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| Don't use newspaper to promote beliefs |
To the Editor:
I hope that Elizabeth Ashford is willing to accept responsibility
for the needless suicides she may have caused (as a result
of her recent editorial) by advocating that people who are
depressed disregard the advice of their doctors and heed
the words of one biased college student.
Using the newspaper as a means to promote your personal religious
belief is disturbing enough, but pushing religion over sound
medical counsel is just plain dangerous.
Jeff Zehnder Jr.
Sophomore, Communication
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| Tongass Forest is being destroyed |
To the Editor:
If a million old-growth trees fall in the Alaskan forest,
and no one is there to hear it, did they really fall? Like
most Americans, I have never seen the Tongass National Forest
in person, but I know it is real, I know it is beautiful,
and I know it gives me a deep feeling of peace knowing there
are some wild places that yet go untouched by the hand of
mankind. As Americans, we each “own” part the
largest remaining American rain forest. It is the day before
Christmas, and I have other things to do than write a letter
to the editor, but like the Grinch who stole Christmas, the
George W. Bush administration is stuffing our Christmas trees
up the chimney while we sleep, with the Chistmas eve sanctioning
of the building of roads and the killing of the ancient trees
in this sacred place. Merry Christmas everyone. After stealing
our treasury and giving it to oil, drug, and weapons manufacturers,
the irreplaceable national heritage of our last great forest
is being handed to the timber industry. Your a mean one Mr.
Grinch. As our children dream the dreams of innocence, you
are stealing the lungs of their planet -Wake up parents...
wake up America....
David Singelyn
ASU 92086
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| Rasimas's opinion is appreciated by many |
To the Editor:
I would like to take this opportunity to commend Leslie Rasimas
for her editorial that appeared in The Appalachian on Thursday,
January 15. First of all, I admire her choice to tackle a
somewhat delicate opinion; undoubtedly, she must have realized
that she would receive a great deal of “hate mail”
from many sorority girls, each claiming to be unique in their
own way, just like everyone else.
I also appreciated the underlying theme of her editorial,
eloquently stated within the paragraph that begins: “Individuality
is no longer important on a college campus where the goal
is to find yourself and your future.” This point is
completely true. Appalachian’s campus, as well as many
other college campuses, are entirely devoid of true individuality;
everywhere you look, you see the same haircuts, the same
clothes, and identical purses.
The Vera Bradley bag trend is just another example of the
paradoxical college fishbowl in which we live, a little world
that essentially demands, Find yourself, but make sure the
end result is in keeping with the majority. Thank you, Leslie
Rasimas, for having enough guts and character to put into
print what many on this campus have been thinking for months.
Thank you for daring to have a different opinion.
Ashley Davis
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Sophomore, English
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| ASU should try to protect students |
To the Editor:
I walked outside this morning (Jan. 26) to find a solid layer
of ice covering my road. I quickly came inside and watched
the weather only to learn there was a chance of more freezing
rain today.
Then I turned to the ASU web page to see if any steps were
taken to protect the students, faculty and staff’s
health and to my surprise I found none.
Since last semester I have seen bad roads only once, but
that is not the real issue. The real concern is the abundance
of ice and snow that still covered the sidewalks as I walked
to class from the staduim. I find it unfair that students
who chose to live off campus be punished by taking one of
their very few allowed abscences because of weather.
I told a friend that if I were to fall on campus because
of snow or ice I would immediatly find a lawyer and sue just
to prove a point. Professors and other members of the ASU
staff who get to a building and stay there (I am guessing
that includes those who decide to close or delay school!)
do not suffer like the students who have to walk from one
class to another, often all the way across campus.
Oh well, this is just me complaining because not only do
I have to risk wrecking my truck to get to campus, but also
risk hurting myself because I know the sidewalks and stairs
are not going to be completely cleared.
Abraham Dowd
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