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Student responses will ulti-mately determine changes to Fair-field University’s policy on aca-demic integrity.

The school’s regulations de-fine academic integrity as intellec-tual honesty.

Beginning Oct. 22, an aca-demic integrity survey is being launched via student mailboxes. The goal of this survey is “to paint an accurate picture of our own campus attitudes, compare those with other campuses and in doing so engage the campus community in a conversation about integrity,” according to Dr. Kathy Nantz, pro-fessor of Economics and head of the survey task force.

The results of the survey will be returned in December.

But where does Fairfield stand at the moment? An informal sur-vey of 29 students shows a preview of what the survey may reveal. It found several results regarding cheating, including:

All 29 students have wit-nessed another student openly and purposely cheat-ing. 11 students admitted to

openly and purposely cheating themselves.Roughly 25 percent of the students felt guilty and undeserving of a grade they received in the past.22 students felt angry and bothered when wit-nessing another student cheat.

If most people become angry with others for cheat-ing, why do students cheat?

Some students argued that they turn to cheating as a coping mechanism for heavy workloads, and they feel as if it is their only escape from the demanding college schedule. Other students feel pressured to succeed and believe cheat-ing is their only option to do well.

”Society puts so much importance on GPA and suc-ceeding in the classroom and with some courses, no matter how hard I study, I know I am not going to live up to these high standards,” said a junior named Alex, who prefers that her last name remain unknown. “Cheating, with the possibility of getting caught, was worth the risk

for me because I feel good about myself when I get good grades.”

But Fairfield isn’t the only

school with a cheating problem.

One of the most fa-mous cheating scandals comes from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

The school prides it-self on honesty and states on their website that their mission is to prepare each graduate to be “a commis-sioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country.” In addition, their code of honor that simply reads, “A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”

Yet this code of honor was severely violated.

In a 1976 cheating scandal, more than 150 cadets resigned or were expelled for cheating on a take-home electrical engi-neering exam, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal.

A more recent scan-dal at Harvard shows an-

other example of how no school is superior when it comes to cheating.

An examination given at Har-vard was “open book, open note, open Internet”, but there was one other small rule: ”students may not discuss the exam with others.”

Although still under investiga-tion, it is suspected that more than half of the class of over 250 students “inappropriately collaborated or plagiarized on that exam,” accord-ing to CNN.

When approached, the stu-dents at Harvard were bewildered that they were even being accused of cheating.

”It’s horrible when any stu-dent cheats or is accused of cheat-ing. But, we look to Harvard as one of the world’s leader institutions in education, and as a leader, we look for more from places like Harvard,” said American ethicist Bruce Wein-stein.

Based on these occurrences, there seems to be much confusion regarding academic honesty in uni-versities nationwide.

Fairfield has exhibited simi-lar confusion in the informal sur-vey when 29 students questioned whether their behaviors could be considered academic dishonesty.

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With the presidential elec-tion only three weeks away, students usually observe the election from only an outside perspective. But on Monday night in the LLBCC, former Time photographer P.F. Bentley gave his audience the inside scoop on the presidential lifestyle through never-before seen images.

P.F. Bentley is a former pho-tojournalist and Special Cor-respondent for Time magazine, but has also been published in the New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, and many other media sources around the world. Bentley was the first pho-tojournalist to depict the House floor in session through images.

“I kind of wanted to try a new thing,” said Bentley. “What would it be like to be in the cam-paign looking out, where I was out looking in? What happened after the show was gone?”

Bentley is respected throughout the print and broad-cast community for earning ac-cess to presidential candidates during their campaigns, accord-

ing to Bentley’s official website. His subjects range from past presidents, such as George Bush and Ronald Reagan, to presiden-tial hopefuls such as Jesse Jack-son and Bob Dole.

Bentley photographed Bill

Clinton during his run for presi-dent. Clinton agreed over a hand shake that Bentley could shoot whatever he wanted.

Clinton requested that Bent-ley traveled with him and would never repeat what he had heard.

Bentley ended up covering Clin-ton’s first presidential run in 1991 to 1992 and also the last week of his presidency.

One of Bentley’s images was chosen by Clinton to be displayed in his living room, ac-cording to Bentley. The picture portrays Bill and Hilary Clinton physically exhausted, lying to-gether on a couch after a pizza meeting. To Clinton, it portrayed much more than an image of him and his wife. Bentley said that Clinton thought it “told the tale of how hard the campaign is, what happens to you.”

Bentley not only described the behind-the-scene moments he captured of the president, but also of history. He was in the White House when the twin tow-ers fell in New York City. Bentley captured Bush and other politi-cians in his photographs while crucial decisions were being made.

Yet Bentley thought, “For the first time, we were one country.”

He described the Republi-cans and the Democrats being in the same room, and putting aside differences for the sake of the American people.

A l -though he wit-nessed this unity that was present during 9/11, he also saw it fall apart because of the nature of political parties.

Bentley left Time magazine 10 years ago and is currently a docu-mentary filmmaker and editor for corporate clients, according to his website. Bent-ley now lives on a small island in Hawaii and describes it as “a good balance.” He hopes to re-tire in the near future.

At the closing of the event, Bentley was asked if he still has hope for the future of America.

“Yeah, I got hope,” said Bent-ley. “I got hope that like one day, that bulb will go off, and they’ll say, ‘Why are you arguing?’ And you know, when you look at the older guys, they knew how to

do a deal. They could argue all day out there, but in the evening time they go out. There’s a lot of hate, so who pays for it? All of us do.”

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“I kind of wanted to try a new thing. What would it be like to be in the campaign looking out, where I was out looking in? What happened after the show was gone?”

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Meningitis outbreak rises to 205 cases

Seven more people have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis linked to possibly tainted vials of a steroid medication, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Sunday. .is brings the total number of cases to 205 in 14 states.

The Rolling Stones will tour again this year

.e legendary band said Monday it would return to the stage with four concerts in Britain and the United States.

High September temperatures matched world record

.e National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday that September was 60.2 degrees Fahren-heit worldwide, which is 1.2 degrees above normal. .at matches 2005 for the hottest September.

Microsoft debuts Xbox music service, competes with Apple

Microsoft Corp (MSFT) on Monday announced that Xbox Music, a digital music service to vie with Apple Inc’s (AAPL) iTunes and Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN) Cloud Player, will be available for its Xbox game consoles on Tuesday.

$3,000 car coming to the US

.e chairman of Indian automaker Tata has announced that he plans to bring the $3,000 Nano micro car to the United States within three years, according to Automotive News.

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One in four.Every two minutes, someone

in the United States is sexually as-saulted. On a college campus, one in four women have survived rape or faced attempted rape; however, less than 20 percent of sexual as-saults are reported.

Numbers reveal facts, but when the numbers aren’t repre-sentative of incidents, it is impor-tant remember that crime is more than numbers. Sexual assault is the most underreported crime, according to Director of Public Safety Todd Pelazza.

Why would a victim of such a horrible crime not want to report it?

When victims discuss the incident, whether to a police of-ficer or counselor, they often feel as though they are reliving it. This can interfere with the healing process. Worse, victims can have misconceptions of blame, and they are afraid that they some-how caused the attacker to target them.

Because of a campus cul-ture of casual hookups and binge drinking, students assume that sexual assault is not a crime and should not be reported. But, re-porting these crimes can stop the perpetrator from acting again, and there are many people work-ing to end the violence.

Influence of Campus Culture

It’s 11:00 a.m. on Sunday,

and somehow, you are managing to get yourself up the long flight of stairs to Barone cafeteria. As you shuffle in and look around, you are not surprised to see dishev-eled hair, heads resting on tables, people chugging water and even that occasional student still wear-ing last night’s attire…maybe with a sweatshirt over it. Walking past booths and tables, you hear, “He was so hot…so I hooked up with him,” and “I got really drunk and went to his room and I don’t really know what happened.”

These casual conversations make crimes like assault seem common and insignificant.

Pelazza explained, “One common denominator that we find on college campuses, 98 per-cent of the time, is alcohol is in-volved and it’s an acquaintance situation. Very rarely do you have a stranger-type sexual assault that you hear so much about.”

