The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 22, 1988 Page: 4 of 12
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4.—EDITORIAL / OPINION
Love Gloves served
at Dinner?
Condomania hits SU! Wow!
What is going on here? Every
time I turn around I see a
prophylactic. Coffee, tea, or
condom. What I am referring to is
the recent orders sent down from
the Dean of Students--you know
the guy. Well anyway, at dinner,
about a week ago, I walk into the
commons and find large vats
overflowing with latex love
gloves. "What's for dinner," I
thought to myself. This is
ridiculous. Rounding the comer, I
see this sign: Condoms are good
for you. Below are taped three of
the things. Now, i will give Dean
Ballou credit. He has made us all
aware of our sexuality, but in a
recent brochure, Roger stated that
the class of 1992 "has joined
together in affirming its will to be
free of such (sexually victimizing)
attitudes and behaviors." Yeah,
that's the idea. If you want to cut
down on dangerous sexual behavior
and attitudes, just give every
student a condom—in other words,
a free license to screw. I liked the
original brochure, it might just
reduce the possibility of date rape,
but Dean Ballou, why did you hand
out all of those Trojans? If the
university is giving out condoms,
I guess it must be all right to do
it. Yeah, free love, Woodfstock,
tokes, hippies. This makes me
sick!
Sexually Frustrated
In Response to the
Price of Parking
Dear Editor,
Quite a few people are irate that
they have to pay to park on
campus. I am not. I will gladly
pay to have somewhere to leave
my car. However, I do have a
problem with the cost of doing so.
I am a commuter, so my car is
only here while I'm in class. My
car is on campus for fewer hours
than the cars of resident students.
It follows, then, that the campus
police spend less time guarding it.
Thus, logically, my parking
permit should cost less than that of
a campus resident. Less service,
less charge, right?
Wrong. I paid the same $20 as
campus residents with cars did.
For this I was expecting, oh. . .a
reserved parking place with my
name on it maybe? Barring this,
however, I ask that those who are
in charge of the permit situation
consider lowering the charge for
commuters to park on campus.
I look forward to receiving a
reply.
Sincerely,
Jenny Holdren
Correspondence from
Students Abroad
Hello folks back at
Georgetown, U.S.A. This letter is
from those in the town of London,
U.K. This town is different but
not bla or bland, it's just quite a
change from old S.U. Land
The culture is unique and
makes ours look quite bare; I mean
in Georgetown you don't see
people with green spike hair.
There is something new to do each
and every day, it is so wonderful
and exciting our feelings are hard
to relay.
The markets here are grand with
bargains and such, so if you shop
around you don't have to pay too
much. The theatres here are
historical and grand, they are a
land.
The police here carry no guns,
which is different indeed; some of
them ride bicycles, while others
ride a trusty steed. The food is
different, but good in its own way.
It can still beat the commons on
even a good day.
I guess the most fun is meeting
and talking to the folks, I'm still
trying, but like some of you they
don’t get my jokes. Well things
may be great here that's true, but
it's not as great as U.S.A. red,
white, and blue.
Every week you should get to
read something new and fun, but
for now Dave and I have to run.
Although you may thing we only
go and do, we still have time to
think about and miss everyone at
Old SU.
By Jaysn Jameson, R.A.
and David Streitman
The Issue at H...
Does the Right to Speak include the Right
to Abuse?
by Marissa Karstetter
Recently, there has been
renewed interest in outlawing racist
speech. Originally sparked by the
1978 controversy surrounding a
Nazi group's right to demonstrate
in Skokie, Illinois, the spur today *
is the possibility of a link between
racial slurs and violence, such as in
the case of three black men who
were assaulted and killed by a gang
of white youths in Howard Beach,
New York. Law professor Monroe
Freedman says that support for
group-libel laws is "a minority
view, but it is germinating."
