To the Editor:
As the publicity coordinator of the Fairfield University Glee Club, I've appreciated the relationship between our two organizations, with The Mirror running our press releases before concerts and (mostly) favorable reviews afterward.
However, a significant error was printed in last week's issue in the press release about the Glee Club's concert tour to Italy. The original sentence I submitted read, "The weeklong trip includes two concerts, a Mass, and an impromptu sing in world-famous cathedrals in Rome, Assisi and Florence." It was changed to, "The weeklong trip includes two concerts: one Mass and, the other, impromptu sing in world-famous cathedrals in Rome, Assisi and Florence." There were four performances altogether: one Mass in Rome, one concert in Rome, one impromptu sing in Assisi, and one concert in Florence. How is it possible to perform two concerts in three different cities?
I could be writing this letter as simply an error notification, but I believe that it's important to clarify to the community that we had four performances, not two. Only performing twice implies that the University supported us having a nearly obligation-free week in Italy, only surfacing twice for quickie concerts. That couldn't be further from the truth. If that were the essence of our tour, do you think we'd be traveling with our parents, Fairfield faculty and staff, and Father von Arx himself? We worked hard to get to Italy, and we worked very hard while we were there. Nothing should suggest otherwise.
Furthermore, the editors at The Mirror need to prioritize their copy editing. Why change something that's already correct to a false statement? Why didn't the editor bother to double-check with me before printing an incongruent sentence? Why spend all your time changing a perfect release when the word "Ignatian" is routinely printed as "Ignation" and the word "sophmore" appears in a front page headline?
It's something to think about.
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