Letter: Photo unfit for print

By Letter to the Editor / March 11, 2014

On Wednesday, March 5, ArtShould held a PostSecret Gallery Night in the McCormick Lounge, featuring anonymously-crafted and secret-divulging postcards made by UChicago students. The Maroon covered this event (“Students Postsecrets in Public,” 3/7/14), and placed the article on the front page of last Friday’s issue. Accompanying the article was a colorful example of a PostSecret...

Open Letter: Too long to wait for an assault policy

By Letter to the Editor / February 23, 2014

Dear President Zimmer, We recently learned of the continued problems with sexual assault at UChicago from a report in the Chicago Maroon (University Under Federal Investigation for Sexual Assault Policy, 2/11/14), which was subsequently picked up by national media outlets. We are dismayed that there has been insufficient progress to address sexual violence crimes on...

Letter: Daugherty overstates transparency

By Letter to the Editor / February 21, 2014

My name is Michaeljit Sandhu, and I graduated from the College in June 2013. I was a Summer Links participant in 2010 after my first year and a program coordinator this past summer. I also worked as the volunteer referral student staff at the University Community Service Center (UCSC) during the 2012–2013 academic year. I...

Letter: Admin defends Summer Links

By Letter to the Editor / February 14, 2014

I commend the Maroon’s recent editorial, “Broken Links Can Be Mended” (2/4/14). I agree with the message of transparency and communication regarding the changes to the Summer Links program. Open communication is central to successful programming and is a hallmark of the University Community Service Center (UCSC). We also value the rights this University protects...

Letter: Obama Library resources too valuable to turn down

By Letter to the Editor / January 31, 2014

In last weekend’s editorial “Obama library is a compromise not worth making” (1/17/14), Andrew Young expresses concern that bringing the Obama presidential library to Hyde Park would be a mistake—one that would endanger the University’s “principles of free inquiry and critical analysis”—because many documents in the museum would be selectively chosen by the library staff...

Letter: How universities can expand education opportunity

By Letter to the Editor / January 31, 2014

Graduating from college is the most important way that kids from challenged circumstances can change the courses of their lives, improving their career opportunities, earnings, and social status. The White House recently gathered nearly 100 higher education leaders to announce new initiatives for reducing barriers to this end. Although the White House did not offer...

Letter: A broader perspective of social justice

By Letter to the Editor / January 31, 2014

Since announcing substantial changes to the Summer Links (SL) internship program several weeks ago, the University Community Service Center (UCSC) has come under fire yet again. Students have expressed concern that changes to SL programming, including the addition of for-profit and philanthropic internship sites, threaten to eliminate SL’s unique and transformative focus on social justice....

Letter: Obama library is an archive, not a presentation

By Letter to the Editor / January 24, 2014

In “Obama Library is a Compromise Not Worth Making” (1/17/14), Andrew Young fundamentally misunderstands the nature of presidential libraries. They are at once libraries and museums. While certain artifacts and documents may be presented as part of a narrative in the museum space, the documents and communications accumulated during a presidency are presented to researchers...

Letter: SCS Director on programming

By Letter to the Editor / January 24, 2014

We commend the Maroon’s decision to publish a quarter-long series on student health last fall. The article, “Student Health Series Part III: Counseling and Mental Health” (11/19/13), was especially welcome news at the Student Counseling Service (SCS). We embrace every opportunity to get the word out to the University community about our services. And to...

Letter to the editor: Rebuttal to Prof. Stone on Snowden

By Letter to the Editor / January 17, 2014

As the Maroon reports in “Snowden Broke the Law, Says Law Prof (1/14/14),” Professor Geoffrey Stone stated that “there are costs as well as benefits from what Snowden did…. Many of those costs damaged the United States in its relations with other nations. It may damage the infrastructure of the Internet, causing countries to put...

Letter: J Street liberals fundamentally misunderstand “pro-Israel”

By Letter to the Editor / December 3, 2013

In her November 26th piece, “What It Means To Be Pro-Israel,” Daniela Tolchinsky completely flubs what it actually means to be pro-Israel. In keeping with her status as a J Street UChicago board member, Tolchinsky proffers a left-wing approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as purportedly representing the unequivocal paradigm of what it means to be...

Letter: Equality does not preclude marriage

By Letter to the Editor / November 22, 2013

A few summers ago, I worked at a major LGBTQ organization. I understand many people’s concerns about these sorts of organizations. We do need to continue to hold these organizations accountable, but that does not mean that they are not doing good work in the meantime. These groups, like the Human Rights Campaign, may be...