Jack Greenberg of Columbia
University cites Britian, Sweden,
Canada, and France as examples of
democratic nations where
incitement to racial violence is a
crime, with no infringement upon
other rights. "Such laws
contribute to civility. They make
society more stable and decent and
need not imperil any fundamental
freedoms." Kenneth Lasson of
Baltimore University has noted
that the U.S. Supreme Court has
excluded several kinds of speech
from absolute First Amendment
protection. These include
obscenity, libel, "fighting words"
(those likely to incite violence),
defamation laws would be a way
for society to express its rejection
of racism. Feminist legal scholar
Catherine MacKinnon and Kenneth
Lasson would prefer that injured ;
parties sue for damages as in a
libel case because the power to
suppress speech should not belong
to public officials.
Although Oliver Wendell
Holmes wrote that "The best test
of truth is the power of the
thought to get itself accepted in the
competition of the market," some
feel that the wisdom of the market
is dubious at best. George Will
and treason (the spilling of state
secrets), "So perhaps we can draw
the line in a different place on the
spectrum and still have a very
healthy First Amendment."
There is disagreement about the
specifics of such laws. Many
would require the prosecutor to
prove that the accused intended to
cause harm and most would protect
racist speech that contained
literary, political, or scientific
value, but some would prohibit
only incitement to violence while
others would consider
psychological pain as well. Some
would entrust power to the state,
and have cases prosecuted as a
criminal offense. Criminal anti-
notes that the market place of ideas
measures popularity, not justice.
More importantly, 'the right to
compete implies the right to win.
So the logic of liberalism is that it
is better to be ruled by Nazis than
restrict them." George Will offers
an alternative to the liberal theory
of constitutional interpretation,
specifically the idea that the
Constitution is a political
document that is designed to
establish a government which
guarantees the "self-evident" rights
of the Declaration of IndeDendence.
He argues that the founders
believed in freedom for any speech
that did not threaten the well-being
of the republican form of
government. George Will
condemns "the idea that restrictions
on Nazi taunts and defamations are
impermissible because the
Constitution's fundamental value
is political competition open
equally to those who, if they win,
will destroy the Constitution and
then throw people down wcils." If
one follows this argument to its
logical conclusion, some limits on
freedom of speech are necessary to
keep from losing our freedom
entirely.
Next week: the dangers of
limitations on speech.
leadership among us and then stifle
our attempts when we try to make
changes.
We are tired of sitting at the
bottom of the tree and we are tired
of playing in the dirt. Give us a
chance to climb!
Sincerely,
M J Atkins
Learning to Climb
Dear Editor,
When I was 5 years old, there
was a monstrous oak tree in my
back yard. It seemed very
unapproachable to my five year old
eyes but none-the-less, I tried to
climb it With great determination
I pulled myself up and with
lightening speed I fell out Thud.
What next? Give up? Never. The
key was persistency, perseverance,
tenacity. I tried again.....and
Here I an 15 years later and the
administration of Southwestern
looks a whole lot like that tree. I
see people looking up in
bewilderment wondering how they
can get up into those
unapproachable branches.
Administration, you are giving
us mixed signals. You ask us for
suggestions, we give them and
we're told to keep our mouths
shut You advise us be inquisitive
and then we're told to mind our
again, and again,.. .and I made it own business. You encourage
Student voices want to be heard
Dear Editor,
As an S!tJ. student I have been
informed that I have entered into a
community where respect for
others is the norm. I am expected
to act as a rational, mature adult
both on and off campus. These are
forth by the Administration, but I
must question their validity. If
respect were indeed the norm, it
would be found in every aspect of
University life, including
Administration-Student body
relations. As a member of his
campus community I, along with
my fellow students, strive to live
as a mature, responsible adult, and
believe we deserve to have a part in
the governance and growth of this
university.----—---
Students have been crying out
for an effectual voice in the matters
that concern us for the 3 years I
have attended Soutnwestem, and
always to no avail. We have asked
to be heard, bot just appointed as
an appeasement and then ignored,
but truly heard, in the selection of
professors and honorary degrees, as
well as important campus changes
affecting us like parking and study
areas, and controversial issues like
sexism.
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