Monthly Archives February 18, 2004

Cancelled classes at Fairfield are not frequent occurrences, but when they happen they create more than a mess in a student's schedule. They also create problems for adjunct professors and problems for smaller academic programs. Classes are cancelled when the minimum of 10 enrolled students is not met.

Students often enter college with the idea that the days of roll call are finally over and in higher education your grade is based on more concrete requirements, like two or three exams or papers each semester. These students might be surprised when many Fairfield University attendance and participation policies are introduced in the beginning of the semester.

I have a new theory that I have been working on for the past year. It is still new, so bear with me as I iron the kinks out. Are you ready? Here it is: The popular kids in high school vaporize into nothingness the first midnight after graduation. Sure, some may deem this an impractical or even idiotic suggestion, but stop and think about it for a moment.

Once again it's time for FUSA elections. Does anyone really care who wins anymore? In past years it was dramatic and exciting when election time came around, but this year the new midget reality show seems more thrilling. I watched some of the debate last week, which was pure torture.

Chances are you looked out your window last time it snowed and jumped to turn on the Ham Channel. To your dismay, you saw classes were not cancelled and you trudged though the snow to your dreaded 8 a.m. "It was so bad! There was ice and snow all over the roads.

Along with all the dramatic wins and disheartening losses throughout the history of Fairfield men's basketball, there is another theme of this team: suspensions. In the past four years, Fairfield has had five suspended players. Jermaine Clark '01, Dan Galvanoni '01, Jeremy Logan '03, Deng Gai '05 and most recently Terrence Todd '06 are all players that have been suspended by the university in the past four years.

With a 10-0 rout of the Hawks of SUNY New Paltz, Fairfield's hockey players made the first small step toward a conference championship. And what a giant leap it was for the entire club on Tuesday night. The Stags - who finished the season second in the Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference - had their most consistent game, according to team members.

Tuesday, February 10 11:20 a.m. - Four people were trapped inside the Barone Campus Center elevator. They were rescued and unharmed. Wednesday, February 11 8:38 a.m. - A student refused to surrender his / her ID. The student was referred to judicial. Thursday February 12 4:57 p.

It's a Tuesday afternoon and you just had the worst day of classes. You can't wait to hop into your car, turn the music up and go home. You walk out to the parking lot, but to your surprise, you car is nowhere to be seen. The explanation? Your car was towed along with many other cars over the past few weeks.

Nick Colello '05 let out a sigh of relief last Friday when he was "saved by the ring" of a cell phone after his professor asked a tricky question in class. Despite Colello's good fortune, many professors and students at Fairfield let out daily sighs of frustration from the growing cellular disruptions.