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I ini ,■ writing about the article ’Student rues id find
donor tor mirai Ic match" m the December issue In
t Ins .1 it it ,1c.-'t here is i he statement that .i bone marrow
transplant is rht onlv ihaiKc a leukemia pat :.l ha r •
Mir\ i\i I hi 1- not inn. Manx victims ot Inih mu mii
vivc without the need of a transplant I commend l
MjU'JZtfit lot addressing tins issue, hut make sure all vour
tai ls are straight before making such broad statements
alxuit a complex Sharon K Bo\lc, graduate stn
dent, I ast ( arolma l ■«<►*
Egg on their faces
\fter reading tin artn le about the sorority sisters at l
of North I e\as ( . Deiernbel 1‘^'H I wa
iiumhtoumli d I I I \ I S what they call ha/mg < >k. ■*»
ma\he the paddling part was a hit rough, hut eggs' I ggs
are even good tor vmr hair, tor ( hrisr sake \nd ton
mg them to eat hot peppers- S( ) \\ I I \ I 1 I S
I t )( t|) IMease, just hei a use these sisters w anted to haw
a huh- clean tun is no reason to give them VIM* fines,
mui h less a jail sentence’ I sincerely feel had for the five
sisters convicted, hut I truly pit\ the court member who
sentenced them I hex deserve rotten eggs m im hook
I is Barhicro, freshman, Dartmouth ( ollege *4*
Criminal record check
I was nearly dismayed atter having read your article irt
Dei ember’s issue concerning St \ugustine s (College’s
poluv of conducting criminal background chci ks of its
applicants St \ugustmc s is, I would assume, j private
school, ami by all means has the right to conduct said
checks with little fear of legal intervention However, I
would like to think that it a government funded school
wr*c to adopt sin h a pohev, it would hr shot down with
gif at expedientt hv lh« courts Would it not si rve a great
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Jon ntlttn. I he mmnesola imity, U of Minnesota
mjustue to the* principles * »f l ht univcrsitv itself to disal
low an individual the opportunity to make something Ui
ter t>f him herself K this not uh.it the intent of education
Brian Patrick, sophomore, 1 astern Illinois l
Cybe reaction
I appreciate the !.u t that \ou ire enlightening the col
lege masses b\ covering subjects stu b as i ylccrspucc anil
flu* cyberculturc {(' \o\ ember IH
However, those of us who have known alnait c\ berspac e
and have used it tor manv years tuul that main ot the
media seem to have ~|Ufltf»cd on the bandwagon \ll we
the i.vbef enthusiasts ask is that the media hack off
tor oruc If every Imh1\ were t > find mil alxiut e\ tier spat e.
it would be choked John Patrick, |umor, t ot
(>klahoma <4*
Wrt not losors
In regards to “Surting the Information Superhighwa\
: ( \Jji .r tnc November I 11, | must sav that I am ills
aptHunted and otteiuled b\ the negative wav vtau deputed
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Nofthvvesr Missouri Slam I I t .11iii''t !H tbit m.tnv
students h.iv c tailed t lasses bet ju «* t: s i m I In trunu
( ampus bill that vsmdd he mhi i eiii to mv uitixctMtv
th.it offered a similar sriviu Of all tin rt litc'lucs (i
st hooU 1 fi t h 41 j r Hi le. onlv t he one re-tori mu t«
Noithw. sr u e, negative m . onti \t 1 trulv ho|>r that the
m/c of our tmivcrsitv had nothing t»» <lo with the decision
to }H>itr.n us 4s losers I tlo hojH.* it vs .is jtist ignorance on
the* curt of the juthoi of the piece and tin editor who
preMiitublv po*/tread it In the future, please take « ue 11 <
understand uh.it vou are talking about before vour rag
goes to print t Vstdc from that offense 1 did enjuv the
| Phillip Koehlu . iiiniot. Northwest
Missouri Slate l *4*
PC has not gone too far
I un willing in response to the t >< tober edition’
opinion }>oll lias pohtu al correctness gone iimi lai
with ft gards to ( oiij.i Summerlin of the l of Missouri
Non sa\ that vou find it offensive that \nu have to 1 al
sous neighUir \tru an \meruan Well, l find it offensive
that vou wouldn't want to ( ill him just that f or .1 brie
bit of histoiv. you must remember that vour ancestor'
n»bbed \frn ans iif then land, historv, name and religion
I Inv vs ere brought to \mcnca to Ik- slaves and nothin,
else* Now that vse know our lustorv. it is |>nlithai!y un
rest total! 1 bias k person Mm an \11u11un We att
\fr it an Ik*i a list \ frit a is vs here 0111 ancestor *. were stole 1
from, and vse are \merit an Ik < arise vs e chin»m to live an.1
pay taxes here
furthermore, rf you desire to he called I uropean
Vnicrit an. fine, no one s.iv s vou cannot I low ever. please
In not take hostility toward po»pl< who have ihimii to
find what was lost Vianesa Penn, freshman,
( if ambling State l
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All Senders
•sr* »»*s tfw ‘ ijf't tu edit *.uDm.-s*>u)f’s Uy reyf? jntJ 1 lanty
Do you think Clinton is
doing a good job?
YES
30%
Calls: J'l Front - It) campuses
Yes: 2H' No: MD
"\d, I ilo not tec I th.it Mr (linton is
doing i good |iih I think th.it he’s trying
hard. hut he's mini! In please even single
tierson who lues in the l intcil States .iml
he needs tn pist eonsiiler trying to please
the ma|onrv ami also trv to limit the mini
her ot topics he wants to cover at one
time " I jrrs Minton, sophomore, l . of
I ennessee
Opinion Poll
N<s Mi utiivcvs .1 sc nst* «»t authority,
k.hum ledge anti passionate concern
l inallv, after 12 years of neglect, a presi
dent who will listen it * the \metican |ho
pie anti tr\ to the l>cst of his ahiht\ to meet
their need' Shane Merrill, junior, l of
Mahjina, Birmingham
‘I think, it’s impossible tor him to do a
good job onh I hi a use his staff is way n*»
\oung What he needs is experience
Kevin \1orra. freshman, (icorge
\\ ashmgton l
“No. Most of the ideas lie supjx>rtcd dm
mg his campaign, lie's come out against or
denies he ever supported them I le should
he sued for violating a contract that was
signed and sealed when those confused
people out there voted him into office."
Brittany Naujok, junior, l . of
Wisconsin, Milwaukee
"No I think it’s nnc thing to i ompn muse
• »i 1 issues .inti complete!) different to flip
your position on the issues t«» pit |K*o
pie Warren ( lieets, senior, Wichita
State l .
“Dehniteh Me has promised to help >tu
dents with the National Seme i Plan and
he has kept to that promise H< • also
guaranteed civil rights not nnl\ tor the
majority groups hut also minority groups
who deserve just as mtieh consideration as
anyone else " Heather Mi< arth\, fresh
mail, l . of ( alifornia. Riverside
I humiis down to the most powerful man
in the world, who will not use that power
to get anything done here at home I'm
not cxfxctmg miracles, hut I am expo.ting
a decent effort and may Ik a little progress
on the domestic side of the fenc e Simon
Kouic, junior, l . of l.a\ erne
Do you feel safe
on campus?
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