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LETTERS Adults only Evelyn Krull questions thi* value of multn ultural curricu lum for adults Disdaining required study of 'social life and morality” in preference of "science" at the university level, she deems the former, "princi ples you should have learned ages ago.” and claims we under estimate her capacity for inde pendent thought Evelyn, you study Geology 1 quit playing with rocks and dirt "ages ago," but wrote a senior thesis on "The Concept of Childhood in Children's Litera ture," that explored connec tions, made in literature for chil dren. between childhood and cultures marginalized in mod ern western society. You did not invent.the asso< iation of multi culturalism with childhood. Its presence in your letter marks the success of a socially-pro duced strategy for keeping pow er exclusive by teaching chil dren that fairy tales, rabbit stories and other literature derived from "peasants” or "primitives" or "folk cultures" are for children, maybe women, but that "we" (notice who?) out grow them, gaining "adult, sci entific objectivityIt's hard to independently unlearn child hood lessons, so m encountering multicultural texts, readers get stuck struggling to simply respect the material. 1 know you aren't playing with rot ks and dirt Why don't you enter a Comparative Literature class with the same awareness'1 An early social lesson you missed' Bad independent thought? No You learned, along with me and everyone else. 'l our best point if it’s sincere, multii ulturalism, like all i ul ttire. is the wav we live, not just something we contemplate But conscientious action logit ally follows careful thought: how can it come from diminishing the importance of the very idea? Shanta Kamath Comparative Literature Kitzhaber John Kitzhaber’» approach to the crime problem is right on the mark. He believes in keeping dangerous felons behind bars, but he knows that this alone is no solution to the crime prob r Icm Equally imjmrlant is deal ing with the «»i onomic mid social causes A large percentage of the serious crimes todnv are committed In very young peo p 1*». many in their teens, often sc hool dropouts from dysfunc tional families They are unem ployed and lac king in the edu cation and skills needed to get and keep a job. If we are ever going to make a dent in the crime problem we must find a way to keep kids in si hool. to give them the skills they need to earn a living That is why John Kitzhaher has been talking to school administrators about the relationship between edui ation and crime prevention, and why he is emphasizing developing an economy that will provide jobs for young people when they get out of school. The causes of i rime nre com plex. They have been develop ing over a long period of time, and they won't be solved overnight Hut we need a gover nor who is willing to make a beginning and who believes we should put as many resources into preventing crime as in loi k ing people up after they commit it. and who understands the relationship between i rime. Ini k of education, unemployment, and social problems in the home John Kitzhnber is such a man. Wendy Cole Eugene In Bloom An open letter to KYVVA I read your quote in the Hrg istfr Guard When 1 was in high m hool, mv best friend blew his head off. When he died, his par cuts couldn’t deal with the fact that he died so bitterly nngrv .it them They found this drawing of a sk.ti 11 and said that he must have been a Satanic dabbler, and that all of his friends pushed him to his untimely demise. Pretty dumb, don't you think? Kven dumber, a whole hunch of people agreed There were even some articles about it m our local paper. Hut that s the post What's said is said, and what's done is done, but I can't watch another suicide be treated so unjustly Kurt's an idiot? You are even weaker than the man who chose the easy way out. You kicked that man when he r an t kick you bar k l)o you really believe that Kurt Cobain gave n loss about being a "legend' ' You said that Kurt was a sellout, anti now you say h«*s an idiot Kurt was a songwriter, a musician. a human (wing. Nothing more or loss, like all of uv Please just play the cool mush that you could never hop*? to write in a million years, and stop wasting our time talk ing for way too long about noth ing at all Stop flaunting your ignorance! Leigh Latte Eugene Settlement I recently received a money settlement for damages arising from sexual harassment by a professor at the University 1 had a number of experiences that arc at odds with the University's self promotion of their Affirma tive Action process When 1 first went to the Offu e of Affirmative Action. I was strongly encour aged not to file a formal com plaint. Fortunately, before i boosing the informal route. I spoke with someone at another department who referred me to the Offii e of Student Advocai s (OSA). There. I learned the full i onsuqutmi es of eat h of mv options, and I t hose the com. plaint route I learned at OSA that then had been previous t omplaints against my perpetrator The Uni versity consistently dented this liii t. just as they denied the exis twice ul a previous formal com plaint against a professor in Phi losophy provided evidence of a previous complaint Apparently, it is more important for the I Ini - versitv to protei t its professors from i omplaints that it is impor tant to protect students from sexual harassment Fortunately, I sought repre sentation from an attorney who settled nn case for signifii antly more than the president's legal counsel was willing to offer before I filed suit I think it is a shame that the University fails to take the responsibility for the misi unduct of its professors, and treats as adversaries the stu dent victimized liotfi by the pro fessor and the University com plaint process. Tanya Miller Denver. Colo. 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