Junior Astrid Quinones, di-rector of Take Back the Night 2012, explained that survivors submit their stories to her to be read dur-ing the vigil, and they are usually acquaintance situations or a re-sult of too much alcohol. She said, “Just because there isn’t always a face to the number of one out of four victims, the victim knows the face of those who hurt them.”

The Jeanne Clery Crime re-port, mandated by the federal government and based on the calendar year, shows that Fairfield University does not match the one in four statistic. The reason?

“They’re dating situations, they’re hookup situations. There’s alcohol involved,” reiterated Pelazza.

If students read the Clery report and discover that there weren’t any assaults in 2011, they may think, “We’re safe. It’s not affecting us here.”

But they can’t be too sure.Sexual assault happens ev-

erywhere.

Combating Sexual Assault

Every number comes with a story.

“The violence never stops and there are those who contin-ue to struggle for the rest of their lives because of that one inci-dent. They need a voice,” said Quinones. Every time an assault is reported, Department of Pub-lic Safety is required to release a description of the assault and the attacker.

These reports can prevent a future assault and help solve the one reported.

“Evidence is there forever,” explained Pelazza. Victims can go to the hospital after a report is made to get tested for sexu-ally transmitted diseases and to

collect DNA evidence, which is critical in putting the assaulter behind bars.

Ending the violence is not limited to those who have expe-rienced it. “You don’t necessari-ly have to be a statistic to change the statistics,” stated Quinones. By offering support and being aware of triggers for victims, students can combat sexual as-sault.

Campus Initiatives

Fairfield University provides many resources to help victims and inform students. Whether you attend a self-defense class, participate in the Jane Doe No More organization or inform a CSA (Campus Security Author-ity) about an incident that oc-curred, you can help combat sexual assault.

“This is such an important topic that is not the responsi-bility of just one department on campus,” explained Pelazza. “It has to be a campus-wide initia-tive. It’s very difficult for one en-tity alone.”

Crime is more than a num-ber on the Clery report. Sexual assault is more than the “one in four” statistic. Each number represents a person with a tragic experience that needs to be rec-ognized. Quinones explained, “I wish we didn’t have to tell stories in order to understand that it’s wrong and should be prevented. But we are emotional human be-ings that connect when we hear someone break down.”

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on to this pattern and hopes the academic integrity survey will raise awareness about cheating across

campus to produce a more aca-demically honest atmosphere.

Students should look out for surveys in their mailboxes next week.

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Last .ursday’s Vice Presi-dential Debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan highlighted many hot button issues currently up for debate within the political com-munity. A Gallup poll conducted between Sept. 6 to Sept. 9 indicat-ed that 72 percent of Americans believe policy regarding the troubled econ-omy is the most im-

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tant voting issue. However, many political pundits believe that, due in part to the Vice Presidential debate, the issue of abortion and contraception rights will be mag-ni/ed in the coming weeks.

On .ursday, Vice President Biden restated his and the Obama campaign’s position on abortion. Although both men are Chris-tians, they believe that federal and state governments should not be

able to impede on a woman’s right to make her own

health care decisions. Paul Ryan af-

/rmed the Romney campaign’s stance, which states, that life begins at con-ception and that abortion should

only be permitted in cases of rape, incest or if the mother’s life is threatened.

Many political pundits believe the

discussion of this issue during the debate will only

intensify the issue due to the controversy surrounding a state-ment made a few months ago by

Republican congressman Todd Akin of Missouri.

On Aug. 12, Akin de/ned certain types of rape as “legiti-mate” and that victims of such

rape rarely get pregnant because their bodies prevent it. .e

comment by Akin was proven to be false and he

later apologized and recanted. Taylor Sassu ’15 stated,

“Todd Akin’s comments really called into question the Repub-lican Party’s stance on abortion rights. If members of the party like Todd Akin logically believe that about a woman’s body, how can they be trusted to create and sign legislation into law regarding abortion?”

Some pundits believe the abortion issue could also invite discussion regarding the politi-cal furor behind a contraception mandate proposed by President Obama early in the year. In Febru-ary, President Obama initially an-nounced a plan that would have forced Catholic hospitals to pay for contraception as part of their patients’ insurance plans. Due to political backlash, Obama later worked out a plan in which insur-ance companies would indirectly pay for the contraception in place of the hospitals.

“Many people felt that this mandate infringed upon the Cath-olic Church’s religious freedom because contraception is against Church teachings. Although Pres-ident Obama changed his policy, I believe the move hurt him politi-cally,” said Jake Ruskan ’15.

Yet, ultimately what mat-ters in the upcoming presidential election is whether voters feel Mitt Romney or Barack Obama better represent their own view and the view of the American people on the two issues. Likely

voter Jordan Freeman ‘13 says, “I feel that President Barack Obama best represents the views of the American people when it comes to contraceptive and abortion is-sues. .e President takes a hands-o0 approach and allows women to make their own choices in handling these issues with their bodies. I would be assumed that a majority of Americans would prefer to keep their per-sonal, legal decisions out of the hands of the government and those not directly involved in their lives.”

On the other hand, likely voter Tom Zaleski ‘14 says, “I believe Mitt Romney best repre-sents the American people on abortion and contraception policy. Regarding abortion, the majority of Americans are Chris-tians and believe that life begins at conception. I also felt that the Obama adminis-tration mandate that the Catho-lic Church pay for their patients contraception was a violation of /rst amendment rights and Mitt Romney was critical of that ini-tial decision.”

Gallup, as of Feb. 27,

found that 72 percent of Ameri-cans feel the contraception man-date is unconstitutional. As of May 9, Gallup found that 50 percent of Americans are pro-life, while 41 percent are pro-choice. .e poll found that women are 6 percent more likely to be pro-choice and men are 7 percent more likely to be pro-life.

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200,000 hospitalizations. 36,000 deaths. Up to 20 percent of the U.S. population infected.

.e cause? In1uenza.Fair/eld University is work-

ing to combat these statistics by o0ering students, faculty and sta0 a chance to get the 1u vac-cine.

.ough students could get the vaccination on Tuesday, Oct. 16, the Health Center will be of-fering vaccinations again on .ursday, Nov. 1, from noon to 4 p.m. in the BCC.

.e vaccination costs 30 dollars and the nasal mist costs 40 dollars. .e Health Center accepts cash, checks, student charges or stag bucks. Your re-ceipt can also be submitted to your insurance for a rebate.

Getting the 1u shot is impor-tant not only because in1uenza is a viral infection, but also because it is highly contagious. .e symp-toms of the 1u include hacking cough, high fever, intense body aches, headache, and usually some congestion and sore throat. Complication may include pneu-monia, bronchitis and sinusitis.

.e Health Center recom-mends everyone in the Fair/eld community to get a 1u shot.

“.e 1u shot is safe and ef-fective. .e college environment makes it di2cult to avoid the 1u when it is circulating. Students with the 1u typically must rest in bed. Students often miss a week of classes,” says Julia A. Du0y, MS, APRN, BC, Director of the Student Health Center.

Every year the 1u shot is im-proved to prevent people from catching the ever-changing in-fectious disease. Consequently, the 1u shot you got last year will not protect you from the 1u this year.

It takes about two weeks for the protective antibodies to be produced by the immune system. .erefore, the Health Center en-courages everyone to get the 1u shot as soon as possible.

Also, it is very important that students with conditions such as asthma, diabetes and other chronic health conditions receive the in1uenza vaccine. However, all students who wish to avoid the 1u are encouraged to be vac-cinated.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the viruses in the 1u shot are in-activated, so you cannot get the 1u from a 1u shot. .e risk of a 1u shot causing serious harm or death is extremely small.

However, a vaccine, like any

medicine, can rarely cause seri-ous problems, such as severe al-lergic reactions. Almost all peo-ple who get the in1uenza vaccine have no serious problems from it.

For those who are afraid of needles, there is the option of the nasal spray (FluMist). Although, the nasal spray is a live vaccine, the virus is weakened so that it cannot cause the 1u.

However, people who receive the nasal spray may experience 1u-like symptoms according to the CDC.

