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EDITORIALS. OPINIONS. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ASUO pushes for pub but idea will fall flat ■ OUR OPINION: A proposed pub wouldn't work at the University for a number of good reasons So, ASUO is thinking about starting up a privately owned pub in the KMU that would bring needed funds to student government? (Loud laughter in ba< k g round.) Ok. ok, ok. ()K’ Seriously now (i’l.KASK try to stop laughing - and wipe that smirk off vour fare), we want to get this straight. The ASUO is proposing an on e ampus. University sane tinned micro brewery that would give students a place to buy a drink or two Ber ause of University poli t ies, the pub would have to enfori e a strii t rule limiting the number of drinks per ( ustomer to keep people from becoming inebriated. Huh? Isn't that one of the purposes oi going 10 it oar Not always, of course, lint we think a lot people drink later with the hope of at least getting a little buzz The l-.Mt1 pub would need to have a highly trained stall stationed in every corner of the establishment, ready to pounce on and usher out any customer that looked as d they were even thinking about getting loopy The pub might even be wildly sure essful. for about a day or two. thanks in part to the popularity of a new Mountain juir e" brew th.it the pub apparently has plans to introduce The pub wouldn't be able to keep up with the demand for their hot now drink until "Moun tain |ui< e" buyers, predomi nately gin s, found out one of the main ingredients was a testosterone inhibitor. Out hypothesis over the hypothetical "Ml” beer c omes from a statement made by Zachary Kelton. ASUO vice pres idem!. Kel ton (old an Emerald reporter [ODE. Oct. 3!) (hat certain campus populations, espe cially women, had com plained to him about there not being a plac e to go that "wasn't a meat market Thus, the Emerald's expert panel of molecular sc ientists c ame tip with a tasty hor mone formula that takes the wolf out of the boy by low ering the old ”T" level Can you imagine* what the c ost of one beer would be at this 'student-friendly’’ brew pub? With only a spec died number {trust us. it would be a way low number) of lasers allowed per c ustomer, they would have to charge a hefty pric e for each pull of the tap lever just to make a profit "lb there. I'd like a tall glass of that MJ‘ stuff please.” "Here vou go That’ll be five bucks." uu< h! And I hen ilium's tin* prob lem of corning up with a suitable name for tins pro posed drinkery How about Drinking 101the "No Fun Pub," the "No Suds Pub," the “Dud Pub," the "I- Pub." the "Almost brew and Pub," or the "NDA Pub" (No Drinking Allowed Pub)? 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I hid. little sister I and the "I of () Parents" bumper sticker •^L.itt.ii bed to the minivan Big brother was hugging everyone goodbye Wall, actually he hugged little sister and Mom Dad got a buddy slug on the shoulder and a wink Dad hurried into the driver s seat. But Mont and little sister weren't done They looked at Dad as he looked away, and it sinmed as though everyone was engaged in a holy ritual that was about to reai h its < nmpletion Before 1 knew it. Morn and little sister had staked their claims to lug brother's arm, and rivers of tears flowed down his sleeve As the minivan pulled away, big brother mustered the strongest face he could. He didn't shed a tear. I guess that was his part in the ritual We know tin* behavior we are expected to display when sadness strikes us We also know there is a stark differ eiu e between what is ICi epted emotional behavior for men and for women These reflexes tell us that in times of sorrow women are allowed to grieve and weep, while men must stand by as emotionless, stat uesque figures OPINION CtlfMIQtBni ' I’ve survey You should give it a try Go to any male you know and ask him when was the last time he cried. One friend told me that he last cried when lus dog died 1 guess that's an okay thing for guvs to cry about Anther friend said he thought he might have cried when he fell off his bike at age t- One guy told me "I don’t cry 1 don't know why, hut I just can’t " (Ian you hear the collet - live inner-child crying here? I knew I should have taken more psyi hologv t lasses For me, the last time the ducts filled up. 1 was at a funeral for a 13-year-old boy who had died of leukemia after a nine-year battle. Cameron Bradley was the son of my high school tennis t oat h 1 met (Cameron several years ago w hen he tame to watch our tennis matches with his mom and older brother. At that time Cameron was in the middle of his battle with the illness. Some days he would arrive at the courts with hair on his head, and other days the chemotherapy had mowed away the follicles that were trying to sprout. I can still picture him standing by his older brother watching the big boys ploy tennis. Wide eyes of interest went back and forth with the tennis balls. After the matches, the Bradleys would picnic together, away from the rest of the world and free from the dark thoughts of what lh« future would inevitably bring. 11 an only imagine the grief the family must hove endured as his mother, father and older brother watched Cameron fadeaway. And so when I went to Cameron's funeral on the day after his body had sought out the peace it so desperately deserved, l expected everyone to exhibit the same emotions 1 was feeling In comparison to thu tearful reactions of the men and women who had known Cameron closely, a giant e at the rest of the people told a different story The women t ried continuously, perhaps entertaining thoughts of some tragedy striking their own children. Cameron's class mates wept just as often, maybe thinking about the days they used to play, touch and laugh with Cameron But when I looked at the fathers, the men of the audience, 1 saw stone faces 1 saw men putting their arms around their wives, offering hankies and looking very “strong" in the process 1 have to admit that these a< < ounts were somew hat blurred by the but kets of tears that were clouding my own eyes The whole servo «■ was woven together with songs from Cameron's favorite Disney movies The funeral opened with the theme from Aladdin, "A Whole New World By the time the woman had sung, "1 urn show you a world Shining. Shimmering. Splendid. 1 was a wreck Thoughts of a world where a child spends tt of his t:f years suffering from leukemia devastated me. 1 know I wasn't the only adult male who was Mrui k l»> this siirvid' Whv then did I see no other man crying with me? We live in a culture that defines crying as an indulgence that men are prohibited from enjoy ing The Greeks, who established cathartic expression as an integral element of the human condition, knew the danger of disallowing these tears. At times of pain, no human should lx* denied this emotional release 1 walked out of that church feeling sad and tired, yet relieved. The dry-eved men, who obeyed the mandates of their culture, left the service carrying the heavy emotional baggage that every other mourner had been allowed to drop This is a gender oriented burden that 1 refuse to bear Call me a wuss. I don’t care If the price of not taking part in this destructive ritual is Iwing told that I’m “just too sensitive," fine When the time comes when 1 am in pain or am overwhelmed with emotion, you can save the stoicism for someone else. I'll keep crying. Keith Cunningham, a senior majoring in English, is a columnist for the Emerald
