In the media, from the Spectrum to the New York Times, there has been a constant rallying cry. They are all, at once, advocating for some type of military escalation in Syria. The chemical attacks, allegedly by Assad, have…
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Letter to the Editor| Response to “Political Commentators Inability to be Wrong”
Apr 26, 2018, 8:30 AM 0
This article is in response to Erik Jonasson II’s article, “Political Commentators Inability to be Wrong.” I find this title to be ironic because the entire article is only about one video of Tucker Carlson interviewing Bill Nye. Also,…
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Response to “I Watched Ben Shapiro Debates For A Week” Part 2
Apr 16, 2018, 8:30 AM 0
This is a part two response to Erik Jonasson II’s article “I Watched Ben Shapiro Debates for a Week”. In this letter to the editor, I aim to focus more on Erik’s dialogue with Shapiro regarding transgenderism, mental…
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Response to “I Watched Ben Shapiro Debates For A Week”
Apr 5, 2018, 8:30 AM 0
Mark Simonson Graduate Student Agribusiness & Applied Economics (701) 367-3574 This article is in response to Erik Jonasson II’s article, “I Watched Ben Shapiro Debates For A Week.” In his article, Erik obviously claims to have been watching Shapiro…
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Letter to the Editor | Response to ‘Responding to The Spectrum’s Misunderstanding of Free Speech’
Mar 26, 2018, 8:30 AM 0
This is a Letter to the Editor responding to another Letter alleging that Ezra Gray’s articles are hateful, bigoted, and don’t belong in a University newspaper. I contend that their logic is flawed, untrue, and aims at censoring those…
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Letter to the Editor | A response to “Gun Control for Dummies”
Mar 22, 2018, 8:30 AM 0
When I first read this article, I was hopeful. Indeed, the first five sentences were on point. This article, which could have been an intelligent point of discussion, falls apart there. For starters, people will “stop a god damn…
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Letter to the Editor: Response to ‘Birth Control Should Not Be Free’
Mar 5, 2018, 8:30 AM 0
This article is a response to ‘Birth Control Should Not Be Free’ as well as some entry-level comprehensive sex education. To think that birth control is only used to prevent pregnancies and that it only comes in the form…
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Letter to the Editor: Response to ‘Intolerance: Liberals Hatred of Conservatives on Campus’
Feb 22, 2018, 8:30 AM 0
Let me begin this letter with a little about myself, so you may understand where I am coming from with my experiences as an individual: I am in my third year here at NDSU, majoring in English. I am…
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Letters to the Editor | A response to Ezra Gray’s “Should America Have A Black History Month?”
Feb 15, 2018, 8:30 AM 0
Hey Ezra, I have a few clarifications for you in response to your “Should America Have A Black History Month” piece. In it, you question whether or not other races deserve national history months to go along with African…
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Letter to the Editor | Response to ‘Voice of the Alt-Right’
Feb 15, 2018, 8:30 AM 0
My name was on the same page as his. My words were on the same page as his. His name is a disgrace upon this city. So why, why do we continue to give Peter Tefft a platform for…