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Barnum wrong on King’s legacy

By Letters to the Editor / January 29, 2008
Matt Barnum’s most recent column on Loretta Ross’s keynote speech (“Ross’s Keynote Remarks Don’t Do MLK Day Justice,” 1/25/08) was, frankly, disappointing, both in its characterization of Mrs Ross’s speech and in its analysis of King’s legacy. Barnum argues that “what we should be honoring is King’s specific ideal…a non-racist society.” Unfortunately, achieving this “specific...

Letters to the editor

By Letters to the Editor / November 20, 2007
Christian chalking is offensive I found it interesting that Asian American Intervarsity (AAIV) claims that its chalking was completely inoffensive (“Christian Group Stirs Campus with Chalking,” 11/16/07). Did they ask any non-Christians for their opinion when they discussed this? Or do atheists, Muslims, and all the rest of us just not count? I have no...

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By Letters to the Editor / May 25, 2007
RBIM review was unfair I am writing in response to the “Dancers Change for the Better, But Show Stagnates from Lack of Diversity” article featured in the May 22 issue of the Maroon. Disappointment doesn’t come close to my reaction to the misrepresenting article: maybe astounded, enraged, and quite frankly confused might be better. There...

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By Letters to the Editor / May 22, 2007
Reporter didn’t ask hard questions What a great disappointment it was to read my alma mater’s paper describe the tour of Cabrini-Green taken by 60 current students in “Tour of Cabrini-Green Explores Poverty,” by Isa Haviland in the Friday, May 18, 2007 edition. I hope that the biased and overly simplistic explanation of Cabrini-Green, devoid...

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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...

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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By Letters to the Editor / March 30, 2007
Wrong assumptions about Perle Reading Ryan McCarl’s Viewpoints article, “The Delusions of Neoconservatism,” I was forced to wonder whether he actually attended the Richard Perle talk or simply consulted his Robert Pape lecture notes and fired off a response to an idealized neoconservative boogeyman. McCarl failed to address any of the talk’s major points or...

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By Letters to the Editor / February 16, 2007
Grey areas of abortion law Tara Kadioglu’s article on abortion (“Abortion more than a black and white issue,” 2/13/07) is a commendable effort. Unfortunately, it is riddled with unnecessary factual errors and contested assertions. Both Barnum’s and Kadioglu’s articles seem to miss a fundamental point: abortion law in this country is not a black and...

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By Letters to the Editor / February 2, 2007
Liberalism vs. realism Nathan Chan (“Guess Again,” 1/23/07) makes some valid points in his interesting, but deeply flawed, editorial. The Iraq War is not the first overseas debacle in U.S. foreign policy history, but it is arguably the first that was primarily driven by a desire to spread democracy and liberal values in order to...

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By Letters to the Editor / January 26, 2007
Bond MLK Speech It is disgraceful that the Maroon criticized the University for hosting Julian Bond as a keynote speaker for MLK, Jr. Day due to controversial denunciations of some modern-day Americans, including the President. “[O]ne has to wonder if [Bond’s] divisive political commentary serves as the ideal message from a University-endorsed speaker.” The editorial...

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By Letters to the Editor / January 12, 2007
Latke-Hamantash In your November 28 issue (“Scholars Tackle Timeless Theological Problem”), your reporter Matt Johnston, in his commendable report of this year’s Latke-Hamantash Debate, says of debater Yitzhak Melamed, “‘True philosophy leads to the latke,’ Malamed said, though he spuriously attributed the quotation to moderator Cohen.” Nothing spurious about it. Many years ago, before I...

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By Letters to the Editor / November 21, 2006
Consider recall I’m writing on behalf of the Student Government to explain and clarify some important information concerning the incident surrounding Kyle Lee and Ryan Kaminski. First, let me express my deepest concern and regret over this incident. It was a horrible, inexcusable e-mail that damaged our College Council beyond measure. Ryan has dealt with...

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By Letters to the Editor / October 27, 2006
Attack ads It was nice to hear, in the words of a local columnist, the “moon bat” opinion out here in Chicago. I noticed that Brian Karfunkel’s letter conveniently left out two words that I mentioned over and over again in my Friday column. These two words are Michael Dukakis, another strong endorser of Deval...

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By Letters to the Editor / October 24, 2006
Attack Ads In last Friday’s Maroon, Barney Keller spent a good number of words whining about politicians who whine about attack ads (“Attack Ads are Important Sources of Information”). Using logic so advanced I believe only Mr. Keller was able to understand it, he equated opposition to negative ads with a lack of leadership. As...
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