And don’t you forget it
In the May 28 issue, the Emerald sunk to one of its
lowest points ever, all led by its esteemed editor. Pot
Malach.
The record review on Page 5 was a disgrace. I thought
the editor of a newspaper would know better than to
waste valuable news space on the kind of worthless dri
vel that mode it into this review. I admit, sometimes I
use reviews to help educate myself as to whether I
should buy a product, but Malach's review of the Mind
funk album contributed nothing to my knowledge what
soever.
Oh. except for the fact that now I know the editor of
the Emerald is closed-minded, generalizes and. for the
most port, knows nothing about music. If you are going
to write a record review, write a record review. Don't
berate people or forms of music you know nothing alioiit.
Maybe if Malach has opinions he wants to express, he
should write a letter to the editor like the rest of us.
Oops, I forgot. Malach is the editor.
Paul VanSIckle
Pre-Journalism
The moral of the story
In response to Brett Yager s science TA slashing (ODE.
May 26): Brett needs to calm down. Easy tiger
I know he's feeling a little tense right now what with
all those pent-up hatred feelings toward his science TA
He should take u few deep breaths and relax. Let his
Uncle Billy — the biology TA — tell him a little story.
One day there was a boy who met a mean man. This
mean man lived in a nice house. So then this little boy
thought everyone living in nice houses was mean, and
this boy harbored negative feelings about all these mean,
horrible people The boy worried, felt angry and cried
out against mean people in nice houses. He got an ulcer,
never married, got a job on the newspaper and died an
early death.
So Brett shouldn't be like that little boy. He should
ease off on the over-generalizations.
It's a good thing everyone doesn't take one bad expe
rience and generalize that negative trait to an entire pop
ulation. That's what wo call stereotyping Brett
shouldn't stereotype us. I mean. hey. if everyone stereo
typed. no one would take his little letter seriously —
seeing as though he's in pre-journalism. And we all
know what kind of invalid trash journalists write about
in the Enquirer once he's easily won that free-lance job
due to his shiny. University journalism diploma
So Brett should lay off the sciences for awhile He
should try an arl history course, get a hobby ... something.
Billy Pefftoy
Biology TA
GTFs are dismayed
Steve Masat is being screwed. The Graduate Teaching
Fellows Federation is dismayed One of the strongest
advocates for student empowerment is lieing attacked
for not representing the interests of students. The claim,
made by Bobby Lee, Ed Carson, Efrem Mehretab and
Anne VVagoner. that he "endangered student control of
student fees" should tie considered for what it is - a thin
ly-veiled personal attack on Steve and his politics
Last spring, the GTFF spoke informally with Masat
and other IFC members about a situation that seemed
likely to affect the employment status of GTFs in the
EMU. The union witnessed firsthand Masat's grasp of
the issues and his tireless effort to assure we (students)
have control over what is legally ours to control.
The University administration has been seeking to
expand its control over the EMU and gain access to stu
dent fees Masat has defended our right to retain student
control. The administration is upset that Masat would
not acquiesce to the expropriation of student funds, and
it threatened to usurp the fees for its own purposes
To blame Masat for the autocratic actions of the
administration is ludicrous. Unapologetic student advo
cacy is Musat's only crime. In contrast, I.ee has served
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the interests of the administration for his entire student
career. Lee cannot understand why anyone would not
appease the "powers-that-l>«" at every turn
The students deserve hotter. Put Masat hack on the
IFC.
Allan Lummus
President
QTFF
Your entire life? Ever?
I am writing in response to I). 1j*b Williams' ODE arti
cle on the Silver Dollar club (May 21). I am in complete
agreement with Enna Dole that this was an absolutely
appalling article.
1 have never been so offended in my entire life.
Williams' attempt at making nude bars acceptable made
me sick. He used complete distaste in writing this arti
cle.
One of the worst aspects of his article was that it
sounded as if he was actually proud to have the entire
University know what he does for entertainment. 1 feel
sorry for Williams and every male who has ever hud so
little self esteem that he would attend such an estab
lishment Obviously. Williams feels he must "show off
to his male buddies — like a second grader who looks
up girls skirts on the playground — by claiming he goes
to and likes nude bars.
What Williams has failed to see in his "innocent"
attempt to make nude bars seem acceptable is that for
the majority of women, he has just shown to us the rea
son that we are treated as objects, sexually harassed and
raped. His outright and blatant disrespect for women
was proved by his writing this repulsive article Even if
he tried to disclaim such a notion by making it sound
like a wonderful place, it didn't work.
1 hope in the future I will never see such an article
printed in the Emerald It's not funny, nor is it a joke It
hurts to see that in our supposedly-advanced society,
women are still repressed and dehumanized by such
"entertainment.”
I hove one Iasi comment for VVillmins Grow up
Robyn K. Hagg
Pro-Journalism
Evolution faith, not facts
In the May Emerald, the editorial holds u common
misconception about science and faith ("Evolution of
debate slipping backward"). Because science has gained
respect and credibility, people are tempted to exploit
science by speaking as if their particular religious or ide
ological perspective was derivable solely from the estab
lished results of scientific investigation
Although science can fruitfully investigate thu various
structures within the physical world and the behavior of
the physical universe, it is incapable of dealing with the
ultimate origin or governnni e of it When s< ience is held
hostage to any ideology or lielief system to support pre
conceived answers, it can no longer serve in the effec
tive. open-minded search for knowledge
Creationism and evolution are both improvable philo
sophical theories, and they lie outside the boundaries of
science. However, both sides misuse science for gain
From this view, neither theory should tie taught in our
public schools' science classes Rather, we should teach
sc ience and the sc ientific: process.
My Christian faith is not a blind faith It is proved dai
ly in my life and in the lives of many others Everyone
hux faith and his or her own world view. For example, it
requires a lot of faith to believe we have evolved. The
theory of evolution is not a fact, and is t (instantly chang
ing to accommodate new dutu and new ideas
Please tell me which theory of evolution you believe
in. and cite the hard scienc e to buck it up Or have you
(in faith) accepted the words of others?
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