opinion
You worm
This is an open letter — no, it
is not a letter, it is a rage, an
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disgusted, epithet-hurling rage
against the small-minded reac
tionary son-of-a-bitch who
effaced the budget graph
painted on 13th Avenue.
I would love to meet you; I've
never spoken to a worm before.
And were I to meet you I'd ask
what could possibly motivated
you to such an obscene act. Had
the graph been sloganeering
from a group you disagree with
I could see a little counter
sloganeering, but this graph
was, as they say, just the facts
ma'am. Apparently you don't
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like the promulgation of facts.
Maybe you ought to slip into
your brown shirt and put a CIA
supplied cattle prod where the
sun don't shine and ZAP
yourself all the way to El
Salvador or Afghanistan where
you can get a good look at
repression.
And your act, you stinking
slimeball, was an act of repres
sion different only in degree
from a Soviet tank in Kabul or
the dirty work of U.S.-backed
death squads in El Salvador.
Something in these facts scared
your little crypto-fascist mind.
Well, I got scared too. Because
when I looked at that long
yellow line by far the longest of
the bunch, the one representing
U.S. defense (ha) spending, the
one that ran from Kincaid Street
all the way to the EMU I could
see our country's priorities. And
they're as sick as you.
Ross West
Disappointed
I was very disappointed in the
coverage of Jesse Jackson in the
May 14 Emerald.
Jackson is a legitimate can
didate in the Democratic Na
tional Primaries. He has ar
ticulated many of the frustra
tions and hopes for non-white
and white people (like myself).
Your reporters did a good job
of detailing the positions of
Gary Hart and Walter Mondale.
But you committed two jour
nalistic errors. First, in not in
cluding Jackson in the com
parison piece with the other two
Democratic candidates. Second
ly, in not detailing his positions
at all, but rather filling the piece
on him with biography and
scandal.
I would ask you to look at this
again to see whether my asser
tion is correct. If you do agree
that an error in judgement was
made, please ask yourselves
why this happened.
Roscoe Caron
Eugene
What a guy
I am acquainted with Dave
Ridenour and his dedication to
the College Republicans. His
love for Mom, apple pie, Ronald
Reagan, MX missies and lower
corporate taxes is also well
known. But I was quite surpris
ed to hear of his involvement in
a campaign to misinform the
public about College Democrat
causes. This is especially sur
prising since it links the "highly
esteemed" Ridenour with Dan
Goulet and Michael Cross of
Students For Bestiality fame.
Obviously the College
Republicans don't get the atten
tion they deserve through con
ventional means. They must
think that by deceiving people
their own popularity will be
heightened. I don't think so
fellows. To paraphrase Douglas
Green, another College
Republican, I believe Ridenour
is merely "demonstrating his in
securities" not to mention his
arrogance.
Steve Carrigg
physical education
At odds
Perhaps more than two
students are at odds with the
University library. And is it
possible that the library is at
odds with the students? I've
been harassed by library
policies, which never seem to
be explicitly stated, fined for
lost books which still reside in
the stacks, and subject to the
whims of staff mentality. I tend
to believe that the library is in
direct competition with the
University, but I'm not getting
an education from the library
experience. And a recent
meeting with George Shipman
wasn't worth the time spent
there.
I'm currently registering a
complaint with Sharon Gorden
of the Grievance Committee.
Are there other students with
complaints?
Mark Tarka
senior, chemistry
Unfortunate
In a letter to the editor on May
7, Beth Wright expressed her
disappointment and frustration
about not being able to enroll in
the courses she wanted in the
School of Journalism.
I agree with her that this is
regrettable and unfortunate.
When she came to see me at
the end of the registration
period, there was little I could
do except plead with individual
faculty members to admit one
more person. By that time,
though, there were long waiting
lists and it would have been un
fair to give her priority over
students who had waited for a
quarter or more for the same
course.
What Wright failed to unders
tand, though, is that the School
of Journalism does not have
unlimited ability to add names
to class lists. Our classes are
already over-subscribed and na
tional accrediting standards
mandate that there be a
specified teacher/student ratio.
The faculty of the school has
one of the highest teaching
loads in the University and can
not be expected to do more.
When she asks “What are pro
fessors being paid to do?" I
would respond by saying, just
what they are doing — teaching
seven courses a year, producing
many articles and books as well
as doing considerable amount
of public service work.
Her quarrel is not with in
dividual faculty members, but
with the overall funding pattern
of the University and the
slowness of this and other in
stitutions to redistribute
resources to areas of greatest
need without undermining
those programs that are central.
I would add that the president
and provost have done their
level best to help us meet our
needs, but we still cannot pro
vide the level of service we
think desirable.
The School of Journalism is
one of several programs in the
University that regularly must
turn away qualified (even ex
emplary) students because it
cannot cope with the demand.
To the University this means a
loss of revenue at a time when
money is being spent to recruit
more students.
Wright would probably say
none of this makes sense, and
who could dispute that?
Everette Dennis
dean, journalism
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