Author Audrey Adade

All year, the question came up at Fairfield and throughout the MAAC: Will Deng Gai get drafted? On June 24 in New York City, the answer came: No. But in a turn of events that coach Tim O'Toole said is extremely favorable, the Stags' all-time leading shot-blocker is under contract with an NBA team, and could be the first Stag in more than a decade to play in the league.

by Audrey Adade You are nearing the end of spring semester senior year, you can't get out of bed, you are procrastinaing on that paper and you haven't touched a book. Sound familiar? Watch out. You've got senioritis. Its symptoms include laziness, procrastination, apathy towards schoolwork and a general malaise.

At least Fairfield University has a fight song thanks to music professor Brian Torff: "Come catch the spirit, Fairfield U. For all to hear it, Fairfield U. Red and White will always conquer, Go for winner 'till the end, and so we'll Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight for Fairfield U.

Over this school break, a recent gift from my friend Megan got me thinking. At a Salvation Army store, she tripped across a custom-pressed record of the Fairfield University Glee Club, a perennial favorite at my university. The pressing could best be guessed to be from the 1960s from the looks of the design and dates on the record, but it's hard to guess because there's no actual date on it.

It was sophomore year when Paul Duffy '05 realized he wanted to participate in Campus Ministry's Mission Volunteer Program that leads students to South America to help the less fortunate. After waiting two long years, he was finally able to apply to the senior program.

Finals? Deadlines? Overwhelmed? Stop depression where it starts. Twenty-eight percent of adolescents will experience an episode of major depression by age 19. College students experience greater stressors than previous generations. More students are arriving on campus with pre-existing conditions that are under control sometimes because of medication, according to Susan Birge, Fairfield Director of Counseling Services.

The Fairfield administration is tackling one of the school's most immediate concerns, by diversifying the student body and faculty. Irene Mulvey, secretary to the general faculty, said "The faculty would surely be all in favor of anything that would help to increase diversity on campus, and faculty would be interested in being involved in a major way in any such efforts.

October is here and freshmen are about to hit the first major landmark on their college timelines: Columbus Day weekend. The next, of course, will be Dumps, I mean Thanks, giving. In the meantime, first-year students are learning how to adjust to college life and deal with homesickness.

by Audrey Adade True to "Animal House," Greek life brings camaraderie, liveliness, and diversity to college campuses. Fairfield University, however, doesn't have fraternities and sororities. Dean of Students Mark Reed said the university does not have a Greek system because "it has never been needed, necessary, or desired.