Category: Letters to the Editor

Brian Eller’s “America: Land of the Dumb” column indicates he is motivated to learn

I think the faculty at Cal Poly are right in their move to strike. The administration

I’d like to compliment Eller on a compelling defense of school voucher programs by completely

Brian Eller, while you have a valid point, you blame the wrong people. How can you

To Kayvan Chinichian, a political science sophomore, who displayed a sign stating, “Jesus would have been a Democrat”: Kayvan, you call yourself a liberal. Isn’t it you liberals who are trying to get Jesus’ name out of schools, off currency, and out of our national pledge? Isn’t it you who are trying to abolish Jesus’ name? Did you realize you just spent several hours on a project only to publicize His name? If that’s not hypocrisy, I’m not sure what is.

I agree with Eller that we need more school choice. Vouchers seem like a good solution, as they allow low-income and middle-class families to escape underperforming, low-performing public schools that they would otherwise be forced to go to.

However, vouchers are not the perfect solution, and may even do harm to the private school system.

In response to a letter to the editor published Monday (“Hate speech is not protected”), how is citing verses from the Quran hate speech? It is possible that the Quran has hateful messages in it, and that quoting those verses is hate speech, but then you’d be calling the most holy book in the religion of Islam hateful.

Thank you to everyone who participated in ASI’s Rock the e-Vote last week! We really appreciate all the comments and concerns you shared with us. Please feel free to e-mail me with any additional questions or concerns you have: asielections@asi.calpoly.edu.

Recently, Cal Poly celebrated the Arab Awareness Week with movies, a speaker and a culture night. We were also invited to change the status quo of the Middle East in a workshop on Saturday and learn even more about the Israel/Palestine issue on Sunday.

I agree, we should be aware of the Arab culture.

Tuesday’s political display on Dexter Lawn left me with mixed emotions. I certainly

I must start off by saying how much I appreciate the “All that’s Left” column for