Daily Archives October 3, 2007

Following a loss to a nationally ranked team, a game in which the Stags were only slight underdogs, the head coach had every right to be upset. Unassuming as always, he took responsibility for the 5-0 loss, vowing to return to the practice field the next day and keep working.

Come after me! I'm a man! I'm 40! I'm not a kid! Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy's rant, while over the top, definitely raises some interesting points. Gundy took his argument too far by saying the column in question was given to him by "a mother with children" and implying that the columnist in question wouldn't understand because she doesn't have children.

The crowd roared and the Fairfield pep band blared "Eye of the Tiger" as a reeling Loyola team took a timeout. FUSA President Hutch Williams '08, always in character, shadow boxed, pounding an imaginary punching bag. It may have been his impersonation of Rocky, but one could make the case that it was an even better imitation of the women's volleyball team in their impressive 3-0 win over Loyola (Md.), who were defenseless against a vaunted Stags attack. The team has now won five consecutive conference matches.

Does Congress care about the price of a college tuition? The question seems easy if you boil it down to a simple set of facts: Legislators care about the votes needed to get them elected. The votes belong to the constituents. Their constituents care about the price of college.

On Feb. 3, 2007, my life as a normal, healthy college student went downhill faster than Britney Spears's career. I hopped into a pickup basketball game, went up for a layup, came down on someone's foot and destroyed everything in my ankle.

Boys Like Girls opened up their first show of their latest tour, Tourzilla, with a strong performance in front of a lively sold-out crowd of 750 people at Toad's Place in New Haven on Sunday night. The band delighted the crowd, which consisted of many screaming girls, with a variety of songs from their self-titled debut album, while throwing in a couple of covers.

Everyone thinks they know what love is, until life happens and then they don't. But what is love? Is it the spark when lovers touch - a chemistry? Is it the tiny acts of affection? The act of making love? Or is love simply an abstract, truly impossible to describe but ever so easy to feel? Throughout history, films have tried surmounting the challenge of describing the essence of love, such as in 2003's "Love Actually," one of the better - if not the best - romantic comedy in recent years.

Emo Icon Chris Carrabba returns to the CD shelves once again, with the release of Dashboard Confessional's newest release, "The Shade of Poison Trees." "Poison Trees" is the band's fifth full-length release, following up on the rather dull 2006 album, "Dusk and Summer."

Sparks fly as machetes clash. Two rival ranchers battle over a young Indian girl during her wedding celebration. Eventually the rival rancher who disturbed the wedding meets his death. This scene, which could be a finale to a movie, took place in the "Wedding in the Huasteca," one of the 10 dances performed by Ballet Folklorico de Mexico on Friday night at the Kelley Theater in the Quick Center.

With a weathered voice that has been tattered by time, Arlo Guthrie took the stage at the Quick Center Saturday night to a full house for his "Solo Reunion Tour." Now, 60 years old, Guthrie has been touring for almost 40 years. With long white hair and a lower voice, Guthrie brings an air of wisdom to his performance and remains the ideal symbol of an optimistic, peace-loving hippie.