letters to the editor
Your view: Low turnout leaves demand for blood high after finish of NBDM
National Blood Donor Month is over, but we still need blood!
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Your view: ACTA worse than SOPA, PIPA
An article was published in The Plainsman about SOPA and PIPA. It stated they had been shelved and from the way the article was written it almost seemed to display the fact that the threat was over...
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Your view: Gays still facing injustice
A few weeks ago in the Opinions section, it was said that, “The injustice of the past is gone. There is no discrimination that’s enforced legally.”
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Your view: There is still discrimination in America
Discrimination against sexuality is still rampant – the fight for marriage equality is huge and isn’t getting enough attention in the South.
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Your view: ‘Red Tails’ misleading on airmen’s history
The movie about black Tuskegee Airmen in WWII titled “Red Tails” is currently making the rounds.
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Your view: Tehran persecuting Iranian followers of Bahá’u’lláh
For religious and ideological reasons the government in Iran for the past 30 years has denied members of the Baha’i religion the right to attend any Iranian institution of higher education.
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Colbert isn’t any more a crock than the current crop
by Zachary Welman
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Last week, as you all may have seen, Stephen Colbert, in a skit so risible as to be outdone only by the ridiculousness of the Citizen’s United Supreme Court decision Colbert has long mocked, transf...
Stay active beyond SOPA
by Alexander B. Roberson
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On Wednesday, January 18, 2012, Wikipedia blacked out and the world ended.
Your view: Christians not perfect
by Michael Waldrop
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To every atheist we’ve called a fool, to every Jew we’ve ridiculed, to every agnostic, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu or anyone else we have misunderstood or mistreated, I want to apologize.
Your view: ignorant Christians at root of Christmas problems
by James Deagle
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While I agree with your contention that a simple “Merry Christmas” (or “Happy Hanukkah” or “Happy Ramadan”) should not offend anyone, I don’t think it is over-sensitive atheists who pose the bigges...
Your view: Fans shock with rival’s treatment
by Colonel Ray Gauger
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The 2011 Iron Bowl is in the books. My team won, which is always good; but that’s not what I want to talk about.
Your view: ESPN film paints odd picture of Alabama
by Tim Penix
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I am not sure how many people watched the ESPN film “Roll Tide/War Eagle,” but after watching, I didn’t know exactly how I felt about the show.
Rules must change for legislature
by Daniel Bauman
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Recent allegations against Congressman Spencer Bachus (R, AL-06) are an embarrassment to this state and to this University (of which he is an alumnus) and bring to light a gross conflict of interes...
Your view: LGBT students need protection
by Eric Austin
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In high school I had the opportunity to participate in a campaign called “Support Student Safety.” Our student-led group worked tirelessly for an academic year to urge the Metropolitan Nashville Sc...
Your view: OWS 'must be correctly understood'
by Tyler Look
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I appreciate your bravery and willingness to write an Op-Ed for the Plainsman, and exercising your freedom of speech and expression of opinion through a media source such as the Plainsman. However...
Your view: OWS protests inequality, not wealth
by Sheila West
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I sincerely respect the thought of informing the people about today’s issues and events; however, the article you published titled “‘Occupy’ demands echo Obama Politics” was misleading, and the “fa...