Author Denise LiGreci

Emerging from the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel into the sunlight, four members of the Fairfield University EMS Rescue Team continued their run toward ground zero. They passed hordes of people chanting "USA" in the same spot where smoke and chaos coexisted six years earlier.

The day before Brian Erickson's first day of school this year, he joked around with his parents about his sister taking his laptop lock. He said to them, "Well, I hope my laptop gets stolen." On Tuesday, Sept. 25, Erickson '08 left his Lantern Point residence, the Koolhouse, to attend class and go to Stop ' Shop - a normal afternoon.

Thirteen years ago, Philip Eliasoph, director of the art history program at Fairfield, was driving back from a New York City YMCA around midnight when the concept of the Open VISIONS Forum hit him. The 92nd Street Y is a renowned community and cultural center in Manhattan that schedules debates, discussions and lectures to encourage an exchange of ideas about art, culture and political opinion.

Officer Craig Ervin hits the streets in his heated 4-by-4 Club Car golfcart. After whipping out his handheld computer, he enters the license plate of an illegally parked car. In a matter of minutes, justice has been served.

It's Thursday, and students are swiping their Stagcards at Barone. A few reveal three or less meals and others still balance eight or nine meals. These leftover meals may seem like just numbers, but, in reality, it's a big loss of money. Fairfield requires all freshmen and sophomores residing on campus to purchase one of the three meal plans offered by the campus food service provider.