Editorial

Opening the floodgates: Admissions creates difficulties for housing

When the University finds higher numbers of incoming students than expected, admissions officers and most other University administrators see dollar signs. However, administrators in the University Housing Office see first-year students living in residence hall lounges.

Level playing field: Title IX does not achieve gender equality

It may have taken 25 years, but the University has 12 official women's athletic teams that make up about 40 percent of the total number of student athletes. According to the U.S. Department of Education's Civil Rights office, that means the University is squarely within the limits of a 25-year-old law.

Feminists lose their strength by fighting the wrong battle

The word "women" does not contain a 'y.' While I risk losing membership privileges in the sorority of womanhood for the following statement, I am not a feminist. I have no desire to be a feminist.

Letters to the Editor

03-31-97

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