The news section of a reputable newspaper must endeavor to deliver articles that are well researched and informative, and the appearance of bias must be avoided at all costs. In last week's The Student Life, News Editor Conor Friedersdorf '02 wrote a news article and an opinions article on the Reform Party presidential candidate Patrick Buchanan's visit to CMC's Pickford Auditorium. Go to Letter

Well, Election Day has come and gone, and as of Thursday morning, we as a nation still do not know who will be our 43rd president. Many of us have spent hours watching or listening to media coverage, tiredly waiting for Florida's electoral votes to tip the scale towards either Al Gore or George W. Bush. Go to Letter

I would like to respond to Lara Gluck's letter published in the November 3, 2000 issue of TSL. While I agree that the working conditions in many developing countries are horrendous, I do not believe that boycotting companies that make profits off these terrible work conditions is the best solution. Go to Letter

My daughter, class of '03, has alerted me to the fact that there is a common misconception rampant in the Pomona College community that sage hens are extinct. I am a professor of wildlife resources at the University of Idaho, and am an expert on sage hens. Go to Letter

After having read The Student Life for three years now, I am saddened by Conor Friedersdorf's story "Pat Buchanan Speaks at CMC" and his disregard of the facts of the incident. I was at the Buchanan speech and participated in the protests that occured following his speech. Go to Letter

Annie Shahinian's Letter to the Editor (October 12 Student Life) raises several good points that we discussed seriously at our last Departmental Meeting. As the director of The Misanthrope, I was asked to respond. Go to Letter