This is just a brief comment on the March 9 review of Analyze This, "Crystal, De Niro should sleep with the fishes after trying to 'Analyze This'." The reason the review said the movie suffered is because Robert De Niro is not a comedic actor. I suppose his leading role as Rupert Pupkin in Martin Scorcese's film The King of Comedy doesn't count then? Or his role in We're No Angels? He might not be as well-known for these roles, but they certainly are comedic. Perhaps he didn't shine in this role, but I doubt it's because one of America's leading film actors couldn't handle comedy.

Jennifer McClelland

I found the article in the March 5 issue of The Post on gender disparity, "Majors have gender gaps," to be somewhat ironic. This is considering there was an article on Singing Men of Ohio but nothing in regards to the Women in Music Concert that was held March 2. This concert was student-directed by Sigma Alpha Iota, a professional music fraternity for women, in efforts to not only entertain people but also educate them about women's contributions to music.

I noticed in the gender disparity article that The Post is doing a series on Women's History Month. You missed an excellent chance to highlight women in music.

Furthermore, I feel it is important to recognize the contribution Ohio University women are making in the community. In addition to the concert, Sigma Alpha Iota sponsored a benefit Celebrity Auction for Athens City Schools' music programs. Although this received some media coverage, the caption under a picture in The Post gave no mention to the organization responsible for the event. "The music celebrity auction," as it was stated, completely discounts all of the time and energy invested by these students. The caption was very misleading, making it seem as though it was a School of Music event when it was a student-run event. The only role the music department played in it was that the auction was held there.

I am sorry The Post opted to contribute to the problem instead of moving forward to solve it.

Megan Cameron

I am disappointed in the recent Supreme Court ruling concerning the deportation of undocumented aliens, and even more disappointed in The Post's March 1 editorial, "Borders to our freedom," celebrating this attack on political beliefs and the people who hold them.

It is disingenuous to oppose discrimination against "illegal aliens" in an editorial replete with discriminatory language. How can one be an "illegal alien"? One can commit an illegal act, but how can a person be illegal? Moreover, undocumented aliens are seldom uninvited. Most were invited by friends, relatives or businesses that would rather take advantage of their cheap labor here than abroad. That the government denies them visas or green cards is evidence of discrimination in our immigration policy, not a lack of invitation. Besides, if all the people, or descendants of people, who came to this country "uninvited" were forced to leave, there would be very few people left (except, arguably, the descendants of people who were forced to come here).

I am also disturbed that The Post supports discrimination against people on the basis of political beliefs. One of the points of the First Amendment is that there are no anti-American beliefs as such. Totalitarian states might consider "politically threatening" speech criminal, but a democracy must protect it. Indeed, ours is a republic that welcomes - or is supposed to welcome - dissent and criticism. If anything is "anti-American," it is the attempt to deny the freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution. Undocumented aliens are perhaps more vulnerable to prosecution and persecution that citizens, so it is no surprise that they are among the first to lose their rights. But I shudder to think where this assault on liberty will end - unless we fight it now.

Steve Rubenstein, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology