Clearly bipartisanship is not an issue to Nicole Asmussen (“Oh, what to do with these hypocritical liberals?” Jan. 12). It is political jargon like this that further stresses the difference between liberals and conservatives in our country. If Nicole had, according to her, a fair number of conservative professors in the political science department, it wouldn’t change the curriculum taught.

Do Republicans teach anything that a Democrat or, God save us, an independent would present to us? The answer is no. In my political science and philosophy courses, I have taken in a veritable sea of commentary from my fellow liberal and conservative peers.

What did I remember the most? The ideas that most strictly adhered to my own political agenda. It is a matter of standing up for what you believe in and dissenting with those ideas that you don’t believe in, be you liberal, conservative or whatever it is that you want to be. It’s a little something I like to call freedom, and it is and has always been the American way.

If it’s one-sided viewpoints reaching the masses we should be worried about, then worry about your fellow conservatives and the rhetoric they use on Fox News. There is only one liberal reporter on the Fox News staff, and he looks like Don Knotts compared to his conservative counterpart on the debate show “Hannity & Colmes.”

Is there any empirical evidence to back up your claim? Invariably, there is not. So while your conservative peers are worried about not getting enough support for their future leaders of America program, the other 6 billion people in the world are worrying about what America is going to do next.

C. Michael Norris

Junior

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