LETTERS
"There's
a doctoral study in this, somewhere."
Life as a mind relived
I can't say enough how much I enjoyed the article by David Forbes
("My Life as a Mind-Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and
Love the Bomb University," April/02). The title alone was
too wonderful. Forbes put into words so many things I would say
about my undergraduate experience and how I translate that time
presently.
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Right
mood, wrong caption
I loved and related to David Forbes's quite accurate revisiting
of "boomer" heaven at the U of C of the late '60s. One
minor inaccuracy, however, is the small photo on page 29 captioned
"rallying cries to bring back organized football."
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No
Survivor, please
Reading William S. Wan's article, "Home, Home in the Reg"
(April/02) reminded me of two things. First, I recalled my reactions
during a tour of the recently revamped Regenstein to the physical
alterations of the place.
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Scalia
scathed
I was disappointed (but not surprised) to read the puff piece
on Justice Scalia ("Chicago Journal," April/02). There
are some well-known people who have University associations that
I am not proud of; Justice Scalia is one.
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Public accountability
I read with interest the piece on Roman Weil and the Enron/Arthur
Andersen disgrace ("Investigations," April/02). I agree
with many of Weil's points, particularly the one about more backbone
being needed on the part of the auditors.
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The simple truth?
I read Prof. John Mearsheimer's article "Liberal Talk, Realist
Thinking" (February/02) with interest and then waited to
see the letters in reply dissect it.
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Protesting post hoc, propter hoc
Bradford Lyttle, AM'51, wrote to say that "...the belief
that military force can be such a rationally controlled instrument
of change is unscientific," and that "[t]he destruction
of the World Trade Center towers occurred because all of the
physical and psychological conditions for their destruction
existed."
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Flat-out
wrong
I have found the Magazine to be well worth time invested
in reading it because, unlike so many publications for alumni,
it assumes an intelligent audience. I have learned much from
it, all of which made even more disturbing a passing statement
in a recent number ("Investigations: The discovery of discovery,
or our debt to Copernicus," February/02).
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Expanded
mentoring
The description of "Out and About" in the February/02
"College Report" made me wonder why graduate counselors
at Career and Placement Services don't run a mentoring program
providing College advisers for all College students:
mentoring "by other students…can't offer the life
experience and perspective that faculty and staff can."
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G'Night, Nightline
At the beginning of spring quarter, the University announced
the closure of Niteline, a student-run listening service founded
in 1979 (See "Chicago
Journal,"). Niteline (formerly known as Hotline)
was anonymous, confidential, and late-night, providing information,
referrals, listening, and crisis intervention to anyone who
called.
WTC snapshots wanted
For a photographic montage I am preparing for exhibition, I
would appreciate the loan of snapshots of the twin towers of
the World Trade Center, preferably with friends or family in
the foreground.
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