Finding the best deals
You push back from the table, stuffed to the brink with turkey and dizzy from tryptophan. Now that Thanksgiving dinner is done, the question remains: Do you stay up until midnight to brave the crowds at Best...
Glee Club strives to hit a high note
Three months of planning, singing and learning from each other will finally be showcased this weekend at the Fairfield University Glee Club performance, “On This Night.” The music is a mixture of...
Campus groups unite
On Monday night, a small but passionate group of student leaders assembled in the BCC to form a new network of humanitarian and justice activists on campus. Known as the Progressive Student Alliance (PSA),...
IRHA jumpstarts the Christmas season
This Wednesday, Nov. 28, will mark the 79th annual Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center in New York City. It will also mark the seventh year in a row that Fairfield’s Inter-Residential Housing...
Fair trade event raises consumer awareness
“Let’s put the fair back in (fair)field” is the slogan for this year’s 3rd annual Fair Trade Fair. The fair is scheduled to take place Nov. 30 at 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the lower Level BCC....
Registration : the nightmare for every student
Kelsey Guerin/The Mirror Staring at the computer screen in a panic and frustrated beyond belief, I begin trying to register for classes. Even as a sophomore I expected it to be easier than it had...
Hey, you have a pretty nice smile
When’s the last time someone has stood outside the library with a “free compliments” sign and said, “hey, you have a nice smile?” Sound creepy? I guess it depends on how you say it. But two...
Change adds to life’s complication
If you asked most people, “If you could have one superpower, what would it be?” most people would respond that they’d want the ability to fly, to have super strength, or to predict the future - something...
Better to give than to get
Thanksgiving? Check. Black Friday? Done. Cyber Monday? History. After a holiday dedicated to gluttony and a weekend devoted to uninhibited materialism, we can’t help but ask: How did we get here? To be...
Professor vs. Wild
It was a cool, but sunny July morning in the Swiss Alps. Richard DeWitt left the ski village and headed to meet about 5,000 fellow competitors to be sent on cable cars, ski lifts and gondolas to their...