Author Erin Gray

The Best: La Salsa La Salsa grabs first prize for best Mexican food around. Not only is it located quite close to campus, but La Salsa also boasts reliable grub at reasonable prices. Mexican food is easy to be picky about; sometimes the meat doesn't taste right, and sometimes it's too spicy or not spicy enough.

The Best: Firehouse Deli The Firehouse Deli is a Fairfield staple and it comes with little surprise that it was voted the best deli in Fairfield for the 2004-2005 school year. Everyone knows how crucial the deli meats are to sandwiches, and with Firehouse using some of the freshest cold cuts in town, the foundation of their sandwiches is strong.

The Best: China Star Most Fairfield students have a love-hate relationship with China Star. Prices are reasonable, and most of the time, the food is too. China Star is convenient, located on Post Road, and the delivery is usually quick. Perhaps it's because the place has managed to wallpaper the entire campus with menus.

Recovery continues for Fairfield student Clinton Chizinski who was shot in a Westport home on Nov. 12. After a night out in South Norwalk celebrating a friend's 21 birthday, Chizinski and a friend accepted a ride back from two young men to a friend's Westport home.

by Kelly Sheehan Privacy concerns have risen for college students because the U.S. government is considering creating a national database to increase federal oversight of universities and track the progress of every college student in the country. "The big con is not necessarily with the Department of Education and their ability to use the data appropriately, but rather, the increasing disarmament of individual privacy by the federal government," said Timothy Snyder, dean of the college of arts and sciences.

by Erin Gray Everyone knows "that guy." The one who gets a little too obnoxious at the party and slurs his way through conversation with everyone in the room. The one who talks too loud about how much he drank and about just how long his keg stand really was.

by Erin Gray The leaves are falling, the air is cooling, the snow is coming, and so is flu season. Veterans prepare. Freshmen be warned. The arrival of Old Man Winter is upon us and the number of flu cases around you could be higher than ever. The United States is experiencing a major shortage in flu vaccines this year.

By Erin Gray Professor, time, days, course load, subject matter. No 8:00 a.m. classes, Fridays off, and no papers over ten pages. As students spend this week and next registering for major, minor and core courses, they constantly question friends and classmates about professors and the difficulty of prospective courses.

Fairfield students never seem to be without an opinion about how this school is managed. Yet, with the abundance of opinions, ideas and recommendations for the administration, students are missing one of their greatest opportunities to be heard. About a dozen faculty committees on campus have spots reserved for students.

Under pressure: There is a leaking steam pipe near Alumni Hall, causing water to overflow and steam to rise from the corner of the parking lot behind the RecPlex, according to a construction worker. The area and several adjoining parking spaces have been blocked off while construction workers develop a fix.