Letters to the Editor

Wolverine Access barely works

To the Daily:

In reply to Lester Monts' viewpoint regarding the new Wolverine Access site ("New Wolverine Access system is working well," 9/7/00): Bottom line, it sucks, and it sucks extremely bad.

What good is a new system if it's never accessible, and if - when it is accessible - it runs about as slow as I've seen Web pages run lately? And what good is that nifty applet if, again, it never seems to function?

Dror Baron

Business junior

English 317 critics promote status quo

To the Daily:

In response to the countless letters saying how we should or shouldn't have Prof. David Halperin's course "How to be Gay" and the endless debate on whether or not the University should host this class: Christian, or any other set of specific morals are not the basis of this country.

Basing a fight on how this class is morally reprehensible and is passively promoting homosexuality is a giant mistake, since by not having the class, you're simply promoting the status quo. For a melting pot country, we sure tend to stick to one antiquated set of moral guidelines. We might as well remove the Office of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgendered Affairs' Website from the University servers, since it's being passively promoted and approved by the University by being there.

Kevin White

LSA sophomore

Men's Health is right: 'U' anti-male

To the Daily:

Last Friday, a Daily article describing how the University was ranked by magazines such as US News and World Reports, Mother Jones, and the Princeton Review was run ("'U' ties for 25th place in national ranking," 9/8/00). One important ranking, however, was left out. Men's Health recently confirmed what every man on this campus already knew - they listed the University as one of the "Top 10 Anti-Male campuses" in the country. Their ranking - based on surveys, analysis of campus speakers and courses offered - says more about life here than any of the rankings the Daily chose to include.

Kyle Marshall

LSA senior

Wear yellow to the next football game

To the Daily:

Though the Michigan football team once again killed the opponent in the Big House last Saturday, something needs to be done to brighten it up a bit. I say that every student wears a yellow shirt to the next home game - and to every game after that. It looked really cool in Crisler last year. Think of how bright the student section would be if everyone there wore some sort of yellow shirt. Just think of how cool it will look with 25,000 students in yellow, it would be so bright the opposing quarterback wouldn't be able to see his receivers.

Scott Dresden

LSA sophomore

Will Gore warrant Ford's criticism?

To the Daily:

The following appeared in the Sept. 11 editorial "Fame and Ford":

"He pardoned Richard Nixon, an act which prompted the Daily, on October 29, 1976, to remark that 'Gerald Ford has displayed a moral insensitivity so gaping, so unforgivable that it alone warrants a resounding mandate from the American electorate for his removal from office.' Although the University did produce a President of the United States, it did not produce a particularly good one."

Will the Daily be as critical of Gore when he pardons Clinton for perjury and other crimes, if and when Gore is elected or will that be a "different situation"?

Russell Anderson

Alumnus