Author Gregory Hill

by Gregory Hill About 250 students, faculty and community members gathered on April 14 at an open forum sponsored by Alliance, in connection with the departments of sociology and anthropology, to address issues associated with the cancellation of the same-sex marriage forum.

In the wake of the administration canceling a controversial forum, the Fairfield Alliance and the departments of sociology and anthropology scheduled an open forum on Thursday night to address issues associated with the cancellation of the original forum, academic freedom censorship and the quality of life for students.

A controversial forum about same-sex marriages planned for Thursday, April 14 was cancelled Tuesday after the administration learned invitations had been sent to state legislators. The decision by the administration to cancel the event, "Marriage Equality for Same-Sex Couples," came from a concern that the forum supposedly evolved from an educational discussion into a situation in which external organizations were taking advantage of the event to advocate for specific legislative agenda.

by Gregory Hill Looking at the sidewall in the Dolan Hall elevator you wouldn't necessarily see them right away. But once you see them, it is hard not to keep staring at the swastikas. "I'm in disbelief that no one was doing anything about it," Courtney Cashman '05 said.

by Gregory Hill With the advent of spring, Nick Smaligo '05 awakens to see the morning sun and a pasture of grass outside his townhouse window. Sounds rustic, doesn't it? But inside, old papers pile on tipped cups and dried tea bags stick to a mixture of dirty and clean laundry, some not even his.

The old homogenous rerun of "Leave it to Beaver" that has been playing on campus has finally been edited by the Fairfield administration through the hiring of four black professors. In the wake of President Jeffery Von Arx's Martin Luther King Day address, the College of Arts and Sciences hired four black professors, more than doubling its current faculty number.

by Megan J. Mahoney "Thinspiration." Kate Moss as "perfection". Jodie Kidd is "ideal." A motto of "Nothing will ever taste as good to me as being thin." Advice on how to hide your disorder from family and tricks to avoid eating. These phrases are posted on a website called Totally in Control, one of thousands of "pro-ana," or pro-anorexic sites, for people suffering from anorexia and other eating disorders.

by Gregory Hill Thinking about becoming a resident assistant but want to go abroad? Can't decide whether to work as a student teacher or have an internship? A recent change in the RA application process allows students to partake in a position as an RA one semester while participating in the study abroad program, student teaching or internships the other semester.

by Steven M. Andrews After months of preparation, rewrites and edits, the Fairfield University Student Association's new constitution finally came before the entire undergraduate class for final approval on March 3 and passed by a vote of 128-9. The constitution, which makes sweeping changes to the student government's structure, as well as simplies and clarifies the rules, was voted on by less than five percent of the student body.

One Quinnipiac University student is in hot water after allegedly placing a video camera in the grate above a residence hall shower, according to university officials. According to The Chronicle, Quinnipiac's student paper, Doug Manners, a sophomore journalism student, saw something with red lights attached to a shower grate in his Troup residence hall suite on Feb.