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Appreciation
A June 3 letter by Karen
Beaman laments the lack of
“honor” the University gives
its graduating seniors. Com
mencement exercises are
simply a public affirmation of
the private knowledge that
jumping through the proper
hoops brings a diploma. It is
not the piece of paper that is
important, nor how it is
presented, but hopefully the
process that has taken place
internally.
Honor is something bestow
ed externally that passes
quickly, as does any sort of
graduation ceremony. The aim
of education is the creation of
thinking individuals who live
richer lives because of their
encounters with a wide variety
of subject matter. Unfor
tunately, in our society it is an
opportunity that all too few
share.
As one who has received the
benefits of this University, and
its many fine teachers, I feel
the answer to “Why should I”
give is readily apparent.
"Library Project ’83” is one
way of expressing apprecia
tion, and is a small step
toward maintaining a quality
institution for those who
follow. Indeed, giving of what
we have gained here might be
a worthy project for a lifetime.
Louise Green-Mares
senior, English
Mockery
The most recent display in
the case in the lobby of the
EMU by the Maranatha Chris
tian Ministry makes a mockery
of comparative religion. It
stated that, though both the
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
and Mohammed claimed to
have “the truth," both are
dead while the Christ (Jesus)
who is the truth, died and was
resurrected to rule in heaven.
As a Christian, a Buddhist, a
Muslim, a Hindu, a Taoist and
a Jew, I must protest this but
chering of the profound truth
in three of this planet’s great
religions. My Christian self is
outraged that these narrow
minded bigots claim to repre
sent Christianity. My Muslim
self cries out in anguish that
the bloody wars of the
Crusades between Islamic and
Christian zealots still lie
smouldering in the bowels of
modern zealots. My Buddhist
self cackles at the irony that
these pompous Christian fun
damentalists, who pass off a
2,500-year-old bag of skin and
bones as “the Buddha," are
themselves perfect em
bodiments of Buddha-nature,
while paradoxically they have
a lot of excess baggage to
cast off before they can realize
their Buddha-nature.
Those who would try to limit
the many faces of an infinite
God with words are fools.
Worse, religious intolerance is
directly responsible for many
of the greatest travesties of
mass murder this planet has
known. Maranatha owes this
planet a public apology for the
sin of conceit.
Jack Straton
graduate, physics
Learned
Those audacious enough to
claim some people are born
homosexual either haven’t
thought the issue out well or
are deliberately promoting the
myth that it’s biologically
predetermined in order to
legitimize granting civil rights
minority status because “they
can’t help how they are.”
If someone were predispos
ed towards homosexuality due
to biology then hormonal or
chromosomal differences
would have to exist between
homosexuals and heterosex
uals. Since no differences can
be found in genes then what
about hormones? The same is
true.
Tourney and associates
found no significant dif
ferences existed between
homosexuals and heterosex
uals tested for FSH, ICSH or
testosterone levels (American
Journal of Psychiatry, 1975, p.
288). Birk's studies found an
earlier and often reported
study claiming differences ex
isted, could not be replicated
and testosterone values were
the same for both groups (New
England Journal of Medicine,
1973 p. 1236). Friedman found
no differences for LH,
testosterone, estradiol, pro
lactin and estrone levels
(American Journal of
Psychiatry, 1977 p. 571). And
Parks found similar results
even when all environmental
factors were identical bet
ween his test groups (Journal
of Clinical Endrocinology and
Metabolism, 1974, p. 796).
Homosexuals choose their
lifestyle and deserve no more
special civil rights guarantees
than exhibitionists,
zoophiliacs or any other
minority “sexual preference”
category.
Rex Watkins
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