Letters to the editor
Letter To The Editor
By Letter to the Editor at March 7, 2012 | 11:23 am | 0 Comment
Response to "Bridgeport Club Threatens Student Safety" To begin, I want to make clear that in no way is this a response to the writer of the article. I repeat: I am not attacking the person but rather critiquing the writing of “Bridgeport Club Threatens Student Safety," published on March 2. On the night of the Act Against forum a lot of my friends spoke more...
Letters to the Editor
By Letter to the Editor at February 29, 2012 | 10:58 am | 0 Comment
To the Editor: I read with great interest last week’s article regarding the potential of a course exploring atheism (“Exploring the Alternative: Atheism at a Catholic University”). I agree with my colleagues and students who feel that such a course is indeed appropriate at any university, including ours, which seeks to foster the free exchange of more...
Letter to the Editor
By Letter to the Editor at February 22, 2012 | 10:46 am | 0 Comment
To President Von Arx, I was moved by your gesture, in an email to the student body, encouraging us “to participate actively in the collective process to develop and support strategies that move the University forward” but like the editors of The Mirror (in their article “Student Solutions”) I felt unclear as to how I was expected to do so. As such, more...
Letter to the Editor
By Letter to the Editor at February 15, 2012 | 10:12 am | 0 Comment
February 8, 2012 To the students of Fairfield University, As the Inter-Residential Housing Association, we take pride in creating positive communities for all residents to feel at home in their residence halls. We, as an organization, felt it was extremely important to address the act of racism within our fellow residents’ home. The recent event in more...
Letter to the Editor
By Letter to the Editor at February 8, 2012 | 10:17 am | 0 Comment
To Whoever Is Willing to Listen, I am writing this letter to anyone who is willing to listen and acknowledge some of the frustrations that have plagued my current workplace. Our voice is no longer heard and we have been subjectively looked down upon by our higher-ups. I write this letter with the intent of serving as the “voice” of the voiceless, as I feel that more...
Using Islam to Create Controversy
By Letter to the Editor at March 9, 2011 | 9:50 am | 141 Comments
To the Editor: As we continue to witness negative depictions of Muslims, it has become common for the media to misrepresent Islam and distort the Muslim image, often homogenizing a very diverse population of individuals. The human component that should attempt to highlight and empathize with a person’s individual struggle is rarely considered. This was the case in more...
