LETTERS
Excuse me
Kxcuse me I'm in i barge
here you can ! park your bike
there I shall have to write you
.1 ti< ket I'm m i harge here
You don't have a I’niversity
registration stir ker another $'>
fine Yuti're breaking i ampus
rules You re also riding in a
\.. Hiding Zone I don't i are
d there are ruj pedestn.iris I ni
giving sou a tn ket liei .mse I m
in charge here
l in campus security that’s
who I am I overlook stereo
thefts and sexist remarks hut
by <u>d if you ride your hike
through the I Ml ’ Hree/ewav or
|»ark vour hike in a building I
shall come dow n and smite you
y\ ith a sey ere fine
(aid forbid if you refuse to
show your student III card
we ll ship you vs ith another Sr>
penalty I'm in charge here
Hey wait come tiai k you're
breaking serious rules here
you can't ignore me 1 m giving
you these tu kets liecause I in
supposed to In- in i barge here
Konandolong
k ugene
Oddly, I find
<)ddl v. I find myself in agree
merit with some of Karl Dill's
recent i omments about AIDS
Humanity does indeed ig
nore deny transfer and defer
lusts .ind penalties' whenever
possible These psyc hological
defenses exat crhate the prob
lems we f.u e in handling AIDS
and "every human on this
planet is inc reasinglv at nsk
1 Imvever I must oh)e< t to
some "line items" in Dill s glo
ha I budget Homophobia is the
"aberration;' it is homophobia
W hie h is ai ( epted and es
tolled Hei ailse of
homophobia AIDS funding
and research were delayed tor
years after the epidemu liegan
After all it was primarily gay
men v\ ho originally ((instituted
the majority of AIDS deaths
and who cares it pist a feyy
thousand ipieers ku k the bin k
et right'
Hei ause of homophobia
AIDS is still considered a gay
disease, only tags get It so y\hy
should anyone else ysorry '
Homophobia fortes everyone
into a ( Inset .itmmit their sexual
practices No one is willing to
understand that it is you who
.ire .it risk for AIDS 1'his all
llir.ins lti.il safer sex edut ation
for everyone is slill not a priori
t\ in our country
It is time for us to stop label
mg yroups of people ,|S 'high
risk ind low risk euphe
misrns for abnormal and nor
mall; time to stop r ailing some
people with Mils moment
and not others, it is time to fat e
our alienation and at know!
etige our homophobia for we
are dealing tsilh two diseases
one physical and one psv
i hological
Until- we cure homophobia
we will never find .1 1 lire for
AIDS
Marina Wolf
Russian
Last Monday
Ust Mondax night on 13th
Avenue there xxas .1 fight lie
tween two intnxit ated trail
stent tv|M' men Two polit e
tars promptly arrived at the
si ene 1 ausing the men to stop
fighting The officers two fe
males got out of their < ars and
spoke talrnlx to the men as
the\ walked over to them In
just a few moments the atmos
[there calmed down and the
1 row d Ilegatl to disperse
All of the sudden a third [mi
In e i ar pulled up and skidded
to a slop Out jumped a male
officer aggressiveh holding Ills
night stii k and flexing Ins inns
lies Ills powerful presence
seemed to send it rush of
adrenaline through everybody
there If he had Iteen the first
of f 11 er to the scene things
probably would have ended
ver\ differently there ma\ !»■
a number of specifit variables
that caused each individual of
fleer to .lit as thex did but ill
general. I feel their at lions rep
resent a kex different e 111 gen
tier namely kindness
II we are going to lie a kind
er gentler nation the kinder
ami gentler gentler needs to lie
at the forefront of tfie establish
men! and implementation of
national polit les
\nd> Norris
Student
Panhellenic Prez
\s the president of I’anhel
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with approximately 3 (KM)
tnernlierx in our greek system
vou will find .t variety of opin
ions on main issues Steven |
Weidtnan fraternity memU-r'
t ODE May 17). happens to
hold .i pom! of % iew thot I do
not agree with 1 believe in
fighting rat ism sexism
ht-tt-rost-xisni and homophobia
obviously not what Weid
mail thinks is important for the
greek system Wi-idman. in im
opinion is a poor representa
list* of a Ixidy that is striving to
diversify and edut ate its mem
Ih-is oil these topu s
Oil Mav 15. Jai quie Cibson of
the l adversity's Mediation I’ro
gram Deliora laindfon e of the
Cniversitv Counseling Center
and I put together A Creek (.,a\
and lesbian Roundtable Rep
resentatives from eat h of the 1 J
sororities and 1’ fraternities
the Panhellenu Kxe* utive
( ount ll and o[>t-n gays and
lesbians met together to break
down stereotypes between the
greek and gav (onimumty
After our meeting people
said they ( ame in feeling very
uncomfortable but they were
leaving with a more positive at
titude Tiler*- ysert- even tails to
continue educational programs
on gays lesbians, hetero
sexism homophobia and foster
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.i more supportive environment
within the greek system
I want the rest of the campus
and tin- members of the greek
svstem who are feeling embar
rassed by having Weidman rep
resenting our system, to know
the greek system has many dif
ferent people with many differ
ing views Hie Panhellenir
Council is working to create
programs to educate its mem
tiers so that they cm form edll
rated opinions on current so
( ial situations
knowing we have people like
Weidman. I better get started
on my nest roundtable
\nila I Stacey
Panhellenii President
I thank you
I thunk vmi for printing im
on Ma\ I Imf was print
tng Shaley Howard's [GDI'.
