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Letter to the Editor

To the Editors: The members of R.A.F.T., the Rational Association of Free Thinkers, welcome the conversation begun by students last week, responding to the Oct. 7 event staged by Students for Life. As...

Letter to the Editor: to the student body

Dear Friends and Classmates, I wanted to take this opportunity through The Mirror to introduce myself as your future Fairfield University Student Association President. If we have not had the opportunity to...
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Letter to the Editor

True story: I told my mom about the backlash I received on campus for the beautiful gesture offered to me at Apollo night. In all of my mother’s wisdom she imparted these words from Childish Gambino: “Don’t be mad cuz I’m doing me better than you doing you.”

Revisiting the decision to discontinue Mentor

Since August 2013, we have followed with dismay the events surrounding the abrupt decision by the university’s Information Technology Systems service to end the use of the Mentor course management system and replace it with Blackboard. We have heard the ITS argument that Mentor has security problems, but we have seen no credible evidence that Mentor could potentially compromise the security of student records or any other sensitive information.
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Letter to the Editor

In the last couple of days, there has been a lot of debate about a performance at Apollo Night. After reading the opinion section of The Mirror, it was clear that both authors made valid points. However, since the publishing of the article, one author has been pinpointed as a target by the same students who stood on stage supporting the right of freedom of speech.
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Letter to the Editor

This letter is in response to the article “New Student Leaders at Odds with Program Ethics Code” and the editorial “Trust Issues” printed on Feb. 26, 2014. The Professional and Leadership Standards that the Department of Student Programs and Leadership Development has implemented is an integral part of our mission.

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: This is a response to the article “The Dark Side of Stop and Frisk” written by Jane Holland on Feb. 12. An NYPD officer is directed to stop-and-frisk someone that appears “reasonably suspicious.” This relative language is the problem I have with New York City’s controversial policy.