Letters to the Editor: 02.03.04

By Letters from Readers / February 3, 2004

MyDoom virus Why does Libby Pearson (“Practice Safe E-mailing,” 1/30/04) simply repeat the slander that “it is widely believed” that Linux users are responsible for MyDoom and other viruses? Believed by whom? The clueless establishment media? Commercial anti-virus companies with a stake in customers who use virus-vulnerable software? We saw this kind of scapegoating during...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters from Readers / January 27, 2004

Choosing concentrations The Maroon needs to further investigate the question: why are students feeling the need to concentrate sooner? In the front-page article “Students Just Can’t Concentrate…” (1/20/04), the Maroon depicted the growing anxiety students feel about waiting to select a concentration. Yet to offer only the solution that the pressure stems from themselves or...

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By Letters from Readers / January 23, 2004

*Minority Issues* The Asian Pacific American Graduate Student Collective (APAGSC) would like to commend the administration for finally electing to include Asian Pacific American (APA) students within the mission of the Office of Minority Student Affairs (OMSA). Institutional backing, as demonstrated by this decision, provides the permanence and continuity of support for APAs that cannot...

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By Letters from Readers / January 20, 2004

*University Funding* Model United Nations (MUN) deserves $7,000 to go to one tournament—otherwise they’ll miss out on the beluga caviar that real U.N. diplomats get for conferences. By contrast, the U of C Sailing Club owns three decrepit, 30-year-old Flying Juniors (FJs). We have no working safety boat, and can only practice racing on Saturdays...

Howard Dean’s honest religion

By Nick Juravich / January 16, 2004

In last Friday’s Maroon, Viewpoints columnist John Lovejoy joined the ranks of conservative critics of Howard Dean, the current democratic front-runner, on the issue of his religious faith. Though Lovejoy’s article was essentially a regurgitation of recent articles in major newspapers tinged with his own crass depictions of how liberals understand God, the issue itself...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters from Readers / January 16, 2004

*Fraternity parties* In a letter in Tuesday’s Maroon (Fraternity Parties, 1/13/04), Mr. Feinberg rightly points out the Greek system’s narrow-minded views regarding the themes of their parties. In the future, we will attempt to have more tolerant and generally acceptable names for our social gatherings. Sometime in the next few weeks, our fraternity will host...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters from Readers / January 13, 2004

*Howard Dean and Religion* Concerning John Lovejoy’s January 9 column, “Dean’s New Piety Poorly Timed and Insincere”: Dean’s philosophy or religion is nothing new or insincere. Although he may rely on basically secular logic, Dean does believe in the existence of God and the message of the Bible. Contrary to what one might believe from...

Letters to the editor: 12.2.03

By Letters from Readers / December 2, 2003

*Gender neutral bathrooms* Members of the transgender community and some of their supporters are asking the University to turn a matter of personal responsibility into a matter of public obligation. Instead of being asked to embark on a project of awareness and education, the University is being asked to take a very public and very...

Letter to the Editor – 11.25.03

By Letter to the Editor / November 25, 2003

CBS’s The Reagans I think Matt Zakosek missed the point of the conservative backlash (“Putting the B.S. Back in CBS,” 11/21/03) The Reagans does not simply criticize President Reagan; it is fiction presented as fact. It is, as you say, art, but it was billed as a factual biography. Conservatives primarily lobbied for a group...

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By Letters from Readers / November 21, 2003

*SCRS article misleads* As a psychiatrist at the Student Counseling and Resource Service (SCRS) since 1994, and as someone who has worked at other university counseling centers since 1990, I was dismayed by Isaac Wolf’s misleading article in last Friday’s Maroon (“Student’s Return Postponed After Suicide Attempt,” 11/14/03). It conveys the impression that our mission...

Letters to the Editor – 11.18.03

By Letters from Readers / November 18, 2003

Racism debate rages That you would dismiss the actions of the students of the Black Student Union at Brandeis University as “inappropriate and ridiculous” is as insensitive as it is misleading, particularly towards blacks. The way in which you structured your article not only demeaned the significance of groups such as the Black Student Union,...

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By Letters from Readers / November 14, 2003

Response to Brandeis issue Barney Keller’s analysis of recent events at Brandeis University (“Response to Racism Comment Discouraged Dialogue,” 11/7/03), where the “n” word was used in reference to Dusty Baker, the black manager of the Chicago Cubs, in the student newspaper The Justice, was extremely disturbing. Keller asserts in his letter of response to...