| Men's Tennis Topped By Manhattan 6-1
RIVERDALE, N.Y. - The Fairfield University men's tennis could not overtake a tough Manhattan College squad this afternoon falling 6-1 in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) action. With the loss, the Stags fall to 10-8 on the season and 2-3 in the MAAC while the Jaspers improve to 7-7 and 3-0 in the conference Senior Zachary Morrison (Los Angeles, Calif.) captured his 17th match of the season at No. 3 singles with a victory against Peter Czink, 1-5, ret. At No. 1 singles, senior Jonathan Fernando (Verona, N.J.) fell to Bogdan Borta, 6-1, 6-2. At No. 2 singles, freshman Ryan Berthod (White Plains, N.Y.) was edged by Minhai Nichifor, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5. Junior Balazs Szikla (Budapest, Hungary) fell to Diego Alvarado, 6-3, 6-0 at No. 4 singles while sophomore Chip Palumbo (Winchester, Mass.) was defeated by Zoltan Bus, 6-2, 6-0 at the fifth spot.
Colleges in a rush to install text-messaging services
"Our students would probably say they want messages to go to their cell phone as a text or voice message because they carry their phones everywhere they are." Rob Terry, with the Division of Information Technology at the University of Missouri-Columbia .
Manhattan construction collapse disrupts subway, injures worker
NEW YORK -- A building where construction work was being done partially collapsed Tuesday, leading to subway and vehicular traffic disruptions and injuring a laborer, authorities said.
The five-story upper Manhattan building, which was unoccupied except for 12 construction workers, crumbled around 11:30 a.m., the fire department said. One worker was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
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Fare hike a fair move by NJ Transit
Daily users of NJ Transit services are less than thrilled with the increase in fares approved on Wednesday by the agency's governing board. As a result, bus, rail, subway and train rates will increase by an average of 10 percent, or by as much as 20 percent in some cases. In real dollars, those percentages work out to $20 or $30 per month for some riders. That's quite a hit, and it comes on the heels of an average 11.5 percent fare hike just two years ago, so it's understandable why patrons are ticked.
If NJ Transit's budget numbers are accurate, on the other hand, and there is no reason to believe they aren't, the fare hike is entirely justified. According to the agency, there is a $60 million shortfall in its $1.5 billion budget. The fare hike scheduled for June 1 is designed to close that gap over 13 months, a winning plan, one by which the only thing transit board members can be accused of is a dose of fiscal responsibility heading forward.
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