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The new MAAC Champions, Fairfield University Men's soccer team for the 2011 fall season, pose with Mickey Mouse in Florida after their win against the Jaspers.
Disney Magic: Men's SoccerMAAC Champs!
BY IVEY SPEIGHT
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
A couple months ago, the
mood on the Fairfield University
men's soccer bus was as somber
as the September air. The team
had just lost to Stony Brook 4-1,
which kept their winless streak
unfortunately intact. Head Coach
Carl Rees stood up, looked at the
dejected bunch and said, "We have
the potential to go 13-0." At that
time, they were 0-4. Now they're
MAAC Champions.
"Ishould'vesaid18-0,"the
fortuneteller Rees said. The Stags
won their fourth championship
and the first one since 2008 as they
defeated the Manhattan Jaspers
3-1 on Monday.
"It's a very gratifying feeling.
I'm just really pleased for the guys
to be able to experience something
like this,"said Rees.
And it was the collective
group of these lads that allowed
Rees'vision to come true. All
season long, he has stressed the
intangibles and character of the
team and how it was his focus
when building what would turn
into a championship squad.
"Integrity, self-knowledge,
courage, ambitious those are the
words that come to my mind," said
Rees when trying to define the
character of the team.
For others, they aren't able to
pinpoint the exact terms.
"It's hard to even put it into
words," said Jack Burridge.The
graduate student who collected
a hat trick in the championship
game went on to say, "They're a
great bunch of lads from starters to
the lads who come off the bench....
Everyone who came on did a job
even the freshmen and that just
shows how driven and how much
of a squad we have."
And that is what has really
defined this rare collection of players
ranging from a few miles down the
road, to overseas in England, and
across the world to New Zealand.
All the unique personalities of the
22 players have meshed and have
formed an unbreakable bond.
"At the start of every season
we try and create and develop an
organism that is good. On and off
the field, in the classroom out so-cially,
and when it comes together
and if I can have a part in shaping
that, it's very gratifying,"said Rees.
Even though the team has
proven, to be unbeatable as a
group, there has been the oc-casional
varied role of hero. Jack
Burridge was the one who stepped
up to this position, scoring all of
the team's goals in the finals (just
as he did in their last champion-ship
in 2008).
"It must be something in the
water," he joked. "It's things you
dream about. If someone had told
me before the game that would
have been the scenario at the end
of the game I probably would have
laughed."
SOCCER WIN I PAGE 3
The Reflection of Fairfield
In Search Of
Jeanne Clery
BY CHELSEA WHITTEMORE
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The officers patrolling around
campus every day are doing their
best to keep campus safe, but it
takes the entire Fairfield commu-nity
to avoid crime.
According to Associate Direc-tor
of Public Safety Frank Ficko,
students can take basic steps to
stay safe on campus. Students
should know their surroundings,
report any suspicious activity and
lock their doors.
Fairly low numbers appear
across the board on the Jeanne
Cleary Disclosure Policy for 2010-
2011 report, except in the area of
drugs and liquor.
When taking a look at alcohol
and drug related data across the
report, the areas most college
students are familiar with, there
were 1,291 disciplinary write-ups
for liquor law violations. Only
one of these referrals turned into
an arrest. According to Ficko,
Public Safety keeps the majority of
alcohol violations in house unless
there is larger reason.
In comparison, nearby Sacred
Heart University featured only 672
liquor law violations in 2010.
Just from 2009, disciplinary
write-ups for alcohol-have risen by
200. When questioned why, Ficko
stuttered, questioned the stat, and
then said, "Hmm."
Are kids drinking more or is
Public Safety writing more kids up?
According to Ficko, the referrals
can be attributed to a vigilant RA
staff and an excellent AC staff who
both serve as extra eyes and ears.
'The University's position :
has always been to-be proactive
in curtailing under age drinking,"
Ficko said. "Whatever we can do
to avoid sending someone to the
hospital on an alcohol overdose
on a stretcher, we're going to do,
JEANNE CLEARY | PAGE 5
Borders Offered:
-Taj Cafe
- Music &
DVD section
- Small cafe with
limited space
"The Books are Back in Town"
Fairfield U. Opens Off-Campus Bookstore
Fairfield U Now Offers:
- Sodexho/Starbucks
- No Music &
DVD section
- Large open space for
student and faculty
events
BYGABRIELLATUTINO
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Fairfield University's off-campus
bookstore held its grand
opening this past weekend. The rib-bon
was cut the morning of Friday,
November 4th by the Stag mascot
a few minutes before 11 a.m., and
with that the town of Fairfield and
the University were integrated.
Over the course of the week-end
special events—such as book
signings, readings and crafts for
kids—were held to attract students
and town residents into the new
bookstore. Coupons for 20% off
were given, out. Overall, trfebbokV
store opening was well received.
The bookstore is a welcom-ing
sight after the closing of both
Borders and Book Warehouse in
the same space.The ground level
is more spacious with wide aisles
and narrow bookshelves, and is
easy to navigate thanks to all the
sections being labeled. Similar to
the prior bookstores, the cafe is still
in place, but will become Starbucks
at the beginning of 2012. The new
editions are the technology center
and the numerous Fairfield cloth-ing
and paraphernalia in the back
of the store.
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Tom McKiver/The Mirror
Official ribbon cutting of the Fairfield University bookstore by the Stag mascot.