Author Jess Riu

Bill Entwistle '06 walks into his classes every day like any other student. However, he encounters an interesting situation. Bill's classes are made up of nearly all women. Entwistle is one of Fairfield's few male nursing majors. "Every now and then I feel out of place, but for the most part I look at this as an opportunity to meet 62 potential girlfriends," Entwistle joked.

Brian Torff lives a double life. During the week, he's a rather unassuming, mild mannered associate professor of music here at Fairfield, assigning homework, grading tests, and reading papers. On the weekend, it's a far different story: a jet-setting musician playing gigs in smoky jazz clubs and concert halls throughout Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, even Germany, sometimes making it back in town just in time for class on Monday morning.

You have finally gained enough energy to get off your futon and go to the Rec Plex to work out. But as you enter the doors and swipe your ID card, your eyes are greeted with the sight of lines of people waiting to use the cardio machines. This is the scenario many Fairfield students face as they march into the Rec Plex to work off those extra pounds before going away for spring break.

Looking stylish and feeling warm has never been so rewarding. The Echo Design Group and Joy Behar, co-host of The View, have teamed up to design an exclusive floral cotton scarf, a portion of whose proceeds will benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF).

Patricia Powell, author of The Pagoda, A Small Gathering of Bones, and Me Dying Trial, read from some of her works in the DiMenna-Nyselius Library last week, kicking off March's Women's History Month. Born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, Powell's novels combine her knowledge of Jamaican culture with issues of gender, race and sexuality.

The Grape has so many classic features in any given night. For example, there are the dollar house shots, something that everyone needs to take full advantage of, even if they look like the slime from Nickelodeon's "You Can't Do That On Television." Speaking of shots, it sometimes seems that the only time this place is legitimately enjoyable is while drunk.

Through the many highs and lows of the men's basketball team the last four years, one thing has remained constant: Nick Delfico. The senior forward from Hawthorne, NY has played in every game in his collegiate career at Fairfield. Delfico is currently five games shy of A.

Ahh, the Seagrape, that wonderful place where everybody knows your name...and sometimes you wish they didn't. But who could ask for a better college bar? Fridays when I park my car, it will stay in the same place until Monday morning when I try to remember where I parked it.

With big casinos like Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun so available and close to Fairfield, it is no wonder that problem gambling has become a significant problem among students. A recent survey of undergraduate students at four Connecticut universities found that the level of problem gambling among students, 11.

It's 8:05 in the morning. Your stomach's growling, your eyes can't seem to keep themselves open more than a crack, and you're already late for your first class. What are you to eat? You don't have time to sit and eat breakfast in Barone, and the Stag cannot offer you much more than a bagel and some rather boring coffee.