The article published on Thursday, August 25 regarding canoeing and kayaking on the Chippewa River exhibited both lack of research and lack of judgment on the part of the reporter.

At a time when many of our natural resources are being put to multiple uses by divergent users, this article stressed only boisterous partying and drinking and failed to encourage responsible use of a beautiful river.

As a Michigan Tech University student spending the summer in the Mount Pleasant area, I did extensive canoeing on the Chippewa River and was able to find a canoe establishment that believes in minimal environmental impact.

This benefited not only other paddlers who were there to enjoy the beauty of the river, but also property owners and abundant wildlife.

Buckley’s Mountainside Canoes has utilized the Chippewa River for over thirty years while maintaining and even improving the river conditions.

And yes, Buckley’s is even owned by a recent CMU graduate.

Sarah Nunn,

Michigan Tech University senior

Presentation offensive with use of Lord’s name in vain

Like other new CMU students, I was forced to attend two seminars over the weekend.

I was skeptical going into them, as I figured they would be nothing more than left-wing propaganda. And while some of the material presented had an obvious bias, on the whole they were informative and interesting at times.

With that said, I am extremely outraged that university officials allowed the “No Zebras” presentation to use religiously offensive language. We were warned ahead of time that some language may be crude, but they wanted to use “every day” words. I did have a problem with taking my Lord’s name in vain.

Just a day earlier I learned about diversity and that students should be accepting and considerate of others and their respective beliefs, cultures, lifestyles, etc.

Perhaps the “No Zebras” crew should attend that session before they present next week!

I highly doubt university officials would allow presentations with racial slurs, so why allow this?

Dennis Lennox II,

Midland freshman

Columnists’ remarks distort what Greeks are ‘really all about’

As we have seen over the past week, image is everything.

Many students took offense to a Ellen Taylor’s column published last Thursday targeting one particular group on campus, the Greeks.

It is true there are many stereotypes surrounding the Greek community. I think we all know that almost every other “community” on campus faces stereotypes as well.

Perception is everything. Right now, members of the CMU community may not perceive the Greek community with all the facts.

We would like to take this time to invite students, staff, faculty and members of the community to our Main Street Block Party. This party will be taking place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10 at Island Park

We will have some great free food, a dunk tank, volleyball, a live remote and much more.

Everyone is encouraged to come out and see for yourself what the Greek community is really all about.

Dave Griffin,

President

J.J. Lewis,

Vice President of External Affairs

InterFraternity Council

NCAA should move before telling schools to change names

I think that this ruling banning the Chippewa nickname from postseason play should be taken seriously when the NCAA removes its headquarters from INDIANapolis, INDIANa before they offend someone.

John Denny,

Big Rapids freshman