Letters to the Editor: Santa Barbara Zoo CEO responds to critical column
I read with interest the editorial of September 21 titled “Zoos provide inhumane conditions for animals.” Part of my job as CEO of the Santa Barbara Zoo is to talk with people about their perceptions...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor: City College responds to editorial criticizing...
The editorial “Fearful SBCC fails to recognize The Channels as valuable tool”, published on Feb. 26, 2016, makes many assertions. It is important, for the benefit of the City College community, to...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor: EVP addresses article about funding recommendations...
Your recent News article, “Administration suggests list of cutbacks to ease funding free fall,” on Oct. 12, indicates that the administration is making recommendations to address current and future...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor: Clarification on Amendment A
To the Editors of The Channels, The ASG believes the following are misrepresentations of the facts at hand discussed in your editorial piece regarding ASG Constitutional Amendment A: -“The Associated...
View ArticleProf disappointed in Channels Academic Integrity coverage
To the Editors of The Channels: I was disappointed to read Austin Ambrose’s recent story “Faculty discusses changes to SBCC academic integrity policy” in The Channels today....
View ArticleMichael Shermer addresses controversy regarding speech
On March 19 I spoke at SBCC. Later I discovered that Dr. Raeanne Napoleon—who doesn’t know me or anything about me—used the “All Campus” email system to repeat false accusations against me in which I...
View ArticleChemistry professor reflects on SBCC President’s apology
For me, as a person in the center of so much campus controversy, the Waypoint apology was more grandstanding and was written to save the Superintendent-President from further scrutiny. I found him to...
View ArticleMiddle College student says vote for Prop. 2 to support homeless
With the upcoming election on November 6th, there are a lot of important decisions to make regarding our community well-being. One of those decisions is Proposition 2, which offers funding to the...
View ArticleSenate member explains reason for breaking open meeting law
This letter’s intent is to provide more context in the limited space provided. The views expressed in the letter are my own. I do not intend to represent the senate here. The Student Fee Handbook...
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