Voters are faced with a unique choice this year, as an incumbent FUSA president at Fairfield University tries to protect his position from four other contenders. The candidates’ ad campaigns started not while voters were out and about but rather in the dark of night.
At 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, campaign volunteers flooded the halls of dorms, academic buildings and the campus center distributing 8 1/2″ x 11″campaign paraphernalia to voters by the ream. The most tenacious volunteers scoured every structure on campus for space to post their material.
If there was one mantra that volunteers took to heart that evening it was surely “Every vote counts.” With a stack of blue flyers in hand, Catherine Alessi ’07 yelled “Duff’s the stuff!” to unsuspecting students as she passed them on their way to grab a midnight snack from the vending machine on Campion 1.
Neubauer supporters appeared well organized, covering almost every available bulletin board with the candidate’s signature lime-green fliers by 1 a.m. Duffy supporters were out in full force as well, searching for the best locations on campus.
Though relatively inconsequential because of the still early hour of the campaign, the remaining three candidates were not to be seen that night. There are a few explanations for this. Arrigo, for one, does not agree with the ad campaigning that has become normal over in past years. “A[n] [election sign] in your face when you sit down on the toilet is just a little too much. I’m not going to be posting that much – maybe one here and there,” the candidate opined.
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