LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Israel Peace Week Re-visited
In response to the Letter to the Editor published on Feb. 20 regarding Israel’s control of water: Israel’s geographic region, including the Palestinian territories, has an average rainfall of 28 inches a year. Compare this to New England’s average rainfall, 60 inches a year. Clearly, the region lacks water. This is a growing problem for [...]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Israel Peace Week
With the passing of every year, Israel Peace Week becomes that much more of a grotesque irony. Two years ago, Students for Israel, the host of this inauspicious event, had to combat the continued international ill-will following Israel’s massacre in Gaza, in which Israeli fighter jets bombed the world’s largest open-air prison camp (thanks to [...]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
In response to Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine’s annual “Israel Apartheid Week,” Students for Israel are hosting “Israel Peace Week” consisting various events meant to counter Israel’s perpetually diminishing international reputation. I am simultaneously troubled and amused by the first event of the week, “Water for Peace,” in which Tami Shor of the [...]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Crack, ting, snap, hiss! Is that a rattlesnake eating an aluminum can full of lead shot? No, that’s our radiator. Rumble, smash, roar, screech! Did Liam Neeson release the Kraken again? No, that’s just the traffic on Beacon, Mass. Ave. and Storrow. Is that an abstract watercolor in the closet? No, that’s a pretty hefty [...]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The Dog Pound has deep roots at BU, dating back four decades, and has frequently been recognized as one of the most boisterous student sections in the country. However, it is no secret that prior to this season, our name began to lose some of its luster as attendance faded, and most importantly, the passion waned. [...]
