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On the Spot is on the ball with latest improv show

by Kelly Sheehan As the lights dimmed in the Quick Center black box theatre, a hush fell over the audience until a Shakira impersonator took the stage with Fairfield's improvisational teams "On the Spot" and "Off the Wall" tangoing in the background. "It was a great show.
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The Music Television Vote: The difference in 2004?

It's 9 p.m. on Tuesday night, you're sitting in front of the television ready to relax and watch your weekly dosage of the "Real World," then unexpectedly through your television comes this message: "Vote, you can actually make a difference." MTV has started up its "Choose or Lose" campaign, and it seems that this year moreso than ever they are determined to "Rock the Vote.
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War, at what cost?

692 people are dead and over $100 billion has been spent thanks to the George W. Bush ' Co. led invasion of Iraq. For the steep costs of this war, little has been yielded in results. Zero weapons of mass destruction (WMD) have been found. There is no connection between 9/11 and Iraq.
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EDITORIAL: For the greater glory of…

In 1592 a soldier who loved women, gambling and swordplay was crippled by a canonball during battle. While he recovered he asked for romance novels to pass the time, but all that was available was a book of saints and the life of Jesus Christ. At that point the soldier had a religious conversion and decided that Jesus Christ was worth imitating.
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SHE SAID: I’m looking for love (and sex)…all night long

Fairfield guys are so childish. All they do is lie to you until they get what they want in the bedroom, and then they don't bother to talk to you anymore. I'm so sick of their behavior. I want a real man, not a college boy. A real man will treat me with respect, and he will give me unlimited access to his platinum card.
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HE SAID: I’m looking for love (and sex)…all night long

What I want in a woman. Well it's quite possibly the only thought that runs through my mind every minute of the day. Why do you think I head to the bathroom countless times? Women are the single most important element in my life- not beer, not Rugby, I would do anything to make them happy despite my antics and actions on a typical weekend night.
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DEEP FRYED: No butts about it, smoking in bars a thing of the past

Today is D-Day for Connecticut's drinking cigarette smokers, as a law goes into effect banning smoking in bars across the state. We all know already that smoking is stupid, causes cancer, and is overall generally evil in every way. But as carefree college students, we're into doing stupid and evil stuff and many of us enjoy a few cigarettes during a night out at our favorite haunts.
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Walk for a cure

Need to take more time out of your busy schedule to get more exercise? How about having the opportunity to exercise while raising money for a good cause? On Sunday, April 18 everyone has that chance to participate in the MS Walk to benefit research for multiple sclerosis.
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Spotlight on… Mary Beth Vingelen ’06

You've probably heard her around campus screaming, "There he is! Man of the hour!" Mary Beth Vingelen '06 likes to think of herself as "a crazy," being very social and meeting as many people as possible. Vingelen, hailing from Portland, Ore., is a double major in Biology and Music with a minor in Spanish, in hopes of being a pediatrician.