We, the undersigned members of the UNB community, applaud your expressions of sympathy for the victims of the terrorist bombings in Brussels and Paris. We are deeply disturbed, however, by the absence of similar statements in response to violence against civilians outside of Europe. In Ankara, Turkey, for example, bombings in February and March of this year killed at least 67 people and wounded some 185. Three days following the Brussels attacks at least 41 were killed and 105 injured in the bombing of a soccer stadium in Iskanderiyah, Iraq.  Two days later over 70 were killed, and at least 300 wounded, in a bombing in Lahore, Pakistan.  The silence from your office following these and many other atrocities suggests that European victims of terrorism are somehow more worthy of our sympathy than others. We recognize that such Eurocentrism is typical of the mainstream media in Canada and the United States, but believe that our university should hold to a higher standard of critical intelligence and cultural sensitivity. The UNB Strategic Plan highlights our commitment to enhanced "global engagement," education about "other cultures," and the development of "relationships with international communities." It also aspires to a "positive learning and working environment" for all members of the UNB community. This surely includes the many among us who have come from the world beyond North America and Europe. Such ideals are poorly served by messages of sympathy and solidarity that implicitly favor Europeans over people from other parts of the world. As the preeminent representative of UNB, we urge you to better express the values of our institution either by being truly inclusive in your official responses to violence against civilians or by refraining from such responses entirely.