Monthly Archives November 6, 2013

​On Sunday Nov. 3, the Fairfield Stags field hockey team held their Senior Day and made the seniors proud with a 6-1 victory over the Brown Bears. This was their last regular season game and solidified the Stags with an 11-6 record. A consistent flow of both offense and defense led the girls to victory in this contest.

If you were to go on Google News right now (at 5:30 on Tuesday), two of the main headlines deal with injuries to prominent players in professional headlines. One is about San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree being cleared to play after five and a half months sidelined with an achilles tendon tear.

That Poland Spring water you’re drinking? It’s not from Poland. When a group of 60 Fairfield students were selected at random and asked to identify the source of this popular water brand, more than half of them didn’t have a clue. A few, however, did think it came from a spring, and some others did know it originated in Maine.

When I told my friend that I was writing an opinion article on thigh gaps for the newspaper, she quickly responded, “That is literally why I go to the gym at school.” That was when I realized how dangerously relevant this topic truly is.

Ignoring somebody used to be an art form. It took skill, determination and stealth. With low brimmed hats or conveniently placed newspapers, you were only seen if you wanted to be seen.

New York City was filled with anxious competitors and excited spectators on Sunday as the 43rd ING New York City Marathon returned to the five boroughs.

Fairfield Police Department answered the call of a reported theft at a house on Lantern Point early Saturday morning, officials said. Police responded to the house on Lantern Point between the hours of 11 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1, and 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 2, and noted the incident had occurred after the residents hosted a party with numerous guests in attendance.

Instead of traveling to a remote location with friends for spring break, students are choosing to help repair homes, serve food at soup kitchens, tutor children and interact with the elderly in different parts of the United States and Ecuador.

Three students and two faculty members gathered to discuss the meaning of mind and body in Donnarumma Hall on Tuesday night. A little-known hub of intellectual discourse, Socrates Café is a meeting of the minds that convenes to tackle philosophical questions.

Normally in a college setting, students are defined by numbers. In this case, Fairfield University is, too.