Why argue over the bar tab?Now I know I’m just a humble firstie at U of T, and I may not quite understand the workings of such an amazing university and its student “leaders”—but why the hell is SAC spending money on parties anyway? Why are we spending thousands of dollars on a shindig that only students 19+ can go to? First of all, it’s a tad rude to those of us who are underage. Second, wouldn’t that money be better off going to something that will help students learn and have a good university experience instead of helping to get them totally smashed? If students want to party, let them do it on their own money. Maybe I’m totally off-key here, and maybe I don’t know the whole picture. But unless someone explains to me the purpose of spending our SAC fees on something that will be over in a few hours, I’m going to see SAC as a waste of time and nothing more than a place for pissy people to pick fights, bitch about their own inner turmoil and sell their own personal ideas. And I get the feeling I’m not the only one who thinks that.Suzanne BleschThe debate continues…Re: “Protest and survive,” Mar. 11I certainly do not disagree with Ms. Hamilton’s judgment that universities historically have been hotbeds of political activism. Nor do I disagree with her normative judgment that they should be. However, Ms. Hamilton should reserve her comments to a topic about which she knows and not extend words to an area about which she clearly knows very little.Ms. Hamilton decries the “unjust Israeli occupation and genocide of Palestinians.” Were Ms. Hamilton to learn her history, she would know that prior to the current Palestinian uprising, the Israelis had vacated most of the West Bank and Gaza and 98 per cent of Palestinians were living under Palestinian self-rule. Whom, may I ask, were they uprising against? As for genocide, that is a very serious charge, which implies the intentional destruction of a people. I would like to remind Ms. Hamilton that the only ones in Israel and the Palestinian Autonomous Areas targeting civilians for slaughter and attempting to wipe out an entire people are Palestinian terrorists. When’s the last time you read about Israelis opening fire on Palestinian school buses?Adam Cutler
