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U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice Visits FairďŹeld Independent student newspaper
By Connor OâRourke Assistant News Editor
Former National Security Advisor and Ambassador to the United Nations under the Obama administration, Dr. Susan E. Rice, came to visit Fairfield on Thursday, Sept. 28, in order to give a talk at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts about the state of the American political landscape and the issues most prevalent in our highly globalized world. One of the students who attended the event, Sean McDonagh â20, expressed that, âshe is an inspirational speaker who inspired me to become a more informed citizen.â This event was a part of the Open Visions Forum being held at the University, which was initially supposed to host Mark Ruffalo, famous for his role as The Hulk in âThe Avengers,â but he had cancelled a few weeks prior to the event, which left the vacancy for Dr. Rice to speak to the Fairfield community. While being interviewed, Dr. Rice had given insight into what it was like to work under high pressure situations in both Bill Clinton and Barack Obamaâs respective administrations over the years. During Clintonâs presidency, she served at the National Security
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of the notable events of her diplomatic career consisted of the âArab Spring,â where she made clear that the U.S. encouraged the former Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, to step down from office or face severe consequences, as well as the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012. She was most recently the National Security Advisor during Obamaâs second term in office, where she facilitated a deal regarding Iranâs nuclear program and helped respond to the international ebola crisis in 2015. When speaking about her most valuable experiences while working in government, Dr. Rice said, âIâve spent 25 years from age 28 to 52 working in the U.S. government; Iâve gotten to do it from all levels from a more junior staffer at the National Security Council to the U.N. and National Security Advisor and I have been Connor OâRourke/The Mirror really privileged to work for what Ambassador Susan Rice spoke in a panel with (from left to right) Open Visions Forum founder Dr. Philip Eliasoph, Dean I consider to be generally extraorof the College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Richard Greenwald and Assistant Professor of Politics Dr. Gayle Alberda. dinary presidents.â She noted that both presidents she worked with Council from 1993 to 1997, as the improving U.S. relations with the dor to the United Nations during were highly intelligent people and director for international organiza- continent as a whole. Obamaâs first term in office, where it was an honor and a privilege to tions and peacekeeping from 1993 During her time in the Obama she was noted as being the first work with both the Clinton and to 1995 and she was also involved administration from 2008 through African American woman to rep- Obama administrations. Read Rice on Page ď in watching over African affairs and 2017, she was the U.S. Ambassa- resent the U.S. at the U.N. Some
FUSA Hosts 14th Annual Pres Ball By Connor OâRourke Assistant News Editor
Connor OâRourke/The Mirror Students danced the night away at the 14th Annual Presidential Ball. The Ball had a 1940s theme.
On Friday, Sept. 29, the Fairfield University Student Association hosted the much anticipated 14th annual Presidential Ball, which featured, as always, fun, dancing, food and great music. The theme for this yearâs event was 1940s elegance, as opposed to last yearâs theme, which had the theme of 1950s rock ânâ roll. Many questions arose about this yearâs Pres Ball due to the fact that it was a tradition started by the Universityâs former president, Rev. Jeffrey von Arx, S.J., hence, with his departure, the tradition could have possibly changed or have been replaced with a new event altogether. One of the other concerns that resonated with students was the issue regarding the overall size of the venue, which left some students scrambling to find tickets on the final days leading up to the event. Many would like to see an increase in the venue size to avoid buying and selling on the Facebook page. On all of the class Facebook pages, people were trying to buy and sell tickets for the event due to the supply of tickets not being Read New on Page ď