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Letter to the Editor policy

The ultimate goal of The Daily Campus Commentary page is to stimulate discussion and action on topics of interest to the University of Connecticut community.

Letters should address specific articles, subjects or issues printed in The Daily Campus within the past two weeks.

All letters must be double-spaced, properly punctuated and between 100 and 400 words in length. All letters are subject to editing on the basis of size, grammar, libel and good taste.

When referring to a specific article, column or editorial, please include the date it ran.

All letters must include name, phone number and either signature if mailed or e-mail address if sent electronically - for verification purposes only.

The name of the author is usually published, but may be withheld for compelling reasons, such as threat of physical harm to the author. A name will be withheld solely on the consent of the editor.

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UConn will be a beautiful campus when they finally finish building it. Thank god finals are over I can’t think of anything tougher than...oh wait now I need to find a job. Do I really need to leave UConn or can I just stay here forever? My final wish as a UConn student is to make it into the InstantDaily just one more time. Full story

Editorial: Congratulations to the class of 2013

May 9, 2013

Well, this is it: another school year finished. For you graduating seniors, this next step marks your first entry into the so-called real world. In the words of comedian Dave Barry when speaking at the University of Miami graduation: “The real world is nothing like this university. For example, in the real world you can find parking.”

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Individual efforts make the world better

May 9, 2013

For many graduating seniors, there are many questions on your mind: can you find a job, where will you leave and can you deal with living with your parents again? Still, there are possibly bigger questions out there that you may have been confronting over the years, like what you want to do with your life. For some, picking a major might have been easy, while others struggled with making such an impactful decision. When making life decisions we have to wonder: is what I’m going to do make a difference anyway?

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Editor-in-chief Crowley reflects on successful production year

May 9, 2013

I have never been one for team sports. My stint on the obligatory middle school soccer team hardly lasted a season. Growing up without the camaraderie and interdependence of a team, I have always worked as a bit of a solo act.

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