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Sex education leaving students with little protection

by Gregory Hill In stereotypical college life, sex has become a pillar stone. With recent statistics of sexually transmitted diseases in not only America, but in the entire world, sex education has become one of the most important and controversial topics.
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Spring Break not always a walk on the beach

By Gregory Hill Most students going on spring break return with sunburns, hangovers and a few good pictures. But some Fairfield students have returned telling horror stories of dirty hotels, delayed flights and hidden additional costs. Welcome to the world of spring break scams.
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Ways to work for others, not just on your tan

By Gregory Hill An old Jesuit maxim advises: "Go and see what the poor have to teach you." Spring break doesn't have to be celebrated on a beach with bikini contests and surf competitions. For the adventurous, there are many alternative ways to spend a March vacation.
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Fairfield student shot at party

by Ashleigh B. Egan Clinton Chizinski, a sophomore at Fairfield University, was shot early Saturday morning at a party in Westport. Chizinski, 20, of Wilton was shot in the abdomen as he wrestled with alleged robber Brian Mincieli, of Staten Island, NY, according to Westport Now.
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Getting down to business: DSB students getting jobs

by Liz Bae He will be making over $50,000 a year plus benefits starting September 2006. Greg Turner '05, like other seniors in the Dolan School of Business, was offered a job at Deloitte accounting firm, one the of Big Four firms, after landing an internship there last summer when the firm came to recruit students from Fairfield University.
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One reporter’s in-depth look into the lives of Jesuits

by Trish McGahan Editor's Note: Trish McGahan was invited to have lunch with Father Allen and tour the Jesuit Residence on campus during Jesuit Awareness Week. In this week's edition of Lifestyles of the Rich(in spirit) and the Famous(on campus), the often overlooked and somewhat hidden lives of the Jesuit priests of Fairfield University will be revealed.
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Real World comes to Fairfield

by Liz Bae Cameran and Brad, cast members of The Real World: San Diego, spoke last Thursday at the Quick Center at an open forum. "You guys could be an Abercrombie catalogue," said Cameran after skipping out onto the stage. Cameran asked Fairfield University students if they thought their school was diverse and, after a loud "no," she started talking about the most important lesson she learned on The Real World.
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Taking charge of your finances

Paying with a credit card is easy; all you have to do is sign. Anyone can do that, right? But undergraduate credit card debt is more serious than you think. All those gifts that you thought were free are really not and all those rates you think are low are actually quite high.
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Message to students: “Serve and you will be happy”

By Gregory Hill Father Fernando Cardenal, a Nicaraguan Jesuit and minister of education in the Sandinista government who led the literacy campaign in Nicaragua in 1980, shared his message to help others last Friday at the Egan Chapel. "At this time in the world, young people live in apathy or lack interest...the majority aren't doing anything," said Fr.