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Letter to the Editor: 4/25/13
Truman is a special place. I love this university and its mission, and I’ve enjoyed every minute of my four years here. I’ve had the distinct privilege of serving the Student Association over the past four years, and I hope to encourage others to do the same. This past Sunday, April 21, was my last [...]
Letters to the Editor: April 18
I strongly disagree with Adam Rollins’ column arguing against the gender-neutral housing option. Rollins argued that students that are uncomfortable with their living arrangement can simply move off-campus. What he fails to recognize is that simply moving students who do not fit neatly within the traditional gender binary off-campus is not a solution. It’s a dismissal. [...]
Letters to the Editor: April 4
“Liberal arts for the people!” This is the phrase I will always associate with Dr. Patricia Burton. This is what compelled her to come to Truman a quarter century ago. Ever since then, she has embodied the values of this University like no other individual. Her commitment to her discipline and students is unmatched. The [...]
Letters to the Editor
Jeremy Busch provides at best a partial analysis in his column last week on the legacy of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. Busch ignores significant material advances that took place under Chávez’s mandate. His policies cut unemployment in half, reduced poverty in half, and slashed extreme poverty by more than 70 percent. He vastly increased access [...]
Letter to the Editor
Discrimination is, by definition, unfair treatment. Here in Missouri, we have established a set of laws called the Missouri Human Rights Act to prevent discrimination in housing, the workplace and places of public accommodation. However, protections provided under this act do not extend to all our citizens. We must also ensure that people cannot be [...]
Letters to the Editor: February 21
In his column, “Political Gridlock Is Unavoidable,” Robert Overmann gives a very astute description of why our politics are the way they are. Americans say they want compromise, but they will gladly punish those who do compromise at the ballot box for supposedly lacking principle. (If one wishes to see what a “principled” politician looks [...]
Letters to the Editor: February 14
Great stuff, features writer, Grace, TSU Music Faculty, Jones, and TSU Study Abroad real worker deputy, Craig, not to omit photo op student Rock Beneficiary Vieker, in the visit report from my native Britain, Liverpool orientated, February 7. But many of the statements reported therein show, by their lingering native American insularity, the U.S. oh, [...]
Letters to the Editor: January 31
The op-ed piece on plagiarism (Jan. 17, 2013) proposes some interesting thoughts. Nevertheless, the one I found most intriguing lies within Mr. Overmann’s opinions about the need to educate. He mentions if students accidentally plagiarize, they should be taught about their mistakes rather than punished. However, as students, we have been taught from day one [...]
Letters to the Editor: December 6
Support of LGBT rights necessary for healthy community Dear Editor, On Saturday (December 1, 2012) the Board of Governors approved the addition of sexual orientation to Truman State’s nondiscrimination policy for faculty and staff. I commend the Board for voting yes on this policy change, yet two of the Governors were in opposition to adding [...]
Letters to the Editor: November 29
Christians support LGBT community This letter is a Christian response to Garrett Kelsey’s Nov. 15 column on homosexuality and the Bible. Kelsey painted a picture of his opposition, which almost no Christians believe. As Kelsey points out, the Bible considers homosexuality a sin (the biblical term for disobedience toward God). The Bible says these acts [...]
