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EDITORIAL Whitewater rippling Clintons’ reputation Tho Whitewater fiasco that is floating the Clintons through turbulent waters is marring the president's rep utation beyond repair. The accusations are simple, but the case is compli i ated. What began with the purchase of 230 a< res along the White River in Northern Arkansas has resulted in possibly the biggest misfortune in (Minton's political career. "It's an investment 1 made 15 years ago that lost mon ey instead of made money bei arise the property market turned around at home,” Hill (Minton said. "It's a sim ple. straightforward thing, and it will be shown." II it were so simple, then there would be nothing to unveil and nothing to t ause sm h an interest in invest ments the (Mintons made lr> years ago And it seems that every attempt by the (Mintons to unveil and cooperate resuits in another trip-up that makes the investment .seem like more than simply a loss of money Although the exact involvement and the extent of the (Mintons' knowludge in the project remains.uncertain, the whole scheme is different than-most. Granted, many things m the (Minton administration are different than most I’lie (Mintons seem to have a < lose-kmt relationship yvith many of the people yyith whom they am involved. Their recruitment of various members of their politii al assemblage srrems to have roots that extend bey ond a pro fessional relationship Maybe ibis is .1 way of taking 1 are of their own ideology a practir e that generates in plat os like kittle Rot k Ark The t Mintons' relationship with James Mr Doug.ii. the real estate investor who helped pioneer th• ■ Whitewa ter investment•>; rv.cs close-knit as well. so dost1 that the investments yyeie split evenly betvycen the < Mmto'ns anti Mt IMitgal. but don't bother Ting ft 11 a i outiact bety\tten the two that e- tablishod the finant ial interests because there isn’t one another close knit Little Rock agreement. One would believe that if the initial invest ment were split. ! is* pmlits yy i ■ Md lie sje 1! ,is yy el i \! Do . - gal reported a profit and the (Minton's < burned to Inne had none At tuallv. they reported .1 loss of more than Sit. .non ()rio thing that lias been established is that more than Slu.00(1 was tunneled through the Whitewater at count, but there is no relationship that links the money to the real estate. This lias become the key interest in the inves tigation. Guilty or not. 1’iesident (Minton has been t aught in some last mm Ing water, and there doesn't seem to be an end in sight. yy h i- h < arises a terrible blow to the I )emn cratii party as well A loss of faith in the president and the entire party r oinos at a devastating time lie has attempted to tie kle some hefty projects while in offit e. but unfortunately for him tho more that is unveiled in the Whitewater scandal, the deeper his hopes io: sup port sink (Minton has called the investment ' simple, tint it is turning out as any tiling but simple One thing that is sim ple is the far t that (Minton's support in ottir e is run 11 itig out last. 1 iopfifut 1 v. for his sake, 1! won 1 run total ly drv before his term in office dor's ()re\>on Ihiih E323E3Z Emerald ^Z7. M f f’y th< The (Veyor* D,* » f .* •» pufch$h«0 (5a ymV Tut'SJiiy an 1 T h 1 !f«- SuWrt1 Co . 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LETTERS What’s wrong Safari(i»* no! s»-xisl in lh«* M.i n h 1 •; !:n>- : • i lustratf whai iv wrung with mainstiram feminism Miiit*s an* responsible for their own personal protei • tion. hut females must fn* afford ed spot ial prott*i tion siii h ns Saferid** This is more evidence • d the fermms! « auipaign to l*t \ with no risk and hn!e response hilil v ! must s,i\. though, that then* .among thorn Somenni* took this f,,r , la, k ,.f added mm* parts m tnni/.ilmii. turned the Him! up ami voi la the \\ t iinetl s Moy ena : ! Damien E Marque* Eugene Embarrassment I his is in response to Mr ShunuiHi’s letter ,ii tMan h 111 I mrrnhl I too am an Irish Amerii.m So art* millions of other people in lilts country In fat I. nearh .