Folks need to stop complaining and start fixing club sports
Regarding 'For club sports, challenges that spoil the fun' (Friday, Oct. 13, 2006):
It is a shame that there aren't adequate training/medical facilities for all club teams. Their level of play is at a higher level than intramurals. I suspect that Title IX and NCAA rules may also play a part in this unfortunate scenario. There should be a division between intramural and club sports. They should each have their own boards. Let intramural devotees use the campus health system. There should be a way for varsity and club teams to share trainers, physical therapists, weight rooms, hot tubs and saunas, but it will take some initiative, compromise and funding efforts on both the part of the players/teams and University officials. Folks need to stop moaning and get together a committee to actively study the problem and come up with viable solutions. Surely a university of Princeton's stellar academic reputation can come up with a solution in everyone's best interests! And with regard to funding, that should be out in the open, public knowledge.
Lisa Knight
McCarthy does great service to students and club sports
Regarding 'For club sports, challenges that spoil the fun' (Friday, Oct. 13, 2006):
It is unfair to lump personal issues with Cristine McCarthy in an article mainly pertaining to funding issues. Case in point, it may well be that other schools laugh at the condition of our fields. This, however, is an issue with the lack of available grounds staff to maintain them and is not McCarthy's fault (the University also refuses to hire more grounds staff due to insufficient funding). Perhaps a more pertinent article would be to inquire as to why club sports are so underfunded in the first place, instead of bashing the person who has to try to make do with what she has to work with.
It is also silly to condemn her for demanding that students show up on time for meetings. Best to learn a lesson about punctuality now, before one gets into the workplace and gets fired for consistent lateness.
McCarthy does a great service to the students, even going so far as to organize and supervise events like Sportnighter and Dodgeball tournaments that require time and effort above and beyond what most people realize, and it is shameful to see her accosted in return.
Peter Ogden Department of Athletics
Columnist makes strong argument for grade deflation
Regarding 'Thank goodness for the three-day weekend' (Friday, Oct. 13, 2006):
Possibly without even realizing it, Neel Gehani '07 has made a strong argument for grade deflation. Though I know many Princeton students who recognize the tremendous opportunity that they have been given and work very hard to take full advantage of it, there are others, like Gehani, who evidently view college as some sort of paid vacation. Presumably this lackadaisical attitude is engendered by the low standards to which he has been held.
Professor Daniel Marlow Chair, Department of Physics
Article does nothing more than repeat student activists' lines
Regarding 'Cuban students seek Fidel's ouster' (Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006):
I must first confess that I know nothing about the background of this story. It was obvious, however, that it was unbalanced. The article was nothing more than a repetition of the student activists' line. Though I do not at all question their motives, I do question the 'Prince' 's judgment in letting such a singularly naive story see print.
Eric Meng '07
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