My remarks about the cynicism with which I view this process were a response to questions that seemed to me to imply that Honors favors its own students or candidates the committee members already know. Students not in Honors have been endorsed and have won - Richard Constable in 1992, for example. My attitudes are cynical in that I have seen candidates do well because the committee did not notice their weaknesses. I look for candidates I think are likely to do well in the competition and these are not always those I myself most respect. Personally, though, I have great respect for Rose; I have found her to be hard-working, thoughtful, honest and courageous.
Ruth Scodel
Director, LSA Honors Program
To the Daily:
I read the Daily every day and quite frankly, I am extremely disappointed in the April 21 issue. I have never read a more disjointed and inappropriate article as I have today ("Fire erupts in South Quad"). I understand that alcohol possessed by minors is illegal. But the fact remains that a keg in a room has nothing to do with an electrical fire that destroyed most of the two victims' property. Instead of focusing on the fire itself, what happened, and what the consequences were, the writer chose to focus on the possession of alcohol and a party that may or may not have occurred. It seemed as though the writer was trying to make these two victims look irresponsible and use that as a reason for the fire. The writer completely side-stepped the fact that two fellow University students lost their room and most of their possessions in an electrical fire that could have happened to anyone. If examined closely, it can be seen that there is no transition or connection between the sixth and seventh paragraphs - the writer jumps from the amount of damage done to the room to the existence of a keg. The two halves of the article do not make sense because they are dealing with two separate issues. The article is a clear example of bad journalism; I feel that the Daily owes the community, Aaron Shea and Steve Frasier an apology.
Chithra Perumalswami
LSA first year student
To the Daily:
Ronald Holzhacker's complaint about the ROTC ("Students want ROTC out of the Arb," 4/11/97) make me sick. I would feel uncomfortable knowing that someone like Holzhacker is in the Arb - therefore, he should not be permitted to utilize it, right?
Rights and comforts are not the same. I feel that Holzhacker needs to develop a little more tolerance for others and their activities. Like other forms of prejudices, his is probably based on ignorance.
Dan Erickson
LSA staff