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FREE I Take one Week of September 28,20111 voi.37.iss4 THEW"MIRROR fairfieldmirror.com The Independent Student Newspaper of Fairfield University The Reflection of Fairfield Introducing; Fairfield University's Fall Concert Artists BBYY MMIIKKAAEFLI AATTIIEFRRNNEFYY ^J *f EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ifs official - the FUSA fall concert on October 28 will feature headliner Far East Movement, supported by opening acts Hoodie Allen and The Hood Internet Scheduled to go on sale on Oc-tober 11 at 11 a.m, tickets will cost $35 until October 24, when ticket sales will become available to the public and prices will increase to $45. The concert was announced during theWVOF Fall Concert An-nouncement show hosted by Kevin Tellie'12,VWOF station manager, and Ivey Speight'12, WVOF Sports Director. "It was a great turnout, we really liked that people came - we wanted them to have fun!"Speight noted after the event."It really pumped them up for the concert." Special guests Rob Goger '14 and Michael Leavitt '12, both from FUSA, offered some insight into the process of choosing the performers. "Ifs extremely difficult -You've got to get in touch with people's agents.. .figure out the budget, what students want to have [as a] kind of genre, what the school can host that fits their values," Goger explained. About 150 people attended the announcement show in the Lower Level of the Barone Campus Center. Initially, people at the event were excited by the free food provided by Garden Catering and Robek's, but some got annoyed when they had to wait through a half hour of music and talking for the actual performer announcement. Student reactions to the final an-nouncement of the concert perform-ers were mixed. "I've never gone [to the fall concert] and this concert doesn't excite me enough to change that,"said CONTINUED! PAGE 3 Contributed Photos The Hood Internet (Upper Left), Hoodie Allen (Right) and Far East Movement (Bottom) Fairfield Students Learn How to Date KerryOonin^n^hiiosop^ Fairfield U. students have been "excelling"at the hook-up culture. BY MAGGIE ANDREW CONTRIBUTING WRITER Fairfield is on the list... again. While Fairfield was recently added to the ranks of prestigious Universities by the U.S. News and Review's 2012 edition of"America's Best Colleges"for the Best Regional Universities in the Northeast Kerry Cronin has a special place for our school on her own personal list. Cronin, a philoso-phy professor at Boston College, spoke in front of a packed audience on Monday night about the current "hook-up culture," dating, and the categories of hook-ups that she at-tributes especially to Fair-field students, who she says have been "excelling" in this particular variation of college relationships. A hook-up is a physical or social interac-tion with no perceived emotional connection or expectation of a follow-up, according to Cronin. She classifies college students into three categories: the pseudo-married couples, those who opt out and, of course, those who hook-up. During Cronin's previous three visits to campus, Fairfield students volunteered different classifica-tions of those who participate in the hook-up culture, including the categories of the revenge, rebound, bored and now-or-never hook-ups. Cronin first realized that she needed to connect with her students beyond the typical philosophy cur-riculum at the advice of a Jesuit 15 years ago. He helped her to under-stand that the students'real learning occurs in residential halls and caf-eterias and involves their friendships and relationships, not just the mate- Contributed Photo Kerry Cronin speaking in 2010 at Boston College. rial fed to them by their professors. In order for the students to take their Jesuit education seriously, she would need to figure out how to incorporate Plato and Aristotle into their lives outside the classroom. Eight years of research on this topic provided the background information necessary to undertake the blending of philosophy with the students'social lives, and she would unabashedly pose personal questions to her students to find out the truth about the inner workings of modern college relationships. Shocked by the conclusions, she introduced an unusual assignment to combat the deterioration of legiti-mate relationships. Cronin challenged her students to ask someone out on a level one date and the mandatory face-to-face invitation was only the beginning of the culture shock experienced by her philosophy seminar class. The "target," as one student described the intended victim of her philosophy project, needs to know the nature of the date. The student also has to invite someone he or she has a genuine interest in, but should not spend more than 90 minutes on this "reconnaissance mission." Cronin believes an hour and a half provides just enough time to gather infor-mation and make a decision if the relationship is worth pursuing. This manner of courtship can be difficult to initiate in the perva-sive hook-up culture of colleges, providing a definite challenge to Cronin's students at Boston College. Aileen Monahan '14 says, "Level CONTINUED! M<* 5 Signs of Student Money BY ALICIA BISSONNETTE CONTRIBUTING WRITER When walking on Fatrfield's campus this semester, one might notice a