It’s fine to offer an opinion on how NU’s money should be spent, but in his article (“Stadium Talk Needs to Shift to Matthews,” Sept. 21) Max Lederman is not being fair about the debate.

The “straw man fallacy” is when a writer, for example, ignores the position of the other side and substitutes a misrepresented version of that position and then attacks the distorted position he has just created.

First, Mr. Lederman decided to call the proposed stadium an “investment,” and then he proceeds to show why it would be a bad investment. It is no more an “investment” than Snell Library or any of our new dorms.

He continues by saying that he has heard a new “trendy” defense that says better facilities would attract better recruits. I agree. That is accurate and logical. But he goes on to write that stadium proponents are saying it would lead to “that elusive financial return.” It won’t, and no one is saying that it will.

I, for one, do not oppose projects, student activities, etc., simply because they don’t promise a financial return. That is not the business the University is in. I would rather look at what an on-campus stadium would mean in terms of the student experience.

— Steve Bubar is a graduate from the class of 1970.