Letters to the Editor
Issue date: 1/23/06 Section: Opinion
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Dear Editor:
We express our gratitude to Bobby Vaughn and to Sr. Roseanne Murphy for arranging for the Notre Dame "storytelling" evening about the history of the University.
We celebrate your growth here at the University in programs and facilities; but most of all, we see your growth in educational focus as a learning community.
We celebrate your development in outreach and service to the local community. We see your dedicated administration, faculty and staff continuing the work of education in the spirit of our foundress, St. Julie Billiart.
Every Monday morning we gather with our staff at the Province Center for prayer. The University community with its needs is a part of that prayer. We hope you always feel welcome to visit us and to attend our programs of spirituality at the Province Center.
And though we may not always be able to greet you by name, we do welcome you and pray for your success in your studies and in your lives.
Sr. Veronica Skillin
Sr. Margaret Hoffman
On behalf of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
Dear Editor:
The campus may be private property, but if state and federal civil rights for equal access for persons with disabilities apply, the speed bumps you describe are probably creating access problems not highlighted in the article.
I am one of the disabled folks who cannot tolerate the amount of force generated while riding over speed bumps - devices designed to cause "discomfort."
With certain disabilities and medical conditions, "discomfort" is a sugar-coated word for long-lasting pain and injury.
The wall-to-wall bumps illustrated in your photos could prevent safe pedestrian access for persons with disabilities, too.
If going over the bumps, as installed, is enough to damage a vehicle, think what they may do to a fragile campus employee, student or visitor.
Emily Wilcox
Berkeley
Dear Editor:
Interim Dean (Sylvia) Shafto will not renew (MBA Program Director) Ted Stotlar's contract. Reason being the lack of a PhD.
Ted influenced me to join the MBA program and also guided me through it. I consider him a very good friend. So I am asking you all to help make an effort to try and save Ted's job.
The future of the MBA program at NDNU depends on faculty like Ted who care. A letter addressed to Dean Shafto stating why NDNU should retain Stotlar should be sufficient. Administration will listen to the alumni.
If anyone would like to approach this another way please get in contact with me at. Regards, Marc Cua
Dear Editor:
I just found out that NDNU is making a decision that will affect past, present and future students of NDNU.
Please read Marc Cua's letter above. During my undergrad and graduate year at NDNU Ted Stotlar was a very influential person in my life. It saddens me how Dean Shafto will not renew Ted's contract at NDNU. This semester will be his last at NDNU.
I ask that we all write a letter of consideration to keep Ted Stotlar at NDNU and email them to Marc Cua or myself so that we may compile all the letters to be turned in. Please pass this message on to all the NDNU alums that you know to help us save the future of NDNU and avoid a costly mistake of not renewing Ted Stotlar's contract.
Addy Antiporda
We express our gratitude to Bobby Vaughn and to Sr. Roseanne Murphy for arranging for the Notre Dame "storytelling" evening about the history of the University.
We celebrate your growth here at the University in programs and facilities; but most of all, we see your growth in educational focus as a learning community.
We celebrate your development in outreach and service to the local community. We see your dedicated administration, faculty and staff continuing the work of education in the spirit of our foundress, St. Julie Billiart.
Every Monday morning we gather with our staff at the Province Center for prayer. The University community with its needs is a part of that prayer. We hope you always feel welcome to visit us and to attend our programs of spirituality at the Province Center.
And though we may not always be able to greet you by name, we do welcome you and pray for your success in your studies and in your lives.
Sr. Veronica Skillin
Sr. Margaret Hoffman
On behalf of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
Dear Editor:
The campus may be private property, but if state and federal civil rights for equal access for persons with disabilities apply, the speed bumps you describe are probably creating access problems not highlighted in the article.
I am one of the disabled folks who cannot tolerate the amount of force generated while riding over speed bumps - devices designed to cause "discomfort."
With certain disabilities and medical conditions, "discomfort" is a sugar-coated word for long-lasting pain and injury.
The wall-to-wall bumps illustrated in your photos could prevent safe pedestrian access for persons with disabilities, too.
If going over the bumps, as installed, is enough to damage a vehicle, think what they may do to a fragile campus employee, student or visitor.
Emily Wilcox
Berkeley
Dear Editor:
Interim Dean (Sylvia) Shafto will not renew (MBA Program Director) Ted Stotlar's contract. Reason being the lack of a PhD.
Ted influenced me to join the MBA program and also guided me through it. I consider him a very good friend. So I am asking you all to help make an effort to try and save Ted's job.
The future of the MBA program at NDNU depends on faculty like Ted who care. A letter addressed to Dean Shafto stating why NDNU should retain Stotlar should be sufficient. Administration will listen to the alumni.
If anyone would like to approach this another way please get in contact with me at
Dear Editor:
I just found out that NDNU is making a decision that will affect past, present and future students of NDNU.
Please read Marc Cua's letter above. During my undergrad and graduate year at NDNU Ted Stotlar was a very influential person in my life. It saddens me how Dean Shafto will not renew Ted's contract at NDNU. This semester will be his last at NDNU.
I ask that we all write a letter of consideration to keep Ted Stotlar at NDNU and email them to Marc Cua or myself so that we may compile all the letters to be turned in. Please pass this message on to all the NDNU alums that you know to help us save the future of NDNU and avoid a costly mistake of not renewing Ted Stotlar's contract.
Addy Antiporda