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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Discourage hate and discriminatory speech on our campus

(03/31/19 4:45pm)

In 2017, the Department of Justice reported more than 7,000 hate crimes, defined as acts of physical harm and specific criminal threats motivated by animus based on race, color, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. Fifty-eight percent of those crimes were racially motivated. The DOJ  illustrated a sizable number of hate crimes on the basis of religion (22 percent), sexual orientation (15.9 percent), gender identity (11.7 percent) and disability (1.6 percent).










LETTER TO THE EDITOR: No we don't need to get 'thicker skin'

(03/14/19 3:14pm)

Recently, there was an opinion column featured on Central Michigan Life about the recent events regarding hate speech on campus (“Free speech for all, even transphobes and racists." Feb. 22, 2019). The author misrepresents several points in his article. The first being his use of the Constitution as a defense for hate speech. Another is his ignorance on what governs the student body here at Central Michigan University.


GUEST COLUMN: My opinion on being a snowflake

(03/22/19 6:26pm)

I wake up in the morning and hazily make coffee, begrudgingly put on jeans and a t-shirt that I pull out of the dryer, and sleepily make my way out the door. I go to classes for my final — most challenging semester. Between calculus, German, and neuroanatomy, I have not much time unaccounted for. I see my boyfriend in the transition between his classes, and I proceed to make my way to work. After a few hours of rigorous lab preparation, I find myself driving home, probably bopping in my car to some lame country song that was popular before I was old enough to remember its release. What makes me so special?