-tion founded on “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

Love always,Miss Molly

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him down in a crosswalk.While I cannot speak

for every man out there, I am almost certain I speak for most when I say that

text messaging might be the worst in-

vention ever conceived.

T h i n k about it: Some dude is sitting around his col-

lege dorm room one day thinking to himself: you know what’s really difficult? Com-municating with women.

You know what would make it exponentially more difficult? If we took all body language and di-rect verbal com-munication out of the equation. Perfect, now I get to be over-

analyzed by the girl I’m talking to, even when I’m not in her

know what he’s doing tonight, and he’s in the middle of a video game with his roommates while they’re drinking some beers. He is more focused on winning his game of Madden 13 than spelling out “I don’t know,” in your conversa-

The moral of this texting story is that girls do it differently. We love to use exclamation points, emojis are necessary, and sending novels are acceptable. So the next time you’re sprinting to your phone to answer his text, remember that it’s the way he talks to you in person, not the way he texts you be-hind his phone.

Photo by Tebben Gill Lopez/The Mirror

THE MIRROR | Week of October 2, 2013 Page 13Sports

Your 2013-2014 4x5 Columnists: Jennifer Calhoun, James Taylor, !omas Shea and Connor Kelley

Because they like to talk ...

If you heard the conversations we have in my apartment ...

How have you survived your !rst month back at school?

What sport do you wish was a Division I sport at Fair!eld?

"e Toronto Raptors named Drake as their global ambassador. Who do you want to be your global ambassador?

Breaking Bad ended on Sunday. Is Brian Cranston a better Walter White or Hal from Malcolm in the Middle?

Name your man crush Monday and woman crush Wednesday.

Curling. Always curling. Probably Betty White. Nobody would be able to deny me anything.

I'm convinced they're the same person. Prove me wrong.

Man Crush Monday is probably Harry Styles.

Woman Crush Wednesday is clearly the girls of McInness 006.

Women's soccer. Sir Alex Ferguson. He could a"ord me much needed 'Fergie Time' to address prominent issues in my life like pest control, deportation rami#cations and pomegranate nightmares.

How about as 'Special Agent Falsey' in the 1995 (cult!) classic 'Kissing Miranda' ... he was instru-mental in the TV #lm's illustrious haul of awards. Brian, it made you!

I heard that the Chelsea physio Eva Carneiro does a really good job of ... straightening people out. As for Mondays, Sergio Ramos hasn't woken up hating his Mondays for a very good period of his life.

Everything's been just meaty, ex-cept for the eavesdroppers across the way who like to listen in on our conversations about manscap-ing. People should be thanking me for doing that, not calling DPS.

I'm going with Jen and saying curling. !e winner buys the loser a beer a$er the match, and that's in the rules. How is this not our national sport?

Seriously? !e team that hasn't mattered since Vince Carter le$ found time in their busy losing schedule to get a "global ambas-sador"? !eir team is a global embarrassment.

Hal battled a robot that shot out laser guided bees, was a champion of speed walking and roller disco, and Hal wore tighty whities better than Walter any day.

Man crush Monday may go to Ray Liotta, a.k.a Robby Joyce appar-ently. Or Steve Buscemi. As for Wednesday, I'm taking the profes-sionally good-looking Melanie Iglesias. Or my Sox girl Jenny Dell.

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I've been to Barone less than once a week and I've never been more regular.

De#nitely Bocce. It doesn't get better than throwing around ce-ment balls while drinking barrels of homemade red wine.

Raptors aren't extinct? Or are they a gang or something? Regardless, my ambassador would be the Fair-#eld student caught tripping out last Wednesday outside Prep.

Let's not forget Cranston's role in "Drive" as the bad investor with a limp.

One man I'd love to crush into oblivion is A-Rod.

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Women's soccer vs. Quinnipiac, 7:00 p.m.

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THE MIRROR | Week of October 2, 2013 Page 14Sports

It’s the beginning of another exciting week of NFL football, so here are some more pointers on how to stay ahead in your fantasy league.

!e Jacksonville Jaguars have looked downright awful this year, and continued the trend this past Sunday

by failing to record a touchdown for the second time this season. !e team, which has scored just three touchdowns in four games, does not have a starting quarterback of any fantasy relevance, and, consequently, does not have a very good o"ense. As such, I highly recommend that you stay far, far away from any and all Jacksonville players, including former fantasy staple Maurice Jones-Drew. Jones-Drew still has some gas le# in the tank, but since he is the only viable weapon that the Jaguars possess, he is covered very closely by opposing defenses, severely limiting any fantasy value he may have.

