To the Editor:

Re: “A Modest Proposal for Dealing with ‘Non-Ivy’ Colleges,” Opinion, March 11

I sympathize with those who have been deeply offended by Ann Coulter’s ’84 comments, I really do. But responses like those from the author of this article take things entirely too far.

As a student in the College of Arts and Sciences, I find myself profoundly insulted by the column. It is laden with propositions that were supposed to be sarcastic, but failed. The attempt was to vilify Ms. Coulter, yet by sardonically adopting her opinion as truth it gives the impression that this is how all Arts students feel.

To the Editor:

Re: “The Berry Patch: Get the Heck Out of Cornell ... All of You!,” Opinion, March 11

With all of the controversy surrounding the recent Ann Coulter ’84 article I would just like to make a few clarifications. Ann Coulter claims that the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is a State School. CALS is not, I repeat, not, a State College. It was created under the Land Grant Act to teach Agriculture, unlike SUNY Schools, which are founded, funded and regulated by the State of New York. CALS is just as much an Ivy League school as any other college at Cornell.

When I first heard Ann Coulter’s declaration that the College of Arts and Sciences was “the only Ivy League school at Cornell,” I was completely surprised. I did not realize that, according to Ms. Coulter’s definition, the whole of Cornell University itself was not an Ivy League institution. Now that I have been made fully aware of the situation, I think it is time that the students at the other colleges stand up and demand the treatment they deserve as “non-Ivy” students. I suggest that the only true differences between the Ivy League schools and other institutions of education are the Division I sports league, the expected workload, and the exclusive nature of being an “Ivy League” student.