Monthly Archives November 7, 2007

Three people won't be reading The Mirror anytime soon because of the He Said: columns and our coverage of the New York City war protests.

Stephanie Geehan '10 raised her arms and swatted the ball, blocking Bridgeport's first shot. With that, the women's basketball season was underway. Fairfield and Division II Bridgeport met Friday night at the Arena at Harbor Yard for an exhibition match-up featuring two local schools.

On this particular night, there wasn't even the slightest hint of anger in Head Coach Ed Cooley's voice. Following a game marked by turnovers, sloppy plays and a myriad of player rotations involving everyone on the Stags' roster, Cooley remained as composed and optimistic as ever.

On a night when seniors on the men's soccer team were honored for their accomplishments, it was two freshmen who played the pivotal roles in the victory over the Iona Gaels Saturday night at Lessing Field. In the 98th minute, with the game in overtime and the scored tied at zero, forward Matthew Uy '11 was taken down hard as he hustled to get control of the ball about 20 yards away from the goal.

I'll be the first to say that I'm not perfect, but who are we kidding, you aren't either, so let's get right to the judging. Girls here at Fairfield are all virtually of the same mold, but they generally come from three different areas. There are two types of girls from Long Island.

Cheers to: Successful alumni As current students of the University, we take pride in the achievements of those who graduated before us. The success and achievements of alumni, such as Kathleen Murphy '84 and Ned Coll '62, are proof that the Fairfield education will take its students somewhere great.

For the third time in four years, Fairfield University's Fulbright program has received top recognition due to the high number of students who were awarded the scholarship this past academic year. Fairfield placed first in the number of Fulbrights its students received among the 574 universities in the country that are ranked as master's degree institutions in the Carnegie classification, The Chronicle of Higher Education announced this week.

Read a heartfelt letter from the class of 2010 thanking students for honoring and remembering classmates who have passed and a call for Fairfield students to support the volleyball team.

No matter what class, at some point a student poses the question: When will I ever be able to use this? If you're putting in 15 hours of work a week, you're going to want to know what the result will be. When the school brings experts and foot soldiers of the world to our campus, only good things can come from listening to their experiences and lectures regarding the world outside of Fairfield.

Fairfield's student body has a long-standing reputation for being passive and apathetic, with regard to politics and global issues. The Mirror has commented on this time and time again. However, in light of the multiple noteworthy student activism ventures and voluntary involvement in social efforts, this reputation might need a rewrite.