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Letters To The Editor
Issue date: 2/11/08 Section: Commentary
MSB Computer Room Valuable
On Jan. 25, University Information Technology Services announced in an e-mail that they were closing the 24-hour computer room on the ground floor of the MSB, citing lack of use and aging equipment as the primary reasons. I highly recommend they reconsider.
My experience has been that this room is frequently used during the day by students doing homework, especially as both the math and physics departments are switching to web based grading systems. I would urge UITS to work with its neighboring departments to explore alternatives to closing, such as replacing only half the computers, and leaving the other desks open for studying.
-Michael Kowalczyk
4th-semester
civil engineering major
Something Wrong With Football Recruiting
I'd like to congratulate [UConn football head coach Randy] Edsall and the Huskies for a great 2007 season. But they deserve to be trashed for another reason.
Achieving a Big East co-championship is great, but placing last in the conference academic rankings this year is embarrassing (based on the number of Huskies recognized on the Big East all-academic team). The State of Connecticut just gave Edsall a sweet five-year, $1.5M per year contract and the university has recently built one of the best training facilities in college football. These elements were aimed to help attract top recruits, but ranking dead last in the conference in academics and finishing in the bottom quarter in recruiting over the past four years will not result in consistent winning on the field.
If Edsall wants to recruit bottom-third recruits, they should at least excel in the classroom. Ranking last in recruiting and finishing last in the classroom does not translate into a true winning program.
-John Dupuis,
Class of 1984,
Hillsborough, N.J.
Blockade of
On Jan. 25, University Information Technology Services announced in an e-mail that they were closing the 24-hour computer room on the ground floor of the MSB, citing lack of use and aging equipment as the primary reasons. I highly recommend they reconsider.
My experience has been that this room is frequently used during the day by students doing homework, especially as both the math and physics departments are switching to web based grading systems. I would urge UITS to work with its neighboring departments to explore alternatives to closing, such as replacing only half the computers, and leaving the other desks open for studying.
-Michael Kowalczyk
4th-semester
civil engineering major
Something Wrong With Football Recruiting
I'd like to congratulate [UConn football head coach Randy] Edsall and the Huskies for a great 2007 season. But they deserve to be trashed for another reason.
Achieving a Big East co-championship is great, but placing last in the conference academic rankings this year is embarrassing (based on the number of Huskies recognized on the Big East all-academic team). The State of Connecticut just gave Edsall a sweet five-year, $1.5M per year contract and the university has recently built one of the best training facilities in college football. These elements were aimed to help attract top recruits, but ranking dead last in the conference in academics and finishing in the bottom quarter in recruiting over the past four years will not result in consistent winning on the field.
If Edsall wants to recruit bottom-third recruits, they should at least excel in the classroom. Ranking last in recruiting and finishing last in the classroom does not translate into a true winning program.
-John Dupuis,
Class of 1984,
Hillsborough, N.J.
Blockade of
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Bob Paris (BGS Student)
posted 2/11/08 @ 1:18 PM EST
MSB Computer Room Valuable is something I agree with. For the last two years that I have had classes in buildings surrounding and in the MSB, I have used the room each day I had class. (Continued…)
Farn Isaar
posted 2/12/08 @ 8:17 AM EST
Gaza and the West Bank, are the New Concentration Camps
Lets pretend that the gorilla in the room, doesn't exist, shall we?
For instance the simple fact that Israel stands in violation of multiple UN resolutions, and has been illegally occupying land that doesn't belong to it, for decades now. (Continued…)
kelly
posted 2/18/08 @ 10:45 AM EST
Historically and archeologically speaking, the Jewish people have been the longest continuous inhabitants on the land...since about 1200 BCE. It is well-known that the Arabs arrived around 636 CE (only 1800 years later, so, Farn Isaar's claim that Palestinian Arabs are the "original" inhabitants is an easy mistake to make LOL)
Oh. (Continued…)
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