May 141 response a mistake/ 1
understand tHat mistakes can
happen like when you spelled
my name drain
Also, then1 was tile not as
flattering bold print in the edi
tonal cartoon place [OI)h Mat
Hi whit h called State Rep. Hob
Hu kard a rabid dog. referring
to Slav t* instead of May 7, the
date his letter was kindly print
ed Or possibly you felt How
arilS letter was a refreshing
shower of trite i In hes in a
world so sandy dry with c.rea
tivity
I don't have only two defini
lions of sexuality the confu
sion exists fas uuse there are
several 1 sought comprehen
sion with stating two types of
sexuality mainly using one
definition This definition ot
sexuality is i lose to what How
aril describes as "sexual ex
pression ” In other words,
don't suv I am homosexual"
or "I am heterosexual." but say
"1 am romantic" or "I am anti
sexual I agree whole-hearted
ly that labelling fai tinns pro
abortion or anti abortion clears
up much confusion. That is the
means of simplification I em
ploy here
I do not believe all forms of
heterosexual expression are ro
mantic but the world is roman
tu Kxistence itself is sexual
My view is not narrow 1 do not
own the guidelines of the
world these are what I'm try
ing to find And I’m not
homophobic it Howard thinks
she has the fear market cor
nered allow me to offer a sug
gestion One should either fear
nothing or God. depending on
religion Anti-sexuals fe<ir sex
not romantic s.
Finally. Howard suggested
that I get an education What?
At a University? And. how
many times have 1 read that
other students should c hange
their majors? Would anything
he helped if I asked Howard to
change her hair? Actually 1
c mild change' to French or
maybe philosophy
Bryan Westbv
Knglish
So tree hugger
So (riff hugger Steve I’errs
can't stand tin- heat? IODE
Ma\ 1U) I hat's to be expected
Ilf ,ind Ins band should be
punished like criminals
I’erry’s name will never
again be uttered without a
sneer thanks to his contempt
lor the "Master debaters
headline He would probably
prefer to read sin h lameness as
Is vour aid shrinking'” or
Soviet milk drive raises ipies
turns
No, the Emerald must gnaw
on its yellow roots Spec ulation
and outright falsehood should
replace "real" stories "Dan
Williams busted in drug fra< as
sources say" or "Feminists as
sault greeks with forced en
emas. It was hell' says sum
vor" would be good to start
with "Law professors sink.
Tin the one who should be
teat lung' sn\ s student
The letters sis tion should Ih*
come an open forum for ex
tended free form rants and the
students encouraged to slander
eai h other freely Stafters
should get drunk on beer and
fabric ate their ow n letters when
there aren't enough to tiil sev
eral pages
The personals set turn should
lie transformed into a steams
fret- sex melee
I guarantee that every student
will lie a fanatical reader, and
that the editor w ill bee mne ru h
from the advertising money
Anyone lucks enough to miss a
day w ill weep tears ol blood
Anyway when the kick-butt
revolutionaries finally coax the
government into imposing mar
tial law the confident grins on
the faces of I’em and his dec a
dent hepcat friends w ill c rum
ple into despair I’he> will beg
for us to do something, weep
ing pathetically Then the heli
copters w ill come
Todd Bishop
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