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The Lafayette

The Oldest College Newspaper in Pennsylvania

The Lafayette

The Oldest College Newspaper in Pennsylvania

The Lafayette

Letters

Letter to the Editor: Response to Pards for Palestine

November 17, 2023

To the editor, The Pards for Palestine op-ed piece and their defense of the poster “from the river to the sea” requires a rebuttal. I applaud the students for making a statement, but their excuses...

Letter from the Editor: Student Government debate

Letter from the Editor: Student Government debate

By Madeline Marriott, Editor-in-Chief October 20, 2023

To the Lafayette community, Election season is approaching, both on the state and local level and on College Hill — the Student Government will hold its executive board elections for the 2024 cycle...

Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor

By Madeline Marriott, Editor-in-Chief September 1, 2023

To our readers, This is the 150th volume of The Lafayette, and you know what they say – the 150th time's the charm. It brings me great joy when I see community members flipping through papers around...

Letter from the editor

Letter from the editor

By Nathan Kornfeind, Editor-in-Chief May 5, 2023

To the Lafayette community,  As I reflect on this past year and write what likely will be my last words ever for The Lafayette, I feel some sadness but also much fulfillment. It has been an honor to...

Letter to the Editor

By Alexandra Hendrickson April 21, 2023

Thank you for the article about Ramadan dining in your April 14 edition. I appreciate you offering the Lafayette community a window to learn about the varied religions and cultures practiced by our student...

Letter to the Editor

By Cate Cheng April 7, 2023

I am writing to address my dissatisfaction with how my words were used in an article featured in the March 10 edition of The Lafayette. Upon speaking to my peers and housemates that were also featured...

Letter to the Editor

By Ariel Haber-Fawcett, Ari Ismail and Briana Thomas March 24, 2023

Our goal in establishing SJP at Lafayette is to encourage freedom, justice and equality for Palestinians in the context of the collective liberation of all peoples. When the administration denied our application,...

Letter to the Editor

By Miles Asher Dorai-Raj March 24, 2023

The article posted March 10 about QPOC living in Lavender Lane not only misrepresented the QPOC experience in the house, but took the opinions of its residents out of context. The way that both Image and...

Letter to the Editor

By John Meier and Ingrid Furniss March 10, 2023

Dear Editor-in-Chief, The March 3 article about the request to form a Students for Justice in Palestine chapter contains the following sentence: “Among the ideas on the sticky notes were to address...

Letter to the Editor

By Ethan Berkove March 10, 2023

The Hillel board would like to briefly respond to some comments in the March 3, 2023 article about the request to form a Students for Justice in Palestine chapter.  To provide some context, the Lafayette...

Letter to the Editor

By Lily Dineen March 10, 2023

Walking away from the Naval Academy last weekend, the track and field team had eight top-10 performances and nine personal bests – a culmination of a full season’s work. Spirits were high after many...

Letter to the Editor: Intent versus impact

By Meredith McGee February 24, 2023

When I saw the recent letter to the editor written by Matt Murphy, I was dismayed at the choice that The Lafayette took to publish it. While I take personal issue with the words espoused by Murphy himself,...

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