Letters to the Editor

To the Editor: Andrew Chapin's "GPA: what's the point?" is certainly correct in stating that some classes are a lot harder than others, if by this he means that standards differ from professor to professor. Over the past two decades Fairfield has seen consistent discrepancies among the grading patterns of individual professors, departments, and schools: discrepancies that cannot be explained by any differences in student ability.

To the Editor: The article written by Jess Mitchell is disturbing for at least two reasons. First, to my reading, the article does not explain clearly who did what to whom. It reports that it was Deirdre Eller who removed the issues of The Mirror. But the article then says that Mark Reed, " .

To the Editor: It is hard to find a place to begin when looking to document the series of missteps and mistakes made by Fairfield University's administration in the wake of their censorship of The Mirror's orientation issue during the summer. The first group that deserves to come under scrutiny is the administration under Mark Reed, head of student affairs.

To the Editor: Ernest Hemingway. Mark Twain. R.L. Stine. Daniel McClorey. These men are some of the greatest authors of literature, who have entertained us with their masterpieces and caused us to ponder the deeper meaning of why we are all here in God's beautiful earth.

To the Editor: As a former editor in chief of this fine publication, I wish I could say that I was shocked to learn of the systematic destruction of the orientation issue of The Mirror. Truth be told, staffers going back as far as my 2002-2003 reign of terror have often suspected this.

To the Editor: [Dan McClorey's He Said, June 23, 2006] could have been written in my four years at Fairfield, but it doesn't mean it should have. My two cents is that it's not what you write but how you write it. I agree 100 percent that Fairfield needs to lighten up, but I also think this is locker room talk and has no place in a newspaper that is supposed to reflect the University.

To the Editor: Bravo to the editors of The Mirror for teaching a powerful lesson to the administration and student government at Fairfield University. After reading in the Sept. 14 issue of The Mirror how the University callously stripped the first amendment away from its students, I was delighted to read that the editors of the independent student newspaper did not lie down and surrender to the unprecedented and ignorant actions of the misguided regime.

To the Editor: This morning I learned that a group of Mirror alumni were signing a petition protesting the Fairfield University administration pulling a recent issue off the racks. I understand the importance and the value of The Mirror acting as an uncensored and independent media source on campus.

To the Editor:   As I read the well-written letter to the editor by James O'Brien '09 regarding the Boston archdiocese's opposition to homosexual couples adopting children, it struck me that the Church is clearly correct in this matter, and I just want to point out to Mr.

To the Editor: Does Ms. Phan know anything about FUSA or Fairfield besides how to drink and make a fool of her journalistic abilities? What she fails to realize is that yes, voting makes a difference, even to the seniors. The FUSA presidents in the last three years have been very different and led various campaigns.