Daily Archives September 10, 2008

Name: Susan Barnes
Year: 2010
Major: English
Hometown: Bayside, NY
Housing:Townhouse
Favorite sports team: Yankees
Last movie seen in a theater: 'Batman: The Dark Night'
Last song on iPod: 'Viva la Vida' by Coldplay
If you could be an animal, what would it be?: Zebra
Favorite food: Mexican

Thursday, Sept. 4
11:30 p.m. A hit-and-run occurred on the Townhouse block three. This case is currently under investigation.

11:50 p.m. There was a narcotics violation on the north end of campus, near the playing fields. This was referred to Judicial.

This weekend, members of the freshmen class have the opportunity to go off-campus for the night, meet fellow classmates and make new friends. The Companions Overnight Retreats, taking place Friday and Saturday nights at the Incarnation Center in Ivoryton, Conn., have proven to have an impact on students' years at Fairfield.

Kate Bouzan '10 recalls that during her first weeks at Fairfield she was having a difficult time adjusting and taking part in the retreat helped her immensely.

Along with its drastic physical transformation, Fairfield is undergoing change within one of the core elements of the institution: the faculty.

More professors are joining each department on campus, enthusiastic and ready to kick off a new semester.'

'Students' can' expect' to' see' many' new' faces' in' the' classroom and' to' have' new' courses' in' new' areas' of' interest' appear' in' the' curriculum,' said Robin Crabtree, dean of the college of Arts and Sciences.

Attention students: You 'represent millions of students who are deprived of education,' so it is up to you to take advantage of your opportunities and be a voice for those millions.

Greg Mortenson, the author of 'Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace,' had this one basic message as the keynote speaker at the University's annual Fall Convocation on Friday, Sept. 5.

Voices of Fairfield spoke out over the summer months in response to the University's decision to allow WNPR, a radio station in Hartford, Conn., to air programs on WVOF, turning the station into a National Public Radio affiliate.

The merger which took effect on Aug. 1 has caused a frenzy among student radio enthusiasts and lovers of WVOF a.k.a. the 'Voice of Fairfield' because the decision has resulted in the dropping of student and community programming, which as seen as another blow to the ever-disappearing presence of college radio.

Empty jugs of Jack Daniels litter the floor. Vomit drenches the rug. A fake ID sits on the desk. The aftermath of a night of binge drinking is visible in dorm rooms nationwide.

In an effort to change this, a movement to reopen public dialogue over the drinking age is mounting. It's called the Amethyst Initiative, and more than 120 presidents and chancellors of colleges across the nation, including Fairfield President Fr. Jeffrey von Arx, have joined. The movement calls upon elected officials to support an informed public debate over the unintended consequences associated with the 21-year-old drinking age.