Dr. Paolino's Palooka

 Dr. Thomas J. Paolino Jr. in a July 7
    letter to the editor -sycophantic in
    tone- suggests that URI's celebrity
    basket ball player, Lamar Odom, has
    been treated unfairly by the ever insensitive
    press.

       He may even be amazingly wise - indeed
    in Hamlet's league- for pondering such
    intangibles as education vs.big bucks at
    the tender age of 19.

        If his URI English professor were to
     request that he write a short essay on
     his TO BE OR NOT TO BE decision, the
     result would never be required reading
     - not even at URI's Multicultural Center.

         Unlike the scholarly Malcolm X, Lamar
     Odom can -with a minimum of temptation-
     be led astray from "intangible " academic
     pursuits.

          The truly great amongst us have no
      need to know anything. On the contrary,
      they must enlighten and instruct their
      society.

          Perhaps in the distant future Dr.
     Paolino will recommend a washed up
     Lamar Odom as our next embassador to
     Malta.