EDITORIAL
Resignations mark
year of little change
As tho 1993-94 academic year sails across the halfway
mark, it presents a nice time for reflection, a time to look
hack and see what un-accomplishments have been made
here at the t ’niversity.
The first that comes to mind is the Incidental Fee
Committee, which oversees more than $4 million in stu
dent fees. Its track record is easily summed up — resig
nation, resignation, resignation and resignation. Three
members resigned in September, and last month. Pre
ston Cannon, removed himself because of a lack of time
available for him to adequately fulfill his role on the
IFC. All of the members had reasons (excuses) as to why
they wore stopping down. Many of them having to do
with frustration from a lack of change.
The ASUO has had a few shake-ups as well, includ
ing the resignation of its vice president. Diana Collins
Puente stopped down out of frustration, ending her
political bout near the end of January. Her reason was a
lack of change and a feeling of racial tension at tho Uni
versity Certainly the two new internships in Washing
ton. DC. that Collins Puente was to start this month had
little to do with her decision
The 1 mivursity Assembly Committee on Multic ultur
iil (.lurric nlum lias an empty seat ns of last Thursday, a
seat recently vacated when the ASUO presented its col
orful resignation. Unfortunately, the lack of input from
the vacated seat won't be a great loss as Collins Puente
failed to show up for many of the meetings while she
was vice president, one ACMC member said. The ASUO
pulled out because of a lack of change and a feeling of
"suffocation" as the ACMC was "hijacking" the ASUO's
original intentions.
The most recent resignation is Eden Ajrian-Omari.
ASUO multicultural Advocate. He cites lack of change
and frustration as one of his reasons for resigning. We
can't count him officially, as his official resignation
doesn’t come until Feb. 25.
That’s six official resignations and one unofficial res
ignation in the last half of the academic year Most of the
reasons stem from lack of change. Cohesion must
become a key in the University's political world, a
world that every student is directly or indirectly
involved in. The positions above have been occupier! for
less than a year. To cite lack of change for grounds of
resignation is simply selling out.
Change is slow, especially when such issues attempt
ing to bo tackled have been so deeply rooted in admin
istrative proceedings for so long. Cohesively forming a
tradition of change that is handed down term after term
would greatly strengthen the system as a whole. Most
positions filled on this campus require a year's term, a
more sliver in the big picture of University history. Hut
a year of hard work passed on to a successor in a cohe
sive way could, in turn, provide for great change.
When the wheel of a supertanker is turned, the ship is
slow to follow. People have taken initiative, grabbed the
wheel here at the University and begun to turn, but it
will take time to see the turn around.
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LETTERS
Myths
I am getting progressively
more frustrated with the myths
about homosexuality being
spread by individuals who are
misinformed lake this from
someone who knows
Myth There is a gav and Ins
bian agenda
Km t There is no sm h thing
(.a\ men. lesbians, bisexuals
and transgendered people are
diverse in opinion, individual
goals, political affiliation, reli
gion. race, etc We are no more
of a homogenous mesh than the
heterosexual people of the
world, and we don’t all agree
Myth Gays and lesbians want
spot nil rights
Fat t There are no demands
for extra benefits, minority stn
lus or other liberties any other
citizen does not already enjoy 1
venture to say all of us want to
be respei tod as fellow human
beings with the freedom to do,
believe and feel what we want
we want to as long as no others
are harmed As it is, we cannot
enjoy that freedom without
being persecuted.
Myth: Gays and lesbians
flaunt their sexuality to provoke
straight people
Fact: To unlearn prejudice,
you must he aware of it Some
lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and
transgendered people have
made it their job to increase
awareness We are no more
flaunting in the expression of
our sexual orientation than Clin
ton in his expression of his
political affiliation or Jesse
Helms in his expression of his
religious beliefs
Myth Guvs and lesbians dis
criminate against heterosexuals
fact To discriminate against
a large group of people with any
effect takes power Gays and les
Inans as a group don't have that
power It is a hard struggle to
gain accepting and supportive
space in a six iety that seems pit
ted against us If someone feels
they must protect this frequent
ly threatened space and makes
assumptions about you as a het
erosexual, prove them wrong
instead of perpetuating more
myths. It i.ouid he a learning
experience
Liese Alsen
Psychology
Leash or leave it
I have a problem on the cam
pus that docs not have any great
impact on the rest of the student
body, hut for me and a sele« t
group of creatures, it's very
important
1 have a medical assist dog
who at companies me every
where 1 go Margot is highly
trained and extremely well man
nered When she is with me she
is always on a leash Unfortu
nately . not all the dogs on cam
pus tire under similar circum
stances Three times in the last
six weeks. 1 have had dogs
t.harge up to Margot and trv to
light with her The owners did
not have the dogs on a leash and
usually were several yards
behind or ahead of their dog
They didn't realize what their
dog was doing until they heard
me yelling at their dog and try
ing to pull it off Margot Fortu
nately. neither Margot, myself,
or any other dog has been hurt.
Yet I don't particularly relish
trying to pull off some strange
dog and possibly getting bitten
in the process by it or my dog.
who is only trying to protect me
and herself
1 have Margot with me for
medical reasons, not as a pet,
and 1 do not have the time to
stop and wait for every free run
ning dog to come up to us. I'm a
student and I'm here to go to
si hool Margot is hero to help
me do that With the exception
ot the other two service dogs on
campus, no other dog has any
reason to he at the University.
1’lease, leave your dug at home,
or ut least keep it on a leash
Chandra Foote
Political Science
Divisive labels
As a mem tier of the Universi
ty community, 1 am sorry that
fellow students experience
racism and sexism on this cam
[ms I am even more sorry, how
ever. when complaints like
those of Mr. Glaros and Mr.
Sugiynma are made public
{ODE. Fell. 10). It is too had that
these gentlemen make the
assumption that the Commenta
tor and the slide library are
rat ist organizations on the basis
of a proposed move and a stan
dard abbreviation
Kui ism and sexism happen
because people go out ol their
way to treat other people differ
ently on the hasts of their skill
( olor. their c ountry of origin, or
their gender. If the Commenta
tor had avoided asking the four
student unions to move for fear
of offending them, that would
indeed have been a racist act. If
the slide library were to re-Ia!>el
all slides of Japanese art with
the legend JFN, thus differenti
ating between Japanese and all
other abbreviations, would that
not also constitute a racist act/
Where do we draw the line
between acceptance and special
consideration?
I suggest that Mr Glaros and
Mr Sugiyamn, and others on
this campus, be a little more
cautious when handing out
labels of racism or sexism.
These are the labels which
divide people, more than skin
color or gender ever could Let
us assume the best of our fellow
students, until we are given
c lear reasons to think the worst
S. Swanbom
Art History
Oops
"What's up. . Klagen?" "Hay.
is Greg your name? I thought it
was Craig " Wall, let me tall
you. it is all fun and laughs until
you gat your picture in that mys
tical corner of campus insight
titled "Streetwise." and your
name gets utterly slaughtered.
Susanna, after the over so pop
ular chuckle we had about the
spelling. "Is it like Ronald Rea
gan?" to which I replied, "No,
it is spelled C-R-A-l-G R-A-G-A
N.” how did that get manipulat
ed into Greg Klagan? Whoa,
have another espresso, eh?
Craig Ragan
Sociology