The Mirror | Freshmen Orientation 2010
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Meet the Mirror Staff! Annie Rooney Executive Editor
Dan Leitao Managing Director/Editor
Year: 2011 Major: Communications Hometown: Avon-by-the-Sea, NJ
Year: 2011 Major: History Minor: Irish Studies/Journalism Hometown: New Canaan, CT
Fun Fact: I will never own 1,300 country songs.
Fun Fact: I own 1,300 country songs
Alex Hein News Editor Year: 2011 Major: English/Journalism Minor: Political Science Hometown: Massapequa, NY Fun Fact: I studied abroad last year in Italy
Kristen Golen Co-Sports Editor Year: 2012 Major: Communications Minor: Journalism Hometown: Malvern, PA Fun Fact: I run cross country for Fairfield U
Sasha Campbell Co-Sports Editor Year: 2011 Major: Communications Minor: Professional Writing/Journalism Hometown: Old Greenwich, CT Fun Fact: I once met Derek Jeter
Joey D’Alessio Online Content Editor Year: 2012 Major: English/Jazz Hometown: Short Hills, NJ Fun Fact: I played with the trombone player for the SNL band
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Elizabeth Connors Opinion Editor Year: 2011 Major: English/Journalism Hometown: Fairfield, CT Fun Fact: When I was younger I lived in Belgium
Devon Porrino Arts & Entertainment Editor Year: 2011 Major: English/Journalism Minor: Creative Writing Hometown: Chatham, NJ Fun Fact: I met Kiefer Sutherland on my 21st birthday
Amber Nowak Associate News Editor Year: 2012 Major: Art History/English Minor: Marketing Hometown: Mt. Vernon, NY Fun Fact: In my free time I like to salsa dance
Charlotte Adinolfi Associate News Editor Year: 2012 Major: English/Journalism Minor: Peace & Justice Studies Hometown: Cheshire, CT Fun Fact: I’m excited to be an RA in Loyola in the Fall
Letter from the Editor Dear Class of 2014,
Peter Caty Editor in Chief Year: 2011 Major: Politics/ Journalism Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Congratulation on becoming a student at Fairfield University and welcome to campus. My name is Peter Caty and I am the editor in chief of your independent student-run newspaper, The Fairfield Mirror. Only three years ago, I was in your position attending the freshman orientation. I can’t speak for everyone, but I was both apprehensive and excited about starting a new life at Fairfield. However, after three awesome years of college life I can easily call Fairfield my home, and it’s not going to be fun leaving this place when I graduate. If many of you incoming freshman are scared, don’t be. Although adjusting to college life may take a little while, within a month, you’ll forget that Fairfield was ever an unfamiliar place. The most important advice I can give you is to cherish your time here because what they say is true: each year at college goes by faster and faster. One way to develop lasting friendships is to become involved in campus activities. Joining The Mirror is a great way to achieve this. Whether you become a writer, photographer, editor, layout designer, or work with the website or the business staff, there is a place for you at this newspaper. Joining as a freshman is easy, but not essential. We accept anyone interested, whether you want to write one article or work on the paper for all four years.
I joined my freshman year as a photographer and now I am the editor in chief, so any type of advancement is possible. We meet each week on Thursday nights in our office in the Lower Level BCC and there is free pizza. Assuming that nothing has changed, freshman will be sick of Barone food by the first few weeks, so don’t worry; coming to the meetings for the pizza is fine. Yet, if you come to the meeting for the pizza, you might as well take a chance and try becoming involved because there is nothing to lose. Whether or not you ever step into The Mirror office, it is certain that you will become active by just picking up a copy of the paper and reading it. The paper comes out weekly on Wednesdays and is free to take a copy on various spots at campus. Since the paper is supposed to be a reflection of the student body, we try to reflect the diverse opinions that each of you share on campus, yet we do not always do this and people will complain. Complaining about the lack of or wrong coverage of issues on campus is not wrong, it’s healthy. If you have an issue with our content, please write a letter, call us or simply leave a note. We would love to hear from you! So what are you doing reading this paper? Drop it (after reading a few more well-written articles) go meet some friends and get involved. Trust me, you’re about to begin a great four years at Fairfield.