Universe.byu.edu - Opinion
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Letter: Ask questions
I was appalled at the spiteful and contemptuous tone of the recent letter, “WRI Lies,” printed in Tuesday’s Daily Universe. Scornfully dismissing demonstrators who petitioned in support of the Women’s Research Institute by advising them to “stop crying about the l …
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Letter: Kind opposition
I find it a bit disconcerting that we needed a headline to reassure students that professors defend the stance on the church’s endorsement of a gay rights ordinance in Salt Lake. I’m very glad that the church made this position, not because I think it will change the perspective of non-m …
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Letter: Be grateful for Thanksgiving
The air is crisp and chill, and all around campus, signs of Christmas begin to appear ... in early November. I would say that I am as fond of Christmas as anyone else, but it seems a shame to completely skip over Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is introduced in primary schools with stories of pilgrims an …
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Letters: Responses to 'capable woman'
I am sorry that you are so insecure with your womanly independence that you feel the need to be offended by young men’s attempts at politeness and respect. I am sorry that you are offended at how we are taught by our leaders, including the prophet, to treat women. We are taught that we owe a d …
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Viewpoint: What is right?
The notion of “rights” exercises an overwhelming authority over the world in which we now live. Its reign is so absolute, at least in the West and among already westernized peoples, that we can hardly conceive of any other idiom in which to understand and organize our common world. …
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Viewpoint: Earthy tracks fill new 'Twilight' soundtrack
There’s something about love, vampires and screaming teenage girls that doesn’t quite lend itself to a soundtrack that could be enjoyed by both the male and female genders. However, I’m a guy and I am publicly admitting that the “Twilight: New Moon” soundtrack is ridicu …
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As Tavernari goes, the Cougars go
VIEWPOINT The beginning of the BYU men’s basketball season reminds me of a story my father once told me. An Indian boy had come to the point at which it was time to be a man. Among his people, the ritual was for a boy to climb to the top of a nearby mountain, and when he returned he would ret …
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Letter: Capable woman
BYU culture struggles to maintain the outdated and patriarchal views that disguise feminine repression through seemingly selfless acts of self-proclaimed “gentlemen.” While walking through campus, I do not see any damsels in distress. I see competent, intelligent, professional women tha …
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Letter: Climate sciences
Climatology: statistical study of climate and weather patterns over a long period of time. Paleoclimatology: statistical study of climate and weather patterns over past geologic time. Mr. Stern, I do not understand why you believe that geology, biology, volcanology and statistics have nothing to do …
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Letter: LGBT agenda
Isaac Higham’s letter (“Divisive viewpoint,” Nov. 12) is a classic example of false propaganda by the LGBT community. First, nobody is trying to stop the LGBT lifestyle. There is no law banning homosexuality and they are free to do as they want with their lives. Secondly, if the …
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Letter: Stand-in swearing
Having lived around the globe, I have been exposed to a variety of unique cultures and their respective languages. I’ve grown accustomed to hearing Mandarin, Hindi and Spanish in their native environments, but perhaps the most foreign dialect I’ve encountered yet is the local lingo of BY …
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Letter: WRI lies
If you didn’t sign the petition in support of the Women’s Research Institute Thursday at their demonstration, consider yourself lucky because it would have been a huge waste of time. The rally was intended to spread more lies and rumors about why the WRI was dissolved. For example, thei …
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Letter: Library love
Thanks for your article “Happily Ever After” on Thursday. I’m a graduate student, and this is my last semester. Your article gave insight into why I haven’t married while at BYU. Apparently, instead of reading my textbooks in the library I was supposed to use them as props t …
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Letter: Greed and gratitude
To the author of the Nov. 10 editorial, “Politicians and the press”: Giving your readers a false sense of importance, and thereby a false sense of reality, is just as severe a disservice as failing to cover the issues they care about. The Daily Universe should be careful that they do not …
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Letter: “Real news”
Upon reading Heather Wrigley’s viewpoint (“Real news vs. publicity stunts,” Nov. 10), it was apparent to me that the story of 50 people trucking a handcart full of petitions to the Church Office Building must indeed be “real news.” Why else would she devote over 500 wo …
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Viewpoint: The Second Amendment--Not an argument of extremes
More than 30,000 Americans were killed by firearms in 2006. That’s like the tragedies of Fort Hood and Columbine happening three times a day, every day, or the World Trade Center 10 times a year. read more
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Viewpoint: What is a Right?
I have pondered the loud, incessant, sometimes mindless claims of individuals who see virtually everything as being a ‘right’ that they entitled to. Not to stir up controversy but to cause some serious reflection on the part of your readers, I have chosen to take a very narrow view of &l …
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Do you agree with BYU's decision to dissolve the Women's Research Institute?
* Yes * No * Only if another option is presented to replace it
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Letter: The “F” word
BYU needs the Women’s Research Institute. There are many feminists at BYU, male and female, who find that their religious beliefs complement and strengthen their social beliefs. During my time at BYU I have found myself, as an LDS woman and a feminist, realizing that these things are perfectl …
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Letter: Divisive viewpoint
Heather Wrigley (“Fit to Print,” Nov. 10) is quite right that The Daily Universe should decide for itself what is newsworthy, and I do not take offense to her view that the handcart trek was not newsworthy. However, certain things within the column offended me deeply. Wrigley labeled th …
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