Some side e0ects of getting the 1u shot include soreness, redness at the injection site, a low-grade fever, aches and cold-like symptoms.

Some side e0ects of getting the nasal spray include runny nose, headache, sore throat, cough, vomiting, muscle aches and mild cold symptoms.

.e student Health Center is not the only place to get the vac-cination locally. CVS, Rite Aid, and Walgreens in Fair/eld all of-fer it for $20 to $25.

Despite statistics as to why people should get the vaccina-tion, students have mixed feel-ings about getting the 1u shot.

Junior Dana Charles got the 1u shot on Tuesday. She said, “My arm is kind of sore, but I’ve

got a smile on my face.” Junior Monique Pabon

agreed on the importance of get-ting vaccinated. “I already got my 1u shot. I get one every year at my doctor’s because school’s 1u

shots are too expensive.”Senior Vitch Jean-Jacques

isn’t planning on getting the shot, though. “I feel I don’t really need it. I rarely get sick so I feel it is not necessary.”

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MirrorFriday, Oct. 19

Head to the bookstore in town to hear alumnus and Afghanistan war veteran, Colin D. Halloran ‘12, read from his award-winning book of poetry “Shortly Thereafter.” The event is from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 20

Come out for Alumni and Family weekend! The day will offer a variety of on-campus events and activities. Events will start at 9 a.m. and go until 11 p.m.

Monday, Oct.22

Get your head in the game! Go to The Levee for Monday Night Football from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Lions vs. Bears.

Tuesday, Oct. 23

Head to the Oak Room to take a rape aggression defense class from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Friday, 10/5

12:06 a.m. – A Village resident reported a burglary where a variety of items including jewelry were stolen from their room.

1:41 a.m. – A Townhouse burglary was reported in which a student’s flat screen TV was broken.

3:08 a.m. – A Village resident was caught with mari-juana and referred to student conduct.

Monday, 10/8

2:17 a.m. - DPS assisted Fairfield Police in the case of a student’s vehicle being taken from the beach without permission. All parties involved were identified but Fairfield Police Department investigation is ongoing.

1:07 p.m. – A student reported their vehicle van-dalized near the Townhouses. No suspects have been identified.

5:20 p.m. – Another car was reported vandalized in the Jogues parking lot.

Wednesday, 10/10

4:16 a.m. - The odor of marijuana led to the arrest of a Quad resident after DPS investigated their room. The case was referred to student conduct and a dean was notified.

Thursday, 10/11

10:13 p.m. – A grease fire set off alarms in a Dolan Hall apartment. Apartment residents ex-tinguished the flame before DPS arrived.

11:01 p.m. - An Area Coordinator reported a nar-cotics violation in a Townhouse. DPS referred one person to Student Conduct in the incident.

Saturday, 10/11

4:31 a.m. – DPS found a non-student sleeping in the Barone Campus Center. The person was identified and issued a Criminal Trespass Warn-ing (CTW).

11:09 a.m. - The CTW recipient from hours ear-lier was seen again in the BCC and arrested by Fairfield Police for trespassing.

Sunday, 10/14

12:35 a.m. – A student became argumentative after being asked to present identification at the main gate and was referred to Student Conduct.

*If you have information about any of these incidents, please contact the Department of Public Safety.*

Tra!c is halted on Bellermine Road as a half dozen turkeys make a painfully slow crossing, the larg-est male of the bunch straddling the yellow line as if confused as to what direction he just came from. A car honks and he "aps his wings pa-thetically - really, just for show - as (clearly) his body has never left the ground. He scuttles out of harm’s way, oblivious to the fact that he just made someone late for class.

#e turkeys are taking over. And we’re letting them.

A brief history of this “majes-tic” creature:

Wild turkeys are native to the state. We all know the story of the Pilgrims, how they supposedly pow-wowed with the Indians and served up Mr. Gobble-Gobble as the main course. What you proba-bly didn’t hear was that by the early 19th century hunting, deforestation and a series of brutal winters eradi-cated the population of wild turkeys in Connecticut. Despite several un-successful attempts at restoration, turkeys remained absent from the state until the 1970s when they were $nally arti$cially reintroduced.

Needless to say, this reintro-duction was a little too successful. So many turkeys now roam the state that sportsmen are actually encour-aged to have a go at them.

If we give these birds an inch, they take a mile. If we Fair$eld stu-

dents don’t want to get squeezed out of our own turf, we need to take action against these insolent birds. Every time you break for a passing tom, pamper it with leftover bagel crumbs, or Instagram it into a pho-to you are only reinforcing what the turkey already believes to be true - that they are in control.

Humorous as this may seem when prescribed to a walking paper-weight, it becomes a lot less funny when you realize that the majority of Americans harbor delusions just as grand. As the general election steadily approaches, politicians left and right fatten us up with a stu%-ing rendered from dissatisfaction and fear.

But then again, many students ask themselves, what’s the point? A little over a decade ago we watched George W. Bush seize the throne despite Al Gore scoring the major-ity of the popular vote. We always fail to remember that what deter-mines the outcome of the election isn’t our tiny little turkey-vote for president. It’s the outcome of the local election.

I nearly choked on Diet Coke last week in Barone when I heard a girl ask, “Who the hell is Chris Mur-phy?” Granted, she’s likely from out of state, but still the level of apathy abounding statements such as this $lls a vacuum larger than the space between a turkey’s skull and brain. Are we no better than the insidious birds: oblivious to political climate, apathetic, simply foraging for our

next meal? Don’t let the false sense of con-

trol wafting as the weeks count down to the election deter you from real-izing how little power we do have, and how precious that power is. Not just in some ethereal symbolic way, but right here, right now, in Con-necticut, one of the most strati$ed states in the country, a war is being waged between the strong-arm of business and the routinely silenced voice of the disenfranchised.

In Danbury, healthcare work-ers circled a curb for weeks protest-ing unfair changes in their labor union contracts this summer. From July through to August, at least $fty a day sat out in the scorching heat waiting for someone to listen. And every day a thousand turkeys turned their heads because for them, the cars still stopped when they crossed the road.

One day they won’t be so lucky.

#e turkeys really are tak-ing over and not just on campus. Across the country ignorance and apathy spread like cancer. We are lucky to be in such an a&uent area where the e%ects of this are seem-ingly invisible, but just drive up to Danbury and see for yourself. Don’t be surprised if the nurses and aids who might save your life one day are still out there, shivering on that curb.

#ey say it’s going to be a close race.

Don’t be another turkey.

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To this day, people are well adept at announc-

wondered how one could possibly express one-self with such a limited number of letters. But

Now we have Tout, an app that a reviewer had called "Twitter for Youtube."

What would you do with 15 seconds of vid-eo?

Tout is a free mobile app for Apple products,

their status updates through videos. According to a recent article in USA Today, the site receives 13 million visitors monthly. Shaquille O’Neal and Whoopi Goldberg are two well-known ce-lebrities who are using tout as a social media platform. But what is the app really accomplish-ing? !e Mirror wonders how possible it is for someone to express him/herself in such a short amount of time.

Just look at the de$nition of the word ‘tout,’ which is a verb that means to describe or adver-tise boastfully and aggressively. Not a great con-notation for this new social sharing app.

examples of the videos that it supports. One video recorded a toddler eating. Granted, the toddler was really adorable, but … eating? If we wanted to see that, we could just creepily ob-serve people in the Main Dining hall.

We are not debasing apps. Phone apps actu-ally have the potential to save lives. Look at UM-SkinCheck, which works to identify symptoms of skin cancer. Why can’t people make more of these types of apps, rather than crowd the Apps store with vain innovations like Tout? We al-ready have Google Hangout, Facebook, Twitter, etc. - all of which feed into the egos of society.

As one of its advantages, Tout says that users will get to interact with celebrities in real-time. Well, they can always try, but we’re sure they will not get any personal replies. #ey might be too busy for that. Also, Tout advertises that the app is "changing how people interact, delivering a rich social sharing experience in full color, sound, and motion." #at sounds lovely, but don’t we already do that with face-to-face interaction?

Sit back and watch to see if Tout becomes the next Twitter. Scary thing is: it just might.

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“You don’t necessarily have to be a statistic to change the statistics."

