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Show nn LETTE S TO THE EDITOR: We are writing to you in response to the comic in the previous issue of the Journal . Obviously the Journal has a misconception about AJpha Phi.e ta week , and Greeks in general. We feel that if the writer would have taken the time to research his comic he would have known that the "Battle of the Bands" has been a long standing tradition at UU since 1923. Since we began thi activity almo tall of the tudenc body has realized this activity is used to promote community spirit, and to have fun on our campus. We just wanted to make the Journal aware of the fact the 10 "hands" competed and only four were ponsored hy Greek organizations. Al o , thi "lame" activity, a stated in the comic, raised over $400 for women's cardiac care research . The thou and plu dollars that the UU chapter of Alpha Phi donate i u ed to save omeone's mom , g.r andma, s i ter , daughte r , friend , or po use. The Gree k o rganizatio ns on thi campu s onl y consist of abo ut 200 cude nts. However, they average about 30 hou.rs per week in community service . AJpha Phi is the econd large t giving international Greek organization , donating millions of dollars a year to women ' cardiac care . The Zeta Tau Alpha organization philanthropy i the usan G. Komen Brea t Cancer Foundation . The igma Nus hold an annual haunted house and disco dance where all the profit are donated back to the Cedar City community, the Women ' s Crisis Center, Iron County Care and S_hare , and to the annual Easter Egg Hunt. The igma Chi's philanthropies is the Make A Wish Foundation and the Children' Miracle Network. Last year they gave $3, 000 dollar co their organization. Finally the Delta Psi Omega 's donate everal hours and money ro Camp Good Days, a camp for kid~ who are ut tering from cancer. As a whole , GC, ha donated to the Women 's ,risis Center, done highway cleanup , deaned out our lo et for the homele , and i having a "Senior Prom n with the elderly center. The stereotypes that the journal ponrayed in the paper are the tereotypes that we saw in the 1980s on movies such as Animal House . As with most things in life, the Greek sy tern has evolved. We have worked very hard to discourage the negative views that the Greek organi2.ation has had throughout the nation. However, the ignorance displayed by the paper should not he an excuse for this comic. The Greek ystem here at SU would like to challenge any social organization to show us what they have done within the community , the campus and nationally. We feel that if the writer has nothing better to do than to It around and criticize non-profit organizations who rai e money and suppon their philanthropy then he hould have plenty of time to practi e for next year's "Battle of the Bands" a.k.a. lip sync competition , as was clearly stated in a 10 point font on each flier . We do want to thank everyone who has shown their support for our causes and has come and will continue to come to our events to show their respects. DAVE BARRY COMMENTARY Women should kill their own spiders From time to time I receive letters from a ce rtain group of individual · that I will describe , for want of a better term , as "women. n I have such a letter here , from a Susie Walker of North Augusta , S.C., who a ks the following question: "Why do men open a drawer and say, 'Where is the spatula?' Instead of, you know , looking for it?" This question expresses a commonly held (by women) negative stereotype about guys of the male gender, which is that they cannot find thing Sincerely, Alpha Phi, igma Nu, Delta Psi around the house, especially Omega , Zeta Tau Alpha and things in the kitchen . Many women believe that if you want Sigma Chi to hide something from a man, all you have to do is put it in plain sight in the refrigerator, and he will never, ever find it, as evidenced by the fact that a man can open a refrigerator containing 463 pound of DOI.ECTING STAFF AND DESK PHONE NUMIIERS: assorted meats , poultry, cold Editor Glen n Halterman 586-7750 cut , condiments, vegetable • frozen dinners , snack foods , port, Editor Chad Lamb 865-8443 Auoci.ate Editor David Bamm 586-7759 de seres, etc., and ask, with no Alm ,um: Editor Anrui Turpin 865-8226 O pini.o n Director Ann.a Turpin 586-7759 Ad Manager Kyle Case 586-7758 Photo Editor John G ucnlcr 586-7750 irony whatsoever, "Do we have Ad Designer Jan ea G underso n 586-7758 Copy Editor Rus.se.11 Miller 586-7750 anything to eat? n Faculty Ad viser, Larry Boker 586-7751 Focu • Editor K.arni Egan 586-1992 M orris BroWTI 865-8556 Am Editor Bra ndon Bevan 865-8443 Now I OULD respond to this stereotype in a snide manner by SENIOR T AFF WRITER AND REPORTE RS' D.ESK 586-7757, 586-548 making generalizations about nu.: Urovus,ty /o~rnal is publi.sh~ e-.icry Mondt.y :and Thursday of the 2e1ck."fflic ye:u h)' ind fur the I Id k f student bod-, uf Sc:,uthcm Utah Unive rsity. It receives od•lscmcnt fn,m tho university's c:ummunlc.,tiun WO men · COU aS , Or i.k.'fl:1rt.m"-°!1l ~.n~ fmm the univcnfry ;111imi.ni1rnuion. Tht.: YICW.!11 a.ml oplnion1 CXft(CMaJ 10 tht /oumaJ an:. exam pl hOW CQffi ,ho..: of ,ndi~1du,1 wr11cr, and do not ~ee,:snrily n.ilcc, the vl,-ws of the insti,ution, faculty, ... 