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Pub’s Past Was Great, Future Should Be Too

To the Editor:   The vision of a University Center in Healy basement belongs to Sue Palmer Johnson, the director of Student Activities in the early 1970s.  I was fortunate to work with her,...

Questioning the Role of Humanitarian Enforcer

By Justin Kirschner March 25, 2011

To the Editor: In regard to the editorial, "Getting This One Right" (The Hoya, A2, March 22, 2011), I believe there is a larger question to be raised concerning the humanitarian intervention in Libya. One...

What One Author Should Learn From His Jesuit Education

By Jeffrey R. Blanche March 3, 2011

It is said that Mark Twain wrote, "When I was 14, my father was so ignorant that I could hardly stand to have the man around. But when I got to 21, I was astonished as to how much the man had learned in...

The Effects of DADT Repeal Remain Delayed

By Shruti Dusaj February 8, 2011

Regarding The Hoya's 1/25/11 article "‘Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal's Effect on ROTC Limited," I think it is important to note that "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) has not yet completely gone away since...

North Korean Atrocities Are No Laughing Matter

By Hannah Kang November 2, 2010

I was shocked and disgusted after reading "Scandalous Halloween Costumes Put the `Ho' in Hoya" (THE GUIDE, Oct. 22, 2010, G14). Although I am generally an avid reader of your weekly and usually excellent...

Military Policy Recalls Rights Struggles of Past

By Alex Newton October 29, 2010

TO THE EDITOR: While "`Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Protects Personal Privacy in Military" (THE HOYA, Oct. 22, 2010, A3) proposes a decent argument on the sacrifice of certain inalienable rights upon enlisting...

Shutting Out Minority Voices Harms All

By Kevin Flannery October 29, 2010

TO THE EDITOR, "`Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Protects Personal Privacy in Military" (THE HOYA, Oct. 22, 2010, A3) relies on two offensive premises to defend the military's unwise and discriminatory policy. First,...

Coburn’s Haiti Aid Opposition Misrepresented

By Peter Nesbitt October 15, 2010

To The Editor: Bethany Imondi's viewpoint "Aid to Haiti Should Not Be Political" (The Hoya, Oct. 8, 2010, A3) exemplifies what is wrong with liberals on campus. Instead of doing independent research...

Course Option Merges Service and Academics

By Kathleen Maas Weigert April 23, 2010

To the Editor: As the Executive Director of the Center for Social Justice, I applaud your raising the issue of integrating service with academic study ("Fortify Study With Service," The Hoya, April...

Proposal Embraces Wide Variety of Options

To the editor: As members of the Academic Working Group of the Diversity Initiative, we would like first to express our appreciation for all the feedback, suggestions and constructive criticism we have...

Administration Caved to Plan A Bullying

By Fiore Mastroianni March 28, 2010

To the editor: As a recent alumnus and long-time editor at The Hoya, the university's response to the belligerent and disrespectful group, Plan A: Hoyas for Reproductive Justice, angered me. I spent...

In ‘Goode’ Times and Bad, We Still Love Hoyas

By Opinion Editor April 3, 2007

To the Editor: I was disappointed to read Harlan Goode's opinion of Jeff Green's performance in the Final Four game against Ohio State Saturday night ("Game Was Green's to Win," The Hoya, March 21,...

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