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
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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