Letters to the Editor Archives - Page 2 of 6

Harambe’s death highlights America’s hypocrisy

Online Editor on March 31, 2017 in Letters to the Editor, Opinions

Last year, the country broke out in rage when the 17-year-old silverback gorilla, Harambe, was killed. Cincinnati zoo officials were forced to make the difficult...

An unique love-hate relationship with Tech

Online Editor on March 3, 2017 in Letters to the Editor, Opinions

I am going to graduate this May, and only now, when the separation date is very nearby, that I realized I have developed a love-hate...

Your hate will not silence me

Online Editor on February 17, 2017 in Letters to the Editor, Opinions

Two weeks ago I found my “I <3 Israel” bumper sticker on my car covered by a Hitler sticker. I have been fortunate enough to...

Have empathy when considering others’ plight

Online Editor on February 3, 2017 in Letters to the Editor, Opinions

Empathy: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another. There has been a massive lack of it over the past few months ever...

Strangers in a Strange Land

Online Editor on January 31, 2017 in Letters to the Editor, Opinions

“What would happen if we included horizontal gene transfer in the model?” It was an intriguing question asked by a new Ph.D. student from Iran....

Do not confuse TV with real history

Online Editor on January 21, 2017 in Letters to the Editor, Opinions

To compare dry lessons about names, dates and events in a history course with a dramatized, for-profit television program based on names, dates and historical...

Attention: millennials do care about politics

Online Editor on November 11, 2016 in Letters to the Editor, Opinions

Initially, my letter to the editor was supposed to be about why I disagreed with an article the Technique ran earlier this month. Then the...

Addressing views on sexual assault

Online Editor on November 11, 2016 in Letters to the Editor, Opinions

We are PAUSE (People Against Unwanted Sexual Experiences), and we are tired. We are tired of seeing you use your news source as a means...

A case for supporting Johnson, Buckley

Online Editor on November 3, 2016 in Letters to the Editor, Opinions

Despite minimal media coverage (and even less positive media coverage) Gary Johnson, the Libertarian presidential nominee, is currently polling between five and seven percent, which...

Upgrading to electric buses a necessity for Tech

Online Editor on October 21, 2016 in Letters to the Editor, Opinions

While the quality of Tech students and a Tech education has only risen in the past years, one aspect of Tech has remained relatively constant:...

Standing up to crude rhetoric

Online Editor on October 14, 2016 in Letters to the Editor, Opinions

There comes a time when we must stand up and say, “No, no more.” The time might be abolition of institutional slavery, extermination in 1930s...

A rape survivor’s frustration with new USG policies

Online Editor on September 30, 2016 in Letters to the Editor, Opinions

***TRIGGER WARNING: The following article contains information about sexual assault which may be triggering to survivors*** Almost two years ago, I was raped. I have...

What it means to be an American

Online Editor on August 1, 2016 in Letters to the Editor, Opinions

At a recent travel immunization appointment at Stamps Health Center, the doctor was surprised to hear of my plans to visit India for a friend’s...

Nukuna, Mudrinich; the realistic ticket

Online Editor on April 15, 2016 in Letters to the Editor, Opinions

Last week the Technique published its Consensus Opinion — its annual endorsement of one of the Student Government (SGA) executive tickets. In it, the Editorial...