<![CDATA[Sonoma State Star - Letters to the Editor RSS]]> /se/sonoma-state-star-letters-to-the-editor-rss-1.935503 en-us Tue, 7 Feb 2012 60 <![CDATA[Student Center Construction fence ]]> http://www.sonomastatestar.com/letters-to-the-editor/student-center-construction-fence-1.2767391
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Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the Letter to the Editor regarding the fencing surrounding the Student Center site. While the green shielding can impair one's ability to view the construction, it is there for safety purposes, as well as to...

]]> Mon, 6 Feb 2012 1.2767391 Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor <![CDATA[Disappointment with Obama ]]> http://www.sonomastatestar.com/letters-to-the-editor/disappointment-with-obama-1.2767387
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Dear Editor, I am in complete agreement with Sam Levin's commentary (Jan. 31-Feb. 6) regarding the various presidential candidates. Personally, I lost interest in the Republican stable when John Huntsman, their only really well-qualif...

]]> Mon, 6 Feb 2012 1.2767387 Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor <![CDATA[Construction Fence ]]> http://www.sonomastatestar.com/letters-to-the-editor/construction-fence-1.2749573
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Dear Editor, Am I the only one annoyed by the green shielding on the fence around the new Student Center construction site? I enjoy watching the process, and find it frustrating that I can't easily see what's going on. Can we take down a few sectio...

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 1.2749573 Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor <![CDATA[Waitlist policy is useless ]]> http://www.sonomastatestar.com/letters-to-the-editor/waitlist-policy-is-useless-1.2734165
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Dear Editor, As a junior at Sonoma State that has spent enrollment appointments yelling at my computer screen and unfairly displacing my frustration with our limited class choices on my roommates, I was excited when I first heard of the opportunit...

]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 1.2734165 Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor <![CDATA[Mark Yaffe poorly portrayed in recent article ]]> http://www.sonomastatestar.com/letters-to-the-editor/mark-yaffe-poorly-portrayed-in-recent-article-1.2725242
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Dear Editor, I found the recent article on Mark Yaffe and the comedy night at the Pub rather puzzling. First, because the man pictured next to the article is not Mark Yaffe. Second, because some of the actions attributed to Mr. Yaffe were actually ...

]]> Mon, 5 Dec 2011 1.2725242 Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor <![CDATA[Zinfandel Dining Hall is a scam ]]> http://www.sonomastatestar.com/letters-to-the-editor/zinfandel-dining-hall-is-a-scam-1.2725241
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Dear Editor, My name is Devon Pinto and I am a freshman here at Sonoma State University. As we all know, the cafeteria here at Sonoma State is no five star restaurant. When looking at the prices of eating at the dining hall one day, I noticed somet...

]]> Mon, 5 Dec 2011 1.2725241 Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor <![CDATA[The tragic loss of leadership ]]> http://www.sonomastatestar.com/letters-to-the-editor/the-tragic-loss-of-leadership-1.2725240
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Dear Editor, My name is Jonathan McGonagle, I am a junior at Sonoma State and I have been involved in the leadership program for three years now in several different areas. According to a study done by Harvard, 6.7 percent of the world's populati...

]]> Mon, 5 Dec 2011 1.2725240 Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor <![CDATA[Bring University 238 back ]]> http://www.sonomastatestar.com/letters-to-the-editor/bring-university-238-back-1.2698460
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Dear Editor, Sonoma State is currently on the horizon of great change. There has been extensive dialogue within the administration, faculty senate and Associated Students, Inc. as to how we want to shape the identity of SSU for the next 50 years an...

]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 1.2698460 Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor <![CDATA[Error in Student Center Fee result ]]> http://www.sonomastatestar.com/letters-to-the-editor/error-in-student-center-fee-result-1.2686621
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Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the Nov. 1 STAR article, 'Dialogue continues over Student Center debate,' which contained inaccurate information. The recent article that was printed in the newspaper stated that the Student Center referen...

]]> Mon, 7 Nov 2011 1.2686621 Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor <![CDATA[Thank you, Protestors ]]> http://www.sonomastatestar.com/letters-to-the-editor/thank-you-protestors-1.2662358

I am writing this letter to thank the extreme church group that came to campus on Monday insulting/condemning every group and community on campus. Don't get me wrong: I found nothing they said to be true or even relevant, but I still must thank them. ...

