Monthly Archives May 12, 2004

by Kelly Sheehan According to CNN, a U.S. and Turkish month-long expedition will travel July 15 to Turkey's icy Mount Ararat in hopes of locating Noah's ark. "Maybe the search is our response to what's happening in the world. People have gotten away from the roots of the earth, we're the ones who are destroying the world, not God," said Father Terry Devino.

by Kelly Sheehan As a kid, nothing was better for lunch at school than grilled cheese, greasy French fries and Doritos, followed by soda to wash it all down. But according to the New York Daily News, state lawmakers want to make junk food a thing of the past because children are developing an obesity problem.

Saturday, May 1 1:23 a.m. - A non-student was found intoxicated. He was issued a criminal trespass warning. 2:13 a.m. - A fight was reported at the townhouses. It was referred to judicial. 9:07 p.m. - There was disorderly conduct involving two students.

by Meg Mahoney Fairfield security officers were out in full force Saturday and raised over $2,000 for the Special Olympics of Connecticut by volunteering in a state-wide effort called Tip-a-Cop. Six security officers spent their Saturday morning from 8 a.

by Mike Theile In the battle for the game room, the students have come back to defeat the faculty and staff's request for the transformation of the game room into their new dining room. "We took some stats to show the university how important and beneficial the game room is to students," said Paul Duffy '05, FUSA president-elect.

by Christina Palladino Yet another Jesuit has left Fairfield University. Prof. Joseph MacDonnell, S.J., a mathematics professor, retired about two weeks ago and has left to live at the Jesuit retirement home in Massachusetts. With the steady decline in Jesuits teaching at Fairfield University and with many older Jesuits ready for retirement, Fairfield faces a potential problem with the number of Jesuits it has on campus.

By Tanya Benedicto "The New York Times, the Daily News...The New York Times, The Mirror too," sung John Gallagher '06 as he slightly altered Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind". The opening performance set the theme of the Fairfield University Glee Club's final performance of the year: "The Glee Club Takes Manhattan".

Debate a bipartisan effort: To The Editor: College Republicans and Democrats would like to remark on the commentary written by Eileen Arnold that felt our April 26 debate "fell short" of discussing the real issues. I call your attention to four of Ms. Arnold's critiques.

Well, we are at a four-year party, and it is almost last call. A few months ago, when graduation did not loom and we felt invincible to the outside world, a friend and I reminisced on our best days at Fairfield. Putting key events like our first date and our first kiss aside, we realized that our friends here at Fairfield are our second family.

The history of the relationship between Fairfield students living at the beach and year-round residents is well documented. Because the residents take issue with the noise and litter created by parties students hold, we have been forced to deal with an injunction that limits the number of people who can gather for parties and has ended Fairfield traditions such as Clam Jam.