To the Editor:

I am writing in response to the Prosecutor for the Student Body’s letter, published in last Friday’s Compass.

Someone who claims to represent the concerns of the student body should reconsider attempting to do so at four o’clock in the morning. I found the letter to be shockingly unprofessional and vaguely threatening in a Godfather-esque way, as if Mr. Petkus claims the power to make or break whomever he wishes.

Has Mr. Petkus taken any surveys to find the opinions of the student body for whom he claims to advocate? Has he collected any hard data to support his stance that every student at LSSU stands behind his posturings? I, for one, was never asked for my opinion concerning whether I wish to see Ms. Thalacker’s “head on a platter” because of her mistake with the activities budget this year ( I do not).

From what I can determine Ms. Thalacker has made an unintentional mistake that she is working to remedy. Mr. Petkus’ call for her destruction, “metaphorically speaking” or otherwise, is ridiculously overwrought.

Perhaps Mr. Petkus should, (on behalf of the student body, of course), challenge Ms. Thalacker to a sword fight or a joust on horseback. Those methods would certainly be comparable to his current practices of logical diplomacy.

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How many gay, lesbian, transgender, or bi-sexual people do you know?  Surprisingly, it may be a higher number than you realize.  Why is this?  Typically it is a taboo topic- one that, when actually discussed, is met with opposition, fear, anger, and hatred.  So how could you expect these individuals to be open about their sexuality?  American society hasn’t exactly made an inviting and safe environment for this openness.

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When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

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For those of you who don’t know who I am, I am the current operational manager of Student Government. From what I have heard at meetings and around the campus regarding the Activities Board overspending, I see that some people are looking at this problem in the wrong order. Michelle Thalacker has publicly said that she has made a mistake and by doing so has become the main focus of what is going on.

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