I commend Michelle Wong's intent to set fire to some sort of controversial spirit among the student body...isn't that what this school year was missing?

After all, we had just made it into the third full week of classes without an incident. We must have all let down our guards for a

moment there.

But not you, Ms. Wong, you managed to keep your senses at their peak so as not to miss a beat. Isn't that what we want here, to be on our tippy toes ready to pounce on any incident which even treads on possibly being offensive?

What occurred between Pete Kawada and Prof. Wagner is irrrevelant here. What matters is the fact that Ms. Wong went against Kawada's sincerest wishes not to have the article printed.

But she would have none of that. This was too grand an opportunity to pass up, even if it meant going against the wishes of the student involved in the incident.

I have a set of steps that Ms. Wong could have taken to prevent this poor use of space in the Student:

Step one: Get into car. Step two: Drive to Blockbuster video. Step three: get out of car and enter store. Step four: rent video titled "Citizen Ruth." Step five: Repeat step one. Step six: repeat step two with final destination being Ladd library. Step seven: find viewing room (preferably one not in use) and watch (utilizing VCR technology, instructions for use can be found on machine) movie. Step eight: Watch movie and compare events of film to Ms. Wong's actions last week. Step nine: Experience mind-numbing revelation that perhaps Ms. Wong was somewhat insensitive with regard to her defiance of Pete's wishes.

Sincerely,

Christian Oberle '98