Show 1 hmwuRritrog iimraCTit flnwaugi-- Hey big boy your roomate could be gay! bj Gilbert Archuleta opinion editor Recently I had the oppoctuiity to attend the annual Utah Intercollegiate Assembly ft conference where most of the major colleges and universities in the state send delegates to vote on or present resolutions that if passed would go to the Utah State Board of front of them? I don't think so The backlash in such a would force a larger wedge between "us and them” which to the consequences such a would be completely counter-productinaked in situation ve movement wishes to avoid I am the first lo admit that the issue of homosexuality is far more than sexual preference but when homosexuality and lesbianism conflict with the majority or heterosexuals obtaining an education a line must be drawn I am not advocating denying the gay community access to a college education but I am advocating not placing their rights above the heterosexuals if anything the heterosexual should have precedent The issue of discrimination has been livid since the foundation of our country from Native Americans to we have struggled to overcome segregation and isolation and allow for people to Duly live the American dream The struggle for equality has been going on and will go on for a long time but this type of discrimination is of a different light Whereas the color of skin cannot be changed and sexuality can be controlled it is not of complete necessity to resolve this issue Forcing heterosexual college students to accept and live with self proclaimed gays is pushing it too far It may be true that your roomate is of the gay community right now and is just not yet out of the closet however what you don't know will not necessarily hurt you The issue lies not in whether or not your current roomate is or is not gay but rather if you ought to have the right to chose whether or not you share the same living quarters with a homosexual It is my belief that you do indeed have that ngni and if resolutions such as the one presented at UIA in some way find their way to law we are all having our rights severely fringed upon This is just a warning to those of you who value our constitutional rights A gay movement is occuring and where it will lead none of us can predict but until time paints us that picture don't drop the soap! 0 ii W1 Burtenshaw blues By Jamison Brown staff writer When you move into a dormitory you usually lend to have certain expectations and also some change This can be expected and accepted as the normal way things operate Dormitory living does take some adjustment as I found out last year as a freshman I was certain that donn life would be a good experience and provide me with a nice place to sleep study and socialize This however was not the case After the first week in my new home I decided (hat it was more of an unruly playground for any and everyone who cared to join in Many of the problems that I observed were attributed to the fact that when groups of "young adults" are in contact with one another for 24 hours a daythcy are more likely to be out of control at one point or another Resident's assistants could minimize the frequencies of these flagrant violations of the rules but they do not and or will not Being a sophomore I have learned to live with it because I know from experience that nothing will happen to cause a change More than once I have complained and asked an RA to do hisher job only to hear "Fm not on duty" There are those few RAs that try to do their job but they are unable to because they lack the knowledge or authority to enforce the rules When something "bad" docs happen that attracts authoritative attention nothing is done Letters restating rales and regulations are issued but no disciplinary action is taken This results in the would bet that the odds are in my favor that the gift was not something wasting of paper to let us know by Tristy Atwood what we already know and does handmade from your great aunt Look at your Christmas wish list arc Opinion writer nothing to prevent further transThis year as your making out your Christmas gift list think any of your wanted items the big ticket products gressions from occurring I think it is hypocritical to be people that condemns commerback and make a comparison to other years As a child your pits were If a person or group of people cialization and in turn go shopping at an exclusive department store for most likely a lot less expensive that the ones on your list this year "get away" with doing something What has Christmas become? This is a common question one can hear "adequate" gilts We have all received gifts that we would just as soon one time they are more likely to never receive or that we have rushed down to return a gift the day after endless opinions on Every year as you glance across the editorial it try again Quite often I have noChristmas pages of most newspaper one is destined to see articles complaining ticed that an RA is around or parMost of us for the first seven or eight years of our lives went about the commercialization of Christmas? My question is why? ticipating with those causing a All of the editorials dealing with the problems of the commer- annually to sit on Santa's lap in the middle of a huge department store disturbance If an RA is present Meanwhile our mothers and fathers rushed around to find the best for cialization of Christmas claim we should be getting bock to the true nd docs nothing it must not matmeaning or the "spirit" of Christmas Have you ever considered what a their good little boys and girls Sometimes I think Christmas has ter too much Christmas would be like without this commercialization? I would seri- nothing to do with commercialization but is in fact a huge conspiracy College life is supposed to proto get children to behave one month out of the year ously hate to think about it but for the sake of argumentation la's vide a stable divirisunent for the Now some of you might say Christmas should be a time of think about it transition fromadolescence to in we "should" give to the needy "Should should should1 which Due to a recent public backlash against the commercialization year adulthood The policies presently of Christmas Santa Claus will not be coming to town This year you now how often does society do what it should? Besides at what other being enforced provide for the time of the year does the needy get helped more? This industry capitald sweater from your great aunt Beitha will be recieving a transition from adolescence to Although due to lack of practice because she used to buy sweaters this izes on the quilt we feel for spending so much money around Christina: childhood The only things that I one has three sleeves and a slight downward pattern of stripes Now If time They use this guilt as a ploy to receive more from us Guess can see preparation for are eviction what? Surprise it works This is the biggest season for charity organiyou are one of those people who is complaining about the commercialfrom apartments and termination zations So as you can see commercialization or not the needy are beization of Christmas I expect to see you in this winter quarter of employment If you think that Remember it is the thought that counts ing helped on you might like dorm life at CEU page 8) (continued Think back to the best Christmas present you received I -'- ‘4think again Regents The resolutions included everything from campus security to volunteer hours being a requirement for graduation The most interesting of the bills however was one that suggested that if a homosexual or lesbian desired to have a heterosexual roomate in a college or university donn they would have that liberty with or without the consent of the heterosexual party While being an ethnic minority myself 1 agree with most of the actions taken to end discrimination but I also believe that sexuality belongs in a completely different realm The protection of rights must also be addressed when dealing with the sensitive issue of discrimination It is my belief that in the situation of person versus person it is inevitable that one of the individual's rights will be infringed upon It is further my beleif that it ought to be the rights of the homosexual or lesbian They made a choice to have their respective sexual preferences and that is their right but it should be their duty to live with that choice It should not be shoved down everyone else's throat We can also examine this issue on a level If it came to be that colleges and universities were mandated to accept homoscxualitylcsbianism with open amis the detriments would far out weigh any good that would come about At this time there is an estimated 10-1percent of the dorm population that is gay but if it was viewed as an acceptable practice more and more gays would come out of the closet The result would be an increase in isolation and retaliation towards the gay community Further not all dorms have private showers and toilets If you knew that your roomate was gay would you feel comfortable being self-proclaim- ed cost-bene- 5 fit Afro-America- self-proclaim- ed Commercialization: Conscience of Christmas! hand-knitte- |