When a tongue-in-cheek letter bashing the university’s squirrel population was printed in the Daily Collegian (PSU’s equivalent of the DTH), I knew that would elicit at least a few angry responses, and I figured that one of them might as well come from me (it didn’t get published):
 

         As I was perusing yesterdays issue of The Daily Collegian, I became enraged by Jeremy Mitchell’s letter “Ignore the Squirrels”.  Mr. Mitchell may think that promoting intolerance on this campus is funny, but I for one am not amused.
    Did Mr. Mitchell ever stop to think that the reason he is approached by “two or three squirrels a day” for handouts is because these squirrels have sacrificed their natural habitat, their natural way of life, their natural dignity so that he and students like him can have their precious “dorm rooms” and “libraries”?  What I find even more disturbing is that any member of our university community would be ignorant enough to complain about having a few twigs and seeds dropped on his head when thousands of brave young squirrels have their lives snuffed out each day on our nations streets and highways.
    Students who wish to express their outrage at Mr. Mitchell’s callous and contemptible disregard for any species other than his own are invited to gather outside Patee Library during peak study hours to march around chanting “take back the nuts”.  Due to limited resources, the event will be BYOB (bring your own bullhorn), so please come prepared.
 

Co-authored by:

SQUIREL (SQuad United to Increase Rodent Equality and Liberty) and The Center for Acoryn Concerns