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The North Texas Daily
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Tuesday, October 22,1991
Commentary
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philosophy supporting this class
These misconceptions work to is tolerance amid conflictingideas.
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university core curriculum re- posal.
Daily by people who have ex- more and the student representative
ies petition signed by NT students in
candid discussion will be neces- therapeutic class for ethnic mi- the policy.
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many men do not think like this, could not face the fact that women women is the way to cheer on that better than a uniform.
And these men may eventu-
team spirit.
I'm sick of reading the stere- ally be the ones thinking of de-
her horizons from the typical
sexist attitude that has grown in of 1,900 members) of the corps.
Sure, there are differences be- stereotype.
But she shouldn't give up, just
rent female cadets have alleged wouldn't be members.
But the women are still ridi- should be able to do what they be.
Natalie White is the editor of The
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT Texas A&M Oct. 4. A banner on watch a football game, that's even
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as race and ethnicity, it is impera- destroy the proposal of an aca- Acceptance for this proposal
tive that the argument be directed demic class by implying that it is cannot be gained with intolerance,
to the issues instead of the critic's to be a sensitivity class controlled as intolerance cannot support the
culed by some at the university, want to do. If a woman wants to
Texas Tech University played watch a soap, fine. If she wants to
City/Campus editor KimDurnan
Sports editor: Will Pry
Photo Editor Steve Kasserman
Wire editor Kevin Carmody
Recently con-
cerns and criti-
cisms of the pro-
posal of a man-
datory American
Cartoonists: Eddie Anderson; Booray,
Ben DuBose, Chris Jackson, Jimmy
Richardson, J.C Weems, Mike Brown,
Scott Kurtz
John Lever, Kristan Le Baron
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ignorant mental-
ity that "girls"
just aren't as
good as "boys."
We're weak,
fragile and just
sexual and oral abuse and physi-
cal violence incidents.
Burchfield, Heather Bonham,
Javier Ybarra
implementation.
To encourage people to speak
freely on such a complex subject
Editor: Natalie White
Advertising Manager:
Jennifer Melcer
Sports writers: Todd Davis,
George Watson
All-American 83 times
National Pacemaker 6 times
Regional Pacemaker 3 times
Managing editors: Michael Taylor,
Kent Miller
the corps since women were first And these women have every tween men and women, and sure,
Texas A&M University'sCorps of abuse are true, it seems almost otypes of women. We're frail, rogatory terms for her, threaten-
of Cadets has been disbanded hard to imagine whatit must have supposed to act ladylike, inter- ing her or actually hurting her
because of accuasations by been like 17 years ago when the ested in shopping and make-up just because she wanted to have
women cadets of abuse and rape, first women came into the corps, only, haters of sports and lovers fun and play a sport — broaden
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allowed to become members in right to be members. They can not all women can do whatever like the woman at Texas A&M
1974. fulfill the requirements of the corp men can do (and vice versa), and hasn't. Maybe one day these men
According to The Dallas Mom- as good as, if not better than, any sure, there are some women who will wise up and learn where a
ing News, five former and cur- man on it. Otherwise they fit the stereotypes. woman's place is.
. Bill dies despite massacre
On Oct. 16, the same day a man gunned down 22 people at
a Luby's restaurant in Killeen, lawmakers in a 247-177 vote
rejected a gun control bill that was part of an anti-crime
measure.
The gun control bill would ban 13 U.S.-made semiautomatic
weapons and the sale or ownership of multiple-bullet gun clips
such as those used in the Killeen massacre. A Glock semiauto-
matic pistol with a 17-shot clip was used in Killeen.
The first question is why are guns of this nature needed?
There is no reason. A hunter does not need a semiautomatic
assault weapon to kill a deer, so a hunter's rights would not be
affected by this ban. Nor does any other human being have any
need for carrying around semiautomatic assault weapons and
multiple-bullet clips.
Secondly, why on this earth did 21 out of Texas' 27 congress-
men vote opposing the ban? For the six congressmen who
voted in favor of the restrictions, thank you. The six congress-
men were Democrats: John Bryant, Chet Edwards, Martin
Frost, Henry Gonzalez, J.J. Pickle and Craig Washington.
But the other 21 Texas congressmen and the others who
voted with them should stop listening to the lobbyists and the
National Rifle Association. Instead, they need to listen to the
survivors in Killeen and the other people who are in favor of
gun control and the protection of innocent lives.
Texans should remember these 21 congressmen when it's
time for re-election. Let's not make the same mistake again.
Eight of the 10 worst mass murders in American history
have occurred since 1980. Two of those happened in Texas: the
Killeen killings and the 1966 deaths of 16 people shot by sniper
Charles Whitman from a tower at the UT-Austin.
Gun control is needed. Apparently though, the majority of
our Texas congressmen and other congressmen are blind to
this fact because they feel they have done their part with the
Brady Bill, which allows for a seven day waiting period before
a gun may be purchased. Sure this is good, but it's still not
enough — as the Killeen massacre has shown.
It's too bad that 22 deaths were not enough to convince our
congressmen of that.
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Justice has burden of proof
Clarence Thomas now has been sworn in as an associate
justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
While the burden of proof may or may not have actually
been on him throughout his confirmation hearings, it certainly
is now. He must prove he is right for the position.
When Thomas was sworn in Friday, all of the controversy
surrounding his alleged sexual harassment of University of
Oklahoma law professor Anita Hill took a back seat to the real
question—will he be a judicious and fair member of the court?
It is important for Americans to realize that the confirmation
process is over. The bickering between the factions of pro- and
anti-Thomas must stop. At this point the debate is counter-
productive.
Thomas must show he possesses what it takes to be on the
bench of the highest court in the land. He must display proper
judicial temperament and must be fair in all of his rulings.
Americans may choose to hold Thomas up to higher stan-
dards. The nation may expect him to fill the shoes of former
justice Thurgood Marshall, or to have an immediate impact on
the court.
Liberals hope Thomas will prove to be more understanding
in his views on such matters as abortion and affirmative action.
Conservatives hope he will make rulings in their favor as the
court shifts to the right.
All Americans should hope for just one thing—that Thomas
is fair.
Realistically, this would be too major of an undertaking for
any man to achieve. The country can't expect Thomas to be
another Marshall. The country can, however, expect him to set
his own legacy into action.
As Thomas said, the country is ready for a time of healing.
The confirmation debate tore the very flesh of the American
public and sent a wave of controversy through the populous.
The country could heal no better or quicker than if Thomas
were to prove to the American public that he belongs on the
court.
The burden of proof is truly now on Clarence Thomas. It is
his duty and obligation to live up to the expectations of
President Bush, the Senate and, most importantly, the Ameri-
can people.
Now Thomas will have his day in court.
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an eight-member committee to Station read, "Beat the hell outta junior high girls can play football
investigate the incidents. Tech and Waggies (a derogatory in Texas.
It’s a shame that sexism has term for female cadets)." But Katrina should watch it.
caused a 115-year tradition of There are men that will say it's
pride at Texas A&M to be dis- HOW DISGUSTING. But not ladylike; that she could get
banded because its members maybe promoting assault on hurt; that dresses would fit her
quirement. Undoubtedly, further Some people might mistake pressed their misinformed opin- for the University Core Curriculum
questions will arise when decid- this course as a forum for "politi- ions about the course, but have Committee. Bicknell also authored
ing how to shape such policy, and cal correctness," Afrocentrism, a taken no official role in writing the American ethnic minority stud-
by a political agenda. There is a tenet of diversity.
distinct difference between the Likewise, true diversity can-
HAVE two. not be exclusive of ideas or of
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K I'm sick of reading the sterotypes of women. We're frail, football. Katrina Marshall is a
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m supposed to act ladylike, interested in shopping and Comstock Middle School in Dal-
make-up only, haters of sports and lovers of soap operas, las. Sheis allowed to play football
formed opin-
ions, which Mike
sound more de- Bicknell
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tolerant than Guest
well-reasoned. Column
Open debate
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This appears to stem from a Women make up 4 percent (80 of soap operas.
not as smart as Natalie
the "he-men" White
some men wish
they were.
Granted,
FLOWN from both sides, but the The academic class operates to people. This academic proposal
most counterproductive of those provide students with an envi- has a good chance of becoming
accusations continue to surface ronment to study and criticize a official policy unless misleading
with the obsessive branding of diverse (not ideologically correct) interpretations distort public
dissenters as racists. Ironically, field of people, ideas, social/po- perceptions of the class beyond
this label creates a new form of litical movements, policy and lit- repair.
William Mobley has appointed an apartment building in College better (I just like football better). NT Daily.
But people are people and Right wherever she wants to
needs to continue about the va- opposition that works against the erature. The second example
lidity of this course as part of a very premise of a diversity pro- comes from quotes in The NT Mike Bicknell is a Denton sopho-
sary to iron out the problems of norities or a class which focuses The legacy of the university spring 1991.
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Ppp Wee rejected Rehnquist had when they were that the Court will overrule cases tutional means.
' named to the Supreme Court. such as Brown vs. Board of Edu- Kevin Scott Loudder
Obviously, Mr. Pry did not do his cation? He surely cannot be that Mesquite junior
I am writing this letter in re- homework when he wrote that, naive. More likely he is referring
sponse to Will Pry's column, Tee No doubt he also thinks Sens, to Roe vs. Wade, a decision that
Wee makes good Republican," in Ted Kennedy, Joseph Biden, etc., rests on a right that does not exist,
the Oct. 17 issue of The Daily. I are shining examples of rectitude I am sorry, Mr. Pry, but the
have seldom read a more irre- compared with those "light- Constitution contains no right to
sponsible piece of journalism. weight Republicans." Somehow I privacy in any of its clauses.
I do not even feel that many of do not believe that the majority of This column sounds suspi-
Mr. Pry s references to Pee Wee Americans agree with that assess- ciously like Kennedy's scare tac-
Hermanmeritdiscussion,solwill ment ties that helped sabotage Robert
address only a few of them. As far as I could gather, the Bork'snomination to the Supreme
In addition to Pee Wee, Judge crux of Mr. Pry's column was that Court. Sadly, Mr. Pry sounds like
Thomas also has more judicial ex- "justice is dead in America." I, for one of those liberals who, finding
perience than Hugo Black, Felix one, am curious to know which his agenda rejected by the body
Frankfurter, Byron White, Wil- decisions he believes are in jeop- politic, conspires instead to cre-
liam Douglas and William ardy. Does he honestly believe ate new "rights" by extra-consti-
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