2008 Woodie Awards
Letters to the Editor
Issue date: 4/16/08 Section: Editorials and Opinion
To the Editor:
This is my first year attending St. John's University and I must say we have the strangest break. Not only is it the wrong time for Spring Break, but we have midterms the following week. A break is supposed to be a time for students to relax and ease off from all the work we had since beginning the spring semester. However, the whole break I spent studying for my upcoming exams and not once did I feel like I was on a break. I'm sure a lot of people can relate to my frustration and it's quite unfair. Those who work and study hard should have a "real" break. Students need the time off every now and then to work efficiently and to stay healthy. Breaks are very crucial for students to stay sane after working so hard. In addition, spring is far from February and it's silly to call it Spring Break when half the time it was freezing and raining. There has to be a change in the school system where Spring Break is actually set during spring and also not right before the week of midterms.
Stephanie Lau
Class of 2011
To the Editor:
Students and professors on facebook together should not present a problem. Users now have the option to control who sees what. By setting your profile private, meaning only "friends" can see your pictures and information, people you don't want to see your profile won't. By fixing your settings you can make it appear as if you don't even have a facebook.
Your name won't appear in searches and when posting on friends' walls your picture will appear as a question mark and cannot be clicked on and no name appears. If for some reason your professor friend requests you and you actually want to accept, you can limit the amount of information they can see by allowing them to see your "limited profile". This is where you can choose what information is seen by simply unchecking the things you do not wish for them to view.
There are more positives than negatives when it comes to professors being able to have access to facebook, which have been named in previous articles. Facebook makes it just as easy to remain private as it does to have all your business out there.
This is my first year attending St. John's University and I must say we have the strangest break. Not only is it the wrong time for Spring Break, but we have midterms the following week. A break is supposed to be a time for students to relax and ease off from all the work we had since beginning the spring semester. However, the whole break I spent studying for my upcoming exams and not once did I feel like I was on a break. I'm sure a lot of people can relate to my frustration and it's quite unfair. Those who work and study hard should have a "real" break. Students need the time off every now and then to work efficiently and to stay healthy. Breaks are very crucial for students to stay sane after working so hard. In addition, spring is far from February and it's silly to call it Spring Break when half the time it was freezing and raining. There has to be a change in the school system where Spring Break is actually set during spring and also not right before the week of midterms.
Stephanie Lau
Class of 2011
To the Editor:
Students and professors on facebook together should not present a problem. Users now have the option to control who sees what. By setting your profile private, meaning only "friends" can see your pictures and information, people you don't want to see your profile won't. By fixing your settings you can make it appear as if you don't even have a facebook.
Your name won't appear in searches and when posting on friends' walls your picture will appear as a question mark and cannot be clicked on and no name appears. If for some reason your professor friend requests you and you actually want to accept, you can limit the amount of information they can see by allowing them to see your "limited profile". This is where you can choose what information is seen by simply unchecking the things you do not wish for them to view.
There are more positives than negatives when it comes to professors being able to have access to facebook, which have been named in previous articles. Facebook makes it just as easy to remain private as it does to have all your business out there.
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Andrew David
posted 4/17/08 @ 6:18 PM NA
To Thomas Jewels, the anthropology major, sometimes I find it hard to believe that in this modern day, places of Academia and tolerance still hold people whose minds are as shallow as their major. (Continued…)
Christopher Guichard
posted 4/17/08 @ 10:28 PM NA
It is amazing the sheer level of bigotry and venom that seems to be laced throughout Thomas Jewels. To say things like "How can they allow a Hindu students council", it completely absurd. (Continued…)
Lori
posted 4/18/08 @ 5:01 PM NA
To Thomas Jewels:
I am more offended by your trashing other people's faiths than you are by those who choose to live them out. I'd love for you to cite specific passages from any of the holy books that tell us not to be tolerant of one another, because I know they're not in the Bible. (Continued…)
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