Monthly Archives February 19, 2014

At most schools, Fairfield included, athletic notoriety belongs to the select few who achieve the Division I status. However, at Fairfield, there are between 600 and 900 students participating in intramural athletics.

The Winter Olympic Games in Sochi are nearing their end, which means that it’s almost time for the gold-medal games in ice hockey.

I believe that when one group is oppressed, another is granted “privilege” in the fact that they enjoy conditions and statuses that another group cannot achieve. It is an unfortunate side effect of our society; you can blame it on capitalism, racism, societal norms or anything else, really.

Letter to the Editor: This is a response to the article “The Dark Side of Stop and Frisk” written by Jane Holland on Feb. 12. An NYPD officer is directed to stop-and-frisk someone that appears “reasonably suspicious.” This relative language is the problem I have with New York City’s controversial policy.

Top 10 Reasons I Hate the Gym: (and other things I think of while I’m there) 1. I’m sorry that I don’t own anything Lululemon and that my sports bra doesn’t match my socks, but you don’t have to stare at me like that when I walk in dressed in my basketball shorts and T-shirt.

To many here, Fairfield student government politics remains a bit of an enigma. It is tougher for a voting body to base their decisions on any type of logic when there are no political parties or significantly differing platforms. The first and foremost we can tell from any FUSA presidential candidate is their personality.

“I’m hoping that if I do another four laps, food that wasn’t there before will magically appear.” This is the common statement that is uttered by each student in Barone at least a few times a week. The Barone experience is unlike any other, that’s for sure.

Dr. Jay Valentine is a visiting assistant professor of Religious Studies with a Ph.D. in Tibetan Buddhism studies. However, as a young undergraduate at the University of Delaware, Valentine himself admitted he did not foresee his life unfolding in the unique way it did.

According to the Washington Post, an 84 year old Tennessee nun was sentenced to nearly three years in prison for breaking into a nuclear site.

In the three weeks since its launch, the new Fairfield University website has shown features that have strongly differentiated it from the older, more familiar website.