Author Lorraine DelliCarpini

Hi, may I take your order? "Do you want fries with that?" "Would you like to Super Size your meal?" If you think that these are the only lines that are going to be recited by graduating Fairfield theatre majors, think again. Despite the weak economy, several recent theatre graduates have had considerable success in theatre.

Mock Wedding. 200 Nights. Clam Jam. These are just some of the annual events held by the Student Beach Resident Association that are among the most popular traditions at Fairfield. However, these events are catered more toward student beach residents, and not to upperclassmen living at the townhouses.

When Matthew Shepard was found brutally beaten and tied to a fence outside Laramie, Wyoming on October 6, 1998, shock ran through the small-town community. None of the townspeople could believe that such an atrocious act could happen in their town. Something asdisturbing as a hate-crime didn't seem to fit the personality of Laramie, and the town's attitude of"Live and Let Live" now seemed an oxymoron.