Proper awareness of racism: I am writing in response to your cover story on Tuesday, April 26 titled “Muslim student group racially targeted on the Internet.”
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Tap is better than the bottle: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
—Margaret Mead (1901–1978)
Don’t ban the bottle
Bottled water is here to stay. Think about it: whereas there is a nearly free water source in your kitchen or workplace thanks to indoor plumbing, the appeal and convenience of bottled water has proven to supersede common sense—oil extraction, chemical resources, recycling and shipping are all necessary to produce the product. And that’s only the container!
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A bit excessive
I just wanted to send a quick note about the article regarding the Elections Board hearing [“ASPSU candidates investigated before campaigning begins,” April 12].
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Ban bottled water at PSU: A body of students and faculty at Portland State University are fighting desperately to ban bottled water on the University’s campus as the practice of bottling and shipping water appears to be an extremely ecologically destructive and energy intensive process as well as harmful to community water supplies.
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Bring your sickness to class
Please tell me Alexis Jewell is a comedian playing at journalism? Really?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR March 11, 2011
What the Portland Business Alliance is all about
Contrary to a recent opinion column published in the Vanguard, the Portland Business Alliance has been a longtime supporter of public education in this region, from K-12 to higher education.
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I am writing in regards to Elizabeth Bommarito’s “Snake oil: Is Kombucha a health miracle or a malady?” [March 1].
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*This is a full version of ASPSU Senator Karen Ulbright’s letter to the editor. The letter published on Feb. 15 was edited for brevity.
President Katie Markey’s use of her executive staff’s fee-funded office time to compose flippant and misleading editorial defenses for her dismaying term of office is a self-serving and unethical use of student resources.
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In Defense of Student Government:
In the February 8 edition of The Vanguard two editorials criticized Katie Markey’s Presidency and the entire ASPSU network.
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ASPSU has a long history of working with students at the university and state levels students to solve issues that affect them.