Vanity gone too far

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Biden’s parents taught him many things, except manners.

During the !rst presidential de-bate, Obama seemed to be missing in action. Well, after the vice presi-dential debate last week, Joe Biden should have been, too! He was rude. He talked non-stop, and did not fur-ther the discussion in a serious way.

Paul Ryan came into this de-bate with the desire to have a serious conversation and speak about im-portant issues. Biden did not allow this to happen. He constantly spoke over Ryan, "ashing his inappropri-ate Cheshire cat smile.

Biden came into this debate with one goal in mind: to erase the awful opinions that people had about Obama after his poor perfor-mance in the !rst presidential de-bate. He tried hard to convince that the Democratic team will !ght for their beliefs. However, his lack of manners undermined the e#ective-ness of his attacks.

Biden should just have a debate with himself. He clearly loves the sound of his own voice, and doesn’t really care about what anyone else has to say. He should just stare at himself in a mirror and record it so

he can listen back and real-ize how bad he sounded.

Ryan tried to stop Biden from

his constant interruptions

by saying, “Mr. Vice

president, I know you’re

under a lot of duress to make up

for lost ground, but I think people would be better served if we don’t

keep interrupting each other.” FOX News came up with a

great description of the event. FOX compared Biden’s constant inter-ruptions to, “being trapped in a bar next to a know-it-all drunk. Biden wasn’t drinking but he reinforced why he only got 1 percent of the vote when he ran for president four years ago.”

Ryan made a favorable impres-sion. Biden reinforced the fact that he is, indeed, a blow hard. Ryan helped his ticket into the White House, and Biden hurt his. And, for America, we all unfortunately lost our opportunity to hear a serious debate.

Many independent voters will remember Biden’s inappropriate and bizarre behavior - certainly not in a good way. Vice President Biden lost on style and was a major turn-o# with his disrespectful, arrogant conduct. Congressman Ryan was steady and played it safe. Has Biden not heard the saying, “slow and steady wins the race?”

A majority of Americans today don’t fully follow politics and really only know what they see on televi-sion. After the vice presidential de-bate, we will remember our friend Joe’s grimacing Cheshire cat smile not serving him well.

“Each year, approximately 30 million trees are used to make books sold in the United States — 1,153 times the number of trees in New York City’s Central Park,” according to the Green Press Ini-tiative, a non-pro!t group that en-courages the production of more environmentally-friendly books.

You probably have your own mini-forest in your backpack: a few hundred pages of statistics here, a thousand pages of biology there, then throw in a thousand more pages of Chaucer - you get the idea. With all the books we have to buy or rent, we consume a lot of paper. But the availability of new textbook technology raises this question: is there a more eco-friendly way to read for school?

One of the obvious solutions are textbooks for tablets like iPads, Kindles and Nooks. $ey provide convenience and portability, and a lighter substitute for a heavy backpack full of books.

Tablets also produce their own pollution. According to !e New York Times, one e-reader re-quires the extraction of 33 pounds of minerals, 79 gallons of water, and 100 kilowatt hours of fossil

carbon dioxide.But is there a point, even with

the negative environmental im-pact, where it makes more sense to purchase a tablet instead of a physical textbook? !e Times con-cluded, “the adverse health im-pacts from making one e-reader are estimated to be 70 times great-er than those from making a single book.”

!e Times does not dif-ferentiate between a short acid-free paperback and a lengthy, glossy textbook, so it will take fewer than 70 textbooks to justify the purchase of a tablet. If you are a freshman or a sopho-more, and you plan on downloading most of your text-books on a tablet, purchasing a tab-let may be more environmentally friendly than pur-chasing several text-books.

$e environmen-tal costs don’t stop at the manufacturing of the tablet. Tablets need charging, and unless you have one of those

cool solar chargers in your dorm room, chances are the energy is coming from a non-renewable en-ergy source. You could also view a e-textbook on a laptop, but they consume electricity too.

Another solution is to rent a physical textbook through a site like Chegg, or even Amazon.com, but since you are buying the right to use the book for a semester, and

not actually buying the title to the book, you can’t resell

it. Like with the e-textbooks, what-ever money you spend on a rental is gone forever once you hit the ‘rent’ button. But also similar to e-textbooks, rentals are cheaper. $ey might make sense in some cases, especially if you think the book is going to drastically de-crease in value over the semester.

Rental services are good for the environment because they en-courage sharing. Multiple students will read the same book, so stu-

dents will demand less books, and hopefully publishers will print less of them. But textbook rentals don’t change the fact that the book had to be printed -- perhaps with soy ink on recycled paper, which, too, has an environmental cost -- and with the ever-changing world necessitating constant revisions, textbook rental companies have to buy replacements often.

Keep in mind some of the easiest and least costly solutions might not require renting a text-book or purchasing a tablet. Have a friend in the same class? Why not buy or possibly rent a textbook and share it? Does the library have a copy? Maybe study there. $e library does not have every text-book, but if enough people ask for a certain title, they might carry it. And you might not have a friend in every class, but Fair!eld is a small school, so chances are you do.

$ese suggestions might miti-gate the environmental impacts of textbooks, but how ever you choose to study, you will probably negatively impact the environ-ment in some way.

It seems the most eco-friend-ly way to read for class is to simply not purchase or rent any form of a textbook, and not read for class at all. But this alternative is certainly not “GPA-friendly.”

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If you asked me about some of the things that have been the most memorable for me after almost four years in college, I wouldn’t say living in the Townhouses or hanging out at the beach. Although those things have been important, the thing that has impacted me the most is my semester studying abroad in Florence, Italy. My time abroad taught me more than any class ever could, not only about the world, but about myself, my values and my pas-sions.

Part of the reason I decided to attend Fairfield University was due to the fact that I’d heard so many good things about the study abroad program. How-ever, when the time came to sign up and go, I was hesitant. I was reluctant to leave my friends during my junior year, I was uneasy about the money that I would have to spend, and I was overwhelmed with all of the planning that I would have to do.

If you’re thinking about go-ing abroad for a year, a semester, or even during the summer, you might have some of the same worries. You might feel you’ll miss your fellow Stags too much, and questions about whether or

not you’ll like your new room-mates or host family could be holding you back. However, your friends from Fairfield will still be here when you return. More importantly, it’s inevitable that you’ll click with other students while you’re abroad, because everybody is there to experience new things and meet new peo-ple. I was lucky enough to meet people who I grew to love, and who I now consider some of my best friends. As for host families, I have yet to meet anybody who didn’t end up feeling that their host family was like their real family by the end of their stay.

In terms of cost, it can be daunting trying to figure out how to budget your money while you’re away, and one thing that can get expensive is traveling. I had the opportunity to visit mul-tiple European countries while I was abroad, and I found out that the sooner you learn about your options and begin to book trips, the more money you’ll save in the long run.

While in Europe, my friends and I discovered various stu-dent travel agencies that were cheap easy to use and catered to American students. One of our

is a top-rated company that makes traveling during breaks or on weekend trips stress-free and affordable. I loved seeing

that they offer summer getaways from the U.S., I’m more tempted than ever to head back to Eu-rope after graduation.

Going abroad not only pro-vides you with new opportuni-ties to travel and experience new things, but one of the best rea-sons to go abroad is that it looks good to prospective employers. Employers want to know that the people they hire are flexible risk-takers who can hold their own in a multicultural setting. Get in-volved with service learning that you’re passionate about, or sign up for an internship while you’re abroad. You have to admit, “inter-national internship” would look good on your resume.

For those of you who are still wondering if studying abroad is the right thing for you, I urge you to take a chance and go for it. Although I admit that there were challenges with ad-justing to a new cultural setting, I wouldn’t trade the experience for anything. I’m awed by what I saw, passionate about what I learned, and I had the time of my life. All of the people I’ve spoken to have said the same thing, re-gardless of what country or con-tinent they went to. I envy those who still have the study abroad experience ahead of them; it’s an opportunity that I’d give any-thing to have again.

