PUBLIC FORUM : LAUSD BAN ON INDIAN MASCOTS IS DIVISIVE.It is unfortunate that the Los Angeles school The Los Angeles School of Urbanism is an academic movement emerged during the mid-1980s, loosely based at the University of Southern California and UCLA, that poses a challenge to the dominant Chicago School of Urbanism. board decided to abolish American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. mascots (``School board prohibits use of Indian mascots,'' Daily News, Sept. 9). This brought satisfaction to activists offended by the use of team logos depicting their heritage; however, this brushed aside the feelings of people who had learned, taught and played with pride under those very same emblems. Could not the board have brought the two sides together and reached an agreement whereby all could have felt they had given something to this community? It is time that we see each other not as antagonists, and it is time for all of us to grow together. Victory for the American Indians American Indians: see Americas, antiquity and prehistory of the; Natives, Middle American; Natives, North American; Natives, South American. in this instance is, for all of our city, a loss. - Sidney Gold Granada Hills I was really shocked when the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. board ruled against the Birmingham High School Birmingham High School is a public coeducational high school in the neighborhood/district of Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley section of the city of Los Angeles, California. The school is a part of District One of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Braves. I'm part Cherokee Indian on my mother's side, and I was taught that to be called a Brave was an immense honor. The young men of the tribe had to prove themselves worthy before they could be called by such an honorable title. I don't think any of them ever thought it would someday be considered derogatory by their own people. Is it derogatory to the animal kingdom to label someone a Ram or a Dolphin? Unfortunately, another tradition bites the dust in favor of political correctness politically correct adj. Abbr. PC 1. Of, relating to, or supporting broad social, political, and educational change, especially to redress historical injustices in matters such as race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. . - Debbie Greenfield West Hills Let me get this straight: The LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) cannot afford to paint or repair walls and ceilings in our learning institutions, so we the voters must authorize bonds to make that a reality. Those funds are then appropriated in every way except what they were intended for. Right? In addition, the LAUSD cannot afford to buy enough books or supplies or ample tools to teach, let alone to increase the wages of those we entrust to educate our children. Right? The LAUSD has found $200,000, however, to eliminate mascot names of those people who feel oppressed op·press tr.v. op·pressed, op·press·ing, op·press·es 1. To keep down by severe and unjust use of force or authority: a people who were oppressed by tyranny. 2. . Please, answer me this: Who's on first? - Sue Hogan Van Nuys Bounty hunters After reading about the tragic event in Arizona (``Bounty hunters break into dwelling, kill couple in error,'' Daily News, Sept. 2), I believe it is time that the antiquated law be changed. The law that gave bounty hunters the right to take an individual into custody was written in 1857 when the local authorities were unable to travel long distances to apprehend an individual. Now bounty hunters should be required to be licensed by the state and to present a court document authorizing them to take an individual into custody. In addition, they should be required to have an officer of the local police with them, and they should be prohibited at all times from infringing upon the constitutional rights of the individual. These self-proclaimed Rambos have more rights than the accused. Those two bounty hunters killed two innocent individuals in Arizona. The law must be changed. - Lewis H. Holzman Granada Hills Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. farm These are additional letters on Saturday's Public Forum topic about the future of the Pierce College farm program and whether the college should allow development of a golf driving range on 11 acres of its farmland in Woodland Hills. On the eve On the Eve (Накануне in Russian) is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. of the 50th anniversary of Pierce College, I am concerned at the questioning of the need for an Agriculture Department. Agricultural education Agricultural education is instruction about crop production, livestock management, soil and water conservation, and various other aspects of agriculture. Agricultural education includes instruction in food education, such as nutrition. is needed. Each day we are touched by the effects of agriculture - from the food we eat, to the clothes we wear and even to the paper products and the household items we use. California is the largest agricultural state. One in 10 jobs is in agriculture. The United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. provides 11 percent of the world's food production. Students who go through Pierce's programs are ready for employment or transfer to a four-year college. Pierce has a reputation in the industry for students who are skillfully skill·ful adj. 1. Possessing or exercising skill; expert. See Synonyms at proficient. 2. Characterized by, exhibiting, or requiring skill. trained, especially with large animals. The farm - with the orchards, pastures, cattle and other livestock - is the students' laboratory for learning. A commitment must be made by the administration and the Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. to nurture the program and enable it to flourish. - Nicole Land President Associated Students Organization Pierce College Woodland Hills This guise - of golf to raise revenues for education - is simply an index to the lack of commitment to agricultural education. The Pierce College farm is not, and should not be treated as, a piece of commercial land. - Jill Swift Tarzana It is premature for Pierce College to give the green light to a golf driving range on the college's valuable agricultural land before a master plan for the college has been completed and before the public has had a chance for input. Any large-scale change of the lands at Pierce is of vital interest for our community. Pierce is the only community college in the greater Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. metropolitan area that offers education with direct hands-on experiences in the agricultural industry and natural-resources management. To remove a key part of this unique resource from production would greatly diminish the tools of those programs. The programs prepare students for an increasing number of resource-related occupations in applied biology, ecology, landscaping, horticulture, crop growth, market analysis and urban-forestry management. The proposed driving range would set a precedent and forever change the complexion of Pierce's agricultural and natural-resource programs. Furthermore, it would seriously affect surrounding areas and the yearly migration of wildlife. Pierce College lies within the jurisdiction of the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains The Santa Monica Mountains are a low transverse range in southern California in the United States. Geography They run for approximately 40 mi (64 km) east-west from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles to Point Mugu in Ventura County. . As such, Pierce has the opportunity to utilize the district's technical assistance programs provided through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service. The directors of the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains urge that the proposed golf range area be kept for agriculture and natural resource education purposes to help meet the demand in the hundreds of natural resource-related occupations. - Dennis S. Washburn Board President Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains Topanga Born in Van Nuys, I have seen the Valley's development from the east side. I don't want to see the west side follow suit, with too much concrete and not enough living things Living Things may refer to:
Let us respect the land and use it as Clarence Pierce intended. - Charlene Stevens Winnetka Although I graduated from California State University Enrollment  at
Northridge, I attended Pierce College to gain the skills necessary to
become a program director in special equestrian riding therapy.
Nearly all of the instructors in my program have taken classes at Pierce in equine sciences. We need these classes to continue the fine work we are doing. This is the only school available to Los Angeles residents to learn these valuable skills without attending a live-away school. - Nora Fischbach Director Special Equestrian Riding Therapy Inc. Encino |
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