Dear editor,

In regards to Samantha Sincock’s column about cannibalism (“Not even just a little nibble?” March 27), when you speak out of your a** it reflects poorly on your staff and even more so, your paper.

Her opinion had no point to it whatsoever and warrants no attention from a school newspaper, her point being her observation about Roman Catholics, and Eastern Orthodox, Eucharistic traditions.

If Ms. Sincock had educated herself, she might have pointed out that in ancient times, pagans, most notably the Romans, used cannibalism as an excuse to persecute and murder Christians, contrary to her statement that Christians partake in such customs. She would have also learned that most world religions have a Eucharistic element. For example, Native Americans did not worship buffaloes, but believed the buffalo was an element of life, hence the great respect they had for it because they based their lives on the animal. The greatest sacrilege against the buffalo was by whites in their large scale slaughter of the beast for no reason but sport.

Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox use bread and wine. Both items are elements of life and needed for us to live. Go to I Corinthians Chapter 10 for Paul’s elucidation. Also, the manna (bread) that rained down on the Hebrews in the wilderness is a foreshadowing of Eucharistic communion. Not cannibalism.

Alex Senyo
Senior

Dear editor,

The campus culture of La Verne once prided itself on the honoring of initiative and tradition.

Saving the accomplishments and sacred ideals of previous generations for the sake of building a stronger future was once a value worth maintaining.

Once upon a time, freshmen were expected to know the alma mater and perform it whenever asked to by an upperclassman. There were once La Verne beach days, clean up days, and even yearbooks to commemorate the magic that once motivated our Leos to be involved on our campus. However, involvement in the happenings and concerns of this campus is a reflection of an initiative to maintain what this campus means.

Recently, students have taken the initiative to question ASULV and its mission, and have set out to change the organization for the better… this initiative is much appreciated. Whenever students take it upon themselves to ask questions or investigate campus concerns, they are working to uphold the true essence of ASULV which is to instill tradition on this campus.

Although ASULV is the leading government organization for our Leos, student participation and cooperation is essential, communications between organizations is essential, timely submission of paperwork is essential and attendance at programs is essential.

ASULV has strived to coordinate all of these things, but students of this campus must operate as a team. Different viewpoints and values mean more diverse ideas and traditions, but unless there is a lucid mission to work towards, we as students appear to be stragglers within our own community.

Perhaps ASULV has misunderstood the demands of the students. Perhaps students were not ready for the path ASULV has taken. Whatever the miscommunication may be, our year is not over yet, and an election will not fix it.

As students, we must continue to ask questions and work to understand what we feel is detrimental to our campus. Initiative will save our tradition.

The best thing to come of this recent election is the reclaiming of Gandhi’s quote “be the change you want to see.” If that does not motivate tradition, it will take more than critiquing ASULV’s budget to save our students.

Matt White
Senior