Letters to the editor
“Feelings” vs. “facts” As a faculty member at UVA since 1987 and supporter of classified employees for the last decade, I’d like to respond to Carol Wood’s letter [Mailbag, July […]
Letters to the editor
On the cover of the July 11 issue of C-VILLE, “Drive yourself crazy” is an unfortunate and dehumanizing choice of words. They are an affront to people who struggle to cope with symptoms of mental illness. Labels like “crazy,” “loony bin,” funny farm,” etc., are dehumanizing to victims of mental illness. The stigma can deter people from seeking medical help.
Letters to the editor
In reviewing the National Research Council’s rankings, I would like to clarify a statement I made in response to a question during the Board of Visitors meeting on Friday, June 9, and that you included in your recent article on graduate student funding [“Grad student funding not up to snuff,” UVA News, June 13].
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Since you chose to give some credibility to the opinions of UVA Professor Patrick Michaels by interviewing him as part of your article on global warming [“Al Gore Heats Up,” June 6], I thought your readers should be aware of Professor Michaels\’ questionable motives and methods. The following quotes are from an article by a fellow academician, Paul Krugman, in the New York Times, May 29, 2006.
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I applaud your publishing Pete Armetta\’s article on the mental health services public funding crisis [“Opinionated,” May 30]. Under-funded mental health services mean under-treated people, and one of the tragic results of untreated mental illness
is suicide.
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Radio FidoI was very happy to see the article by Sheila Pell about the proposed NAIS system in the “Government News” section of your May 16 issue. The Department of […]
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Housing rights(and wrongs) I would like to take issue with Joy Johnson’s comments at the Left of Center’s meeting on Tuesday, May 9, as featured in “Development News” of the […]
Mailbag
Panel discussion Apparently Andy Singer cannot distinguish between terrorist recruiters and military recruiters [“No Exit,” May 10]. Allow me to enlighten him: A terrorist recruiter would not hesitate to take […]
Letters to the editor
Lillian Mezey’s “Opinionated” column [May 6] was right on. The bottom-line isâwhere is the real protection for the rural areas?