Threats not the answer
Mr. Alzubaidi wrote on Wednesday in his letter to the editor: "If an apology from Denmark and The State Press doesn't happen, I fear the consequences..."
Classic.
The thing about being a "religion of peace" is that flipping out and rioting over what is essentially nothing should be well outside your frame of mind.
I can't recall the last time I heard about a peaceful riot or a peaceful flag burning, much less a peaceful threat to The State Press.
-Sean Williams
Computer Science Senior
Free press a good thing
I just wanted to praise The State Press' stance on freedom of the press. It is indeed the right and obligation of The State Press to print any and all articles that offer issues important to the student population.
The "Ship of Fools" cartoon was just keeping it real.
The "Banging in the Bathroom" article was just reporting on something that happens in the bathroom. By no means will that entice me to go to some bathroom and hook up.
So, everyone out there should take their undergarments out of their butt.
Great job State Press, I'll be reading until I die.
-Rene Herrera
Class of 2007
Truth about Bush
Unlike Victoria Ragogna, I am a political science major, and people like her, who are quick to defend Bush's NSA spying program based on its stated intent of protecting the country, are, quite frankly, more terrifying to me than Osama bin Laden's most horrible designs.
When we start becoming so complacent, distracted, scared, or just plain ignorant of history that we're willing to blindly accept official explanations that are equivalent to nothing more than "trust us, what we do is for your own good," we begin walking down a dangerous road.
Checks and balances exist within the American government for good reason.
-Ernest Souhrada
Political science senior
Welcoming the Sin City
In response to Ms. Leighton's column, "What happens in Vegas," I fear she has examined the situation in shortsighted fashion.
I am not a proponent of unchecked expansion into the wilderness, far from it.
Her points regarding the water table analysis and environmental impacts are valid and should be applauded.
On the other hand, 400,000 new residents in Arizona and earnings from non-Arizona employers mean a new source of state revenue via income taxes and property taxes.
Nearly half a million new taxpayers in the state, with most of their earnings coming from Sin City, is a great way for Arizona to cash in on the Vegas boom.
These new Vegas dollars would allow for the Legislature to increase spending in a variety of needed areas, without incurring a deficit. Sometimes the big picture can be rosy.
-Chris Burmood
ASU Alumni
