Author Editorial Board

When I was in fifth grade, there were the "cool" girls in the class. They were an elite group that I was never a part of but always eagerly wanted to be included in for so long because of reasons I didn't quite understand that early in life. Perhaps the reasoning behind my anxious behavior to be a part of this elite clique of preteen girls is because with every "cool" girl came a "cool" boyfriend and they would "go out" with for a short period of time.

With the launching of the new Center for Faith and Public Life, we are encouraged to see the University visibly continuing to expand its academic breadth, and we are pleased that our Catholic campus is making strides to explore religious diversity and its influence on public affairs.

The Fairfield University Student Association should be commended for finally completing and approving a new constitution, which works both to simplify and clarify existing policy, as well as instituting some new changes. However, it still does not go as far as we had hoped in order to create a completely transparent government open not only to the media, but the students as well.

By Jess Holmberg Three years after the vicious attacks on our great country, I must ask, where have all the flags gone? After Sept. 11, 2001, Americans adorned their cars with patriotic paraphernalia, flags, stickers and anything to reflect their pride to be an American.

The decision by Fairfield's administration to review and revise the existing party policy on campus is a welcome step towards creating rules that allow students sensible freedoms without completely unnecessary restrictions. However, while the points system was too general, the new system appears to be very arbitrary in its potential uses.

Debate a bipartisan effort: To The Editor: College Republicans and Democrats would like to remark on the commentary written by Eileen Arnold that felt our April 26 debate "fell short" of discussing the real issues. I call your attention to four of Ms. Arnold's critiques.

The history of the relationship between Fairfield students living at the beach and year-round residents is well documented. Because the residents take issue with the noise and litter created by parties students hold, we have been forced to deal with an injunction that limits the number of people who can gather for parties and has ended Fairfield traditions such as Clam Jam.

Well, we are at a four-year party, and it is almost last call. A few months ago, when graduation did not loom and we felt invincible to the outside world, a friend and I reminisced on our best days at Fairfield. Putting key events like our first date and our first kiss aside, we realized that our friends here at Fairfield are our second family.

In 1592 a soldier who loved women, gambling and swordplay was crippled by a canonball during battle. While he recovered he asked for romance novels to pass the time, but all that was available was a book of saints and the life of Jesus Christ. At that point the soldier had a religious conversion and decided that Jesus Christ was worth imitating.

Fairfield University will not only say goodbye to the Class of 2003, but also two of its most beloved Jesuits. Rev. Thomas J. Regan, S.J. and Rev. Gregory Grovenburg, S.J. will leave the Fairfield community this summer, and their presence on this campus will be sorely missed.