Posts Tagged ‘letter to the editor’
Letter to the Editor: Safe Spaces are for progression
By Susan Rother, Webster University student On Wednesday, Dec. 2, The Journal published Daniel Carcione’s “Safe spaces are unnecessary – the real world is not a safe place for anyone” in response to one of the Association of African-American Collegians (AAAC) demands to Webster University’s administration after several attempts to meet with them on…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Webster needs a service-learning office for students
By Robert McMullen, Webster University adjunct professor As I was reviewing my Keystone class and preparing to teach it in the spring, I realized that I would need to help my students find volunteer opportunities since Webster Works is only in the fall. I searched the Internet for volunteer opportunities and found that St.…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: a letter to President Stroble
By David Kirkman, Webster University student President Beth Stroble of Webster University: First of all, thank you for taking the time to read this. As you probably already know, what I am about to talk about is going to be very sensitive and a very tough subject to talk about. I am a 20-year-old…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Kaldi’s, please bring back the tip jar
By Kyle Meadors Dear Editor, I am a senior audio production major at the Webster Groves campus, and I recently bought a scone and a chai latte at the Kaldi’s cafe in the library. This is my first year off the meal plan, so when I pulled out my wallet and prepared to dump my…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Flyers break anti-harrassment policy, endanger writer of opinion piece
By Kate Wylie We are Webster. We are vocal. We are passionate. Especially when it involves injustice in our own community. That is why the Black Lives Matter movement is alive and well within Webster Groves (and St. Louis as a whole) more than a year after the Michael Brown shooting. But that means that…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Say all lives matter, but do they really?
By Mia Malcolm Picture it: America, 1492. Columbus sailed the ocean blue. It was such a beautiful meeting for native peoples, filled with genocide and syphilis. Fast forward about 130 years and we celebrated the first Thanksgiving, where we broke bread with Native Americans, sat with them, murdered them and stole their land. #AllLivesMatter. Picture…
Read MoreFrom the other side of the screen: An online student’s Webster experience
Online student Kaylan Schardan is part of the Webster community, but she doesn’t feel like it.
Read MoreAdjunct calls for solidarity
“Webster operates the same way Walmart does: it passes on the cost of its personnel to others.” Philosophy Professor Steve Findley writes a letter to the editor in support of adjunct unionization.
Read MoreThe Plight of the Adjunct
A letter to the editor from Rachel Craft, adjunct instructor in Webster’s Anthropology & Sociology Department “Why no phd adjunct,” I needlessly Googled following my advisor’s warning that I risk foregoing my Ph.D. if I instruct as an adjunct full-time. The plight of the adjunct is admitted in academia as a rite of passage. According to the American…
Read MoreWebster, the Digital Age is now
In today’s media-driven world, the elimination of printed flyers is necessary at Webster University.
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