LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Cannabis, "the tree of life," brings healing and peace

The tree of life, also known as cannabis, kaneh bosm and marijuana, is a plant, not a drug. However, it is one of the most important considering your column: "Religion, Drugs Similarly Affect Brain" (Feb. 23, 2007), though America's current political leaders - read, disobedient Christians - deem it the devil weed. Cannabis holds survival in its realm; the very last page of the Bible tells us the leaves of the tree of life are for the healing of the nations. Healing in every sense of the word with the ability to bring world peace and cure disease. Interestingly, while God, The Ecologist, indicates all the plants are good on the very first page of the Bible, cannabis prohibition may be the original sin. If there ever was a plant that greedy war mongers should fear and exterminate, it's the tree of life.

Stan White Dillon, Colo. resident

Reveille grammar "kills kittens," disgusts reader

The Reveille kills kittens - literally. Lately, every time I open up the paper, I get the feeling that God is so fed up with the failure to adhere to the basic rules of the English language, opinion writers making facts up entirely and "holier-than-thou" marketing sophomores weeping in their Cheerios because they saw an article about sex toys, that he smites kittens as a form of stress relief. I'm sure a kitten just died because of that run-on sentence, but it was a kitten that must be sacrificed for the greater good. Let's start today's lesson: the word "your" is possessive, Jeff Jeffrey. As in, "Your No. 1 fan" or "If your editors can't find the time to read your entire article, perhaps you should consider writing something interesting." Same to you, Mr. Claverie: "You're" means "you are," and you incorrectly used it when you wrote "You're highlights will be on Sportscenter" in your 2/16 Slam Dunk Contest article. Your gaffe is slightly more forgivable than Mr. Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey's because "you're" only the sports columnist. See what I did there? While we're on the topic of the 2/16 paper, let me take this opportunity to welcome Stephanie Launey to college. Steph, you're what? Twenty? And you're writing in complaining that a college newspaper wrote an article about sex toys? Oh boy. Be sure to avoid the Easter edition of The Daily Reveille where they reveal that the Easter Bunny isn't real. Oops. Last, children, but certainly not least, is Ms. Ginger Gibson and her 2/5 article entitled, "Yankees aren't as bad as they seem." As a New Jersey born-and-raised Yankee, I appreciated the sentiment. However, the article's "facts" are completely fabricated. A couple Yankee friends of mine read the article, and in between eating our Hot Italian Sausages and scheming with our mafia amici, we came to the conclusion that Ginger is not a Yankee. I won't bore you by breaking down the article entirely, but suffice it to say I have never been invited to a "corn and pumpkin" celebration. I have, however, been invited to a "please stop making stuff up in The Reveille" festival. Ginger: West Virginia is not the North. Look, all I'm asking, Reveillians, is that from now on when you're editing each day's paper and its articles: Will you please think of the kittens?

"You're" No. 1 Fan,

Jeremy Glapion sophomore, psychology