Tuesday, May 12


Scheduled speaker promotes intolerance

I was pleased to see Leyla Ozgur’s statement that Islam has no monopoly on truth (“Islamic Awareness Week aims to educate, elucidate,” News, Jan. 31). It seems many Muslims, especially in our current era, have not interpreted their faith that way and believe that Islam does give them a monopoly on truth. Read more...


Education should be objective

At the core of “Professors’ job is to challenge popular thought”(Feb. 2) is the idea that the university’s purpose is to challenge conventional wisdom. If this truly was the role of higher “education,” universities would be little short of disasters. Read more...


Pseudoscience hurts legitimate study

A new trend has developed in the validating of religion ““ pseudoscience, the attempt to veil subjective religious beliefs with objective scientific theory. Intelligent design proponents have been filing lawsuits across the U.S. Read more...



Speaks Out

President Bush said we need to develop new energy sources. Do you think we can replace oil within 20 years? Tamara Bendahan First-year, microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics Yeah, I think if we really provided the funding and looked into the different sources I think we could. Read more...


Letter to the editor

Male, female RAs on each floor helpful Two resident assistants on each floor is a good idea if there’s one male and one female RA (“Too many roles, too little time,” Jan. Read more...