6 CAMPUS FEATURES
Pulitzer
Cont. from Page 5
I hope so. My friend
thought some of the chil
dren there were too young
and might be traumatized
for life from those images,
but I'm not so sure. Our
children need to learn the
real history of our world.
We all ne^ to open our
eyes and see this world as
it really is: the devastation,
horror and pain that hxunan
beings inflict on one anoth
er every day, and this
exhibit facilitates that
awareness.
The exhibit should be
more publicized than it has
been in our local media.
You all need to see this;
you will not leave
unchanged.
For more information
regarding the NC State
exhibit, visit their website
at http://www.lib.ncsu.
edu/pulitzer/home.html or
919-515-3364.
The exhibit is located in the
D. H. Hill Library on the
NC State campus and runs
from September 19 through
December 14, 2003
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Dear Editor:
I am disgusted with our
campus. I am a gay student,
and frankly, I wish I had
chosen a school with stu
dents who are open-minded
(not just ones that claim
they are); if it were not for
the academics I would have
already left. For those of
you who do not see the
lack of jtistice done to the
situation, I want to point
out that you do not know
what it is like to be a gay
student at a predominantly
conservative school. For all
of the events on October 6
against TK£: silly string,
jello-filled balloons, thrown
cigarette butts and the gen
eral profanity that greeted
them, only a small glass of
water that hit no one gets
the charge of harassment.
Do I smell discrimination?
You bet.
I do not doubt that
Gina’s actions could have
been better performed, but
the fact that this case is
under such close specula
tion proves to me that fliere
is plain bigotry snooping
around our campus. If other
people were publically rep
rimanded for their acts of
disorderly conduct, this
would not be a case of dis
crimination. But it is.
Would you be so quick to
reprimand a straight student
who did something nega
tive to a gay student? Both
Spectrum and the Honor
Council have dealt with
these issues all semester,
but I do not see the same
outrage showing up in The
Herald. You don’t have to
believe this, but here is a
fine example.
I am the girlfriend of the
water thrower, and we were
both treated horribly at last
year’s formal. Did we
receive any apology from
the dates girls brought with
them who mocked, shoved,
and deliberately tried to
humiliate us? No, nor from
the girls who called us
dykes and gave cruel looks.
Why was no one angry
about a minority (no a
numerical minority, an
actual minority) getting
harassed then? Where was
that outrage? Who spoke
for us? No one. I personal
ly do no want a hollow
apology, but I do want to
point out that was an act of
discrimination; that was a
hate crime. Tossing water
without malicious intent,
and calling discrimination
over an assumption of sex
ually oriented motivation,
that’s discrimination.
Throwing the water, that
was merely an act of mis
behavior. If TKE wants an
apology, I suggest the cam
pus ask anyone who had an
act against them on any
grounds to apologize as
well; of course, that apolo
gy would probably be as
hollow as the one we never
got.
•Christina F. Jones
Class of 2004
Dear Editor:
It seems to me that many
writers are defending the
water-flirower. I read her
explanation of why she
threw the water on the frat
guys and I have even less
sympathy for her. She
needs to realize, as well as
her defenders, that you do
not flirow water on people.
Many students are outraged
by the water-thrower’s sex
uality being mentioned, but
why not also be outraged
by her actions? If she (or
anyone else) did not like
the guys singing, she
should have called campus
police.
Now, imagine if the
group of frat boys were
black and the water-throw-
er was a white girl.
Someone would have
pointed out the racial dif
ference. Now imagine if
the group were homosexual
girls standing outside
singing and this incident
occurred with a heterosexu
al water-thrower. There is
no right or wrong in point
ing out the difference
because race or sexuality
may be a motivating factor.
There really is no way of
knowing until the facts
come out - it is just an ini
tial reaction to the situa
tion. I also think it is inter
esting that the water-throw
er states that she has expe
rienced discrimination but
hen lists some of her own
biased feeelings against fr^t
boys. Now how would she
have felt if the “bothered in
brewer” writer gave a list
of negative statistics about
homosexuals to justify her
pointing out the water-
thrower’s sexuality?
-Ry-Yon Green
CUss of 2003
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