Sarah Grieco wrote that SDSU’s changes in admission policy are “necessary, not to mention positive,” in her column “Good call, Weber” on Sept. 29. While I agree that changes are necessary, I respectfully dissent from her adamant stance that the changes will prove to be positive. The measures taken by President Weber and his administration will damage one of SDSU’s redeeming qualities: student body diversity.
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In response to Ms. Ashlie Rodriguez’s column, “Use Chapultepec as Winter Homeless Shelter” (Sept. 28). I can’t believe that girl is allowed to print these ideas and disburse them. I am a big fan of her calling the readers naive: Did she ever stop to think that parents of students or the community in general would object? We are going through a budget crisis, so we are going to pay for a building to be used?
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Work study is a great solution Regarding T.J. Bronson’s April 29 column, “SDSU budget solution: FWS,” which proposes to balance the budget using federal work-study: I think it’s a great idea. The only thing I would say is that you need to work 20 hours per week, either five afternoons or five mornings, or perhaps two to three whole days, to make clerical job sharing feasible.
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In Whitney Lawrence’s April 27 above-the-fold exposé, “Increase in cheating reported,” I believe she fails to adequately represent the causes of such behavior. Academic misconduct is a black eye on higher education, and one university administration rarely takes as seriously as they project.
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As a member of the “Dream Team” and VP of finance, whose personal qualities along with years of work in student government are being immaturely attacked in print, I feel compelled to respond to the column titled “Boden’s election as president a disgrace” (April 6) by Amanda Strouse and Ruthie Kelly.
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In response to Sarah Grieco's March 18 column "Greek doesn't equal government," I just have to say that if one were to substitute all references in the column to the word Greek and put in almost any other group on campus, the column would read like discriminatory propaganda. Let me suggest women. If you want a more inert example that might be kind of funny go with business students (which I am sure you will find are also swarming your council!).
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A rebuttal to Tucker Wincele’s “Respect the voters” column, which ran March 11: It is easy to dismiss supporters of Proposition 8 as bigots standing on the wrong side of history. But it is important to understand that to many of them, gay marriage conflicts with deeply held religious and moral values. The standard response is to claim a legal division between church and state, but that is a barrier that is impossible to protect. Religious convictions are so deeply embedded into the soul of many people that it is foolish to think that they can be simply cast aside when making any politicized decision. It necessarily colors their beliefs and will remain an integral part of how we as a nation form our collective society.
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I’m writing in order to provide some additional information and clarification for the story in last Monday’s The Daily Aztec regarding Nasatir Hall 131 (“Deaths may be linked to Nasatir” by Kristina Blake). As pointed out in the story, the university’s Department of Environmental Health and Safety maintains a list of all buildings and locations on campus known to contain asbestos and sends this list annually to all faculty and staff. Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that was used in a variety of building products such as floor tile, insulation and adhesives prior to the mid-1970s when it was outlawed. If the product is still intact and not in a friable condition, it does not present a hazard.
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I’m writing in order to provide some additional information and clarification for the story in Monday’s The Daily Aztec regarding Nasatir Hall 131 (“Deaths may be linked to Nasatir” by Kristina Blake).
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In regard to the Jan. 27 article “College suicide rising epidemic” by La Jean Akridge: While I agree that depression is an important factor in the rising rate of suicide among college students, I feel that at San Diego State there is also a direct correlation between the high suicide rate and how social our campus is.
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I am annoyed by the recent article entitled “Locals demand border reform,” written by Justin Cooper. The article describes the efforts of an activist named Enrique Morones in helping immigrants illegally enter our country. The article cites that the Border Angels’ objectives are to stop the building of the border fence, end ICE raids, and enact immigration reform.
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After having been quoted in the article “Illegal immigrants are top priority of teach-in” in the Feb. 11 issue of The Daily Aztec, I would like to address a problematic issue, in that the article uses inflammatory language and contextualizes our event in a divisive framework. I do not want to be misrepresented, and we do not want our event be misrepresented.
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This letter is in response to the column “No clear victims in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict” by Ashlie Rodriguez, published on Jan. 22, and also in response to the column “Blame for the war in Gaza rests on Israel’s shoulders” by Hafiza Aimaq on the same day.
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On Jan. 28, a column was run entitled “Constitution applies to Gitmo detainee” in which your staff columnist Allan Acevedo put on display the decrepit state of liberalism in American politics today.
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I’m writing regarding the humor column “You don’t scare me, TJ,” by Tanner Rollin. As a student coming from Tijuana, Mexico, I imagined one would write a decent article about my city.
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I fully agree with T.J. Bronson’s column, “A better world without religion,” regarding religion’s baneful nature to the human race. No question, religion has been, and continues to be, used for the manipulation of the masses for centuries with little effective opposition. Even today, in a society so reliant on science and technology, we see religion’s harsh tyranny affecting more and more sectors of life.
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Through the sea of news highlighting the landslide victory of President-elect Barack Obama on election night, I couldn’t help but wonder to myself what was going on with all of the Republicans throughout the country, and Sen. John McCain himself. It’s like when that big victory comes in a sports game — be it the Olympics, the playoffs or the Super Bowl — and you see the winning team and its fans celebrating ecstatically, while in the background there is the losing team and its fans with long and disappointed faces looking sullen and defeated. But you only see them for a brief moment; then it’s back to the glee and celebration. The other half of the competition is quickly pushed to the back of the mind.
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For working-class students, SDSU is a place for social advancement, a place to learn and study. We come here to receive the best education that SDSU has to offer. For many bright young students in our communities, the cost of tuition, books and transportation already act as barriers to academic success. The proposed IRA fee increase and the overall tuition increase of more than $800 in the last five-plus years is jeopardizing our opportunity to receive a quality college education at SDSU.
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In response to the letter to the editor “Morality and fairness aren’t mutually exclusive” by Kristen Steeve (Oct. 15): People’s opinions are similar to people’s morality in the way that they all differ, ironically. With that being said, should the opinions of people with higher morals affect people’s rights? Sure, everyone agrees that murder is morally unjust, but how do you even come close to comparing that to marriage? As far as I’m concerned on the morality scale, they’re almost on opposite spectrums - love and death. Marriage is a symbolism of love, not a sign of rebellion or sin. Now, I don’t exactly agree with gay marriage either, but the simple question is: “Should we allow our opinions to affect others’ rights to recognize their love?”
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As a senior, I have read The Daily Aztec for four years and was unaware that the State of Mind section had regressed to the humor attempts of the Koala. The column “McCain’s Palin is paling in comparison” (Tanya Dracolakis, Sept. 10) is both the most humorous and most disturbing published piece I have ever seen. To demean the position of vice president to that of an intern is ridiculous. It is laughable in its absurdity, yet it is also disturbing in the columnist’s knowledge of our political system to compare the policy and advising role of the vice president with that of an intern. While they may be on the same level within pop culture, comparing Al Gore to Monica Lewinsky is comedic. Sen. Joe Biden certainly had no qualms about potentially leaving the senate to run alongside Sen. Barack Obama. Perhaps he too should be offended by a chance at the vice presidency. Tanya Dracolakis states that she had no knowledge of Gov. Sarah Palin before she was picked to run alongside Sen. John McCain. I would think that such an admission should serve as a sign that she is ill-qualified to write a column about the woman.
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