Burns’ column stupid; ‘Godzilla’ a Japanese problem
On Wednesday, columnist Scott Burns made an incomprehensibly stupid and insensitive remark regarding “Godzilla.”
 
He wrote: “For sure, China has a fair share of problems: a totalitarian system of government, binding censorship, heavy pollution, an aging population, Godzilla and an inexplicable surplus of KFCs.”
 
Mr. Burns seems to get a sick sexual arousal out of distorting the facts and creating his own fictional world.
 
Allow me to straighten things out. Godzilla is not — I repeat —NOT! a nagging problem for the Chinese. To insist so is absolutely inane.
 
Godzilla is, in fact, a constant threat to the people of Japan. He first arrived to the island in the early 1940s, destroying nearly everything in his path and ruining countless lives. After a series of battles with nemeses like “Mothra” and the three-headed dragon from Mars, Godzilla disappeared from the global stage. His current location is unknown, but most scientists believe he is still alive and still very much dangerous.
 
To be fair, Mr. Burns is not the only person to get the facts so massively wrong. Modern media has done more than its fair share to distort the true history of Godzilla. The beast was first depicted in the 1954 film “Godzilla.” Ever since, the real history of Godzilla has been shrouded in secrecy. Yet his legacy for chaos and destruction lives on in Japan.
 
If you look closely enough, you can still see the fear in their eyes.
Mr. Burns should consider researching the true history of Godzilla before he goes off making more of his poorly researched, incendiary remarks. It is entirely insensitive to the poor people of Japan who have     suffered so much.
 
Felipe Fuentes
mass communication freshman
 
Glory holes not worthy of front page status
 
Let’s assume I am the mother of a freshman boy or girl who is already nervous about the things that they will experience in a college setting.  And then I read the “Hole Lotta Love” article on the FRONT page of the Reveille just two weeks into their first semester of college! 
 
I can only imagine the panic and worry over whether LSU is the right place for her young adult to attend college.   
 
 I am not that mother, but I am absolutely appalled, shocked and disgusted about your entire article: the name, picture insinuation  and that it was FRONT page NEWS!! 
 
I would like to know WHY this was worthy of the front page, WHY was it even worthy of being printed, WHY would you include websites that would list certain “tips and tricks” for hooking up in different locations, WHY list wheel chair accessible places, WHY give the names of buildings, places and times that are best for such activity, WHY quote someone who says they got lots of action and never got caught and WHY be specific about how to initiate such activity when in a stall?!!!
 
 IF this is truly a matter that the University and University police do not condone, then WHY would the Reveille allow such an article to be printed in the first place!
 
 If this situation needs to be addressed, I could understand that the article would be printed as more of a warning than an information piece for those who entertain in such behavior.
 
 I understand that my issues with this article will likely go unnoticed by you and those at the Reveille, but in the future why not focus on the real “news” of the University such as budget cuts, people losing their jobs and security, programs being cut and even — if you look really hard  — you might find  GOOD “news” to report!!!
 
Darlene Albritton
administrative coordinator, History Department