LETTERS
‘Cosby9 fan
During mv freshman year I
wax introduced to the Allegory
of the (aive in mv humanities
<luss
The Allegory went something
like this Humanity is inside a
cave, its members chained to
the wall; they tome to under
stand only the shadows on the
wall created In a fire
If one of these people were to
go outside of the i ave and into
the light, thev would at first he
unable to function as their truth
has pnlv been the hlai k and
white shadows upon the vs .ill
If this person came hai k in to
tell the others there was light,
or truth." beyond the <ave
shadows, [his person would be
thought of as i razv
Think about IT in terms of
the Allegory You' constantly
wall h the small si reen, loi ked
into it even during cummer
cials l util you are aide to pull
yourself awav. you will never
experience anything outside
V o u r h o u s e A l l alar in i n g
thought when some say-the na
tional average for a person
w,itching TV is something like
eight hours per dav
You will never know any
thing different than tiiat small
screen, until you step outside
tile i ave
! challenge the community ol
the University to not wati h T\
lor a week so each run see for
themselves what TV does Try
exploring the world beyond
th.it small si reen
Wyah (hrixtman
hnglish
Dead profits
Intorcollegiato uthletics are
an important part of this Uni
versity At the ainr time. It's
easy to find irony in tho pros
pect of tho state subsidizing tho
athletic department as ac adem
ic programs decrease' in num
ber and quality, and students
are forced to find more "mys
tery capital" In order to go to
school.
Is the formation of the "I’AC
8" (sans Ducks and Heavers)
the only wav to avoid hypo
crisy? What about that great
fund-raiser held tit Autzen Sta
dium a c ouple of summers ago'
How many l.rateful Dead
concerts would It take to put
the athletic department in the
black? Those seven or eight
people who wrote letters of
complaint the last time could
he given a paid vacation to
Berkeley to see i he Dame" il
that will appease them There d
still be hundreds of thousands
ol dollars loll over, and it
would help Insure that Oregon
athletic s would not lade awav
Brook Muller
Arc (liter till e
Breakin’ the law
In response to Ann latter
sail s "Misdemeanors letter in
the Nov.21 Enu'rulti You have
certainly made your point with
your long ami distinguished list
of crime It made me feel a
whole lot belter about the Jo
Sonja Watson issue I'm also
very impressed with your abili
ty to efficiently break the laws
of this city. The next time I
need someone bumped off. I'll
give you a call.
Watson doesn't have any
thing to worry about with pim
ple like you in her corner
Brian Hagen
Student
Footsteps
Debra Frye [ODh\ Nov 1HI
suggested tin' policies of i’roji'i I
Saferide ari- justifiable her ausc
they dt> lure mail' ns ephonists
All this does is move the type
of reverse disc rimm.ition from
th<- lHOOs to the DifiOs Sup
post' you applied for .1 job tind
wen* told. Because you art- a
woman all we will let you do
hen is answi'r tin- phom\ type
and liiiilo’ 1 oflce Sexism
atiounds in this example
Kehekah l.i-dw ilh ((M )/■.’, Nm
til)) suggested that it is line to
fear men Imi -a use women may
lm• attar ked at any time svitli
out warning' This shows tin'
irrationality of disi runinatioii
as it is based on the same mno
tioli that keeps hnimisnu.il'
tint of tin- armed services tin
inuiHit'U ir.U
it is also (in' emotion U’hind
racist "justifications' fur ful
lowing blut ks around depart
merit stores more closely than
whites l.edw ith is also ajipar
entfy ignorant of .1 re< ent study
whirl) reported that almost all
cases of assault involve people
who know ea< h other
To assume that a man will at
ta< k you purely because lie is a
man and you are a woman is
just as sexist and absurd as .1
man thinking women mean
"yes" when they say no1'
Common sense tells us to lie
cautious at night (or any other
time), hut giving into fear ster
eotvpes the other person and
that comes dangerously close to
being a hate crime Once you
begin to fear, hate is only a step
away Once you begin to hate, a
hate crime is only a step away
Jordan (1. i.und
English
Measure 5 buffer
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