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
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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