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People should use AM radio more
Dear Editor:
AM radio is a great media source
that is underused by many people. All kinds of great programs
are available, and at night can be picked up all over the west.
AM is a great learning device.
Viewpoints on a variety of subjects can be discovered on AM.
A selection of my favorite radio personalities, include: Dr.
Bill Watenburg, G. Gordon Liddy, Rick Miller and Oliver North.
Political viewpoints from across the spectrum are available.
AM 920 and 1510 from Spokane are easy to pick up. At night you
can pick up 810 (KGO) and 640 (KFI) from California among others.
AM radio can be listened in wireless form just about anywhere.
Also available are country stations, which play good old country
instead of the same hits over and over.
Jason Story, Moscow
Stor5556@uidaho.edu
Criticism of Phillips not right
Dear Editor:
I have read the letter to the editor
criticizing Bob Phillips' opinion piece (Letters to the Editor,
Sept. 12), and I found that whoever wrote that letter is also
a little off on his facts.
The 1929 Model T did not have a six-volt "battery"
system, nor did it have any battery system at all. It was a crank
start, which ran off of a magneto.
But, either way, I think the person who wrote the letter missed
the point, which is that Phillips is annoyed by people driving
by in old, beat-up pieces of junk, with their stereo, worth more
than the car, blasting. The letter also criticized Phillips for
not making a direct tie between penis size, and loud music, saying
"he feels this way, and decided to write about it."
Correct me if I am wrong, but is that not the point of having
an opinion section in a paper? After all, it's an opinion piece,
not a Post-Doctoral Psychological dissertation.
Incidentally, Freud's term describing a female child's fixation
with her father is the "Electra Complex."
Penis envy is a different aspect of Freudian Psychology, where
Freud says that women are constantly trying to compete with men,
and are frustrated because they lack such an organ.
I should add that I do not usually agree with most of Bob Phillips'
articles, sometimes he makes me outright mad, but he is entitled
to his opinion, and this is one of the few areas where I do agree
with it.
James McMillan
mcmi6511@uidaho.edu
Parking issue needs resolution
Dear Editor:
Much of this does not pertain to
the Wyatt Buchanan article in Tuesday's edition of the Argonaut,
but I must vent somewhere, at someone, NOW!
First, I'd like to thank ASUI President Bart Cochran for pointing
out there is a parking "crisis." I had no idea there
was a problem. It seemed odd that no matter what time I arrive
on campus, I have to park in lot 34 west of the Kibbie Dome.
On top of that, I typically have to park in the gravel portion
of the lot. Personally I feel that if I'm paying $70 a year
for campus parking, I should be provided ample space in a paved
parking area.
I also feel that if parking permits are oversold by a certain
percentage, as in the 50 to 75 percent experienced this fall,
then some reimbursement should be provided to drivers with red
permits.
I have also noticed that some vehicles parked in red lots have
not moved in some time. I'm wondering if the parking task force
will track the frequency of these "squatters?"
Yet another observation is the bicycle use on campus. Travelling
west on 6th Street from Deakin Avenue to the Line Street area
is NOT a bicycle path. The actual path follows the north side
of Paradise Creek. At times when there is little foot traffic,
I can understand riding on the sidewalk. However, during periods
of high foot traffic, bicycles should not be on the sidewalks.
Norm Kendrick
copi@hotbot.com
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