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Crying can get you your way
By Mike Lauterbach
 Mike Lauterbach -- Staff Column
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Henry David Thoreau wrote in his essay Civil Disobedience, "cast your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence."
Except for one week when it was nice out, we've had no shortage of opinions this semester. Students, faculty and community members all contributed, and I think that this page's writers and readers alike got a great deal out of it. Thoreau would have been proud.
I had a great time this semester reading what everyone had to say. Unfortunately, some of my favorite letters couldn't be printed because I couldn't get ahold of the writers. I don't want to be the only one to see these, so I'm going to share excerpts from a few of the letters I have on my wall.
This guy was mad because I didn't publish a couple letters he sent me earlier in the year (after I checked and found that he's not a student), so he sent me this "rap to the editor."
man, i was rappin in teh rain hoping that my
day woudl change
cause i read ya newspaper and it made me
want vomit
why doesn't justan bymaa just come outta the
closet
some people read the chronical some people
don't
those that do now want to slit their throat
so man what da deal
why do you all hate?
wehn hte readers want the latter published
man
you gotta compensate
print ma rap, dont be shy
cause if you don't i will cry
y'all konw i'm a sensative guy
The letter I didn't publish started like this:
i am angry at teh university chronicle. why? because it is so biased. that is why. why did you think? and no, i am not drunk. i am jsut writing a letter because i was reading the newspaper and when i read teh article by joe palmershiem i was mad. he is a biased mo fo. yeah, thats right dude. a biased MO FO!!! how can he write such crap man?
It goes on from there. Unfortunately, the guy didn't sign his name, so I never got to run it.
I wish there was a moral to the story of these letters, but there really isn't. If there were, maybe it would go something like this: say you're going to cry, and I'll print your letter somehow.
I hope everyone got a kick out of the page this year, and I also hope that everyone who's still here (and some who aren't) keep writing in next year. Good luck to the seniors, and keep contributing wherever you are.
Mike Lauterbach can be reached at [email protected]
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