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EDITORIAL New NCAA standards mean better students Seven years ago. the NCAA instituted Proposition *18. which toughened the standards for incoming fresh man wanting to play intercollegiate athletics. Last week, the committee took the long-awaited second step in putting the "student" back in student-athlete. Beginning in 1995. freshman will l>e required to have a 2.0 CPA and a 900 SAT score, or a 2.5 CPA and <i 700 SAT. In addition, students will have to complete 13 high school core classes Right now, Prop 48 de mands a 2.0, a 700 SAT and 11 completed core courses The tough standards have understandably upset some people. They charge racism on the totally accu rate claim of disproportionate school funding between upper-middle class (usually white) neighborhoods and poverty-level (mostly minority) ones Hut by labeling the new NCAA standards as rac ist, and thus dismissing them on that basis, is no solution The NCAA is truly trying to upgrade its image- Currently, intercol legiate athletics appear to be little more than minor league-, tor the NBA and Ml. Hy stiffening cm trance requirements. the NCAA is hoping to get more true students cm the playing fields, and tore e the1 ones already there to take their studies more se riously As a comparison to past NCAA accomplish By stiffening entrance requirements, the NCAA is hoping to get more true students on the playing fields, and force the ones already there to take their studies more seriously. n;i-i5t . on.' needs to look no farther than Prop 48. There aro mans who have boon forced to sit out a your tier .iust* ol at ademu s. only to go on to su< t oss not only in athletics, but oft the hold as wull Georgetown's Ihkembe Mutomlio. Cal Herkelevs Russell Whitt? and closer to home. Terrell Brandon, are but a few Prop 48 s w Ito have gone on to hotter things Hu! the \l AA cannot stop at entrance require ments Hv the tone student-athletes get to the college gates, the damage ol inequitable schooling has already been done The NCAA, d truly committed to helping students all students — must go into the high schools, lobbv Congress for equality in schooling and spread some of the vast television revenues around In short, the NCAA must do what many individu als have already started The power of the NCAA can be a great help d used properly. And let’s hope it doesn't take another seven years for the N( 1AA to at t LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor must be limited to no more than 2SO words, legible, signed and the identification of the writer must In- verified when the letter is submitted. Emerald 1 ‘ l •» > I .fc»' • *«' 0*.^ MlXXlrfy '.’''O'JQ*' f 'KiJl <JU* % ’'W r*K\ a <d T «r.ilav «’*! 1- ■ 1*1 it* d. ^ !N» 0«gOf’ D» > I "tf.u} • 45 <M "’«* 1>V V«*V I dl l 0**gvV’ T*>® 1 .**.1 .TwM'ur. xj«s J ' •* fcr' vo % ’t «r ■:** o*fo»* x .100 o' ’« f Wuf ■ .» k'Kyr it » •**■'■", £>*»/ o’ .c«*! 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' * «t |W M v i M • ,i M,f AA Jo' - ‘*tf Moa'xl «. .i ■ • A o • ** - jw «.<»«'» jo ,»• •. * healiu pwn? H6CX ,VlK, I HAVE A HEMTrt Pt*N! V «t **•<«*•> t>*n ^ Wvi H‘ >'t OPINION ‘Playboy’ today, Malcolm X next? THE FINE PRINT BY PAT MALACH Ill battle to remove /’/.IV boy .uni I’onihouM' from I bin14: wag'd vi:l again Ai .1 jiublu meeting tin Jan in tin- i diversity Bookstore Board 11I Director* heard mm merits tin Imih Mill's 11I 'hi- is sue i in- mi 1 vi' in v.n.k ihi1 mag li/!!. s liillll ill in I. I ksturi* 's shi'lu-s Hits brought n> lilf by ! I: 1 ' ' 11 1 V >'f SIC > IIIVII Mill Against Kil|«i Imi hum1 ol iIs Ive lift that tin' material m thti 111 a g .1 / i II i* s leads I u t li i' obp-t tifkrallon and di'h.isr ini'iit uf is..mi'n whii li in turn t mill -> mine violt iii !• against WOtTlCl 1 I a 1 l s and Iig u re s vs I- r 1; thrown mil by advocates on both sliirs ol the ill'll.Ur I here vsi■ n• m vi'i.il einntioii.il testimo nials o! sexual abuse and i*v ploit.iliiin .mil tin' deep phvsi cal .iii.l I'mouon.il si ars tlmsi* tniumas 1 .in leave lui survivors Anvorii' in .ittcml.ini'c hail to linin' ivs.iv with .1 clearer per reption tli.il violence against vs..iiii'ii in our soiu-ly is linin' common ill.in tin v uiiiv havi' originally believed i In pi'tltiom-rs m.nil- 1 on v lining arguments that vio lent i' against vs omen is some thing this count!v needs to at laik ssith .1 sincere vigiir The cause is .1 good one and the people committed to finding a solution should continue In their