[QUOTE=Jimmyhat49er;210497]Could you post his email address??[/QUOTE]
He clears the letters e-mail, which is opinion@charlotteobserver.com
[QUOTE=Mike_Persinger;210495]Might be nice if someone wrote even a letter as a counterpoint. Our letters editor, Lew Powell, told me he got exactly one letter on the topic yesterday.[/QUOTE]
thats because her inbox had probably 500 emails.
[QUOTE=metro;210500]thats because her inbox had probably 500 emails.[/QUOTE]
Blasting her and getting published might be mutually exclusive. If you want something considered for publication, it needs to go to the letters e-mail I listed.
Very nice article there by the Locke Foundation!
[QUOTE=Mike_Persinger;210501]Blasting her and getting published might be mutually exclusive. If you want something considered for publication, it needs to go to the letters e-mail I listed.[/QUOTE]
I agree. After all, blasting Mike P never did any good. 
Sorry Mike, but I couldnât resist.
Thanks for the information. I think we need to send the letters to this person you recommended.
719er needs to send in this letter to that email address.
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Stonecoldken is our own Dwight Shrute..
While today it is me, we all shall fall.
Wow⌠what an idiot that lady is. Obviously she doesnât even watch football or she would offer up more options like the all-too-obvious screen pass. I donât know where she got the idea that we are keeping the student fee a secret but that is either a bold faced lie or further evidence of her ignorance.
I agree with you guys. Unless she is going to be helping pay for our program, she needs to shut her trap.
All I know is the quicker Charlotte gets football the better.
My email response to the Schulken article:
Just read your article online and you seem pretty out of touch with what the students, faculty, and alumni want. I donât believe anyone is denying that starting a football program will be a long and costly process, but the overwhelming majority of people are still in favor of it. (SGA poll results say 97% want it to go to an official vote [url]http://sga.uncc.edu/footballpoll[/url] ). The students are aware that an increase in fees will be required. The alumni are aware that they will have to increase donations to the 49er club ( [url]http://www.charlotte49erfootball.com/howtohelp.shtml[/url] ). Most everyone believes benefits of adding a football program (getting rid of the commuter school image, increasing school spirit, reducing percentage of apathetic alumni, etc.) would outweigh the costs associated with it. Most of the money for academic improvement comes from other places, so there is no reason that a football program would have to slow progress in that area. Even with an increase in student fees, they would likely still be lower than many other schools in the state.
What was printed in the Observer today:
In response to "49er football: Stop the clock and buy time" (Jan. 11 Viewpoint):Mary Schulken seems out of touch. No one denies that starting a football program at UNC Charlotte would be long and costly. Students are aware an increase in fees will be required. Alumni are aware they will have to increase donations to the 49er club. But football's benefits -- getting rid of the commuter school image, increasing school spirit, reducing alumni apathy -- would outweigh the negatives.
The edited it, but I suppose they still got my point across.
Yikes, I thought the last line that they edited out was pivotal to your argumentâŚ
Good job with the letter though.
did anyone get a reply from this lady?
every email I have ever sent to the Observer got a reply from the author. Guess she is above responding.
Wow, I always thought letters written were posted verbatim. They took your letter and summarized it in their words⌠Is that [I]really [/I]how they do it?
Thats the power of media for ya. Theyt control everything! Which means MIKES A COMMUNIST!!! OMG!!
[QUOTE=ChevEE;211041]⌠Is that [I]really [/I]how they do it?[/QUOTE]
Yes. It is.
[QUOTE=Gill2003;211056]Thats the power of media for ya. Theyt control everything! Which means MIKESâŚ[/QUOTE]
I donât know of anyone upset with Mike on this one. (yes, I know you were trying to be fecitious)
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Even with an increase in student fees, they would likely still be lower than many other schools in the state.
this is a point we need to make. itâs a shame they removed the sentence.
has anyone at all heard back from this idiot that has no idea whatâs going on? it seems she is ignoring us. typical biased attention grabbing *****.
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This is false. our student fees are higher than most schools in the UNC sytem. This isnât because of athletics. I think the highest fees are UNCA, they dont have football either.
The fact is that schools like Chapel Hill and State have the lowest student fees, b/câŚthey have football and a devotion to developing athletics, alumni love their athletics, donate money, and students donât have to. I am not saying that football is going to lower our student fees, but I am just saying that if we had it for 50 years now, yes they could be lower.
However, TUITION (different than student fees) as a whole is cheaper than other schools, and the rise in student fees would still keep the costs lower as a whole. Which is probably what you were meaning to say.
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