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Two top AU administrators respond to the controversy surrounding Alex Knepper's recent column.
The Eagle's editor in chief and managing news editor respond to criticism of March 29 column
The following are letters to the editor in response to Alex Knepper's March 29 column, "Dealing with AU's anti-sex brigade." We encourage more responses.
Alex Prescott’s suspension as SG Vice President on Sunday hardly came as a surprise - and for good reason. Traditionally, the office had been one of the more visible and appreciated SG positions due to its main responsibility of planning events for the AU student body. Unfortunately, students this year had few events worth actually celebrating.
Congratulations, Democrats. You’ve got a lot to be proud of. Significant health care reform has finally become a reality for the United States after a year of contentious debate. But moreover, the political tides have clearly shifted in your favor.
Jeremiah Headen likely lost the vice presidency of the Student Government over a hyperbolic Facebook note. Its contents — a blast of old-school masculinity — slammed men for not realizing that being manly had nothing to do with what is between one’s legs, but rather is about values, stoic resolve and hard work. It ended with a silly, all-caps call to raid booty and women from neighboring villages.
I don’t drink. I don’t attend parties. I have found the whole college social scene and the culture surrounding it to be irritating and tedious.
Numerous complaints about off-campus parties have led AU officials to seriously consider expanding the jurisdiction of the Conduct Code. The Eagle implores them to reassess.
The scene on Capitol Hill Saturday afternoon was fit for the plot of a surreal and twisted comedy. With most congressional offices open for the weekend in advance of Sunday’s greatly anticipated final vote on health care legislation, staffers hunkered down to answer an endless stream of phone calls from constituents hoping to make their voices heard.
Recently, I had found myself avoiding participating in and even attending interfaith events. The usual dance with the same crowd speaking the same rhetoric had dulled me to a point that I no longer found great benefit in their pursuit. Enter the National Cathedral and its historic Christian-Muslim Summit held there earlier this month.
Accepted students for the class of 2014: congratulations! You’ve finally completed your college application process and are now faced with the equally daunting prospect of making your choice. I think it is important to remind our readers, especially any prospective students out there, that there is a reason why we are all here and write such passionate columns: we all love American.
The Eagle Editorial Board explains which candidates it picked for the Student Government elections this spring.• Other endorsements
On Tuesday and Wednesday there will be a student election where we’ll get to decide the fate of clean energy at AU. It will be the culmination of a 10-month long process. Last May, I received an interesting e-mail from AU alumnus Marie Stratton. In the e-mail was a link to Macalester College’s Clean Energy Revolving Fund, whose mission is to “encourage global sustainability on campus and in the community, by funding innovative projects that demonstrate environmental leadership and economic benefit.” The idea struck me as brilliant.
On the SG ballot this week will be a seemingly innocuous referendum question that purportedly asks students to support the so-called “Clean Energy Revolving Fund.” Unfortunately, that is not what the referendum advocates.
My name is Jeremiah Edward Headen, and I am writing this op/ed to explain my words in a Facebook note titled: "Calling ALL MEN." I choose the word "explain," because I have a terrible tendency to speak in a manner in which only I understand. This is a problem of mine that my mother has critiqued of me countless times.
Again and again in this election season we've heard calls for transparency in the Student Government. The candidates and the judicial boards have talked plenty. I think it's worth hearing a word or two from the rest of us.
How can I continue to have faith in humanity when there are smart people in the world who can look me in the eye and tell me “Blah Blah Blah” is a good song? AU should expel those two students who were arrested for destroying the recruitment center for behavior unbecoming [of] AU students. So ...
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