eilorts to educate the masses But. they did not make a strong enough case to justify 1 ensuring the magazines from the store Yes, I said censor, lie cause it is censorship No mat ter how forcefully and emotion ally tin removal advocates may have staled their case, vvh.it else can you toll it when one group wants material they find offensive removed from the v irw ol the rest of society ' Those people seeking tin re mov.il ol the magazines from the In kstore need to step hack tr. :n this particular event and I'Klend their logit to other is Tile removal advocates be lieve /’/.iv/iov and l’entht>use . .n.se liar:u 1,: w omen and this justifies the 1 ensorshin But wli.il il .1 group of slu .iiHU ip; r >a< hod ihe board .uni a s k e d tiu'in nol In sell any I.ter,Pure corn eming Malcolm X lie: ,|U‘,r o! Ills ratlil .ll \ low s Malcolm X is ,i man very nosy ; i. admire bee u use of Ills strength .11111 integrity in the fan* nl staggering odds, and his 1 ommitmenl to net rr ha< k tig down from the truth Trin- he mellowed a hit after his pilgrimage to Met t a and Ins realisation that a blanket in dictment ol all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against biat ks " But tor 12 years prior to this. Mali ulm X firmly he lleted and taught that "the white man is the devil (//re . \io/.'/i ii,Ta/)/rv ui \f.i/i 11/m .V) Malt ol m X ■ rerniiv a I advo cates could convincingly argue Ins earl) message If at led upon is harmful to whiter* bet 4use it could provoke vio lent outbursts among the op pressed Thai argument ( uuld he much' |ust as powerfully as the anli I’Li v hoy I’l'nlhonse one Should anything containing Mail olin X s message be forbid ilen (ruin bookstore's shelves' The Oregon Citizen's Alli ance continually misconstrues the message of the Hible to |lis lily Us campaign of intolerance agamsl the lesbian and gay communities In 1‘WB. the (X A was instrumental in passing an initiative rescinding Coventor Ooldsr limidl s executive order prohibiting job disr runinution on die liasts of sexual orienta tion At itus very moment, the (H A is using the Bible as the foundation lor its attempt to pass laws forbidding rec ogniz mg ga\s ami lesbians as having equal rights under the law This certainly causes harm to that community So, should we ban the Bible from the bookstore Ixrcause one small group is negatively affect ed fiy it' The same argument can he made by Palestinians against the teachings ol Judaism, and In lews against the Ixiok of Is lam In the pages of the Emerald on Jan 15, University student Krii Ward wrote that "Neither the Bill ol Rights nor ltli’ Cion stitution h.is ever boon protec tor.lies of the Black, people the majority of blai ks .ire still suffering from the mental anil physical abuses of white su prem.ii v belter known as the I anted States " II the (ionstitutton am! the Bill of Rights aid in the oppres sion of lilai k->, should they be ban tied from the ' ill vers: t \ Bookstore ' One way to list the sound ness of am argument is to put Its litgii m a different i ontext II it still holds w it*a , and still has consistently good results, it is probably a good argument. 1! it doesn't then you probably should abandon it One argument used to link the two magazines to violence ugamst women uses the stalls tit: that /'> percent ol serial kill ets and rapists view pornogra pin In no way is tins proof of a ( ause ami-effect relationship be< .nisi1 it blatantly ignores the remaining percentage of people wlio view pornography Ill their I'tH.i book 7"/ia Child liners, resean’bars Glenn 1) W i Ison .uni l).i v ill \ ('ox found tinit 71 percent ol the male pedophiles they studied preferred young hoys Using Ilia logic from Ilia argument ul>ove, you must conclude that h o m o s e x u a 1 i t y lauds to pedophilia II you lind lli.it assumption ollrnsive, tin'll you must find tin- pornography-leads to-sexu •iI-utilise conclusion equally of fensive hei uuse fioth rely on Ilia same logic to reach their conclusions Once ag.im, you can't prac tice your logic m a vat uum. or only when it is useful to your chosen point of view If it stands m one context, it should stand when applied to any situ ation Those supporting the remov al of I’luyboy and 1‘enthouse have not looked beyond this particular case to examine the larger issue at hand That's why they didn't make a convincing argument Jan lti It is also why they can't make the statement that this is not an issue of cen sorship when it clearly is /’at Mulach is managing edi tor ot the Emerald