<![CDATA[Niner Online - Letters to the Editor RSS]]> http://www.nineronline.com/se/niner-online-letters-to-the-editor-rss-1.747895 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:11:45 -0400 en <![CDATA[Appeasement jeapardizes national security]]> http://www.nineronline.com/viewpoint/2.6776/appeasement-jeapardizes-national-security-1.1751333

By: Donald A. Moskowitz


President Obama is making mistakes impacting our foreign policy....

]]> 1.1751333 Sun, 17 May 2009 15:43:13 -0400 <![CDATA[In Response to ”Hugo Chavez’s hand – would you shake it?”]]> http://www.nineronline.com/viewpoint/2.6776/in-response-to-hugo-chavez-s-hand-would-you-shake-it-1.1735586

By: Seth Jennings


Not being affiliated with (or should I say afflicted by) any political party and generally viewing politics and politicking as nothing more than another form of entertainment, I wanted to take a moment to comment on people like you, people who pretend to ...

]]> 1.1735586 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:45:53 -0400 <![CDATA[In Response to ”Bell tolls for hours after system reset”]]> http://www.nineronline.com/viewpoint/2.6776/in-response-to-bell-tolls-for-hours-after-system-reset-1.1735580

By: Matt Wayton


The photograph above this article has an image of three women holding their ears. All three of them are wearing hoodies from different universities. This is kick in the face to our university and you are devaluing my degree....

]]> 1.1735580 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:44:12 -0400 <![CDATA[In Response to ”Hugo Chavez’s hand – would you shake it?”]]> http://www.nineronline.com/viewpoint/2.6776/in-response-to-hugo-chavez-s-hand-would-you-shake-it-1.1735575

By: Onyewuchi Obirieze


I found some aspects of the article misplaced and challenging for variety of reasons.First of all, it is difficult to make any distinction between personal and U Times view. Secondly, the timing presented it as immature, retrogressive and counter-producti...

]]> 1.1735575 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:42:21 -0400 <![CDATA[In Response to ”UNC Charlotte visited by bible providers last week”]]> http://www.nineronline.com/viewpoint/2.6776/in-response-to-unc-charlotte-visited-by-bible-providers-last-week-1.1726530

By: William Rice


I can’t believe this actually was the main story. I didn’t read the opinion about animals, but I can’t imagine it could make less sense. I think the two personalities that wrote this article should duke it out and just let one of them pr...

]]> 1.1726530 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:42:08 -0400 <![CDATA[In Response to the need for blood donors]]> http://www.nineronline.com/viewpoint/2.6776/in-response-to-the-need-for-blood-donors-1.1725450

By: Andreina Turrubiartes


For someone who has donated blood six times, I’m asking you: how many times have you donated? Rules: weight at least 110 lbs., have a picture ID, and have enough iron in your blood. UNC-Charlotte gives many opportunities to donate blood. So why have...

]]> 1.1725450 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:09:17 -0400 <![CDATA[Regarding the use of the pesticides and the effects on wildlife]]> http://www.nineronline.com/viewpoint/2.6776/regarding-the-use-of-the-pesticides-and-the-effects-on-wildlife-1.1718947

By: Will Dalen Rice


Today, as I was at the lake at the front of campus picking up garbage, I kept seeing the signs that say “No fishing.  Herbicides in use.”  I started thinking.  Why do we use herbicides?...

]]> 1.1718947 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:10:25 -0400 <![CDATA[In Response to "New Iconic building is not economical"]]> http://www.nineronline.com/viewpoint/2.6776/in-response-to-new-iconic-building-is-not-economical-1.1718943

By: J. Christian Nuccio


In response to your well-written article, I wanted to bring up a couple of points concerning the school’s spending and the economic crisis....

]]> 1.1718943 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:07:31 -0400 <![CDATA[In Response to "John D. Rockefeller: Villain or Hero?"]]> http://www.nineronline.com/viewpoint/2.6776/in-response-to-john-d-rockefeller-villain-or-hero-1.1718931

By: James Wadsworth


This letter is in response to Rob McCormick Jr.’s “John D. Rockefeller: Villain of Hero?” article, published April 2, 2009. While Mr. McCormick managed to summarize some of Alex Epstein’s points made during his March 31st talk, &ld...

]]> 1.1718931 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:03:51 -0400 <![CDATA[In Response to "Non-Smokers support raised cigarette tax"]]> http://www.nineronline.com/viewpoint/2.6776/in-response-to-non-smokers-support-raised-cigarette-tax-1.1718920

By: Alex Wolf


I am a smoker, and I could not disagree more with “Non-Smokers support raised cigarette tax”. The incoherent lack of a logically flowing argument aside, I was more bothered by the ideas raised in the article, than the syntax itself....

