UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, March 3, 1994
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Moving Templin resident won't solve the problem
Last fall I wrote a letter to the editor responding to an article written about Dan Murrow and his insistence that hanging offensive pictures of naked women outside of his door was not a form of sexual harassment. My letter was published under the title "Resident's complaint shows his inmaturity." Dan Murrow responded to me personally. He called my answering machine and requested a nude picture of me to hang above his bed. My friends urged me to file a harassment charge against him, but I chose not to due to time constraints and the fact that I was not certain if he had been the actual caller. This week while Dan Murrow was a guest on KJHK my roommate called in and asked him why he had called our machine. He confirmed on the air he had made the call to me because "he had no other pictures of women in his room." A couple of weeks ago when I read about the offensive anti-homo-sexual posters that were hung in Templin, again on someone's door, I was shocked to learn that it was the same resident who had invaded my privacy by sexually harassing me via telephone. Dan Murrow is getting the same kind of attention that Fred Phelps is getting, and he is loving it. This person has a real attitude problem, and I don't see how merely moving him to another dorm will fix the problem. To the contrary, even more people will have to deal with his hateful attitude. Who will be his next target? He has already expressed his sexism
Jennifer Warren Ottawa senior
while claiming that hate speech is his right under free speech. I do not think pornography and childishly illustrated signs that read "F.A.G.G.O.T." were quite what our forefathers had in mind, I pity Dan Murrow. There are other ways to get attention that will not offend or make a good proportion of the population uncomto explore options, whether they be academic, social, professional, etc., without fear of intimidation or harassment. In this University, diversity is a strength, not a weakness. Until Mr. Murrow is mature enough to realize and accept that, I suggest he leave the University setting. I do not deny him his right to his own opinion, but his actions infringe upon the rights of others to hold their own opinion.
Templin resident offends more than he realizes
Obviously, Dan Murrow has no concept of whom he is offending. He seems to be making a personal vendetta against Eric Moore, resident assistant of Templin Hall, although there are numerous others in Templin, and for that matter, the whole University system, who are equally offended by his remarks and antics.
It does not take being gay to find Mr. Murrow offensive. There have been a number of other incidents attributed to Mr. Murrow that have not been reported in the UDK. He seems to feel secure enough in his homophobic stupor that he thinks no one will notice or stand up to him. I am writing to say Mr. Murrow is greatly mistaken.
He asks what his "crime" was and suggests that his rights were ignored. What Mr. Murrow fails to understand is that he is ignoring the rights of others by pursuing his anti-homosexual campaign. By his continued attacks against Mr. Moore, which go beyond posters and alleged belching on the phone, he is attacking the foundation of our University system. The University is a place where people should be able
Whether Mr. Murrow does or does not approve of gays living in Templin is not an issue. His comments reflect an absolute ignorance of what being gay and the gay lifestyle is all about. I do not intend to debate Mr. Murrow, or anyone else, on the merits of homosexuality or the perceived lack thereof. I should not need to, and I won't.
If all Mr. Murrow is concerned about is other men looking at him in the showers, then that shows the narrowness of his vision. I would suggest that in the future Mr. Murrow, as well as anyone else who is speaking out of an unfounded fear, learn the facts before he condemns that which he doesn't understand.
William Friend Nortonville senior
Homosexuals do not deserve special rights
Eric Moore is completely right when he states that the issue at Templin Hall is harassment. But as to whom the harassment is directed at, Moore is mistaken. The issue is the harassment of the residents of Templin and KU in general. I think that Dan Murrow raises some serious points that have to be considered by the homosexual "community."
The issue is indeed harassment.
the gay community's harassment of those who disagree with their lifestyle. Thrown in is the PC Police's harassment of anyone who does not subscribe to the dream of the Baby Boomers (read "grown-up Hippies") to make everyone on the same level. Should this equality extend to bedroom choices?
A choice is a choice. Homosexuality is not an ethnicity; it is simply the way a person chooses to have sex. A homosexual male is defined as a man who has sex with other men, usually exclusively. Homosexuality is about sex, not about being a minority. By calling foul every time someone objects to them, gays have been riding the coattails of the civil rights movement.
Currently we have LesBiGayS OK on campus. Where is the anti-gay organization? If homosexuals have it so bad, then there seems to be enough interest in a group that would protect heterosexual concerns. Perhaps such a group could lobby for gays to have their own wing or a completely gav dorm.
The choice of homosexuals to "come out" is one they make themselves. Now, unable to live up to the repercussions of that choice, gays seek protection from the results of their choice
Harassment, forced acceptance and people too immature to face the results of a decision are the issues that need to be addressed at KU. Murrow expresses some of these issues, and he is labeled a bad guy right away. Perhaps it is time for a campus group that will look after the interests of heterosexuals and their problems. Perhaps we could call this lettsBiGay-NO WAY.
Michael Terry New York sophomore
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