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Community sets sights on climate change

Residents of Fairfield County launched the first Citizens Climate Lobby meeting on Sept. 24 at the Burroughs Community Center. “We are really trying to make an impact from below on our congressional people to have an effective policy on climate concerns,” said Barbara Bresler, a Bridgeport resident that lived in Fairfield.
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Student debt concerns Fairfield undergraduates

Fairfield has increased its financial aid budget and has been providing students with more aid, but in a school that costs an average of $55,000 a year to attend - including room and board - student loans are necessary for a majority of students. Even though financial aid packages average to $28,140, students still need to scrounge up another $30,000 each year.
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Fairfield remembers Holocaust heroes

For Fairfield’s Holocaust Remembrance ceremony on Wednesday, April 10, six individuals lit a memorial candle in remembrance of the 6 million Jewish men, women and children who were killed during the...

School of Engineering welcomes new dean

Living in South Dakota until the middle of May, Dr. Bruce Berdanier, politely accepted a phone interview to discuss his new position as the dean of Fairfield’s School of Engineering. “I think is a good...
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Fairfield opposes providing contraceptives

While some college campuses across the country are making it easier for students to have access to condoms, don’t expect Fairfield to be a part of that list any time soon. “None of the Catholic colleges...