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Tuesday, September 8, 1992
OPINION
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
IN OUR OPINION
Law school mishandled students' money matter
This summer, while most students were out of town, the Board of Regents approved a new fee increase for law students. The fee will raise student costs to $20 a credit hour starting next fall.
The fee will increase to $30 in Fall 1994 and $40 in Fall 1995. The new fee increase will add a hefty amount to law school costs. Starting next year, with the new $20 fee, the additional cost to the students will reach $600 a semester. In 1995, students will pay $900 in additional fees, and in 1996 the cost will reach $1,200.
The fee will be used to increase faculty salaries improve the school's job placement office and improve the law school's library. Those in favor of the fee say that without it the school would lose its competitive edge.
About $100,000 of the money from the fee will be reserved to help needy students in a work-based grant program. However, because the fees will be used to pay student salaries, they will just be paying themselves.
Though the professional schools must attempt to stay competitive, it is inexcusable that students had no voice in the issue. When a similar type of fee increase was presented to the school of engineering, those students were given a chance to vote. Most law school students didn't even know that there was a fee increase until they returned to school this fall. Students found out about the increase when they read a memorandum that was inserted into their text books at the law school bookstore.
The administration has lost touch with students if it thinks that a decision reached without student input automatically means total acceptance. The passing of this new fee means that once again, students will have to tighten their belts, recalculate their budgets and try to jungle limited financial resources.
LISA GOLDA TAYLOR FOR THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Chiefs' axing of the chop sets standard for teams
There will be no more tomahawk chop endorsements for the Kansas City Chiefs organization. It is about time.
Last season the Chiefs utilized American Indian chants and drum beats, including the popular motion of the tomahawk chop. Sales of souvenir tomahawks soared. All this novelty and media fanfare demeaned the culture and heritage of all American Indians.
Historically, the tomahawk has been a religious symbol to American Indians rather than a toy. Tomahawks are hatchets designed to be used as a tool, an object signifying prestige and as a vessel for which to communicate with gods and spirits. These objects were passed to younger generations for leadership and buried in respect for the dead.
Lamar Hunt, owner for the Chiefs, has not publicly accounted or discounted any historical data or present pressures as being a catalyst for the organization to eliminate the cheer. The Atlanta Braves still use the tomahawk to excite fans, and utilize the instrument in the team's logo.
Such immoral and unethical practices contribute to the cultural decline of the American Indian. How can the youth of any background take their culture seriously when important traditions and symbols are belittled? The Chiefs have set a fine example for other sports teams, and they should quickly follow suit.
FRANK WILLIAMS FOR THE EDITORIAL BOARD
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During a rally for soon-to-be-former President Bush this weekend, supporters shouted witty slogans such as "draft dodgers in the White House."
It is true Clinton did manage to stay out of the war. Well, excuse him for staving alive.
Clinton's draft dodging is just another Bush-league strategy
Never mind that Dan Quayle hid in the Indiana National Guard during the war. No doubt he made Bloomington safe for democracy.
Too late. Dan Quayle is already there.
The Republicans, in their hypocritical frenzy, have made Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton's Vietnam no-show their latest anti-issue.
Never mind that Clinton was just one of many who managed to stay out of the war even though they were fit to serve. Never mind that President Carter gave amnesty to all of them.
Never mind that in the last few decades Clinton has grown, matured and learned at least a little.
Yes, Mr. Bush, we all know you served in World War II. The fact is, there are drastic differences between World War II and Vietnam.
After all, America was 8-0 and undefeated on the road.
So who is this Bill Clinton to dodge the draft? just because U.S. involvement in Vietnam was a miserable, misguided, mishandled and hit-and-miss misfire, did Clinton have any right to excuse himself?
Yes. Between 1950 and 1975, America spent $123 billion on combat in Vietnam. It was the fourth-deadliest war in our nation's bloody history — 57,661 Americans died, 303,600 were wounded. Untold thousands were psychologically scarred.
So yes, Clinton did resort to drastic measures to stay alive.
Clinton was one of the many fortune enough to find a way out the nightmare. Amnesty was given to thousands of young men who chose not to serve. They were young men who were too young to die. They were asked to fight an inexplicable war with no purpose. To give their lives in the name of nothing.
