Author Lesley Almeida

It's officially spring, and flip flops have already been spotted all over campus. As it gets nicer outside, students are heading out of their cramped dorm rooms and back into the great outdoors. Here are some great ways to enjoy the warmer weather.

What is the price of tolerance? In this case, it'll cost the students of Campion Hall a fairly hefty chunk of change. But this single act of hatred scrawled across the walls of Campion will hit more than just the pockets of the Fairfield community. For many, it means a loss of dignity and the feeling of a divided community.

Aimee Tiu is the new director of Academic and Disability Support Services. Her office, located in the Kelley Center, runs disability assessment, accommodation and support, providing all students and visitors with disabilities with access to a variety of programs and services at Fairfield University.

Morocco. Argentina. Panama. Chile. Norway. What do these five countries have in common? They are all destinations for this year's group of Fairfield Fulbright hopefuls. This year, 16 Fairfield students and alumni have applied to the Fulbright program, according to Miriam Gogol, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the advisor of the program.

What's black and white and political all over? It's the new Warner Bros animated film Happy Feet that danced its way into theaters and the number one spot in the box office on Nov. 16.

Lloyd Banks' recently released album is not a totally "rotten apple," but it definitely has some bruises. His newest solo album dropped on October 10th and falls short of what he achieved with his solo debut. It's missing one of the key components that made his first album so popular and helped it sell almost two million copies: it has no energy.

Head downstairs in the BCC and you will see the familiar offices of The Mirror, The Manor, WVOF, Graduate Studies and the commuter lounge. Wait, where did the commuter lounge go? Changes were made around the BCC ground floor this year. The Center for Multicultural Relations moved into the former FUSA office, which was subsequently moved into the corner that the commuter lounge previously occupied.

When God made rock n' roll, he had an idea of how it should be performed. Well, Jack White had that same exact idea Friday night. To be in the presence of this kind of energy is strange, weird and exactly what you would expect from one of today's only living rock legends that is still crafting his best work with his band The Raconteurs.

It is that time again for those who love Patrick Dempsy's smile or the way Eva Longoria looks in a dress - it's the new fall season TV lineup at its finest. With the new TV season underway, networks have made plenty of room for several new shows for the fall including "The Game," "Brothers and Sisters," "Vanished" and "Studio 60: On the Sunset Strip" just to name a few.

Two options: a real and defined cease-fire or a referendum in Palestine to support a two-state solution between Palestine and Israel. These are the two choices former U.S. ambassador Dennis Ross presented as the only feasible solutions to the ongoing struggle for peace in the Middle East.