Monthly Archives April 25, 2007

The Bill of Rights is no Dan Brown read, but over the past few weeks I have seen events that present questions about which we should all be concerned. The principles of the amendments have played a crucial role in the three most talked about news stories lately.

Thousands of people, including 15 Fairfield students and four faculty members, gathered in Fort Benning, Ga., on a warm Sunday afternoon last November. One street was flooded with people of all ages and backgrounds. People in the crowd played with instruments in the middle of the road, and hundreds of others sold clothing, gifts and food on the side.

I never really got into the whole "American Idol" scene. If you ask me, I think the show seemed kind of pointless after its first year. I was always entertained, though, watching those tone-deaf half-wits attempt to reach stardom during the first few episodes each year.

Life is truly fleeting. One minute your kindergarten teacher is reprimanding you for calling Lionel "fat" and, the next, you're at the prom, you're hammered and apparently, your girlfriend is having a panic attack. I can remember the end of the high school era and the summer that everyone still talks about.

The makers of the popular 2004 zombie flick "Shaun of the Dead" are back with another parody. Instead of zombie flicks Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg are paying tribute to the cheesiness of cop films like "Bad Boys" and the "Lethal Weapon" series in "Hot Fuzz.

Scarecrow Collection can best be described by their own lyrics in "Shell it Out," a song featured on their upcoming album, "Radio Frequency Disaster." "There's more than meets the eye." The band from New Jersey has had a local following ever since A.J. Keirans, the band's manager, invited the band almost four years ago on his radio show "Sharin' in the Groove," at 88.5 WVOF.

If you weren't in the lower level of the BCC this Monday night, you missed the performance of Black Violin, a pioneering duo sponsered by FUSA. At first, many were questioning what would actually transpire. The audience was impressed as soon as their bows strung across their violins and some were so into performance that people started dancing.

Be sure to stop by the Quick Center this week and catch "The One Stoplight in Hollis," a stimulating show that is the end result of two year's worth of work by director and graduating senior Jared Mezzocchi '07.

This past Thursday, the volume at The Levee was pumped up by FUSA's Battle of the Bands. The night included eclectic performances from local Fairfield University bands ranging from classic rock to acoustic soul.

Summer is slowly approaching with only two weeks of class left. All we have to do is survive these weeks of papers and finals, and then our summer officially begins. For some people, hanging at the beach and enjoying the warm weather is the best part of summer.