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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 2002
Page
4
The Southern Illinoisan lists Publisher Linda Ritchie Lindus and editors and provides contact details for letters to Voice of the Reader. It outlines submission rules, word limits, sign requirements, and editorial guidelines, including The Vent on Saturdays and the process for submitting tips, classifieds, and display ads.
Entertainment critic Leonard Maltin contrasts Stepin Fetchit’s controversial career with Denzel Washington and Halle Berry winning top Oscars, urging broader Hollywood reform. The piece notes Omar Minaya as baseball’s first Hispanic GM and cites Morison on postwar racial progress, urging a future where achievements overshadow color.
A U S Air Force sergeant in Afghanistan thanks Southern Illinois communities for support. Girl Scouts of Cobden sent cookies, a Du Quoin class mailed clothes for orphans, and First Baptist Church of Du Quoin sent coffee cookies and candy. The letter lauds prayers, drive, and porch flags as symbols of regional pride. Also salutes SIU Salukis basketball season, praising Coach Weber, Kent Williams, and a Sweet 16 run.
The writer questions whether earlier reforms after Luther’s 95 theses might have prevented today’s plethora of denominations. They argue church government ties and financial favors influenced reform and raise concerns about taxpayer burdens from church sex scandals. The note contrasts the Eastern and Roman churches over celibacy and suggests better outcomes with choice between celibacy and marriage.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Jill Labbe discusses a Texas case where a 16 year old honor student was expelled for a bread knife found in a pickup. The expulsion was cut to five days after media outrage, highlighting knee jerk zero tolerance. The piece cites Dusty Seal v Knox County Board of Education as precedent for rational policy and notes district review of expulsion rules.
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