Author Christina Stoddard

No traces of drugs or alcohol were found in the body of the alleged murderer of Fairfield alumna Ciara McDermott, putting some final pieces of the investigation of this murder-suicide into place last week, according to West Hartford Police.

It takes more than a coach No facet of a leading university gets more national attention than a Division I athletic program. It is for this reason newspapers throughout the country have written about Fairfield's decision not to renew the contract of men's basketball Head Coach Tim O'Toole.

by Caitlin Callaghan Two-day trip to Toronto: several hundred dollars. Two finance courses: six credit hours. Combining real life experience with what is taught in the classroom: priceless. A team of four undergraduate business majors, Ada Sim '06, Lester Bourne '06, David Gindek '07 and Patrick Warch '07, finished nineteenth out of 38 international college teams at the Rotman International Trading Competition held at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

On March 12, alumnus Patrick Joseph Waide Jr. '59, known by his close friends as "Joe," will proudly lead the many people of Irish descent living in Greenwich, Conn. down Greenwich Avenue as he serves as the grand marshal of the 32nd annual St. Patrick's Day Parade.

by Christina Stoddard For those of you convinced that the future of you and your significant other is written in the stars, you may be dismayed to find that the numbers tell a different story. The state of Connecticut was found to have the lowest marriage rate in the nation in 2004, according to the National Marriage project at Rutgers University.

Nearly four years ago, when I began my freshman year as a naive 17-year-old, I quickly picked up on the common trends that most freshmen did to have fun, fit in and just learn how the whole "college thing" worked. When my friends and I were freshmen, we couldn't wait to be upperclassmen with cars, live in the townhouses or at the beach, throw crazy parties and most importantly turn 21 and not have to worry about whose fake ID we were going to have to borrow for the night and whether or not it was going to work.

by Ben Doody Just like in the 1960s, Tom Hayden can't get over how absurd the whole situation it is. He can't get over the fact that, in his words, despite the fact that a majority of American citizens, American soldiers and Iraqi citizens want the United States to get out of Iraq, the Bush administration doesn't seem to care.

With spring break just a matter of weeks away, the thought of putting on a string bikini may make you cringe. The solution? A crash diet. The problem? Major health risks. On the surface, crash dieting seems like the perfect quick-fix to shed those inevitable extra holiday pounds.

by Christina Stoddard Hidden in the dark ground floor of Jogues Hall is a small cluster of classrooms and offices that make up Fairfield's music department. It is here, after touring worldwide and jamming with some of music's greats, that Brian Torff's passion for jazz has found a home.

Let's face it. As unfortunate as it is for women, men initially approach women based on a their physical appearance, and they usually have a "type" of girl in mind. From conversation and experience, I have come to the conclusion that you can put most guys into two separate groups: "boob" guys or "ass" guys.