Letters To The Editor

Letter: Off-campus involvement benefits students, alums

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Letter: Anti-dogma column equally dogmatic

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Letter: Tap water perfectly suits 'lazy' students

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Letter: Mission statement affirms U. priorities

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Letter: Editorial mischaracterized Banner opposition

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Letter: Prop 8 decision about justice, not popularity

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Letter: Campus trash not just caused by laziness

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Letter: Column oversimplifies Prop 8 ruling

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Letter: Climate change still real despite scandal

Letter: Coverage of mayoral race missed Taveras' strengths

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Letter: Column skews sweatshop position

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Letter: Modern music has merits, too

To the Editor:While it has a somewhat valid premise, David Sheffield's '11 column ("Time for the Glorious Recapitulation," April 26) about the "decrepit music" that is pervasive in modern society is a bit narrow-minded. As an avid listener and player of jazz and classical music, I can understand his ...

Letter: Crimes against Jews shouldn't justify crimes against Palestinians

To the Editor:I am an ethnic Jew from Budapest, Hungary, where Theodor Herzl was born. Reading Dr. Jack Schwartzwald's column in Thursday's Herald ("Remembering Theodor Herzl," April 22) upset me in a number of ways. Here is why:

Letter: Bringing back ROTC would improve U. rankings

To the Editor:Regarding the State of Brown lecture ("Simmons: Dorms, grad school, internationalization on agenda," March 19): President Simmons is frustrated over Brown's place in national rankings and feels the rankings do not give Brown credit for the excellence of its standards and programs. Maybe ...

Letter: Chomsky's reception reveals ideological bias

To the Editor:From the article I read in The Herald ("Chomsky: U.S. policies hurt Middle East relations," April 21), it seems as if Noam Chomsky, outspoken ardent critic of Israel, was received quite well in Brown.

Letter: Misogynistic lyrics ignored on campus

To the Editor:This weekend, Brown students will celebrate the arrival of an artist whose lyrics explicitly advocate violence against women. In light of The Herald's past commitment to investigating and encouraging discourse about women's issues, we are surprised at the paper's lack of commentary on ...

Letter: U. flood donation laudable

To the Editor:As a Brown alum, I was proud to see the University's rapid and generous response to the floods that have devastated the lives of so many Rhode Islanders ("U. donates $50,000 for flood relief," April 15). As President and CEO of The Rhode Island Foundation, I was delighted that Brown added ...

Letter: Editorial's opposition to Ciciline is shortsighted

To the Editor:I write in response to the April 13 editorial, "Not forgotten and not forgiven," which discourages students from supporting Mayor David Cicilline's '83 Congressional bid. I am surprised that the paper would offer such a myopic outlook on the matter. An editorial that suggests campus-wide ...

Letter: Statistics misused in blood donation ban piece

To the Editor:     Emily Breslin's '10 column ("Brown, the FDA, ROTC and discrimination," April 15) states that, because 48.1 percent of people living with HIV attributed their infection to male-to-male contact, indiscriminately excluding MSM (men who have sex with men) from donating ...

Letter: U. cuts show poor priorities

To the Editor:Your article on how the impending staff cuts will impact the institutional knowledge and skills at Brown's libraries ("University libraries face staff cuts," April 8) is just the tip of the iceberg. The University's cutting of 60 staff positions, on top of 31 positions cut last year, is ...