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Letters to the Editor

Online textbooks aid students in the end

September 8, 2009

Editor:The Utah Student Association was recently criticized in Liz Carlston's column for its "short-term" ideas on combating the excessive prices of textbooks ("Online textbooks hurt students in the end,"...

Racism at the U is shameful

September 8, 2009

Editor:I'm proud to be an alumnus of the U8212;except when I'm ashamed. Yesterday, while visiting the campus, my wife heard an employee at the Red Onion Cafe refer to an African-American woman as "flat-nose"...

Ute fans should stop game-day harassment

September 8, 2009

Editor:I am and always will be a Ute fan but continually get frustrated with the behavior of other Ute fans who feel they can disrespect other teams and their fans. My niece is an Aggie and attended the...

Transportation fair good place to learn about the issues

August 27, 2009

Editor:Wow! Thursday's opinion page is all about lack of parking on campus, construction impeding commuting to and while on campus and even a poll on commuting options. On Tuesday, Sept. 1 you can learn...

U events hinder student parking

August 26, 2009

I resent students being told they have to park elsewhere, often in pay lots, even if they have parking permits.

Illegal immigration wrong in every way

April 27, 2009

Those aliens and their children overwhelm Utah's schools, hospitals and prisons. They provide illegal labor that displaces and undercuts jobs for legal Utah citizens.

Obama proposal not change nor something to believe in

April 27, 2009

I for one am tiring of arbitrary, principle-free economic policy and to add the prostitution of bank reputation is sickening, incontinent and tribal.

Gun needed for protection of wife, kids

April 26, 2009

Deesing states that Utahns are gun-toting, fear-driven imbeciles. I believe I speak for the majority of gun owners in this state, as well as in this country, when I say he is making an ad hominem attack based on his own ignorance and irrational fear of guns.

TRAX graffiti unfathomable, unacceptable

April 26, 2009

I take TRAX at least three to five days per week and the so-called artwork left by these "contributors to society" makes me sick.

Fears about permit holders asinine

By and April 22, 2009

In his column, ("Gun love fueled by fear," April 22), Jonathan Deesing commented on a quote from President Barack Obama: "When read in the proper context, his quote explains that when people mistrust or have become disillusioned with their government, they turn to guns and religion." Obama's and Deesing's implication is that this is a bad thing. That's why people are offended.