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EDITORIAL Student not guilty of code violations Tint I'niversiuN get-tough pnlicv on !».»(*• tliers posted <111 campus is treading a fine -line* on f irst Amendment lights A student is charged with unauthorized use of t in \*-tsit\ and personal property for posting two fliers one depit ting a blown-up ifoil for women to send to their husbands and boyfriends in the Persian Gull and another one picturing a Patriot missile as a vibrator Neither poster < .m be interpreted as a hale flier I'he problem began in )anuai\ when two other tit ers showed up on campus, one dorugatnr\ toward His panics anti another derogaton toward blacks t’nixei sit\ President M\les Miami i .died for .01 investigation to find the personfs) responsible for posting them The Office of Publit Safety began an iineslig.ilion and inlet viewed nearK Mill individuals on < amptts anti m the t oimnnnitv No one has been 1 h.uged regarding I hose posters Hut it appears tin' I'niviTMlv wants tu find some mil' to M't in example Mm ause it i an t find .tnvmn' n s | mns 11 >I»* fut hate fliers of I ic t <t I s nab .1 student whose . 1111'141 'd i 1 line .it u til st is juiui s.il ire The I' 111 \i‘isH\ is grasping fur (mnerliial straws It appears the < .unpus wants to slum it is sincere in I rut king down violators of 1 nil rights Hut the two III ei s involved 111 tlie i barges are not targeting a minority group Tht* posters seem to lie an attempt at satire but more offensive depictions and commentaries have ap peared 111 t amptis publications Hut campus puhlica turns have student funding, and .dl have standards to protect against the printing of libelous and offensive material II a student-funded campus publication pub lished the (lull satire posters, they might get hate let ters and dirts looks, but would not he charged with violating the student i ondm t code ! lie student is simply being 1 barged with the 1111 authorized use ni c am pus property Hut 11 iers are post i d all ovei 1 ampus adveitising hands speakeis and up 1 ommg events \o one is evei 1 barged with misusing I'Diversity property while posting advertisements \rc ti'lephoiie poles and bulletin boards foi the posting ol only I ni \ ersity s.uu I ioneii 11 iers ■' It the student is charged with posting fliers on campus property then thousands ol other groups and 1 a uses must he charged also I! the student is being 1 barged with harassment or hale material then a 1 leai del ini tic m ot what 11111 sti lutes a hate tliei is needed I'he one c|uestionahle item in both posteis state that order (onus foi the blow up dull and the vibrator are available at the < aillcge Republic ails ntfic e I Ins is not true ill's spent a lot ol time pursuing and investigating those responsible toi posting hate Hums So tar they have only acc used a student o| poor satire And life specie ll ()rc"on DAILY EMERALD 1*0 H > 'I <9 (h.f.i. 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LETTERS Term-innate in I )r111i.i Mi < aibh's ,h1 n le entitled Pro abortion rally planned' ((>!>/■ May )). she states lii.it pro abortion aitiv Ists from nine states will yi.itIhm in luigene tins weekend tin .1 regional i onferem i* titled I’m ( In in f Pro At tiy c in thr ‘ids Bv udling tin' pin t hem !■ inmi'ini'iit pro .iliort ion sht* i horns th.it pi'npli' who .nlvii i .ill- ,i worn.in s right to make hi't own ih'i isioiis ri'g.irilmg her hotly .in- somi'how pro a hurl ion Ihis is simply not Inn1, no mu' is in l.ivm ol abortion lint r.itin'i most pi'oph' demand that women maintain thr fun rlainenlai human light ol ion tml over tlii'ir bodies anti lives By using tin' trim pro abm turn Mi ( ohb must In' totally Utlkiloyy li'ilgi abh' about tin i'\fills that shi- mports In fithi'i i use it is iin sponsi bit' ha thf / niera/t/ to print this hi'uiiliiu' and art it If as if it yy f if unbiased ney\ s Shelly U ilc o\ Philosophy I ihtni s (lore I niff aid sty /<■ tor o/fotrti on,' thr tun l.n linns r/r Ii.limit