Letters to the Editor...
Encouraged to vote
Dear Editor,
I read your article, �Don't Vote, It Only Encourages Them.� This was a very good article because it seems as if it is talking to the younger people. I am 18 and I plan to vote this year for the first time and this letter encourages me a lot more to pick the leader of our country. Before, I was just going to vote for whoever my dad voted for because he is a smart man. Now I want to vote based on my beliefs. So this article made me want to be more involved and actually know people who are running. I just wanted to say thank you from all of the younger people who read that article.
Clarice Estes
Pre-Nursing Major
Rome, GA
A business instructor enjoys the SMP
Dear Editor,
I have taught at the Cartersville and NMT campuses over the past year and have read many if not all of the SMP issues printed during that time. �I just read through the Sept. 28 issue and wanted to pass along my congratulations. I especially enjoyed the Hunter S. Thompson quote and cartoons. Most of the time you only hear from people when they have a problem or complaint so I thought I would take the opportunity to pass along some praise. �Keep up the good work.
David L. Williams
Part-time insructor of business administration
Props from up top
Sam,
Darn good article on voting! �I've been badgering my students also.
Bill Mugleston
Chair of social and cultural studies
Banning books should be banned
Dear Editor,
I recently received an e-mail from Georgia Highlands College on the 100 most frequently challenged books of 1999-2000.
I was shocked at some of the selections. Many of the books I read as far back as fifth and sixth grade. Books by Maya Angelou, Mark Twain, and John Steinbeck are being banned. These are the authors my English teachers never got tired of talking about. They are the authors whose work I learned to love and respect. As I read further down the list, I saw that authors like Judy Blume, Louis Sachar, Roald Dahal, and Shel Silverstine, also had banned books. �By the time I reached the end of the list, I was speechless. I do not understand how some of the authors made it on this list. I think it is a disservice to the world of literature to try so hard to censor certain authors.
Many of the works being banned are classic pieces of literature, and others are just good, fun reading... I strongly suggest picking at least one book from this list and deciding for yourself if you think it deserves to be banned.
Brittani Swinford
Nursing Major
Rome, GA �
Freshman feeling better now
Dear Editor,
I am a new freshman here at Georgia Highlands College. I am from Adairsville, so I don't know many people that go to this campus. I thought that your article about new students was really good because it let me know that I wasn't the only one who was lost. I was also surprised to see someone in your paper that I know, and who isn't from Adairsville. So thank you for the article, I know now that I'm not the only one who was feeling a little overwhelmed and anxious about the new school year.
� � Rebecca Farmer
Nursing Major
Adairsville, Ga �
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