As a professional engineer and prospective graduate student on the University of Florida campus for a single day, Aug. 30, I flipped through the Independent Florida Alligator and was shocked to read a campus poll result indicating 74 percent of the students regret women were given the vote.
Had the connection to a previous story about a women’s suffrage re-creation not been explained to me by the student I was accompanying, I would be further appalled at the simple nature of the question.
It may simply be mediocre editing that printed such poll results without comment or context, such as how many participated.
As editor of my school news magazine, I would have been more circumspect in printing this statistic, realizing the impression it could give of the school that the newspaper represents.
As a snapshot view — and especially if a true reflection of attitudes of the students at the school — this statistic speaks poorly of the Student Body at UF and nearly as poorly of the administration who is educating it.
It has put the question into my mind to wonder how I would be treated should I choose to attend classes at UF, a consideration I had thought unnecessary in this age of diversity.
Editor's note: This letter is in reference to http://www.alligator.org/opinion/questions/poll_4d703626-b18f-11df-81d4-001cc4c03286.html
