Children Share Poetry for Peace
An audience gathered in the Quick Center for the Arts to hear poets read their original work on Tuesday Jan. 24. The poets ranged from age 5 to 13. “It’s a chance for kids to have their voices heard who...
MLK Convocation Raises Issues of Race
Restorative justice, Donald Trump and the Women’s March were all topics covered in civil rights trial attorney and long-time social justice advocate Fania Davis’, JD, PhD, keynote speech at the Martin...
Fairfield Celebrates 75th Anniversary
Fairfield University had its humble beginnings as a small, all-male student body of 303 in 1942. As the University approaches its 75th anniversary in 2017, it has undergone an immense amount of change, which...
UPDATE: Sexual Assault Remains an Issue on College Campuses
According to the United States Justice Department, 1 in 5 women while 1 in 7 men will experience sexual assault on a college campus “When I was going on college tours, I saw posters around most of the...
Wounded Warrior Project Hosts Holiday Drive
On Nov. 14, the Wounded Warrior Project began the season of giving by starting a drive for items, such as travel sized hand sanitizer, deodorant, toothpaste, instant food and magazines or books requested by...
Voting on Campus Hindered by Technical Difficulties
The Lower Level of the Barone Campus Center was flooded with students and Fairfield County residents on Nov. 8 from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. waiting to cast their ballot. Out of the 884 people that participated in the...
Search Committee Takes First Step in Finding New President
This past July, Father Jeffrey P. von Arx, S.J. announced that he was leaving his position as Fairfield’s president. Throughout the last 12 years, von Arx helped increase the University’s endowment to $315...
Role of Gender in 2016 Election Discussed in Panel
Gender has played a big role in the 2016 Presidential Election thus far with Hillary Clinton potentially serving as the country’s first female president and Donald Trump recently being accused of sexually...
O’Rourke Talks 2016 Presidential Elections
In accordance with the upcoming elections, the first speaker in the Open Visions Forum series at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts was a political satirist. The speaker, P.J. O’Rourke, provided...
California law could act as a catalyst with contraceptives
According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, California passed a law allowing women access to birth control without a doctor’s prescription. California has made strides by becoming the third state,...