LETTER: Digital-only contextualization is white supremacy
By Zoé Edgecomb | April 19, 2021"To offer only a digital contextualization is to assert the primacy of technology and play into this detachment and commodification of the land."
"To offer only a digital contextualization is to assert the primacy of technology and play into this detachment and commodification of the land."
Those universities who have already released information attempting to commit to a specific plan are recklessly ignoring the many variables that have potential to evolve this summer.
Though there is certainly value in speedy reporting, having it be the exclusive focus of the news section results in a significant amount of repetition and reiteration for readers
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The University must now go to bat for students and remember that we are an integral part of this community.
Jokes made at the expense of teenage girls are unwarranted and tired.
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