Mirror - Vol. 34, No. 10 - November 06, 2008

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"Women living in a
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"The Bacon Brothers:
Actor Kevin Bacon's
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the Quick Center this
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"Red and blue unite for
Peace Now"
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"From Senior Day to second
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United States elects first black president
BY KEITH CONNORS
Rarely in the course of American history has
one singular date marked a watershed moment in
American history.
Nov. 4, 2008 will forever be remembered as
one of these dates.
In Tuesday's presidential election, Illinois Sena-tor
Barack Obama became the 44th president-elect
of the United States, marking an unprecedented
moment in which Americans not only cast a vote
for change but also ushered in a new generation of
race relations.
At around 11 p.m. Tuesday, CNN announced
that Obama had secured the presidency with 297
electoral votes to John McCain's 139.
Two hundred and seventy are needed to win
the office. Cheers erupted in the lower level of the
Barone Campus Center as well as across the country
as people celebrated.
The victory for Obama and running mate Joe
Biden of Delaware signifies the first time in the his-tory
of the United States that a minority candidate
will claim the office of the Presidency of the United
States.
Faculty and students at Fairfield were quick to recognize the
historical significance of Obama's election.
"In my estimation, this is far and away the most historic election
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Back in black: One hundred forty-three years after the 13th Amendment, a black
man will assume the role of the presidency.
in American history, since it involved the first African-American
ever to run for president on a major party ticket and the oldest
man ever to run
for president," SEE "VICTORY" ON P. 3
Bringing a Legend to Alumni Hall
FUSA announces fall concert, John Legend to perform on Dec. 6
John Legend: a five-time Grammy win-ner.
A multi-platinum artist. A singer at the
BY KERI HARRISON the choice.
"We all made the decision. It came to
us that he was touring and given what was
out there, why not bring a five-time Grammy
winner to Fairfield?" he said.
Legend, whose most recent
third album "Evolver" released
on Oct. 28, is kicking off a na-tionwide
tour on Nov. 19 and will
make a stop for the "exclusive
and intimate show," as the press
release announced it, at the Uni-versity
before the first leg of his
tour ends on Dec. 13.
Most well known for his
soulful and chart-topping singles
"Ordinary People," "Save Room,"
and "Heaven," Legend is a vast
contrast to last year's concert per-former,
Ludacris.
Many students find the change
to be welcome one.
Allyson Wuensch '10 was
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Piano Man: Grammy-winner John Legend follows haPPy with the decision- "Le8end s
music is a completely different genre
planned for this academic year, according to
FUSA Secretary of Communications Jordan
Hummel'10.
"It's always a possibility (for two
concerts this academic year) but nothing is
planned as of now. It really depends on the
•: budget," she said.
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GRAMMY-AWARD
WINNER LEGEND
CONFIRMED AS
FUSA FALL ACT
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Ludacris.
Democratic National Convention. He can now
add Fairfield University performer to his list
of accomplishments.
Fairfield University's Student Associa-tion
(FUSA) announced on Tuesday that the
singer Legend will be performing a concert
at the University's Alumni Hall on Dec. 6.
FUSA Concert Co-chair Spencer Thi-bodeau
TO expressed his excitement over
from last year. It will give students an
opportunity to see whole new kind of show,
which is exciting."
Sophomore Steve Cirronella agreed.
"It's definitely a different crowd and a dif-ferent
type of music from last year, and
different is always good."
For the past two years, the University
has held one concert during the spring se-mester.
As of now, this is the only concert
i high hopes of the
: concert selling out.
j "I think Leg-
; end will be well
I received by the
: students. We en-
• courage students
: to buy the tickets,
• especially with the
I price deals."
According to
.: the press release,
students will have
the opportunity on campus to purchase the first
500 tickets at $30 per ticket and $35 for one
additional ticket, beginning Nov. 10. Ticket
sales will be open to the public starting Nov.
15 at $40 per ticket.
Hummel said she was very excited to
have Legend as this year's performer.
"It's a great opportunity for us because
he is such a well-known and well-accom-plished
artist," she said. "I didn't realize at
first how decorated of an artist he was."
"This is an incredible show for the
University,'' said Thibodeau. "I think he's
going to be a hit."