LETTERS
Merciless media
Wot* you frustrated by having
to choose th* IwMt of two >rib
in this v*ar'» election? Do you
want to vent your frustrations
on w—Iwdjyf
tart me suggest )««s» Bobrar
Clancy His column contained a
litany of moderately colorful
adtecltve* to describe this year's
ASUO presidential candidates
who obviously ara not up to his
"standards' (OOS, April 10)
He can't seem to understand
why nobody with "any brains”
is running.
Well, |«»se, probably for the
same reason that so few good
presidential candidates appear
at the federal level The only
people who would subvert them
selves to the amount of abuse
dealt by the media ara the naive
and the masochistic.
last year, I ran with
Kantrowitr I thought I could
make a difference and genuinely
wanted to see change occur
within the ASUO.
I predicted some personal
scrutiny based on relevant
issues that dealt with my capa
bility to govern the ASIK) What
1 did not expect was a tirade of
personal attacks
Now, a year later. I'm casually
referred to a> the "bimbo"
kantrowitz ran with.
I'm pretty thick skinned, but
that hurt Receiving this sexist
insult would hurt anyone who
has worked as hard and devotes!
a* much energy over the past
four years to this University as I
have
I want to make a statement
about what the media is doing to
our “democracy."
We trash politicians for being
sieazehatls. hut who else would
willingly submit themselves to
this kind of abuse when they
can maintain leadership roles
elsewhere? Think about ft.
Niki Scott
Marketing
Bigfoot sighted
Is lhe Emerald becoming •
tabloid paper? Reeding the col
umn by I jicry Hah I lOtXE. April
9). one would think so Haiti lout
ed the investigations of one
Richard HoegUnd. who claim*
that photo* by NASA and other
spec® agenda* show evidence of
arti filially constructed structure*
on the moon
A maxim that I* moat apt In
this owe i* “extraordinary claim*
require extraordinary evidence
I've examined the "evidence
a* prevented by Hoag land (avail
able via world wide web at
http;//www art hell rom/art/hoagl
and html) and tbe only oxtraor
dinary thing shout all of it i* Just
how much he can read into »im h
thing* a* shadows, km* flam* ami
glare
The structures to which he
point* are more likely baaed in
the limitation* of photographic
equipment than artificial slruc
ture* on the moon Where I «*•* a
glint of light cm a ten*, he sees a
cattle floating in the sky (to he
fair, he *ay* that thU "canla"* I*
*up(Mined on a glass-like struc
ture which, upon clo*# exami
nation. can be seen a* light shin
ing on the dust that's gathered on
the faceplate of Alan bean's hel
met)
His approach to these pho
tographs is completely unscien
tific, and I think the (XX does the
University community a great
disservice by printing this son of
nonsense What's nest? Bigfoot
sightings? Elvis on campus?
I know that some people read
ing this may think I'm not being
open- minded. I would hope that
we find evidence — conclusive
evidence that there is life beyond
our tiny planet But the pictures
touted by Hoagland are nut that
proof
The universe has enough wan
der without ttie need to fill it with
imaginary castles on the moon
Leave this stuff to the
supermarket tabloids. It has no
business in the Emerald
Jim Craig
Department of Sociology
undergraduate secretary
Blatant sexism
While di*,uMtn* ihe vinoui
candidate* for Iht* year * ASUO
Executive race. )e«<M> Hohrer
Clancy Mid (.hr!* Kantrowitt
selected 'another blonde htmho
to run with* (ODE, April 101
After labeling Farrah Boat!*: tn
Ihia way. he then described her
a* "the (anheal thing hum a
htmho *
BohrerClamy ha* the audact
tv to think that label* can be
applied or removed on a whim
Where doea he get of! calling
anyone a bimbo in the Uni
placet The word i» *e*i*t. igno
rant. and perpetuate* a ttereo
lype that is demeaning to
women, whether or not they are
blonde
Doe* Bohrer Clancy think all
blonde women are automatical
ly htmho*' What about blonde
men? Was Robert larUhoH.
blonde candidate for A5DO
Eresident, called a bimbo? No.
9 was not
Why are women to often
fudged solely on their appear
anew' How doe* being blonde
make wm«on» le»» of a person ’
Society continue* to took at
women a* objects. MnualUing
them In a manner that ia dehu
tnanliing and can potentially
lead to violence
If the media continue* to rep
resent women aa simple bodies,
not people with thoughts and
feeling*, sexual harassment and
sexual a*aault will continue to
increase.
Obviously, ttohrer Clartcy ba*
never met Niki Scott. Chris
Kantrowttx's running male last
year, or he would know her a*
the intelligent, creative, thought
ful person that she is.
The world will be a better
place when neither she nor any
oilier woman u put in a place to
defend themselves against this
kind of ignorance and blatant
sexism.
Bonnie Kant*'
Women's Center interim 0vector
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