Daily Archives November 20, 2013

Dawn Pilotti ‘97, art history professor at Fairfield University, was named the 2013 adjunct teacher of the year. “I was excited and honored, but my students are the reason that I won the award. My students inspire me,” said Pilotti, when learning she had won.

Having family that lives in Syria, Iman Jebara ’17 did not realize how much the Syrian civil war affected her family until recently. “I logged onto Facebook and saw a thumbnail of my uncle, and he’s my favorite uncle, and he was saying he was a terrorist,” said Jebara.

There are several “easy buttons” located all throughout campus. The real use of these buttons is to open the doors for people with handicaps. Although these people truly need the buttons, there are many students who simply reap the benefits because they are there.

Marvel’s is in the spotlight due to the release of “Thor: The Dark World” this past weekend. Among their other and ever-growing popular movies, what better time to introduce a revolutionary new character to the comic book world?

An event-filled slate of football games took place last weekend, with many divisional rivalries heating up as the race for the postseason continues.

In the 2013 Fairfield men’s soccer season, the team put together an 8-5-3 overall record while going 5-3-2 in the MAAC Conference. Six Fairfield student-athletes were recognized for the academic achievement as members of the MAAC All-Academic team: Jordan Ayris ‘15, Matt Danaher ‘14, Sean Fahy ‘14, George Newton ‘16 , John Sullivan ‘15, and Matt Turner ‘16.

After a long and successful season, Fairfield’s women’s soccer will finally be taking a break from the field. Before the season had even started, the Stags had established their overall goals. The team wasn’t looking for a perfect record, but for a season that showed they had deserved everything that had come to them.

Musician Jeff Austin put the mandolin back on the map last Thursday at Fairfield Theatre Company. Austin, of Yonder Mountain String Band, performed with Danny Barnes on banjo and Johnny Grubb on upright bass.

Devonté Hynes has collected a variety of eclectic identities throughout his career. Originally entering into the music scene as the lead singer of the noisy punk, instrumental band Test Icicles, Hynes switched to the solo pseudonym Lightspeed Champion after the group’s collapse.

Wednesday, 11/13 11:06 a.m. - A medical manikin valued at $1,000 was found vandalized outside Townhouses 15 block. 2:06 p.m. - A student reported a suspicious male age 50-60 was following her by University Field.