The bottom line is that teachers have the right to academic freedom and discussing or arguing their views in classrooms when it comes to the context of the courses subjects but the information that is being discussed must be accurate and unbiased.
To allow a foreign government to intimidate and influence the American government is not what our country is about. Recognizing and reconciling with our past legacies, such as slavery and the treatment of Native Americans, has brought eternal values of human rights to our culture.
A Student Column
On January 29, 2010 we lost one of the greatest writers of our time, J.D. Salinger. He was an enigma of a man, literary genius, and recluse; who at the height of his career shunned accolades and instead chose the path less traveled. He left in his wake one of the most celebrated literary characters of all time, one Holden Caulfield.