I have been ashamed of my alma mater since it gave an honorary degree to Phyllis Shafley, whose hatred of women’s rights [and gays] brings disgrace to a liberal arts university.

I am writing with reference to the article entitled “Happy Anniversary, Roe.” And to be honest, I’m a bit shocked. I’m not terribly shocked that a pro-choice article was featured in StudLife. No, this is Wash. U. That is normal, even respectable.

Dear Editor, A huge thanks to the Obama administration for its outstanding efforts to protect access to affordable birth control for millions of women, including women employed by religiously affiliated institutions serving the broader public. Birth control use for basic preventive health care is nearly universal in the United States.

Being a St. Louis native has advantages not afforded to many Wash. U. students. I live in the dorms; however, I don’t wait for mail, I can see my dogs whenever I want and I can score free meals whenever my family eats out. In particular, I’ve enjoyed not having to navigate the mess that is traveling back to St. Louis.

Dear Editor, The “dying and inefficient business model” at whose legitimate legislative efforts Professor Glenn MacDonald is so quick to scoff comprises nearly 95,000 businesses in the United States that support approximately 2.2 million mostly middle class workers (many of them in unions) and contribute more than $15 billion annually in federal and state taxes.

Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the most recent staff editorial, entitled “Finally, a candidate who can multitask.

This country is founded on ideas of religious tolerance and freedom, as well as a separation of church and state. In recent years, however, it seems like the line between religion and politics has become increasingly blurred, an especially troubling issue in the area of reproductive rights.

Dear Editor An article entitled “Wash U is segregated” was published in Student Life recently, describing our campus as self-segregated. Apparently, that was a surprising fact to some readers. As a black male who is now a senior, it was not a surprising observation to me.

Dear Editor: The premise of the article “Will the racial divide in hip hop end?” is unfounded and the entire piece is poorly researched.

Dear Editor, Last week, Studlife elected to run an ad by the David Horowitz Freedom Center on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Several editorials opined on the subject, and stated that they believed the paper erred in doing such.