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No need to ride the train into New York City to take advantage of top-notch,

highly ranked restaurant discounts during the anticipated NYC res-taurant week. Now to experience the satisfaction of restaurant week, all you need is your limited college student budget and a ride into town on the StagBus, which will be run-ning every half hour from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. this week instead of the usual

45 minute increment. !e town of Fair"eld is host-

ing its "rst ever restaurant week, featuring over 30 restaurants with price-"xed discounted $10 and $15 lunches and $20 and $30 dinners, among other discounted items on their menus. Restaurant week start-ed on Sunday, Oct. 14, and will con-tinue through Saturday, Oct. 20.

!is is the time to take out that limited student cash #ow and put it toward a meal other than Barone, the Stag or Angelo’s turnovers.

Several of the restaurants fea-

tured are well-known and visited by Fair"eld students, such as Colony Grill, Archie Moore’s, Centro and Wild Rice. But there is a new twist to these student frequented hot spots, such as a $10 dinner at Archie’s and two pizzas and two Heineken drafts for $20 at Colony Grill.

“It is nice to be a part of it,” said Mike Swezey, manager of Colony Grill. “Restaurant week helps the town bring in more people and ex-citement.”

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Fun Fact: Fair!eld University has a Japanese garden.

“Students don’t care,” said student David Velasquez ’14.

Jouges Residential Assistant Josh Beebe ’14 held a mediation program for his residents at the Jap-anese garden located behind Bel-larmine Hall this Sunday. Not one student attended.

After waiting 30 minutes for attendees, Beebe canceled the pro-gram, but he plans to reschedule. Beebe said he wasn't upset or mad, he !gured students were preoccu-pied with the miscellaneous tasks that usually get put o" until Sunday.

Even if the program is resched-uled, there is doubt the turnout will be popular. “It really doesn’t mean anything to students,” said Ve-lasquez about the garden.

Velasquez visits the garden dur-ing !nals to relax in the midst of the mounting stress. He explained that when in the garden, he feels like he is not at Fair!eld anymore, and the detachment is refreshing.

Unfortunately, Velasquez said

he has not been up to the garden since last semester’s !nals. Sopho-more Farheen Khan visited the gar-den in the summer, however, and found it to be unkempt.

“#e area did not seem pre-served. #ey weren’t taking care of it very well,” said Khan.

According to Khan, the garden has a lot of potential for students: events, classes, meditation and even picnics can be held in the garden. But the some students claim admin-istrators are not recognizing that po-tential. “#ey don’t really care about it. It’s not popular. #ey [would] rather have new sidewalks that the public sees,” said Velasquez.

Khan shares similar senti-ments. Khan said the administra-tion is focused on attracting new students, and because they don't show the Japanese garden on tours, it is not a pressing issue.

Velasquez said he thinks the lack of maintenance and attention is a shame. If the garden was ad-vertised and students knew it was an option for relaxation, the garden would be used. But according to Velasquez, the administrators have lost sight of the spiritual bene!ts

and the well-being of the students; it becomes a money issue.

But even beyond the spiritual-ity and peace of mind of the student body, “we have lost a piece of cul-ture,” said Velasquez.

#e Japanese garden, com-monly referred to by students as the Zen garden, has been around since before Fair!eld. #e garden was de-signed in 1926 by Arthur Schurcli" for the Walter B. Lashar Family. #e Lashar’s home is what we now call Bellarmine Hall. #e Japanese gar-den was one of the many gardens that surrounded the house.

Lashar most likely treated the garden as a kind of entertainment to show his guests after dinner parties, according to Dr. Katherine Schwab, professor of art history. #e Lashars were well traveled and had spent time in China and Japan. #erefore, the garden was true to the Japanese manner, wrote Schurcli" in a letter to a resident Jesuit.

In this letter, the Jesuit Anthony J. Eiardi describes how “the running water in the channels sparkles in the sunlight, and the sound of water

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55 Wine Bar & RestaurantArchie Moore's

ArtisanAvellino'sBangalore

Barcelona Wine Bar & RestaurantBella Sera

BodegaBon Appetit Cafe

BondaCafé Lola

Café MadelineCentro

Colony GrillFin

Hunan PavilionIso's Fair!eld Café

KirakuLC Chen's

Lilac HouseMamma Mina's

MartelMichael Gennaro's Steakhouse

Old Post TavernOsianna

Paci'sQuattro PazziTabouli Grill"e Brasserie"e Chelsea

"e Gray GooseTucker's Café

Wafu Asian BistroWild Rice

For a Google Map of the restaurants, menus and prices, scan the QR code.

While some students may choose to stick with their familiar eateries, others may take advantage of the restaurants that are usually beyond their college budget, such as 55 Wine Bar & Restaurant, Osi-anna, Bonda and Old Post Tavern.

“It’s a great opportunity for a great meal on a college budget,” said restaurant week participant Gabriel Garcia ’13.

Zagat, a food, décor, service and money reviewer of restaurants worldwide from New York to Bei-jing, rates these categories on a scale from zero to 30 and provides an estimated price per person. Bon-da received a 27 overall for food, 22 for décor, 25 for service and $55 per person, while Osianna received a 25 overall for food, 21 for décor, 23 for service and $44 per person.

And for this week only, one could indulge in a $30 price-!xed, three course meal at Bonda, o"er-ing dishes such as pan-roasted arc-tic char and fettuccine with a three-meat and porcini ragu. Osianna’s restaurant week menu has dishes such as beef skirt steak and fettuc-cine with ossobuco.

“As a college student trying to

save money, I get to experience !n-er dining that I might not get to en-joy otherwise,” said Kathryn Staudt, a student at Iona College who was visiting Fair!eld for the weekend.

With its wide range in cultural

cuisines, Fair!eld is bringing to-gether its diversi!ed palette, ready to show visitors its true culinary chops.

“It’s a great way to bring in dif-ferent people from di"erent towns

to a beautiful town,” said the man-ager of Old Post Tavern, who be-lieves restaurant week is a good deal and a way to try di"erent foods.

Old Post Tavern is o"ering a $15 three-course lunch and $30

three-course dinner, featuring dish-es such as pumpkin ravioli, organic salmon and jumbo lump crab cake.

Resident of Fair!eld and Op-erations Assistant at Fair!eld Uni-versity Susan Victor is very excited about Restaurant Week and her up-coming $20 dinner at Quattro Pazzi, which features a “price-!xed menu that is very alluring.”

“It’s an a"ordable way to get together with friends,” says Victor. For people who haven’t been able to eat at some of these restaurants, Victor !nds the Restaurant Week prices to be a great incentive.

Restaurant Week also features a passport promotion, which is avail-able at participating restaurants. #e passports will be stamped at each restaurant visited, and once the passport has been stamped from two or more places, the holder is eligible for a ra-e drawing with the top prize of a night’s stay with deluxe accommodations at South-port Delamar.

More information about the passport program, participating restaurants and various lunch and dinner menus are available online at www.fair!eldct.org/rw.

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Sitting in a booth at the Levee, occasionally being interrupted by the voice over the intercom inform-ing people that their chicken turn-overs were ready, the indie-rock band !e Alternate Routes sat back and enjoyed a beer as they talked about music, making it big and how it all began at Fair"eld University.

Several of the band’s mem-bers have graduated from Fair"eld University, including lead vocalist Tim Warren ‘03, lead guitarist Eric Donnelly ’01 and drummer Kurt Leon ‘07. It was through their con-nection at Fair"eld that all of these musicians met each other and eventually came together to form !e Alternate Routes.

“You know what’s funny, Tim, I don’t think I ever even told you this… !e "rst time I ever saw you play was actually here at the Levee,” Donnelly said.

!e two o#cially met a few days later, after a friend of Warren’s walked up to Donnelly at a town-house party and said that she was going to give his number to War-ren. While Donnelly was mostly just confused as to how the girl had his number, Warren ended up reaching out to him a few days later and the two played together for the "rst time at the Quick Center dur-

ing the spring Pops concert. By the time both men had

graduated from Fair"eld, they had plans to move to Bridgeport where they would continue making music together and work on their "rst EP, which was released in 2003, titled “!is is When.” !ey have released several albums over the last decade but are convinced that the best is yet to come.

“You always think the thing you’re doing is the best thing you’ve ever done or else you wouldn’t do it,” Donnelly said.

