Author Lesley Almeida

Academy Award-nominated singer-songwriter Aimee Mann brought her eclectic vocal styling to a packed Quick Center on Saturday. Mann, best known for her work on the "Magnolia" and "The Last Kiss" soundtracks, played to her devoted and diverse fan base. British import David Ford opened for Mann.

Rounding out a string of high-level appointments made over the past year, University President Fr. Jeffrey von Arx, S.J., announced Tuesday that long-time Yale fundraiser Stephanie Frost will assume the position of Vice President for University Advancement.

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 in the Middle East.

On Oct. 3, Fairfield will welcome former ambassador Dennis Ross in this year's Bank of America lecture presented by the university's Center for Judaic Studies. With 12 years experience as a U.S. ambassador, Ross will address an audience at the Quick Center about his area of expertise, something that has also been called the defining struggle of our generation: the struggle for peace in the Middle East.

Have a few bad apples spoiled it for the rest of us? In an effort to remedy what he calls the "beach area problem," new Fairfield Chief of Police Dave Peck is shaking things up at Fairfield Beach. At the annual Beach Residents Association meeting, Peck addressed the permanent residents' biggest complaint: student disturbances.

A bittersweet Wednesday evening marked the official passing of the torch to next year's FUSA officers.

You never know what flavors are going to be available in the dining hall, but they are usually plain old vanilla and chocolate. What's worse, usually when there is a good flavor, it has been mutilated and picked over by other eager but sloppy diners leaving it no longer desirable.

Sunny Daes is reminiscent of a "mom and pop" ice cream shop, and although there are two in the Fairfield area (one on Post Road, one on Black Rock Turnpike), Sunny Daes does not have the same manufactured, chain restaurant feel of Carvel's or even Cold Stone.

There is a hidden secret in the chicken wing covered walls of Archie Moore's. Whether you want to watch sports, have a drink, or a midnight munchie, if you haven't had the Buffalo Chicken nachos, you haven't lived. Jalapenos peppers, hot sauce, chicken, cheeses, and fresh chips make this worthwhile if it's the only thing you order.

True, the Stag is a nice option when you can't get anywhere, but just not for legitimately fresh foods. Why have a sub par snack if you can go ANYWHERE else. That being said let's talk about the so-called nachos, or cheese-substance covered pieces of cardboard.