!e Denver Broncos continued their dominance of the NFL this past week, cruising to an easy 52-20 win over the struggling Philadelphia Eagles. Peyton Manning has thrown an astonishing 16 touchdown passes in the $rst four weeks, with zero interceptions. Clearly, this is a team to hitch your fantasy wagon to, and almost all members of the Denver o"ense are viable fantasy options. Even though there are a plethora of exceptional wide receivers on the Broncos o"ense, the fact remains that Eric Decker, Demaryius

!omas, and Wes Welker are must-starts in all fantasy formats. Making matters better is the fact that Manning likes to spread the ball around, so there’s a good chance that your player will do well even with talented teammates to share the ball with. Although the running backs on the Broncos don’t get a ton of work in this pass-heavy o"ense, they may have some value in PPR (Points Per Reception) leagues, so I would keep an eye on them, just in case.

Le’Veon Bell, the projected starting running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers during training camp, made his $rst NFL start this past Sunday. He had been prevented from playing during the $rst three weeks of the season by a foot injury, but he didn’t show any signs of this injury on Sunday. He scored the Steelers’ $rst rushing touchdown of the season, and showed himself to be productive, rushing for 57 yards and two touchdowns on 16 attempts. Although it seems unlikely that Bell is the solution for all of the 0-4 Steelers’ problems, he is their starting running back, and a good fantasy asset to have. His injury may have prevented him from being dra#ed in your league, in which case I would

pick him up as soon as you can. Bell does have a bye this week, so you may be able to sneak him onto your team without any hassle from other waiver-wire hunters.

Phillip Rivers is experiencing a rebirth in San Diego, returning to fantasy relevance in a big way. Aside from a bad outing last week against Tennessee, Rivers has thrown for at least three touchdowns in every other game, and has thrown for over 400 yards in two. He has scored 30, 32, and 35 points in my league during those three weeks, which are impressive numbers for a quarterback that many considered $nished. Somebody in my league owns him, but that is not the case in many others. According to ESPN, Rivers is owned in just 72.7% of leagues, a ba%ing number for a quarterback that has done so well. I highly recommend picking him up if he is available, if not as a starter, than as some bye week security, or even trade bait.

!e Cleveland Browns made headlines a couple of weeks ago, trading away running back Trent Richardson, and, to some, already throwing in the towel on this season. !ey seem to have decided to prove everyone wrong,

and have gone 2-0 since making the trade, thanks in large part to the heroics of backup quarterback Brian Hoyer and tight end Jordan Cameron. !ese two have been the talk of fantasy fans everywhere recently, and if nobody in your league has mentioned them, I recommend you run to your computer this instant and put in a waiver claim for Cameron at the very least. Hoyer has shown that he can be a good fantasy quarterback in the last two weeks, but there is no guarantee that it will last. Cameron, on the other hand, has dominated the tight end position this whole season, scoring $ve touchdowns in four games, and putting up impressive numbers for a tight end on a team that everyone had already closed the book on. Hoyer has been hot lately, and although it may be a risk, I would suggest putting in a waiver claim for him as well, just to see if he continues to trend upwards. If he doesn’t, than you can always drop him, and pick up the next hot waiver wire pick.

Check back next week for more predictions and advice to help you stay ahead of the others in your leagues.

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Scrub Nation 6 Courtney McGovern (2) Tyler Paci (2) Joseph Palasits (1) Clara Whalen (1) W.E.V 5 Nicholas Cerasuoulo (2) Lev Greenberg (2) Matthew Dunn (1)

Coconuts 3 Hannah Cunningham (1) Jesus Saves 2 Jessica Estrada (1) Joan Lezin (1) (Unreported who scored missing goals)

Hot Stuff 5 Colin Mackenzie (5)

Green Street Hooligans 4 Tori (2) Jenna Kelley (1) Colbey Stabell (1)

Thunder Buddies 5 Fernando Arabia (1) Sean Mullholland (1) Liam Slattery (1) Mike Smith (1) Porpoise Orgy 5 Ari Kilgore (4)

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Jamaican Hopscotch Mafia 8 Conor O'Meara (2) Sean Duggan (2) Derek (2) Jake (1) Jack O'Meara (1) FrankieMunizWorshipCult 1 John Hurley (1)

Heywood Jablome 7 Michael Reilly (3) Keilth Chapman (2) Reiner's House of Pain 5 Salvatore Gabriello (3) Webb Higinbotham (2) (Unreported who scored missing goals)

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:RPHQV�VRFFHU�GHIHDWV�ROG�ULYDO�0DULVWIn one of the most anticipated

games of the season, Fair! eld’s Women’s Soccer Team was able to prevail and defeat one of their biggest rivals, Marist, with a score of 2-1.

Earlier in the season, both teams were deemed as two of the top competitors in the conference.

“" ey’re a real big rival for us.” said Fair! eld Coach Jim O’Brien, “We were voted preseason number one, they were voted pre-season number two and they weren’t happy about that.”

Despite the unhappiness displayed by Marist, the Stags battled back with even more energy to defend their place in the conference.

" e ! rst half was played extremely aggressive by both teams, but Fair! eld managed to take seven shots on goal while Marist fell short with only three. A# er a tiring ! rst half, Fair! eld’s Erin Pettersen ‘15, assisted by Ashley Small ‘15, was able to make a beautiful shot through the goalkeeper’s legs, making the score 1-0.

