Apologies to Giordano

I openly and publicly criticized DSG President Jordan Giordano and Duke Student Government in my Sept. 22 letter to the editor, "DSG actions seem retaliatory," and that criticism was in a large part inspired and fueled by the wave of indignation propagating amongst the student populous. But in light of DSG's institution of office hours and their efforts to have Duke students included in the Franklin Street festivities, this feels like an appropriate opportunity to recognize those efforts, and apologize for any unqualified criticism. I'm not even going to bother trying to imagine the spectacle of juggling your own academic careers, while trying to recognize and address the concerns of a student body who is arguably too preoccupied to formalize such concerns.

Kudos to you, Giordano, you're a gentleman and a scholar.

Jesse Hilaire

Trinity '09