The Spectrum

Issue date: 3/30/06 Section: A & E

Media Credit: The Spectrum/ Elyse Harrell Mr. SHU competition is so popular it also turns into a competion for a seat.

Mr. SHU, Sacred Heart's very own annual male pageant is coming up on April 3. As it has filled the theater to capacity in previous years, the Class of 2007 has come up with a new way for people to get their seats.

Since it has been known that people wait on line for what seems like hours, or get turned away at the door, the Class of 2007 has cleverly decided to raffle off four guaranteed seats in the front row of the Edgerton Center.

"We thought it would be a good fundraiser because many people stand outside in the cold and don't even make it in, and we thought we would kill two birds with one stone and give people the chance to win four guaranteed seats in the front row," said Class of 2007 Senator Aisha Lubin, junior, Brockton, Mass.

Raffle tickets are being sold in front of Flik until the end of this week. Hopefully this fundraiser will be as popular as the event that the seats are guaranteed for.

"It's only the second day of sales, so I'm sure by the end of next week there will be a lot more sold, because everyone is last minute," said Class of 2007 President Dom D'Errico, junior, Hamilton Square, N.J.

Throughout this week, there will surely be more advertisement through email and flyers all around campus.

Though no one would reveal to us who this year's contestants will be, we had the chance to catch up with last year's pageant winner, Frankie Pistecchia, junior, Eastchester, N.Y. and found out what his year with the title Mr. SHU has been like.

"My reign as Mr. SHU was unlike anything I expected," said Pistecchia.

"The advantages of becoming Mr. SHU was being able to make friends with a lot more people in the SHU community. Plus the amount of faculty who knew who I was after the competition."

"One of the biggest advantages was all the kids. I was able to touch their lives and take pictures with them so they could have the feeling that they were with a real celebrity."

Pistecchia also filled us in on the disadvantages of holding the title.

"The disadvantages of winning Mr. SHU involved the constant mauling of fans in FLIK. I have to wear my hat low and keep the women admirers away. It became such a problem that I have hired security at my house in Connecticut as well as in New York."

It sounds like being Mr. SHU involves a lot more than just dancing in a bikini.

As for now, the Sacred Heart community is eager to see who will be next to capture the audience's and judge's hearts at Mr. SHU this year.

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