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Opinion
 

Letters to the Editor

School of Communication lacking more than funds

To the editor:

Dominique Sachse. Jim Nance. These are two high-profile graduates of UH's School of Communication. The city of Houston is among nation's top eleven markets for broadcast news. Yet, if you take a look at the School of Communication at UH, you would never believe any high-profile person came from this program. 

I am sure if you were to ask communication students what they think of the quality of their classrooms and the building itself, you would not get pleasing responses. This question needs to be asked: Why is funding -- if there is any -- lacking for the School of Communication? For goodness sakes, we have a multi-million-dollar recreation center. But one could also ask why alumni do not feel the need to repay the School of Communication? These are all valid questions, and maybe one day they will be answered.

Venisha Arnold
senior, communication

Keep evangelicals out of classroom

To the editor:

When I read the column, "Evolution revolution hits public schools" (Opinion, Feb. 14), I was disappointed that there are still people willing to mix religion with science. 

The theory of evolution needs to take its rightful place inside the science classroom. When this nation was founded, wise men decided it would be best to have a separation between state and church. If this separation truly exists, then school districts that are receiving money from the government have no argument for teaching a creationist theory. 

When religion starts getting in the way of science, progress becomes difficult. When astronomer Galileo Galilei challenged the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Catholic Church condemned his teaching, even though there was evidence the church was wrong. This is only one example of the many times science has proven religion wrong. 

If Christian fundamentalists get public schools to teach this new "intelligent design" theory, then they will demand those same schools to start teaching how Galileo was wrong.

If fundamentalist groups really want students to learn this alternative theory, it seems more logical to teach this concept at a Sunday school at the expense of the fundamentalists, not at the expense of the government. Christian teachings are not wrong; they just do not belong in public schools.

Jazmin Roldan
freshman, biology

Letters to the editor are welcome from all members of the UH community and should focus on issues, not personalities. Letters must be typed and must include the author's name, telephone number and affiliation with the University. Anonymous letters will not be published. Letters are subject to editing for clarity, language and space. Letters may be delivered in person to Room 151, Communication; e-mailed to dclettrs@mail.uh.edu ; or faxed to (713) 743-5384.