My Resignation From Student Life

To: Senior Forum Editor, Student Life

It is with great reluctance that I am hereby resigning as a columnist in the Forum section of Student Life. My decision to leave was not easily reached, for I feel that my column helped to provide a small semblance of balance in presenting the only regular right-of-center column in the paper. However, my disinclination towards continuing this turf war with you, and generally having to deal with the petty politics that seem to be dreadfully linked with your section of the paper, has left me without any other choice.

With two years as a regular columnist, I have built up my credentials sufficiently to be published in leading specialty newspapers on three continents, and to receive accolades for my work from such academic, journalistic, and media icons as Fred Taub, Julia Gorin, Pamela Geller, and Robert Spencer. Accordingly, I believe that I have earned the right to expect a certain level of freedom and respect that I am not presently receiving at Student Life.

Thus, rather than remaining to apply pressure and compel reform on areas of great concern such as political balance and a culture of managerial openness, I am removing myself from the paper’s staff so that I can better focus my energies on both writing for publications of greater substance, and dedicating my energies to campus issues of greater importance.

Sincerely,
Caleb Posner

—

For the record, this decision will not have an adverse impact on my writing volume, as I will simply be shifting where I submit my work.

If you liked this post, you may also enjoy these recent articles:

• Croatia A Victim? Not in This Century
• More on the Universal Beatz Controversy
• Multiculuturalism: Anti-Semitism’s New Mantel
• Minimizing Tragedy: The Damning Effects of False Rape
• Israel’s Mexicans