LETTERS
Campaigning
Innovative leadership requires
experience, action ana commit
ment. Leslie Warren and Mark
Johnson have what it takes.
l.t'slie is currently the dim tor
of the Black Student Union, cay
director of Black Women of
Achievement, co-founder and
coordinator of Students of Col
or Building Bridges, chairwoman
of Affirmative Action Advisory
Board's Subcommittee for Stu
dent Concerns, appointed student
member of the International Col
lege Master Planning Committee,
and appointed student member
of the Multicultural Curriculum
Committee
Mark is the coordinator of the
Dorothy Project, a program
designed to assist in the edui a
lionet and medu al needs of chil
dren m Uganda, founding mem
ber of the Tanzanian A sso» i,it ion
of Anthropologists and An hae
ologists. and has worked to cor
ns t the foreign exchange market
for the government of Tun/.imn
Mark has also worked ns a fac
tional violence mediator in South
Africa.
Leslie and Mark are committed
to actively pursuing diversity in
education and our comnuinilv
reducing costs and increasing
options for child care, holding
regular town hail meetings and
Saturday office hours, fm.ilitat
ing an “Adopl-A-Lighlpost" um
paign to improve i ampus light
ing. developing belter methods
of reporting hale crimes, and pro
vidmg more self-defense and
safe sex workshops
Our global perspective and
continued involvement demon
strains collaborative efforts to
keep students our No. 1 priority
We approach problems differ
ently. seeking creative solutions,
and we follow through Inna use
of our passion, commitment and
ability to rear h out to students
and ai t on their needs We i are
about students and the i oniimi
nity
Fora new way of thinking, vote
for Warren and Johnson.
Leslie Warren
Mark Johnson
ASUO Executive Candidates
Campaigning II
( renting a multicultural t enter
and a sexual assault fund are
great ideas, but must student fees
rontinuallv im rinse for obvi
ously needed programs on t am
pus?
Leslie Warren and Mark John
son -ire t Old nutted to working oil
needed programs on i ainpus
without burdening students
Funding lor a multicultural
i miter tan t nine from ( orpora
lions who t ontribute large sums
of money hi return for (ertificates
of commitment to diversity
Money for .1 sexual assault fund
i .in fa> at coinplishtid hv region
<i 1 benefit dinners at least twice a
soar that would cost about $..'00
a plate
Promises t an iilwav s be bro
ken. but commitinent from the
heart with passion ami motiva
tion is definitely found in War
ren and Johnson's work If you
want to work toward a Universi
ty campus that is ■ oinfortoble lor
all. I encourage you to vote War
ren and lobnsou "A new wav
of thinking
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HYPOCRISY
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ugly I have some neighbors who have fieen referred to as
"meth-maggots." meaning muthamphetamino users On
an occasional weekend night I hear them After the band
has stopped and most of the cars have left and gone
home, the ongr\ m reams start — followed In the thud of
objects being thrown or dropped.
On an energetic night, I might hear gunfire coining
from the nearby railroad embankment Probably just tar
get prat lice though. Now . do you suppose those women
and i hildren and men could use some relief' I guess you
can tell hv the tone of this line of reasoning that I do
believe there is a con nut lion between drug use and the
victimization of women and < hildren hv men, and even
ot men and children by. dare I say. women
Granted, my evidenc e is strictly anecdotal, as there are
no authors with degrees behind their names, that I know
of. who directly assert the same thing What the hell, my
I wonder why there are not any
protests against alcohol as a
source of violence against women
and children.
opinion is ns good <is an voile rise s So vv I > \ don't the
placards say "Prohibit Pornography. Abolish Alcohol.
Dump Drugs " llmniin
Now there are the makeup peddlers and their cohorts
down in animal testing We already know about them
And ves. I personally do believe the assertions made
about the detrimental elfei ts ol Madison Avenue on
women and sot inly in general
Hut what about M I'V/ I wonder how many man hers
and sign painters watch MTV and even ooi asionally
support the sevist and degrading (again an unsuhslnitti
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lishmi.nl h\ pun basing .in ih i asionnl In kol In l hr I land
that Urn k\ I hr trxuiir or Singlr Whitr I rmnlr llinmm
I hrri' sootns to lif ,i douhlt. sl.indiird .0 work horo It
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i lioitus (llti'ri' tli.il word is again sorry il lost soonts lo
wink in this lusl.mi i') ol .iiiotlii'r group, lull snouts
unw illing lo !• v mi spu.ik out .ig.nnsi ,ii tivilirs tli.il inns
wi41 Ih. i fuiidanitml.il i .nisi' of I hi' s.unr pruhli'in .ig.onsl
whit h thnv rt'porii'tllv light
Is iIuti' ,i s.H rod i ow liiTf' I think so And il I ma\ I
would Ilk** to gin' snillii unsold dull .itivui' lo sign
p.iinlurs in.in hors and Ihivi ollors V\Italovor sour i uusi\
it v mi ha vo i hoson In i arrv I ho i ross that is .on i rus.nlo.
grasp il linnlv at all tour i ornors, slraighli'ii your h.u k
and lift with your knot's inslo.id of dragging it hohind
von Iik*- a i lop upon your shouldors
for //nsfon is o i /iouiis/ri ntttjor at tin- I 'mi orsifi
RESPECT
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of female existence. That power
lakes many forms, l>e it tiemean
ing and tiegrading comments,
acquaintance rape or the brutal
murders that women have suf
fered at the hands of their part
ners.
If we lived in a society where
women had the same economic
freedom as men, where women
were safe in their own homes,
where women could safely walk
alone, pornography could be
seen as an expression of artistic
merit, or of freedom or sexuality
However, we live in a soviet)
where child abuse and domeslit
violent e are ever-present. One
in 12 men surveyed have admit
ted they've had fon.ed sexual
relations that meet the legal def
inition of rape. One in four
women will fte raped or sexual
ly assaulted in her lifetime.
Kightv*five percent of those
rapists are acquaintances
This is not to say that porn is
the i nose, however, pornogra
phy contributes to a pervading
mtsogy nistii t Innate in our soci
This imbalance in power is crystal clear
in the sex industry. Who is making money
off-women’s nudity? The models sure
aren’t pulling in the revenue.
ety.
The Kmt'fnUi went wrong in
its coverage of Playboy on cam
pus when M neglected to report
why some women and women’s
organizations find fault with
pornography and why women
worn offended lli.it pornogn
pliers would re< ruil on campus
Tim fditori.il never i omniiml
ml on the problems of pornogra
phy. lint it did grunt women Ihf
power to choose w li.il to do w ith
their hollies Thunk \oti It's
illwiiv s mi a » h«tn mt'ii gi\ i* |>i-r
missmii In Udiiniii
Hit' h'nirrnld < omintmlfti, At
its worst. pnrnogmpliv ma\ trig
grr a sox mil i rimi' Hill isn't
ili.it rtiiisun uiiongh in oppost*
porn' Ilovv many woumn notitl
In Ini vH liinizi'il. solil into pros
111ti11<hi .mi! pornography. hat
liTtnl ami killoil (wfnrt* porting
rupliy is st'fii as violiMitti'
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