Don’t jump to conclusions about campus movers

I was troubled by the front-page story on Wednesday’s Arizona Daily Wildcat on alleged theft and drug use by employees of Interspace Moving and Storage. Crews from this firm worked for me for more than six weeks this past summer in moving the herbarium from Shantz to Herring Hall. Mr. Wardlow was part of this crew, at least at the beginning of the move. I was surprised by Mr. Wardlow’s allegations because I saw absolutely no evidence of theft or drug use in any of the Interspace employees I dealt with. In contrast, I found them to be competent, conscientious and very hard working.

I am concerned that faculty, staff and students who see Interspace employees working on campus not jump to unwarranted conclusions about the ethics of these people. They did a great job for us, and I’m happy to welcome them back at any time.

Steven P. McLaughlin
professor of arid lands studies and herbarium curator

Current greek rush system needs improvements

Although I am new to the greek system and don’t have much experience to speak from, I feel my thoughts and feelings must be heard about the rush, or lack thereof, that has been put on this semester. I wasn’t aware of the formal rush meeting that happened last Saturday night in the union and apparently neither were many other people. When I arrived with my fraternity to advertise after when we believed the rush meeting was over, we were left to find an empty room and two students walking around asking when the meeting was going to take place. To the best of my knowledge the only advertising done for rush was on the Greek Life home page, and from what I was told, that wasn’t even posted until a couple days before the meeting.

When I asked my fellow brothers how rush was once done, I was told that there used to be a system that every person who wished to rush had to walk around with a card. And on this card was a place for every fraternity to put a stamp. This way everyone was forced to check out every house to see if there might be a house that might better suit them, rather than one that they might have already had in mind. What ever happened to this system? There were even a few of the older members that said that they received rush T-shirts from the rush event. Hey, everyone loves a free a T-shirt, and it’s a great way to advertise!

What it really comes down to is, why was nothing advertised until the last minute? And what happened to the whole system with the cards getting stamped? I feel that if the current system is not changed there will be no more participants to rush, eventually leading to the collapse to the whole greek system.

Jake Treguboff
political science freshman

Porn commentary shared intelligent point of view

Bravo to Ms. Hall for filleting the prevailing view of pornography as it relates to women. I’m always glad to see an intelligent, independent woman refusing to be cowed by elite academic opinion. And, if she were merely being provocative, at least she’s a dynamic polemicist. If it’s the former case, however, I look forward to watching her first starring role.

Matthew Seaton
biochemistry senior

Rec Center basketball courts need better upkeep

The people in charge of maintaining the gyms at the Student Recreation Center are doing a terrible job. Half of the nets are torn and don’t get fixed. Multiple rims are not level, with one side being higher than the other, making shooting on one side of the court difficult. Many of the basketballs are old and worn out, with some being flat. And recently, a fan or something has broken, making the gym incredibly humid. This makes the floor and basketballs slippery. People are falling down, spraining ankles and shooting airballs. As a spectator, this might be fun to watch, but for those playing, the conditions are much less than expected out of an expensive university. What’s next, chain nets?

Zach Sonnenberg
finance junior