Arizona school students were forced to cut a Mexican-American Studies program earlier this month. The Western’s Associated Students should  vote in opposition to the cut.

Open Letter to Western President Shepard,

On behalf of our entire family, I want to express our gratitude for the compassionate letter you wrote to the campus community regarding the death by suicide of my nephew, Matt Borovina, last week.  Through your courage and resolve to promote a dialogue about this tragic loss, and your decision to share details about the loss of your own son, I believe some good can come from our loss.

I read Josh Holloway’s article “Campus rec center without compost” (Jan. 27, 2012) with great interest. I had the same thought as Karina Haaseth about the lack of food recycling bins when I was at the rec center last week. In fact, it was a banana peel (as pictured in your article) from a banana purchased at the Rock’s Edge Café that I needed to discard and found no food waste bin in the lobby.

James Fitzmaurice, junior, psychology

“It would be a charter school because I think education is important and I have interesting ideas for curriculum.”

Western’s General University Requirements need a revamp.

Courtney Kesinger, junior, special and elementary education
“Good for the most part. It was kind of frustrating because I couldn’t get classes that I wanted.”

Our community was hit by a terrible tragedy Thursday. Western administrators only added insult to injury by allowing the very personal death of our peer to become the subject of a rumor mill about why he may have committed suicide. 

Dylan Weil, freshman, undecided
“Absolutely. It is a necessary thing for everyone to know in order to stay healthy and informed. If it is not taught in public school, where else will they learn it?”

Last July, the Bellingham City Council had the good judgment to approve an ordinance that bans almost all plastic grocery bags in the city. Now it is time to apply this law statewide.

Love is love, and in all respect to John Lennon and Burt Bacharach, love is all “you” and the “world” really need.