Author Erin Schneider

The recent vandalism of a stairwell in Campion Hall creates a pause and reaffirms just how far some Fairfield students are from the real world. While the actions are deplorable, it is sad to see prejudices and stereotypes of the lowest caliber expressed at an institution of higher education.

Fairfield students are a busy bunch, between academics, jobs, clubs and maintaining a social life. With all these commitments, who has time anymore to stop on a busy stairwell and scribble some good old-fashioned hateful words or symbols? I know I don't. Apparently someone in Campion Hall had way too much free time, a void of conscience and a marker handy one night, scrawling imagery from the unnecessary and gross to the downright offensive and ignorant.

If you didn't quite get the hang of recycling in '07, you're in luck. Going green is still holding strong in 2008, and it is one of the best resolutions for you and the planet. Here is a refresher of where and what you can recycle while living on campus. Co-mingles: cans (aluminum, steel), glass bottles, plastics bottles and containers (#1 and #2 type plastics).

It's not you. "These things happen to everyone." "You're being too hard on yourself." Well, I'm certainly not being hard on anyone else. Sexual incapability is a touchy subject, especially with the gross amount of uncomfortable advertising by Levitra, Viagra and Cialis.

Fairfield University President Fr. Jeffrey von Arx tries to keep Jesuit ideals alive within the student body, but he says he is puzzled by the fact that some students at Fairfield shy away from referring to themselves as religious, yet love the word "spiritual".