To Whom It May Concern: I am writing in response to last week’s article outlining the pro-life vs. pro-choice debacle on campus. Primarily, I wanted to comment on a statement made by Ms. Christo of the k(NO)w organization. In her statement, Ms. Christo expressed concern …
Viewpoints
The Viewpoints page features the opinions of the campus community. Viewpoints articles should be 350-700 words and be about any opinion, funny or serious, about campus or the world around us. Letters to the Editor, which also are on our page, should be no more than 150 words, usually responding to articles either in Viewpoints or elsewhere in the paper.
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Falling in love at a coffee shop. And Lowry. And Westminster.
Seonna Gittens Did you know there is a 45 percent chance that you will meet your future spouse in college? Of course all of you realistic, non-romantics know that you will meet the person you will go home with instead. Many of us don’t know …
A letter in response to “Annie, Repudiate Your Guns”
Connor Goulding-Miles Benson’s article appears to operate on the mantra of “less guns, equals less murder, and more guns equals more murder.” However, to believe this indiscriminately would mean to be ignorant of relevant statistics, academic literature and conventional logic. Thanks to the collection of …
Getting Rid of Weight Stigmatization
Camille Schwartz Regardless of shape, size or weight, most of us have experienced body dissatisfaction. The negative self-talk begins in the morning when we cringe at the unforgiving number on the scale. At work or school, it continues when we compare ourselves to our friend …
A Response to Repudiation
Timothy Duhon With the recent tragedy of the Washington Navy Yard shooting and other such events, there has been an expected escalation of rhetoric on both sides on the issue of gun control. While one may be tempted to fall into juvenile comments about someone’s …
Sign my petition to end online peittions
Gareth McNamara I’m sick to the teeth of online petitions. “Stop the Republicans from defunding Obamacare!” “Overturn Roe v. Wade!” “Tell the President that Corporations Aren’t People!” You know the sort, left and right. Worse still are ones of the generalized, feel-good “sign your name …