Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Response to Ettinger on sorority recruitment

February 10, 2016

After reading a recent article in The Daily on hazing during sorority rush, I found myself unsurprised to hear that some people have a hard time during the process. That’s a well-known fact; however,...

Letter to the Editor: Schapiro, Linzer strongly back Karl Eikenberry’s appointment as executive director of Buffett Institute

February 10, 2016

The Daily Northwestern yesterday published a letter to the editor by a group of faculty regarding the appointment of Karl Eikenberry as executive director of the Buffett Institute for Global Studies. As...

Letter to the Editor: Open letter by Northwestern faculty in support of academic integrity

February 9, 2016

The undersigned 46 Northwestern faculty urge University President Morton Schapiro and Provost Daniel Linzer to withdraw the appointment of retired Lt. Gen. and former ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry...

Letter to the Editor: Northwestern must “divest” from investment secrecy

February 2, 2016

The Daily recently reported that Northwestern is among three universities agreeing to sign the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment to create transparency for endowment fund allocations....

Letter to the Editor: Concerning the use of Evans’ name

January 18, 2016

This letter is a response to the recent article on the petition to remove John Evans’ name from campus in which President Morton Schapiro is quoted as saying, “I think sanitizing history is a mistake,...