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...student of Dunster House, I am deeply offended by non-resident tutor Noel Ignatiev's letter to the Manager of Dunster House Dining Hall, Gerald Ardolino, objecting to the use of dining hall funds to purchase a toaster oven needed to warm kosher food from the new kosher table. Some of Ignatiev's statements about the toaster oven strike me as inappropriate in the context of his role as a tutor in Dunster House...
Ignatiev's claim that the "purchase of a toaster oven, reserved exclusively for kosher use, is an example of improper partiality toward one group" suggests that the use of the toaster oven is some how exclusive to those who observe kosher laws, thus resulting in "partiality." Such a claim is false, as it ignores many individuals who partake of the food from the kosher table and use the oven as Muslims, Jews, vegetarians and those who just want to have a kosher bagel for the cultural experience. I cannot begin to imagine which "one group" Ignatiev is referring to, when...
Adam K. Goodheart '92, who has known Ignative for two years, said although he has no problem with the toaster oven, he understood Ignatiev's position...
...think it's fine to have a kosher toaster oven there. However, I can definitely understand Noel's concerns about the University funding religious practices," he said...
...toaster oven is something much morepractical," she said