Campus Editorial
November 4,1992 page two
Letters to the Editor
With the threat of AIDS to
day, all we hear is, ‘Tf you’re
going to have sex, at least protect
yourself and ask your mate to
wear a condom.” That is what a
woman in Austin, Texas, did;
however, her situation was a little
different — she was about to be
raped.
The victim asked the accused
rapist to wear a condom, and when
he said he did not have one, the
woman provided him with a
condom. I
thought,“This
w o m a n i s
smart.
Ho wmany
victims would
think to ask a
rapist to wear
a condom?”
What sur
prised me
even more was that the grand jury,
which consisted of seven women
and five men, did not indict the
accused r^isL
An article in the Sunday, Oc
tober 25, News and Observer
stated that one juror told an Aus
tin television station, “... that some
jurors thought that the woman’s
act of self-protection might have
implied her consent.” Self-pro
tection does not imply consent.
No one can say what she would of
would not do if she were raped.
Once someone is in that situation,
she will use any
tactic to con
vince the guy
not to rape her.
In this case,
maybe the vic-
timthoughtshe
could scare her
attacker. The
News and Ob-
see EDITORIAL, page seven
Correction...
There was a typograhical error in Traci Latta's editorial in the October
28 edition of the Herald. The first sentence should read,"... a doctor in
France who infected 1200 hemophiliac patients..." Please excuse our
error.
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Co-chairs respond to sisters
On behalf of the Junior
Class, we would like to respond
to the Concerned Little Sisters.
Our sincere apology is extended
to the Freshmen who are having
problems with their Big Sisters.
We realize all of your excite
ment and enthusiasm for the pro
gram and understand your disap
pointment with your circum
stances.
We too have been excited
about the program and remain
so. Our first two years here at
Meredith made us ready and will
ing to share our final year expe
riences with our little sisters.
Please understand we are new at
this too and yes, some of us may
be to blame for you disappoint
ment. The majority of both Jun
ior and Freshmen classes is
extemely happy and satisfied
with their sister pairs.
Please accept these sugges
tions to improve relations with
your Big or Little Sis. Don’thesi-
tate to call your Big or Little
Sis!!! If you haven’t heard from
her in awhile, don’t be too shy
about phoning just to say “Hi!”
This relationship is meant to be a
two-way friendship! If this
doesn’t work after several tries,
use the proper chaimels to ex
press concerns. We are the co
chairs for the Junior Class, and
the Freshman Class has co-chairs
as well. If you desire a reassign
ment and already know of a Jun
ior or Freshman that you would
like to adopt — please feel free
to do so! Please note that there
are no Juniors left to reassign as
most Juniors have two little sis
ters, and some have three, but we
promise some solution can be
reached!
Speaking for the Junior
Class, we are equally as excited
about Comhuskin’ as are our lil
sises, and we certainly anticipate
a time of fun, fellowship, and
bonding!! If we each strive to be
the best Little or Big Sister we
can be, our college experience
will be greatly enhanced!
Thank you.
Nancy Bradley
Janet Porter
Junior Big/Lil Sis Co-Chairs
Student defends Meredith
Something has been bother
ing me ever since I returned to
Meredith last week, and I have
really been upset by what it implies
to me as a Meredith student. Be
fore I reveal my reason for writing
this article, I would like to give you
the scenario: I purchased a
wordprocessor over fall break and
the young salesman and I were
talking. He asked me where I went
to college; I replied very proudly,
“Meredith College in Raleigh.” He
replied, “Oh, that is a pretty good
school, but I went to State.” My
face turned red, and I just wanted
to scream: “You big wolf idiot,
where have you been — narrow
minded Neptune?” Neither he nor
I would have benefited any if I
would have thrown him out of the
building, but I was so tempted.
Ever since I have attended
Meredith I have encountered
people who highly respect my col
lege and those who believe I attend
a 2-year college where I am spoon
fed and where my maid does my
homework. Ijustdon’tunderstand!
I feel like I am receiving an educa
tion at Meredith comparable to
Wake Forest, Duke and certainly
NCSU. I know that, but “they”
don’t. I would not get so frustrated
if I didn’t spend many weekends
working on research for Dr.
Gilbert’s American Literature class
... reading Thoreau and Whitman
right through Saturday Night Live
or sitting in the computer lab work
ing hours on a program for my
German II class.
An understatement would be
to say Meredith’s faculty is de
manding or professional or highly
qualified, but I believe that they are
tougher on us because this is a
see LETTERS page seven