by Elizabeth Cooper My brother is a 2000 graduate of Fairfield, and since I’ve been familiar with Fairfield since he started looking at schools in 1996, eating around town has been something of an eight-years-and-counting experiment for me. Some places have changed, like Bravo, which I remember back when it was Tommy’s even before it was Rooster’s, while others such as The Firehouse Deli have remained long-standing favorites.

The Internet is a stalker’s paradise. I’m more convinced of it than ever, thanks to Fairfield students’ recent addition to The Facebook, a college version of those social networking sites that were popular for about a second last spring. For those of you smart souls who haven’t gotten involved yet, The Facebook is an online version of a popularity contest, a race to see who can mutually change friendship requests with each other while poking people (a feature which even the creators claim has no actual point to it).

To the Fairfield Community: This year in the commentary section of The Mirror there have been two issues that featured the opinions of a diverse selection of the Fairfield community. The first was the Oct. 7 issue that featured the responses of club leaders to Election 2004 voting issues.

To the Editor: My name is Luke Kloza. I am 21 years old, and I’m a junior at the university. And well, I’m gay. Recent political and social events in the country over the past few months have caused my stomach to turn in response to the subject of the numerous gay marriages that have been consecrated, and I’m tired of keeping my mouth shut about this issue.

To the Editor: As a Catholic and a Fairfield grad I was ashamed to read about The Mirror’s support for John Kerry. Your last statement really hurt, “We feel Kerry offers the greatest chance for positive improvement in America not only for college students, but for everyone.

To the Editor: As a New Yorker and Yankee fan from the age of two, a fact that I based my entire faith structure on was that Boston would lose. When they beat the Yankees, I figured it was the apocalypse. I was rooting for St. Louis like it was going out of style.