Author Samantha Bousri

The honking intensifies. Auto rickshaws, motorcycles, cars, and buses all all emerge onto the already overcrowded roads. The morning commute progresses in this way - past shanty villages and shops, beggars, and the dust and soot emitted from renovation projects - amidst the poverty that is, but not for long, India.

Close your eyes and picture this: thousands of drunken college students crowding Fairfield Beach Road. Friends screaming obscenities at each other. Music blaring for hours throughout the day. Vomit covering patches of grass and concrete. Picket fences torn down.

Sitting on the floor of the Oak Room with my meager bowl of rice, I could not help but wonder what everyone else on campus was doing. Rather, I could not help but wonder what they were eating and then criticizing for not being comparable to the high-quality food they have become accustomed to in their modest lifestyles.

Since the attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, it seems as if Americans have become unable to escape the lingering paranoia of terrorism. Over the past few years, terrorism has become ordinary, leaving it impossible for people to remain oblivious to the potential of an attack.

The headlines of many newspapers in recent weeks have revealed the consensus among scientists around the world: humanity is undeniably involved in growing temperature and environmental changes. Without belittling the efforts of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a group consisting of more than 113 countries and nearly 3,000 international delegates, was a conference really needed to prove this point? With increasing dependence on mobility and vehicles, SUVs get bigger and are filled with unnecessary technological services; yet, gas mileage still dwindles as the price of oil climbs.

Did you know that Fairfield recently replaced 77,000 fluorescent lighting fixtures with energy efficient ones? Or that last year Fairfield bought its first hybrid vehicle? If not, a new guide to environmentally friendly changes being made on campus will soon By February, students, faculty and staff will have access to these "green" accomplishments as well as upcoming environmental initiatives in the publication "From Red to Green: A Fairfield Handbook for Earth-Friendly Living.

As Black History Month approaches in February, the Black Studies program is taking initiative to both spark awareness on campus and possibly interest more students in minoring in the field beginning with the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life.

They needed to pull out all the stops -- including the first three-pointer of Mamadou Diakhate's career with two seconds remaining in regulation -- but the Stags' men's basketball team beat Iona 70-67 Tuesday night, winning their third straight game and improving to 4-5 in the MAAC.

As Black History Month approaches in February, the Black Studies program takes initiative to both spark awareness on campus and possibly convert more students to minoring in the field beginning with the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life. Events taking place on campus include an interfaith prayer service, multicultural festival, the LaFarge Convocation keynote address by Dr.

Students assembled in the lower level of the BCC on Thursday to watch a nationwide teach-in on the happenings in Guantanamo Bay. The teach-in spanned the entire day and consisted of a simulcast of expert speakers from various universities and organizations around the U.