Mirror - Vol. 33, No. 19 - February 21, 2008

              WEEK OF FEBRUARY 21,2008
Vol. 33, Iss. 19 - 16 pages
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BY JOE CARRETTA
Stand up!: Ludacris played for less than an hour in front of a packed
celled last-minute. She was re-placed
by a DJ„ who entertained
the crowd before Ludacris took
the stage.
"The people with Ludacris
said that King was sick," said
Katelyn M. Waters '08, one of
the FUSA directors of concerts.
"We got the DJ last minute be-cause
King couldn't go on."
The rapper's performance
commenced around 9:30 p.m.
and lasted for approximately
one hour.
Reactions were mixed as
some students called the concert
"sick," while others expected
a longer, more inspired perfor-mance
with an opening act.
"I thought it was a good
concert," said Michelle Brennan
' 11. "But when he held his mic to
the crowd and no one responded,
More than an hour after
the advertised start time for the
show, the Alumni Hall audience
was beginning to get restless
awaiting the main act.
But once the lone DJ on
stage gave way to Ludacris,
the agitated crowd erupted and
Ludacris filled Alumni Hall
with his dirty South-inspired
lyrics as the audience danced
and shouted.
More than 2,000 tickets
were sold for the concert, which
was made possible by FUSA's
$85,000 bid for the Ludacris
performance.
Grammy Award nominee,
Emily King was slated to per-form
as the opening act but can-shout
to Cristina Pires, Vanessa
Jackson and Katelyn Waters for
organizing such a great event."
Jon Ollwerther/The Mirror
Alumni Hall last Friday as the sole FUSA act for 2007-08.
I felt like he was performing for
the wrong audience."
Ludacris walked off the
stage, denying the
still-chanting crowd a
much desired encore.
The concert contained
ALUMNI 1^
SEE P. 8
INSIDE:
FUN, PROFANITYAT
some crude lyrics and
hand gestures, but had
students on their feet
from beginning to
end.
I thought the con-cert
went very well,"
said Waters. Most of the stu-dents
I have spoken with said
they had a great time."
FUSA President Hutch Wil-liams
'08 said the concert was
the best one he's seen while a
student at Fairfield.
"It was great; a phenomenal
concert," he said. "I give a big
EDITORIAL
SEE P. 10
: While Williams
: and Waters both
: viewed the concert
: as a success, many
: students did not at-
: tend, and some who
: did voiced complaints
: about the event.
: "The concert
: was loud, crazy and
crowded," said Maura
Noone '11. "But I didn't rec-ognize
a lot of the songs and
wished that the performance
lasted longer."
"I liked Luda's perfor-mance,"
said Whitney Bernabei
'10. "But it was a little disap-pointing
how he came late and
left early."
Students resist mandatory registration survey
BY JACK MCNAMARA
Registering for classes is known to be
a time-consuming and stressful endeavor.
Now, Fairfield students will be forced to tack
on another two hours to this process.
Students of the class of 2011 will not
be able to register for fall classes until they
have completed a mandatory two-hour as-sessment
survey, according to an official
University memo.
Many said they are not happy about it.
The FUSA Senate Academics Commit-tee
is currently discussing a resolution that is
expected to condemn the move and urge Aca-demic
Vice President Orin Grossman to drop
the obligatory status of the Wabash National
Survey of the Liberal Arts (WNS).
Although the WNS has incurred con-demnation
among many students, who say
they are being unfairly threatened with denial
of a fundamental University function, it is be-ing
defended by many faculty members, who
suggest that the WNS survey will ultimately
benefit Fairfield as a whole.
1 k 'EH I The survey, based
out of Wabash College
in Indiana, is intended
to be one of the first
steps in the Strategic
Plan to construct a "cul-ture
of assessment" for
the purpose of rating the
efficiency of Fairfield
and its educational
GROSSMAN programs by having
students analyze study habits, faculty and
critical reasoning/thinking, according to Curt
Naser, philosophy professor and facilitator
for academic assessment.
In the University memo addressed to
the class of 2011, WNS is described as an
"extraordinary opportunity." It will require
freshmen to go on their own time to one of
several campus survey centers before the end
of this semester.
They will be required to do the same
thing again in three years when they are
seniors.
Naser supported the survey, saying that
the benefits would be enormous.
"We're going to learn things, and we're
SEE "FACULTY" ON P. 5
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of Fairfield University
Stags1 win-ing
streak puts
them at No. 2
BY KEITH CONNORS
Jonathan Han '09 peered at the
shot clock that was flashing emphati-cally
as the seconds, and with them
Fairfield's chances of victory, slowly
ticked away. The guard settled for a
jump shot and watched as the bas-ketball
caromed away and rolled to
the floor.
That miss, however, was the last
thing that did not go Fairfield's way.
From that moment on, the Stags
rode a wave of improbable shots and
opportunistic play to tie the game
in the final moments of regulation,
and finished with a scoring surge by
Han in the second overtime to defeat
Marist, 87-85.
"That game was the tale of about
17-and-a-half different halves," Head
Coach Ed Cooley said with a grin.
Monday night's victory moved
Fairfield's season-high winning streak
to five games. More importantly, the
win moves Fairfield into fifth place in
MAAC standings, virtually assuring
a bye from the play-in game.
The sequence of events at the
end of regulation began with a pair
of free throws from Han to pull the
deficit to four.
Han was on the
free throw line
due to a foul on
Marist he caused
by diving after
his own miss.
Follow-ing
a Marist
timeout, guard
Lyndon Jordan
'10, who was
inserted into the lineup for defensive
purposes, drew an offensive foul on
Marist forward Jay Gavin to give the
Stags possession with 45 seconds
remaining in the game.
Then, on Senior Night, in front of
family and friends, it was a veteran's
turn to continue the comeback and his
dramatic resurgence.
Fifth-year senior Marty
O'Sullivan nailed a 20-foot shot to
pull the Stags to within two points,
with the clock winding down and a
defender in his face.
"Marty has been working ex-tremely
hard," Cooley said. "He's just
in his own zone right now."
After a defensive stand, Han hit
a layup with 2.6 seconds on the clock
to force overtime.
He finished the victory with 21
points and five assists.
Han's importance in the game
transcends any statistic, as he not
SEE "CELEBRATING" ON P. 15
COOLEY
CAMPUS LIFE:
Work out those
beer muscles
p. 6
Inside
this week's edition
ENTERTAINMENT:
Axis of Evil comedian
shows his good side
p. 7