LETTERS Here’s the story I In- purpose of this letter is to make clear the historu al i ontexl m whir h the I 'Diversity ( )ffir;e of I’uhlit Safety i onilm t eil the r<*< ent investigation into the posters alleged to he hate i rimes At the time that the jiosteis first Ileg.in to appear on i am pus there were complaints that the posters represented hate i rimes direr ted against people of i olor and women When tin posters were brought to I’resi dent brand's attention he i on vened a group to re\ ieyy tin posters and dei ide what to do a hr nit them I he group i omened by the president i (insisted of the ever utive assistant to the president the SSI ’( ) president ,ind v u e president the diret tor of stu dent adviM ar y mvself as dirts tor of affirmative ar turn and eipial opportunity and the di ns loi of puhlii safely The group looked at tour posters on hiding the poster ( urrently under debate and dc ( ided that in our < ollts live opinion the posters might rise to the level of hate i runes dl listed toward minorities and women ft was on tills basis that the director of puliln safety was i barged with conducting a thorough investigation and identifying the person respon slide I linin' \\ mm Direr lor. I lllii c of Aflirmatiie \i lion .mil f ijo.il ()|>|>iiriii■■ 11\ Class role I <1111 writ mi! to i larifs rm role <<iul thi' mli* of mv i lass Women's Studies t*)‘l. iit the investigation of the now uit.i moils satirit.iiI hate" tilers It is trui- that <i student mentioned m ( l.iss that the |Misters then assumed to mi lude those with targets superimposed on fat es uere math* In a lesbian Port it ipunls m tin- i l.iss iveii i out erned Howev er I do not know how tins information got to ()I'S as I and other i l.iss me nit MTS agreed to keep ituifi dential w hat is disi ussed m i lass ['he reason the (IPS offi i els tame to ni\ class was to talk with students about a se ries ol h.uassments that main ot them had suffered and whu h were alreadv untler mvestiga turn l'hese were entirelv unrel.it ed to tile issue of the fliers 1 want to state emphatically that it is of the utmost important e to me that tin i lass he a place of safety espec dally as it deals with sensitive and painful is sues ot harassment assault and abuse \adia I elsev \\ omen s Studies Name game The I niiTiild \ polic \ on la lading the fat lions in the de hate over iht* right to abortion "pro abortion and "anti abor turn should lie i hanged Were the dehate to lie over funding art that some ma\ < all ohs< ene would the / nirr.thl label them "pro obscenity and anti oh si enit\ " I don't think they would, so their failure to .u i u lately label the ta< turns in this I ase makes them appear lilt on sistent lhe\ should reiogni/e that the right to a thing isn't the thing Itself The debate is over the right to choose an abortion, and the labels should reflet t till-. Sure pro right to abortion is < lumsv but "pro abortion is mat i urate and does a dlssers h e to (hose it tin’-' to label t’ei haps the / nirr.ihl should use pro < hoii e and anti i holt e in stead S< oil Selllemier lugene Be happy I n those w ho l* >*)k part m I hi' protest against military rei ruit nielli .it the I 'diversity on May I "i Protesting is one thing but burning <m Anierii .in flag is go mg Ion f.ir I don't know if it ever cw i lined to von people hut nohodv is keeping you pris oner here in Anieru .1 II you don't like it here then go idle,id .old leave You definitely won't lie missed |ust take .1 minute to think ol all the fun pl.lt es you could go to You could go to the Soviet I ffiion and stand 111 line for hours in order to Ims rotten food ()i y ou could go to South Aim a and deal w ith apartheid And best of all you 1 ould let on over to lr.n( and maybe even kill some haloes yyitli Saddam Ilussein I ley the United States doe sil t seem so had after all does it' I'liere are so many people in the world who would kill to 1 ome to America and have the freedoms that you take for granted every day I is ill admit that the United States isn't per feel hut no other i ountry 1 limes ( lose to it I would like to encourage those of you yv ho are ( 011 slant I y protesting to lake some time out from your incessant whin mg and lie thankful for the free doms and liberties that you have m the I idled States Si ott hshlemun Student Gratitude It is my intention to express my gratitude toward the ASt () t dnldcare Administration and respec live staff U ithout the services of this group I don't think I would he able to i .111 plete my edui ation Holli 'In 1 fnldi are subsidy program and the quality of 1 are my two littli girls have rei eived have made my life and ni ndcmii pursuits nine h easier I truly apprec iate this program It has been a great servin' to me as a parent student The ad I’M NOT MUCH OF A. SPORTSMAN. BUT I DO ENJOV OUAVLE SEASON. 