When I came to Fairfield as an immature freshman and picked up my first issue of The Mirror, the He Said/She Said section immediately stood out, perhaps not for its professionalism and journalistic integrity, but because it depicted the most raw and honest account of the Fairfield student body consciousness in an entertaining and humorous manner.
Fast forward three years, I return to Fairfield as an older, more mature senior and have been given the duty of writing He Said. I refuse to provide any commentary that could be deemed sugar-coated.
I open with this admittedly unentertaining and boring rant because Meg and I have written two columns so far for this section and each have endured intense scrutiny from a small audience for their content.
This minor backlash has led to both The Mirror being taken off the shelves at freshmen orientation and online postings from alumni regarding the language used and material written in the column; not to mention the possibility of Meg’s family disowning her.
This really leaves Meg and I in a difficult position, since every event referred to in our He Said/She Said’s indeed happened, except for this week’s libelous “turf field incident” (it was actually the softball field, thanks for the shout-out Meg).
Now if we were concerned about being too offensive, maybe we could tell stories about drinking a big glass of milk and baking chocolate chip cookies, but this would be a better representation of kindergarten than college, not to mention it would bore readers to death. Excuse us for not choosing to be phony or bland.
Instead, it seems that college students like to drink beer, engage in premarital intercourse, ditch class, party on a nightly basis, and perform other general acts of stupidity.
If this news shocks and offends you, then I struggle to find any credibility in your opinion because of your severely skewed view of the college student social life. Furthermore, Meg and I will continue to comment unapologetically on what we find entertaining and humorous because, well, that’s how we roll.
I will apologize, however, for the lack of humor in the commentary this week. Unfortunately, this came at the expense of readers in the Fairfield student body and alumni network, (there are a few) who find this OPINION FLUFF COLUMN amusing and look to this column every week for a quick laugh. If you include yourselves among these readers, log on to www.fairfieldmirror.com, voice your opinion, and voice your support for the He Said/She Said column.
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