•vervone ! meet is ii.)rt In*.!: SI IS],- I Silvers!", hud bly at leas! hut ! hardly think thut vut in i non t \ hs our people hove heen oppressed utui diserimlnuted against, hut what ru< e on earth hasn't7 The things the Irish have suffered pale in comparison to the i rimes vv reukeii on some ut. the other peoples on this earth because ol their skill color <>* their religion Yes. I ve been teased liecause ol mv white Irish skin, hut [>eople generally don't treat me as an inferior her ause I'm so pale (K\i ept m ( alifor• Ilia.) And it you're tired ytbeing stereotyped as a "('.lunJless-gtiZ' /ling, potato ouUat£. Kuro-cen tric. IKA terrorHM idi^k. then don't m t like one! DrTnT some thing else' I'll take a glass of whiskey over Guinness any night ol the week Who needs .ill Irish history month when we've already got St Patrick's Day' Everyone likes a holiday that’s ail ext use to get drunk, even it they don't have a drop ol Irish blood in their whole body And there; are probably plenty of t »♦ 11H professors already on tins campus just ask votir profs ;f they re Irish. Most poo pin tend to asso< latr (.fitswith basket ha i!. am way Just bet >msv the i.;nnaid edi tors 1 ♦ *.i\t♦ it up to tin* studi>lit body to into bank at tin* ludi c rous letters they get is no r»*n son to embarrass vour proud Insii am estors with such a sili\ ,- *{♦•: So l >t :v,Uf m>lhi ’/I Mike Erin Rogers English Bono knows l:l lh- M.,r. h II' I : it, I :i‘,nI a disturbingly tunm letter In |ohn l -i lesion. I i mildn't ln-1 j. : i:. i! M: I ■ :-■■■'-! •• i nlii ism til limm s i omm-ut at the (rl a ill ill i s ,u nl I k new tli.it 11 Homs had read it, he'd !»■ laugh ing, too In his ignorance, la t: 1*• Sion proved that Bono is sui (.ending in 'fucking the 'l et it was this ignorant e that \lv adVH - II. la . lev-.:; don't mellt. Bono was talking lie Jilt the media Through their rei enl albums and tiieir new image, l '1 is irv mg in "lui k the media in showing us how it manipulates us and holds control over our minds I'J has become what the media want, hut it is reallv a mot kerv Hollo the star is a mask that reflei ts our media-influ enced belief that rock n roll stars are flnshv . se\\ , arrogant gods and goddesses As he alii e said in an interview, Bono thinks it's Ilium that we. including Kr destou, are lieliov mg the myth People need to hear Bono so they won’t i olltilHie to he tooled In the media, they vvill set- real ity instead ot a lie Those who applauded him at the (irammvs understood ’lie message he is trying to convey tiv saving "fuck establishment." l a elest on doesn't understand and this only reinforces Bono's image It is the media's influent e on our ltd ids. manifested m people like I i < lesion that hits made linno it I i.inkftislfin .1 Itideous mask ol sovietv Ltesl Nicmeior Undeclared Understanding Regarding vtwr article on Mu In-tie I ’ irks [< >1 il Mart It ! -i. 'Women's .ulvoi ale lights injus tice '), I am compelled to lake issue with her judgment on whether someone from one eth nic grout can he 1 ompetent to study and or teach the cultural heritage of unothei I' 1 ijiw in Michelle s logit as reported in the article. Afrit an Americ.tiis would he limited to studying African American cul ture and transmitting it only to other Afrit art Amerit ans In the same way I suppose we would have to limit faculty positions 111 the t.ermanii department to at trial (.ermans and St audinu vians Her position undermines and limits the entire t tint ept of t.mss t uIt oral stud v . indeed an V kind of t ultural studies mg literature is to t ome to grips one's ow n. l o snv that 1 cannot feet the same as an Atrican Altlerit.au does when I read I hr fill isih/e Man or \nothrr ( nun !n does Hot mean that I am alto gether tin apalile of t.ompre hending ttie ex peri em e Kor that mattei, there are no two Afrit an Amerit ans who would feel exactly the same vvtii wav aliout these or any other hooks No one ought to he pret lutletl from the study ot anything merely on the basis of his or tier rat e or cultur al experience I lie experience ol blat ks in American is a human experietn e. and as a human and a humanist. I feel qualified to understand it, just as I feel th.it you Mu belle, are fully t apalile til understanding the literature of Hermann speaking peoples that I study . t ultural different es notwithstanding We may not have the .some understanding, hut we both have something to 1 onlribute to an understanding ol the material And Michelle, il you need In till out your si hedule spring term, may I suggest "Scandina vian Women Authors'"' Joseph Renaud German
