Voting
America, that seems to be a
dirty word around this campus.
At least once a month there is an
anti-Reagan, anti-military or
anti-America rally condemning
the various leaders, beliefs or
values of this country.
One thing that I have noticed,
though, is the fact that these
rallies are attended by a small
number of people who say vir
tually the same thing every
time.
Therefore. 1 feel that the ma
jority of students of this univer
sity will feel the same outrage
felt by me when seeing the
following article.
Recently I was going through
back issues of the Emerald
when 1 came across an October
20. 1986 editorial column. This
column told of some actions
taken by our ASIIO President,
Steve Nelson.
It seems that Mr. Nelson went
to El Salvador last summer on a
“fact-finding" mission for the
Sister University Program.
While in I,atin America he took
part in student marches that
burned an effigy of Uncle Sam
and spray-painted anti-America
slogans on the wall of the U.S.
Embassy.
Now the small number of peo
ple who hold the anti-America
rallies will more than likely ap
plaud Nelson’s actions.
But for the rest of the students
I ask this: Is this the type of per
son you want to represent your
university? Do you really want
another SPA president who will
take actions such as these? In
the upcoming elections please
vote responsibly and remove
SPA from our campus.
Gary W. Cannon
Political science
Few points
I would like to clarify a few
points made in the article
“Students ask court to prevent
OSPIRG from receiving funds”
(ODE. April 2).
The article mentioned that we
were helped by a third-year law
school member in preparing to
go before the ASUO Constitu
tion Court. Actually, he did all
the work.
OSPIRG claims that they are
no more a political group than
other student groups. 1 was ask
ed by the Emerald reporter who
wrote the article if we would go
after other political student
groups that are funded by stu
dent incidental fees.
The fact is. I know of no other
student group that uses student
fees and state equipment to pro
mo t e partisan political
activities.
James Randall
Accounting senior
Intolerance
I hesitate to publicize and
dignify with attention what may
bo only a childish prank:
swastika graffiti on my office
door. I want to inquire whether
others on campus, especially
Jewish faculty members, might
have been similarly treated.
l«ast year an anti-Semitic trai t
was slipped under my door.
There might be no connection,
but it makes one curious.
Whatever the source, I think
it's important to educate
ourselves to the presence of
racism or religious intolerance,
and to condemn it when its
symbols are displayed.
Araulf Zweig
Philosophy
The way it is
Once again Dan Goulet has
the courage to tell it like it is.
His letter entitled “Scenarios”
(ODE, April 1) exposed the facts
that the Student Health Center
suppressed.
Homosexuals account for ap
proximately 72 percent of all
AIDS cases (New England Jour
nal of Medicine, Feb. ’87).
Homosexual men are giving
their virus to their bisexual part
ners, who in turn give it to the
normal community.
True. AIDS does not
discriminate. However,
homosexuals are the main
vehicles for spreading the dead
ly disease.
It’s a fact that the incubation
period for the AIDS virus is five
to seven years. This means that
a person can have the virus (and
spread the disease) for five years
before showing any physical
signs of AIDS. Taking this into
account, I'd like to add one
more dialogue to Mr. Goulet’s
very probable scenario.
John and David six years
later:
John:
David:
Gina VanCleave
Speech. RHCM
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