No spring concert? This is “Ludacris!” With all the money that FUSA claims it has and with all the money that Fairfield has, why should students be deprived of a spring concert? Wasn’t the whole point of 112 in the fall to bring diversity to the musical palate because a spring show of equal magnitude would be of a different tune?
Okay, so FUSA made a mistake last year, it happens. Ben Harper, although fabulous while touring with Dave, just did not have enough star power, material, or perhaps talent to front his own two-hour concert. Duh. That is why he opens for Dave. But what does last year’s failure have to do with this year’s success?
It seems to me that with all of the positive feedback received from the 112 concert that FUSA should want to emulate that success again in the spring; it would just mean more accolades for them. So FUSA had a hazy sense of judgment last spring; it happens to the best of us. If money is not an issue as Bridget Hennessey claims, why not go out and find a band? If Sacred Heart can get Ludacris and American Hi-Fi, you cannot tell any of the members of the Fairfield Community that this university cannot get at least one act. Are we to believe that there are no bands in FUSA’s price range or is it safe to assume that it is really just the issue of FUSA not being able to find an act that they like?
But of course the university would pull something like this. The last weekend of the academic year should be a celebration with a huge gift that only Daddy Warbucks could buy. C’mon FUSA, open up your wallet. With all of the strain of various events throughout the 2001-2002 year, one might begin to think that the university would be willing to give the students a weekend to remember. Instead, we will probably get a no-name band that only those with ears tuned in to the beats of the underground will have heard of. Gee, maybe we can get treated to Seeking Homer for the twelfth time this year.
Great. We get Dogwoods moved to a boat. Fabulous. So three hundred students on campus can have a relaxing and romantic night out. What about the other 4,700? I guess as long as the elitist few are happy, that is all that counts. Wow. A dance was moved and at minimal cost. Wonderful. The rest of us will get a carnival in the quad with bad karaoke, inedible barbeque food, and a few cheesy activities. I’m sorry FUSA, my bad. That more than makes up for the lack of an on-campus band. I guess all those years of talented artists, such as LL Cool J and Wyclef just cannot compare to the gross failure that is known as Ben Harper. You are totally correct in assuming that more students will play in the quad than party at a concert. How could you read our minds so well?
I leave you with this thought; Fairfield is the perfect place to have two bands on the same stage. Two acts of varying musical styles is the optimum situation; stay for what you like and leave for what you do not. Sacred Heart thought of it and the standards for being admitted to school there are below Fairfield’s … far be it for anyone to take a chance. I guess that 112 was the farthest that people would go to push the limits on campus. What was it $30,000? Oh wait-it will be hard to find someone for $75,000. You’re right FUSA. My mistake. Let’s save, put that money in a fund, and get a whole bunch of mediocre bands that can come on a Friday night when only a handful of students will go and see them. That’s an even better idea. I guess the city lights of Dogwoods have blinded FUSA. You have had a hard year. Planning 112 and moving Dogwoods all in the same year. Poor babies. You just rest on that nice mound of $75,000.
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