News Briefs 10/30/08
Fairfield Charles F. Dolan lecture welcomes chairman of Citigroup Chairman of Citigroup Inc. Sanford (Sandy) Weill will speak at the University's Charles F. Dolan lecture on Monday, Nov. 3, according to a...
Open Visions Forum: Political journalists spar in Quick Center
MSNBC anchor and co-host of 'Morning Joe,' Mika Brzezinski and Conservative radio and television political commentator and best-selling author, Monica Crowley weighed in on the upcoming presidential election...
Voting for murder?
What would you do if someone told you that if you vote for Barack Obama, you are a murderer? And, what if this person was your priest? As the 2008 election draws near, certain members of the Catholic Church...
Schooling politicians
Only 20 years old, Amanda Parks '10 has taken the skills learned in her communications classes and put together a campaign to get a new generation into the legislature, as she runs against 39-year-old...
Staats Provides Fairfield with “Stats” on Malaria
The statistics are grim. Ten million children die every year from disease. Six million of the deaths are preventable because we have the tools. 'I didn't have any clue before I started this work how bad the...
Loyola Students Talk Politics Over Dinner Series
Every year it's always said, 'this is the greatest election of our lifetime.' This time, Fairfield University's politics professor Dr. John Orman said he believes it. Several residents of the Ignation...
Third Party Congressional Debate is held at BCC
About the only item that maintained the usual, official atmosphere of a congressional debate Oct. 21 was the presence of the Fairfield University logo in a repeating pattern stretched across a small stage....
Walking for a cure:
'I was really pleased with the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. There were over 7,000 people from the Fairfield County community that attended the event and over 100 of them were Fairfield University...
This week in senate 10/23
A shuttle service has been set up for Thursday's Senior Mug Night at the Levee.' Shuttles will run from 8 p.m. to 12:45 a.m. between campus and the beach.' Jordan Hummel, FUSA's secretary of communications,...
She said:
Oh October - as fall approaches, the weather gets chilly and while us girls are getting excited about shopping for new sweaters, jackets and boots, the boys start getting depressed because they know our tank tops and short skirts are being pushed to the back of our closets until we see the first signs of spring.