EDITORIAL
Personal responses
curtail open debate
The Enwnild editorial stall was recently contacted
by someone from the Office of Student Advocacy con
cerning our policy of not publishing anonymous letters
to the editor.
The USA representative, acting on behalf of a po
tential student author, asked for an exception to the
rule for safety reasons The letter writer had previously
submitted a signed letter commenting on the issue of
I'luvbov and Pcntlnnisa being sold in the University
bookstore After publication of the letter she received a
personal written reply at home Afraid of further ha
rassment, the author requested that the linivmtd pro
vide the option of anonymous letters.
This case is not the first of its kind on campus Our
editorial staff is aware of similar incidents where a let
ter writer has received replies .it home, both written
and verbal
This. ot course,
often threatens and
distresses those re
terming the personal
responses, not to
mention infringing
ort others' right to
tair comment Out
stuff strongly urges
those people re
sponding to letters to
do so suit the satire
Our staff strongly
urges those people
responding to letters
to do so via the
same medium in
which the letter at
hand appeared.
ii*t•<isis;11 iii whn.Ii tin- letter .il hand appeared on tics
page or in any other publication the person finds a<
i eptuhle.
Responding to a letter bv writing or i ailing the au
thor home shows little > lass and respect tor others
right to express their ideas without feeling threatened
These Kinds of person.d responses serve to stifle the
open debate that s! ould be emouiaged in a university
community
I bough on. editor.... staff will rer. on open to dis
cussion of our policy. we recently decided through a
consensus vote to keep our policy of not publishing
anonymous letters. This is done in an effott to prese rve
the integrity of our editorial page via accountability by
authors
Having .1 name run beneath letters to the editor not
only lends more eredibilitv to the ideas being ex
pressed. it also 111.ikes the author more responsible for
the content of the letter they are publicly assot rated
with
kverv American has the tight of expression, arul
tii.it right should not be curtailed in .toy fashion Hut
just .is a person or group must get a license to peace
ably assemble for a march or parade, to use the space
provided on the letters p.ige of this newspaper, people
must .agree to have then names printed
because there is inherent risk involved when letter
writers sign their names to letters, we believe the warn
iiig about this risk must be voiced by our staff, along
with the strong reminder to those wanting to respond
to do so v ia the letters to the editor section.
Emerald
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LETTERS
Big “C”
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mi conmncd ahoui ending
r1 have .1 solution ' H'li bet
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•iris plan £'.astrution
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If big ( Now in lull; you te
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.i 1 tin* benefits
1 i l! puts i|i,. responsibility ot
rape with tilt1 rapist whim* it
belongs. nut on the vti
ittn/surv ivor
It’s .t lot more lost if It < •
tivi- th.il three vi .ns ol m.ifti.il
arts ami loss Mine consuming
.11 It s absolutely guaranteed
to prevent repeal offenses, tilt
►. ni.itti.il .it!'. that i an hi
.i ', i:i;i- iiv a w ■ :: i t llni I
i; pie .iitiu ki ts
So, vuu mv it's ri'.illv .1 per
frit sohillmi In siiini; court
trios. people taught stealing
have thi'ii h.in.is i hupped oil
this is just the next logical
step
Then again, m.ivtir people
K:■ \Vrs(b\ I .ill a a: :i i .a:.
Mnii fur human (wings other
than themselves
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m(isIiU lur a predominantly
malt! c rune instead of telling
women how to avoid it aiiii
!)].iinmg us it we don't
v <11 ►.
mtlilicnt t.i nut engage in sexist
behaviors that ( titltniluti' to till'
Slav t-t tta'V 1 all tr-al Women
as iiutn.iri beings with a right to
be sail! instead of set ond class
citizens or objects
That would bo groat Thun
v\u wouldn't bdvit to think up
drastic solutions to problems
that shouldn't exist, but it peo
ns. like Westbv won’t listen to
reason there’s a i w a ys
Tow anda
Kronda Adair
Student
Pour it on
l.M llv
a
di i mi serving of grnvvaround
!i(‘n ' Apparently uni. Out of
I hi’ .lit dining institutions in the
! imii‘.iiy i. 1111 lh.it I h.ivi’
tried I have yet lo find one to
satisfy tm driving need fur gr.i
vy
Win hi Burger bug only
y< terd.iv ! vv.is fun ed to re
turn a rheoseburgerbeuause of
its x •! gray v And .t*> I very
politely < xplaii f tin griev
nil! i to tlm guv behind thu
• -k I.is fir,ul
.11 1 i .! it Min as though I
w on’ nuts'
Granted. one can got i npiuus
servings of gravy at Gary's O.ni
vy I’ii. . • Init who ran afford
fus exorbitant prtt o.s'
f li n t ties sses know
of tfic pleasure i enters in the
human body that t an only be
stimulated tiy gravy and its fife
giving i-ssent e? These days, one
!;as ! i go as far as Koseburg lx«
fiae one i.in find a hotel that
still oil' : s gray y bathing
S. i oii.e . i. Marh ; i.i' gras v
Mark need gravy I’ie.ise, give
Mark gi.ivy
Mark Anfhony Russell
Student
Tuck it in
i nmniiTi! Ui juke Berg's
tutom:, iih it), vi's, it is
e til s- the tos\ri hoys gi t
involved m the spirit ul tile
: iskelh.ill ipnie Shaking tile
iiasket that perhaps cost l 'SO .1
lew points, und it the referees
hud seen, would have lost the
ks a tei him ail foul.
As for Johnnie Reece, he
should feel free to wear Ills
Sih ks tiny wav he wants to. Ac •
. ording I NCAA rules, players
are re,.lire to tuck their shirt
in. not pull their socks down
\o one tells A nloine
Stoudamire to pull his shorts
up
U v the was. did sou attend
the UCLA game7 II you did,
sou prohubls noticed that Don
Mac Lean of the Bruins posi
tinned himself at the free thruss
hilt the same was Jet! hotter
i It: Kits the Du: i. s 11,1 s e half -I
hard enough season without
people telling them how to
brush then teeth also Its the
way. boss about three cheers
tor the people who put the tiiSV
els on the benches for the phis
itrs'
Tami Bare
Student
USA #1
; i , .' a!i! 1. :■. ki .! ! vv
comments on the Olympic
g.iim"! as Mm from Am' an
i'\i's There an* some intrrrst
ini; observations to note, am!
this bring a time of intern.ilion
al tuoperatson in tin* name of
sj ft', whv no! v.mlt mv two
cents worth'
The G S Winter Olympic
i ram i. m.i.tr a great show ;ng
this time around, vet I'm left
with media gas oner again The
gas trails gets going when I
watch the downhill skiing
merits (Jar lS women have
bn n kii king butt" in the ski
mg events, vet w ill VVI sis- ,un
big endorsements or post
Oivmpu 11v pe 1 don't think so
It seems that George Bush's
America and its media maniacs
still see only tile male skiers as
worthy of any extended hype
Is It that unless we win the
men's downhill, or have a I’tiil
and Steve Maine standing on
the winner's podium, that our
national ski team is less of a
sutcess7
1. tor one, am standing up in
honor of the l' S Women's Ski
Team and all their efforts They
have been near the top in every
event, and they even have some
heavy metal necklaces to wear
home Killer dude, just killer
Steve Stanford
Political Science