Letter to the Editor

By Letter to the Editor / May 18, 2007

Fun didn’t die at Scav party I was disappointed with the Maroon’s portrayal of this year’s Scav party (“ORCSA Is Doing its Part to Make Fun Die,” 5/15/07). The idea that the party was dead because of a lack of alcohol is not only just plain false, but it goes against the spirit of Scav...

Letter to the Editor

By Letters to the Editor / May 15, 2007

In defense of Nicholas Rodman In its oddly one-sided take on the whining of the Campaign to Kick Coke Off Campus attempt to ban fine Coca-Cola products from campus (“Coke’s Future on Campus Hinges on Vote,” 5/11/2007), the Maroon pulled off a despicable hack job on a College Council (CC) member. In the article, the...

Letter to the Editor

By Letter to the Editor / May 15, 2007

Let’s give socialism a chance Regarding, Ryan McCarl’s “Want My Coke? Then Pry It from My Cold, Dead Fingers,” (5/8/07): There is a very good reason why some of us privileged people should be unhappy with capitalism. We know the opportunities that prosperity brought to us, and we can see that most people do not...

Letter to the Editor

By Letter to the Editor / May 11, 2007

Let’s give socialism a chance Regarding, Ryan McCarl’s “Want My Coke? Then Pry It from My Cold, Dead Fingers,” (5/8/07): There is a very good reason why some of us privileged people should be unhappy with capitalism. We know the opportunities that prosperity brought to us, and we can see that most people do not...

Letter to the Editor

By Letter to the Editor / May 8, 2007

CID and STAND cannot defend their tactics In my recent Maroon op-ed (“We Cannot Tolerate UCCID’s Tactics,” 5/1/07), I challenged the University of Chicago Coalition for Immediate Divestment (UCCID) and Students Taking Action Now: Darfur (STAND) to first, provide the costs and the benefits of divestment so that students and administrators could make informed decisions;...

Letter to the editor

By Letter to the Editor / May 4, 2007

Military force won’t work in Iraq Liz Egan’s “Let’s Give the Surge a Fighting Chance” (4/27/07), borrows much of the disturbing conservative talk-show rhetoric one hears nowadays in its attempt to parody John Lennon’s well known “Give Peace a Chance.” Coming after years of unpersuasive slogans or simply downright lies designed to win or bolster...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters to the Editor / May 1, 2007

Setting the record straight In a front-page article in a recent issue of the Maroon, I was reported to have said that “specifics have yet to be worked out [with regard to our use of the Common Application in 2008], including whether the new application process will incorporate a supplement aimed at preserving the quirkiness...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters to the Editor / April 27, 2007

Don’t bring bigotry to GSB Recently, more than 750 members of the University community signed a petition calling upon the University of Chicago and the Graduate School of Business (GSB) to cancel the scheduled keynote address by General Peter Pace on May 18. The overwhelming response to this petition drive demonstrates the profound shock and...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters to the Editor / April 24, 2007

U-Pass is a good idea for College I was shocked to read the recent editorial regarding the U-Pass referendum (“Let Students Say No to the U-Pass,” 4/17/07). The charge that every student “would be forced to shell out about $200 more each year—even if he never sets foot on the [Chicago Transit Authority]” is deeply...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters to the Editor / April 13, 2007

Easter doesn’t equal Passover While the photos which appeared on the front page of last issue’s Maroon were lovely, I was frankly stunned by the headline they appeared under: “A U of C Easter.” What, exactly, is it about someone arranging bitter herbs on a Passover Seder plate that looks like he’s celebrating the resurrection...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters to the Editor / April 6, 2007

Attorneygate isn’t Watergate In Joe Katz’s March 30 article “Judicial Branch Shouldn’t Be Political” he first starts by talking about “Attorneygate,” in which the White House fired eight U.S. attorneys for a variety of reasons that are not germane to this discussion. What does matter is the role of U.S. attorneys in the government. U.S....

Letter to the Editor

By Letter to the Editor / April 3, 2007

In defense of Pareles I have been closely following the Administration’s consideration and ultimate rejection of divestment and this newspaper’s slack coverage and editorializing of these events. Though admittedly I feel the Administration’s decision was a wrong one, I write now to decry the Maroon’s failure to acknowledge the gravity and significance of this debate....