Letters to the Editor

Letter: Teachers' skill needs probing

By Zachary Zeid · Wednesday, April 7, 2010

To Whom It May Concern, I have a question for you. Why are there never any articles about the quality of teachers at Eastern?

Letter: EMU should give Greeks more freedom

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Letter to the Editor: What attributes of a university does every incoming freshman look for when choosing a college to attend?

A Socialist point of view on Haiti

Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010

Dear Mr. Hendricks, I have little interest in a petty squabble over ideology with a student of political science.

Letter: EMU athletics aren't what they once were

Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009

As an alumnus, former walk-on football player and sports editor of The Eastern Echo, I am almost speechless when looking at the state of the Eastern Michigan University athletic department as it pertains to the revenue sports of football and basketball.

Letter: EMU needs to raise standards

Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009

Dear EMU community, We, Students for an Ethical and Participatory Education (SEPE), are writing you because of our mutual interest in Eastern Michigan University’s values: integrity, respect, education and relationships.

Letter: Proposed weapon legislation good for colleges

By Gordon Kangas · Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

In the Echo’s recent article on the proposed legislation to allow the carrying of weapons on campus, a variety of critics voiced their concerns. As a supporter of this bill, I would like to address those points. First, to Police Chief O’Dell, who said, “Say you have a situation where officers are pulling up and everyone has guns. There’s no way of telling who the bad guys are.”

Letter: EMU could do without football

By Zachary A. Jones · Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009

Eastern Michigan University has about a $1.8 million yearly football budget. We have 99 men on the roster, yet only 40-50 will see any play time. This means we spend about $13,000 per player this year or $26,000 per player who will see play time this year. EMU has only won 22 games in the past seven years. This is an average of 2.75 wins a season, meaning it costs us about $645,000 per win.

Letter: Halle labs should require clean-up

By Kaylan Kimbrell · Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009

I am a student worker at one of the computer labs in Halle Library. I have been here about three years and have witnessed a lot of sick people using the computers on a daily basis.

Several thousand people marched peacefully across Pittsburgh in protest of the G-20 Summit.

Letter: Idealism battered at G-20 summit protest

By Andrew Stefan · Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009

Between September 24th and 26th I was in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania covering the G-20 Summit resistance movement as an independent journalist.

Letter: Stop buying what sex sells

By Amber Bauerle · Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009

My attention was brought to something very disturbing the other day. The Eastern Michigan University hockey team has new posters for the 2009-2010 season. Rather than displaying pictures of the team or coaches, they depict our female classmates in nothing more than hockey jerseys and heels.

Letter: Digital lifestyle not causing epidemic of civic rudeness

By Stephen Vela · Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009

I would like to voice a response to the article titled “A rude new world” under B5’s Opinions.

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