Dear Editor,
Just a note of concern in regards to the recent men’s basketball article on their game with Cal Lutheran [“Cal Lutheran trounces slumping La Verne, 82-48,” Feb. 9]. As a coach, I believe when a team is struggling, this is humiliating enough for student-athletes, let alone publicize it with such negative connotations, especially in the headlines.
In reference to your Code of Ethics, Article III, Section 2, entitled “Responsibility,” your comment on the number of turnovers per team was fair, but when you singled out Ryan Campuzano with 11 turnovers, your “Good judgement and sensitivity toward the protection of the well-being of the people of the University of La Verne” was lacking. The Campus Times coverage has improved every year since I have been here, but coverage that could potentially do more personal damage than good is not necessary.
Julie Kline
Senior Women’s Administrator
Dear Editor,
I am a resident of Brandt Hall and I would like to clear up what went on at a recent hall meeting, in response to your article, “Resident issues addressed in Brandt” [Feb. 9].
Never were we asked to discuss “problems, such as roommate conflicts” as the article stated. Your article also indicates that the fight occurred because three non-residents gained access to Brandt, possibly through “propped-open doors,” and then got into a fight. This is not true. The three were friends of a resident on the third floor. So even if all the doors were closed and locked, the three still would have gained access.
Area Coordinator Chris Freeman conducted and attended the meeting on Jan. 24. The R.A.’s of both Brandt and Stu-Han were also in attendance. The meeting was in response to not only the fight, but several other pranks that occurred in the hall. However, the main theme of the meeting focused on not propping open doors or letting non-residents in and the severe consequences that one faced if one did so. Freeman was more concerned about punishing those who did these things than on punishing the resident whose friends caused the trouble. I believe the housing rules state that a resident is responsible for his/her guests’ actions, am I not correct? With about 100 residents in Brandt, who are coming and going at all hours of the day and night, it is not hard for a non-resident to get in.
Housing Coordinator Derek Vergara says that “there should be an attitude of neighborhood watch” in Brandt. Well buddy, I have never seen you in Brandt, so how can you know what the residents do and are like? I remember when the Oaks and Stu-Han were being burglarized on a regular basis, yet Brandt was untouched? I know the residents of Brandt are very close and we watch out for each other. How do I know this, you ask? I live there! I think that it is time for the administration, from the President on down, to stop asking us what we want and start doing what we want. Are we not the paying customers of this institution?
Name Withheld Upon Request
