Campus Media Response

Writing in the Texas Tech Daily Toreador Chris Leal asks us to ponder a puzzle:

Lamenting BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Mark Costigan of the University of Oregon’s Daily Herald calls for an end to all offshore drilling. Faced with the objection that this would mean importing more of our oil, Costigan bites the bullet and says we should stop foreign oil imports as well:

Writing in opposition to the recently publicized “Everybody Draw Muhammad Day,” a show of solidarity for Trey Parker and Matt Stone of South Park fame, Saif Ansari of The Daily Bruin writes:

Objectivists Expand Presence
The Stanford Review, January 8, 2010

Dear editors,

Campus groups share thoughts on immigration reform
Daily Illini, November 20, 2009

Dear Daily Illini,

Health care reform vital for all Americans
Daily Illini
University of Illinois

Dear Editors,

In your recent editorial, “Health care reform vital for all Americans,” you applaud the proposed healthcare bill for its efforts to “reform the broken health

Madame—

Your article, “Crime and Punishment: Jumping off the coal train,” argues that despite the benefits of coal America should switch to "sustainable" energy production. Yet, aside from a ludicrous metaphor comparing coal fuel to eating cake you make no attempt to explain what the benefits of coal actually are. In other words, your article fails to fairly analyze the sacrifice involved for America to “get off the coal train”—and once considered, the cost is hardly insignificant.

Editorial: Up in arms, April 13, 2009
The Daily Princetonian
Princeton University

Sir—
Within your editorial, “Up in Arms”, you rightly point out that guns, as such, do not compromise the relationship between students and Public Safety officers. Yet, given the tension that many civilians experience when faced with an Officer of the Peace, it is worth considering the source of student anxiety. Government paternalism has become pervasive in American culture.

Campus Pro-Life returns
The Gauntlet
The University of Calgary

Madam—

The issue at stake is not the right to free speech, but rather, the right to property. Just as one can set the terms by which a guest can use one’s living room, the University of Calgary, as an independent institution, can set the terms by which students use its facilities. Apparently, the university felt that the “Campus Pro-Life” signs were disturbing enough to warrant limiting their visibility.

Thirsting After Sanity, March 26th, 2009
The Gauntlet
The University of Calgary

Sir—

In your article you argue that by extension the right to life implies that humans have a right to water. This is a gross misunderstanding of what it means for an individual to have a right. The concept, properly understood, does not refer to entitlement, but to freedom from force. Having the right to liberty, for example, does not mean that you are entitled to own a personal jet.

New Pro-Life Group Splits Off, February 12, 2009
Columbia Spectator
Columbia University

Madam—
Within your article, “New Pro-Life Group Splits Off,” an anti-abortion advocate rightly acknowledges that “When people think pro-life, people immediately think politics”. The reason for this is because the “pro-life” movement is not attempting to promote a personal belief. Rather, it is a commitment to compelling others to act according to the “pro-life” viewpoint.