To the editor:

In reference to the article on the anti-abortion table tents in the Daily on March 1, some students disliked the tents because of the graphic way they addressed the topic.

The Department of Residence responded by stating they may have to go with nothing on the tables at all. In my opinion, this would violate freedom of speech.

What happened to expressing ourselves however we choose? Granted, there are more acceptable ways of going about this, but I’m sure that most students have been subjected to worse since they came to Iowa State.

Some students may claim that the tents are offensive, but the same could be said for some of the other tents that find their way to our tables.

For example any tent posting the date and time for a meeting of a Christian organization, or gay or lesbian group could have the same effect on a person.

But these tents are allowed and no one complains about them. There is no difference between these student groups who are merely stating their beliefs.

In addition to that we are here to expand our minds and to become more educated. While we are at college we should be trying to learn to express ourselves better. Telling us what we can and can’t say won’t do us any good in that respect.

There is no real solution to this problem, but not allowing any table tents is not the answer. We are in college now and I would think that we are all capable of censoring what we read on our own by now. We don’t need the department of residence deciding for us.

Ursula Gould

Freshman

Psychology