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…SHE SAID

Hello, college. Goodbye to the major drag of having parents, siblings, and extended family around. We are thrown into this Utopian situation where privacy is second nature. Or so we think. This newfound freedom that living away inevitably brings is dramatically overestimated.
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HE SAID…

When writing about embarrassing moments with your significant other, I needed to consult my housemates seeing as I haven't had anything close to a significant other since high school. What we came up with is a list of what we consider universals that occur in nearly all college "relationships.
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THE BOND FILE: The loaded deck

North Korea and Iraq are currently the military hotspots filling the newsprint these days. It seems as if there is a clock slowly ticking down to war in Iraq. Recent estimates cite that around 250,000 U.S. troops will be stationed in the Persian Gulf by mid-February.
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Apathy? It all boils down to respect

To the Editor: The connection between your article written by Mr. Pignataro and why I have directed my response at Father Kelley and Mr. Doris is as such; at the conclusion of the article the author asks whether or not students will show up at the next home men's basketball game? My response is as follows; Are students the only ones to blame for the apparent apathy on campus? My answer is that students are not solely to blame, but the people that preside in the upper echelon of this campus perpetually show a lack of respect, or even disdain towards students who are obviously the heart of the university itself.
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Preserve the wall between church and state

To the Editor: As a faculty member, I am reluctant to write an unsolicited letter to the student newspaper, but feel that the issue I wish to address is one of a timely importance. Our country is currently at the brink of a political crisis that may lead to war in Iraq.
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EDITORIAL: Poor priorities

Budget cuts are an unfortunate reality of life both at Fairfield University and everywhere else. So many valuable programs are funded through this university, and when the economy goes sour, deciding where to trim spending is always a difficult decision. According to Athletics Director Eugene Doris, Fairfield University's football team, which has enjoyed a short but sweet seven-year history, including one MAAC championship, may be a casualty of a tighter budget for next year.
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Zwan-derful

When it was announced that the Smashing Pumpkins were breaking up almost three years ago, many fans feared the worst: that it would be the end of Billy Corgan's career and an end to an era of angst-driven music. It may indeed have signaled an end to the dominating angry and sad themes of the 90's, but an end to Corgan's career? Sad fans should know better.
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Defining modernism

Naked women in the bathtub and groups of girls dancing -- no, not another Girls Gone Wild video, but examples of two major themes that the French painter Edgar Degas pursued throughout his prolific career. Examples of these paintings, as well as other masterful works by Degas, are currently on display at the Yale Art Gallery under a special exhibition entitled Edgar Degas: Defining the Modernist Edge.
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Snizzoop D-O-double-Gizzle

Snoop Dogg, as we probably all know, is quite a character. He was discovered by Dr. Dre, became a famous rapper with the highly-acclaimed "Doggystyle," and used that success to propel himself into the pornography business. And (so I hear) he enjoyed much success in this area.
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Athletes juggle classes and practices

Beep, Beep, Beep. The bedside clock turns to 5:15am. In her head, she maps out the day's schedule. Practice, religion, calculus, Barone, lifting and conditioning, write an English paper and study for a psychology exam. That's the typical day of a Fairfield softball player, and very similar to any other student athlete at Fairfield.