thr .ihnrtmn issur is firn .limit inn .un! .mil .ihnrtmn Until sides prefer to hr kilim n In nihil tif/es //on roe/ thr lanerald hrlir res this is thr t.nrrst nay to i in er thr issue Chain link In regards to a great deal ol thr sentiment land a few id tile loiters) uni' encounters around our fine campus One could easilv dedm e from popular passions that the male of the spei it*s hoinosapieil is ,i (level opmenlallv regressive i hain link in the ureal i ham id being (the e\olutionarv ladder) This attitude appears to he based on arguments on the de structiveness. pc■ 111II .111V i till nmg or inscnsitivitv in social i (intents ol men "l el i an one deil\ the eiguallx unnerving sensation th.it there is something of the divine w hich ever so rarHv i reeps out hom seeminglv ordinary peo pic. i onfrnnttng us with image id the soul .uni eternilv' If our (ultural assumptions arc wrong then vve could he wreaking enormous havoi upon our species In following these to their lugii al ends It would seem tost as arguable to pose th.it men and women are two equal parts of a whole (as the\ are quite literullv biologi i.illvl and deserve to tie treated as sui h with equal part dignitv and i ompassion 1 don't mean to suggest that misogyny doesn't exist, doesn't atfei I women isn t mainly per pet rated In men or doesn't need to be i olllb.lltcd tile question tti.it must be ad dressed is this Do we stop war b\ waging w.u ' An exe lot an eve is an outdated ethos In conclusion, perhaps it would be healthier, or at least more fruitful, to assume the problems of men to be part of the large i problems of one seendess group of individuals forever i ontingent upon one another lor moral support sus ten.nit c and sun ivul helix ()'( oiinell I’lulosopln Confusing irony Political and social conscrva lavs seem In !»' contused as in llii' difference between (he trrms political i orrectness anil justict* lustier Is ihi' protection nl an individual's iiiltur.il {it> hlii .il. sni l.iI and inminmi rights Politic al correc tness is a tiTin used by those who have the privilege of printing or saving what the\ please without re garil for justice They are deter mined to protect this privilege, therefore d you challenge what the\ sa\ vnu are accused of "limiting their freedom of speei h " 1 low ironic rile right of tree speei h comes with responsibilities I hose w hn have the opportune Iv to speak then mind often for •! their responsibility to think before they open thru mouths It then words are lull of bigutn and ignorance they should he i hallengrd vigorously This is no threat to demoera i \ : this is dentot rues juhn Lunsford Student Allow cretins 1 have witnessed smni! iit tin various hate Hums th.it i in ul.it cil i ampus earlier 1 tus January These fliers are repugnant re puisne, violent racist sexist liomnpliuhk am! seemingly devised hv some lowly cretin However, the creatoi of sue h ignorant messages deserves to tie heard In a truly prugressiye ein i moment all ideas must he al lowed to .surface Once censor ship plants Its seed It flour isli es grows and flaws other fai ets m the diamond of expres sion (Hosing our eves and turning our heads only further perpetuates it 1 11,inks Ntvles Brand lint no thanks | don't need potential protection from ideas Most ■ ollege students are i apatite ol making dei isions I'm tired ol this protei 11ve condom labeled liberalism It s no more liberal than the fundamentalists who want to ban t/m l/i'liem Inin and .S'/aug/rfer/louse /di e It seems that our i onserv at iv administration has attar bed an "exi ept i lause to the 1 ust Amendment I he so i ailed lib erals better start then walk from the left to the right, the tai right We should allow sexist rar 1st and liomophobir publu a tions to surface and let their stupidity speak for itself This way mi ognizant arguments i an diffuse hv their own existence, and the term "i elebrate diversi tv will bei ome a logit al ap peal to humanity instead of a dictatorial i omnium! Iodd Barker Student
