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ACCESSORIZE FOR THE HOLIDAYS TO THE EDITOR You won’t want to miss mate sexual expression so badly needed within a repressed society that still needlessly equates sex with evil. Perhaps EW, then, is doing a community service by supplying such images and information about where folks might find more. This is not to say that I don’t have a prob- lem with sexually explicit advertising. But it’s not the sexually explicit part I take issue with, rather, it’s the advertising. Caruso com- plains of the banality sex assumes within ads yet that’s just what advertising does to every- thing; sexy women, cherub-faced kids, and doe-eyed puppy dogs alike. Whatever sym- bol can be reduced to a logo, song turned into a jingle, or body fashioned (no pun intended) into a billboard, everything and everyone is reduced in service to the bottom line (no pun intended), clothed or not. Let’s just ban advertising and make every- thing free, including the ability to run around naked the way nature intended. J. Maas Eugene KIDNAPPED? New Campus Rebels (11/20 cover story)? My idea of college is a place to learn about the world with the intention of making deci- sions based upon understanding. It seems that this concept of education is being kidnapped by the new campus conservatives to spread their ideas and morality. I will make a point of finding 18 people to vote against their agenda next election. Adam Handwerger Eugene POOR CHOICES In response to “Nader Again,” (11/20): To anyone who expects the Green Party to just roll over and play dead so that a candidate from any other party can get elected I have only one thing to say: fagedaboutit. If you want it so badly then do what the Republicans did, steal it. Sure, having Bush in office for four more years would be a disaster for America, but then having Democrats in of- fice would hardly be a better second choice. In conclusion, I have a counter-suggestion to make. Why don’t both the Democrats and the Republicans roll over instead? Let a party that actually represents ordinary people run things for a while. You all had your chance and muffed it. It isn’t the Green Party that has the dilemma, it’s this entire country. Especially if it has no better alternatives than the Republican and Democratic Parties. Fred Mannheim Eugene The New and Revised Anything but PLAIN JANE CLOTHES Dress and Dazzle! Special Clothes for and Accessories Special Occasions Thurs. and Fri. 11am-7pm • Sat. 11am-4pm Mention this ad for your FREE GIFT! SM n Dress a d Dazz le Marketplace West • 3045 W. 11th Eugene, Or. • 541-684-0585 ALONG CAME AL-QAEDA We Americans have absorbed the horror of 9/11 in ways that are both mysterious and frightening; like children looking upon a dan- gerous fanged spider for the first time and puzzling its evil intent. There is no doubt that the spider’s venom is real and its nature is to strike. The resulting anxiety has left us vul- nerable to manipulation by those who would use our fear of the spider to achieve their own selfish ends. And why shouldn’t we believe them? Look how the spider has dispatched its unfortunate victims. Circling around the web, we are told to No Time to Pout! No Time to Cry! Get Yo-Self to ★ HEMP clothing, Accessories & Gifts ★ Locally made GLASS from over 30 artists ★ ORGANIC COTTON socks, yoga-wear, bras & more ★ WOOL sweaters, scarves, hats, gloves & ORGANIC WOOL socks New merchandise still arriving daily ... We’re GRATEFUL for your support! Mon-Sat 10-8 / Sun 12-6 Corner of 11th & Willamette in the ❤ of Downtown Eugene ;OPUR A 05* ;/0:>05;,9),(;;/,*63+:,(:65 ;OLYHAPUJ3VaLUNLZ HUK:WYH`MYVT8\HU[\T KLSP]LY[OLJSPUPJHSS`WYV]LU [OLYHWL\[PJKVZLVM APUJ(JL[H[L (]HPSHISLH[ÄUL/LHS[O-VVK .YVJLY`HUK+Y\N:[VYLZVY H[^^^X\HU[\TOLHS[OJVT F J 6 C I J B ;OPURAPUJ MYVT8\HU[\T 5H[\YHS7YVK\J[Z [OH[4HRLH +PMMLYLUJL -V\UKLKPU ,\NLUL DECEMBER 11, 2003 7