3^2 If 9i ministration has always been helpful regarding my childt drr 1 n•<-ifn My i hildren have a head start on their education .is a re suit Thank y mi AS! ( ) t Inldi are I mi Moran History Last temptation ()n Iridav April a lane lie (; id III dean ot students I.ailed together a group of administra tors to ilisi uss the thllversity s response to offensive hut not illegal liehavior \lisun (taker i oordinator. Shirley W ilson duel tin ot Counseling Center ( a rev I (ray ton. dint tor ol the I ittn e ot Public Safetv lane and I were present \l tliat meeting I unei|uivo tally stated that the distnhu lion ot fliers do pit ting a patriot missile vibrator and blow up .foil ptiin lung hag thd not t on stltute a V lolatioil ot the ( oil tint t (aide I related that it would he a shame tor the At I I to come in ami dismantle out ( oiiilut t ( ode in response to silt li a proser ul ion Sint e that time I have been tempted to tin tile dismantling tin self Marlene Orest her Oiret lor t )lln e td student \dynt at v PCP reaction To be a politically t oiret t person (PCI*), von must he im pervious to boredom anti bus ballon l he enemies the PCP , it ks you see are the least halletigitlg intellet tually anti t..e least likely to change no titer how long anti hard you i. tup them \s their auger mounts and their capat ity tor reason sags. It l’s stumble i loser anil t loser to a tmal solution to the red net k problem whoops! Mel In sve're in tin* middle of .1 hoi in .iusl I),mg' Mu* re,isons I seldom punish jot ks ,md hillbillies anymore •ind ,im growing sveary of tht c orriN Ini'ss debate arc ses. frustration and boredom Its like arguing with dumb dogs I will never be able to convince them id the flaws in their in nine value system much less convert them to mine We don't even speak the same language Pius the brain begins to pin si i alls shrivel after a while Steve Perry is right 11)1)1 Mill 111 | The at live mind moves on to othei tilings after the novelty wears off l*t Ps in e\ itahK get into trouble JO sears down the road They find themselves 111 middle age with out a was to live Tiles find that tiles have been spending so mm h time hating their cn emies and trying to determine the i orris tness factors of their emotions and behavior that thes have lost the capai its for pleasure Years of intellectual neglect present them from pit king up the pits es of their shattered value ss stem and beginning life 1 lies inevitably become witios or Christians or commit suicide I odd Kishop Mustt Unpatriotic After reading sour letter Id tu Brute 01)1 Mas 17), I was hoping that I had misread you! letter and simply missed that this was merit to be satire or a joke Upon rereading vour let ter several times. I was still un able to find the joke I am not in any of the groups you singled out in your letter however I am still offended by your degrading description of those who fall m those catego lies which you so laid out for us In my understanding, the word patriotic (which you used in your letter), is an aeljec the meaning "one who is loyal to and loves his her country ( aring about those in the ( mill try and not wanting them to be killed or maimed is patriotic then You ( (aimed that these people are your "avowed on einies." and that seems very unpatriotic to me I feel very sorry for those greeks whom you < rite i/.ed bee ause they will probably be labeled as "bigoted .end "closed minded" along r\ith y ou though they do care about the rest of yvorld I mostly feel sorry for y ou though bee ause you will miss out on getting to know some very spec ial peo pie I only had to read about vour views for five minutes, you have to Jive with them J-t hours a day that's punishment enough I c\as noticing that your ma jor is international relations and 1 think y ou'd be a great am bassador to another c ountry Barbara \\ celling Student LETTERS POLICY I he Oregon Daily Emerald will attempt to print all letters t ontaining comments on topics of interest to the l 'Diversity community Letters to the editor must he limited to no more than 250 words, legible, signed and the identification of the writer must he verified when the letter is submitted. -iiaisrei"#- "i ifi. v*’ \ r •:<»• hv v\;; v" k'W >• .-v-’ .w jrv - - KJWWMW5 J a* >. uVj»r I •IV'S’ > a Vs- j —___ _ I r 4'm n r'A'iwts ? .v'