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government and free enterprise capitalistic systems are good. I believe that changes in our limited government, free enterprise, capitalistic system are bad, but that beneficial changes that alter our natural environment are good, not bad.

The article quotes Professor Buzz Thompson, “If I could solve one thing, it would be to restore the Mexican delta of the Colorado River” to the network of estuaries and tidal marshes that are now a giant mud flat. One of the possible remedies proposed was to buy water rights su;cient to ensure a steady flow through the delta to the sea. This would entail either taking water away from Los Angeles, San Diego and other cities or from productive farmland and letting it flow wasted to the sea.

Since taking water from the millions of people that live in the cities is not politically possible, it would have to come from arguably the most productive farmland in the world, the Imperial Valley. This would convert productive farmland into a dust bowl and create massive unemployment in a county that has one of the highest unemployment rates in the

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country. This would result in higher food pric-
es and lower income tax collection and more
welfare expenses.
I can not understand how that change would
solve anything or how such a disastrous e;ect
on our economy and the lives of so many people
could be considered by anybody as a remedy.
John L. Gregg, ’ 55
Newport Beach, California
More on Zombies

I enjoyed your article about Steven Schlozman, ’88 (“Zombies on the Brain,” Planet Cardinal, November/December). However, you missed an opportunity to praise an alum. Rhett Reese, ’91, wrote the screenplay for Zombieland and is the writer for the probable TV series on zombies. Hope you can give him a plug. He has lots of alumnae fans.

The magazine is terrific. My husband, John
Gamble, ’ 67, and I always enjoy it.
Laura Gamble, ’ 67
Carmel, California

Those ‘Aha’ Moments
I had had little stage or acting experience when I
was cast in some of the skits for the 1956 Gai-
eties (“The Show Goes On,” November/Decem-
ber). The audience in MemAud was large, and in
a comedy skit, my lines were met with tremen-
dous laughter. It was an “aha” moment. I had the
ability and power to make people laugh—or cry
or feel other emotions. It would lead to 50 years
of acting and directing in which there would be
many “aha” moments. But that one would
always be special. Stanford gave me many gifts,
but Gaieties 1956 was one of the best.
Alexandra Carter, ’ 58
Pinehurst, North Carolina

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