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As a medical student (not at KU) and also as someone who has known the students running Jay Doc for many years (undergrad at KU and still visit every six to eight weeks), I have one major complaint: the writer's one-sided portrayal of Lase Ajayi. She's one of the most hardworking, most compassionate people at Jay Doc, and this came through only in a poorly framed quote at the end, next to the scatology. Add that to the beer joke, the failed actress (in contrast to speculation about Adam Obley's future academic career) and the "everybody's dying" quote, and you have quite a portrait. This might distribute (I would say sell, but you know) a few more copies of the Pitch, but it's misrepresentative and it's shallow journalism, and I believe it's unfair to Lase.

I think there is considerable interest in the Pitch readership about health care. Thanks for bringing the Jay Docs some deserved attention. These students and doctors work very hard, and the situation that they and their patients are in should be more widely discussed. Jonathan Power,
St. Louis

Also, regarding Fischer's comment about overpriced watercolors and jewelry: Are you kidding? Have you been to a gallery lately? When a person attends one of these festivals, he or she is buying directly from the artist. We have to cover supplies, hotels, gas, food, replacement costs, taxes, etc.

And last, she mentions that the show began the day before. Is she and/or your publication able to leap 48 hours into the future? She could have just mentioned the times and whereabouts of the festival. Instead, she throws in her snippy, unjustified opinions about the art, even though the event hasn't even begun! Shame on her. How lazy is that? Chris Bruno, Jacksonville, Florida