LETTER: Let your readers make up their own minds
By Michael S. Downing | October 11, 2023I encourage everyone to decide for themselves which perspectives are worthy of admiration and allow others to do the same
I encourage everyone to decide for themselves which perspectives are worthy of admiration and allow others to do the same
Considering these factors in an essay rather than a checkbox is a laudable step that will further enable the admissions committee to see students’ individuality.
This New Academic Year The P.U.M.P.K.I.N. Society Chose To Recognize Eight Fourth Year Students Who Went Above And Beyond For Their Communities And Lead Lives Of Silent And Selfless Service.
Now as a member of the University Board of Elections, I regret not voting in those earlier elections — I have since realized how much influence student self-governance has on Grounds.
The 43 Society will always be here supporting you, whether you see us or not.
We don’t have to be trans to understand the alienation that comes from being prohibited from being who you are.
Ellis was into "cancel culture” when it was a tool of the right-wing to suppress topics such as gay rights that they saw as a threat.
I know Mr. Ellis and can assure the misguided students who composed this scurrilous missive that he is the polar opposite of their characterization.
As students and faculty leave the University Grounds for the summer, it’s valuable to remember other institutional leaders whom they can influence whether they’re on campus or not.
What’s more outrageous — that students stand up for vulnerable members of the University community, or that faculty attack them in print for doing so?
Those of us who support free speech do so, in part, because, in a democratic society, none of us can see the whole truth and all of us benefit from being exposed to perspectives that may comprehend some aspect of the truth better than we do.
"To offer only a digital contextualization is to assert the primacy of technology and play into this detachment and commodification of the land."
A third-year College student responds to an Opinion Columnist's argument that college leftists are "gaining an authoritarian streak" in regards to their interpretation of the First Amendment.
The University’s ultimate mission is preparing students for life by fostering an environment that offers a glimpse into the opportunities and challenges of an imperfect world beyond the Grounds.
We know that the road to an equitable, sustainable food system requires many voices and it challenges us all to make different decisions.
Congratulations on the completion of awesome, worldchanging, law-writing, socially provocative and locally liberating work, that your class was able to be a part of while you all were students.
We acknowledge the magnitude of strength necessary to continue the commitment to your studies during these unprecedented times, and we hope that the results of this hard work are in your favor.
We hope that you are able to find encouragement to finish the rest of the semester with as much happiness and fortitude that you can muster
President Jim Ryan and the Board of Visitors are demonstrating a hopeful path to 100 percent renewable electricity.
It is wrong that the employees receive less than they would at any other Greenberry’s.