Uni as a unique place. But I think you're wrong to minimize the work that must be done on creating a more inclusive environment. It is not correct to refer to the indicators of intolerance as "these isolated controversies". This is a denial of the climate that has allowed these events to take place. Uni is a place of privilege, and that privilege is maintained by excluding many people. First, in the admissions process, and then continuing through the feelings of uniqueness that come from considering yourselves better than other schools and separating yourselves from the broader community. The minority student advocates do in fact have a very tough time because there is clearly a sense among the editorial board of the Gargoyle (i.e., leading voices in the student body) that there is no internal problem for them to address. The so-called "isolated controversies" give the lie to this assertion. Most offensive is the following statement from the editorial: "The program can and should probably focus more on recruitment of underrepresented minorities." This is dismissive and conveys the sense of "We're fine here. You people just go handle those problems over there." Uni is a wonderful school. It is also a place of class privilege, elitism, isolation, and exclusion. These issues are only addressed if they are confronted openly, and they can only be confronted openly if they are acknowledged to exist. I'm white, male, Uni parent. I've had privileges. I like privilege. And I wish it were true that Uni and places like it were all about the wonderfulness of the right people in the right place to make them happy and achieve. And I do believe that a special place for hard-working students is some of the story. But there's also a story of power and privilege, and who gets to talk, and what they get to say, and who gets access to scarce resources and support. You do not serve yourselves well to deny that part of the story, or think that you're addressing it without looking in your own backyard.