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Home Away From Home: Thanksgiving at SHU

November 19, 2025

As Thanksgiving break approaches, students are taking time to celebrate the season with gratitude here on campus. With cozy Friendsgivings and end-of-semester events, many…

Sleepless Students

November 12, 2025

Can a few lost hours of sleep really impact students that much? For college students, balancing classes, social lives, and sleep has become increasingly…

Finding Food Balance on a Budget

November 5, 2025

Between climbing grocery prices and dining hall fatigue students are getting creative with how they eat. From meal prepping to finding affordable grab-and-go options,…

How SHU Students Tune In

November 5, 2025

Music is always playing somewhere on campus; through headphones in the library, over speakers in dorm rooms, or spinning on a record player during…

Trick or Treat! Halloween Candy Preferences

October 29, 2025

Trick-or-treating is, to some, the highlight and most memorable part of Halloween. But of course, the prize that comes with the experience is just…

Happy Sacred Halloween!

October 29, 2025

Halloween is a catalyst of nostalgia for many, with the holiday evoking memories of trick or treating as a kid, going door to door,…

Is Sports Betting Impacting College Students

October 22, 2025

“I have seen friends lose hundreds, if not thousands, in months due to gambling. Keep in mind these are broke college kids who struggle…

Sports Fandoms and Rivalries

October 22, 2025

Whether it’s Sundays filled with football or winter nights spent watching hockey, Sacred Heart University students are never short on opinions about their favorite…

Fall Fashion in Fairfield

October 8, 2025

Fall is in full swing, and so are SHU students, who are showing off their best looks as the season begins to change and…

How Students are Tackling Financial Literacy

October 8, 2025

BY Danielle Grillo Staff Writer “Every Sunday I go through my incomes and expenses and make sure I’m allocating enough money to buy necessities…