Dear Collegian, Thank you for publishing the essay “Christian Ideals Can Contribute to Acceptance of Domestic Violence” by Charlotte Graham and the accompanying illustration by Parker Wilhelm. I don’t think the verb “force” in the sentence “These basic beliefs force a practicing Christian to make excuses for their abusers,” is accurate, but other than that, [...]

To the editor: Charlotte Graham’s article “Christian ideals can contribute to acceptance of domestic violence” raises the notion that because Christianity teaches love, humility and forgiveness people being abused should forgive them and keep silent. As a Christian and a social work major, I find numerous things wrong with this article. I have worked with [...]

To the editor: The column, “Classes meant to ‘weed-out’ STEM students unfair to non-majors,” badly mischaracterizes College Algebra. College Algebra is not a “weed-out” course. The vast majority of the students are not STEM majors, and there are just a handful of math majors. The goal of the class is not “to weed out students [...]

To the editor: I thought the Kansas State University community might like to know what I actually said at the April 4 “Take Back the Night” rally. The article describing the event ["Take Back the Night Rally Condemns Rape" in the April 5, 2013 edition] misquoted me. I actually spoke about the importance of seeing [...]

To the editor: I’m writing in response to the opinion piece “Students should err on side of caution when traveling abroad,” written by Ian Huyett. I’m a KSU alum who served with the Peace Corps in Guinea from 2004-2006. The Peace Corps was a life-defining experience for me. I had the wonderful opportunity to live, [...]

Members of K-State’s Black Student Union raised a valid point in their recent guest editorial calling for more diverse faculty and staff members. Please know the university is committed to increasing the number of faculty members from under-represented groups. There has been considerable discussion on campus considering the status of the American Ethnic Studies program [...]

Spencer Wood, This letter is in response to your editorial in The Collegian on Tuesday, April 9th, “American Ethnic Studies growing, not diminishing.” In particular, we would like to address your claim that “No contracts are being terminated, and two of the three annual instructors are being offered contracts for the fall.” As of 9:30 [...]

Fellow K-Staters, Over the past several months, we have worked with students from across campus to develop a plan for the future of the K-State Student Union. The result was the Your Union campaign, which has been spread throughout campus over the past three weeks. The campaign culminates today and tomorrow, as students have the [...]

I want to thank members of the Black Student Union for their guest editorial, “K-State has long way to go to meet 2025 goal of a diverse workforce,” published Friday, April 5. As the Interim Director of American Ethnic Studies I appreciate and support the BSU’s call for improving university support for the recruitment, retention [...]