Monthly Archives December 6, 2007

Last Spring Weekend, Kristen Van Vleck '10 remembers being cold, walking through a sparse crowd on muddy grass, listening to unfamiliar music and seeing two students in a roped-off square clutching red cups with both hands. FUSA project coordinator Ashlee Downing '08 said she hopes this year's Spring Weekend will be more of a success.

Red, white and black M ' M's. A wooden chair. One left shoe. A picture of someone in Stag attire. No, this isn't a list for the next Fairfield campus scavenger hunt, but instead gifts sent by prospective freshmen to their dream colleges in hopes to override others in admission's offices.

At this week's FUSA Senate meeting, Vice President of Student Affairs Mark Reed, and Director of Residence Life Deb Cady, presented and answered questions regarding the current housing situation. The administrators came at the request of the Senate in a written letter by Senate Chair Tim Rich '08.

The senior class recently faced a rude awakening - and it had nothing to do with the fact that the year is nearly half over. Two-dollar Tuesdays, where all drinks at the Seagrape Café are $2, is a staple for seniors living at the beach. However, the Grape has instituted a new "DJ charge," a $2 cover required for entry into the bar on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Before "Grey's Anatomy" dominated Thursday night television, there was another medical show that reigned for years: "ER." This Thursday, "ER," the second-longest-running drama behind "Law and Order," will air its 300th episode. However, the prime time drama may be celebrating its last episode marker as well, with rumors that the show is slated to end.

Just picking up a copy of "Grandma's Old Couch," Monitor and the Merrimac's new CD, is different. The CD cover is a deep brown chocolate color, and it is smooth to the touch. Made from 100 percent recycled paper, there is a distinctive, organic feeling. Much like the CD cover, Monitor and the Merrimac has a natural country blues feeling that you don't often hear today.

In late September, I sat nervously at a cheap, fold-out table and reached my hand into a baseball cap hoping to remove a small crumpled piece of paper that had No.1 written on it. It was in this moment that I realized how it feels to be in control of my own football team.

While $2 Tuesdays are sticking around at the Grape, it seems that students may soon be bypassing the Corona Light for Natty Ice at liquor stores. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, beer prices have gone up 3 percent since May, and there is no end in sight.

On Sunday the women's basketball team dismantled the Maine Black Bears in a 76-54 victory at Alumni Hall in front of only 650 people. There were a few dedicated students scattered throughout the crowd but not enough. The super-bleachers on the far side of the building, which were packed with students for Tuesday's men's basketball game against Yale, were nearly empty.

Not long after his Stags dropped a gut-wrenching, overtime thriller to a Yale, Head Coach Ed Cooley sat on a stairwell in the depths of Alumni Hall, his head in hands. It was a moment of disbelief for a man who only three days prior had watched his team stand toe-to-toe with the fifth-ranked team in the nation.