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Guest Editorial With Elections Come Sensitive Issues by Mary Beth Owen With the November 6th elections approaching, television and radio sta tions are awash with campaign com mercials. Most prevalent among these arc Harvey Gantt (D.) and Jesses Helms (R.) senatorial segments. The two senatorial candidates have aired com mercials on education, die environment and, of course, their individual creden tials for the office of U. S. Senator. But the central debate among these two candidates seems to be a bitter tirade over the issue of freedom of choice. Harvey Gantt’s campaign has aired a commercial which states that he trusts the women of North Carolina to make their own decisions concerning abor tion, ^^)ile Jesses Helms wants the gov- errunent to dictate what women and their husbands can and cannot do. In one of Mr. Helms' commercials, an older woman in a red dress explains that Harvey Gantt is asking the women of North Carolina to do some pretty horrible things, such as having an abortion in the final weeks of pregnancy. Mr. Gantt denounced the commercial as “a lie.” “I have never advocated abortion in the ninth month of pregnancy. That is against the law in the state of North Carolina.” Another commercial that the Helms camp has run states that Harvey Gantt believes that abortion should be allowed for sex determination. The segment shows Harvey Gantt saying that abortion should be allowed "for sex selection or for any other reasoa” Ihis statement is repeated several times and once in slow motion. Beth Burrows, a Helms campaign worker, told the Herald that the segment came from a press conference held in August, 1990 in Wilmington, N.C. Mr. Gantt denied that he would “allow abortion for sex selection when parents want a boy and not a girl" This seeming contradiction in Gantt's stand is caused by Helms’ ad quoting Gantt out of context Though Mr. Gantt also says he has never advocated abortion, he has consistently maintained that abortion is a woman’s personal choice. Gana said, “I don’t have a position on why a woman should have an abortioa* Jesse Helms' stance would eliminate the option of abortion, force women to carry an unwanted child to term even if the pregnancy had resu Ited from rape or C)nc&ogpgnHeliN^ sfercb on 'HSri ice VripCirtor^+- ‘i^toes. \ incest, limiting her opportunities in life exponentially. In contrast, Mr. Gana’s campaign as stated by Harold Webb, coordinator for the 2nd, 4th and 5th congressional districts, is "about opportunity, hope and improving the quality of life for all North Carolina citizens. It is not about distorting the facts, dividing people or promoting emotiorul issues. Freedom of choice is an issue which affects women, particularly those of child-bearing years, which includes the students of Meredith College. While being afforded the privilege of a fine education, the elimination of personal choice could dose the doors that an education has begun to open. Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, I would like to thank you for so cleverly, yet evasively openingup the discussion that everyone is so hot to have an opinion about. The question of [public] funding (for artists] should not depend on the finished product, but most deHnitely on the artists’ genuine talent. Art is a representation of the society in which the artist lives, and how he/she perceives the world; without history we would be nothing. Many artists are homosexuals, like [Robert] Mapplethorpe. Is it not true that they are persecuted in American society? He could have worked for porno magazines and made plenty of money, and nobody would have ever noticed him. He expressed in the eternal medium of art Luckily, many people in various areas of society are talented artists, so our decendents can know the truth about our lifestyles. Unfortunately, right wing fundamentalists would like to erase all human history except for their profoundly twisted interpretation of the Bible. In the words of our recent visitor Dr. Harold Best, who is more educated in areas of theology and art than any of us could ever hope to be, *Christiaiu don’t censor anything.* Patricia Underwood Letters to the Editor/Article Submissions Policy Everyone in the Meredith community is invited to write a letter to the editor or submit an article concerning any subject of interest to the Meredith community. All published letters and articles must be typewritten with contaa name and telephone nun^r; letters to the editiM- must be signed by the author, who may request that her name be withheld from publication. Submissions may be dropped in the HenMbax. beside the box ofTice at Cate Center, sent through campus mail to Box X133, or delivered to the office in person. Office hcHirs will be posted outside the on the second floor of Cate Center. Deadline for submissions is Wednesday at noon. All letters arul articles received aAer that time will appear in the next edition of the Hem\d, which is published every Monday during the school year. When school holidays fall on Monday, the IhraUL will be distributed on the next fuU day of classes after the holiday. Thank you for youf participation. The Meredith Herald PubU*hed every Monday during die Mhool yor. Edltor'ln-chief Julia Hukett BiMtaeM Mwoiigfr Kym Spell Managing Editor Kim Peeples Adverdalng Staff Muffett Brinkman Kdly Underwood Kathleen Thomu Copy Editors Jane Kennedy Kathleen ThoRtts GLASS MCnON Freshman Editor* Sopbomore Editor Junior Edilor Senior Editor Noa-Rcsldeat Editor WING5 Editor Graduate School Editor Muffietl Brinkman AUison Hodge« Kelly A. PhlUlps Jane Kennedy Kim Peeples leeConneUy Kathleen Thomas OPEN ACADEMICS SECnON Academks/Facuky Editori Art, Musk, ^p9»cb Patrkla Underwood 61h*etn Biobgy&OMmistry Mary Beth Owen Business & Economics OPEN EngUsb Catherine Hart Education Kelly A. Phillips Portign Ixmguag* Jane Kennedy HMltb, PE & Danes Janie MuUto mstory^tMiUcs liu GlUnore Homt Economies OPEN IntsTTtaUonal SOulim Janie MuUls P^Klfokigy OPEN Rst^ion & Pbiiotcpfy OPEN Sociotogy and Social Work OPEN ADMINISTRATION SECTION Adffiinlstnuioa Editor Catherine Hait Scudent Services Editor JuUa Hukett STUDENT LIFE SECTION ChiWOf'ganlzadofit Editors Kim Peeples KeDy Underwood Sports Editor Allison Hodges Eotcrtainmeot Editors Beth Lcmiy Patricia Underwood Features Editors Kym Spell Patricia Underwood NEWS SECTION Campus News Kym Spell Local & IntcroatiOKttl News liu Gilmore LeeConndSy ART SECTION Photography Julia Haskett Allison Hodges Kym Spell Editorial Cartoonists Karen Jannon Nicole Rlvenbark Arts Critic Angela NeUon Layout Julia Haskett Janie MuUls Advisor Becky Bradshaw Iht M«T9ditk MeredlA College 9600 HiUtborough Street, Box Xl}3 Raleigh, NC 27607-5396 Dr^ boa: bulde box officc, Catt Center Campui office: Second floor Cate Center Phone; 629-28M Printed by Hlrxon Pkm, Mebane, NC AdvenUlng rates avaltabie on request Editorial Policy The Mmdid) Hfratd U published by Meredith College during the academic year. 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