Monthly Archives September 26, 2007

Nicole Cavallaro '10 eyed the formation of players gathered in front of the goal, awaiting her play from the corner. With a swift kick, she sent the ball into flight, curving toward a crowd mixed with black and white jerseys. Alex Caram '08 leapt up and flicked her head forward, redirecting the ball into the back of the net.

Imagine if VH1's show "I Love the 90s" released a soundtrack. Now imagine a group of five, spiky-haired pop punkers who decided to rerecord that soundtrack while adding their own taste to the mix. The image you have in your mind is New Found Glory's newest album, "From the Screen to Your Stereo II.

When most movies combine jaw dropping action and a political message, they end up with a movie-mush that is neither politically correct nor action packed. Few succeed at a political action film. Take, for example, another horrible venture into the genre, 2000's "Rules of Engagement.

Avid "Gossip Girl" readers will agree it's finally nice to see the full face of the highly talked about teens of Manhattan. Rising to popularity in 2002, the books became widely popular among teenage girls. The content of this new show may challenge primetime television censorship, but it holds very true to the books written by Cecily von Ziegesar.

Lovely acoustic melodies and electrifying alternative rock sounds soared through the Quick Center on Saturday night. The Routes played before a full house, which is 740 people in the Quick Center theater. The Alternate Routes consist of two Fairfield alumni who brought their talent back to their alma mater.

Asked if she knew what station WVOF was, Eliza Carandang '10 answered, "90-something?" Sophomore Nick Lombardi's response to the same question was, "I don't listen to the radio." WVOF is actually 88.5, but unfortunately, Fairfield students know very little about their school radio station.

When I searched YouTube for "Fairfield University," I prepared myself for anything. The worst, I suspected, could be a clip of Jesuits engaging in some type of late-night tribal dance on Bellarmine lawn. Or maybe some freshmen astride a live stag, galloping across the Quad.

There is this irony right away, that a photograph is flat [but] you are looking at stunning sculpture, archeological sites, ancient temples, all of these things which occupy space and are three dimensional, said Katherine Schwab, art history professor and organizer of the "Creative Photograph in Archaeology" exhibit. The exhibit opens today at the Walsh Gallery in the Quick Center and features 76 black and white photographs depicting Greek antiquities that have been produced from high resolution scans of the original negatives.

Hey everybody, Comic Book Boy here with this week's little gem, "Superman/Doomsday." The movie was released on DVD Tuesday and is the first of a series to go straight to DVD, which will focus on adapting individual graphic novel classics into 70-80 minute animated features.

America was filled with skepticism during the 1960s as there was a questionable war being fought and protests for equality breaking out all over the country. This was a time when folk music rose to popularity; much of these common themes still resonate today. This weekend brings two of these folk legends to the Fairfield area: Arlo Guthrie, who will perform his "Solo Reunion Tour" this Saturday at the Quick Center, and Bob Dylan, who will perform at the arena at Harbor Yard on Sunday.