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Page 12 • Friday, February 12, 1999
MAIL CALL
Statements in Vail
story appropriate
In response to J.S. Hancock and
K.D. Holsinger’s Feb 9 mail call.
I am writing in response to the
letter to the editor concerning my
comments about the death of Bar-
rry Vail.
I in no way intended my re
marks concerning this young
man’s tragic death to be humor
ous or to intentionally use a pun
to make a point. I have the unfor
tunate honor to be interviewed
nearly everytime that a student at
this University is killed, maimed,
drowned, raped or beaten up as
the result of the excessive use of
alcohol. I find nothing funny in any
of it!
I feel nothing but the pain of a
loss that could have been avoided
concerning Mr. Vail’s death.
I cannot hope to imagine what
horror the family of this young
man must be going through at this
very moment. The loss that we as
a campus feel cannot hope to
come close to their sense of loss.
My heart, my prayers and any
comfort that I could provide for
them is a given.
As to an apology for the words
chosen, I freely apologize to any
one who felt those words were in
appropriate. They were not chosen
to make a joke or a pun, they were
factual concerning the effects of
alcohol. I would never make a joke
about the tragic loss of a person’s
life.
I think that there is another
apology owed. However, that apol
ogy cannot come from me. It can
only come from those who are
largely responsible for the death
of this young person. Those who
furnished the alcohol illegally to a
minor, and those who stood by
and perhaps even encouraged
him to drink until his judgement
was overcome, and ultimately
caused his death due to the ef
fects of the alcohol.
The outrage and disbelief be
longs there.
Dennis J. Reardon, Ph. D.
Student Life Alcohol and Drug
Education Programs
I lost a close friend at the
hands of a drunk driver. He and
the driver, his A&M roommate,
were partying during spring break
several years ago when the tragic
accident occurred.
The alcohol in their systems
certainly played a major role in
that deadly spring break accident.
While some may think the cover
age by The Battalion was taste
less with respect to the recent Vail
accident, the point was made
clear that alcohol affects judg
ment and clearly results in some
deadly choices. The Vail family
certainly needs our concern and
prayers, but the incident and facts
should not be swept under the
rug.
I hope the facts are used by
other Aggies to prevent such inci
dents in the future and reduce the
number of Silver Tap Ceremonies.
Richard Gallagher
Graduate Student
Proposed parking
fee hike depressing
I was really depressed to read
the article on the new parking
rates.
I bought my beat up 1988
Chrysler LeBaron for $350 last
year, and now I have to pay $348
a year for a garage spot.
Is there something wrong with
that?
Anthony Garza
Class of '02
Minority attitudes
blocking equality
In response to the Feb 3. article
“BAC hosts events for Black History
Month.”
I was disappointed by the arti
cle. How many times were the
participants of the event quoted
as making some kind of reference
to slavery? When will it end? I
am sorry it ever happened. I un
derstand how many of you could,
to this day, be suffering the conse
quences. But that is partly your
blame, because you can’t let it go.
The Jim Crow laws, segregated
schools, it was all so long ago.
Why are we still so divided?
Whose choice is that? Do you
want your descendants to forever
carry this baggage?
I am not referring just to the
black community. All minority
groups are responsible for the
lack of unification. Is it really nec
essary to have multiple sub-cul
tures based on something as triv
ial as color? Why does your
definition of being American or an
Aggie have to diverge from the
rest of the community's? How do
you ever expect to advance with a
stone tied around your neck? Are
we not big enough to swallow the
pride and find some peace?
Ves, I too, am a minority. I
know how it is to walk through life
every day fully conscious of the
fact that people look at me and
the first thing that they see is col
or. But I have learned to live with
that. I know who I am. and I am a
person before I am color. Ethnici
ty only enhances the person.
We are the enemy of equality,
because equality will never be
achieved with division.
Cecelia Pizano
Class of '99
Creatine column
sad, embarrassing
In response to the Tim White's
Feb. 10 guest column.
I am saddened and embar
rassed that a graduating senior at
Texas A&M believes that the penis
is a muscle.
White should be informed be
fore he pens an article in the fu
ture. This article, which hints at
various studies, sites none such
studies, and is a thinly veiled at
tempt to sell a product which the
author is hocking.
If White wants to sell his prod
uct, next time he should buy an
advertisement like everyone else.
He should NOT write a misin
formed article hinting to gullible
students that his product is harm-
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