LETTER | Banning speech leaves no opportunity for growth
Brandon Fincher counters a letter published last week criticizing the Honor's College decision to invite the president of the Auburn White Student Union to speak.
Brandon Fincher counters a letter published last week criticizing the Honor's College decision to invite the president of the Auburn White Student Union to speak.
Dear President Leath and Provost Hardgrave, We, the undersigned faculty and staff, are writing to express our dismay at an event sponsored by the Honors College on the evening of Monday, February 26.
Auburn folks believe in honoring the legacy of former Dean of Students James Foy, if response to my blog post on the topic is any indication.
Social Work Month is in March and this year’s theme is “Social Workers.
There is a dream that is at stake of being eliminated in our country. That dream is DACA. 80,000 of the people around us are living in fear of leaving the only place they call home, they are called the DREAMers.
It is undoubtedly true that, "The rights of free speech and free press are two of the most sacred rights Americans possess." It is entirely wrong to believe that this "sacred" right is limited to the people The Plainsman has pre-determined are intellectual enough to exercise it.
Far-left democrats have recently been concerned with shutting down hate speech.
I'm pleased to see that freedom of speech is still alive and well Auburn.
Richard Spencer, a leader in the alt-right movement who wants to speak on the Auburn University campus Tuesday night.
We weren't sure what to expect from Richard Spencer's visit to campus. We hoped for the best but prepared for the worst.
Tonight, the Auburn community demonstrated the fullness of its creed: it rose to "doing justly" with "a spirit that is not afraid."
Congratulations on being unanimously approved by the Board of Trustees as Auburn University`s 19th president.
The significance of minorities being able to see and even meet their icons who they share a very special common identity with cannot be stressed enough.
Congratulations to Auburn for courageously forbidding Mr. Spencer to speak on campus.
Ignoring him allows him to give his lecture peacefully and without disruption, as if he were a normal intellectual deserving academic respect for his ideas.
Those who adhere to the convictions of white nationalistic thought suffer from some of the most deeply rooted ignorance found in our society today.
Over the last 20 years or so I’ve watched this movement for “diversity and inclusion” morph into something much different than advertised.
Auburn University's Board of Trustees unanimously selected Leath after a six month national ‘search’ which provided little on how it was conducted.
I believe The Auburn Plainsman newspaper should be used to boost Auburn University students, not tear them down.
Editor's note: This letter was written by the Iowa State Daily’s editorial staff. Iowa State Daily is Iowa State University's student newspaper.