To the Editors,

I just finished reading through all of the articles. Most of them were very well written. Please pass on my congratulations to your staff. I was very impressed. It occurs to me that there might be some room for dialogue between the newspaper and the community council. Both of these groups are trying to get their finger on the pulse of the school -- what's happening, how is it happening, and what needs to be changed.

Best regards,

Raymond Peterson

Principal

To the Editors,

Congratulations on another great issue of The Horizon. I printed out the article about fast food and am going to send yearbook salespeople to the proprietors of the places mentioned to sell yearbook ads. Now that it's so readable, I'm probably not the only person who has become interested in suggesting what is written in your next issue. I just dicsovered from his mom that my pleasant 10th grader Tajik Ameen is a skate boarding mega-star, recently returned from an all-expenses paid trip to California for some convention or whatever skateboarders call their big events. Maybe someone on your staff would like to interview him?

Ms. Poreba

To the Editors:

In response to the article “Tradition of the New” by Will Glovinsky, I feel compelled to set the record straight. Much of what has been deemed “the former improvisational, laissez-faire environment of Bard,” was not due to a change in administrative attitudes or rules, but simply better follow-thru on existing policies. Clubs and Faculty members interested in having a bulletin board solely devoted to their activity, club, or course, have always been required to look for the number located on the bottom of the board, and speak with the Student Activities Coordinator to sign-up (not apply) for a bulletin board, just to make sure it hadn’t already been claimed for another purpose. This rule was created so that certain clubs or activities that wanted a space that was their own, just like The Horizon, who currently claims board #19, could do so without being littered by other posters.

As for clubs, the rules have not changed. It is a Department of Education requirement that all student activities have a faculty/staff advisor. The idea/use of a Club Form with its requirements is merely being put into practice, as it had been in the past. Was “Tradition of the New” an editorial or a report? Unfortunately, many of the statements are made out of context and are not totally factual. I am always available and happy to answer questions pertaining to student activities policies.

Leah Graniela, Student Activities Coordinator