Author Victoria Klejmont

As recently as three years ago, the members of Menomena were hand-making their albums' packaging in their homes to distribute across the world. Only a select few knew how insanely promising their sound was. Now, they're getting ready to tour the country, they're selling out shows and they, without a doubt, have this year's best album art.

Math and science departments previously dominated by male professors nationwide are now experiencing some female influence. Fairfield is participating in this trend with the hiring of two new female chemistry professors: Jessica Davis and Amanda Harper-Leatherman.

Mandatory vaccines for the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) for young girls would help save some of the 13,000 women each year who contract forms of the disease and develop cervical cancer. Pharmaceutical company Merck ' Co., recently lobbied to make their GARDASIL vaccine mandatory for middle school-aged girls.

Many Fairfield students will be jet-setting off to various tropical locales for spring break. But seniors Brendan Hermalyn, Mike Zaffetti, John Stupak and Jessica Kurose will take to the skies with an unusual destination in mind: the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.