Letter to the Editor: “A Dream of a Nightmare”
Maria Martinez and Patti Del Valle
December 8, 2010
Dear SMC Community, In response to the “A Dream of a Nightmare” editorial by Julie Newsome (November 24, 2010), we would like to point out some misinformation and provide you with some little known facts about AB 540 students. We were disheartened by the lack of sensitivity on the part... Read more »
Letter to the Editor: “A Dream of a Nightmare 2″
Santa Monica College MECHA (Movimiento Estudiantial Chicano/a de Aztlan)
December 8, 2010
Santa Monica College Corsair Staff, We, the members of Santa Monica College MECHA (Movimiento Estudiantial Chicano/a de Aztlan), and concerned students are outraged by the insensitive and inaccurate editorial titled “A Dream or a Nightmare” and the racist, hostile and thoughtless cartoon... Read more »
Letter to the Editor: “A Dream For Some, A Nightmare For Others”
Hilda Queiroz
December 6, 2010
Hi there. I’m writing in regards to the article entitled “A Dream For Some, A Nightmare For Others” by Julie Newsome. I would like to start out by saying that the illustration on the website is offensive and racist. The fact that you would allow for something like to be publish shows... Read more »
Criticisms for “A Dream for some, a nightmare for others”
Hilda Queiroz
December 1, 2010
Hi there. I’m writing in regards to the article entitled “A Dream For Some, A Nightmare For Others” by Julie Newsome. I would like to start out by saying that the illustration on the website is offensive and racist. The fact that you would allow for something like to be published... Read more »
Letter to the Editor: Corsair needs to think things through
September 30, 2010
The Corsair’s Staff Opinion Writers Need Diversity of Thought. In “God speaks, Jones listens,” Staff Writer Vienna Urias decides that burning holy books should not occur, and she claims without evidence that “Under no circumstance would U.S. citizens tolerate the burning of the... Read more »
Letter to the Editor: Private lives open to peering eyes
Warren Cancilla
September 21, 2010
Over the last five years Americans have seen their lives turned upside down by the selfish greed of bankers, politicians, and other powerful, moneyed, morally corrupt pillars of our society. At a time like this, when Americans are still sifting through the financial rubble from Hurricanes Bush, Wall... Read more »
Letter to the Editor
Kenneth Vlahos
May 26, 2010
Tieg Slattery, I’m confused as to your reasoning regarding the legalization of marijuana. At one point in your article “SMC student liberties ‘up in smoke’ to keep feds happy” you state: “It’s really quite simple: take a vote, if the majority of the country... Read more »
Letter to the Editor
Kenneth Vlahos
May 18, 2010
Tieg Slattery, Your opinion piece was flatly inaccurate and disturbing. To assume that the Arizona bill is somehow a result of an American classist attack on poor people is like saying any wealthy person who puts a home security system on his house is discriminating against poor people looking to steal... Read more »
Letter to the Editor
Jeff Studdard, Former Police Officer
April 26, 2010
To the Editor: As a former police officer who arrested more people for marijuana than I care to remember, I’d like to commend Tieg Slattery for a thoughtful and well-argued piece in favor of marijuana legalization (“Marijuana reform necessary, but unlikely,” April 22). However, Slattery’s... Read more »
Letter to the Editor
R. Pawloski, Santa Monica, CA
March 26, 2010
Dear Editor, The irony would be funny if it weren’t also painful. I opened the Corsair, the issue from Wednesday, March 24th, 2010, and read the headline: America Is Slipping In Their Educational Standards. This is not a proper sentence, even allowing for the often compromised structure of newspaper... Read more »