Now Bush is resorting to drastic measures to keep his job.
Associate Editorial Editor David Mitchell
However, after a few years, public opinion began to turn against the war. Two radical thinkers named Martin and Bobby came on the scene delivering bizarre tales of minority equality and calling for an end to the war. Americans listened for a while and even considered putting Bobby in the White House. But in the end it was easier just to kill them both. The war dragged on for another seven years.
White men not guarded by political correctness
As the arsenal of democracy, the United States could not stand by and watch a few miles of jungle and rice paddy fall into communist hands. After all, everyone knows that Russians love to vacation in the Far East, and rice is a staple of the Russian diet. And because the French are our pseudo-allies, we took the call to battle, crossing the Pacific to bring the Vietnamese democracy and white bread.
a few miles of jungle and rice paddy. After all, everyone knows the French love to vacation in the Far East and rice is a staple of the French diet.
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That phrase again. It has been popping up in conversations, magazine headlines and blogs.
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Of course, the French were no match for the Vietnamese and were forced to turn to the biggest weapon in their arsenal — the United States.
She paused and shook her head.
"Now he's just another dirty old man."
The three women having lunch at the next table were talking about Woody Allen. One of them, who I'd put in her mid-40's, said, "I've always been a fan of his. But now..."
And here we are, in the age of political correctness, when we are not supposed to use derogatory terms about anyone. Anyone, that is, except one downtrodden group: white males. They are fair game, always in season.
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World War II exposed the evils of genocide and dictatorships. Vietnam was a twice-lost embarrassment to the Western world.
DAVID MITCHELL
After the end of World War II, France, which had inadequately prepared a defense against its own neighbor in the 1930s, traveled halfway around the globe to fight for its Indonesian colony. French pride and
It is not my intention to defend Woody Allen. But if he is to be criticized, it should be for wasting all that money going to a shrink for 25 years
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Calling him a dirty old man is an exercise in ageism, which my new "American Heritage Dictionary" defines as: "Discrimination based on age, especially against the elderly."
World War II was a battle against two totalitarian and expansionist states in Europe and an imperialist threat in Asia. Vietnam was a waste of billions of dollars and thousands of lives in the name of democracy.
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One of them muttered: "Dumb old (deleted)."
And since they mentioned that he is
When we stood up to leave, I glanced at the next table, smiled, and added pleasantly.
The waitress (or waitperson, as it is now politically correct to call them) arrived with the check, which I quickly paid.
MIKF ROYKO
a man, it was also a display of sexism, although women believe that only they can be victims of this affront.
The three of them went on, jabbering about what a dirty old man Woody Allen was, how the whole thing was disgusting, and what sordid details they had culled from People, "Entertainment Tonight" and other intellectual wellsprings.
So I loudly said to Harry, my lunch buddy. "Hey, did you see that old bag Elizabeth Taylor on TV last night with that young student she married?"
Mike Royo is a syndicated columnist with the Chicago Tribune.
Harry looked startled, since we had been discussing the mathematical probability of the Cubs winning the pennant. But my remark had the desired effect. The women at the next table fell silent and glanced at us.
"Yes, Cheer's another one. Rehab body, rehab face. And everytime I see her, it's with another teen-age guitar player. At her age, she should be bouncing those lads on her knee and bencing them 'Care Bear' stories
"I tell you, Harry, we are in the age of the dirty old woman. Yes, they use their fame and celebrity status to turn the heads of these innocent lads. Or they seduce them with expensive baubles. But all the while, they are doing nothing but exploiting them, using them as sex objects. Shocking. I don't know what this world is coming to. Dirty old women everywhere."
"Yes," I went on. "It is really disgusting to see an old broad like that with a young guy.
"But you see that happening all the time now. The old dolls go get their faces lifted, use one of those blubber-sucking machines on their hips and thighs, have their sagging hooters hoisted from down around their feet, and with guts enough to be their sons. Hey, and what about Cher?"
Harry said, "Huh?" But the three ladies were now glaring.
(deleted).
See? They even talk dirty, too
At the next table,lips had grown thin and nostrils were flaring. I was on a roll.
instead of bouncing them all over the water bed."
Grace
By David Rosenfield