Author Sara Quigley

The Fairfield University Student Association (FUSA) would be more effective and powerful … if it were run by only students. The administration continues to handcuff the powers and responsibilities of the student leaders who have devoted time and effort to in order to develop them.

The backstabbing, scandalous blogs of the television show, "Gossip Girl," ends with each show at 9 p.m. on Mondays, and the Burn Book was just a creation of Lindsay Lohan and the other mean girls, right? Wrong. College students across the country are finding themselves the subject of demeaning posts on the Web site Juicycampus.

It's the end of February already, and Spring Break is less than a week away. No, I'm not going to give you tips on how to avoid a hot, Caribbean STD, nor am I going sentimental as the days run away from the class of 2008. As I listened to lips flap at the FUSA debates last Tuesday, it was as if someone had hit the mute button.

At Fairfield, Kurt Schlichting is known as a mentor, published author, esteemed researcher and family man, and it seems he has recently added television star to his resume. A sociology professor, Schlichting appears several times in PBS's documentary film "Grand Central Terminal," which premiered on Feb. 4.

It's Valentine's Day yet again. Whether you want it to or not, it shows up each and every February 14, more reliably than your golden retriever. Maybe Cupid struck you this year, and maybe he didn't. But so what? You don't need a significant other to remind you of how hot you are.

It is round four, and Lauren Wood '08 only needs one more knockout to defeat her housemate Aimee Trainor '08. "You're going down," says Wood, taunting her opponent as she takes a sip of water. The two start swinging, and soon Wood shouts a victory whoop.

Tuesday, January 29 2:14 p.m. The second floor copier in Donnarumma was damaged. The damage costs $500 to repair. Wednesday, January 30 1:32 a.m. There was a disturbance on the first floor of Regis Hall. Thursday, January 31 9:58 a.m. A student was found operating a motor vehicle without a license.

Imagine witnessing a friend being assaulted, harassed, victimized or simply isolated because of his or her sexual orientation. Lauren DiGiovine '07 and her classmates remember a time when homophobic hate crimes a were common occurrence at Fairfield University.

Bellarmine Hall. Barone Campus Center. Leslie C. Quick Jr. Center. Soon, the Fairfield University Early Learning Center, an on-campus day care facility, will be added to the list of buildings on Fairfield's campus. In an effort to build a greater community and aid the critical need for an increase in early childhood educators around Connecticut, the University submitted a permit to the Fairfield Town Planning and Zoning Commission on Jan. 2.

Many students use Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday as an excuse to party harder while watching football games on Sunday, but some students were honored for their efforts to live out this civil rights activist's mission during a multi-day celebration. During the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Vision Awards Dinner, Peter Otoki '08 and Frank Fraioli '08 were recognized for their "tremendous contributions to our community," said Larri Mazon, director of Multicultural Relations.