LETTERS
Insensitive wit
Upon picking up an issue of
the Lmorahi ret ontly [ODU. fan
8), 1 was surprised lo see what
was obviously a thoughtless at
tempt at wit
At the bottom of the front
page were three headings ( ail
ing attention to stories within
One of these read "White or
Whole Wheat7" and referred to
a story about .1 student at an Al
bany high school who arrived
on his campus armed and
wanting police to kill him lie
cause of fears of going to )ad
I'he insensitive heading
made reference to the youth's
comment that he was "toast,"
slang for finished, or beaten
The problem of youth de
pression and suicide is a seri
ous matter In this country The
suit ide rate among 15-14 year
olds has tripled since l‘H>()
There are a lot of stories ripe
lor a witticism This tregit c ase
is nol uni' of them
Mil hurl Reyntdds
i In in<i 11 Servic es
Help me
List ye.ir .it tins time m.iny
Americnns were getting .1 geog
raphy lesson from Ted Turner
.is Ills hand of (INN reporters
were informing us where Ku
wait was located YVe saw
maps, live reports on the Amur
lean military effort, heard in
sights on the culture, and hasi
t ally got the full si oop on this
small country in the Middle
hast iiut I ask vou where is
Yugoslav la?
Help me. led Is this civil
war not worth your attention or
that of the Ament an govern
merit for that matter7 Millions
of dollars were poured into op
eration ' Desert Storm by our
leaders and media as the mill
tarv rescued Kuwait from the
evil clutches of Saddam Hus
si:in I.)si w inter
There doesn I appear lo lie .1
repeat showing of m 1 • r 11 .111
goodwill on the horizon as
Yugoshnl.i is getting torn apart
bv independeni e movements
In far t, the little coverage that
is granted lo this war appears
on the ha 1 k page ol most Amer
it an newspapers
Admittedly, Croatia and Set
bta limi t provide millions ol
barrels ol oil lo the world each
day I wonder if the American
public would gel another geog
raphy lesson it they did
Paul Kluusenburgrr
Student
Date, anyone?
I don't want to debate w heth
er or not l’ro)e< t Saferide has a
valid reason to deny men from
using the program hut I would
like lo ask Abe iiepner ,1 ijues
lion After the court hearing,
w ere v oil able to get a date '
I rov Mi I .11 land
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