Author Nicole Funaro

When asked about living in Claver, one particular irate junior picked a bottle of Glade disinfectant and threw it against the wall of his dorm room.

So it's 4:30 am and the phone rings. I figure it's someone calling for the person who used to live in my room. I mean, I NEVER give my house number out. If you want to reach me, call my cell. I pay enough for the plan. Anyway, it rings again, so I get worried and I pick it up, but by then they've hung up.

Before we begin, family issues caused me to take a week off from A Word of Advice. This column is definitely alive and well, so keep sending in those questions to joconnell@fairfieldmirror.com - I'm definitely answering as many as I can in the column. My roommate keeps hooking up in her room while I'm in the living room and usually makes demands about how loud I can be, while she's being fairly loud herself.

While accounting scandals at huge companies like Enron and WorldCom were the focus of much public scrutiny this summer, Ryan Robinson, '03, was interning at accounting giant Ernst and Young. Robinson, an accounting major, felt the news about these companies was very scary and feared that his whole dream could come tumbling down.

The year is 1970. The place is Loyola Hall. Eau de Love permeates the air as music blares from the radios. All around the smell of popcorn intermingles with that of a new smell to Fairfield: hairspray. Loyola 1 was no longer a boy's floor. It became the haven for the first females that were admitted into Fairfield University.

Monday, September 2 10:27a.m. - There was a car accident due to rain, but there were no injuries. Tuesday, September 3 3:39a.m. - A vehicle was stopped and a stolen Fairfield street sign was confiscated. 5:13p.m. - A couch that was left outside the village apartments was stolen.

Unofficial counts show that college enrollment in Connecticut is up this year for the fifth time in a row, according to several media sources. While colleges and universities throughout the state, including Fairfield University, adjust to the influx of new students, housing lags way behind.

With this past summer having both a death and an arrest connected to Fairfield University, looks of shock and dismay can be noticed throughout campus.

On Monday Sept. 9, 2002 the U.S. Postal Service hosted a ceremony at the Quick Center to commemorate the release of a new stamp paying tribute to the victims of the Sept. 11 tragedy. The theme of the night was one of reflection, gratitude and love. Honorees included firefighters from the FDNY, Dennis Brown of AmeriCare and Dianne Auger of the American Red Cross.

The nation has not forgotten the tragedies of Sept. 11, 2001, and the Fairfield community has bonded together to recognize the victims. Within the university, 14 alumni and the father of a current student were lost.