LTTE: Airing concerns about the Thinkers
Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, Professor
January 25, 2019
Filed under Letters to the Editor, Opinion
The Provost’s Think Big strategic planning process will include Thinkers, people of our university whose answers to questions received the best evaluations by university leadership, faculty, administrative and students, and were then balanced for diversity before being selected. I’m excited to hear...
Letter to the editor: CWRU needs to emphasize moral education
Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, Beamer-Schneider Professor in Ethics & Associate Professor of Philosophy
November 30, 2018
Filed under Letters to the Editor, Opinion
The event convened by President Barbara Snyder on Tuesday, Nov. 27 to discuss Nazism and white supremacy's traces on campus was helpful, especially Director of the LGBT Center Liz Roccoforte's suggestion for developing a ready task force to address hate slurs on campus. One thing was missing, though: the importanc...
Letter to the Editor: Why impeachment is meaningless
Viral Mistry, Staff Columnist
September 7, 2018
Filed under Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Last week, we saw two different articles in The Observer discussing recent developments in the President Donald Trump-Russia collusion investigations and their implications for President Trump’s potential impeachment. It is a conversation I have seen in many political circles. For that very reason, ...
Letter: Impeaching Trump: how Republicans stand to gain
August 31, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Recently, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was found guilty of eight of the 18 charges levied against him by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Among the charges brought against Manafort were multiple forms of tax evasion and fraud on the federal level. The prosecution exposed Manafort’s decadent l...
Ltte: The case for Case (Western Reserve University)
Parv Sud, Guest Columnist
April 20, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Case Western Reserve University. I—and many of you reading this—have typed out those four words just about anywhere and everywhere. Whether you’ve typed them out at the end of your emails or have them prominently featured on your Facebook page, those four words connect every single one of us...
In response to “USG needs to allow a conversation on the occupation of Palestine”
April 13, 2018
Filed under Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Editor’s Note: Paul Rutecki is a former columnist for The Observer. To the editor, Last week, Timothy O’Shea expressed his view that the University should “fully divest its assets from companies that directly or indirectly fund the occupation of Palestine…”. This cause is part of a ...
Questioning if CWRU is hypocritical about ethics
April 13, 2018
Filed under Letters to the Editor, Opinion
To the editor, The short answer is, "No." But we should be careful. Case Western Reserve University’s mission is committed to “ethical behavior.” Ethics is a main area of CWRU’s Strategic Plan, and it has accepted the money of numerous donors—the Inamori Foundation and the Kent Smith ...
Ltte: In response to “A challenge to Dr. Sarma and to ourselves”
April 6, 2018
Filed under Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I am again disappointed (but not appalled) with Dr. Bendik-Keymer’s letter to the editor, “A challenge to Professor Sarma and to ourselves.” Here’s why: 1. As per my understanding of libel, the statements made in the first letter (Letter 1), “Why it’s good to be an Ivy League reject,”...
A challenge to Professor Sarma and to ourselves
March 30, 2018
Filed under Letters to the Editor, Opinion
What to say of Professor Sarma’s letter? Written by a University of Chicago graduate from roughly the time I was there, it demonstrated the attitude I’d criticized. It threw put-downs in the name of an abusive truth. At the same time, it called for argument. So let’s argue: What kind of school...
In response to “Why it’s good to be an ‘Ivy League Reject’”
March 23, 2018
Filed under Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I was disappointed and appalled when I read Dr. Bendik-Keymer’s sycophantic and unprofessional letter to the editor in The Observer. I too have heard students say that they were “Ivy League” rejects, though they say this wryly or with amusement, rather than with chagrin. Alas, the letter’s a...