]]> Mon, 24 Oct 2011 1.2662358 Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor <![CDATA[9/11 panel was reflection, not debate]]> http://www.sonomastatestar.com/letters-to-the-editor/9-11-panel-was-reflection-not-debate-1.2651585
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Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the assertions made by last week's 'Voices of Diversity' contributor, Michael Zebulon. Normally I would not bother responding to such an intellectually dishonest rant, but he has so mischaracterized both the...

]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 1.2651585 Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor <![CDATA[Use registration to survey students]]> http://www.sonomastatestar.com/letters-to-the-editor/use-registration-to-survey-students-1.2651583
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Dear Editor, There have been questions raised about the integrity of last spring's vote on whether or not students wanted to pay an additional $300 annual fee for a new Student Center. This semester we are told there is going to be an 'alternative...

]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 1.2651583 Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor <![CDATA[Resources for Sonoma State Veterans ]]> http://www.sonomastatestar.com/letters-to-the-editor/resources-for-sonoma-state-veterans-1.2651581
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Dear Editor, I appreciate the positive attention your front-page article in last week's Star gives to veterans as SSU. I am glad that student vets have been organizing to meet their needs. I want to add a new resource for vets and their families ...

]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 1.2651581 Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor <![CDATA[Generation Apathetic ]]> http://www.sonomastatestar.com/letters-to-the-editor/generation-apathetic-1.2639970
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Dear Editor, In the aftermath of the 2010 protests of tuition increases in Britain, a 15-year-old high school sophomore gave an impassioned speech in which he asserted that we were no longer the 'post-idealistic generation;' no longer the generatio...

]]> Mon, 10 Oct 2011 1.2639970 Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor <![CDATA[Student Center issue is important ]]> http://www.sonomastatestar.com/letters-to-the-editor/student-center-issue-is-important-1.2626961
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Dear Editor, In the most recent Star issue dated 9/26, there was an article entitled 'Student Center lawsuit dropped, groundbreaking postponed,' in which article, the reader could easily infer that the Lawyer Committee for Civil Rights had dropped ...

]]> Mon, 3 Oct 2011 1.2626961 Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor <![CDATA[What should we consider “obscene?” ]]> http://www.sonomastatestar.com/letters-to-the-editor/what-should-we-consider-obscene-1.2626959
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Dear Editor, In regard to the art displayed by Mitsu Okubu; there is the perception of a double-standard on campus. I recently completed a mandatory 'Sexual Harassment Training' course. From the information within that course, if I chose to displa...

]]> Mon, 3 Oct 2011 1.2626959 Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor <![CDATA[Administration Rigs Student Election ]]> http://www.sonomastatestar.com/letters-to-the-editor/administration-rigs-student-election-1.2597727
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Dear Editor, The SF Civil Rights Lawyer's Committee has challenged Sonoma State University's election on April 11-13, 2011, for student fee increases of $300 per year as having 'serious voting irregularities.' As a witness to the election process...

]]> Mon, 19 Sep 2011 1.2597727 Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor <![CDATA[A Global Colleague ]]> http://www.sonomastatestar.com/letters-to-the-editor/a-global-colleague-1.2585909
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Dear Editor, On Aug. 23, 2011, Sonoma State University lost an emeritus faculty member and a pioneer at this institution. Carlos Benito was chair of the Economics Department when I was hired in 1998 as a full-time faculty member (and was also cha...

]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2011 1.2585909 Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor <![CDATA[History behind the mascot]]> http://www.sonomastatestar.com/letters-to-the-editor/history-behind-the-mascot-1.2575878 Rick Luttmann
By: Rick Luttmann

Dear Editor, There were some references in issues of the STAR in the preceding term to the matter of Sonoma State's mascot. A brief review of the history of the campus mascot might be useful. A column in your 15-21 March issue contained the state...

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2011 1.2575878 Letters to the Editor Rick Luttmann Letters to the Editor <![CDATA[Where is the funding?]]> http://www.sonomastatestar.com/letters-to-the-editor/where-is-the-funding-1.2574344 Anna Dow
By: Anna Dow

I am shocked and saddened to hear that there will be no funding or programming for the Multicultural Center in the upcoming year. I am concerned about where our money is going and what the school's priorities are. In President ]]> Sun, 4 Sep 2011 1.2574344 Letters to the Editor Anna Dow Letters to the Editor