As we work on our final issue for orientation, we can’t help but think of our own orientation experiences. Although it was only one night away from home, it was scary to dive into the college experience. But...
As you will find out in your time at Fairfield University, the Latin Jesuit aphorisms that adorn orientation materials are at their best, time-honored principles of human action and at their most ubiquitous,...
If you’re anything like me, the years leading up to college were filled with nothing but impatient anticipation. I couldn’t wait to go away to school and have a completely different life, to meet new...
There are two weeks of classes left and with that, finals, commencement and summer vacation are just around the corner. As the 2016-17 school year reaches its crescendo, events around campus are starting to...
I am utterly unsympathetic to the delirium of many at Fairfield who brood over the supposed injustice of a campus without contraception. Despite rhetoric attempting to medicalize the issue, sexual relations...
Believe it or not, when the staff changes over come next month, we will be celebrating our 40th year of publication as the Fairfield Mirror. In light of this, we’d like to take a step back and reflect, no...
Fairfield University is currently in the process of executing several construction projects around campus: a new School of Nursing, a new dorm for students, renovations to the Barone Campus Center and a...
The last full week of classes not only brings us one step closer to winter break, but it also brings us one step closer to final exams. However, before we get into one of the most stressful times of the year,...
Faber Hall’s South Side Café, a place where students can play games, get food and drinks and make things for their rooms, brightens up once a month to celebrate the weekend while relaxing in an intimate...
I’d heard the stories. Friends, faculty and staff alike warned me, but I had to know the truth. Was Dolan Hall really haunted? Growing up on influential shows like “The X Files” and “Scooby Doo”...