Letters and Emails

Students should give Jump Start a chance

I THINK IT is absurd that students have been so quick to dismiss JumpStart as a viable alternative to its admittedly popular predecessor, Jamba Juice. Jamba Juice was certainly not an overwhelmingly superior juice bar. They only had two sizes (large and ridiculously large), and they had little else to offer aside from the same old sugar-saturated smoothies. You have to remember that Jamba Juice is no longer here not only because it was avariciously ripping the students off via sky-high franchise premiums, but additionally its refusal to inject variety into its offerings. Instead of arbitrarily refusing to patronize Jump Start simply because it is not a brand name, do something about it. In fact, I'll make it easy for you. I am collaborating with Bon Appetit in an effort to make JumpStart a place you will actually want to go. E-mail APumputis@scu.edu with comments, suggestions, complaints or questions about JumpStart, and I will do my best to make sure they are addressed, remedied or answered. Don't whine about something you make no effort to change.

Ausra Pumputis, undeclared business and psychology, '05

U.N. commended for Iraq proposal

I WOULD LIKE to respond to Mr. Sbicca's letter in the Oct. 31 issue of The Santa Clara. In regards to the use of force in Iraq, I find it laughable to call a document published by a nonprofit, educational organization that "does not necessarily represent the views of the project participants or their affiliated institutions" evidence that our president is somehow power hungry and has something other than the best interests of the American people in mind. Claiming evidence of a power hungry Bush administration from Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategies, Forces and Resources for a New Century is akin to extracting evidence of alien abductions from an astronomy textbook. Such accusations are political junk and have no factual basis.

I commend the United Nations for adopting resolution 1441, and believe it is a good start to the disarmament process in Iraq. Without the explicit threat of lethal force, Iraq would surely continue its defiance of the U.N. Let us "pray for peace and prepare for war."

J. C. Hatcher, MBA, '04