Author Heather Manning

Imagine a community where you can live with your friends in Loyola Hall, pre-register for (and get) the classes you want, meet with mentors throughout the year, and find answers to the bigger questions in life-all among other things. Imagine the Ignatian Residential College.

Year: 2004 Major: Politics Hometown: Babylon, NY Activities: Chairperson, Board of Governors 2003; Financial Director and Executive Director, Board of Governors 2002; FUSA Executive Board 2003; RA 2002/2003 Platform: Town-gown relations, re-evaluation of meal plan costs, housing problems Why do you want to be FUSA president? "I want to give back to the university because it has given back so much to me.

Year: 2004 Major: Marketing Hometown: Hackensack, NJ Activities: 2004 two-term Class President, Facilitator, Dean's Student Advisor Round Table for the School of Business Platform: Soon-to-be disclosed. Why do you want to be FUSA president? "I have tremendous love and pride for Fairfield University and I can think of no better way to show my dedication than to be its primary student voice.

Year: 2005 Major: Sociology Hometown: Providence, RI Activities: 2005 two-term Class President, lector, member of the Skill Program Platform: Make teacher evaulations available prior to registration; be an ear to the students; hear what programming students want.

Year: 2004 Major: Philosophy Hometown: Norwood, MA Activities: Resident Assistant 2002/2003, former Commentary Editor for The Mirror Platform: Town-gown relations, Student rights advocate, Academic advising Why do you want to be FUSA president? "FUSA has a lot of good, but is capable of doing so much more.

by Mike Pignataro Faced by a budget crunch, Fairfield's athletic administration said the university's football program may be disbanded by the end of this week and join the likes of fellow-MAAC schools St. John's and Canisius, which cut its programs earlier this year.

For three years, you have given hours and hours to the sport you love. You have lifted, trained and practiced to make yourself a better player. You have lived and died with your team through every game. But now because of budget cuts, your team and a part of you is gone.

D-E-N-G. Deng, Deng, Deng. The chants by students came after each block, five in all, by Deng Gai in the Stags last game against Siena. The 6-foot-9 sophomore forward takes great pride in his defensive abilities, which helped earn him the MAAC Defensive Player of the Year last season.

Stepping over a face-down body in order to check your mail is not a common occurrence at Fairfield University. However, if you passed by the mailroom last Tuesday, Jan. 28, this scenario was a reality. As part of a "die-in" staged by Fairfield University's anti-war group, Fairfield Students for Peace, students pretended to be dead war victims while their peers stood by handing out anti-war flyers.