Daily Archives September 20, 2006

Some Fairfield students spent their summer working on an already fading golden tan. A group of Fairfield students and faculty members, however, skipped the beach and volunteered to help rebuild a city in need. Ripping out walls, ceilings and floors was all in a day's work for the 45-member team who ventured down to New Orleans this past May to help restoration efforts.

The next time you attend a Fairfield game, notice the amount of excited children around you with their parents rooting for the Stags. In response to the growing number of young fans in the stands, the Department of Athletics at Fairfield launched the Stag Kids Club this past August.

A recent New York Times article explored the issue of students who cut class as well as what colleges and universities can do to combat the "cutting crew." Some institutions have even begun mandating keeping of attendance records for students.

Microwave almost takes out Regis Hall.

Kate McGann spoke with newly appointed Senior Vice President, Billy Weitzer, Ph.D. in a phone interview.

It would be an incredible understatement to say that the University's new no-keg policy has generated more interest on campus than the up-coming congressional elections. Ask a student how much beer he's legally allowed to have in his townhouse, and he'll immediate spout out "167 cans," but ask him to do so much as name four people who are running for office this fall in Connecticut, and he won't have a chance.

Have a few bad apples spoiled it for the rest of us? In an effort to remedy what he calls the "beach area problem," new Fairfield Chief of Police Dave Peck is shaking things up at Fairfield Beach. At the annual Beach Residents Association meeting, Peck addressed the permanent residents' biggest complaint: student disturbances.

What happens when your marketing is better than your product? The answer is "The Black Dahlia."