The Red and Black

Issue date: 11/29/07 Section: Opinions

Article lacks cancerous truth

When reading Christine White's Nov. 29 tanning bed article in Tuesday's paper, I practically peed myself with anger. I found it extremely amazing that I could read about the "Pros and Cons" of tanning beds and not come across the words "skin cancer." Those friendly bulbs that supposedly free you from depression and give you stronger bones also can give you other neat things such as melanoma, basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. Guess what? All three can kill you.

If you have any history of skin cancer in your family, tanning beds are just about the worst thing for your skin other than coating your body in Crisco before heading to the beach. So next time you are, like, totally wanting to go to a tanning salon, think about the consequences.


HAYNES DAVID
Junior,
Charleston, S.C
International Affairs

OSFA admirable in HOPE chaos

The recent stories in The Red & Black concerning the HOPE Scholarship program have not portrayed the Office of Student Financial Aid accurately. That office has a monumental task keeping up with financial aid for thousands of students in an ever-changing, highly regulated environment.

Have you paid attention to how often the Georgia Legislature changes the HOPE regulations? Have you stopped to think what the Board of Regents' "guaranteed tuition" plan means to the people responsible for carrying it out?

Students at the University are lucky to have a financial aid office which conducts itself with the highest level of professionalism. I am confident that every decision made in that office has the welfare of our students as a prime consideration. If students would simply read their e-mail and take the necessary action, these fine people in OSFA could get on with their work.


GLADA HORVAT
Assistant Athletic Director
University of Georgia Athletic Association

Dining trays a big water waster

About the water crisis: I've noticed all the signs on campus telling us to conserve water. While it's great to write a sign and post it, we need to be more active in conserving our precious, rapidly decreasing water supply.

One of the largest consumers of water on campus (aside from the all-girl dorms) is the food services program. Couldn't we de-tray the dining halls for a while? That alone could cut down on the water usage. Water used to wash the trays has to exceed a thousand gallons or so per day. Wouldn't this be a major step in conserving water all over campus?

Of course, if the drought isn't as severe as we're all told,then losing trays just becomes a major inconvenience. However, if the University is facing a water crisis, then tolerating the minor inconvenience of carrying plates to the table one at a time could surely be overlooked.


Kristen Wallon
Freshman, Alpharetta
Chemistry

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