Hooray for Beth Behland! A man has got to stand up for his rights when the guys in authority try to make senseless changes, and I am glad she has the testicular fortitude to do it.

I couldn’t agree no more with her position against the English Department’s intention to confuse freshmen with so called “inclusive” language. People have a right to speak and write the way what makes sense to them, and the English Department makes that hard enough already.

I my own self had to take ENGL 104 three times before they let me pass, and it has taken me years to overcome the written style they forced upon me and relearn the natural way of expressing the ideas on my mind so people know what I’m really thinking about.

Often as not the grammer advocated by the English Department confuses people and that brings me to the second point of this letter.

Last year I wrote to you concerning the drug policy of our federal government and had clearly presented the true feelings of my mind in my letter. Perhaps you remember my nuke Columbia plan.

My complaint is that you took it upon yourselves to “improve” my use of the English language by making “corrections” to my letter as you seen fit. Obviously, you only confused matters by not printing my letter exactly as it was written, since people failed to see the value of my ideas.

One fellow responded by calling me a pinhead, and suggesting that I might be the anthropological missing link. Beth, I hope you are there to stand up for my rights and don’t let them fool with this letter, lest once again my true sentiments be obscured.

I am pleased that the guys in charge at the Star have seen fit to make you an editoress, so you can freely express your fine opinions.

TR Biddle

Graduate student

Psychology