Letter submitted to the editor regarding a previous feature, “Elephants in the Room.”

Dear Students: As the workers who care for you and your campus, what we do is essential to UC’s ability to provide you with a world-class education.  Our work isn’t glamorous, but we do it to support you – our future – and we take real pride in that. Today, we are engaged in a [...]

In response to “Defining the Dialogue: Part 1” On May 24, during Palestinian Awareness Week, City on a Hill published a piece called “Defining the Dialogue: Part I” with the subhead “Anti-Semitism in the Quarry and the Classroom,” that presented a decidedly one-sided portrayal of the controversy surrounding criticism of Israeli policy on college campuses [...]

I want to congratulate City on a Hill Press for its public exposure of the vile racism and hate speech that lecturer Tammi Benjamin offers to this Campus year round. Finally the truth comes out when she admits her belief that, “advocating on behalf of the Palestinians is advocating against a certain people and a [...]

To the editors and readers of City on a Hill Press, I’m a member of the UCSC faculty who came here because of a belief in publicly-funded education that provides both affordable access to all qualified students and a rich learning environment for them, including research opportunities.  I’ve cheered the efforts of students lobbying, protesting, [...]

AN OPEN LETTER Dear Friends at the UCSC Alumni Association and at UC: Recently you have called me to renew my contributions to UCSC. I cannot in good conscience contribute to any University of California charity while the present situation continues. I am a proud graduate of the University of California. Today some of my [...]

Dear Editor, While I greatly support holding Student Governments accountable, as was stated in the 11/17 Editorial “SUA Mismanaged Funds”, [retitled "Students Must Stay Informed About SUA Decisions"] I wanted to address a gross inaccuracy within that editorial. The ReFund California campaign is a statewide coalition of many organizations, including a number of Unions.  A [...]

To the Editor: In 2003, at UCSC 90.74 percent of voting students made a monumental decision to pass Measure 7, the Campus Programs Fee, in an effort to preserve valuable student services cut by the state, students agreed to levy a tax of up to $51 per student per quarter. At the time an overwhelming [...]

Dear Editor, In response to your article “Of Porn and PETA” (6 Oct. 2011), I would like to provide some insight into the motives behind PETA’s PETA.xxx website. PETA’s job is to draw attention to animal suffering, and we have found — and, as the author noted, your article confirms — that people do pay [...]

Letters to the Editor for Volume 46 Issue 2.