| Show a 1 1 5 f r i r 7 j. j i. i J So A f A 4 G Grain aln of o j Salt Sal Rapping with the senator ORE revealing and M MORE more interesting than the question and answer session ses ses- ses- ses r sion wi with th Senator Orrin Hatch at Feb 11 was the informal rap session afterwards with college officials officials ci I san and d Horizon editors Margaret Hoffman Terry Dillon pill on and Glo Gloria a Quick W We sat taking notes at first as Hatch commented on a variety of topics Then Hatch said hed he'd share some stories with us us' if wed we'd keep it off the record We agreed So you dont don't get to hear those Hatch relaxed in the chair talking laughing lightening the mood in the room It didn't take long for us s to nearly forget we were sitting there talking and laughing with the senator who has been credited with achieving the appointment of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme T Court We talked about that event the way one would rap with a neighbor We speculated speculated J. J about what might have really happened what happened what this person or that person might have really thought We felt we were sitting among newly made friends Yet though Hatch revealed the ordinary human side of himself he demonstrated an extraordinary ability never to lose sight of his official status the status the senator the senator the politician Perhaps the office has become so interwoven with the man its it's just an present ever-present part of Hatchs Hatch's personality Hatch impressed me as a aman aman aman man who is not as sheltered as the personality he projects on national television During the Tho Thomas as hearings Hatch said he co couldn't im imagine imagine im- im agine anyone saying all those things that Anita Hill accused Thomas of saying to her In his public comments at he admitted that most women out in the working world have probably been sexually harassed in their lifetimes lifetimes have have been victims of unwanted sexual comments comments comments com com- ments and suggestions Still I got the feeling that the senator from Utah might be a bit surprised about the way it is in the real world world- the kinds of places the average person frequents and works in in the nineties Nevertheless Hatch proved a gentleman and a courteous diplomat diplomat important tant characteristics for any politician For me the best part of the entire event was the parting moment Can you believe it I got Senator Orrin Hatch to give me a hug Oh baby |
