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'he Lance
March 9, 1989
Opinion
/ the Editor,
There is a large feminist movement
here at St. Andrews. I have no quarrel with
the movement itself, but I do believe things
are getting out of hand.
In the SAGE 222 syllabus, there is a list
of readings that students have to read. One
of the readings we have to do is Essay on
Man, by Alexander Pope. In the syllabus
the title has been changed to. Essay on
Man [ sic ]. The Latin word "sic" means
"(thus) it should be written", and in editing it
is used to point out that there is an error in
the original text, not with the person who is
copying. What is wrong with Essay of Man
?
The only problem here is that Pope used
the'm' word, 'man'. A title is the choice of
the author. It is what the author wants it to
be, and thus can not be wrong. Even if it is
wrong, it is still the authors choice. Just
because the work came out over 200 years
ago, it does not give us the right to tell him
that his words would be wrong in the future.
In the same syllabus, the students have
read an excerpt from, The Woman
Troubadors , by Julian of Norwich. No sic?
The word " woman" is a good word, but not"
man"?
I have no problem with equality, but I
dislike sexism, even against men. Let us
get our priorities straight. The sexes are
equal. Women should not be placed higher
than men, just as men should not be placed
higher than women. I ask for a truce. Let
us work together, not against each other.
Ron Peterson
Xanthippe
with Mary Griggs
With spring term under way and 1989-90
student government elections just around
the corner, I find myself addressing the
issue of politics and women.
The United States' presidential election
reached an all time low of non-issues and
mudslinging. The power of slur words to
damage people was illustrated by the hated
label of 'liberal' being thrown about with
cynical abandon. I see another word fast
becoming a disparaging term, and that is
feminist.
Xanthippe continued on page 5
Dear Editor,
Making a song out of Perestroika ; com
paring color condoms to foreign affairs;
probbing students about personal prefer
ences regarding such items is not what
SAGE 422 is suppose to be about-is it? As
a student here, I've always found the SAGE
program difficult to describe to friends and
family members. It's suppose to be a learn
ing experience about world affairs, and
SAGE 422, this year, is emphasising Soviet/
United States relations.
All faculty members are asked to teach a
SAGE course. But how much does a sci
ence professor know about ancient socie
ties? Or a math professor know about past
religions? One professor (name withheld for
obvious reasons) recently told me that he
never even read the books about which he
was teaching. Every year the faculty get
together and revise part of the SAGE
progam. Are students asked to be on the
SAGE team? Maybe with student input, I
would be able to see the connection be
tween color condoms and Gorbachev's
Perestroika.
Name withheld by request
March 9,1983
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