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Commentary by
Christopher Ford
alleged adj. 1. declared, but
iihout proof 2. not actual; so-callcd
slander n. 1. the utterance of a
alsehood that damages another’s
from Webster’s New World Dictionary)
Take a minute and list all the
lleged crimes by Bill and Hillary
linton with the Whitewater case. Now
istall the crimes that Bob Dole and the
estof the minority party have accused
"e Clintons of.
Your list of course leaves you with
blank piece of paper. Why? Because of
reviously given definitions of the
ords “alleged” and “slander.” We have
his incredible capability to get
swarming in the surface matters of this
nation and constantly overlook the true
conflict of the matter. So let us take a
look at what we do know.
This is an election year for every
member of the House of Representatives
and a stack of Senators. And we are one
short year away from every leading
Republican and their mother declaring
candidacy for the Oval Office. This fact
leads to the candidates doing anything
they can to shift the attention from their
own record to the closest possible
distraction, a.k.a. Whitewater.
We do know that Buddy Inman
withdrew from the confirmation
hearings for Secretary of Defense due to
a deal worked out between Bob Dole and
William Safire. Safire was to use his
syndicated column to keep controversy
in the air about Inman in hopes of
keeping up doubts on Clinton.
We do know that Bob Dole has yet
to make one allegation of Clinton’s
wrong doing, but has twice the effect of
such on the nation since he has not. If
Dole accuses Clinton of anything
without proof then he risks slander, and
the chance that it will be thrown back in
his face when he runs for office in 1996.
All Dole and the Republicans have to do
is keep the story circulating and let the
“know-nothing” public run wild with
rumors of illegal Clinton activity.
I want to know from the public
why it is that we can read about the
injustices of the Salem Witch Trials,
the Holocaust, the Dryfuss case, and
slavery, and become emotional when we
see how horrible the state of man was
when innocent people were slaughtering
cows for other’s political and social
gain. And then convince ourselves that
it cannot happen here. We always think
that that is history, and we cannot
comprehend that it could be taking place
as we speak, and our lives are the toy
puppets of politics.
Maybe it’s due to the fact that our
education for grades system is simply
cheap memorization renamed for
posterity? Could it be that we have not
learned from what we have been taught?
Instead just cramming it for the next
test? Maybe we have valedictorians
running the show and getting into the
prestigious schools when they should be
the example of what not to do. I don t
have to make that claim, the state'of the
nation has done it for me.
Letters To The Editor
Break the rules,
pay the price
Editor:
W are writing this letter in
esponse to Dave Carr’s letter to The
larion concerning the “unfair” way Bill
d Ian were treated. We think that the
ollege handled the situation fairly. It’s
ot right that the college be blamed for
e number of violations that anybody
ommits, including Bill and Ian. We can
nly blame ourselves for when we get
ughL
There’s one thing we feel that needs
be understood. First, Brevard College,
s well as all other colleges, has a set of
les and regulations that we must
bilow while we attend this college. We
U know that when we break a rule, we
n the risk of being caught. Bill and
an were aware of this, but kept on
reaking these rules and getting caught
ome of these things they got caught
or were very dangerous. They were also
nvolved in incidents that campus life
as unaware of and that they never got
ctions for.
The school finally had no choice
ut to offer them two options,
ithdrawal from school or J-Board. Ian
nd Bill must have realized that they
ouldn’t have much of a chance with J-
oard since they chose to withdrawal.
Finally, we’d like to point out that
crc’s been a general overall
■"provement in the way people treat
h other around campus. There’s also
n less stress and less pressure to be
cool”. Another change is that there is
ess negative behavior.
^’re not saying that Bill and Ian
were the sole causes of trouble, they
weren’t. What is being said is that we
can make this campus easier to live on,
if we can just quit making ttouble with
everyone else. Maybe now is the time
to take that opportunity.
Sincerely,
John Aubrey
and
Hans Bone
Student questions
Clarions integrity
Dear Editor;
I must congratulate your newspaper
staff on yet another stupefying job. I
don’t know how you do it, but it is as if
the trash bin swells more and more with
each issue.
Yes, you can tell we re m
America...even our media complains of
irrelevant social discontentments, but,
as usual, we do absolutely nothing
about them. You must be weary of
writing about that badgering visitation
policy by now; I know I’m tired of
reading it.
Perhaps you can clarify somethmg
for a few of us who are consistently
perplexed by the social irrelevancies ^
continue to be published m The
Clarion. I’m quite sure everyone on
campus is aware of the fact that all o^
instructors and campus
enjoy their jobs bunches and
soLumes even all-male m.tory
schools must make way for male-
«^be-s (what a life amb,uon!)^ul
the point is. is there so much as a
of intellectually digesuble material
being published in The Clarioni Maybe
I should leave that for the next campus
gossip survey. You must have run out
of ideas by now, or so it seems.
Alas, I knew there wasn’t so much
as a word by Chris Ford even before I
opened my box. And how was it I was
able to predict such an unfortunate
event? Actually, it’s all quite
rudimentary my dear..the recycling bin
was carrying yet another unmerciful
load.
Sincerely,
Michael Knox
PTK President
Questions raised
about bookstore
Dear Editor
As a residential student and a
Residential Assistant of this campus, I
am writing this letter to the newspaper
staff requesting some informauon on the
student bookstore. Being a writer for the
school paper last semester, I know how
hard The Clarion staff works to fulfill
the students requests. Being a full-time
student, I see the other students
questions being answered through your
hard work. I am almost positive the
students questions will be answered if an
article were written about this issue.
I have heard many complaints about
the students’ bookstore raising their
prices on the books we need. I have
heard many students say they have paid
for books twenty to thirty dollars over
what the book is actually worth. The
main question that still remains in
others and myself is, why is the store
selling these books for such a high
price? Do they really need the money?
Aiso, I have heard that the store i>
owned by someone outside of the
campus. Is this mie? If so, couldn’t the
school buy the store out and lower the
prices? This would help the student
body out educationally and financially.
Sincerely,
Lance Love

Homosexuals face
unique persecution
Dear Editor
I want to thank Chris Brevard and
Phillip Cunningham for signing their
names to their letter in the March
edition of the Clarion. It takes courage
to stand up for what you believe.
However, I strongly feel that they have
forgotten Christ’s teachings on love.
The persecution that homosexuals
face is unique, based on assumptions
and uneducated fears. How many times
has anyone heard in a public place the
word “FAGGOT” directed at an
individual not because they are a known
homosexual, but because of prejudicial
assumption. Homosexuals do not wear
signs announcing their orientation and
deserve to be treated equally. However, if
someone judges our orientation, we face
reactionary and/or emotional responses.
When my family discontinued
support, I was forced to leave school,
find a job, and create a new life that
supported me. What I found was hate,
misunderstanding, lack of
communication, and close-mindedness. I
was forced to learn self-appreciation and
(See Letters on Page 4)