SJU Incident Proves Need For Cellphones In Schools
      At about 2:30 p.m., last Wednesday, a young man was seen carrying a large rifle as he walked through the Jamaica Estates campus of St. John's University.
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Hail Columbus For Opening Our World
      Three "average" citizens appearing in a skit on a popular late night talk show last week did not know in what year Christopher Columbus first made landfall in the New World. For us, this posed a conundrum: is it better to be forgotten by the ignorant or reviled by revisionists? Columbus seems to b...
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Global Warming Is Bunk
To The Editor:
      Aside from the fact that the very existence of the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is unconstitutional under the 10th Amendment, the debate is really whether or not it should be used to regulate to death what is left of our industry.
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Hails Eruv, Ed. Dept.
To The Editor:
      Two positive events that occurred this week [September 19] which left me in a state of elation are worthy of sharing with the many Gazette readers. I applaud Councilmember [Eric] Gioia for his caring, dedication and devotion to his constituents of all ages, races, ethnic groups and religious fa...
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Why Speed Bumps?
To The Editor:
      I would like to know why there are two speed bumps on 47th Street between 39th Avenue and Skillman Avenue. In fact, why are there any speed bumps on that block? It is 100 percent residential.
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Iran Prez Is Butt Brain
To The Editor:
      What kind of person who has sponsored terrorism around the world and denies that the Holocaust took place would ever be allowed anywhere near Ground Zero, much less be allowed to come to the UN? The Iranian president must have his brains in [his] behind, because if he sits down he will certainly ...
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Stop Spending, Lending
To The Editor:
      The reason so many things cost more than [they did] a few years ago is inflation. We have to pay more for food, gas, medicine and housing because our dollar buys less. The dollar buys less because it is worth less than before. This is inflation.
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Unconscionable Increase
To The Editor:
      Another rate increase for Con Edison? Seventeen percent more, which will cost us $1.2 billion? Are you serious, given this utility company's culpability in last year's debacle blackout in parts of Queens and the chaos caused by the blown pipeline in the city? These questions are being asked of vi...
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SJU Concealed Actions
To The Editor:
      St. John's University's recent decision to site a 485-bed dormitory in Jamaica Estates without consulting the community in advance came as a shock and disappointment to me and to local residents. My dismay was compounded when it became apparent that this decision was kept secret even from St. John...
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Beg Pardon
      The article "Buckeye Pipeline Fuels City, Airports" by Richard Gentilviso in the Gazette edition of Sept. 26, 2007 should have indicated that a fire/explosion for a jet fuel pipeline could impact "hundreds or thousands of feet".
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On the brief side...
      Heating Help For Low-Income Families The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services will release $13.5 million from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LI HEAP) to help low-income families heat their homes during the fall and winter months ahead, Congressmember Joseph Crowley announced...
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