Sterling Davenport

OPINION | COLUMNS

Negligence caused gay suicides

By Sterling Davenport | Oct. 4, 2010

I am furious and cannot keep silent any longer. For those who are not aware, there has been a series of suicides over the last few weeks with a common theme: people who were being harassed for their sexuality. We all (or at least should) remember Matthew Shepard, the gay student at the University of Wyoming who was brutally beaten and left on a split-rail fence in the middle of nowhere to die.

METRO | POLITICS

Reader urges students to vote independent

By Sterling Davenport | Sep. 23, 2010

I try not to get too involved in Student Government politics; it makes your head spin after awhile. But after reading Wednesday’s letters, I have to ask the question: Why are the current SG officials (i.e., the Unite Party via longtime Student Sen. Matt Michel and Unite operative Dana Summerstein) so threatened by the up-and-coming reformers?

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Guns editorial irrational, alarmist

By Sterling Davenport | Mar. 30, 2009

The editorial printed in Monday's Alligator about concealed carry on campus was irrational and unduly alarmist.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Middle class needs more than just money

By Sterling Davenport | Sep. 16, 2008

While Nick Fitzpatrick's Tuesday article makes some interesting points, he seems to have missed a few fundamental ones. Obama's tax plan calls for lower taxes on the middle class than does McCain's plan.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Christians confused over use of 'theory'

By Sterling Davenport | Feb. 20, 2008

The debate over the semantics of evolution is time-consuming and wasteful.

Negligence caused gay suicides

Reader urges students to vote independent

Guns editorial irrational, alarmist

Middle class needs more than just money

Christians confused over use of 'theory'

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