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Letters to the EditorOfficial Catholics

Editor:I would like to clarify a few items stemming from
Elizabeth Ashford’s

Nov. 10, front page article ("Hindu group’s journey toward
recognition

ends") on UCLA’s recognition of the Hindu Student Council.

First, like the HSC, the UCLA Catholic Student Association
was

officially recognized by UCLA last month. We’ve since received
mini-fund

money for a program – it doesn’t get any more official than
that.

Second, the UCLA Catholic Student Association never withdrew
its

application last year (as reported in the Daily Bruin on page
seven).

Fortunately, there is a paper trail that proves that assertion
to be false.

It will be illuminating to see who may have passed on that
misinformation

to Ashford.

Lastly, it seems pretty illogical to hold that (apparently)
every world

religious tradition except Catholicism can be cultural; but
history reveals

that no race, religion, tribe, nation or institution has a
monopoly on

bigotry. A visit to the Center for Student Programming will show
they have

no guidelines as to how they distinguish between religion and
culture. Just

go and ask Dr. Berky Nelson, the director, to see some
guidelines.Mary P. Mallavarapu

President

UCLA Catholic Student Association