I am a huge proponent of freedom of speech. I believe wholeheartedly that we must allow people to voice their opinion, even when I disagree with it to the greatest extent.
In response to the controversy surrounding the presentation given by professor McCarthy Friday, I wish to voice both my opinion and knowledge regarding the factuality of the Armenian genocide orchestrated by the Ottoman Turks in 1915.
The Alachua County Commission meeting set for this evening promises to highlight the all-too-familiar clash between those who want to bring more development to the county and those who want to protect natural open spaces.
They're tryin' to make me go to rehab.
Last month, U.S. Sens. Max Baucus and Charles Grassley sent letters to universities with endowments worth at least $500 million, asking why they aren't using more of that cash to help make a college education more affordable.
Last Friday there was an extremely biased, highly misrepresentative and clearly false argument presented by Professor McCarthy as he denied the genocide of Armenians in 1915. It is important to note that an overwhelming majority of the information presented in McCarthy's lecture came from his own research - the same research which has been called "carelessly written, often misinformed, and shamelessly following a Turkish nationalist agenda" by prominent scholars such as the International Association of Genocide Scholars and the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies.
Regarding Tigran Kesayan's Friday letter, apparently Mr. Kesayan has never been exposed to Dr. McCarthy's work before - otherwise he would at least know that his name is not James McCarthy but Justin McCarthy. If you don't even know somebody's real name, how can you question his scientific work?
Why does Turlington have two names?
I don't know if I ever told you, but I went to Harvard. It's true.
Tigran Kesayan, 1LS
After reading Benjamin Burwell's column on the Marriage Protection Amendment, I stared at it in disbelief. I'm not at all surprised that there are people who still think it is okay to discriminate against members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
If you've had enough of this on-again-off-again weather, rest assured that Spring Break is now officially one month away. So while you spend your time in class today calculating just how many beers your tax rebate will buy on some sunny beach in Mexico - or just how many will get you through Valentine's Day - join us for this week's edition of…
To claim, as Burwell did in Wednesday's column, that marriage is defined and given meaning by a couple's ability to have (heterosexual) sex - and subsequent offspring - is absurd.
Dear Facebook,
The column supporting the anti-gay marriage amendment is a disappointing rehash of illogical arguments.
I will vote against the marriage amendment simply because of Benjamin Burwell's ridiculous column. Essentially, what is a marriage? It is a couple's declaration of commitment. For some it is toward the church, but for all it is toward the government. Therefore, whatever the pope said about marriage doesn't matter to a majority of people. What right does he, or any church, have to define such a term in a country of free thought and religion?
The mortgage crisis has dealt a major blow to the Sunshine State's real estate market, affecting everyone in the process.
What Benjamin Burwell doesn't realize is that the so-called "Marriage Protection Amendment" in Florida has nothing to do with gay marriage. In Florida, same-sex marriage is already banned by two state laws and a state court decision.
The debate over gay marriage is not the civil rights movement of our generation.
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