Category: Letters to the Editor

Seems simple, even hip. If “Free Palestine” meant to just give Palestinians an independent state, then I along with almost all Jews, including the Israelis, would pay to propagandize such a positive message. But the questions that I have for those “Free Palestine” shirt-wearing people are: 1) What do you mean by “Palestine?” 2) In […]

Last week, in “Palestine Awareness Week needs to advocate peace,” Ben Goodman wrote, “during the Palestine Awareness Week, Amir Abdel Malik Ali … talks about Israel as an apartheid country, calls her a Nazi regime and vocally advocates a one-state solution: Palestine. No Israel.” Ben, please don’t put words in our speaker’s mouth. This is […]

In response to Saleem Azad’s article on Palestine, I agree with the main point (now, before I get bashed for this, let me just get it out in the open: I am a Jew). Even if this event is just propoganda for the Palestinians (which it didn’t seem like to me when I saw it), […]

You can imagine my embarrassment when I came across a San Francisco writer’s commentary on the assault on free speech our country has faced in recent years and saw my alma mater as an example of Orwellian like thought control. (SFGate.com “When Speech Becomes a Crime” by Cinnamon Stillwell, June 28, 2006)

I missed the 2003 story of College Republican Steve Hinkle being found guilty by Cal Poly for “disruption” for the crime of putting up a flier advertising a black conservative speaker.

I think Erin Lutsko’s letter to the editor “Todd why?” is one of the best letters written in the Mustang Daily! It’s almost as good as Brian Eller’s “conservative” column. I think that bashing Todd Maki on his haircut and also Tylor Middlestadt as the current ASI president is an excellent strategy to make people […]

While reading Mr. Ingram’s article on the FDA 4/20 decision, I realized that he must not be very well informed. So I wondered, who picked this guy to represent the Cal Poly liberal perspective? My liberal-sided friends, we really need someone to explain to us the liberal viewpoint, instead of spewing out unbacked opinions with […]

I have had the pleasure of living behind a house full of five girls for the last year. For the most part, it has been a great experience and the underlying reason for this great experience has been attributed to one person in particular, that person is Anne Giapapas. Giapapas is precisely the type of […]

I’m supporting Todd Maki for ASI president because he’s made a commitment to students for the past three years that exemplifies his dedication to the cause of student advocacy. Todd hasn’t waited for the better part of four years to make a difference on campus. Instead, he’s taken his passion for student succession and made […]

Yes, the Cal Poly Democrats and Cal Poly College Republicans finally agree on something. We both whole-heartedly endorse Todd Maki for ASI president. Only someone like Todd could bring our two clubs together. We are voting Todd because … he has been working for Cal Poly students for the last three years. Few people on […]

In my involvement as a leader in a number of organizations on this campus, I have never come across anyone more qualified to be ASI president than Todd Maki. When I first joined ASI two years ago, I believed ASI only served its own self-interest and was ineffective at serving student needs. I was flat […]

The cookie cutter response as to why you should vote for Todd Maki for ASI President is experience. My reasoning has to do with the byproducts of experience, knowledge and connections. Todd knows the position, it’s responsibilities, it’s role in the organization and the university, as well as the proper channels to influence change. Todd […]