Victim of SS 229
First off, thank you for the editorial on the room's roof falling in ("Social Sciences finally falls apart," Feb. 24). I have a class in SS 229 that our professor tried to get moved somewhere else. But it was refused, and we're still stuck in 229 wondering if the roof is going to cave in over our heads or if the asbestos is going to kill us in 30 years. We have a new, enormous classroom building that should be nicknamed "The Incredible Hulk" so that my classes can meet in a building that's falling apart? In addition to that, 229 is not even large enough for our class -- we have students sitting in chairs scrunched in the corner of the room without desks. I second the motion to have the Arizona Legislature meet in SS 229. I'd like to see them fit in there.
Carly Foreback
Japanese Junior
Undead Constitution
I wonder if Eric Spratling's love of a "dead" Constitution ("Bush makes whiny Dems eat their vegetables," Feb. 25) will change if and when the proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage hits the Senate floor. When that happens, he'll probably be all about amending (read: changing, or something that a "dead" document can't do). Bashing a "living" Constitu-tion is evidence that Mr. Spratling doesn't understand the importance of a living document. My guess is he's more for an "undead" Constitution that only comes to life in the middle of the night to terrorize homosexuals, immigrants, the lower class, minorities, foreigners and any political party that doesn't start in "R" and end in "epublican".
Cameron Eickmeyer
Journalism Senior
Emotional smear job
What a surprise: The State Press presents yet another emotional smear job of George W. Bush and conservative Americans in their opposition to gay marriage. Providing no substance to back his arguments, the unnamed author of the editorial ("Fundamental institution?!" Feb. 25) accuses the president of "political maneuvering" in voicing his opposition to gay marriage. Conveniently, the author leaves out the fact that Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry is opposed to the same institution. Cute. It seems to me that refusing to publicly subscribe to a course of action despite one's personal convictions is way more of a political maneuver than what George Bush has done.
Amazingly, the article finds itself mired in even more tortured logic. My favorite part of the editorial is when the author has the temerity to compare the tribulations of gay couples to the plight that African slaves faced hundreds of years ago. Yep, that seems valid to me.
The head editor really should have a word with whoever is responsible for writing these articles -- I think a properly trained chimp with a typewriter would have made more sense.
Alan Schoenrock
Biology Freshman
