Fairfield University News

NEW CITY - Many are familiar with the Boy Scout motto "be prepared." John Hanos certainly lives by it.

Good national news on joblessness Friday might not be reflected in Connecticut, but it won't be known for several weeks.

The Board of Selectmen hosted its sixth annual Town Employee and Fairfielder of the Year awards Wednesday afternoon.

Fairfield University's Jazz Ensemble features jazz drummer Adam Nussbaum in concert Saturday at the Wien Experimental Theatre in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

With so much to do, and so much going on, the holidays are a real circus, aren't they? Thus, what's a better distraction from all the hubbub than an actual circus? On Sunday at 2 p.m., Fairfield University's Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts will host "Cirque Voila!," an eye-popping collection of jugglers, contortionists, clowns and the like.

The H1N1 scare has inspired a surge in handwashing and profits for hand-sanitizer makers, especially market-leader Purell, and has led to apparent shortages on area college campuses.

During her talk at Fairfield University last Tuesday, Hillary Jordan, author of Mudbound, was asked if her characters come back to her.

Given the United States's military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with significant ongoing dialogues with world leaders in Iran, Pakistan and, most recently, in China, it is vital that young people understand complex global issues.

Comedian Paula Poundstone made just one promise about her show Friday night at Fairfield University's Quick Center for the Arts: "No one will get physically hurt.

About 10 days ago, Carolyn Vermont, the first vice president of the Greater Bridgeport chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, got a phone call from the civil-rights organization's state president, Scot X. Esdaile.

Norwalk women are helping to light the way for visitors to The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk as part of the eighth annual "Festival of Lighthouses." Barbara Seith, Rafique Vahora and Courtenay Austin entered four of the display's 23 creative lighthouses, which can be see now through Jan.

It's kind of like the Academy Awards of college teaching, and even though a Fairfield University music professor didn't walk away Thursday with the title of U.S. Professor of the Year, she was chosen to represent Connecticut at a ceremony honoring elite educators in the nation's capital.

Sound Surfing by Mike Horyczun The Quick Center for the Arts in Fairfield is the place to experience international sounds once again, as this weekend it presents the marvelous music of Cape Verdian singing sensation Sara Tavares in concert at 3 p.m. Sunday.

Two Bridgeport residents were arrested for stealing a backpack leaf blower from the front porch of a Hillside Road home on Friday at 2:30 p.m. Joseph Marchionni, 38, was charged with fifth-degree larceny for taking the leaf blower, and Mary Homa, 40, was charged with conspiracy to commit fifth-degree larceny and issued an infraction for driving ...

From the Connecticut Post , apparently discussing this column : ... The Fairfield Mirror ...[, an] independent student publication[,] faces harassment charges before the school's Student Conduct Board.... The controversy erupted over a satirical column in the Sept.

Joseph Lieberman was re-elected to the U.S. Senate as a political independent after Connecticut Democrats snubbed him in 2006.

Audiences will be able to get a taste of the golden age of radio drama next weekend when three live performances of the classic radio show "Lights Out" are presented at the Wien Experimental Theatre on the Fairfield University campus.

Fairfield University officials are looking into harassment claims against the student newspaper after a satirical column sparked a protest on campus.

Imagine a world in which Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JP Morgan Chase Co., Citigroup Inc.

Three months after the Fairfield Mirror newspaper ran a column that some Fairfield University students found highly offensive, the independent student publication faces harassment charges before the school's Student Conduct Board.