November 23, 2017
Filed under Letters to Editor, Opinion
It’s odd how the greatest insight I can get into my grandfather’s perspective on life is through his jokes. Don’t get me wrong, he’s no reserved man, not even in his 90s. A lot of old people try to hide the countless tiny ...
September 25, 2017
Filed under Letters to Editor, Opinion
Last week, Daily opinion contributor Jake Gordon wrote in his column referring to Ta-Nehisi Coates' recent essay in The Atlantic: “The truth is many low-income whites in the United States do face struggles and Coates’ implicit denial of that w...
February 15, 2017
Filed under Letters to Editor
I want to begin this response to the letter to the editor published Monday in The Daily entitled “Wait for the facts before rushing to judgement based on unverified accusations” with a very explicit trigger and content warning for rape and sexual assault.
As a two-time survivor, I want t...
Omar Shanti, McCormick senior
February 7, 2017
Filed under Latest Stories, Letters to Editor, Opinion
The following letter is written in response to the Assistant Dean of Weinberg Mark Sheldon’s letter, revealingly titled “The walkout’s purpose was derailed by anti-Israel sentiment.” This title does not only reinforce the erasure of the Palestinian people and of the continual punishment inflicted upon them by Israel but also deploys a comm...
October 10, 2016
Filed under Letters to Editor, Opinion
Mr. Boxerman, in his article on Greek life, focuses primarily on its problems. Surely, he’s heard about the benefits: friendships, meeting new people within the Greek system, service and philanthropy, to name a few. But the author assert...
Aaron Boxerman, Op-Ed Contributor
October 9, 2016
Filed under Columns, Contributors, Opinion
When we think of the classic “college experience,” we often jump straight to Greek life: brotherhood, boozy tailgates and basement parties. Every college movie is full of these tropes. From “Animal House” to “Neighbors,”...
October 2, 2016
Filed under Latest Stories, Letters to Editor, Opinion
I commend the honest discussion about the need to be both intellectually and emotionally challenged in college. Indeed, adversity affords the opportunity for growth and learning, both in and out of the classroom. But from my ow...
May 3, 2016
Filed under Letters to Editor, Opinion
Dear President Schapiro and Provost Linzer,
The undersigned write you in the hope that lessons can be learned from the questionable process and unfortunate outcome of the recent search for Buffett leadership. That search, begu...
February 16, 2016
Filed under Letters to Editor, Opinion
This Wednesday evening, at 6 p.m., Associated Student Government is hosting a forum for students to voice their opinions about our recent proposal to overhaul the way that seats are apportioned in ASG Senate.
The allocati...
February 11, 2016
Morton Schapiro and Dan Linzer
February 10, 2016
Filed under Letters to Editor, Opinion
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 we have communicated previously to faculty m...
Peter Kotecki, Assistant Campus Editor
November 19, 2015
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories
Faculty members of Northwestern’s African American Studies, Asian American Studies and Latina and Latino Studies departments wrote a letter Wednesday in support of NU students who protested institutional racism Friday.
“We are proud of the Northwestern students who worked across various organizations in...
