Strip club ad inappropriate

I was pretty surprised (shocked, to say the least!) to see the ad for a strip club published in the Arizona Summer Wildcat.

According to me, that ad is completely inappropriate to appear in a student daily. What it tells me is that such an operation actually has the tacit seal of approval from UA.

I am sure there are better and more appropriate ways to raise ad revenue for the newspaper.

Bharat Jalan
management information
systems graduate student

Freshman curriculum not demanding enough

Regarding the July 24 article, "Walking the tightrope between work and class," in which your reporter wrote, "Many freshmen quickly realize that a typical load of 12 to 15 units is nowhere near as demanding as a full plate of high school classes. Boredom can easily set in when college students have all that extra time on their hands."

What does this statement say about the level of general education classes offered by UA, as well as the typical freshmanās attitude and initiative toward learning? If UAās general education classes are below the level of high school classes (which in Arizona, isnāt saying much), what does that statement say about how well UA challenges its freshmen?

Twenty years ago at the University of Illinois, which I attended, the freshman year was considered a year in which a student made it or flunked out; it was not considered a year of coasting as a reward for being accepted.

Furthermore, according to your article, does it take an "expert" to confirm the obvious statement that "too much time at a job and not enough time focusing on schoolwork can cause grades to drop"?

Your newspaper would provide a more valuable service to students if it asked critical questions, rather than restating obvious conclusions.

Christa Selig
senior, English major

Most educated people are liberals

In response to Mr. Daleās commentary of July 10, I find it amusing that Mr. Dale would write a column on bias using "statistics" gleaned from biased polls of biased people. Let me get this straight: Professors of journalism, social science, and anthropology are predominantly "liberal?" What a revelation!

Ever stop to wonder what sort of people are normally drawn to those subjects? Usually people with an interest in the human condition and how to improve it (read: not conservatives). That means that around 75% (3/4 of the subject areas) of the people polled were practically predestined to answer "liberal." How convenient.

Furthermore, look at the questions. So more "regular" Americans wanted to use budget surpluses for tax refunds than did some of our most educated citizens? Who wouldnāt want some "free" money? The "average" person probably doesnāt bother to think about the consequences (note the current debt). Consequentially, these professors are branded "liberals" for daring to think there may be a better option? How about disagreeing with the notion of "liberal bias?" Ask your favorite liberal their opinion of broadcast news and youāll find they certainly donāt list the corporate media as their allies.

Letās face it: The media only report what its sponsors allow; the news agencies only supply the talking heads. Sometimes the sponsors want to avoid alienating people (liberal bias), other times they wish to cover their, and othersā, corporate crimes. Youāll never see a report on why people really rally against the World Bank on network news, for instance (conservative bias). Furthermore, after listening to Rush and Fox News, anything will seem "liberal," by comparison. Note: A failure to blame Clinton for everything does not constitute a liberal-slant. If you honestly consider the network news programs to be "liberal-leaning," then you have obviously never explored a real liberal news source. But then again, of course you havenāt; itās so much easier to hold on to your beliefs when you avoid anything that may contradict them. Perhaps thatās why religious zealots and conservatives get along so well?

Christopher Haney
microbiology and immunology
graduate student