Letters to the editor
By Daily Bruin Staff
Dec. 5, 2004 9:00 p.m.
IVP has made efforts to fulfill OCHC
promises
While reading the Daily Bruin’s Friday editorial,
“USAC needs to fulfill unfinished promises” (Dec. 3), I
could not help but notice one glaring mistake. The Bruin stated
that Internal Vice President Darren Chan’s tenure has yet to
deliver on his campaign promise of engaging the on-campus community
in regard to student council issues.
There have been two joint On-Campus Housing
Council”“Undergraduate Students Association Council meetings
during the past quarter. I can state without reservation that our
internal vice president has played an integral part in ensuring
that the previously fractured relation between USAC and OCHC would
no longer prevent cooperation between the two bodies.
With The Bruin being the preeminent news source covering our
student government, they are correct that our elected
representatives deserve the utmost media scrutiny. But they should
also make sure that reporting on the fulfillment of individual
campaign goals matches the coverage of the collective goals of the
council.
I can confidently state that Chan’s efforts have been
nothing short of outstanding.
Paul Marian OCHC campus relations, USAC
liaison
Christians have the right to pursue their
beliefs
In the submission “Conservative Christian agenda
unconstitutional” (Dec. 2), Surafel Tsega seems to indicate
that Christian beliefs have no place in American politics.
When he says that “our government cannot base its laws on
religious beliefs,” it begs the question as to whether we
should abolish laws against murder, adultery, stealing or lying, to
name a few.
The main point is to recognize that Christians have every right
to stand up for their beliefs and principles. They have every right
to pursue a society that respects their beliefs, as do other
Americans.
The argument that Christian beliefs are being forced upon
society conveniently neglects the issue of anti-Christian social
beliefs being forced upon Christians.
Nicholas Louw Fourth-year, mathematics and
economics
