Letters to the editor
December 5, 2007
ASUW memorial taskforce successful, despite claims
A Nov. 30 Opinion article in your newspaper makes the claim that "although the senate eventually approved the resolution, nothing further has been done about the statue" ("Another memorial on campus?" Nov. 30, by Blythe Lawrence). The statement is absolutely false and does a great disservice to the many hard working volunteers that have dedicated their time over the last year to helping make the memorial a reality.
Members of the ASUW Medal of Honor Memorial Taskforce have presented the plan for the memorial to the administration, gotten it approved, fundraised more than $100,000 for the memorial from private sources and are working with an artist on the final version of the design. It is my hope that the hard work of these volunteers will pay off and the memorial will be finished by the beginning of the next academic year.
I must also point out that all of this information is not secret and would have been easily available had the writer decided to call the ASUW to inquire about the status of the project before making baseless claims that nothing has been done. It is unfortunate thatan article in your newspaperhad to resort to reporting blatantly wrong facts tohelp its argument and in the process diminished thework that many dedicated students havedone.
I hope that The Daily will join me in recognizing the amazing effort put forward by the student volunteers on the Medal of Honor Memorial Taskforce and in thanking them for the work they have done.
[HTML_REMOVED] Mikhail Smirnov
Junior, economics
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