Hear, hear to Lisa, Frances and Kassie. I also find this editorial to be disappointing and, frankly, a little embarrassing. Not only does it insult and demean the minority students at Uni who have had the courage to say publicly that Uni has not been a welcoming environment for them, it also insults and demeans other local high schools that have GSAs, honor the day of silence and have faculty who are supportive of those efforts. I always cringe when I hear Uni students describing themselves (or their school) as better than the other local high schools. As a graduate of Urbana High School, I can assure you that Uni is a very different school, but publicly announcing ourselves as "better than" other schools only contributes to the perception that we are an elitist institution and insults the good work that goes on in those schools. It also embarrasses those of us who teach you when we interact with our colleagues in those local schools. Any time people in a position of privilege (and there are few high schoolers in town more privileged than Uni High students) are telling others that their experience doesn't count, something is wrong. As a white, middle class teacher at a privileged high school, I would never presume to speak for (or attempt to silence) faculty members of color and I would hope that the students I teach would be equally respectful of their peers.