Letters to the Editor

By Letter to the Editor / April 13, 2004

Maroon Features As former editors of the Maroon, we were very disappointed to read an article as replete with inane observations, trite quotations, and pseudo-scientific musings as last Tuesday’s “Professors and Their Fan Clubs” (4/6/04). Primarily, we take issue with the disrespectful characterizations of Malynne Sternstein and J. Z. Smith in the article. Lila Pearl’s...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters from Readers / April 9, 2004

Independent Women’s Forum Normally I tend to ignore the self-serving rants and misinformation that are bandied about so readily during the election season, but when I saw the full-page ad in the April 6 Maroon by the so-called Independent Women’s Forum, I felt the need to point out what I call the “top ten things...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters from Readers / April 6, 2004

Anonymous erotic editors I am concerned by the anonymity preferred by the editorial staff of the upcoming erotica magazine, Vita Excolatur, featured in the front-page article “Student Publications Hit Campus” (4/2/04). The brainchildren of this magazine seem to feel strongly about the need “for students to recognize and address aesthetic and sensual value,” yet their...

Letters to the Editor – 04.02.04

By Letters from Readers / April 2, 2004

Same-sex marriage In his article, “Students Petition for Same-Sex Marriage in Chicago” (3/2/04), Andrew Moesel stated that Queers and Associates (Q & A) had not taken a stand on same-sex marriage. He claims that “this is partly the result of internal disagreement over how the topic should be approached, according to officials within the organization...

Letters to the Editor – 04.02.04

By Letters from Readers / April 2, 2004

Same-sex marriage In his article, “Students Petition for Same-Sex Marriage in Chicago” (3/2/04), Andrew Moesel stated that Queers and Associates (Q & A) had not taken a stand on same-sex marriage. He claims that “this is partly the result of internal disagreement over how the topic should be approached, according to officials within the organization...

Letters to the Editor – 03.02.04

By Letters from Readers / March 2, 2004

Promontory Point This letter was originally addressed to Alderman Leslie Hairston and the Promontory Point User Community. We, the undersigned 265 residents of Hyde Park/Kenwood and users of Promontory Point, are writing to express our concern over the future of the Point. Since January of 2001, members of the community have worked hard to persuade...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters from Readers / February 27, 2004

*Econ and art* Prof Galensen’s theory doesn’t say anything new about art or artists (“Econ Applied to Art,” 2/20/04). All it does is point out something we knew already: that people can be neatly divided into Achilles types and Odysseus types. Calling them “conceptual innovators” and “experimentalists” doesn’t add anything new, nor does using a...

Letters to the Editor – 02.24.04

By Letters from Readers / February 24, 2004

Mideast debate I write in response to Benjamin Doherty’s misunderstandings reflected in his letter, “Mideast Conflict,” of February 20. The Newberger Hillel Center’s mission is “to foster Jewish living and learning within our campus community.” Hillel celebrates the fact that Jewish students have a wide range of opinions on Israel and strives to serve all...

Letters to the Editor – 02.20.04

By Letters from Readers / February 20, 2004

*Mideast conflict* Rabbi David Rosenberg of the Newberger Hillel Center complained that a February 12 panel about the separation barrier Israel is building on occupied Palestinian land was unbalanced because "no campus group or outside group that is known to be supportive of Israel was extended an invitation to cosponsor" and that "no speaker has...

Letters to the Editor – 02.17.04

By Letters from Readers / February 17, 2004

Maroon panal coverage I am writing in response to the article “Panel, Demonstrations Strike Nerve” in last Friday’s edition of the Maroon (2/13/04). By presenting the article almost exclusively on the basis of the controversy fomented by a small group of zealots, the Maroon ignores the issues under discussion at the event. Simultaneously, the extremists...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters from Readers / February 13, 2004

*Division III athletics* I am a second-year in the College and a member of the women’s varsity soccer team. I just finished reading Andrew Moesel’s “It Pays to Heckle Our Opponents,” (2/6/04) and I must admit that I am quiet disturbed. In beginning the article, I found Moesel’s humor fairly amusing and enjoyable. As I...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters from Readers / February 6, 2004

*Moveon.org and CBS* I would like to respond to Joel Lanceta’s article in the 2/3/04 Maroon, “CBS Made the Right-winged Decision, Not the Right Decision.” Lanceta bases his argument on the parallel between White House-sponsored anti-drug ads and Moveon.org-sponsored anti-Bush ads. Yes, these are both advocacy ads, but I think that CBS’s use of “advocacy”...