An open letter to the Caltech community by a former undergraduate about the ongoing breakdown in communications between students and staff. Community members may add their signatures here if they feel that this letter speaks their minds.

President Obama has selected Sally Jewell, the chief executive of REI, to replace outgoing Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, and for the sake of the American gray wolves, it can't happen fast enough. In the two years since Congress removed the wolves from the Endangered Species List, Salazar has already opened wolf hunting in four states, and there's talk in Washington that he's planning to remove protections for the wolves everywhere before he leaves office. Jewell seems likely to get the appointment, so we want to send her an advance welcome in the form of a plea to stop killing the wolves.

I'm currently receiving unemployment benefits (emergency funds) and my payment has been reduced by 10% due to the recent cuts.

My desire is to get fluoride out of our drinking water. They should be concerned for the following reasons it causes the following Arthritis Gastrointestinal Effects, Bone Fracture ,Hypersensitivity and other serious medical conditions. The deadline is right away we cannot waste one more day with fluoride in the water. It personally affects me because I am seeing people drink something toxic and I do not know how to stop the situation. That's very depressing.

For generations, Kohanaiki (“Pine Trees’) has been the heart of a huge part of Kona community's life and living Hawaiian culture. After 20 years of fighting development proposed for that coastal land, the community won many battles but lost the war to private golf course and luxury housing development. Environmental degradation incomparable to any that has occurred through generations of the land’s passive use is occurring, along with threats to traditional public access. For 60 years, the Public has been able to drive to the south end of Kohanaiki for camping, picnicking, subsistence fishing, and other recreational and cultural activities; but that access is slated to change soon. Without that traditional access, the huge, southern portion of the so-called "public park" will become an exclusive playground of the Rich. Is that okay with you?

Daylight savings is ruining two months out of every year of my life. The sun is in the wrong place during march and october. I used to look forward to "springing ahead". Now, I have to wake up in darkness again after three weeks of rising with the sun.

Verizon refuses to bring FiOS to Brookhaven Town! There is no competition to Cablevision for telephone,television and internet/data services. Brookhaven residents pay higher rates to Cablevision than residents that live in towns that have FiOS. The digital divide grows! No FiOS means loss of jobs for the members of CWA 1108 in Suffolk! We ALL need FiOS in Brookhaven for good jobs and fair prices!

To continue to create healthier, safer air to breathe it seems like a Basic plan to cut down the amount of Cigarette smokers. To Triple the taxes/cost or even Quadruple the taxes/cost of cigarettes would definitely encourage young people to think twice before purchasing cigarettes. As a long ago reformed smoker I realize how precious each and every breath is. Both my daughters took an active part in Cancer Prevention projects and one of them was employed by the American Cancer Society for over 4 years fighting for Cancer Education and Prevention. A more prohibitive taxing/pricing in cigarettes would also possibly decrease the number of packs consumed by those whom still smoke. We need to take an even stronger stand for cleaner air for us and future generations to breathe. The "extra" monies garnered by increased cigarette taxes/prices could be added to current Health Care Insurers to lower the cost of Health Care in America and also strengthen our Education in schools to Stop children from seeing smoking as a "cool", adult (?) activity.

Subsidizing the oil industry is like giving Bill Gates a free computer (well, maybe more like giving him a few million free computers). The oil industry's profit was over $100 billion last year, making it the most lucrative industry on the planet, and yet U.S. taxpayers continue to give the oil industry money we don't have. As Congress debates what to cut to avoid a government shutdown, one of the first things it should consider—but isn't considering—are the more than $10 billion in taxpayer subsidies that we give to Big Oil every year.

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House Bill 379 grants qualifying television productions an additional 5% tax incentive for in-state expenditures and allows for unused funds budgeted for overall film production to roll-over into the following fiscal year. The bill protects state money, creates jobs, supports; local businesses, arts, education, training, tourism, and sends the clear message to the global production industry that New Mexico is open for business.

The Senate conference has REMOVED the $2 million in funding for the Catskill Mountain Rail Trail, originally allocated in Governor Cuomo's Executive Budget from the Senate version of the budget. Although the $2 million item is still included in the Assembly version of the budget, this significant funding is now in extreme jeopardy. Let the Rail Trail's champions know how much you value their support and urge them to renew it to ensure the future of this project.