Dear Editor,

It is evident that Nick (Bahl) and other students are hiding behind a cloak of ideological repression and have become pawns of right-winged ideologues in their pursuit of “academic freedom”. As a professor at Metro I find that those students who complain about their professors are often the worst students academically, often citing intimidation or ideological differences. They are incapable of being responsible for their own work, they are the new victims created by Gov. Owens, John Andrews and their cronies.

I also find it interesting that upon being alerted of a possible libel suite regarding Nick’s writing the Met decided to print his scathing indictment of Dr. Meranto as a letter to the editor instead.
Check out the following e-mail sent Oct. 6, 2003:

Dear Dr. Meranto,

I had you for Native American Studies some time ago, and I like the way you made me think. I like the way you present the information. I also took the class ( Latin American class ) because I’m going to Brazil, Chile, and Argentina, among others, for several weeks over Christmas Break and I thought it would be good to know more about the region.

Nick Bahl

What happened Nick, the “Right” got your tongue? All Dr. Meranto cares to say to Nick’s false allegations is the following: “Let the best and the brightest judge me not the mediocre.”

Rebecca Salinas Adjunct Professor