I am writing in response to Christine Sol, Students United for Reform and Equality candidate for the Academic Affairs Commission. In her letter, “Academic Affairs needs new leadership” (May 7), Sol states that she has “made every attempt to involve (herself)” in some of the current commission’s campaigns, but was “turned away from the current commission.” As the current academic affairs commissioner, I can speak as to why Sol has not been involved in the commission. Read more...

Solomon Matsas’ submission, “World conflicts have moral ambiguity” (April 30) is itself ambiguous. Its content is too vague to make a solid, rational argument for any cause. Read more...

At a time when politics have become irrelevant, thank goodness for Neo. “The cultural impact was near phenomenal,” said Time magazine of “The Matrix.” When is the last time you heard something like that about domestic policy? Read more...

As if college acceptance based on race and ethnicity isn’t bad enough, now someone is suggesting that character and attitude should be taken into consideration too. Read more...

Once upon a time a bored young shepherd boy decided to play a trick on his little village. He cried, “Wolf! wolf!” and the people of the town rushed to his side, ready to fight off the danger. Read more...

Steinfeld ignores “˜minor’ detail Rebecca Steinfeld’s argument in her submission, “Israeli independence also a Palestinian catastrophe” (May 9), was well presented and thought out, except for one minor detail she based her entire argument on. Yom Haatzma’ut, the Israeli Independence Day, is not a celebration of the victory of the 1948 War. It is a celebration of the creation of the state of Israel. That’s why the day remembered is May 14, 1948 ““ on the Jewish calendar it’s 5 Iyar 1948, and not July 20, 1949. Read more...

The war on terrorism has done some serious collateral damage at home ““ to our public infrastructure and livelihoods, and to our civil liberties and democracy. Read more...