Letters to the Editor

To the Editor: I applaud the students at the beach who raised money for charity at parties they had this weekend. There was one on Friday for Breast Cancer Research and one on Saturday for the Mark Fisher Foundation. The residents asked for a small donation from students coming in their house to party, much like other schools do, but not for profit.

Letters to the Editor represent the opinions of the writer and not those of the Mirror To The Editor: Why do townhouse residents at Fairfield seem to get the short end of the deal when it comes to living arrangements? I pay a total of around $4,500 for room and board to live with 4 other people for one semester not including utilities which I have calculated about $100-200 per person.

Letters to the Editor represent the opinions of the writer and not those of the Mirror To The Editor: I could not help but feel engendered, and even obligated, to respond to the cockamamie piece [against gay marriage] offered by an ever-so-backward thinking Matt LaMothe.

To the Editor: I am a Fairfield University Alumni who enjoys reading the Mirror but last week's commentary piece by Michael A. Bond troubled me. The questions Mr. Bond raised seem off point in a post-9/11 environment where the major concern isn't about what one did over thirty years ago but about how one will handle the homeland security concerns of this nation.

To the Editor: As a graduate of the class of 2001 I take some offense to Professor Abbott's remarks toward grade inflation. Yes, I will admit that senior year I did not study every waking hour of the day and that my entire life did not revolve around school but I did study when I needed to and am proud to say that I graduated with honors.

To The Editor: In saying that her four years of hard work have been demeaned, Ms. Carpino is correct, but not in the way she thinks. She will graduate with many classmates who have put forth only a fraction of the intellectual effort that she has, and yet will have the same GPA.

To The Editor: Your Feb. 5, 2004 article entitled "A Quick Study: Online Sites Speed Up Reading" suggests that with the existence of such free Web sites as SparkNotes.com and PinkMonkey.com, students can find plot overviews, character analyses, major themes, and such with the click of a button.

To The Editor: In rejecting my proposal to combat grade inflation at Fairfield, Dr. Alan Katz stated that "as long as the standards remain high," we need not be concerned about grade inflation. Yet exit surveys of Fairfield seniors show that 68 percent of the class of 2001 (77 percent of the men), spent ten hours or fewer studying outside of class.

To The Editor: I would like to address Dr. William Abbott's reasons behind his proposal to combat grade inflation ("Grades rise"). Drawing from the article, it appeared that Dr. Abbott based his proposal on information gathered from surveys. I would be interested in seeing these surveys, what questions were asked and what percentage of the Fairfield population was interviewed.

To the Editor: It is now 4:30 in the morning. At around 2:30 a.m. myself and one of my roommates, Brian Hess, arrived at our room in Claver Hall after hearing the news of the fire. It was a soggy return. Upon opening our door, my roommate and I were all but enthralled to find our room floor under water.