Friday, September 8, 2006 To the Editor: I am pleased that Georgetown has taken steps to remove formerly affiliated, Protestant groups from the university campus in a move that was criticized on The Hoya editorial page on Friday, Sept. 1, 2006 (“Ministry Misguided,” A2). Georgetown has a fine Protestant chaplaincy; I came to know well Rev. Constance Wheeler, Rev. Hugh Brown III, Rev. Beth Toler, LaKendra Hardware and other ministers during my four years on the Hilltop, and their ministry touched the lives of many people who sought their counsel and friendship. Of course, other students will want to seek religious fulfillment outside the context of university-sanctioned chaplaincies, and they have every right: Just take it off campus. If Georgetown does not have the ability to regulate outside groups who seek to operate on campus, then it cannot protect itself from organizations that preach hate, violence or worse. I’m sure Chi Alpha and InterVarsity are upstanding fellowships, but what about nefarious groups that might also try to work on campus? You can’t let the good in without leaving the door open for the bad. I knew of Episcopalians who didn’t find a home in Georgetown’s Protestant chaplaincy, and they attended a variety of local Episcopal parishes instead. Another friend didn’t find the “Liturgical Protestant” service offered during our senior year “Presbyterian enough,” so she joined a local Presbyterian church. If students want to participate in non-university sanctioned religious organizations, Georgetown is not stopping them. Ribby Goodfellow (COL ’04) Sept. 1, 2006