Fairfield Mirror 11/13/19

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THE MIRROR Independent student newspaper

Week of November 13, 2019

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Vol. 45 Iss. 11

Daylight Saving Time

Opinion Daylight Saving Time is a pointless practice. Page 5

Field Hockey Takes NEC Photo Courtesy of Fairfield University Magazine

A digital rendering of future construction plans for the residence halls including 42 Langguth, Regis Hall, and Gonzaga Hall.

The Evolution of Fairfield How construction happens and why: The Strategic Plan By Julia Crews News Editor

Photo Courtesy of Fairfield University Magazine

A digital image of Barone Campus Center.

Retraction of “FUSA Fights for Transparency” By Lexi Thimble Editor-in-Chief Katherine Klima Executive Editor

Returning students may have noticed that Fairfield University’s campus has changed significantly, even since last year. The new Charles F. Dolan School of Business is now completed and in use, as well as the Barnyard Manor Townhouses. In addition, both Canisius Hall and Jogues Hall have been renovated. Back in June, The Mirror reported that the incoming first-years, the class of 2023, is the largest and most competitive class at Fairfield University to date. The construction around campus, though impressive and sometimes curious to students new and old, is happening in accordance with Fairfield’s Strategic Plan, “Fairfield 2020: The Way Forward,” which was enacted in 2014 and can be found on the school’s website. “As we approach our 75th year, Fairfield University finds itself once again at a critical turning point in history,” wrote University President Emeritus Jeffrey P. Von Arx, S.J. in the introduction to the plan. “Eleven task forces examined every aspect of our University’s programs and operations,” continued Von Arx, “and asked probing and at times provocative questions about how we could better serve our students, enhance our financial support for student scholarships and faculty research,

increase our revenue, cut our costs, and expand our reach to meet the growing number of men and women who need further education, but require us to adopt more flexible, affordable and tech-savvy approaches in order to reach them.” Even though these efforts have been in the works since 2014, with the building of new facilities such as the Leslie C. Quick Jr., Recreation Complex and the Daniel and Grace Tully Dining Commons earlier in the process. According to the Strategic Plan, the construction of new classroom, residential and dining facilities was necessary due to “Increasing undergraduate enrollment to approximately 4,000, while simultaneously increasing graduate and continuing studies enrollment.” “It’s definitely a simultaneous planning,” said Jennifer Anderson, vice president for marketing and communications. “We knew that many of the facilities needed to be enhanced to meet the academic needs, demands [and] curriculum requirements. But we also knew some facilities needed to be enhanced to meet the needs of the student body both in growth and facilities of what we offer.” Part of this plan also accounted for sustainability of operations, which was explored Continue Reading Behind On Page 2

Sports Field Hockey clutches NEC Championship in overtime. Page 8

YouTuber Docuseries

Vine “The Beautiful World of Jeffree Star” is a let down. Page 16

Carrie Goldberg is “Nobody’s Victim” Attorney Goldberg is coming to campus Nov. 13 to talk the fight against sexual violence

Julia Monteleone Managing Editor

The Editorial Board of The Mirror would like to offer a public retraction of an article entitled “FUSA Fights for Transparency” that ran in last week’s Nov. 6 issue. The Mirror as an institution is committed to upholding journalistic integrity and proper ethics, and the article in question contained multiple inaccuracies and misquotes that misrepresented those present at the FUSA General Senate Meeting on Oct. 30. We would like to extend our sincerest apology. The Editorial Board understands the serious nature of this event. The Mirror would never intentionally print factually incorrect information, but rather this mistake comes from a lapse in judgement and an assumption of the correctness of the facts as written by the contributing writer. We promise to do better in the future, as an Editorial Board and an institution, to diligently fact-check and eliminate biases in our reporting, and to use this as an opportunity to learn and improve our means of ethical Attorney Goldberg’s book was published on Aug. 13, 2019. news coverage.

By Lexi Thimble Editor-in-Chief

Attorney Carrie Goldberg’s book, released in August of this year, is visually eye-catching to say the least. Entitled, “Nobody’s Victim: Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls,” the bright pink cover is emblazoned by a vivid, lipstick-smeared ‘X.’ The story, as told on the inside jacket, follows Goldberg, “on the front lines of the war against sexual violence and privacy violations, as her law firm sues the hell out of tech companies, schools, and sexual predators.” It is the essence of that very story that Goldberg will be speaking about on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. when she visits the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts as part of the Open VISIONS Forum and Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lectureship, in affiliation with the Carl & Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies. Her talk, “Demanding Justice for Victims: From Cyber Crimes to Federal Courts,” will address topics of, “consent, the spread of online harassment and sextortion, and...the solutions within reach, including how each of us can protect ourselves and others,” as stated by the event page on the Quick Center’s website. In anticipation of her lecture, Goldberg took time to speak with The Mirror over the phone about the work her law firm does and details about her new book. Goldberg first commented on the tone of her online and Continue Reading Carrie On Page 2


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