Mirror - Vol. 39, No. 03 - September 18, 2013

              THE MIRROR Student newspaper Week of September 18,2013 Vol. 39, Iss. 3
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Community members discuss race
Members of Fairfield's community, including students and faculty from Fairfield and Prep., discussed race issues in the Aloysius P. Kelley Center.
By Enxhi Myslymi
Associate News Editor
For Rev. Dr. Anthony L. Ben-net,
the acquittal of George Zim-merman
brought about feelings of
vulnerability, anger and regret.
"My reaction was both as
an African-American male, a fa-ther
and a pastor," he said, "Spe-cifically,
the Zimmerman verdict
opened an emotional scab."
Bennet was on the panel at
Fairfield's "National Dialogue on
Race Day" on Thursday, which
took place in the Aloysius P. Kel-ley
Center. He joined students
and professors from Fairfield
University and Fairfield College
Preparatory School and local resi-dents
to discuss issues regarding
race.
Following the summer events
of the Trayvon Martin case and
Tonight is about dialogue
and healing.
- Dr. Yohuru Williams,
director of black studies
the Supreme Court's decision on
the Voting Rights Act and Affir-mative
Action, Fairfield joined
five other universities to celebrate
"National Dialogue on Race Day."
The dialogue, coordinated by
chair of the history department
and director of black studies at
Fairfield, Dr. Yohuru Williams,
united residents and students
with one common goal: to discuss
the issues regarding race.
Tebben Gill Lopez/The Mirror
"Tonight is a national dia-logue
... If you talk about race,
you're called a racist," said Poli-tics
Professor Dr. Tocelyn Bory-czka.
"What we're doing here is
talking about the very things that
make us what we are. That is what
makes us a democratic nation."
According to Williams, "To-night
is about dialogue and heal-
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Students petition Sodexo
A demand for healthier and safer food options
By Jessica Delahunt
Contributing Writer
The latest chapter in the
seemingly never-ending saga of
students vs. Barone's Main Din-ing
Room features an unlikely vil-lain:
a furry brown moth that Julia
Devico '16 allegedly found in the
spinach bucket of Barone's salad
bar.
"I was speechless," said De-vico,
who later uploaded a photo
of the moth to Instagram. "I didn't
really know what to do."
After seeing Devico's photo,
Emma Haddad '16 decided that
enough was enough.
Taking matters into her own
hands, Haddad created a change,
org petition that states Sodexo
"make the food in Barone healthy
and safe to eat without the inva-sion
of moths and other creatures."
Yet even before the insect in-cident,
Haddad had been dissatis-fied
with the quality and variety in
Fairfield's dining hall, lamenting
the alleged undercooked meats,
dirty dishes, lack of healthy op-tions
and vegetables that were
"hard as rocks."
Acquiring 80 supporters
within the first week of being
posted, the petition is slowly gain-ing
steam, eliciting powerful com-ments
from signees such as Olivia
PentellT6.
"I want the food I'm paying
for to be healthier for me and my
peers," Pentell said.
Freshman James Pulie agreed,
and added that while he has no
complaints with the taste of the
food, it "makes me feel a little
sick."
Sodexo General Manager
Bryan Davis said he faults a lack of
communication for many student
grievances.
"All students have to do is
come talk to us. We can't do any-thing
about complaints if we don't
hear them," Davis said, adding
that Sodexo uses a variety of out-lets,
such as the suggestion board
and monthly "table talk" sessions
in an attempt to get feedback from
students.
In regards to the rumored
insect invasion, Sodexo Execu-
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A Fairfield student uses an electronic cigarette outside of the Barone
Campus Center. Tebben Gill Lopez/ The Mirror
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