Tagged college

When looking back on orientation, everyone I talk to tends to have a VERY strong opinion about their experience. Either orientation was the absolute best or it was a disaster that sank the future student into...

There are a lot of little things about Fairfield University that annoy me. A sampling: I’ll start, casually, with the pettiest: why are there no warnings for any of the speed bumps? I drive a Fiat 500, a...

Whether you find some time on a snow day or an entire spring break vacation, winter is the perfect season to get cozy and watch a movie. How can you choose, though, when there are so many great options? Check...

As Fairfield students get ready for the Spring semester, they might be looking at potential internships or jobs for the upcoming months. Deciding what to wear to an interview is a challenge faced by both men...

As college students, we’re sure most of us have heard complaints from our parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles about their concerns of leaving the world in the hands of millennials. Millennials are...

The University sends us a million emails every week. I skip by most of them; the ones that involve FUSA events and the new opera at the Regina A. Quick Center go unread in my inbox. It was only on Sept. 22...

There are less than two months before we find ourselves getting back to the 203, and it's hard not to get excitedly anxious about it.  Though summer means that we have no classes and time to unwind, we...

If you’re anything like me, the years leading up to college were filled with nothing but impatient anticipation. I couldn’t wait to go away to school and have a completely different life, to meet new...

As college students, we’ve all endured years of countless mathematics courses that professors convinced us are practical and have been told numerous times that the knowledge gained from these classes will...

Let's be real; college is expensive. Besides the tuition itself, there are so many tempting teases that can add up. Between food ordered or buying that dress you just need from Apricot Lane, there are always...