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...Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele "Throwing the Game" [BIG MONEY & POLITICS, Sept. 25] focused attention on a problem of growing concern to the collegiate athletic community. Gambling on amateur sporting events, including college games and the Olympics, is a serious problem. This report brought to light the tragic cases of young athletes whose careers have been ruined and whose actions have caused a cloud of scandal to hang over the colleges and universities they attended long after the incidents of game fixing and point shaving occurred. But even if there weren't scandals, we believe it is inappropriate...
...consider Frankie Lymon, a major child star in the 1950s with such hits as "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" His numerous failed marriages and drug habit (a habit which ultimately led to his early death at the age of 25) were tragic enough to be the subject of a movie (1998's mawkish Why Do Fools Fall in Love...
...Some critics have described your work as "romantically tragic," while others call parts of it eerie and creepy. Did you consciously aim to get certain reactions out of your audience, or did you not think about that...
...People naturally view photographs in different ways and have their own reactions. I don't consciously try to make a photo romantic or tragic or something. I think that whatever my mood is on a particular day, that is probably what comes across in the photos I take. For instance, if I'm feeling sad when I take a photo, then I think that feeling is probably conveyed in the photo. So I definitely think that the individual's feelings influence a work, but that is on the side of the photographer. Once a work is completed...
...recent violence in the Middle East (News, "Violence Intensifies in Middle East," Oct. 13) is a tragic blow to the struggle for peace in that region--we must all stand up against this atrocious loss of human lives. I support the recent vigils that have occurred on campus to protest the violence. However, I have been disturbed by the unashamedly one-sided points of view that have been advocated by different student groups...