SDSU’s preschool is not a day care As an Early Childhood Education major I was deeply disturbed by the article about the facility that we have here on the SDSU campus. I say this because the center that we have on campus is not a day care. The preschool is just that, a preschool. How many preschools do you know that are all day, every day? Not too many. The ones that are all day, every day are also a day care facility. Not to discredit the author of the article, but to start out the article by saying that the preschool is a day care is wrong. I would have to say that the author needed to look more into what she was writing. I understand that other universities have day care facilities on their campus, but many times these other schools are much bigger than we are. She also could have talked to some of the instructors as well as the Dean of the college. They know a lot about the program and could have answered any of the questions that were brought up by the student.
Jennifer WriggEarly Childhood Education(Birth to 
Lauck is paid by John Thune I wanted to respond to Jon Lauck’s recent editorial, “Blogs challenge traditional media by going straight to the consumer.” Lauck is an Assistant Professor here on campus, and after teaching us all a little lesson about the world of ‘blogs’ and their role in modern day reporting, he admits, “There are a number of bloggers in South Dakota, including myself, and they have focused their fire on the Sioux Falls Argus Leader .”
I think that statement is a little disingenuous.Yes, Lauck, operates a blog, but the Argus Leader is hardly the focus of his fire. On a daily, even hourly basis, Mr. Lauck posts nothing more than factually questionable criticisms and partisan jabs at Senator Tom Daschle. The website is devoted solely to the defeat of Tom Daschle and the election of John Thune. Blogs were born out of a desire to keep the media honest; however, Mr. Lauck is on no quest for the truth. According to John Thune’s public campaign finance records, Lauck is a highly paid ‘research consultant’ for the former congressman’s campaign. The irony here is that while bloggers believe themselves to be journalists at heart, Mr. Lauck’s journalistic integrity in reporting on the South Dakota Senate race is lacking, to say the least.
Josh Horton SDSU College Democrats President
Homosexuals are people too It took me a few minutes after reading Erin Appletoft’s letter in the 9/21 issue to choke back my outrage enough to even think, let alone write. I realize that with the upcoming elections, gay marriage and homosexuality in general have become political issues. However, is it anyone’s business who someone kisses, falls in love with, or chooses to spend their life with? Is it the government’s, the heterosexual population’s, or the Christian’s?
Secondly, I disagree with a faith that feels the need to judge, look down upon, and condemn other humans for making personal decisions. Yet, is it not these righteous ones that live their life from a handbook that brimmeth over with sin, deceit, and smut?
So you’re offended by a poster; don’t look at it! More often than not, a piece of art is more about an underlying idea than the actual imagery present to the close-minded viewer. Sometimes, it takes offensive or disturbing imagery to express a statement. Let us not forget that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but so are disgust and repulsion. The most ironic part of the letter stated that, “God still loves those people who choose to live as homosexuals.”
So, it’s wrong, but God still loves them? Wow, He’s about as generous as Santa Claus! So, He loves lesbians. Newsflash; I’d wager that about 95 percent of the male population does.
Amanda GeorgeGraphic Design
Preschool misrepresented In the Sept. 21 edition of the Collegian, the article concerning the SDSU “daycare” did not have the correct information of what the preschool actually entails. We feel the Collegian misrepresented what we do in Pugsley.
What we offer at the facility in Pugsley is not a daycare, but a preschool. We understand that people may not know the difference between these two types of care. For example, here at SDSU preschool laboratory, the curriculum integrates all content areas and developmental domains. In contrast, daycares provide a safe environment and the physical needs of the children are met.
We feel sympathetic to those students with children who need care while attending class or work. As future educators, our jobs are to teach children, not babysit.
The article should have been fact-checked. Although Laurie Nichols is the Dean of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, the reporter should have interviewed the preschool coordinator, Kay Cutler, for more information. Many early childhood education students are in Pugsley all day every day and would have been available for a comment or interview.
As early childhood education majors, we feel very frustrated with the inconsistencies in the article. We hope in the future the Collegian will take time to investigate a story thoroughly before publishing incorrect information.
Emily BirgenJunior ECE Major
Jenny CloudyJunior ECE Major
Sara Leitheiser, Junior ECE Major
Cassie Monson, Junior ECE Major
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