Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor October 17, 2014

Frats Not Fiction

The recent decision to require residential fraternities to admit women as full members, which is strenuously opposed by generations of supportive alumni, active volunteers, donors and committed trustees, is based ...

Letters to the Editor September 29, 2014

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor, I sent the following email to President Roth, the board chair, and the development office.  It stands for the proposition that actions have consequences, and I am writing ...

Letters to the Editor September 29, 2014

Death, Life, Human Connection, & Coeducation

When I was 11 years old, my father passed away unexpectedly. Death is a reality that most of us do not have to deal with until adulthood but those of ...

Letters to the Editor September 22, 2014

Open Letter to President Roth

Dear Michael, The Great Emancipator’s point man, Frederick Douglass, is quoted in your April 24 blog as well as in your latest trek “Beyond the University: Why Liberal Education Matters.”  ...

Letters to the Editor September 19, 2014

The Reason Why Consent is Not “So Frat”

Whenever I read or hear about a new student group or project that promotes the discussion of sexual assault and harassment, consent, and male privilege, I feel proud of my ...

Letters to the Editor September 15, 2014

Open Letter to President Roth

Dear Michael, Regime Roth has had a strong couple of weeks.  Bete Noire Beta, at last defenestrated, bit the dust.  The final helpful shove was given by a hare-brained sophomore ...

Letters to the Editor September 12, 2014

My Own Freedom Summer

This past summer, I had the privilege of doing on-campus research through a pompously named grant known as a “Student-Faculty Research Internship Award.” Just the title of this position alone ...

Letters to the Editor September 11, 2014

Betagate: Enter the Fork

The administration may leave the house door open “down the road,” but in reality, the announcement sticks the proverbial fork into the Mu Epsilon chapter of Beta Theta Pi as ...

Letters to the Editor August 25, 2014

A Call to Action

The act of creating a state, much like creating a work of art, is a process replete with hope that often concludes in the artist’s disappointment. Like any other state, ...

Letters to the Editor May 17, 2014

AFAM is Why

On July 1st, 2013, I packed up my apartment in the Central City neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, preparing for another new journey. Just over four years after graduating from ...