!e Alternate Routes are scheduled to play on campus at the Quick Center this coming Friday, Oct. 19 in celebration of Alumni Weekend. Tickets are currently be-ing sold at the Quick Center box o#ce. Tickets are free for Fair"eld University students, $20 for alumni and $25 for the general public.

!e band is excited not only to revisit the very stage where it all began, but also to continue to show fans and people who have never heard of them before the hard work, dedication and genuine passion that comes standard with every song.

“We’ve bet the last 10 years of our lives on the fact that people will like it … it’s something worth see-ing,” Warren said.

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On display: o!cer serves, protects and paintsEvery month, the Fair"eld

University Bookstore on Post Road features a new art exhi-

bition from the chosen artist of the month. But this month, the artist, Duane Corey, is not just any ordi-nary painter, but also familiar face on campus: He is a public safety of-"cer.

Duane Corey has been an artist longer than he’s been a public safety o#cer, starting to take art classes when he was 13 years old. His father was a musician and always wanted Corey to pursue a form of art.

Corey’s collection is called "Shadow Ball in Jasper’s Town," named after Jasper McLevy who served as the mayor of Bridgeport, Conn. from 1933 until 1958. !e art exhibit features many paintings of Negro League Baseball back in the early 20th century.

“Shadow Ball” was a term used to talk about a pantomime, or per-formance, routine that the Negro Leagues would do before the games, according to Corey. !ere had to be extracurricular activities going on to keep the audience engaged.

!e pieces of art depict not just Negro League baseball, accord-ing to Corey, but also show Bridge-port’s legacy as well as how McLevy “shaped the personality for the city.”

“[McLevy] accomplished the identity of the town, so I decided to

call it "Shadow Ball in Jasper’s Town" and took a look back at segregated baseball, and how it was an Ameri-canization process for those individ-uals,” said Corey. “So I’m trying to depict their story, and it’s di-erent.”

Corey said that since he was the oldest child out of his family, he felt the need to protect and serve, so he took on the public safety position at Fair"eld. Corey also made a point that it’s not all of who he is, and that every person has di-erent facets that complete them.

“I think that everyone has a story to tell, whether it’s something they verbalize, whether it’s some-thing they demonstrate,” said Corey. “!at’s just my form that I use for self expression and it’s something, like I said, that I just had an aptitude for and something I enjoy."

!e art exhibit can be viewed along the staircase on the way up to the second .oor of the bookstore. Nancy Quinn, bookstore commu-nity relations coordinator, expressed interest in the connection between the baseball league and Bridgeport.

“It’s so unique,” said Quinn. “It really shows a piece of history within the bookstore.”

Corey expressed that through depicting the stories of Negro League Baseball, he felt that he had a story to tell. For him, it also serves as a form of self-therapy and as an education process. But with his job at Fair"eld, sometimes the balance can be di#cult.

“You’ve got to make the time, it’s hard, and we’ve got a rotated sched-ule,” said Corey. “We’re going to try a permanent schedule for a while, so maybe that’ll help balance some of my time where I can get more easel time in there.”

In the near future, Corey would like to continue his artistic career through starting a project on the Jesuit tradition because he is im-pressed by the history of the Jesuits and their mission, along with their global contribution. It’s a legacy

that he would like to depict in his artwork, just as he had with "Shadow Ball" in Jasper’s Town.

Students can check out his lat-est artwork and exhibits at www.art-myduane.com

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over the falls adds to the peaceful at-mosphere.” !ese pools of sparkling water have long been abandoned.

!e garden once had lanterns, a Buddha statue and a replica of Mt. Fujiyama that would smoke through a chimney running inside of the sculpture.

An article in Fair"eld’s digital archives describes the garden with three red wooden bridges, "sh, pond lilies and a small sampan (a Japanese "shing boat) that would run down the channels.

!e giant Torii (a traditional Japanese gate) that marked the en-

trance of the garden has long fallen, along with the entertainment and visitors that once brought the gar-den to life. Director of Bellarmine Museum Dr. Jill Deupi explained that our cultural memory is short and so the garden is not a priority anymore.

Many members of the Fair"eld community hope to see the Japa-nese garden maintained to honor its past intention, said Schwab. But maintenance of the garden would require grant funding and a full-time gardener. If students don’t use the garden, it may not be worth the investment.

Velasquez found an alternative

solution: “We are the ones who ap-preciate it, so we should maintain it and ask administration for the re-sources.” A collective e-ort from the students might make the grant more attractive to donors, but this would require a dedicated task force to fol-low through with the process.

Beebe thinks the garden is trapped in a paradox: !e seclusion and obscurity of the garden o-ers peace of mind, but also deters stu-dents from the garden.

For now, the garden straddles the past and the present, o-ering a haven for the wandering student.

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Currently, !e Alternate Routes are working on producing several individual singles that continue to showcase the band’s hearty, home-grown sound and thoughtful lyrics. Most recently, they have released a song called “Rewind” on their o"-cial website, which they worked on and produced in Nashville, Tenn. !ey hope that these various sin-gles will eventually culminate into their next album.

In addition to producing more songs, the band is also taking a step back and assessing some of the un-musical aspects of the music busi-ness that may reveal why they are still relatively unknown.

On the subject of making it big, Warren said, “We’ve been so close to being one of the bands that everybody knows about, but, you know, we aren’t. We are friends and contemporaries with a lot of bands that you do know, and we’ve seen that happen.”

Donnelly said, “It’s like a puz-zle. You just have to #gure out how to put all these things together and what makes something click and what makes something stand out. You never know. What we’re trying to do now is just own those details a little more.”

!e Alternate Routes are cur-rently trying to own these various details by themselves, as they are

currently self-managed and work-ing independently without a la-bel. !e band is quick to qualify that both of these decisions are by choice and that they feel working independently is the best decision for them at this time.

“You don’t need a publicist to communicate directly with your fans … You don’t need a label to

make the people who like you hap-py,” Donnelly said.

One of the ways that !e Al-ternate Routes communicate with their fans (other than their music, of course) is through their social media presence. Like many bands, !e Alternate Routes appreciate the opportunities and publicity a strong identity on the Internet can yield,

especially given the technological tendencies of modern music fans. Donnelly said that he is in charge of the band’s social media presence, which he manages namely through their o"cial website, Facebook and Twitter.

Even though !e Alternate Routes have yet to take o$ in the way that they would like, they are

far from being some unknown band from Connecticut. !roughout their career thus far they have toured all over the world, performed on "Late Night with Conan O’Brien" and have been interviewed on BBC radio. !ey have also had several songs appear on popular TV shows, such as their song “Please Don’t Let It Be,” which was featured on an ep-isode of MTV’s "!e Hills."

Despite the confusing and multi-faceted nature of today’s modern music industry, !e Alter-nate Routes remain optimistic that their time is coming soon.

“I’m not a cynic,” Warren said. “Guys succeed everyday at it, and it’s a weird combo of … I don’t know what yet. It’s that combination that all the people in our business are looking for.”

While !e Alternate Routes keep meandering down this long and winding road to success, fans are invited to tag along and enjoy the ride as the band continues to deliver the heartfelt music that has helped pave their way thus far.

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For anyone who has not heard of this band should immediately get to their computer and listen to this track. After seeing TV on the Radio live at Catalpa Music Festival this summer, I cannot get enough of it. *is Brooklyn-based band combines their al-ternative sound with hints of an electronic sound to create a killer instrumental that only makes lead singer Tunde Adebimpe’s voice even more fantastic.

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"Quelqu’un m’a dit"by Carla Bruni

Yes, I know this song is in French. Yes, I know that chances are you won’t know what Carla Bruni is singing about. I heard this song for the +rst time in the movie "500 Days of Summer," which has an unbeliev-able soundtrack. So even though the con-tent may be foreign, the next time it is a re-ally nice afternoon and you are driving in your car, put this song on. I dare you to tell me your life is not changed. "Forrest Gump"

by Frank Ocean

Frank Ocean’s album "Channel Orange" dropped mid-summer and people can’t stop talking about it. Filled with sexual in-nuendos like, “My +ngertips and my lips/*ey burn from the cigarettes/Forrest Gump you run my mind boy/Running on my mind boy,” the song “Forrest Gump" is told from the perspective of a potential love interest. Ocean’s voice on this track is un-real, and honestly, who doesn’t love a song fully loaded with Forrest Gump references and a good beat.

