Having noticed all the campaign materials on campus during the primaries last semester, I decided to decorate my dorm door with campaign materials for my candidate of choice: the current president.

Apparently, my exercise of my freedom of speech is problematic to at least one Kerry/Edwards supporter on campus.

My decorations now bear “F*** That” written across them in purple dry-erase marker.

Anyone with a Bush/Cheney bumper sticker on your car, beware. Someone at UTM would probably key your car in a heartbeat.

I sincerely hope that this incident is not exemplary of the intellect and maturity of all Kerry/Edwards supporters – let alone their vocabulary.

Bevin Watson Elementary Education Clarksville.

Inconsiderate sororities

I’m a transfer student from the University of Memphis and when I first visited UTM in July, I was excited when I drove by the fraternity houses and saw people having fun and lounging around.

I couldn’t wait to join a sorority and meet new people. I moved into Cooper the weekend before school and spent much of the weekend trying to get settled in. Then, Sunday, the day before classes were to start, I started asking around and, to my surprise, found out that all of the sororities on campus had already had meet and greets, rush and bid day.

I was so disappointed. I went to a few of the Web sites and none of them had posted their bid week. So I would like to ask the sororities on campus, what reason could you possibly have for doing rush so early? You lose out on a lot of people who are interested in being in sororities by having rush so early, before school even starts.

You have Web sites and yet you don’t post dates so everyone has a chance to know. I think this is unfair to all the parties involved and ALL of the sororities should consider this in the future.

Jessica Southard Communications Brownsville.