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Crew was the right choice Your staff does a lovely job connecting our campus through this weekly paper. However, many peers, including myself, are quite irritated by the "Was crew the right choice?" article. The writer, Bruce Garlinghouse, seemed to be extremely biased in his writing. He was writing in favor of just the the golf team, not taking the crew team into consideration. He wrote, "So, why was the University forced to replace them with 29 women that simply responded to an email or wanted to try something new?" Bruce needs to be aware that this is highly inappropriate. The girls on the crew team are working so incredibly hard and have just as much commitment as any other Divsion 1 team has. In fact, they have to get up and be at practice by 6 a.m., which is not easy for any college student. They did not "just respond" to an email. Tryouts were held, and many other considerations went into choosing who is on the team. It does not seem like Bruce did much research on his own topic. If he had, he would know that there is a lot more to the woman's crew team than people "trying something new." As a matter of fact, hundreds of people try out for rowing teams across the nation that have never tried the sport before and make it on the team. Crew demands so much time and energy out of a person and the University as a whole should be very proud of these women. I truly do appreciate what you do at The Beacon. I just wanted to bring this up because this is our University, and I feel as though not only was the crew team was attacked, but it was degrading to the University and the decision-making of the administration who chose crew over golf. I hope that you take situations like these into consideration when editing the paper. Thank you for all that you do. Elizabeth Lancaster sophomore, education It's Brawny, not Bounty I enjoyed reading last week's Beacon article about the Lumberjack Ball, although I believe that you have your paper towel brands mixed up. The paper towel brand with a "big, strong, burly man" is Brawny Paper Towels, not Bounty as stated in the first paragraph of the article. Ian Coe freshman, biology
