Notre Dame Damaged but Still Standing
For over six hundred years, Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral has stood tall and strong over a small island in the middle of the Seine. It has inspired poems, songs and stories in dozens of different languages and...
Senior Spotlight: Cara Lee
My time with The Mirror has not been perfect. There have been days when I can’t wait to get into that office, and others when the pure amount of Mirror work I have on top of class and regular, college-job...
The Long Walk to Dolan
With the recent findings that the Fairfield University Counseling & Psychological Service Center utilization is above the national collegiate average and that students do continue to feel there is a...
So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye!
With exactly three months until graduation, the editorial board is closing in on their final issue of The Mirror next week (sad). Even though this job is all consuming, the members of the board each have...
Vaccinate Your Freakin’ Kids!
On Friday, Feb. 8, lawmakers in Washington heard testimony regarding a proposed bill that would eliminate parents’ ability to opt-out of vaccinating their children for measles, mumps and rubella. This...
Where Does Fairfield Stand with Mental Health?
Junior Lauren Paidas has struggled with anxiety since fifth grade and depression since her first year of high school, but nothing could prepare her for what she experienced the spring semester of her...
Super Bowl was a 3-and-Out
Saying that Super Bowl LIII was uneventful when compared to last year’s is putting it mildly — and that’s not even considering the actual game, which even non sports fans realized was boring. I mean,...
To Men: Is it That Hard to Be Better?
Gillette released a commercial on Jan. 14 addressing toxic masculinity and encouraging men to make the “right choice.” Through a series of scenarios depicting sexual harassment and bullying, the ad...
The ITS Help Desk is Not the Only Solution 4U
Student Network disconnects, Net ID expirations and Microsoft Office 365 error messages — oh my! No matter how tech savvy someone is, a new network means new problems that can take hours to solve. However,...