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Get out while you can College should take five years instead of four, urged Claire Harlin in her March 25 Viewpoint "The four-year phenomenon." At first, it seemed a spoof, arguing that because students "are maturing sooner" they should be treated as children longer.

No property taxation without assessment representation This letter is in response to the controversy concerning the increase of property taxes nationwide at a time when most property values across the nation are declining.

According to Wikipedia, property tax is a tax that an owner pays on the value of the real property being taxed.

A heartfelt warning I'm unsure of how widespread this tragedy is at UT or whether or not students are aware of this highly traumatic problem in college campuses, but I hope that this letter will find its way into The Daily Texan, if only for the sake of other students' emotional and physical well-being and safety.

Green line bottom line The March 6 shooting at a Jerusalem yeshiva is a wake-up call for us all. The idea that murdering eight people who are studying religion and trying to make the world a better place is the way to bring about liberation is absurd and disgusting.

Seeing past Obama-itis In the last week, I 've heard countless students complaining about getting called too many times by the Obama campaign.

The complaints are not without merit. I was one of the phone bankers, and we knew that people were getting called multiple times, but didn't know why.

Lack of Ghostland observation? After reading Natalia Ciolko's review of the recent Ghostland Observatory show, I wonder if she was even in attendance.

If not, she missed out on a great show. I am surprised she forgot to mention one of the highlights of the evening: Members of the UT marching band accompanied Ghostland on the aptly-named "The Band Marches On," one of the final songs of the night.

Crying out against gossip Regarding Ana McKenzie's thoughtless article about the SG elections ("Empower takes all but one seat in SG elections," Feb. 29): I have never felt so uninformed after reading a Texan article.

The unnecessary comment singling out the losing candidate's emotional response left me wondering what the original intent of the article was.