Palestinians not terrorists
I would like to thank the Daily Bruin for publishing my piece
(“Palestinians must surrender unconditionally,”
Viewpoint, April 26). It appeared as I wished, with one exception.
I have received nasty e-mails, and each points to the effect of the
title, which was not my doing, since people who submit to the paper
do not write their own headlines.
I did not mean to convey that Palestinians per se must surrender
to Israel ““ far from it. My commentary was limited to and did
not extend beyond terrorists, and only terrorists. I do not equate
Palestinians with terrorists.
Benjamin Nabati Third-year Political
science
DB candidate portrayal unfair
I would like to express my disappointment in the presentation of
the USAC General Representative candidates ““ specifically,
those of the Student Empowerment! slate ““ in
“Candidates present vague platform” by Karen E.
Graulich (News, April 29).
Although I am not a supporter of all Student Empowerment! views,
many candidate quotes were seemingly taken out of context and
written to portray them as incompetent and illogical. This article
presented an implicitly sarcastic portrayal of these candidates.
Although it is a right to have negative opinions about these
candidates, the Daily Bruin should depict them as objectively as
possible without conveying personal staff opinions that would
unfairly bias voters. After all, this article was included in the
News section, not in Viewpoint. The fact that these candidates were
presented in a subtle yet wry way is unfortunately poor taste on
behalf of this otherwise well-respected publication.
Anthony Fermin Fourth-year Molecular, cell and
developmental biology
Commission should stay as is
The writers of the editorial “USAC must reform its
commissions system” (Viewpoint, April 30) need to take a trip
up the Kerckhoff elevators.
As a member of the community service commission, I feel the
editors themselves lack the initiative to visit these individual
offices to actually see how projects and events of the different
commissions work.
Is the editorial suggesting voicing a concern directly to the
USAC president rather than our own commissioner who sits in our
shared office? If the commissions were to rely on a slate to voice
concerns, would that not be defeating the purpose of being
apolitical?
Michelle Gonzales Second-year History and Asian American
studies