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SHE SAID: Keeping up appearances in Fairfield

Welcome to Fairfield, the land of the beautiful. People at this school place a lot of emphasis on what size you are, the color hair you have, and how much you can bench. I think that it is all a little overrated. However, it doesn't matter just for girls.
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Legal music services make downloading easy-and fun-again

Ever since the launch of the original Napster, college students have become increasingly reliant on getting their music fixes from the Internet. While many of the original services were illegally allowing trading of copyrighted materials, a quickly increasing number are offering legal alternatives.
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EDITORIAL: Cheers and boos

Cheers to Doug Perlitz '92 for staying in Haiti to continue his mission helping poor children in the face of increasing violence and political unrest. Living in one of the wealthiest and most peaceful parts of the world, it is sometimes easy for us to lose sight of social injustice around the globe.
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SHE SAID: Guess how many boobs I saw today? Spring Break ’04

I don't know about you, but I have had a countdown going for spring break since about Christmas time. Finally, it's here. Now, most of you are probably joining the rest of Fairfield and heading to Acapulco, which is fine. Wherever alcohol will be flowing faster than the Colorado rapids, and where I can be surrounded by all of my closest friends works for me.
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Spring Break… via the New Jersey Turnpike

Cancun. Bahamas. Cayman Islands. New Jersey. Can you guess which destination I'll be spending my spring break? I'll give you a hint: the closest thing to a body of water is the hardly pristine Hudson River, and my only hope of catching some rays is standing underneath a tanning lamp.
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EDITORIAL: War on plagiarism

As a newspaper, The Mirror treats issues of plagiarism and dishonesty with the utmost importance. It is time for students, faculty and administration at Fairfield to do the same. A report which will be presented to faculty tomorrow criticizes this university for the relatively poor way the school handles matters of plagiarism and academic dishonesty when compared to schools like Villanova, Fordham and Princeton.
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Exploring Mel Gibson’s controversial new movie “The Passion of the Christ”

Mel Gibson's newest movie, "The Passion of the Christ" has been causing quite a stir. Some say it's brilliantly moving. Others call it anti-Semitic and historically inaccurate. Others claim that Gibson is touting an orthodox agenda. But no matter what you've heard or your religious affiliation, when you cut through the hype, Gibson has produced a cinematically beautiful and moving film.
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SHE SAID: Sunday mornings every day for all I care…

Sunday-The best and also worst day of the week. To me Sundays are a blessing in disguise, yet the odds of accomplishing anything on the last day of the weekend are so far from reach you might as well sit back and enjoy this day. There is so much that can be done besides work.
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LETTER: Naser sounds off on plagiarism

To the Editor: Steven Andrews and The Mirror are to be congratulated for doing a superb job in publicizing the growing problem of plagiarism on college campuses (Students Accused of Plagiarism, Feb. 19). Had my own intention been "to make a point" to the campus community, as the article suggests, I could not have done a better job than by publishing the story in The Mirror, complete with the sensational allegation that the students were "...charged with plagiarism by a computer program and failing the course, then having the teacher refuse to read the paper in question over in person to make sure the computer made no mistake.
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LETTER: “Anonymous parent” speaks out over plagiarism battle

To the Editor: I am the "anonymous parent" that Steven Andrews mentioned in his article on Feb. 19. Mr. Andrews has been researching this outrageous situation with Professor Naser's class AE289. Most of the information had been held until the Administrative Appeal Process was completed, in fairness to all, but as time wore on since December 2003, some information needed to be printed for the Fairfield students and faculty.