I generally try to avoid responding to Wespeaks, as such responses often devolve into mere personal attacks in which grammatical and semantic errors take precedence over the real facts of the argument. I also believe that disagreements are best worked out face-to-face. However, I feel personally compelled, as a student of the history and politics of the Islamic world, to disagree with much of your Wespeak.
Over the past two years as a Wes student few things have been as important in forming my identity as my mailbox number, 4115. I felt that this number quantified my character in ways that other numbers did not. 4204, my room number, is too even, with its zero implying nullity. My WESID, 654690, while closer to capturing "who I am," falls short in its redundant 6’s and not to mention its jarring 6-9 juxtaposition. Indeed, only 4115 truly sums up who I am.
A report on the September meeting of the Board of Trustees.
Recently the campus has once again confronted the issue of student expression. We don’t say "chalking" because we believe it is problematic to separate various forms of alternative student expression. This is not to say that chalking, graffiti, online forums, and (wouldn’t it be kind of nostalgic) pamphleteering, should all be treated in the same manner.