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Extension is not penalty
I was disturbed to read com
ments by C.J. Gabbe, candidate
for ASUO president (ODE, Jan.
31). His complaint: “We are ready
to go. We feel we are being penal
ized for being on time.” Those
words in response to the exten
sion of the filing deadline for
ASUO positions made me angry
and worried.
Student government should get
as many students involved as
possible. The reason for the ex
tension was to do just that. The
concern was really for the seven
open Student Senate seats where
no candidates were running.
I don’t understand why Gabbe
feels penalized. Campaigns for
several candidates have already
begun, and he’s had his fair share
of posters and buttons. Gabbe is
very serious about winning this
election, as he should be, but it
distresses me that Gabbe is so
concerned with winning that he
feels threatened by the possibili
ty of more competition.
More students running makes
the whole experience more inter
esting, more fair and more repre
sentative of the students. As elec
tion coordinator Ken Best said, “It
is absolutely crucial that we have
people running for these posi
tions.”
These elections are about us,
the students. These are our repre
sentatives, and I am completely
in favor of the deadline extension.
I think that if Gabbe feels “penal
ized” in terms of his campaign he
should seriously consider what is
important: the University and the
students.
As one can see (ODE, Feb. 2),
the extension has given way to
many more candidates. I see this
as a positive sign of strength in
student democracy.
Oona M. Holcomb
journalism, political science
More involvement important
It is a sad day indeed when our
student leaders, who supposedly
work to promote diversity on
campus, work instead to stifle di
versity. C.J. Gabbe, reprimanded
student senator and ASUO exec
utive candidate, stated (ODE, Jan.
31) that he felt that his campaign
was being “penalized for being on
time” because the ASUO elec
tions coordinator moved the reg
istration deadline back to allow
for more students to run for office.
Does Gabbe not want more
competition? Does Gabbe not
want to give the students more of
a choice over who will be control
ling their millions of dollars
worth of incidental fees? This
type of power mongering is yet
another example of why more
students need to run for office. It
is also a great example of why stu
dents need to take a close look at
who they will be electing to rep
resent them.
Gabbe also stated that voter
turnout could be stifled because
candidates wouldn’t have enough
time to put a campaign together. I
would like to point out that any
student can run for office, no mat
ter what their financial back
ground, and no matter how many
friends they have. Gabbe should
know that the more people who
run, the better. With more people
running, the likelihood of in
creasing voting turnout increases.
This is common sense.
Autumn De Poe
political science
Myth may harm unborn children
First, the abortion lobby
claimed that the mother’s anes
thesia killed the unborn baby be
fore the horrific partial-birth abor
tion procedure.
This irresponsible and danger
ous lie could have caused many
women to postpone necessary
surgery for fear of endangering
their unborn children. Although
it exposed the carefully nurtured
myth of the industry’s concern for
women’s health, the media chose
not to notice.
Later, the industry insisted
upon a health exception to the
ban, knowing that the Supreme
Court cleverly concealed its
ridiculously broad definition of
health (it can mean anything) in
Doe v. Bolton, the largely over
looked companion decision to
Roe v. Wade.
This old, reliable ploy destroys
the support of borderline legisla
tors by making them appear in
sensitive to the health needs of
women if they oppose it. Ethical
physicians know that partial birth
abortion is never necessary and
that its only real purpose is to as
sure a dead baby that is sufficient
ly undamaged and fresh that its
parts will fetch top dollar in the
market for research specimens.
The media reliably failed to ex
plain any such critical details..
What other practice must be
sold almost exclusively on the ba
sis of lies? What does it say about
the abortion industry’s relation
ship with the media when it can
churn out lie after bald-faced lie
for over three decades and never
have its credibility challenged?
Would any pro-life organization
get away with the same tactic
even once?
With such complicity by the
media, will America ever get wise
to the lies?
Alfred Lemmo
Dearborn, Ml
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