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Cdmptis Editorial February 24.1993 page wo Letters to the Editor Although ! consider loyself a feminist. I do not believe that Clinion’s choice of attorney gen eral should have been col»ed by sex. The question is not of race, colcff, or sex. but rather one of capabilities and qualifications. Ctinton admits to gmding his selection by his desire to name the first female attorney general. He says he, "thought it would be a good ^ int^esting thing to do/' to name a female to the position. This statement in itself is degrad ing in that it makes this very is»ie into a po litical proje^ to win ttie support offemini^.The office of attorney general is one of greatinqxniaace and one that should not be used to add interest to Clinton’s polttical career or to aid him in winning political support of ^erican womea President Clinton’s views on this issue are also clearly influ- eiKed by our first lady, Hillary Clinton: from President Clinton’s consideration ofHillary Clinton’s college mate. Lindsey L^man, to tSs choice of Janet Reno for the office. Clinton saidhe had known of Reno through his brother-in- law, Hugh Rodman, who is apub- iic defender in the drug court es tablished by Reno. Although Reno may be qualified and capable, it is clear that Clinton’s choice was clouded by his wife’s input on the issue. The office of attorney general is one that should be selected through qualifications rather than clouded by personal interests. It is evident through Clinton’s struggle to find a fe male, with Wood and Baird’s re jection, that his judg ment was based on desire to open a new political arena. Althou^ Reno has a vast array of credentials from graduating Harvard Law School . to being the first female state at torney, she has no federal experi ence, which may cause a see EDITORIAL page seven I am writing this letterofcom- plaint On behalf of all my friends. Yes. this letter is another com plaint against the cafeteria. Ac tually, two complaints—one is the age old one of finding hairs in the food, which causes the weak-of-stomach not to be able to finish eating their food. And the other complaint I don’t be lieve has ever been stated be fore. This complaint is from a student who was in the bath room (in the cafeteria), and as she was standing there, a cafete ria worker came out from using the bathroom and just left with out washing her hands! Now I personally do not do this either, but I do not handle food that is going to be served tosome 1,000- odd students either. Now about the hair, that’s easy. Make student workers wear hair nets also or at least have their hair in ponytails or hats. And I know the people serving the food, who aren’t students, do wear hair nets, but just the day before, a fiiend found a black hair in her food, and she was not served by a student worker. So, somehow even with those hair nets, excessive amounts of hair are finding their way to our food. And I have a question, do the people working in the back wear hair nets? Now about the worker not washing her hands—the person who witnessed this happen, and all of her friends agreed that ev erywhere they go (food-wise) in the bathrooms are signs saying “Employees wash hands after use of bathroom.” This is re quired by health regulations, is it not? 1 want to state that I realize ya’ll in the cafeteria are doing your best. Yet you have to admit that when fi ve different students, I have spoken to before writing this, all said that more than once they have found hair in their food, and while I was writing this on the computer, two others read what 1 was writing and gave me tiieir own horror stories of finding hair in odd places. Ihis hair business obviously needs some drastic measure done to pre vent it from happening at the rate it is happening. And something needs to be done about the workers not washing their hands. Thank you. Mary Moore. Janet Ellis Father applauds article On Wednesday, February 17.1 visited the Meredith campus to share a few moments with my daughter during lunchtime. While I was there I had the opportunity to pick up a copy of your campus paper. Af^er reading the article by Lisa Lund on i^e-marital absti nence, 1 had to write and tell you how impressed I was by what she had to say. Her approach was well researched, carefully thought out, and presented without hysterical emotion or In a judgmental fash ion. Yes, the facts speak for them selves. I’m saddened that so many young women are already sexually active outside of marriage (as evi denced even by your own informal survey), but we all make mistakes in our lives. My prayer for the women who have not yielded to the pressures of the world and of our own rather jaded society is that they will continue to stand firm in their convictions and that God will provide a strong, virile. Spirit-filled lifemate for them who also has the same convictions. For those others there is opportunity to change and become the kind of women that they were created to be: real women with courage, strength, and dig nity; not objects for men to use nor misfits who use their sexual influ ence over men to manipulate and control. Sex as a physical act can indeed bring pleasure, but outside of the loving, self-giving unity as mar riage was designed to be, sex will ultimately be as empty as calories from sugar. 1 am excited that Lisa has discovered the tiuth so soon in her life and I hope that many of her classmates will heed her advice. see LETTERS page seven Meredith Herald fiklltnr in I'hirf AnitySraWD LsjmitEditor .IjeaceyRawk Ci^yii^litur Sus^Ftaiey. News Editor Beth Lowry Features Editor.Siixiaili. Koihadcar i 4jikir A'l:'. Wlnu Ad«lbOI Nod Miller K«|>cTCir'> i-iUiiiaPaii-, Mic SiniU), StsVw^ Sam !^ult:^ Chrlstioa Pecjiles. Sacah Muss, Tiacitatta, Jackis W«bb C'>nliibulmi; Wn(«r. Atru'inJii Davis Inhnicftl Ad>LMir Davenport The Mensdilb HbmU publislwd by flte troUege tintmgbout acadanic yttiM. Hie {)upei is fuodcO by t)ie cotle^e 2nd adwrUusg. Hie HenM retains ibe rigbt aot t&pubtisb coDtuDing piasoaii«n8Ci», ionite, Jidicsle. or UI?ek)U» stabawats. Ail tcden to die «ditor must be T!i» tipmiojks oiptteed in db I.«U*n lb Ihr F^or Pitlii j Evcrjooe m tbe Cifemlhb ifRMd «rit« a ieiUp to AU -• {KiUubed ienen muA be vim sad md , mnber.. Ali Wt Amanda Davis Major: Business Freshman
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