I agree with the underlying point of Emily DeLanzo’s article “Disney love creates false fantasies.” Disney, throughout its almost century-long reign in animation, has crafted ideas of life that glorify feudalism, espouse the objectification and idealization of women’s (and men’s!) bodies and gender roles, and lionize an ...

In Mr. Campbell’s column “Separate spheres of religion, politics” (Feb. 14), he bashes Catholicism, even though he claims to be a Catholic, for fighting the government’s mandate that they provide contraceptives to women.
   
 First of all, regardless of whether you are Catholic or even religious, the government’s ...

To the editor,

   
 I don’t know Lindsay Lee, but I thought that her editorial commentary in The Daily Beacon on Thursday was among the best, if not the best, I’ve read since I joined the faculty in 1975. As another member of the UTK faculty put it, “Boy ...

My dearest alma mater,

    
I graduated from our esteemed university in 2010 with an advertising degree and then trekked my way up to Washington, D.C. to dive head-first into the big world of advocacy advertising. I now spend my days working closely with clients from all over the country ...

Dear Robby —

    
So sorry you don’t like our little show. I really look forward to the far more original, mature and creative hilarity that you’ll undoubtedly start producing when you finish grad school and enter the, you know, actual world.

    Love,


   
 Lee Aronsohn
    
Co-creator, Executive Producer — “Two and ...

Dear Mr. Peeden:

    
In your very good column of 2/9, your quoting of de Gaulle as asserting that the “U.S. had no friends, only interests” caught my eye, particularly because I had thought the expression originated long ago with Lord Palmerston. I found it somewhat difficult to find ...

 When I received Chancellor Cheek’s e-mail this morning my heart stopped, and not just because I don’t like the color orange. “Our brand”? Is there no shelter from consumerism in this city? I can’t have a cup of coffee in the morning, get the news, drive to ...

 I recently received an e-mail from Chancellor Jimmy Cheek announcing “the campus launch of our new branding campaign.” The e-mail went on to announce a new tagline, “Big Orange. Big Ideas,” and to tout the slogan as something that “captures the energy, achievements, and enthusiasm of our vibrant and ever-changing ...

Before spouting off how much I agree with the views set forth in “Utilitarianism skews economic thought” (Wednesday, Jan. 23), I hope you’ll indulge me a little trip back in time to middle school social studies.

What method of government does America use? In essence we are a democracy ...

I’d like to express my concern about UT’s policy of being “green.”
    
I casually flipped through the print edition of the Beacon a couple of days ago, reading about the grand opening of the student health center, which I’m honestly pretty excited about. More waiting rooms and ...

I would like to express my absolute dissatisfaction with the way the Lady Vols basketball game parking was handled on the evening, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, at the Neyland Parking Garage (C2). I understand that events like these occur on our campus and that students like me are made aware ...

November is typically one of the highest months for reported thefts on campus. Hodges Library has already seen an increase in theft of laptops and other valuable items this month. In most reports, students noted they left their item “for just a moment” and then returned to find the item ...