Nix superhero Joe
Editor:
I actually like the new look for Joe Bruin, except for his
superhero costume!
That yellow collar makes me think there’s a cape around his
neck. Please save your $60, 000 investment by keeping him in a
football jersey, or a basketball jersey and T-shirt.
Brett Poirier
Fifth-year
Mechanical engineering
Boo on you
Editor:
Like all other Bruin fans, I enjoyed our team’s dynamic
performance at Wednesday’s basketball game against USC. But I was
embarrassed by the shameful lack of class shown by those students
who had the poor taste to repeatedly boo the USC cheerleaders as
they did their routines.
Yes, let’s cheer our team to victory, but let’s show proper
sportsmanship and courtesy to our guests. Enough said.
Mortimer Chambers
Professor
History
Eye for an eye?
Editor:
Capital punishment is institutionalized revenge. The death
penalty is not a crime deterrent as Aanand Patel claims in his
article ("Enforce death sentences for cold-blooded killers," Jan.
24). In fact, it has the opposite effect. The state’s use of
execution as a valid form of punishment only condones violence
rather than condemn it. The state is, in essence, telling its
populace that murder is acceptable as long as it is justified.
Further, Patel suggests that because William Kirkpatrick has
delayed his own slaughter, he has escaped punishment. The man has
been in jail for 12 years … with no release in sight! Despite
popular stereotypes about inmate life, jail is not fun and should
be regarded as punishment.
I beg Patel not to advocate an antiquated "eye for an eye, life
for a life" mentality. What’s next? Beat up the assault offenders?
Force sex upon convicted rapists? This tactic only promotes the
exact behaviour we should attempt to prevent.
Heidi Summers
Third-year
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