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Letters continued from page 2 dent body if they let a handful of [protesters] affect the future and the integrity of my alma mater. What do these students know about working conditions in other countries? Do they realize that Nike and other companies often pay salaries that are much higher than what local governments can afford and that the foreign workers do not appreciate one bit what WRC is trying to do to “protect" their rights? Knight is not the only one who will pull donations. A lot of alum ni are absolutely disgusted, and I am one of them. Do something be fore it is too late! Get out there; or ganize a rally! Show the adminis tration that you are not going to allow the University back into mediocrity! MurtuzZamanly University graduate Endorsement unnecessary The irony of University Presi dent Dave Frohnmayer’s decision is that a democratic process was used to support an anti-democrat ic system. I use the term democratic very loosely in this case because the majority of the University popula tion appears to have been exclud ed horn voicing or voting. The Worker Rights Consortium was chosen when a viable and functioning system was already in place, the Fair Labor Association. Many improvements to overseas working conditions, if that indeed was the reason for endorsing the WRC, had been made and were occurring. It was wrong to endorse an entity whose concerns are all too inclusive and who are neither tolerant to other opinions nor ac cept representation by any other parties ofopposing viewpoints. Ramon Cruz University alumnus Message needs second thought “Ryan" week is nothing more than a week of evangelism, de signed to emotionally manipulate students — hopefully by the force of peer pressure — to follow one particular religion. There are many Christians who don’t engage in these kind of tac tics. A few other students and I went around and put up 80 posters saying respectfully the rea sons why we did not agree with Ryan. Most of them were torn down within two hours. They aren’t interested in honest dia logue about Jesus Christ, because this doesn’t revolve around Him. It revolves around the Bible saying that Jesus is the only way to God. Never mind that the Bible has contradictions within itself, that it contradicts science and that the God portrayed in the Bible is a jealous pseudo-parent figure who supports sexism, slavery and eth nic cleansing, among other things. Never mind that many passages in the Bible contradict what we know about history. No, you are supposed to believe it for one rea son only — the Bible says it is! If we turned in a report that said “this report is true because I say it is,” the teacher would flunk us and with good reason. I was a fundamentalist Christ ian for 10 years. I even went to Bible college. I have never felt as much peace, joy and happiness in my life as I have since I left Chris tianity. I’ve talked to many other people who have made the same decision I did and are as happy about it as I am. How about a week for us? Sara Stewart political science Ryan tactics an ad campaign After finally seeing what “Do you agree with Ryan” was about by going to hear him speak in the EMU on Tuesday, I am left won dering what the original goal was. This whole thing to me is nothing but a creative advertising plea for Christianity. From the beginning, with the mysterious messages written on chalkboards last week, to the armies of red T-shirt-wearing be lievers walking around campus on the day of Ryan’s speech, it seemed like nothing more than a misguided attempt to sell people some brand new product. But faith and religion are not something you can sell like a new diet soda. If, as one of the partici pants told me, faith in Jesus can only be found in one’s own heart, then what is the purpose of plas tering the name and beliefs of one person all around as if everyone should feel the same in their heart? What all of this advertising seemed to say was “what we’ve got is right and what you’ve got is wrong.” While it may have al lowed the participants to show to the campus community their faith in Jesus, it also came across as a grand show of a lack of respect for the faiths and feelings of others. I am pretty sure that is not what Christianity is about. The product of this advertise ment just didn’t deliver. I don’t agree with Ryan, but I wish those who do all the best of luck in find ing their own beliefs in their own hearts. Boris Dolin linguistics CORRECTION Thursday’s story, “Worldwide trav el on the World Wide Web,” (ODE, April 27) should have credited Wave Rock Communications with management of the public rela tions segment for Wherenext.com. 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