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U.S. needs to sanction Iraq

Surely the entire university community shares in our pride when a professor has uncovered evidence of potential violations of humanitarian efforts by the United States government. The Mirror offers a valuable insight into these critical issues with its coverage of Prof. Joy Gordon's article in "Cool War: Economic Sanctions as a Weapon of Mass Destruction" appearing in Harper's.
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EDITORIAL: Just give me my pin number…

For years, students have complained about the current system of academic advising at Fairfield University. Faculty advisors can be difficult to contact and less than helpful in their role of dispensing useful advice to students.
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SHE SAID…

Nice people would have it all in the end. Ahh, what bitter experiences during four years of college can do to someone's opinion. I think about it now, and the first answer that comes to mind is that nice guys and girls get the shaft, and always will.
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HE SAID…

A friend commented that she wanted to find a nice guy, to which I burst out laughing. She's a senior and a great girl, but I had to respond like a jerk. "Oh now you're ready for a nice guy? What have you been doing the past few years?"
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Freezing their butts off

It was a brisk, cold Friday night; the kind of night that you want to party but you figure because it is so cold, the fifth of Absolute is looking like a warm jacket. As I was walking back from my car, I saw a group of smokers huddled together, perhaps hoping that the flame from the lighter would keep them toasty.
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Campus Crime Beat

Tuesday, October 22 3:40 p.m. - Eight paintbrushes, with a total value of $80, were stolen from the Loyola art studio. Friday, October 25 12:45 a.m. - There was an alcohol violation in Jogues on the first floor. 1:45 a.m. - A male was reported urinating on a door on the fourth floor of Jogues.
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Student: FU’s treatment of Hoey “messed up”

Fairfield University students were overwhelmingly sympathetic toward the story of Sharon Hoey, '04, who lost her father, Patrick A. Hoey, in the World Trade Center attacks and was not granted the memorial scholarship. Students were quick to criticize Fairfield's policy.
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Demonstrating apathy

Last weekend a total of 300,000 protesters marched simultaneously in both Washington D.C. and San Francisco to show their disapproval of the steps recently taken by the U.S. government against Iraq in the biggest anti-war protest since 1969. The Connecticut chapter of ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War ' End Racism) sponsored the bus that transported interested citizens to and from the D.