Letters to the Editor

Disappointing lack of faith

To the Editor:

Right now I am a disappointed graduate of the College and the Law School. I have so many reasons not to be. I graduated from a top-notch Ivy League institution; my years at Penn were filled with growth; our football team went undefeated this year; it's basketball season. Why should I be disappointed? Because I learned, after hearing of the Dec. 10 34th Street edition, that The Daily Pennsylvanian does not respect my Catholic faith.

You take pleasure in ripping it apart. Without reservation, you delight in insulting many of my close friends. And without any condemnation of the article from University administrators, professors or a student group, I feel such sentiments are endorsed, or maybe even welcomed.

I thought Penn was a place where diversity thrived. That clearly is not true, unless some kind of public apology or reprimand of the article is forthcoming.

What is at stake? Not my Catholic faith; no such abuse can rattle my personal belief that the martyrs, the saints and 2000 years speak for themselves. At stake is the integrity of the DP and the University. If diversity means anything to the DP and the University, both will make a public reprimand of the article. Without one, praise of diversity at Penn rings hollow.

William Cook

College '00, Law '03

Dems in disarray

To the Editor:

Steve Brauntuch is right on target ("A leadership gap that leaves the Dems defenseless," The Daily Pennsylvanian, 1/21/04). The Democratic Party is one thing -- entertaining.

Without delving into the candidates' illogical policies (they favor having removed Saddam Hussein, but oppose having done it without the cooperation of other nations that made it clear they were never going to participate) the Democratic candidates' race is a very amusing reality TV show.

Where else besides on Survivor or American Idol do we have daily competitions and fights with contestants being voted off? Moreover, the Democratic race is carried live, not split up into weekly segments. I can honestly say that after a hard day of studies there is nothing I like to do better than sit down with my friends and laugh our asses off at Howard Dean and the six other dwarfs. Fortunately, it looks like the majority of Americans want to keep the Democrats in entertainment and out of government.

Dan Kline

Wharton '06

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