Daily Archives September 27, 2006

As the Fairfield women's soccer team wrapped up a week that included a 0-0 tie with Iona College on Friday and a 3-0 victory against Hartford University on Sunday, head coach Jim O'Brian asserted that the team will continue in a "building block process."

Once again the Stags played a tough, back and forth game against Dartnouth College, who won the Ivy League Championship and played in the NCAA Tournament the past two seasons. The overtime game, unlike the one against the University of Hartford, was a Stag victory.

Four years ago Mike Troy `07 and Alex Cunliffe '07 arrived at Fairfield as freshmen on the men's soccer team. Although Troy came from Newtown, Conn., approximately 45 minutes away from Fairfield, and Cunliffe came from Lanchashire, England, all the way across the Atlantic Ocean, the two formed an immediate bond during pre-season workouts.

Get set Red Sea - the Stags are coming back to Alumni Hall. Fairfield released its men's and women's basketball schedules for the 2006-2007 season on Friday at a press conference held at the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport.

The one thing that everyone thinks about when they first hear about college is parties, and through parties, alcohol. The parents wonder how strict the school's policies and security are, and the prospective students wonder how easy it is to acquire the much sought after alcohol.

With all the new restrictions, do you want to live on or of campus next year?

The SAT. The SAT II. The ACT. The LSAT. The GRE. The MCAT. Sound familiar? As I prepare to take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) this Saturday, I can't help but feel a déjà vu from my junior and senior years of high school. The same nerves, questions, concerns and overall mess that was my life prior to the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), I once again feel for the LSAT.

Ron Burgundy was wrong. Diversity is not an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era; it's actually an issue plaguing Catholic colleges and universities across the nation, including Fairfield. As The Mirror reports in this issue, this year's freshman class represents some of the highest percentages of minority students admitted into Fairfield in recent memory.

This month I would like to take the opportunity to thank all of you for showing your Stag pride. Throughout this past month, the entire student body has been getting involved with the campus community, and all I can say is, you're the best! I am struck by the conversations with many clubs and organizations and how their memberships have grown tremendously.

On Sept. 17, along with seven other Fairfield students, I traveled to the East Meadow of New York City's Central Park to take part in the Save Darfur rally, sponsored by the Save Darfur coalition. We were in high spirits throughout the day (Honk if you want to end genocide!) - our mood contrasting with the graveness of the situation of the country we were rallying in support of.