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dent body if they let a handful of
[protesters] affect the future and
the integrity of my alma mater.
What do these students know
about working conditions in other
countries? Do they realize that
Nike and other companies often
pay salaries that are much higher
than what local governments can
afford and that the foreign workers
do not appreciate one bit what
WRC is trying to do to “protect"
their rights?
Knight is not the only one who
will pull donations. A lot of alum
ni are absolutely disgusted, and I
am one of them. Do something be
fore it is too late! Get out there; or
ganize a rally! Show the adminis
tration that you are not going to
allow the University back into
mediocrity!
MurtuzZamanly
University graduate
Endorsement unnecessary
The irony of University Presi
dent Dave Frohnmayer’s decision
is that a democratic process was
used to support an anti-democrat
ic system.
I use the term democratic very
loosely in this case because the
majority of the University popula
tion appears to have been exclud
ed horn voicing or voting.
The Worker Rights Consortium
was chosen when a viable and
functioning system was already in
place, the Fair Labor Association.
Many improvements to overseas
working conditions, if that indeed
was the reason for endorsing the
WRC, had been made and were
occurring. It was wrong to endorse
an entity whose concerns are all
too inclusive and who are neither
tolerant to other opinions nor ac
cept representation by any other
parties ofopposing viewpoints.
Ramon Cruz
University alumnus
Message needs second
thought
“Ryan" week is nothing more
than a week of evangelism, de
signed to emotionally manipulate
students — hopefully by the force
of peer pressure — to follow one
particular religion.
There are many Christians who
don’t engage in these kind of tac
tics. A few other students and I
went around and put up 80
posters saying respectfully the rea
sons why we did not agree with
Ryan. Most of them were torn
down within two hours. They
aren’t interested in honest dia
logue about Jesus Christ, because
this doesn’t revolve around Him.
It revolves around the Bible saying
that Jesus is the only way to God.
Never mind that the Bible has
contradictions within itself, that it
contradicts science and that the
God portrayed in the Bible is a
jealous pseudo-parent figure who
supports sexism, slavery and eth
nic cleansing, among other things.
Never mind that many passages in
the Bible contradict what we
know about history. No, you are
supposed to believe it for one rea
son only — the Bible says it is!
If we turned in a report that said
“this report is true because I say it
is,” the teacher would flunk us
and with good reason.
I was a fundamentalist Christ
ian for 10 years. I even went to
Bible college. I have never felt as
much peace, joy and happiness in
my life as I have since I left Chris
tianity. I’ve talked to many other
people who have made the same
decision I did and are as happy
about it as I am. How about a week
for us?
Sara Stewart
political science
Ryan tactics an ad campaign
After finally seeing what “Do
you agree with Ryan” was about
by going to hear him speak in the
EMU on Tuesday, I am left won
dering what the original goal was.
This whole thing to me is nothing
but a creative advertising plea for
Christianity.
From the beginning, with the
mysterious messages written on
chalkboards last week, to the
armies of red T-shirt-wearing be
lievers walking around campus on
the day of Ryan’s speech, it
seemed like nothing more than a
misguided attempt to sell people
some brand new product.
But faith and religion are not
something you can sell like a new
diet soda. If, as one of the partici
pants told me, faith in Jesus can
only be found in one’s own heart,
then what is the purpose of plas
tering the name and beliefs of one
person all around as if everyone
should feel the same in their
heart?
What all of this advertising
seemed to say was “what we’ve
got is right and what you’ve got is
wrong.” While it may have al
lowed the participants to show to
the campus community their faith
in Jesus, it also came across as a
grand show of a lack of respect for
the faiths and feelings of others. I
am pretty sure that is not what
Christianity is about.
The product of this advertise
ment just didn’t deliver. I don’t
agree with Ryan, but I wish those
who do all the best of luck in find
ing their own beliefs in their own
hearts.
Boris Dolin
linguistics
CORRECTION
Thursday’s story, “Worldwide trav
el on the World Wide Web,” (ODE,
April 27) should have credited
Wave Rock Communications with
management of the public rela
tions segment for Wherenext.com.
The Emerald regrets this error.
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