campus discussion
So last night I was perusing through the latest articles on my alma mater’s newspaper, part of me curious about how the online edition has changed over the years, but mostly interested how campus discussion on Iraq and the potential war is shaping up.
I think yesterday was my lucky day as two articles, both editorials on the politics of the Iraq situation, appeared in the Wednesday edition offering content well capable of entertaining readers and of flaming discussion.
What was really cool about the online edition was that users can add comments on any article – continuing the discourse beyond Letters to the Editor and in a larger arena than tables at The Great Hall. That’s a really cool feature we should have thought about years ago at The Chronicle, possibly instead of stressing over an automated layout design that rivaled corporate online news media of the time.
What was not as cool, or perhaps it was just a refreshing reminder, was how blindly liberal some of the community comments were. On a college campus people will stand up for anything that speaks in the name of diversity, acceptence, and “peace.” 
(Though only when the focus of issue is something not American, and certainly, not Chrisitan.) Not that I don’t appreciate the extreme views on either side – it’s these potentially offensive stongly-felt remarks and hasty analogies that bring out discussion working towards understanding on all sides. However, something in me was screaming to bring in views from the world “outside” (the campus) in hopes to combat some of the brainwashing fads of campus liberalism. Maybe I’ll find some time to write a letter to the editor in response to some of the discussion. After all, isn’t that one of the duties of an alumnus?