11 or e, e your llU<L"tl l ~y 1n p.-ncr.d. Th,: u,nJlgncd cd1tor,.I d1rcct!Y above iJ the urinion of. the Unlver,lty fourna/ au average WO man prepares for JJ nilc cnuty. Lc.ucrs tu the C(bt0r must he ryp::1.1 •nd mclu-dii: the name and fUH-.-.nc numbc,. Only the name will I)., p<in<cd. N1mi:o wm not be Withheld under any eircummnccs and the editor""'"""' cdlung virtuaUy every upcoming event l"'•ilcgcs. Lcucn must he subm,ucd by S p.m. Thursmy, for incluJH>n In MonJoy cdmon,, ,nd by S p.m. MundaysforThu rsdoyoo inons. , in her I ife , inCIU d ing dental Grinanca: Any indl,tdual , with a ylcHncc 1gain1t th" /nurna/ 1lu,uld dir.•et such problem fim to ,h" appointments , by buying OeW ~..i.tor.11 unn:soll'l!d, thngncvanec shoulJ then bcdiri:c,oo w tho f.cuhy ,he /wma.l Su:,,:rin,i: Comm,mx: ' ShOeS, even if She already OWOS which II chiucd by Dr Fram C . Pc.m un, S86, 7971 Ullinnlty /oumoJ: Offices ,n SUU Tcchnolugy Building 011. Mail 11 SUU &• 9384 C..-dar Coty Utah as many pairs a the entire H4nD. FAX (4351 ~86-,4 7. E-m,H adJn:ss: 1<Jum1l01uu tdu ' ' O P1UNT£DoN llECYCLm PAPER.. PLEASE ucvCLE TH1scorv. Riverdan ce troupe . I could ~ --=-.-::-=-.::-.::-••:-c.~ -,-,---- - - - - - - - - -- - - - -- -___J __po~t out that, if there were no w o men , th e re would be n o such thing as Leonardo DiCaprio . l could ask why a woman would walk up to a man who is watching ha ketbaU and demand to know if a · certain pair of pant makes her butt look coo big , and then, no matter what he answers, get mad at him. I could ask why 93 percent of the nation's severely limited bathroom-storage space ls taken up by decades-old, mostly empty tubes labeled umoisturizer." I could point out that, to judge from the covers of countless women's magazines, the two topics most interesting to women are (1) Why men are all disgusting pigs, and (2) How to attract men. Yes, I could raise these issues in response to the question asked by Susie Walker of North Augusta, S.C ., regarding the man who was asking where the patula was . I could even ask WHY this particular man might be looking for the spatula . Could it be that he need a spatula to kill a spider, because, while he was watching ba ketbaJI, minding hi own busine , a member of another major gender-a gender that refu e to personally kill spider but wants them all deaddemaned that he kill the spider, which nine times out of 10 turns out to be a male pider that was minding its own business? As l say, I could raise these I sues and resort to the kind of negativity indulged in by usie Walker of orth Augusta , But I choose not to . I choose, instead, to addres her question seriously , in hope that , by improving the communication between the genders, aU human being -both men and women, together-will come to a better understanding of each other. There is an excelJent reason why a man would open the spatula drawer and, without looking for the spatula, a.sk where the spatula is: The man does not have TIME to look for the spatula. Why? Because HE IS BUSYTHJNKJNG. We should be grateful that men think so much, because over the yea r s they have thought up countless inventions that have made life better for' aU people, everywhere. The shot clock in basketball is one example . Another one is underwear-eating bacteria. I found out about this thanks to the many alert readers who sent me an article from "New dentist" magazine stating that Russian scientists are trying to solve the problem of waste disposal aboard pacecraft, by ."designing a cocktail of bacteria to digest astronauts ' cotton and paper underpants." l that great, · or what? ' l'm not saying that guys have solved aJI the world's problems. I'm ju t saying that there ARE · olutions out there, and i.f, · instead of harping endlessly about spatulas, we allow guys to use their mental talents to look for the e solutions, in time, they will find them . Unless they are ~__the refrigerator. .s_ __ I 1• |