Ltte: Questioning the reality around tenure
Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, Elmer G. Beamer-Hubert H. Schneider Professor in Ethics
April 15, 2019
On Wednesday, April 17 from 12:30 -1:30 p.m. in the Toepfer Room of Adelbert Hall, “Members of the CWRU Emeriti Academy who have been engaged in the Think Big strategic planning process will lead a discussion on The Future of Tenure: Rationale and Reality.” So reads the official announcement of an ope...
Ltte: Responding to Reif
Shmuel Berman
March 1, 2019
Last Friday, The Observer ran an opinion column that was mainly a defense of statements made by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Mn.) which extended to a disappointingly one-sided analysis of the complex Middle East conflict. This column came after a week and a half of back-and-forth controversy over Omar's stateme...
LTTE: Airing concerns about the Thinkers
Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, Professor
January 25, 2019
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
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
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
Leo R. Thuman
August 31, 2018
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
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”
Paul Rutecki
April 13, 2018
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
Jeremy Bendik-Keymer
April 13, 2018
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”
Deepak Sarma
April 6, 2018
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,”...
