To the Editor:
I had to read this week’s edition of The Mirror cover to cover twice before I could actually believe it. Just one week after an editorial praising the steps the university has taken to increase appreciation of diversity on campus, there was not a single article on any of the previous week’s Martin Luther King celebrations.
I want to thank the members of the University Community (students, faculty, and administration) for helping to make Fairfield a better and more diverse place, by attending all of the events on campus last week. I would like to thank them, because they were there on Wednesday afternoon when vendors from around the area came into the BCC to set up booths for the cultural market place. They were there that evening for a forum on the “Works of Patricia J. Williams” which turned into an enlightening discourse for both the students and faculty who attended. They were there on Thursday when the only MacArthur Scholar to ever come to Fairfield University delivered with unprecedented scholasticism the Spring Convocation and Martin Luther King Celebration Keynote Address. They were at the School of Business bright and early on Friday morning to greet one hundred Bridgeport area Middle School aged children at the Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Leadership and Awareness Workshop. They were there to enjoy the exciting entertainers and delicious foods from around the world on Saturday night at the week is closing ceremony, the Unity Ball.
The people who truly care about diversity on this campus were there last week. Where were you? These events are meaningless unless people care about them. Your lack of attendance, and more importantly your lack of coverage, simply goes to prove that for all of the lipservice The Mirror pays to issues like this, The Mirror itself is still a part of the problem. It is obvious that The Mirror truly does not care, if it did there would be more than a page 2 picture of one of the Vision Award recipients. The Mirror showed its lack of dedication not only to diversity on this campus, but to the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Sincerely,
Kristin Yochum ’02
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