"3rd Planet"by Modest Mouse

Everyone knows Modest Mouse for the song “Float On,” which came out back in 2004. Modest Mouse’s ability to tell a story is what makes tracks like “3rd Planet” a standout. With their catchy and memorable choruses, Modest Mouse uses repetition and an eclectic sound to rope listeners in.

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WeeklY Chess Puzzle

White to Move and Mate in TwoThought that was easy? Visit fuchess.org to get involved on

campus. Check back next week for the answer and another puzzle!

To learn to read chess notation, visit fuchess.org/notation

Last week’s answers:1. Nd7+...Qxd7

2. Qh8#After the white knight checks the

black king by moving to to d7, black has only two legal moves.. Both 1...Qxd7 and 1...Kg7 allow the white

queen to delivery mate on h8.

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tive meals.

5. Write a song or a

short story.

8. Wear your

pajamas all day.

7. Bake. Take

that as you will.

10. Drink more (water).

It’s good to stay hydrated.

9. Put on a bathing suit

and go jump in a puddle.

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Sports 3x5

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Alumni weekend is this weekend. Excited to see some of your favorite Fair.eld Alums?

Men's basketball coach Sydney Johnson showed o/ his dance moves at Red Sea Madness. What's your favorite move?

0e road to the World Series is in full swing. How do you see the rest of it playing out?

Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier on Sunday. What's the most daring thing you've ever done?

Every Fair.eld team who played on Sunday won.

Impressive feat?

Every weekend isn't alumni weekend? No, but really, I'm gonna be ex-cited to see some old 3x5 legends back on campus for a couple of days.

Well, I've been going to this school for almost a year and a half now. I must say I have perfected the "stand awkwardly in a corner" move. I wish I could say that is a joke.

Well, without Jeter and down 2-0 to Detroit, it's not looking good for the Yanks - but don't tell my roommate I said that ... I mean, they're gonna win, Jeannine!!

,at's amazing, consider-ing only -eld hockey was playing at home. Imagine what they can do back on campus - time to take over the conferences!

Well, I'm a pretty big dare-devil if I do say so myself. So, in my long list of daring feats, I'm going to say walk-ing by the turkeys outside of my dorm without crying ... I know, hold your applause.

,e boys are back in town and ready for a week-end to remember (or to forget?). Only one word sums up what the week-end is going to be about: lads.

When the chickens are hungry, I feed them, but when the chickens attack, you've got to back it up! I'll be strutting my stu. at the Townhouses this weekend.

I just don't understand this whole World Series busi-ness in the -rst place if only American teams are com-peting? Tigers to win the American Series Champion-ship... roooarrr!

I may be a little biased, but probably the most impres-sive part about these vic-tories is that they were all shutouts. Happy days for both attack and defense!

,e -rst time I told a girl I liked her. I was 3-years-old and she was the best-look-ing girl at kindergarten. She said we couldn't be together because she was my teacher. #Heartbroken

I'm expecting big things, as at least one elder Shea will be returning (again), and some legends from the 2012 class will be coming back to surp in Stagland.

,e Sox are out, so go with the same method every 12- year-old girl uses to pick a sports team: Go with the best mascot. Tigers beat Yanks, Giants top Cards.

It was an impressive feat for ,e Mate, tying the all-time shutout record! ,is may be the best day in Fair-eld sports since the Iona upset in Spring-eld.

I ate the salisbury steak at Barone one time last year. 'Nu. said.

Your 2012-2013 3x5 Columnists: Jennifer Calhoun, Thomas Shea

and Michael O'Keeffe.

Because they like to talk ... sports.

This Week in SportsWatch out for Fairfield Athletics

By !e Numbers

Quote of the Week“ We had a really tough loss to Vassar two weeks ago, so

with that still in our memories we wanted to come out strong from the jump to make sure that wouldn't happen again.”

- Men's Rugby's Euroy Smith

48 5Cross Country's Sam Goodnow

'13, was the -rst Stag to -nish, in fourth overall in

her last home meet on Sunday.

Volleyball's Bri-anna Dixon '13 scored eight of

Fair-eld's 17 kills against Niagara

on Sunday after-noon.

Men's basketball introduced -ve incoming fresh-men to the fans at Red Sea Mad-ness on Friday

night.

What To Watch ForWednesday - No games.

Thursday- No games.

Friday- Men's Soccer vs. Rider, 7 p.m.

Saturday- Field Hockey vs. Vermont, 1 p.m.

Sunday- Volleyball at Manhattan, 2 p.m.

Monday- Women's Soccer at Yale, 7 p.m.

Tuesday- No games.

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The Mirror | Week of October 17, 2012Sports Page 14!is Week In Stag CountryMen’s Soccer

This past Sunday, the Stags traveled to New York for a match against Manhattan College and secured their first win of the MAAC season. The first half re-mained scoreless even though the Jaspers outshot the Stags 10-7, with four shots on goal, all of which were blocked by goal-keeper Michael O’Keeffe '13.

In the second half, Jordan Ayris ‘15 passed the ball to Reco McLaren ’14, who then scored the first goal of the game.

Only 10 minutes later, McLaren scored another goal with an assist from Adam Cowen ’13, who used his height to his advantage and headed the ball towards the middle of the field where McLaren was waiting.

Soon after, Jon Clements ’14 scored the last goal for the Stags, with an assist from George New-ton ’16.

O’Keeffe had his fifth shut-out of the season, a feat that ties him for most shutouts in Fair-field history with 20.

The Stags will return home for two MAAC battles at Lessing Field, the first on Friday, Octo-ber 19 at 7 p.m. against Rider, then on October 21 at 1 p.m.

Field Hockey

With a game at home, field hockey shut out Georgetown in a huge victory. The Stags had nine times as many shots as the Hoyas, with a total of 27-3.

Both goalkeepers Maddy Sposito ’13 and Casey Heely ’16 earned a shutout to their name. Freshman Kristian Stefanides totaled 2 goals in the match.

Junior Christy Starsinic scored five yards out in the 21st minute with an assist from Molly Caffrey ’13.

Only six minutes later, Kait-

lyn Taddeo ’16 scored, giving the Stags a 2-0 lead going into the half.

Sophomore Lindsey Hatch brought the ball up the field to score an unassisted goal, and later Taddeo scored on a re-bound shot from Stefanides.

Junior Nikki McLucas took advantage of yet another re-bound shot, bringing the score up to 5-0.

The last goal of the game was from Stefanides with an as-sist from Hillary Fitts ’14.

The Stags will host their last conference game against Ver-mont this weekend for the last spot in the America East Con-ference tournament. Fairfield is winless in their first three Amer-ica East games thus far.

The Stags will host their se-nior day as well as their annual Play 4 the Cure event as they play their final non-conference match against the University of Pennsylvania.

Volleyball

The volleyball team traveled to Niagara University on Sunday. where they won 3-0.

Senior Brianna Dixion had a season-high 20 kills with only three errors in a total of 41 at-tempts, moving her into eighth place all-time at Fairfield for ca-reer kills, and totaling 1,148 for her career.

Junior Rachel Romansky had a total of 42 assists, 15 digs, and 3 kills.

Sophomore Camille Cof-fey finished with a total of 9 kills and 16 digs. In addition, Caitlin Stapleton’15 totaled 9 kills as well as Lindsay Weaver’15 with 7 kills.

The Stags posted 75 digs, with Carsen Mata ’15 tallying 15 digs, Kara Reis ’13 having 10 digs, and Marilyn Peizer ’15 ty-ing a career-best with 11 digs.

Junior Hayley Moyer had three out of Fairfield’s four blocks.

Fairfield (13-8; 8-3 in con-ference) continues with their next game against Saint Peter’s University on October 20 and Manhattan College on Oct. 21.

Fairfield currently sits in second in the MAAC, trailing only Canisius.

