I was surprised to see the Holy Cow editorial ( “Holy Cow fans should encourage progress,” ODE, Jan. 28) where our student paper sided with the administration and against the popular opinion of many students and staff by basically telling us we needed to get with the times if we supported Holy Cow. The editorial’s very limited version of “progress” seen only in economic terms seems more fitting in the Commentator or the Wall Street Journal and not our student paper. If Holy Cow is more sustainable, more organic, more local, and more vegetarian then that is the kind of progress we need right now more than ever. Replacing our only vegetarian restaurant with one that serves flesh is not progress. I hope the Emerald will engage more with popular student opinion on this issue instead of just touting an old-school business perspective and that of the administration.
Carrie Packwood Freeman
School of Journalism and Communication GTF and co-director of Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals