Letters to the Editor

Financial services and business portrayed as the same entity

Regarding 'An enterprising move' (Monday, April 2, 2007):

If The Daily Princetonian's Editorial Board wanted to help remedy the fact that "Many students think of financial services and business as being almost synonymous," it would help if they did not refer to the two as "that particular industry" (singular) later in the same sentence. Andy Brett '07

Chaplaincy decision was not anti-Semitic

Regarding 'Letters to the Editor' (Tuesday, April 3, 2007):

Though I disagree with President Tilghman's decision regarding a Chabad chaplaincy, reasonable people may disagree on this issue. Michael Scharff '64's accusations of anti-Semitism are uncalled for and counterproductive. The administration gave a rational explanation for its decision, and the proper response would be to speak to those concerns.

As the shocking incident in Bloomberg Hall last week demonstrated, even the Princeton bubble is not safe from the scourge of anti-Semitism. Jewish Princetonians are not served, however, by crying wolf any time an administrative decision does not favor a Jewish cause. Pablo Kapusta '05

Letter did not show an understanding of atheist position

Regarding 'Letters to the Editor' (Tuesday, April 3, 2007):

John Doherty '05's response to Soleine Leprince's "Discussing the origins of religious belief" is a most interesting letter: Doherty claims that atheists "can never fully quiet the nagging thought, 'perhaps there is [a God].' " I must ask myself, though: Assuming Doherty is religious himself, how does he quiet the nagging thought, "Perhaps my God does not exist, but another one does?" Once he understands why he is an atheist with respect to other religions' deities, maybe he will understand the intellectual position of the atheist. Then again, it is probably no great surprise to see such arguments coming from someone whose argument against science is, "Well, maybe there is something, but we just can't detect it by any known method. But I feel it! Trust me!" Doherty says we can't see the stars if we don't look at the sky, but perhaps he should take his head out of the sand first. Tim Nunan '08

RCCs have proven helpful and efficient to many students

Regarding 'Letters to the Editor' (Wednesday, April 4, 2007):

I have to respectfully disagree with my friend Jordan Bubin '09's scathing letter about Residential Computing Consultants (RCCs). The RCC is not well structured because they are paid for the year and, it seems, not really supervised, so it's up to them to decide whether or not to do their jobs. One of the RCCs in Rocky, however, is one of the most helpful people my roommates and I have ever met. He has come whenever we have needed him and arrived as asoon he can as he can possibly make it. He manages to fix a good deal of computer problems, and he has saved us countless trips to the OIT office. I am not entirely sure who one of the four Rocky RCCs is, but I think the quality of the employees varies between colleges, and they're not all bad.

The two things I would say are that they really need to advertise their services much more heavily, and there should be a way to rate their progress midyear as there is for the RCAs. I wouldn't say, however, that the position should be eliminated — they are useful. A few bad employees are no cause to get rid of a great service! Maria Salciccioli '09