Daily Archives February 26, 2003

The Grape has so many classic features in any given night. For example, there are the dollar house shots, something that everyone needs to take full advantage of, even if they look like the slime from Nickelodeon's "You Can't Do That On Television." Speaking of shots, it sometimes seems that the only time this place is legitimately enjoyable is while drunk.

Through the many highs and lows of the men's basketball team the last four years, one thing has remained constant: Nick Delfico. The senior forward from Hawthorne, NY has played in every game in his collegiate career at Fairfield. Delfico is currently five games shy of A.

Ahh, the Seagrape, that wonderful place where everybody knows your name...and sometimes you wish they didn't. But who could ask for a better college bar? Fridays when I park my car, it will stay in the same place until Monday morning when I try to remember where I parked it.

With big casinos like Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun so available and close to Fairfield, it is no wonder that problem gambling has become a significant problem among students. A recent survey of undergraduate students at four Connecticut universities found that the level of problem gambling among students, 11.

I'm not the best flier. This isn't a post 9/11 thing as much as an annoying thing. People, in the airport or on the plane, are annoying. Since the school only offers a course on the etiquette of business dinners, and not one on the etiquette of flying, it seems only proper to offer a few tips.

When it comes to how college students present themselves each day, anything goes. I show up to class, usually late, completely disheveled. Donned in pajama pants, a sweatshirt, socks and sandals, I am, at 8 a.m., nothing short of a fashion disaster. I kick my feet up on the desk, slouch low in my chair, and try to find something to take notes on.

Graduates of Fairfield University no doubt keep memories of friends, parties, and classes fresh in their minds after they graduate. But as one of the youngest Jesuit institutions in the nation, school officials hope that alumni also keep memories of Fairfield in mind by making monetary contributions to the university.

by Jake Pierson How does one become the first Fairfield professor to appear on the number one cable news show, the "O'Reilly Factor"? By sending a flippant e-mail regarding a topic of their interest to the show. At least that's what Dr. Lisa H. Newton did.

The Fairfield University Student Association was rocked by a recount Wednesday morning, when the results of the Vice President of Senate and Vice President of Programming races were overturned. After the initial results were tallied, Jillian Grant, '05, then the losing candidate for VP of Programming, sent an appeal of the results via e-mail. According to Election Commissioner Brian Leverone, '03, a discrepancy in the ballots ordered by FUSA from the town of Fairfield caused the vote totals for both the VP of Senate and VP of Programming to be switched. Instead of Ryan Cantor, '04 and Jeff Holland, '04 winning those respective races, Geoff Cook, '05 and Jillian Grant won.

Kevin Neubauer, '05, has made the FUSA elections historic again this year as he became the first rising junior to become FUSA president in the organization's history Tuesday night at the Barone Campus Center. The current FUSA president, Karen Donoghue, '03, made history when she became the first female FUSA president in the 2002 elections.