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Friday.October 16,1992
OPINION UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Pigeon control endangers others
Yesterday I found a stricken pigeon on the lawn of Strong Hall. It was struggling to breathe, apparently from the effects of some poisoned corn and birdseed that someone had sprinkled in the grass. Another pigeon and squirrel lay dead nearby on Memorial Drive.
After a telephone conversation with a Wildcare volunteer, I rushed the bird to him to be taken to the Wildcare farm in Eudora for care. The volunteer said the bird showed classic symptoms of poisoning and that the poison used to kill pigeons is usually quite slow. The affected victims may suffer as long as two days. The bird I found was violently flapping its wings and trying desperately to fly but succeeded only in turning in circles. With its eyes dilated and tail dragging, it was a pitiful sight.
Whoever is attempting to kill pigeons on campus is also endangering other wildlife. Perhaps a beautiful red cardinal or blue jay may be the next victim, or possibly an owl or cat may eat the dead bird and become poisoned, only then to die a long and painful death. What if a child had picked up a piece of the corn and swallowed it?
If pigeon control is the intent, surely there is a better way than to poison our campus birds and wildlife. Perchings could be used to deter stances could be used to deter them.
Please spare our birds and animals. There must be other alternatives to poisons that cause the affected animal to suffer unbearable for days. Whoever is responsible for the placement of poisoned corn and birdseed on campus, please rethink your decision. The solution of poisoning may cause even more problems. It's not worth it.
Cindy Johnson Office specialist
Be careful, campus cops are watching
This is a warning to those of you who happen to take an occasional stroll through campus construction sites. Larking there in the night is trouble just waiting for you to make one false move. I'm going to relay a story to you that could save you $1,200.
Pay close attention so that you don't get trapped.
On Monday at about 9:30 m. I had been writing a paper in the Academy Resource Center in the Jayawk Towers. I got writers block and decided to go outside for a stroll. As you know, there is something being built where 'he swimming pool used to be.
Well, I picked up a stick, not know
ing that it was strategically place there. Without thinking of the consequences, I began to scribe an X into the corner of the cement that had been laid earlier that day. Suddenly, a bystander warned me that there was security walking around the site. Although it was too late, I dropped the stick and began walking out. Out of his dark hide-out comes one KU Police officer. Then, from behind me I heard another man shout, "Don't try to run" as he was gasping for air. I standing there, thinking to myself, why in the hell would I try to run, it's only an X in the corner of the cement?
Now before I get into the remainder of the story, I have a question to ask.
So, I'm standing there with two cops and a construction worker who was being paid to stay out and repair damages. OK. I admit that I was defacing property, but when this guy got on his knees, for a maximum of 30 seconds of labor, he said to the cops that the lowest he could go was $250. My immediate thought was "That's all"
But this changed very quickly. The policeman told me that I was lucky that I didn't dig very deep or it could have gone as high as $1,200. He said that I was lucky it wasn't $500 or it would have been a felon rather than a misdemeanor. I thought, "Yea, I'm lucky! It's only $250."
The policemen then wrote up my ticket and sent me on my way.
If you're an intelligent person you'll learn from my experience. Be wary of construction sites and policemen lurking in the dark.
Robert Mitchell Canton, Ohio senior
Don't allow Bush a second chance
This is in response to David Frankel's Oct. 14 column. Yet again Dave, through your skillful manipulation of the truth, you reinforced my choice of Bill Clinton for president.
I don't know what reality you live in, but in mine this country is in serious trouble. How you sincerely can believe that a candidate like George Bush will help this country in a second term is incomprehensible to me. He's been a pathetic leader and an even more pitiful candidate for reelection. If I were a Republican, I would rather lie than actually admit to people that I'm a Bush supporter.
Your debate analysis was the highlight of the newspaper. You wrote, "(Bush's) weak point is supposedly the economy."
sion, because even a sheltered, conservative separatist like you must have some idea as to the state of this nation.
Supposedly? Have you been living in a bubble for the past four years? I'm not going to repeat the tired statistics showing how Bush has the worst economic record since the Great Depres-
However, the thing that startled me most was this comment you made about the debate. "The two things that struck me most about Bush were his sincerity about AIDS and his concern for single parents."
I don't really think I need to comment on this statement. I think that the thousands of people dying as a result of the religious right wing of the Republican Party refusing to take action because AIDS is still seen as a "gay-only" disease is statement enough. So are the millions of single mothers fighting daily to raise a family on the pitiful amount of help the Bush Administration will provide for them.
I've taken your past attacks of Clinton in stride, laughing at most of them. But your perception of politics is frightening. I think you should seriously see a doctor. America is in big trouble, and the only person willing to confront the problems head on is Bill Clinton. I'm casting my vote based on my dreams for this country and my future, not the fear that people like you are trying to spread.
Eric Smith
Aurora, Ill., freshman
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Phelps' rhetoric shows ignorance
News reports of Fred Phelps' protests at the funerals of AIDS victims in Topeka have made many of us aware that AIDS does more than test human immune systems.
The disease also tests our characters as individuals and nations by summoning our capacities for compassion and understanding. Last week in the Kansan Phelps was picture holding signs proclaiming death from AIDS as an apt punishment for "fags."
You appear to believe that victims of the disease deserve to die, that they are somehow being punished for what you judge to be their sins. AIDS goes beyond approval or disapproval of lifestyles. AIDS is a human tragedy, Mr. Phelps. We can't let our human spirit become another casualty of this ugly disease. Your actions are a clear sign of what happens when we don't empathize with the pain of others. AIDS kills the body. The fear of AIDS should not poison the souls of those who remain living. But it is probably too much to hope that you and your followers would understand compassion. Bigoted people embarking on a moral crusade such as yours never do. Stop hiding behind Biblical quotes and educate yourself.
Your ignorance is insulting to those around you.
Shawn Kelly KU graduate
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