different sight. Over the summer, signs with red back-grounds and white lettering were erected to label the buildings on campus.These signs, which are part of Fail-field's beautification process that is taking place over the course of the next several years, have sparked some mighty rumors. One rumor is that the signs cost $3,800 per sign, and the other is that the color scheme of the signs is incorrect. However, upon closer investigation, both rumors proved to be wrong. In the exchange of emails from Dr. Mark Reed, the Vice Presi-dent of Administration and Student Affairs at Fairfield University, it was discovered that neither was the case. Although he was unable to disclose the actual amount spent on the signs, he reported that the cost was not $3,800. The signs, Reed also not-ed, are the color they were designed to be since the idea's creation. The beautification project on the campus has been in the budgets and master plan for four to five years. At this point, "it was a multi-year and multi-phase plan which we have been implementing ever since. The Quad, as an example, was the largest component to be completed thus far, but there have been others - such as the Village this past summer, select parking lots and additional sidewalks, and other examples,"said Reed. Although he cannot disclose actual prices, he noted that the prices seem more daunting than they actually are when worked into the budget. For example, when there were new doors put in around campus, Reed noted they were a six-figure number, but claimed that this was the norm. He notes: "It's a big campus! [It's] safe to say that when all is completed, the total cost for this will also be in that cost range." There has been some confusion CONTINUED P*GE 6 Danica Ceballos/Associate News Editor This sign lists theother departments that can be found within the building INDEX Opinion • Page 7 The Vine-Page 9 Coffee Break-Page 16 Sports • Page 20 OPINION: TEXTBOOK PRICE PROBLEMS P.7 NEWS: A NEW TEACHER AT FAIRFIELD P. 5 THE O-SPOT FOOD REVIEW P. 10
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Title | Mirror - Vol. 37, No. 04 - September 28, 2011 |
Date | September 28 2011 |
Description | The Mirror (sometimes called the Fairfield Mirror) is the official student newspaper of Fairfield University, and is published weekly during the academic year (September - May). It runs from 1977 - the present; current issues are available online. |
Notes | A timeline for Fairfield University student newspapers is as follows: The Tentative, Nov. 7, 1947 - Dec. 19, 1947; The Fulcrum, Jan. 9, 1948 - May 20, 1949; The Stag, Sept. 23, 1949 - May 6, 1970; The University Voice, Oct. 1, 1970 - May 11, 1977; The Fairfield Free Press & Review, Sept. 10, 1970 - Apr. 24, 1975; The Fairfield Mirror, Sept. 22, 1977 - present. |
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Original Format | Newsprint; color; ill.; 11.5 x 17 in. |
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Publisher | Fairfield University |
Place of Publication | Fairfield, Conn. |
Source | Fairfield University Archives and Special Collections |
Copyright Information | Fairfield University reserves all rights to this resource which is provided here for educational and/or non-commercial purposes only. |
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SearchData | FREE I Take one Week of September 28,20111 voi.37.iss4 THEW"MIRROR fairfieldmirror.com The Independent Student Newspaper of Fairfield University The Reflection of Fairfield Introducing; Fairfield University's Fall Concert Artists BBYY MMIIKKAAEFLI AATTIIEFRRNNEFYY ^J *f EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ifs official - the FUSA fall concert on October 28 will feature headliner Far East Movement, supported by opening acts Hoodie Allen and The Hood Internet Scheduled to go on sale on Oc-tober 11 at 11 a.m, tickets will cost $35 until October 24, when ticket sales will become available to the public and prices will increase to $45. The concert was announced during theWVOF Fall Concert An-nouncement show hosted by Kevin Tellie'12,VWOF station manager, and Ivey Speight'12, WVOF Sports Director. "It was a great turnout, we really liked that people came - we wanted them to have fun!"Speight noted after the event."It really pumped them up for the concert." Special guests Rob Goger '14 and Michael Leavitt '12, both from FUSA, offered some insight into the process of choosing the performers. "Ifs extremely difficult -You've got to get in touch with people's agents.. .figure out the budget, what students want to have [as a] kind of genre, what the school can host that fits their values," Goger explained. About 150 people attended the announcement show in the Lower Level of the Barone Campus Center. Initially, people at the event were excited by the free food provided by Garden Catering and Robek's, but some got annoyed when they had to wait through a half hour of music and talking for the actual performer announcement. Student reactions to the final an-nouncement of the concert perform-ers were mixed. "I've never gone [to the fall concert] and this concert doesn't excite me enough to change that,"said CONTINUED! PAGE 3 Contributed Photos The Hood Internet (Upper Left), Hoodie Allen (Right) and Far East Movement (Bottom) Fairfield Students Learn