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August
5: "Strong-arming
Armstrong"
Thanks for the terrific analysis of Anne Armstrong's resignation.
She's been a strong leader at CIT, well respected
and focused on goals. Her abrupt departure, the
subsequent press release and the media stories
left us all scratching our heads. It was clear
that political agendas had come to the forefront.
Did they expect us to accept such a sketchy
account? Anne is sure to land on her feet, and CIT
will again struggle for direction.
Lois
Carter Fay
Partner
Technology
Marketing Group
Williamsburg
carterfay@tmgllc.net
August
12: "Cow
College Transformed
"
Those
of us with "VPI" on our diplomas won't
be wild about your headline but you wrote an
interesting piece.
One
problem with turning out more nutritious products:
People have to buy them and eat them. I have been
appalled that nutrition/health classes/ family
living are practically nonexistent now in public
schools while physics, languages and more algebra
a la SOLS rule curricula.
When
I was food editor for the Richmond Times-Dispatch,
there were no "food courts" in schools,
and school lunches were supposed to be part of the
learning process. Alas, food-waste counts and
student demands ruled the day. Drink and snack
machines were allowed in schools. Now there
is much despair over obesity in kids, couch
potatoes, etc.
Sen.
Madison Marye put in a bill in the last General
Assembly session to remove junk food machines from
schools. The bill was buried by soft drink company
lobbyists and, most amazingly, by school
administrators whose schools get a cut from
sales!
If
lettuce is to have more vitamin C, Tech needs
to make sure it gets eaten. And that means
returning nutrition education to the classroom.
Nancy
Finch
Richmond
nancyfin@erols.com
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August 19, 2002
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