Who cares?
To the editor:
It used to be that "Oscar night" was when everyone rushed home in order to get a glimpse of their favorite stars in something else besides that role they played in that wonderful movie. Now I notice that not too many people even discuss the Oscars, or for that matter, the Emmys.
Do people care anymore, or have people finally begun to realize that the TV is truly not the window to the world? I'd like to know how people really feel because these days, I don't rush home and I couldn't care less who won.
One more point of view: I heard Sharon Stone won. I believe she is a great actress and really knows her trade, but I truly feel sorry for her because I don't believe she could ever get a role that didn't require her to spread eagle in at least one scene. If it happens, then I know hell has frozen over.
N. Uzodinma
freshman, HRM
Constructive bitching
To the editor:
Bill Stephenson (March 21 letter) is wrong. No one is "bitching" about the General Use Fee. Rather, people are expressing their concerns about the issue of the fee hike. The fee hike affects everyone on campus.
Stop putting down the minority who receives financial aid. Not all minority students receive financial aid. If you walk down to the E. Cullen Building, check who really receives aid.
Back to the hike increase and how it affects us: How is the UH System going to spend it? Is this money going for more classes and other student functions?
Pay raises for excellent teachers, who really teach and are concerned about students' welfare, is good judgment. But have you ever asked them how much they are making? The realistic part is that I agree good teachers should have a salary increase to bring them up to other major universities' standards.
Everyone who expresses his or her opinion about the welfare of the UH System should have pride in it. I'm proud to be part of UH. But, without freedom to express your concerns, God knows where this country would be.
Chinh Doan
junior, pharmacy
Sore loser
To the editor:
Nothing makes me more upset than people who whine.
And being a veteran of three Students' Association elections and one term in the SA Senate, I've heard more than my share of whining. Every year, the losers complain that the election was unfair, the other party did something illegal, and the election officials were not impartial.
As campaign manager for the Coalition Party in this year's elections, I was determined not to let my party members be whiners. I didn't want this year's election to be a mud-slinging fest as in past years, with petty accusations flying back and forth for weeks before and months after the election.
Unfortunately, my party's presidential candidate, Patrick Lalor, didn't get the picture. Even after losing by a very wide margin, he would not accept defeat.
It's this kind of petty bickering that makes UH administrators and students not respect the Students' Association. If we can't act like civilized adults during the election, why should anyone believe we can be civilized adults during our terms of office?
I hate to put this bluntly, but Patrick, get a life. The election is over and you didn't win. Maybe the election system isn't perfect, but I don't hear you offering any constructive ideas on how to make it better.
Coalition ran on a platform of finding solutions rather than just being a part of the problem. Patrick must have forgotten that.
Clarissa J. Peterson
junior, political science
Coalition Party campaign manager