"Well, if we can't make a living making albums with bad language, poor taste etc., we'll just have to settle for doing political TV commercials.'' LETTERS Barefootin’ Sometimes men make horri ble generalizations about wom en that they should stay at home cooking, cleaning and raising the children — "keep them barefoot . etc . " and that women are only good for one thing This attitude fosters ster eotypes of social roles based on sex, and that is wrong These are the types of men who look at women as "meat.” However, it is not these men who are the real problem. The problems are the generaliza tions that hurt nil women and societv as a whole Kuna Dole, as outraged as she is at her situ .ition. makes just as harmful generalizations about men To say that all men are sex starved barbarians who only see women as objects, is the same kind ol attitudes that pro motes sexism, as well as rac ism; it is wrong. Dole, you are just as much a part of the prob lem as the men in your letter You criticize and condemn all men when you make general izations. Do you actually think that ev ery man on this campus lusts after your body? Don't flatter yourself. Patrick Dwil Shedd Political science Humble pie We went to watch a name up North on 1-5, in the city of Seat tle where the dawgs are flying high We went to watch our duckies eat some dawg meat stew that day, cause we knew that our duckies had really come to play. But when the game was over, though our duckies really tried, all that we could manage to say was pass the humble pie. Paul D. Blankenship Eugene Courtesy return Last Thursday, I checked out a tiny book from the knight Li brary and had the misfortune of dropping it somewhere be tween the library and my car. 1 was not too happy with the prospect of paying $40 to re place what may have been a $5 or $10 book. You can imagine how thrilled I was to find out Oregon Daily Emerald that someone had found the book and had the courtesy to return it. So to you and anyone else who has found and returned lost library books in the past; Thank you. you made my day )eani l.ittrel Staff Feel special The recent "coming out” ral Iv fur the University's homo sexual community was disgust ing What makes these people feel that they are so special they need to force their collec tive experiences on the rest of us unwary passersby? The only apparent reason for this gathering seems to have been to make us all feel sorry for these poor, oppressed folk If 1 were to hold an anti-com ing out week I would be hounded and told that I am an insensitive homophobe. This is not the case at all True I find homosexuality to be repulsive (if this makes me a homophobe, then I accept the title with pleasure) However. I do not believe that homosexuals ought to be driven from the communi ty. 1 simply do not want to lie told by homosexuals that my feelings are wrong any more than they wish to In* told the same by me To put it bluntly, stop whining about nobody un derstanding you. maybe they do and reject you because of it Brendan Briggs History Take control Rotative to the firing of lean Ownbey as controller of the Or egon Daily Emerald. I would like to make a few comments regarding this deceitful display of authority, not by the com mittee as a whole, but the two or three-member personnel committee. Ownbey was not given the opportunity to present her case to the board as a whole and fur ther the board was not in formed of the committee's deci sion to fire lean until the even ing before her termination. This procedure was EWEB revisited! However, in the case of the ODE board. no recourse is available to recall members. Students, this is your paper and it should lx- controlled by you Thu composition of the board of directors has xut to chantft' The hoard should lx* at least three fourths of students A Iwiard of seven students and three at large positions, two of which would lx' appointed by the president of the University from the faculty or staff would preclude this type of action be mg taken in the future keep your paper out of the hands of Register -Guardiles 1 was in a position to hear the lies "No hatchet job." “lean's position will not change." etc . coming from the personnel committee of the Ixiard. end then watched the manipulative efforts of the "personnel committee" (usual ly minus the student represen tative). Students. I encourage you to take control and provide a means whereby board members can be replaced Remember, power and authority unchecked can bo dangerous. (•orman Chapman Oregon Daily Emerald Few answers Peter Cogswell's article "Of ficials allow press to view mon key habitat," (ODE Oct 18). leaves many unanswered ques tions and few answers. At no time does Cogswell say whether lie actually saw the an imals. The descriptions of the rooms and cages were present ed as indirect quotes from Vanderlip. The lead paragraph indicates reporters "were allowed to view and photograph two Rhe sus monkeys." but says noth ing about whether the reporters viewed the other animals. Sean Poston's photo of one Rhesus monkey showed none of the amenities described by Vanderlip. Presumably, this was the best photo he could provide given the pro status quo slant of the story. This story is an example of what is called "canned news." It appears to lie little more than an edited press release. I would take the University's word more seriously if SETA or another animal rights group had been invited to tour the fa cility with the reporters to pres ent their view Mkhae|Wes|ey Student C/d.W' Conhn It / I xJnit compitte tab on premrut far hitl senice. Students! $15.00 off Eye Exam with Student !.D. Card rainbow optics 7#*>l nthAvi* on** block from t' of O f r«v parking in Ku k 343-3333 Hours M l Mam 7pm. S»t Ham Spm Ol H K I XPIKI S 10. MMO INC. We can process your E-6 slides in just 1 hour! 18th & Willamette 484-6116 THE FAR SIDE By GARY LARSON Joe! You went and ate the pig I was going to serve this evening to the MacIntyres? .. . Well, you just disgorge it — it should still be OK." Oregon DAILY EMERALD P (I H«>« (u|rnr. 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