Regarding “Union leaders just blow smoke” (Oct. 29, pg. 6):

I would like to begin by saying that the Guest Policy changes were not everything we asked for, but we do need to be grateful for the things that were changed. It was a huge success that the Guest Policy was changed at all. We need to build the administration’s trust. Maybe it’s not fair, but we need to prove that we are as responsible as what we have been trying to get across. Negotiations with administrators really do work. It is a slow process and it does take sacrifices on both sides’ behalf.

Also, I take personal offense to the comment that Ethan Clay “has done nothing as Union president…and misrepresent[s] the student body’s real concerns.” I am proud to have someone with as much experience, compassion and service-oriented ideas as my president. He has represented the real concerns of the student body — he has taken them directly to Chancellor John Silber himself. He has also begun to help bring back a spirit of unity and respect to this campus.

I don’t even want to touch your last argument John Keramaris, but it is absurd. Comments about “general un-productiveness” and “misrepresentation” and the idea that the “slate should step down” are a load of bull. This Union has completed more initiatives from its original platform and has been more open to student concerns than any other Union that I know of. Mr. Keramaris, I have a question for you: what have you done?

I agree that if we want change we need large numbers — it needs to come from the entire student body. But it’s people like you, Mr. Keramaris, who make me mad. You whine and complain, but do you ever do anything about it? Mr. Keramaris, what have you done to better this university?

I challenge you, Mr. Keramaris, to take action and do something. Otherwise, Mr. Keramaris, it would appear that you are just like what you perceive as the image of the Student Union — you are just blowing smoke.