LETTER TO THE EDITOR

To the Editor: The proposed $70.000 bike-sharing program is wasteful of student fees. The school year runs from August to June. We’re lucky to be able to ride our bikes until December. From December to April, like this year, it’s mostly impossible to ride due to poorly cleared sidewalks and icy roads. Full story

Letter To The Editor

To the Editor: The reason I am writing you this letter is on behalf of your article about wrestling not being an Olympic sport. The article was a nice story; however, you made some small yet important mistakes in your argument. These mistakes caused, at least for me, a loss of credibility. Full story

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To the Editor: BBC News reported in July of 2001 that it had become possible for a woman to have a child with just two eggs--no sperm was necessary. So, I guess there is a societal power on (the natural) earth that can give two women the ability to produce children. Full story

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To the Editor: In his response to my earlier letter, Mr. Jim Steele raised a few objections to the reasons demonstrating the moral evil of LGBTQ relations. Additionally, the two-fold purpose of my letter also caused some confusion in Mr. Steele’s mind. Full story

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To the Editor: I wish that individuals could look to better the future of this country without twisting the passages of the most contradictory book of all time to adhere to their own personal bias.  Over 75 percent of American adults identify themselves as Christian, and it’s safe to say that any legislation with moral repercussions has some Christian figurehead endorsing or denouncing it on behalf of the church. Full story

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To the editor: According to dictionary.com, a “straw man” is a “sham argument set up to be defeated.” Benjamin Whalen does this with extraordinary skill. Here is the essential unfounded assumption he makes in order to tear apart homosexuality (or is he tearing apart “tolerance”… it is unclear to me): LGTBQs don’t act according to reason, but instead their community “seeks pleasure and emotional satisfaction as the primary goal of sex. Full story

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To the Editor: Good parents often tell their children to stay away from those who may have a bad influence on their children. Moms and dads are likely to tell their teenage son to steer clear of drug addicts. But, one could argue that this goes against the whole idea of tolerance so prevalent in society today. Full story

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I attended NDSU from ’64 to ’68. It was the spring of my sophomore year when I, a friend and my friend’s lady friend decided to have some good, clean, wholesome fun one Saturday night along with another friend, Mr. Buckhorn. We were young, at 18 and 17. Full story

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Response to Gay Marriage Head-to-Head

Response to Gay Marriage Head-to-Head While reading Joshua Haider’s opinion column on Tuesday, several inconsistencies and gaps in logic came to mind. First, Joshua insists that his anti-gay marriage stance, which “hurts society,” is “not to demean or imply inferiority of LGBT individuals. Full story