I have never been prouder to be a member of the Washington University community than on the late evening of Oct. 21, 2008.

If you read “When being impolite is imperative” by Caleb Posner (Sept. 26), you may be wondering why, as the article points out, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has rejected an offer made by the Clarion Fund to provide free copies of a “documentary” called “Obsession,” a special value-added insert to its paying customers.