Editorial: LC has a free speech problem
By Peter Kranitz Lewis & Clark has a free speech problem. As a largely liberal campus, most people assume that their peers hold the exact same opinion …
Articles by Peter Kranitz
Angry at satire? Then it’s working
By Peter Kranitz I would like to begin by reiterating my statement from Nov. 4 about the article published in the Backdoor on Nov. 3 titled “New …
An apology to the LC community
To the Lewis & Clark community: I would like to issue a formal retraction of, and apology for, the article published yesterday, Nov. 3, in The Backdoor …
Rae Armantrout “Entangles” words and sound
By Peter Kranitz I first encountered Rae Armantrout’s poetry when I was working for Fonograf Editions, a Portland-based vinyl record-only poetry press. Armantrout’s “Conflation” is the press’s …
Adventures Abroad: Dublin pubs and alternative humor
Dubliners have a unique way of interacting with strangers: they f**k with them. It’s often a sort of jeering friendliness, a disingenuous niceness that seems a little …
Former LC student sentenced for fatal 2015 hit-and-run incident
Former Lewis & Clark student Frederick James Ryerson Jr. has been sentenced to 366 days in prison for a fatal hit-and-run incident last fall. The incident occurred …
BDS Movement spreads to PSU, raising concern for human rights
On Oct. 24, the Associated Students of Portland State University passed, in an almost unanimous vote, a resolution calling for the school to divest from all companies …
Reed student body president uses anti-semitic phrase in mass email
An email sent out by Reed College’s Student Body President has provoked allegations of anti-semitism. On the evening of Sept. 21, Lucas Binion ’17 sent an email …
The Reed Incident: The First Apology, September 23
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The Reed Incident: The Second Apology, September 26
To learn more, read Peter Kranitz’s full story. From: studentbody-info-bounces@lists.reed.edu <studentbody-info-bounces@lists.reed.edu> on behalf of Student Body Info <studentbody-info@lists.reed.edu> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 3:09 AM To: …
The Reed Incident: Binion’s Initial Email, September 22
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