Mirror - Vol. 39, No. 20 - March 05, 2014

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Contributed by Noella Taveras
Students gather on stage in support of Crystal Rodriguez "14, as she reads her poem, which Office of Residence Life said could not be performed.
Apollo Night performance sparks controversy
By Loan Le plained that her poem had evolved since the auditions. Bouzan heard about the
Editor-in-Chief piece at the Saturday rehearsal when a staffmember raised concerns that one of
the lines could be deemed inappropriate to the audience, which consisted of not
On Saturday night, more than 30 students stopped a university-sponsored only students and their families, but also children,
talent show to let a classmate read her poem, which they believe the Office of In one section of her poem, after describing the pressure that religion puts
Residence Life had tried to censor. on Hispanic women, Rodriguez wrote, "I stuck the Virgen Maria statue so far up
Apollo Night, co-sponsored by Fairfield United, Office of Residence Life my c—ch, just to keep the demons in."
and Office of Student Diversity, started four years ago at Fairfield. The concept The language led to ResLife's decision to talk to Rodriguez. Ophelie Rowe-was
inspired by the Apollo Theater in Harlem, N.Y., which was known for giv- Allen and Meredith Smith, director and assistant director of ResLife, respec-ing
a platform for talented minority artists during an oppressive time period. tively, offered Rodriguez the option to rephrase the line or find another venue to
Senior Crystal Rodriguez was scheduled to perform her poem, "Virgen perform the poem. "It was a civility issue; it was a matter of language. We didn't
Maria." During the audition process, according to Kate Bouzan, an area coordi- want it to be offensive to others and we were mindful of that," said Rowe-Allen,
nator who sat on the event committee, Rodriguez performed a different poem However, the line in her poem was a personal expression, Rodriguez said,
than what was performed at Saturday afternoons dress rehearsal. Rodriguez ex- READ STUDENT ON PAGE 2
John Sculley talks relentless business
By Christina Mowry
Contributing Writer
Marketing innovator. Successful
entrepreneur. Business icon. These all
describe John Sculley, former President
of PepsiCo and CEO of Apple, who ad-dressed
an enthusiastic audience at Fair-field
on Feb. 26.
During his discussion, "Globaliza-tion:
The Future of American Brands,"
Sculley gave insights into his personal
experience in the marketing industry.
He emphasized that failures can lead
to success and even the most successful
leaders encounter shortcomings.
Sculley has worked with world-renowned
leaders and shared the quali-ties
he believes are necessary for a suc-cessful
visionary leader. Sculley recalled
visiting Silicon Valley in 1982 and being
inspired by innovators working there.
"They were talking passionately
about changing the world. And they
had the courage to make mistakes," said
Sculley.
Sculley also spoke about the im-portance
of taking risks and described
his own experience with picking himself
up after failure.
As CEO of Apple, Sculley knew
that licensing Microsoft software would
be tar too expensive for Apple, but this
opposition cost him his job. He de-scribed
his embarrassment, but carried
on.
"You can become a victim of your
successes, but it's the failures that knock
the wind out of you where you really
learn," said Sculley.
During his time at Apple, when
Sculley increased sales from $800 mil-lion
to $8 billion, he worked with Steve
Jobs to launch and promote the Macin-tosh
computer.
Contributed by Meg McCaffery / Assistant Director of Media Relations
John Sculley answers questions from the audience at the Quick Center.
Sculley praised Jobs' dedication
to make computers personal and ap-proachable
at a time where the com-puter
wasn't designed for the average
person. Sculley told The Mirror, "It was
a privilege to work with someone who
was a true genius."
He has made a variety of innova-tive
moves himself since he left Apple in
1993. He has founded, invested in and
been a mentor to several businesses in a
variety of industries.
One project is MDLIVE, a digital
READ MARKETING ON PAGE 3
Fairfield,
Bridgeport
partnership
awarded by
NEBHE
By Nicoletta Richardson
Contributing Writer
Mayor Bill Finch of Bridgeport
grew up in the city that he now governs,
and has said he doesn't recall Fairfield
University being accessible to the kids
from his own neighborhood.
But as Finch spoke among Bridge-port
and Fairfield neighbors in Alumni
House at Friday's press conference to
celebrate the New England Board of •
Higher Education's Connecticut State
Merit Award that Fairfield was receiv-ing,
he acknowledged that was no lon-ger
the case.
The NEBHE works toward creat-ing
"greater educational opportunities
and services for the residents of New
England", according to the official web-site.
NEBHE is honoring the universi-ty's
commitment to Bridgeport through
preparing students for post-graduation
and the dedication of providing easy
access and success at large.
Students, faculty and staff and
community partners of Fairfield Uni-versity
and Bridgeport schools gathered
to accept the award, acknowledging the
educational scholarships, programs
and projects that over the years have
improved the relationship between the
two communities.
Fairfield University began spon-soring
the Community Partnership
Scholars Program in 1999, which works
toward funding one full tuition scholar-ship
to a gifted student within four of
the Bridgeport Public High Schools.
Since 2001, over $16 million have been
distributed in scholarships.
Fairfield University's mission is
to serve its neighbors through sharing
resources and expertise for benefitting
the community as a whole. For Bridge-port,
not only do they serve through
financial support, but through hands-on
projects and programs that integrate
Fairfield University members and the
Bridgeport Public Schools.
Amy Marshal], chief academic of-ficer
for the Bridgeport Public Schools,
spoke at the press conference. Being a
proud resident and employee of Bridge-port
and a Fairfield University alumna,
Marshall says that the relationship be-tween
Fairfield and Bridgeport creates
a wonderful opportunity for all who are
involved.
"I couldn't be prouder of this
whole partnership, because it brings
together two, what seems like exclu-sive,
entities, but they're not exclusive
READ MAYOR ON PAGE 3
NEWS:
DPS sheds light on
parking fines
Page 4
OPINION:
Students debate Apollo
night protest
Page 5
THE VINE:
Student embarks on
fundraising bike tour
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SPORTS:
Men's Basketball beats
Marist
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