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Insulting to loved ones

I am not writing this letter as the president of the College Republicans; I am writing this letter as a person who lost someone very important to me, my grandmother, to Alzheimer's Disease a year ago. Lasser's cartoon Feb. 12 was sure to offend anyone who knows somebody hit with disease. Let me assure you, Alzheimer's is not a laughing matter. It is very hard to sit and watch a person you love very much deteriorate not only physically, but especially mentally. Lasser has obviously not known anyone with this disease or else he would have had at least a small amount of compassion. I would sincerely hope that Lasser would think and have compassion in further cartoons.

ANGELA JERKATIS
LSA JUNIOR
PRESIDENT, COLLEGE REPUBLICANS