Daily Archives April 23, 2008

With less than a month until graduation, the class of 2008 is facing both good news and bad news. A recent survey of employers and students conducted by MonsterTRAK, a division of Monster.com, found that only 59 percent of employers plan to hire this year's graduates in the spring and summer, compared to the 76 percent of employers surveyed last year, due to the nation's economical slump.

As the lower level of the Barone Campus Center filled with students, including many members of FUSA, for the Open Housing Forum, all eyes fell on four administrators. As Vice President for Administrative and Student Affairs Mark Reed, Dean of Students Tom Pellegrino, Director of Residence Deb Cady and Associate Director of Residence Life Jason Downer dodged every question tossed at them from the audience, not much progress was made.

College is a place where people go to gain a higher education. College is also a place where many people drink a lot of beer. It makes perfect sense that when young, creative minds come together and have a beer or two, new methods of drinking it will come about.

Impressive weekend for softball: An eventful week for the softball team concluded with a doubleheader sweep of Rhode Island on Sunday afternoon. The Stags narrowly edged Rhode Island in the first game, 4-1, then continued the success with a dominant effort in the night game with a convincing 10-2 victory.

The flashing lights of ambulances could be seen busily moving from field to field at Gardner Seveney Sports Complex in Portsmouth, R.I., shuttling the injured off in a testament to the brutality of the sport. Fairfield men's rugby had a strong showing in the early rounds of the team's biggest tournament of the year, the Beast of the East Tournament.

In a season of struggles and misfortune, the Stags finally caught a long-awaited break. A shot from UMass midfielder Evan Blum hit the crossbar with three seconds remaining in regulation, securing a 10-9 victory for the Stags and providing relief for a team that has struggled for most of the season.

When Head Rowing Coach David Patterson made the move from Iona to Fairfield, he knew he was in for a challenge. With a small women's team and a men's team in its first year of varsity, it was supposed to take Patterson time to develop a winning program. Instead, both teams made a significant jump at the MAAC championships, both finishing in second place behind powerhouse Marist.

Saturday afternoon brought two upset victories over Niagara University, and a chance at the MAAC tournament for the men's and women's tennis teams. Unfortunately, the results paralleled yet again a day later, as both teams lost to Marist in the tournament finals in Queens, N.

The school year is coming to a close (that was probably one of the most depressing things I've ever written) and it's time for everyone to start tying up their loose ends. Pass finals: Check. Pack up dorm/beach house room: Check. Break up with significant other? The decision to continue a college relationship over the long summer months is one that many of us have had to make at least once in our lives.

Won't Stop by OneRepublic From the Album "Dreaming Out Loud" OneRepublic steers away from their regular sound heard in "Stop ' Stare" and "Apologize" and is much more stripped, letting Ryan Tedder's great voice and emotion charge the song, rather than strong riffs and standard beats.