Editor:

It was our belief that the primary goal of this university was to provide a quality education. Recent events have tarnished this perception. The bottom line is this: Money is more important than learning.

We enrolled in Italian 102. Ten students were anxious to learn, the professor was willing to teach, but the bureaucratic administration denied us the chance to further our education. Middle-management told us that we were one student short of the 11-stude nt minimum. The decision to cancel the class was made purely for financial reasons, disregarding the students who even offered to pay extra to make the class financially feasible. In response to this, one administrator told us that the decision to continu e the class could only be made by the head of the department, who was conveniently out of town.

The university's responsibility is to prepare students for their futures, but now three students will have to delay their graduation dates. One student would have graduated at the end of second session with this class. Some students came from other univer sities and were planning to transfer these credits.

The administration needs to reconsider where its priorities lie - in educating students, or in making profits.

Aaron M. Barrette
History senior

Aaron M. Qureshi
Holy Cross College junior

Terry Ellis
media arts senior

Nancy Lasseter
Northern Arizona University senior