Congratulations on your newspaper's recent journalism award.
As a former college newspaper student editor in chief, features editor, writer and columnist (Cal Poly Pomona 1990-94), I know the enormous amount of work and dedication involved in producing a student newspaper.
I would like to offer a rebuttal to Kallayan Thuch's March 13 commentary, "Sorry, furballs, people need to be help first."
Of course, people need to be helped when ravaged by brutality, war, disease, or famine. Why would anyone question those situations? But, animals that need help should be given equal compassion and assistance.