How to Date KerryOonin^n^hiiosop^ Fairfield U. students have been "excelling"at the hook-up culture. BY MAGGIE ANDREW CONTRIBUTING WRITER Fairfield is on the list... again. While Fairfield was recently added to the ranks of prestigious Universities by the U.S. News and Review's 2012 edition of"America's Best Colleges"for the Best Regional Universities in the Northeast Kerry Cronin has a special place for our school on her own personal list. Cronin, a philoso-phy professor at Boston College, spoke in front of a packed audience on Monday night about the current "hook-up culture," dating, and the categories of hook-ups that she at-tributes especially to Fair-field students, who she says have been "excelling" in this particular variation of college relationships. A hook-up is a physical or social interac-tion with no perceived emotional connection or expectation of a follow-up, according to Cronin. She classifies college students into three categories: the pseudo-married couples, those who opt out and, of course, those who hook-up. During Cronin's previous three visits to campus, Fairfield students volunteered different classifica-tions of those who participate in the hook-up culture, including the categories of the revenge, rebound, bored and now-or-never hook-ups. Cronin first realized that she needed to connect with her students beyond the typical philosophy cur-riculum at the advice of a Jesuit 15 years ago. He helped her to under-stand that the students'real learning occurs in residential halls and caf-eterias and involves their friendships and relationships, not just the mate- Contributed Photo Kerry Cronin speaking in 2010 at Boston College. rial fed to them by their professors. In order for the students to take their Jesuit education seriously, she would need to figure out how to incorporate Plato and Aristotle into their lives outside the classroom. Eight years of research on this topic provided the background information necessary to undertake the blending of philosophy with the students'social lives, and she would unabashedly pose personal questions to her students to find out the truth about the inner workings of modern college relationships. Shocked by the conclusions, she introduced an unusual assignment to combat the deterioration of legiti-mate relationships. Cronin challenged her students to ask someone out on a level one date and the mandatory face-to-face invitation was only the beginning of the culture shock experienced by her philosophy seminar class. The "target," as one student described the intended victim of her philosophy project, needs to know the nature of the date. The student also has to invite someone he or she has a genuine interest in, but should not spend more than 90 minutes on this "reconnaissance mission." Cronin believes an hour and a half provides just enough time to gather infor-mation and make a decision if the relationship is worth pursuing. This manner of courtship can be difficult to initiate in the perva-sive hook-up culture of colleges, providing a definite challenge to Cronin's students at Boston College. Aileen Monahan '14 says, "Level CONTINUED! M<* 5 Signs of Student Money BY ALICIA BISSONNETTE CONTRIBUTING WRITER When walking on Fatrfield's campus this semester, one might notice a different sight. Over the summer, signs with red back-grounds and white lettering were erected to label the buildings on campus.These signs, which are part of Fail-field's beautification process that is taking place over the course of the next several years, have sparked some mighty rumors. One rumor is that the signs cost $3,800 per sign, and the other is that the color scheme of the signs is incorrect. However, upon closer investigation, both rumors proved to be wrong. In the exchange of emails from Dr. Mark Reed, the Vice Presi-dent of Administration and Student Affairs at Fairfield University, it was discovered that neither was the case. Although he was unable to disclose the actual amount spent on the signs, he reported that the cost was not $3,800. The signs, Reed also not-ed, are the color they were designed to be since the idea's creation. The beautification project on the campus has been in the budgets and master plan for four to five years. At this point, "it was a multi-year and multi-phase plan which we have been implementing ever since. The Quad, as an example, was the largest component to be completed thus far, but there have been others - such as the Village this past summer, select parking lots and additional sidewalks, and other examples,"said Reed. Although he cannot disclose actual prices, he noted that the prices seem more daunting than they actually are when worked into the budget. For example, when there were new doors put in around campus, Reed noted they were a six-figure number, but claimed that this was the norm. He notes: "It's a big campus! [It's] safe to say that when all is completed, the total cost for this will also be in that cost range." There has been some confusion CONTINUED P*GE 6 Danica Ceballos/Associate News Editor This sign lists theother departments that can be found within the building INDEX Opinion • Page 7 The Vine-Page 9 Coffee Break-Page 16 Sports • Page 20 OPINION: TEXTBOOK PRICE PROBLEMS P.7 NEWS: A NEW TEACHER AT FAIRFIELD P. 5 THE O-SPOT FOOD REVIEW P. 10 |