LETTERS
Why indeed?
This letter !•- in response to
the opinion pus e on March 7 bv
Tin Sah.it < i t concerning the
television program flnwh Hills,
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Ms Salt it t i.i asks the ques
tion midway through her article
that I found myself asking as
well Why yvastc t ultimo spat e
on this when I could write
important stuff Why indeed '
You were right when you slat
ed that this show is trash 1
watched mi first episode last
week. the 100th episode,
bei aiise my roommates seemed
so exi ited by it It took me all of
about <0 minutes to decide that
it yy as i rap
Where I depart from your
analysis, hmsever. is believing
that there is a "deeper meaning
to this vapid show The only
"deeper meaning" this show has
is to sell the produi ts on the
common mis That's it
Are the ( harm ters stereo
types'’ No more than I K loving
was a stereotype of middle age
men or loan Collins »,is a
stereotype of middle-age
women. Actually, the only
stereotype ill this artu le is the
one you perpetuate, that women
an- addicted to soap operas And
sure, it might be fun to fantasize
about what it might he like to be
really m h or super popular or to
have a girlfriend that looks like
Shannen Doherty Hut even high
schoolers and college students,
most of whom have mush for
brains, know the difference
between real-life situations and
soap operas
Please. Ms Salcic cia. no more
art it It's on soap operas or sexist
personal .ids You're insulting
our intelligent e and making
% ourself look foolish
Stephen Crawford
Philosophy
Ineptitude
(hue again the EmrrnUi
demons!rates its ineptitude is
an information sourt c in the
poor I v rescan hed editorial on
the Davidiati verdu I [OP!
March t)
Ilie assault on the Mount
Carmel complex did not begin,
i s \ou! paper reported . with the
agents of the the department of
alcohol, tohnci o and firearms
camping outside for'i t d.ivs It
began with a frontal assault on
thi“ i omplex I>\ mat hino gun
toting stormtroopers, who bent i
quit k retreat when the Onvidi
ans refused to submit to their
(iestapo tact it s In the ensuing
panic, independent research has
indn ated that two of the agents
were killed, not by the Davidl
an defenders, lint by their own
fcllou agents' rei kless shooting
If the A l l s intentions were,
as it i hums, simply to arrest
koresh. it could have easily
done so on one of his numerous
trips into Win o It is more like
U that the attai k was i om eivod
as a wav of gaining public ity on
the national news and of .-justify
ing the agent y’s exorbitant bud
get
When the I HI started pump
ing poisonous ( S gas into the
compound (a gas that can he
deadly under prolonged expo
sure), the compound caught fire
Although the I'HI claims the
burning was an act of mass sui
cide. I S gas is often mixed with
kerosene for transmittal, and
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i ould’vv been Ikiioi ked over l>\
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fios who think their badges c
In euses to kill, and ’a her 'A I
we find the will to protest the
government’s mass.ore of its
mvn i iti/ens
Craig Hunt
Anthropology
Mean sport
Saturday I went up to ( airy al
lis to vvatc h n.iy vounger brother
play rugby with the Heavers
Thl»V were st heduieil to play the
I lm k s hut the I tin k s didn't
show, so they split the team and
play ed a si rmiiiMp1
When I arrived, the men had
lust begun to play It yy as a gor
geous day lor a mail fi 1 he
women had pist finished a
si rimmage of their own I hey
yvere lounging about oil the side
lines, yvalt.hing the men play
and disi ussing tfieir oyyn play
I heir uniforms yvere i overed
yvith lime and grass stains, and
the slogan on the bai k read, It
only takes one ball to play
Most had a brewski some dim
ble fisting
Meanwhile the men t.on11n
ued to knot k heads i’luy
stopped briefly to alloys an
injured player to limp off the
field His ears were i auliflovs
ered and his eve was syyidling
shut from the blow lie had pis!
ret eived His pals were assuring
him he was all right, ami he spat
blood and blew if from Ins nose
I-d!er. he relumed to the field to
plav
I w as told thill Ihm .lose It w as
only a si rimmage between tfieir
own player*, they ware taking it
ims\ I wondered what a real
>: line might be like w ben at
halftime another guy ran off the
held with blood streaming down
his leg lit didn't seem to bother
him ! Several others took off
their shirts to rove d s< .rapes and
bruises
Si line! illU's | :: k i- to h 11n;o
m\.si'dt ami them I'm a lough
guy lint i urn pared to these
women and men. I am truly a
wimp I don t know mm fi about
rugby other than it's a mean
sport 1 don't blame the Urn ks
for not show ing up
Brett R Bolstnd
Psychology
New leader
Oregon lias produced main
\ isionary leader- ■ iledu ated to
building a belter slate I’mgres
sue leadership sm li as U avlie
Morris ami I om Mi ( all. was the
envy of our i mintry t nfortu
mite I v our stale lias sported the
hlai k eye of Hob I’.u kwooii. the
( )( \ and Measure'> Now a new
leader is emerging in the state of
( begun |olui kil/.huher
John hit/habei lias the leader
ship I mirage and w ill to restore
pritle to our state again Ills ahil
ily to make tough dei isious is
• ■vident in his list of at i om
plishmeuts authoring the
(Jregon Health Plan rew riling
the Forest Prat tic es ... t, and
fighting lor Oregon's workers
As ( andhiate for governor, |ohn
hit/haher has also pledged to
make edui ation Ins lop priori
tt Hi' ns ogni/es tli«> important n
of ,i wnlI edui ati'd work fori i'
for the future
I am thrilled Oregon has
found .1 now leader, onti who
inn makn .1 difference I'll In'
voting for John killhafier. lead
ership for tin' fuluri' of Oregon
Phil J Donovan
Political Science
Endangered
It seems to mi’ th.il tin* \m.i
/on 1 ommunitv is. and alwavs
has Ilium. lor people w ho u nit
!o fnillt'r 1 Hi* 1 r lit rs mil lor
thosi' who hate ipnssthh )
already dot in so
rhi' 1 uiversitt should realize
tii it most students 1 mnot rely
upon wealths p.inmls to pay
Ilnur was through si fuml
Idle I inversits should lease
limits .is ihi'V art* and 1 0111 im
tr.ite on something thes re sup
posed to knots something . 11>1 >ut
I'diii ation lit was not .1 brilliant
mot a to uli m inatf thu depart
mi'nt of i'diii ation i
llii' I 1111ersitt snould not
•»vu t the niant lives w ho
alreadt have too mm h to i ope
w ith in their efforts to learn
Ihe University should lie
proud ol Amazon and get in
there and paint and repair It s
long ot erilue von know
In short please preserve tins
area It's not |iist the spotted owl
tll.it s endangered ill the ‘10s
! he AniiTu all Dream is In i urn
mg more and more d i If it u It to
pursue for more and more pen
pie
Do.ik Roberts
Eugene
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