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Letters to the Editor
Lambda Fraternity Shamelessly Continues
I wept for Kenny Luong when I learned of his death in the fall of 2005. I felt sickened to the core for the rest of that year knowing that, in spite of the tragedy, Lambda Phi Epsilon fraternity continued to recruit and initiate new classes. And I wept once again when [...]
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Hate Against Emo Kids Unjustified
Last week I read an article in the paper titled ‘Emo Kids and Their Useless Contributions to Society,’ (Feb. 26). Even as someone who is not ‘emo’ and doesn’t listen to emocore, I have never read a more infuriating article in the New University. Never did I expect to come across [...]
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‘Jaded’ Misrepresents ‘Progressive’
In the article ”Jaded’ Magazine Plans to Fold’ (Feb. 20), Jaded editor Diana Jou claims that ”The Irvine Progressive’ has a white liberal perspective. We focus more on race and class issues and look at pop culture critically.’ This is a false characterization of our paper. ‘Jaded’ does fulfill a particular niche, but [...]
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Nickles’ Global Warming Article Unscientific
Thank you, Jesse Nickles, for your fair and balanced assessment of greenhouse gas hysteria on Feb. 5 (‘Global Warming Not Proven by Science’), as a product of the ‘massive orgy [involving politicians, the media and corporations] that purposefully provokes conflicts, crises and confrontations to further their respective goals.’
That the United Nations [...]
Global Warming Grounded in Science
Scientists overwhelmingly agree that human activities have caused global warming. The Feb. 5 opinion article by Jesse Nickles, ‘Global Warming Not Proven by Science,’ is an example of how information about global warming and climate science is commonly misrepresented and manipulated. The graduate students in UC Irvine’s Earth System Science Department find this a [...]
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MSU Protest of Pipes Hypocritical
I found myself completely cracking up reading the New University last week. The Muslim Student Union member in charge of public relations, Marya Bangee, wrote what appeared to be a scathing article (‘Racist Speaker Welcomed by Hillel,’ Feb. 5) condemning both Hillel, a campus club, and Daniel Pipes, a speaker whom [...]
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Letter Shows Anti-Muslim Prejudice
[In response to ''24' Portrays Muslims Accurately,' Jan. 29]
First, let me say that I have no problem with ’24′s’ content. Yes, Muslims are being portrayed as terrorists in the show, but the show has had a number of different ethnicities of villains. What’s going on now is that the ’24′ writers are [...]
Letters to the Editor
’24′ Portrays Muslims Accurately
Letters to the Editor
‘No Bikes’ Policy Still Controversial