]]> 1.1718920 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:53:08 -0400 <![CDATA[In Response to “Newest Obama appointee didn’t pay her taxes”]]> http://www.nineronline.com/viewpoint/2.6776/in-response-to-newest-obama-appointee-didn-t-pay-her-taxes-1.1646102

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Dear Editor:   In the article “Newest Obama appointee didn’t pay her taxes,” Eva Hill writes that “Labor Secretary Hilda Solis […] was unable to utilize common sense when making decisions regarding her taxes.” Thi...

]]> 1.1646102 Tue, 7 Apr 2009 00:44:33 -0400 <![CDATA[In Response to Name Change Vote in SGA Election]]> http://www.nineronline.com/viewpoint/2.6776/in-response-to-name-change-vote-in-sga-election-1.1646101

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Dear Chancellor and Students,   I just got finished voting for SGA positions and I was surprised to see there was actually a question on there about changing the school’s name.  This seems to me to be as important as spending large sums of...

]]> 1.1646101 Tue, 7 Apr 2009 00:43:25 -0400 <![CDATA[In Response to Name Change Vote in SGA Election]]> http://www.nineronline.com/viewpoint/2.6776/in-response-to-name-change-vote-in-sga-election-1.1646094

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Dear Chancellor and Students,   I just got finished voting for SGA positions and I was surprised to see there was actually a question on there about changing the school’s name.  This seems to me to be as important as spending large sums of...

]]> 1.1646094 Tue, 7 Apr 2009 00:40:44 -0400 <![CDATA[In Response to “Campus awareness of global warming”]]> http://www.nineronline.com/viewpoint/2.6776/in-response-to-campus-awareness-of-global-warming-1.1640497

By: Will Dalen Rice


Dear Mr. Chancellor,   As I walked back from the Cone Center at 2:00 am on Saturday night (getting back from a Venture trip to Boone for the day), I admired the many sights on campus and quiet that surrounded them. Them, I saw something that seemed s...

]]> 1.1640497 Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:22:04 -0400 <![CDATA[In Response to “Awkward e-mail survey fails at appealing to students”]]> http://www.nineronline.com/viewpoint/2.6776/in-response-to-awkward-e-mail-survey-fails-at-appealing-to-students-1.1620271

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Dear Editor:   First, I would like to ask why you request feedback, but don’t print any of it in the paper.  Isn’t that the point of a viewpoint page? Your viewpoints seem to only be by your staff writers. I am writing about Brittany...

]]> 1.1620271 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:21:57 -0400 <![CDATA[In Response to “UNCC makes plans to go beyond diverse”]]> http://www.nineronline.com/viewpoint/2.6776/in-response-to-uncc-makes-plans-to-go-beyond-diverse-1.1480997

By: James Wadsworth


Dear University Times staff, The recent article documenting the increased diversity at UNCC reveals the inherent contradiction of the diversity movement at UNCC. The universities statement on diversity claims that, “UNC Charlotte strives to create a...

]]> 1.1480997 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:07:37 -0500 <![CDATA[In Response to “SGA denies name change vote extension”]]> http://www.nineronline.com/viewpoint/2.6776/in-response-to-sga-denies-name-change-vote-extension-1.1480995

By: Lewis Morgan


Dear University Times staff, You left out a very important piece of information: the vote was 
originally supposed to be over a two-week span beginning yesterday, 
but was moved to it’s current time due to “clerical errors” on ...

]]> 1.1480995 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:05:16 -0500 <![CDATA[In Response to “Bigotry prevails after all”]]> http://www.nineronline.com/viewpoint/2.6776/in-response-to-bigotry-prevails-after-all-1.910849

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Dear University Times staff, This is a response to an article entitled “Bigotry prevails after all.” I would like to begin by stating that I support same-sex civil unions. I would like to contend a different point:  the article&...

]]> 1.910849 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:10:51 -0500 <![CDATA[In response to University Times coverage of Election Day]]> http://www.nineronline.com/viewpoint/2.6776/in-response-to-university-times-coverage-of-election-day-1.902597

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Dear University Times,   I am one who fully believes in the freedom of speech and the right for all Americans to have their voice heard on an issue. However, in Thursday, November 6 issue of the paper, that line was crossed for all the wrong reasons....

]]> 1.902597 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:36:05 -0500 <![CDATA[Concerning the future of this country and the Second Amendment]]> http://www.nineronline.com/viewpoint/2.6776/concerning-the-future-of-this-country-and-the-second-amendment-1.902589

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Dear Editor,   As a lifelong Democrat and an American citizen I am distraught at the prospect of electing a person who within a few months of taking office will negatively change the face of America forever.  Obama told us that he will create a ...

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