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The Blue Banner
staff
Scarlet Bell, Editor
Michael E. Gouge, News Editor
Vicki McCoy, Asst. News Editor
Kassi Day, Features Editor
Michelle Newton, Sports Editor
Stacey Higdon, Photography Editor
Jason Pope, Copy Editor
Kimberly Young, Business Manager
Joe Newton, Circulation Manager
Joe Ledbetter, Advertising Manager
Mark West, Faculty Advisor
Appearance is
not permission
A Florida jury recently found a man not guilty of
rape because they believed the woman "asked for it"
due to the provacative way she was dressed. Did you
hear about it? Yes, it’s true and yes, this is the
United States. (By the way, the woman was wearing
a "revealing" tank top, a lacy mini-skirt, and no
underwear.)
According to the female plaintiff, she did not
consent to having sexual intercourse with the man
acquitted of the rape charge. Shouldn’t that be
enough evidence for a jury to make their decision?
Wouldn’t the fact, also, the two individuals had
sexual intercourse while the male held a knife to the
woman’s back (which the female said he did)
convince the jury the woman was not all for it?
Apparently not.
Judging from their decision, the jury’s reasoning in
the case was if a woman does not want to have sex
with a male, she should not dress in a manner that
might cause him to lose control of himself and want
to have sex with the her. Or, another interpretation
of the decision is if a woman wants to exercise her
supposed freedom of expression and wear what she
wants to wear (unless it constitutes obscene dress,
which clearly this woman’s dress did not), it better
not be sexy and attractive because men might not be
able to control their bodies and do something for
which they cannot be held responsible.
No big deal -- this is just another freedom that
women have been denied. The U.S. Supreme Court
is on the verge of depriving women the right to an
abortion, whichllis nothing more than depriving
women of the right to control their own bodies.
Women should be used to this kind of medieval
treatment by now.
By their decision, the Florida jury relieved the
male of any responsibility for his actions.
What’s new?
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From the SGA
, What is the Graduate
Center? I thought we were
an undergraduate
' institution? So why are we
^ bulding this new fedlity for
' graduate students?
; Actually our new master
.'of liberal arts graduate
program will only tmte up a
saidl portion of the new
Auilding. All together, the
; Graduate Center is about
65,000 square feet (about
the size of the addition to
Rhoades Hall). Besides
housing the graduate
department, it will also
house new offices for the
Bn^ish department, the
economics departtnent, the
mass communication
department and the writing
center. However, that’s by'
far not all.
The greatest benefit of the
new building is the number
of new classrooms. There
will be large classrooms,
small classrooms and
seminar rooms. In addition,
it will have lecture hall type
classrooms and one small
auditorium. This will be a
tremendous boost to the
university. It will greatly
improve the classroom
shortage, itot^ fp mention
provide the faculty^d stafi
with better work spaces, : :
What,, you may be asklngi
is ft going to look like? nie
:Center was designed by the
same. architect :'Av
designed the addihon to
Rhoades Halt and wi| look
very similar. , It #ill ; be
constructed of the pale
brick and wil indude the
tde and eolimm motif from
the i^Oiades addition. This
material selection was made
to uaiformly finish the quad.
this does promise to be
an exciting addition to the
university and should be
ready for students at the
beginning of the fall
semester, 1990.
Uiok tor more detailed
infonnation and progress
reports in the future from
your Student Government
Association aesthetics
committee.
Kevan Frti/.icr
Aesthelics ('iiniiniltee
CKAINEP REUfeiajS SYMBO-S
SM I ToPaY--
THe etXJc^TioM PResipeMT,
Letters
Center
omitted in
article
Dear Editor,
As a substance abuse
counselor, I was interested
in reading the articles in the
October 5 Blue Banner
which dealt with alcohol
awareness. Problem
drinking is a serious
concern on college
campuses, and publications
such as yours can do much
to educate students and
faculty concerning alcohol
abuse.
I was distressed, however,
to see that the Blue Ridge
Center was omitted from
the list of treatment and
counseling services which
are available in this area.
The Blue Ridge Center
offers prevention and
intervention services for
substance abusers, their
families, co-dependents and
adult children of alcoholics.
In addition, we offer non
medical detoxification for
alcohol and cocaine abusers.
Because we are a
community mental health
facility, fees are charged on
a sliding scale.
Blue Ridge Center Abuse
Services is located at 283
Biltmore Ave. Students and
faculty who wish to access
our services can call our
intake counselor at 252-
8748.
Carlene Beeman
Substance Abuse
Counselor
To what
does
Thorne
refer?
Dear Editor,
I have little sympathy for
Oliver North; however, I
was disturbed to see him
accused of "killing
thousands of people" by
Wendell Thorne in his Oct.
12 column. Thorne also
suggests that the U.S.
government declined to
prosecute North for murder
because his thousands of
victims were non-
Americans. These are very
serious charges. To what,
exactly, does Thorne refer?
Joe Quinlan
Senior
Literature
Film
raises
questions
Dear Editor,
A few weeks ago, I
attended the "premier"
presentation of the film
"Building Bombs." As a
retired DuPont employee
who worked on the
Savannah River project, I
was left with many
questions which were not
addressed or left
unanswered in the film. In
the following paragraphs, I
have listed some of these
questions.
1. Do the film producers
know that DuPont was
requested by the United
States government to
oversee the construction
and operation of this facility
because DuPont had the
best technical expertise for
this complex undertaking?
2. Is it known that DuPont
agreed to accept this
responsibility under a
contract calling for a
payment of only one dollar
per year over costs.
3. Were there any "bombs"
or "weapons" produced at
this facility?
4. Was there a very great
effort made to assure the
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