May 2001		Cherish Making the News Success/Excess	Letters Sports E Line Classes Q&A First-Person Alumni Passages Huskiana From the Field
	Biased, not balanced The March issue was the most one-sided, politically biased trash I have recently read. The most offensive article was “Forecasting the Bush Years.” Every discussion presented sided with federal-government intervention to resolve issues. Engineering such social issues as housing, education, and the environment creates restriction and regulatory impediments. When do I want the federal government to step in? National defense. Defending the Constitution and liberty is what I expect from the federal government. Finally, your insistence on having photos of former president Bill Clinton with Ted Kennedy is more evidence of your bias. Clinton has brought nothing to this country but disgrace to the office he held. If the one article on a sophomore chairing a Republican organization [Q&A] is what you consider balanced journalism, then your publication is on par with all the other trash published today. Jim Guida, ME’85 Madison, Alabama The wrong message I agree with Fred Medugno [Letters, March] that Northeastern’s tribute to former president Clinton sends the wrong message to our young folks. There is no doubt history will show that Clinton was the most corrupt, immoral, and scandalous president the United States has ever had. I have a hard time understanding why Northeastern promotes all the liberal causes it does. Leroy C. Underwood, BA’61 Acworth, New Hampshire Emphasize excellence When I studied journalism at Northeastern, I learned an important writing technique: Extract the most interesting feature from the information you have and incorporate it into the lead paragraph. Northeastern’s high-tech MBA was ranked number one in the nation last year by Computer World magazine, which evaluated some 200 MBA programs. Yet, the MBA ad in the March issue of Northeastern University Alumni Magazine does not mention this honor. Northeastern’s MBA ads in the Boston Globe also fail to reveal this stellar achievement. The adage “If you have it, flaunt it” is a good analogy here. If Northeastern doesn’t portray its academic excellence, who will? George P. Patsourakos, LA’60, MEd’65 Billerica, Massachusetts Full-court press The January 2000 issue included a letter from Christopher W. DiSenso, which was, I thought at the time, very critical of men’s athletics. Now, looking back, I feel he was right on the money. The last sentence read, “I can only hope that someone at the university will show the insight and courage to reverse this cycle of losing and develop the men’s hockey, football, and basketball programs and make them once and for all programs that the university, the students, and the alumni can be proud of.” It’s time for President Freeland to make a commitment to the men’s athletic programs or expect a lack of support from alumni. It’s disgraceful and embarrassing to see the losses pile up. David W. Elliott, E’67 Hooksett, New Hampshire Once and again With an air of nostalgia, I open your magazine hoping to find among its pages faces of friends and professors who have marked my life. Issue after issue, I long to be reconnected with the best years of my life. You always succeed. Congratulations. Eric W. Schreiber, E’93 Miami, Florida We welcome your letters and reserve the right to edit them for space and clarity. Send them to: Letters to the Editor, Northeastern University Alumni Magazine, 360 Huntington Avenue, 598CP, Boston, MA 02115. Fax: 617.373.5430. World Wide Web: <www.numag.neu.edu/magletters.html> E-mail: <sp@ur.neu.edu>