Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

Here are the latest rankings. My beloved Arizona Wildcats (5-4, 2-4) were blown out by the Washington Huskies in Seattle yesterday, 49-3. The Cats have three tough games remaining (against USC, Utah, and archrival Arizona State) and might not become bowl-eligible. They appeared to be a lock for a bowl game when they were 5-2. My old nemesis, Ray Stahl, thinks Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez is in over his head. I don't know about that. He's 31-18 at Arizona and led the Wildcatsto the Pac-12 South Division title a year ago. But I'm sure the fans and alumni aren't happy with this year's performance.

Addendum: Here is my early prediction for the Final Four (in no particular order): Michigan State, LSU, Stanford, and Clemson.

Source: Legal Insurrection.

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To the Editor:

There will always be people who feel the need for special treatment, whether it’s getting into a V.I.P. nightclub, flying first class, wearing obvious designer labels and so on. That’s how the world is.

But instead of focusing on why some people get special treatment, we should be asking why everybody isn’t getting treated as well as everybody deserves to be treated. In other words, instead of focusing on why some people get more, we should be focusing on why so many are getting less.

Why are some people not treated well because of their skin color? Why are some people left in a hospital room with no sunlight and facing a brick wall? Why are people given horrible food in hospitals? On planes, why are people in coach crammed in like cattle and made to wait in line for the bathroom when first-class bathrooms sit empty?

Everybody should be treated at the same highest level of care.

LYNN NEVINS

Astoria, Queens

Windham Hill: The First Ten Years (1990).

That's it. I'm done with Marco Rubio.

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To the Editor:

Re “Toppled Desk Points to Race and Discipline” (front page, Oct. 28):

As a teacher and a principal for more than 45 years, I had a policy of avoiding classroom confrontations if at all possible.

The problem in many instances of student misbehavior is that adolescents value “saving face” in the presence of their peers above everything else. Some will even risk injury rather than appear weak when there is an audience.

In the scene that erupted in a South Carolina high school, we can’t know why a girl, who other students said “was usually quiet and not a troublemaker,” refused to leave the classroom when told to do so.

But things would have ended better if the teacher had told her quietly to stay and talk about the situation after class, and then set an appropriate consequence for her misbehavior.

JOANNE YATVIN

Portland, Ore.