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sons’ go now. where formerly it
was only the eldest sons. Even
with all possible financial
assistance going to the universi
ty. it is still a very expensive
proposition with no guaranteed
payoffs, and it is getting more
so all the time. Middle class
kids are not compelled to
carefully ponder these risks: the
family has resources that are
usually used, and are there as a
form of security even when they
are not used. Working class kids
cannot afford to ignore the
risks. And forget about the poor
— you almost need to already
have a successful en
trepreneurial approach to the
world (at 17 or 18) to make it
here.
1 cannot object to sorority and
fraternity members’ use of the
university for their rights of
passage from the playground to
the country club — but 1 will ob
ject to their expectation that we
roll out the red carpet by taking
the risks and tidying up the
messes so that they can figure
how best to do that.
Ken Summers
Eugene
Struggle on
When a long, difficult battle
results in defeat, it is easy to
become discouraged and
apathetic toward the cause
which one had once believed
in. Often, it is easier to quietly
allow the victor to bask in the
glory, rather than to struggle
and fight for what seems a lost
cause.
In the wake of the recent
Reagan landslide, I have a
message for those who sup
ported the Mondale/Ferraro
ticket and the ideals for which it
stood: don’t give in.
Those of us who voted for
Mondale/Ferraro did so because
we were concerned about the
welfare of others less fortunate
than ourselves, because we put
the desire for a safer, more just
world ahead of personal gain,
and because we wanted future
generations to benefit from our
decisions, not suffer for them.
Now is not the time to let up.
True, social justice and civil
liberties at home and human
rights abroad will no doubt be
dealt a devastating blow as a
result of four more years of the
Reagan administration. But we
must not allow ourselves to
become complacent, and in
essence adopt the selfish prin
ciples we fought so hard against
during the course of this cam
paign. We must instead work
harder than ever before over the
next four years, and give of
ourselves as never before, to
minimize the impact of
Reagan's re-election on those it
will hurt most. We must remain
true to our convictions, and en
sure that, in 1988, we will once
again be able to say, “I am an
American.”
Mark Cummins
Psychology
Yes, organize
Re: Nov. 9 cartoon ‘‘Organize
for a Safe Campus.”
Divide and conquer lives on.
Are we really to believe that on
ly white women fear rape and
only black men do it? These
myths started during slavery to
protect the property rights of
white men. During Reconstruc
tion, claims of rape of white
women by black men were used
to justify lynchings and to
destroy the alliance between
poor whites and blacks.
This racist use of the rape
charge has continued to this
day. Of 455 executions for rape
in the last 50 years. 405 were of
black men ~ no white man has
EVER been executed for the
rape of a woman of color. In
1955 the men who tortured and
murdered 14-year-old Emmett
Till for whistling at a white
woman were acquitted. And in
1979. 12 black women were
murdered in Boston, yet neither
the police nor media responded
—violence against black
women is still not taken
seriously.
What to do? Yes, organize.
Let men educate each other and
let women develop our strength
and independence instead of
falling into that powerlessness
that rape is meant to perpetuate.
Rape will not end as long as it is
used to keep women dependent
on men as protectors from other
men. We must all work to make
the world free of the threat and
reality of rape for all women.
Nadia Telsey
Helena See
Evelyn Anderton
Rape Crisis Network
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