Published on 02/17/2002
To the Editor of The Day: He is wrong. In upstate New York, there are two towns 10 miles apart,
Canton and Potsdam. These towns are both the size of Mystic, Conn. and
are home to four of the best universities in New York State.
Potsdam is home to Clarkson University, a superior engineering school
whose graduates have made major contributions to this world, and SUNY
Potsdam, home to the prestigious Crane School of Music. Canton is home
to Saint Lawrence University, an excellent liberal arts college, and
SUNY Canton, a two-year technical college.
The best colleges and universities don't always exist in cities. In
those 10 square miles of upstate New York, there are four excellent
colleges.
I don't see the harm in moving Three Rivers to the site in Preston.
The decayed buildings would be torn down and replaced with a new,
modern, academic center, bringing new life to a historical location. I
would rather see a college there, instead of decaying buildings.
Thinking about the location of the University of Connecticut at
Storrs, I don't see Mr. Soloff's point. Perhaps it is because what is
idealism to him is reality to me. Michael McCullen
In his Feb 11 letter concerning the location of Three Rivers Community
College, Harold A. Soloff states, “The notion of an idyllic campus,
located among the birds, bees, rolling green pastures and cornfields of
a town that doesn't exist except on a map is beyond idealism.”
