It starts the same for all of us: soccer in the fall, basketball in the winter and tee ball during the spring. Eventually we weed out what we aren’t good at or we don’t like and try new things. By high school it’s usually narrowed down to one or two sports that you are somewhat decent at. That’s where the dream ends for most athletes. Some are good enough to go on and play in college, but what about those who, although lack the physical ability, still have the heart?
On March 4, a class of nursing students presented on issues that 50 years ago most parents wouldn’t even think about but now are very much a part of a child’s everyday life.
The lacrosse team’s newest member is a seven-year-old from Wilton, Conn.: Ryan Tucker, whom the team adopted as a part of the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation.
Most students, 93 percent at Fairfield and 88 percent around the country, stick with the school they originally attended; however, there is a minority of brave souls who pack up their first dorm room and start all over somewhere else.
On Oct. 20, 2009, 74 people were arrested in the raid of Bravo Restaurant. Now, the students who playfully refer to themselves as “the Bravo survivors” are being held accountable for getting caught underage drinking.