BARRETT AND TU: In response to “Close Balz-Dobie”
Recently, Viewpoint writer Tsering Say wrote a column titled “Close Balz Dobie” in which she claims, among other things, that the University “cloister[s] their scholars into a single, homogenous dorm.” Since the article does not qualify its claim against Balz-Dobie by saying “mostly” or “somewhat” homogenous, it misrepresents Balz-Dobie as an elitist and sequestered community lacking diversity. In general, the article’s perception of honor students lacks an objective viewpoint. It draws its conclusion from subjective assumptions about the University’s honors community.