Category: Letters to the Editor

The staff of Downtown Brewing Co. would like to send a caveat to your aspiring journalist, Joe Sargent, who kindly used our venue as the location for his “research study.” Had Mr. Sargent delved into this research with the appropriate dose of fervor, he would have discovered that the proverbial “plastic cup” holds the exact […]

Bush Little was in the White House one day, when a “report” fell on his head. He called to Cheney Peney, and this is what he said, “Iraq’s WMDs will soon fall from the sky!” And Good Ol’ Cheney Peney got a twinkle in his eye, He suggested they go tell Halli Burton of their […]

Having retired from 32 years service at the Cal Poly Health Center in 2001, I no longer have access to copies of the Mustang Daily. I consistently read and enjoyed the Mustang Daily when I cared for ill, I provided several editorials and many letters for the Mustang Daily. I do very much miss the […]

President Baker – Man or myth? Supposedly, we have this president, President Baker, that exists to serve our university. Yet, of all my days spent on this campus, I have NEVER seen him. It’s like he’s “Where’s Waldo,” minus the candycane-striped sweater and glasses. But at least you find Waldo eventually. Who is this guy […]

Hey Michael, I can’t believe you spent the entire first half of your letter (Soapbox Diaries or Slander?) bragging about how you looked up “slander,” but still got the definition wrong. Unreal. Slander is the oral communication of injurious statements and libel is the written version. The key word in that is ORAL. Oral, oral, […]

I’d like to thank the Mustang Daily for allowing an important point to come through in their Women of Engineering series- that the Men of Engineering are awesome in their treatment of the female engineers. A big thank you goes out especially to the professors and male students of the Mechanical Engineering department. You guys […]

Last week I saw an article regarding a California Universal Health Care bill. I was looking forward to an objective analysis, but what I found was an advertisement. The article told the potential value of the initiative while omitting the costs and pitfalls involved. This was worthy of the front page? For the sake of […]

I’m tired of reading all these letters about why homosexuality is wrong or right, or that it is not accepted by religion. I personally think that there is nothing wrong with two incredibly hot women exploring their sexual desires. Chris Davis Civil engineering junior

Responding to the commentary from the U. Cincinnati that ran on Jan. 10, it fails to note that there is a secret court where the president can get a warrant. He can even get it 72 hours after the spying has commenced. This court is essentially a rubber stamp. It almost never rejects and rarely […]

According to Dictionary.com, the definition of slander is “. . . communication of false statements injurious to a person’s reputation.” It seems obvious I think, to everyone that the second half of this definition is true of Jack’s latest article referring to the president. I want to focus on the first part of the definition; […]

During 2004, I had the pleasure of working on campus on Tom Hutchings’ local campaign for assembly. His campaign manager was Paul Boisvert, who is openly gay. I’m straight, and come from a small town, and though I would consider myself a fairly open-minded person, just because of my lack of exposure to the outside […]