Daily Archives October 24, 2007

There were two hit-and-run incidents, a grease fire and a sink being ripped off the wall all happened this week at your school.

Harvard. Duke. Yale. These schools do not require students to take a history course - Fairfield does. Roughly 700 people filed into the Quick Center to attend a $50 history lesson taught by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David McCullough. While many non-history majors feel that mandated history classes are unnecessary, the so called "master of narrative history" disagreed.

A continually decreasing number of Jesuit priests could affect the experience that students receive at Fairfield, University President Fr. Jeffrey von Arx said Thursday. "The number of Jesuits continues to decline," he told a student news conference. "[The Board of Trustees] might have to deal with the fact that I may well be the last Jesuit president of the University," he said.

On Wednesday, Oct. 17., students were trained to be globally savvy by Anne Marie Sabath, president and founder of At Ease Inc., a New York City- and Cincinnati-based business protocol and social skills training firm. The seminar program teaches students who plan on traveling how to introduce themselves, dress appropriately and have good table manners in foreign countries.

Since the days of Napster, people have been illegally downloading and sharing music files on peer-to-peer networks. Last April, Marc Fedoras '09 was sued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for $135,000, which averaged out to $750 per song.

The concept of human trafficking is a foreign one to many Americans, a problem often perceived as occurring outside the United States' borders. However, a packed Kelley Center learned on Tuesday night that trafficking is an epidemic that hits very close to home.

The intimate ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the University's new Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP) on Monday signified not only a huge step in Fairfield's green movement, but also the University's commitment to environmental sustainability in the greater global community.

3 x 5 veteran Keith Connors teams up with Sports Photo Editor Elyse Raby and Assistant Entertainment Editor JP Porretta to answer the questions that affect you most.

Check out what else happened this week with sports around Fairfield. Also see who were this week's male and female athletes of the week.

It is has been 20 years since the last time the men's rugby team made the playoffs. After last Sunday's come-from-behind 24-17 win over Iona, the team's wait is finally over. "To do it in the final three minutes was unbelievable," said captain Ed Mazzaferro '08, who explained that, according to the alumni present at the game, Iona had always "beat the crap" out of Fairfield.