LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
A teacher’s
Story
Thank you very much for the story about Jennifer Wong. It makes
me proud to be an alumna of UCSD. I also thank you for structuring
the magazine so that we learn about our scientific breakthroughs
and our elite standing in academia, and also so that we learn about
the people who once skated on our sidewalks and who once walked
our halls.
Sandra P. Daley, M.D. ’75,
UCSD School of Medicine
No Study in Israel
In your May 2005 issue you erroneously published information about
the UCSD Opportunities Abroad Program, “OAP to Restore
Study in Israel.”
Recently, there has been, and continues to be much discussion
about the U.S. State Department Travel Warning for Israel.
Our conclusion
at this point is to continue our existing policy of discouraging
students from going to any countries with State Department Travel
Warnings.
This means that we will meet with students who want to go to
Israel and we will let them know how to proceed on their own
if they choose
to. But we will not give them any OAP forms.
Bill Clabby, Revelle, ’84
Opportunities Abroad Program Coordinator
War in Iraq
I found the cover
article in the May
2005 issue of @UCSD disturbing. Colonel Ubbelohde has every reason
to be optimistic, as he is protected by 14 armed guards, lives
in a heavily fortified compound, and travels around Iraq in an
armored vehicle. The majority of the US soldiers in Iraq do not
have this sort of protection. I feel it would have been more
appropriate to focus your story on a more common aspect of reality
for an American’s daily life in Iraq. While I disagree
with this war in Iraq, I fully support our troops. May I suggest
highlighting UCSD alumni who are doing other sorts of jobs that
put themselves in far more danger than Colonel Ubbelohde? This
would reflect a more accurate picture of the current war and
the challenges our soldiers face in Iraq.
Regardless of whether we support the war in Iraq, it is crucial
to support the troops we have there now and to support the effort
to bring back a working infrastructure to the Iraqi people. While
the May issue of @UCSD highlighted this effort and commended
the hardworking US soldiers, it did not provide an accurate
picture
of the causes of the hardships the Iraqis are facing, nor of
the realities the majority of our soldiers face. I find this
misrepresentation
in the article offensive. I believe your readers deserve better
and I look forward to future precise and multifaceted articles in
your magazine.
Shira Stanton, ERC, ’05
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Memories Are
Made Of This?
Do you have fond memories of UCSD? What are they? In conversations
with alumni we’ve heard stories that range from midnight
swims at Black’s Beach to concerts at Price Center
to political rallies at Revelle Plaza. We’ve also heard about
eating places that have come and gone. The
favorites of the early ’70s were not the cool grazing spots
of the ’90s. And what about those other, illicit pleasures
and places? We’re planning a feature on the tunnels; want
to admit you were once part of the underground?
Email your UCSD
fondest memory to: alumni@ucsd.edu.
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