Letters to the Editor

Have you ever considered the obstacles of completing college as a parent? This thought rarely crossed my mind until six odd months ago when I received a positive pregnancy test. Though filled with excitement and anticipation, I find myself questioning my ability to finish one last remaining semester next fall with my son due in August. Grappling with the how-to of my dilemma has become an enormous headache and cause for worry.

Dear Luther folk
of every sort:
student, staff and teacher--
and all other mouths concerned
o’er Dining Service’ features

In numbers lies
the strength we need
before it is too late.
Click here to add your name, too,
if you care who serves your plate.

The time has come,
the bell has rung,

As we enter the middle of the semester, that wonderful time filled with ample amounts of homework and exams all crammed around a weeklong reprieve that does little to rejuvenate us and more to make us long for summer, the Caf starts to wear on me. The food cycle starts to repeat itself for a third time, and I begin to ask myself just how many buffalo chicken salads I’m going to be able to handle. To be fair, this isn’t Sodexo’s fault; it’s simply the nature of a campus cafeteria.

Dec. 2, 2009

To the Editor of Chips:

As I read the Chips article about the proposed wind turbine, I was finally able to verbalize what it is that has been bothering me about Luther College. In the article, Professor Martin-Schramm is quoted as saying, “Around that time [Philosophy professor] Jon Jensen and I took students up to the ribbon cutting of Carleton’s new wind turbine.

Coming into the role of Student Senate President is a hard thing to do. In many ways, I wish I knew then what I know now: there is an endless array of challenges the student body faces in letting their voices be effectively heard. It isn’t people that stand in our way, don’t get me wrong. President Torgerson and the entire administration are genuinely concerned with student life at Luther.

We are very pleased to have the opportunity to clarify, in general, the representation of student diversity on Student Senate.

There are six Diversity Representatives on Senate. These individuals are elected by the entire student body - they appear on the same sheet used in the elections to check mark votes for President, VP, Secretary/ Treasurer and Class Reps.

Even authority can be bootlegged. Greg Lonning and the CCAC are doing a grand job of it.

Regarding the ELCA Sexuality Statement article, published March 12, 2009, I was supremely disappointed with the analysis of PRIDE’s position on the issue. Being the interviewee, representing the student organization, I feel the need to clarify my words for the author and audience of the article.

Dear Luther College,

We’d like to make the Luther community aware of two different campus issues that seem different on the surface but have the same root cause.

Hey! We have a new president-elect that I didn’t vote for: Barack Obama. In all sincerity, I wish his administration the best of luck and congratulate all those who worked on his campaign for a fight hard fought. But, given our changing political climate and the fact that this week is Freedom Week, it’s time to be on the watch.

I would like someone to rationalize this contradiction for me: why is it that the same people who preach peace, love and tolerance also buy into this society’s strange fascination with and admiration of militant radicalism, namely, Che Guevara. Why is Che Guevara a fashion icon and a symbol of being hip and with it?

My fellow Norse,

As a Luther College Republican, I know I am in the minority. I’m not disputing that fact whatsoever. I knew that this was one of the most liberal colleges when I made the decision to come here and also when I recently joined the Luther College Republicans student group.