Marist began to pick up the intensity of the second half. Looking to continue their perfect MAAC division

record, Marist’s o$ ense worked every angle to put a score on the table. However, Fair! eld’s defense, led by Megan O’Brien ‘15, was nearly unstoppable. Two yellow cards later, one from Fair! eld and one from Marist, Fair! eld was just hoping to walk away with the win. But with two minutes le# in the second half, Marist’s Alycia Cartica, headed the ball into the le# corner of the goal. " e score was 1-1 and the game was up in the air, but Fair! eld ! red back only thirteen seconds later.

Rushing up the ! eld, Pam Coufos ‘17, of Fair! eld, stormed past Marist and brought the ball to the right corner of the

! eld. From there, Coufos passed the ball to Small, positioned in front of the goal and scored for the Stags. " e score was now 2-1 and the team had two minutes until they would have defeated Marist in one of the best games of the season.

" e Stags made attempts to slow the game down in the last two minutes, but Marist continued to take shots on goal. Fair! eld’s goalkeeper Kathleen Early ‘15 made four saves to keep the team ahead. As the clock buzzed, the crowd erupted into cheers. Although the game was tight, overall O’Brien was happy with the outcome.

“" e game was exhilarating and

the girls fought really hard,” said O’Brien. “It wasn’t a pretty game but it was good of the girls to not get rattled by that goal in the second half.”

Now 2-0-0 in the regular season, the team is hoping to continue on with the perfect record. " e Stags are scheduled to play the Quinnipiac Bobcats on Wednesday. Since the Bobcats are the newest team to the division, the two teams have no history together. With the talent and leadership of captain Nikki Stanton ‘14, who O’Brien added has consistently been the best player on the team at mid! eld, the Stags are con! dent to get the next win.

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penalty corner opportunities for the Stags.However, with less than ten minutes

remaining in the game, Heinen capitalized on a penalty corner chance to tie the score at 2-2. No more than a minute later, Fitts scored a goal of her own to give the Stags a one goal lead late in the game.

" en, with 3:37 le# , Testa scored what would be the game-winning goal with an assist from Kaitlyn Taddeo ‘16. Just 30 seconds later, Katie Ruesterholz recorded her second goal of the day for the Columbia Lions. From there on, the clock dwindled down as the Stags notched a 4-3 victory to move to 4-0 at home and 8-2 overall.

In total, this was a fabulous performance from the ! eld hockey team and especially its seniors. McLucas, Fitts, and Testa provided the majority of the Stags’ o$ ense against Columbia. Heinen put together an excellent defensive game along with freshman goalkeeper Caitlin Bennett who saved three of the six shots

that came her way.In a post-game interview with

Testa, she said, commenting on the team’s current ! ve-game-win streak, “I think we can keep the streak going for the rest of the season and get the America East Championship.”

Testa believes that this team is built to win and credits the talented freshmen for the team’s success. “" e freshmen have really stepped it up and bring a whole new dynamic to the game,” she said. “" ey create chances for everyone else.”

When asked about the team’s upcoming games against mostly America East conference teams, Testa said, “We’re excited. We have a lot to build on, but have a good basis to succeed with.”

" e Stags ! eld hockey team will play their next game on the road against Vermont on Oct. 5 in their ! rst America East conference matchup of the season. " ey will then travel to Harvard University on Oct. 13. Four out of their ! ve matchups following these games are against conference rivals.

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Field Hockey wins for a cause

! is Sunday, the " eld hockey team edged Columbia University 4-3 as they improved to a 4-0 home record at University Field. It was a game that was even more important to the Stags as it was a game that was played in support for " nding a cure for breast cancer.

! e Stags spent the week before the game selling t-shirts donning the slogan "Strength in Numbers" and collecting money for Play for the Cure.

Seniors Nikki McLucas, Hillary Fitts, and Shealyn Testa scored along with Felicitas Heinen ‘15 to lead the Lady Stags to their " # h straight victory and an 8-2 overall record.

! e game got o$ to a quick start when Columbia’s Katie Ruesterholz scored just 4 minutes and 38 seconds into the game to give the Lions a one goal lead. For the next ten minutes, both teams maintained steady defense as no

goals were allowed.With 18 minutes le# in the half, McLucas

scored o$ a penalty corner with an assist from Heinen. ! is tied the game at 1-1. Around the one minute marker, both Heinen and Testa came up short on penalty corner shots as they each hit the post on consecutive opportunities. ! e score remained the same at the end of the half.

During hal# ime, Columbia head coach Marybeth Freeman said to her team: “We will not do to ourselves what we did to them last year.” ! is was a reference to last year’s matchup between the two teams which saw the Lions topping the Stags at a score of 4-3.

! e Lions listened to their coach early in the second half as they scored on a penalty stroke around the 40 minute mark. A# er establishing a 2-1 lead, the Columbia defense was unstoppable for the next 20 minutes and denied multiple

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