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An open letter to SLU administration

To SLU administration: We are very disappointed to see SLU’s approval of Allen West on our campus under the guise of free speech on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Allen West is not just a speaker who happens...

Courtesy of Brooke Kenworthy.

Letter to the Editor: Brooke Kenworthy

Brooke Kenworthy, Contributor February 27, 2023

Hello Billikens! My name is Brooke Kenworthy. I’m a Junior majoring in Civil Engineering and minoring in Studio Art! After much prayer and planning, I have decided to run to serve as the 2023-2024...

Courtesy of Marquis Govan.

Letter to the Editor: Marquis Govan

Marquis Govan, Contributor February 27, 2023

Who am I?  I am a practitioner of love, a servant grounded in faith, I am fallible. Though indeed I’m also an activist, an empath who seeks to emulate the magnanimous grace of the god that I serve....

A proper campus pizzeria, please

Dr. Paul Bracher, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry February 6, 2023

I write to lament the unconscionable absence of a proper pizzeria on our fair campus. While it is true that a few local restaurateurs peddle menu items they call “pizza,” any reference to these establishments...

Response to "Faculty and Staff Statement of Solidarity"

Response to “Faculty and Staff Statement of Solidarity”

Jill Burkemper, Ph.D December 7, 2021

I write in response to the "Faculty and Staff Statement of Solidarity" published in The University News last week. Putting aside the topic of Matt Walsh's communications, the Statement sends a questionable...

A Faculty Response to “The Gateway/Gayway Times Debacle, Fully Explained”

Faculty Contributors December 2, 2020

The recent UNews article reporting the deplorable social media attacks on LGBT people at SLU included inaccurate and disparaging remarks about SLU’s Catholic Studies Centre. As we all know, SLU’s...

Please, just get your flu shot

Please, just get your flu shot

Jacob Goyen, Contributor February 21, 2019

Dear Editor, Flu vaccinations have been a topic of debate for many years now due to a number of factors—such as skepticism towards their possible “side effects.” The speculations regarding the...

Just say no to tobacco (yes that includes vaping)

Just say no to tobacco (yes that includes vaping)

Peter Pys, Contributor February 20, 2019

Dear Editor, To many, tobacco has become the most controlling thing in their lives, and it has been since they first used it. The addictive adrenaline rush has hooked millions—and kills 480,000 Americans...

Empowering women with access to healthcare information

Empowering women with access to healthcare information

Faith Nixon, Contributor February 19, 2019

Dear Editor, In recent decades, women’s equity has been increasingly recognized as a crucial component of achieving countless health and development objectives. Disparities in educational access,...

Dr. Jonathan Smith,  Vice President of Diversity and Community Engagement

Happily Collegial, Even in Conflict

Dr. Jonathan C. Smith, Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement December 7, 2017

As I sat down to read the November 16 issue of the UNews, I was struck by the luminous constellation of student-authored op-ed pieces in that issue. Among them, Grant Mayfield, Jaryn Blackshear-Bryant,...

A Call to Action for Students

A Call to Action for Students

[email protected] April 27, 2017

My fellow Billikens, we have work to do. When the Oath of Inclusion was created, it was not to show our campus as it existed, but rather as it could and should exist. After a series of bias incidents,...

Response to editorial on contraception

Response to editorial on contraception

[email protected] April 27, 2017

Dear UNews Editorial Board, I strongly disagree with your view, and SGA’s, that “SLU should increase access to contraception.” I respond in particular to your editorial in last week’s issue...

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