The decision by Lycos to end Jews for Jesus ads due to pressure from the Jewish community is wrong. Just because some members of the Jewish community disagree with the beliefs of JFJ is hardly a valid reason to prevent the group from exercising its right to free speech. The quote from Diane Kolb that "Jews can't be for Jesus" is blatantly wrong. Check the history books. Nearly all of the first Christians were Jewish and, in fact, debated strongly about allowing gentiles into the fold. Lycos will certainly have limited advertising if they use only non-controversial organizations or companies. I have nothing but respect for the JFJ organization and will exercise my right to not choose Lycos as my search engine, knowing that they resort to such unfair censorship.

-- Mark Wineinger

"Jews can't be for Jesus"? It sounds like the Anti-Defamation League needs to study its history a little better. Wasn't Jesus a Jew? Weren't most of the disciples Jews? Wasn't most of the early church Jewish? Jews can be for Jesus. Such a statement isn't blasphemous or misleading. It's what Christians have been saying for 2,000 years.

-- Kevin D. Hendricks

Sweating the big stuff
BY TARA ZAHRA
(08/06/99)

Tara Zahra's assumption that students at elite institutions are all children of privilege who never give thought to class issues is inaccurate. There are many students at elite colleges who come from working-class backgrounds, and many privileged students who do give thought and effort to class issues. It is unfair and patronizing to assume that student interest in labor is just another extracurricular activity, or that students don't wonder about college attendance rates or admissions policies and the educational injustices that lead to them. In many cases, these injustices are acknowledged by students and they are working to change them -- in the low-profile community service and activism that Zahra mentions in her article, but then ignores because it contradicts her preconceived ideas.

-- Heather Kofke-Egger
Monson, Mass.

"All the Wrong Men and One Perfect Boy"
BY KATIE ALLISON GRANJU
(08/11/99)

Just what the world needs -- yet another book by a neurotic, self-absorbed woman who made bad choices and is raising a child on her own. Get the woman to therapy; don't ratify her nutcase lifestyle by reviewing her book. How would you like to have her as a mother?

-- Kathe Moore

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