Groovin’ concert missed the pointI am last year’s director of Students on Target. I do not write this letter with intent to create controversy or debate, but rather to fulfill a personal responsibility.I do not write as a critic of the current administration or because I think highly of myself. I attended this year’s Groovin’ on the Grounds concert. Let me first commend everyone on another wonderful event. Last spring — when the new administration was considering nearly absolving Students on Target or making it functionally ineffective, I expressed my concerns. But having withdrawn my membership from SG, my opinions were like any other, unimportant. I, like everyone else, swayed to the music of Corey Smith and danced with Akon, but I couldn’t really get past the realization that most of Corey’s lyrics had some reference to alcohol. Nor could I ignore Dee-1 promoting his after-party at a bar downtown, to which I would later find a link on the Groovin’ Facebook event with drink specials.I hope some would agree that references to getting drunk don’t have a place at an alcohol-free event promoting responsible drinking.Which brings me to the next point, the only mention by the new director of the organization’s purpose was almost a joke. We are all aware of alcohol. I hope the director of Students on Target would know the purpose of the organization he was running and the fact that it was set up to combat the deaths of LSU students to binge drinking and drunk driving; that funding is provided through the SG Programming, Support and Initiative Fund for a spring concert solely for this purpose because higher administration and the campus community believe in its cause. And perhaps he would have known if he’d ever talked to me about it. I suppose that sounded very personal, but it was not meant to. Please know I am not trying to comment on anyone’s character, I just want someone in Student Government to get it.But also, it is an another example of Student Government perhaps missing the point for whatever reason. If you’re going to promise a show with the purpose of attempting to prevent more alcohol-related deaths, perhaps you should appoint someone who believes in that purpose or else you’ll just be made a hypocrite. So I am reminding the new administration: Without reminding people that mistakes happen and without planning a show with a purpose, then the time you spent working on the event, was indeed “good time wasted.”Micaela DeGruymass communication junior—-Students can vote on how $5,000 will be spentToday’s Student Government election marks an exciting, new opportunity for all LSU students. When you vote for your respective candidates, you will vote on how you would like to see $5,000 of your student fees spent.Last semester, the Student Senate created the Temporary Student Initiative Committee, which was designed to facilitate this innovative program. Five student senators were elected to this committee. Over the course of two months, we encouraged all students to submit ideas on how these fees should be spent. We collected almost 100 submitted ideas and narrowed them down to three for you to vote on, based on feasibility and legitimacy. You’ll be able to vote for the following:1. More recycling bins on campus and increased recycling awareness- submitted by Julia Reineman2. A computer wait list system in Middleton Library that will allow students to enter the library and immediately view which computers are available- submitted by Frederick Addison3. More microwaves installed in high-traffic campus food areas- submitted by Laurie McNeilOur committee has made it a point to check these ideas to make sure they can be implemented with $5,000, and we wish for you to choose which one you think LSU needs the most. Regardless of which idea gets chosen, I hope they can all be accomplished in the near future.There were a great deal of good ideas that were submitted, and just because your idea doesn’t appear on the ballot doesn’t mean  it can’t be done. These three were just the best for the situation and monetary amount involved. The Student Senate will keep these submitted ideas close by, and we want to sincerely thank all of you who took part in our effort to include more of you in the decision making process. Drew PrestridgeStudent Senate Speaker pro temporeTemporary Student Initiative Committee chair—-Criticisms of Bush’s beleifs unfairSo Bush being against embryo stem cell research is equal to 11th century ”the earth is flat” theory? What kind of science is Obama’s religious worship of embryonic stem cells? Liberal fascists are alive and well. If some one does not agree with you, accuse them of being intellectually inferior and sub-human and eliminate them  — just like the Nazis did. Harold Daigle Jr.biological sciences graduate student