Cross Country The Fairfield University

Men and Women’s Cross Coun-try hosted the 5th Annual Fr. Laurence O’Neil, S.J. Invitational on Saturday Oct. 13.

The women’s captured 3rd overall while the men’s team fin-ished in 4th overall.

Senior Sam Goodnow fin-ished in fourth in her last home event, with Maggie MacKenzie ’15 finishing 9th overall.

Junior Hillary Maxson fin-ished in 11th with Kathleen Woods ’16 trailing right behind her. Molly Leidig '14 placed 15th overall.

Sophomore Jake Ruskan was the top-finisher for the men’s team, placing 17th overall.

Senior Dylan Fisher came in close after Ruskan placing 18th overall. Freshman Dan DeBlock, Nick Carapezza ’16, and Matt Boley ’13 all finished under 27 minutes, with Kyle Wegner ’15 and Frank Segreto ’16 finishing under 28 minutes.

Fairfield will travel to the 2012 MAAC Championships in Buena Vista, Fl on October 27 that will air on ESPN3.

Women’s Soccer

The Stags came together this past Sunday for a win against Siena after losing to defending MAAC Champions Marist the previous game.

The Stags now have a record of 8-4-2 and still remain in first place with 15 points.

Sophomore Ashley Small scored the first goal of the game in the 23rd minute from 20 yards out with an assist from Lauren Reilly ’13.

Junior Jac Ley scored her third goal of the season in the 51st minute from a rebound from herself, putting the Stags at the 2-0 lead.

Sophomore Kathleen Early played in net for the entire dura-tion with four saves, the fourth

shutout for Early. The Stags continue their

four-game road trip this Satur-day, traveling to New Rochelle, N.Y. to face Iona College at noon. They then travel to Yale to take on the Bulldogs at 7 p.m. on Oc-tober 22.

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Fairfield rugby wins home openerThe Fairfield men’s

rugby team earned their second straight victory on Sunday, defeating SUNY New Paltz 51-13 in their first home game of the season.

The Red Ruggers, coming off a win by for-feiture against Hofstra last week, started off the game hot and did not let up the entire time, proving to be too much for New Paltz. After scores by Alfonse Simeone ’14 and Johnny Rosito ‘13 put Fairfield up 18-0, RJ Howley ’14 added a conversion to his earlier penalty kick, increasing the Fairfield lead to 25-0.

The Red Ruggers were able to add another score before halftime, with Eu-roy Smith ’14 getting out wide and beating the New Paltz defense, scor-ing underneath the goal posts. New Paltz was able to add a score right before the half, but the game was seemingly out of reach at the halftime huddle, with the Red Ruggers up 32-5.

Senior Dan McGrath added a score after half-time, followed by Smith again breaking out wide and proving himself faster than the New Paltz de-fense, scoring for the sec-

ond time on the day. Se-nior captain John Sullivan added a late score to cap off the game for the start-ers, and Fairfield could cruise to the blowout vic-tory, allowing some lesser used players to gain some playing time.

Smith, who had not played in a collegiate rugby match before this season, was happy to get the two scores at home, but was happier with the team’s efforts.

“I think we played ex-ceptionally well. We played as a team and stayed very aggressive,” said Smith. “We had a really tough loss to Vassar two weeks ago, so with that still in our mem-ories we wanted to come out strong from the jump to make sure that wouldn't happen again.”

“As a team, we are go-ing to enjoy the win, but can’t forget that we have three more big games com-ing up. The main thing for us is to make sure we keep practicing and playing in unison.”

Head Coach of the Red Ruggers, Mike Barnett, was also happy with the team’s execution on both offense and defense.

“We executed. All you can do is try to get better week to week, and we’re right now on that path,”

said Barnett. “We gradu-ated a lot of guys last year, and it’s a testament to this group and how dedicated these guys are to make each other better.”

Despite being a new player to the team this year, Smith has been im-pressed with the dynamic of the team this year, both on the field and off. He says the team has an over-all relaxed attitude, but is focused on improving as a unit throughout the sea-son.

"The individuals on the team work to get bet-ter everyday in practice. We aren't afraid to get on each other, but only for the sake of getting better as a whole," said Smith.

"Our goal is to make the national playoffs, and to get there we have to make sure everyone has tunnel vision."

Fairfield now heads to Seton Hall next Sunday to continue their win-ning streak. The Pirates dropped to 2-3 recently, but Barnett knows Fair-field needs to stay focused in order to finish the sea-son on top.

“No game is an easy win. We have to go out there and execute our game plan, and if we do that, we’ll put ourselves in a good position.”

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A Quick Shotof the Madness

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Week of October 17, 2012

This past Friday, students, fans and athletes alike came to-gether at Alumni Hall as both the men’s and women’s teams were in-troduced to the crowd.

While the turnout was less im-pressive than last year's, the skills showed off by the athletes were even more advanced than the pre-vious Red Sea Madness.

Between awe inspiring dunks from Marcus Gilbert ’16 and re-markable 3-point shooting by Lexy Vazquez ’14, the season looks to be in good hands for the Stags.

The event began with the introductions of the coaching staffs by Rob Vogel ‘13, with Joe Frager in charge of the women and Sydney Johnson at the helm for the men.

The athletes fol-lowed the coaches, each showing their individual personali-ties through their en-

tries onto the court. Senior Derek Needham enthusiastically beat his chest, receiving raucous applause from the crowd.

Needham is one of three se-niors on the men’s team, and one of only six returning players for the Stags. On the women’s side, there are eight returning players, with Laura Vetra, Brittany MacFarlane and Katelyn Linney returning as the seniors.

It is a heavily freshman-dom-inated team for the men,

which is going to look to their se-niors: Needham, Desmond Wade

and Colin Nicker-son for guid-ance - even though the f r e s h m a n showed their

prowess in the show-case.

F r e s h -man Justin Jenkins im-pressed from

the three-point line as he was m a t c h e d up against Va z q u e z in a com-petition. Jenkins

hit all five of

his shots from straight on, as well as several others from the base-line.

However Vazquez proved victorious in the final matchup, hitting an amazing 12 out of 15 shots from outside the arc.

“Vazquez was incredible … the amount of shots she hit was just awesome. I can’t wait to see her do it at game time. It’s going to be great,” said Keith Chapman ’15.

But the show stealing moment belonged to Gilbert. When it was time for the dunk competition, ev-eryone’s eyes were on Gilbert.

“I had heard he was a good dunker … I didn’t know he was that good, "Chapman said.

The dunks Gilbert pulled out had the crowd going insane, Need-ham bowing to him on hands and knees, and Coach Johnson push-ing the fellow competitors off of the court so Gilbert could put on a clinic.

And what a clinic it was.While the individual skills

were readily on display, Red Sea Madness is also, and mostly, about celebrating the teams as a whole.

All of the seniors who were asked mentioned that their goals for the season were first and fore-most to win a MAAC Champion-ship. The goals for the team were more important than whatever in-dividual goals they may have.

“I think the teams looked re-

ally together out there. When Jen-kins and Vazquez were shooting in the competition, their teams were all fully behind them. I think that’s definitely going to be a key to their success,” said Chapman.

And while combined the two teams have eight freshmen, it was evident that the teams are a cohe-sive unit, with there only being a brief moment where Coach Frager singled out his freshmen and first year players.

The chemistry of both teams is going to be essential to reaching that first goal of a MAAC Champi-onship. Both teams made it to the finals of the MAAC Championship, only to fall short in the final game.

The teams still have a little under a month to prepare, as the men play their first game on Nov. 2 against the University of Bridge-port and the women begin their season on Nov. 9 against Florida.

But for the time being, Stag fans will have to make do with the teaser for the season, because

when November begins, so does the madness.

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Red Sea Madness gives fans a preview of basketball talents

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(e beginning of October always means one thing to Fair)eld University basketball fans: time for

Red Sea Madness.

is going to be crucial for the success of both teams.

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And Away We Go

MenHome, Nov. 2University of Bridgeport

Nov. 10Central State University

Away, Nov. 12University of Virginia

WomenNov. 9, Florida

Home, Nov. 13Brown University

Away, Nov. 17Butler University