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NY Times Columist speaks on Genocide in Darfur at FU

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof brought many of his own visions regarding the genocide in Darfur, Sudan to Fairfield's Open VISIONS Forum Thursday night at the Quick Center. "On issues like these, the leadership usually comes from students," said Kristof to a crowd of about 600 members of the Fairfield community.
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Fuels of the future: Fairfield students use alternatives to gasoline

Fairfield's color may be red, but going green is becoming a trend on campus. Flip on the news and you will probably hear something about soaring gas prices, environmental disaster and international conflict with oil-producing countries. Two Fairfield students, Robert Scribner '09 and Peter Krueger '08, are helping to protect the ozone layer and lessen our country's dependency on oil by using alternative sources of fuel for their cars.
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University endowment grows by more than half in two years

With tuition and room and board approaching $45,000 per student, one would think it was more than enough to support the continuing operations of Fairfield University. On the contrary, nearly 7 percent of the current budget for the 2007-2008 academic year comes from another source: the University endowment.