While I was pleased to see the best band in the world, the Smith Westerns, profiled recently in the Maroon, I couldn’t help but be disappointed in Asher Klein’s article.
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’...
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,”...
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. Disappointme...
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 Expl...
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 Hing...
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 A...
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 cance...
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 ...
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.” ...
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. at...
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 c...
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 fact...
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. fore...
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 Am...
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 ...
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...
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 ment...
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 log...