Turn on CNN now and probably the main topic you’ll see or hear today is Egypt. For the past 2-3 weeks, it has been all about who’s in charge of Egypt? Why is Egypt in crisis? What are the opinions of different countries in Egypt? What is the United States’ stance on the crisis? As a management major and an international student, Egypt has been one of my main primary focuses here at Loyola University recently. In my international management class, we have been discussing the issue of Egyptian politics and economics. The profesasor has allowed everyone in class to express their  freedom of thought and speech, no matter who’s right or wrong, in such a controversial matter.

I’m not writing to state my opinion on the crisis in Egypt, but more so to express the freedoms we’re granted at Loyola. Most of the classes here at Loyola are somewhat liberal; allowing anyone to state an opinion as long as they can support their own views with examples and evidence. Especially with economics and politics, it is hard to find the right answers to every solution; and the professors realize that. The professors would never say that you’re wrong or you’re right. Of course, there are biases when it comes to politics and economics here and there, but no one completely ignores the counterargument of other individuals if stated with reasonable evidence. The freedom to which a student can argue and contradict to the common norm of society stimulates me to think outside the box even further. It also doesn’t hurt that with a small student to faculty ratio, speaking up during a lecture is rarely seen as an intrusion.