Church recruiting article very accurate

I am writing in response to Thursday's story "Church recruiting tactics under fire." Last semester when I started school here, I wanted to find a church to go to, and the first people I saw were hanging out near my dorm. They gave me a little survey to fill out and eventually asked me if I wanted to come to church with them. I went to FCC (Faith Christian Church) on my first Sunday at UA, and the church was pretty cool. I did notice that when we walked there, they separated into groups of men and women, but that didn't bug me much.

A few weeks later, I brought my girlfriend to the church, and when we walked there with the groups, we were in the middle of the guys and girls. They must have gotten upset with us since we didn't walk with our own genders or something. My girlfriend is not a member of the church (neither am I), and they stopped talking to me after I started dating her. Another thing that bugs me that wasn't mentioned was the pastor and how disrespectful he is. When I went to FCC, Native Americans would go up on stage and sing songs. The pastor would walk on stage before they finished and do an idiotic dance to their beautiful music. He would also start the sermon before they were done putting their musical equipment away, and that bugged me a lot. Once I quit going to the church, they stopped talking to me. Everything mentioned in that article about them is true! I thought I was the only person who noticed this! Thanks for writing it.

Alex Chihak
journalism freshman

'Blueball' comic disturbing

I found last Thursday's comic, "We love blueballs," most disturbing. What was even more offensive than its implied meaning was the fact that it premiered on a day typically reserved for lovers expressing their admiration, love and praise for one another. Yet, the comic's creators had the audacity to indiscreetly depict an otherwise "innocent" non-human primate species, or what appears to be a very specific type of primate, the common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus), engaging insidiously in sexual behavior(s). This comic should be offensive enough to rally the protests of animal activists, nature lovers, students, even faculty - and especially our good taste and perceptions regarding morality.

I'll admit that I am extremely disappointed in the Wildcat's decision to publish a comic of this caliber, one that expresses such a complete lack of tact, discretion and taste. Perhaps next time someone, anyone, will notice the offensiveness of such comic, and elicit tougher peer review. ... I won't hold my breath however.

Kimmey Hardesty
anthropology, ecology and evolutionary biology, and chemistry senior

Josh Hagler, keep up the great comic strips

As an avid reader of the Daily Wildcat, I love Josh Hagler's comics. If anyone blasts them, he should just not pay attention. He has a really great sarcastic/sardonic sense of humor that...I don't know. He puts a different spin on reality, and it pisses off some people, but that's only because they don't share his level of intelligence.

I know that Mr. Hagler probably got blasted for the comic that got put in the Wildcat on Feb. 15, and I just wanted to take a few minutes to let him know that I love his work since it's very refreshing and it's more on my level of bizarre humor. It's very abstract, and by far it's one of the most interesting indy-type comic strips I've ever read (and I read a lot of them).

Mr. Hagler, keep up the great work, and don't let people's negative reviews piss you off.

Sarah Gettinger
undeclared freshman

Letter about 'Collateral Damage' movie review laughable

I could not help but laugh when I read Mr. Ben Huston's letter on Monday, "'Collateral Damage' movie review 'shallow.'" I couldn't tell if Mr. Huston was trying to be funny, or if he was serious in a simple sort of way. "Collateral Damage" was completely finished and was being distributed on Sept. 11, with an original release date on Sept. 14. Its release was postponed until tensions surrounding the attacks died down. It could not have addressed "the rampant violence that has entered our borders" because when it was made, no such violence existed. Or, at least it didn't exist from foreign sources, like those seen in the movie.

Mr Huston, to quote Freud, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." When that cigar smells and tastes like Mexican donkey dung, like the movie, it stinks. When it's nonstop from Havana, it's good. 'Arnie' and his movies have never been to Havana.

Silas Montgomery
undeclared freshman