I am writing in response to Jonathan Klingler's column ("Saint Mary's - we need to talk," Feb. 13) which needlessly encouraged yet another battle of opinion over the once proposed Notre Dame/Saint Mary's College merger back in the 1970s. What amazes me about this column is that the only purpose I see it serving is to give an illustration of the cliché "We need to talk" phrase, given the fact that Wednesday is Valentine's Day, which is absurd. After all the criticism and debate students, faculty and administrators have dealt with over the years regarding relations between Saint Mary's and Notre Dame, I wrongly assumed that this seemingly never-ending grapple would be overlooked on a holiday focused around a celebration of friendship and love. Why couldn't someone have focused on the ways both schools benefit from the relationship with the other, or, better yet, not brought up the subject at all and instead have had a Viewpoint over the ongoing debate over light and dark chocolate? I hope you sense my sarcasm when I say that there's nothing I love more than to see yet another Notre Dame writer use Saint Mary's to breed popularity from the negative blitz that will predictably come from such a pointless article.
Kelly Maus junior Le Mans Hall Feb. 13
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