Daily Archives April 9, 2008

Regardless of your status as either underage or legal, it's a pretty well-known fact that everyone who's anyone will be at one of the Fairfield hot spots on any given Tuesday or Thursday night. That being said, there are some rules that should always be followed: Stick to your territory. Senior guys will be judged for frequenting The Snickering Squirrel and/or Bravo because they are in attendance for one reason only: To pick up younger girls.

Going to the bar is a staple of social interaction as a college student. It might seem like a beer-flowing free-for-all, but there are some unwritten guidelines that govern the bar culture. The first rule is to blackout as soon as possible so you have a built-in excuse for whatever you do the rest of the night.

With less than four weeks left in the semester, it may be 'goodbye work' and 'hello summer' for some students, but for members of the 34th editorial board of The Mirror, they will just begin to put their mark on the student-run publication. In one week, the team of experienced underclassmen will assume the role of publishing the weekly newspaper, under the guidance of Editor in Chief Alexandra Gross '09, the former assistant managing editor and online news copy editor.

Tuesday, April 1 11:47 a.m. A freight elevator in the BCC was found vandalized with graffiti. 10:50 p.m. There was a power outage at the townhouses due to a transformer malfunction. After 20 minutes, the power was restored. Wednesday, April 2 6:16 p.

It's registration time again, which means it's time to cross your fingers, hope for the best, log onto StagWeb and find your lucky number, as you do every semester. This process ends with either a sigh of relief at a promising number or a cry of despair because, once again, you have been dished out the worst lottery number known to mankind and will therefore be waking up for classes at the crack of dawn instead of for that class you really need.

The country's widening "credit crunch" has caught up with the student lending industry, and students across the nation this spring may pay higher interest rates and fees and find it more difficult to borrow. Philip Lane, chair of the economics department at Fairfield, said everyone looking for loans this year will see the impact of the "credit crunch" problem.

For many seniors, their beach house living accommodations are a cherished Fairfield rite of passage - but they aren't the only ones benefitting from this deal. The owners of these beach houses, who rent out the houses to students, have made what many consider to be quite a good investment.

Over the years, the name Britney Spears has been linked to so much, starting with her reign as America's pop princess. She lost the mouse ears of the Mickey Mouse Club and developed an hour-glass figure that would drive any redneck to drink. She then found that drunken southern man and he got her pregnant.

Some Fairfield women explained this weekend that they want "big spenders" and the lovey dovey "kiss, kiss" and that if their demands aren't met, "it's too late to apologize." These ladies are none other than the members of the Fairfield Dance Ensemble, who, in their show "Rhythm Nation," performed in front of an excited, rowdy audience Friday night at the Quick Center.

Like a couple of kids arguing in a sandbox, Sacred Heart and Fairfield University attempt to one up each other every year over their much-anticipated Spring Concerts. While FUSA did impress both Fairfield and Sacred Heart students this year by booking superstar Ludacris, it seems Sacred Heart won the battle once again, snagging both Ne-Yo and T-Pain to co-headline the Spring Concert, which will take place this Friday at the Pitt Center.