LETTER: Free speech hypocrite Bert Ellis canceled speaker in 1975
By Andy Humm | August 29, 2022Ellis 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.
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.
Dominion is enacting real and meaningful change to the energy industry and the communities it serves and is always working to do better.
The purpose of the Welcome Week concert is to show new students that there are safer ways to participate without going to the widely attended block party and every year the members of the UPC concerts committee strive to accomplish that.
Education should be seen as bipartisan, as the right to pursue an education is crucial to developing a better global economy, ensuring social equality and increasing wages for millions.
While many of the races this election season have few candidates, it is still imperative to vote in this election cycle as it is any.
This year features many close races, including the University’s own congressional district, emphasizing the need for students to vote.
If Conor Lamb can flip a district blue, so can we, but we need to nominate the right person for the job. That person is R.D. Huffstetler.