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He says states have become more liberal in these areas because adults think young people will not get treatment if they nave to tell their parents they have a social disease. Thus, a problem arises when chil dren’s actions clash with parents’ morals. “We don’t want kids to be pun ished for things adults regard as bad,” Guggenheim says. “Though it may be what we consider appropri ate punishment, we don’t want to al low them to keep a harmful disease and also to pass it on.” He says the ability to get preg nancy-connected care at any age also allows minors to get meclical care without anybody’s permission. In the area of marriage, Guggen heim says that minors in Texas be tween tne ages of 14 and 18 must have parental consent to wed. And if they are younger than 14, minors must have both parental and judicial consent. Guggenheim also elaborated on a right that minors have gained within the last 20 years — the right, under certain circumstances, to sue par ents. “It depends on the purpose of the lawsuit,” he says. “In a case where an identical action by the parent would be considered a breach of duty to anyone, not especially to children, then a minor can sue. “For instance, children can sue when parents drive their car neg ligently. If a child is in a car driven by his mother and is suing as a pas senger, most states today permit the suit. This is a major change in law from several years ago, and partic ularly 20 years ago.” Guggenheim says that at that time the United States had an intrafamily tort immunity doctrine, which bar red lawsuits from inside the family. It prevented suits in which spouses were suing one another or children were suing their parents. Twenty years ago the risk of fraud in these cases was considered too great, he says. Insurance companies thought allowing such lawsuits would be too risky and would, in ef fect, amount to the same people su ing each other. News (continued from page 1) more broad core curriculum, in creased tuition, the purpose of Stu dent Government and tradition for the sake of tradition. Larry Hickman, associate profes sor of philosophy and humanities, says, “The Battalion has been very supportive of social change on campus.” He adds that the newspaper’s re sponse to the Gay Student Services and the Melanie Zentgraf (women in the band) cases proves The Battalion is not afraid to take unpopular stands. Freshman Kenny Flores says, “A liberal paper is good for everyone because it exposes different ideas. People want the paper to conform to their ideas and that’s not free press.” Senior Jessica Sterling adds, “You’re not supposed to be so close- minded.” Dr. John Koldus, vice president of student services, says, “Those that tend to go into journalism are going to be a little bit more liberal.” But whether The Battalion is sim ply read or labeled ‘Red,’ the staff writers grin and bear the onslaught of reactions. “We joke about it,” former re porter Kirsten Dietz says. “We call each other ‘Comrade.’ But it hurts when people don’t take the time to understand.” However, some of the newspa per’s readers say the editorials should at least reflect the views of the student body, the majority of which is Republican. Brannon says, “The paper should not be a rubber stamp for the people it serves, but it should be a fair indi cation of the wishes of its people.” Some students call The Battalion disloyal. Some call it heroic. Some call it unfair. Alders says The Battalion owns a monopoly on the printed publica tions market, so the students are ex posed to only one opinion on each is sue. “(The newspaper) has a greater obligation to give more than knee- jerk responses,” he says. Alders says the treatment of Stu dent Government’s election commis sion was “presumptuous and imma ture,” and matters are made worse because “it’s readership is pretty im pressionable.” And whenever matters heated up, this semester’s editorial board dug in deeper, says Dr. Murray Milford, speaker of the Faculty Senate. “Those who have written editori als have tended to be people who use a little greater depth (in researching the topic),” he says. Election Commissioner Laura Madia was criticized in two editorials because of the commission’s policy of not releasing the candidates’ names for Student Government of fices prior to the election. Madia says, “1 think (The Battal ion writers) meant well, but they aren’t there all the time to know what really went on.” The Battalion reporters give little heed to Student Government issues until they come across a morsel of controversy, Jim Collins, election commissioner, adds. Dr. Carolyn Adair, director of the Department of Student Activities, says, “(The Battalion writers) tend to see the ‘newsy’ side rather than cov ering the stories objectively. “They report on one segment and take the the story out of context,” she says, adding that those people who see the reported events firs thand often consider The Battalion’s reporting “very disgusting.” When The Battalion Editorial Board criticized some cadets for pre venting a newspaper photographer from taking pictures of exnausted dropouts of tne “Bloody Cross,” an exercise run, the editorial did not tell the whole story, says Leung. “For people that worked out for (Bloody Cross), it’s not a big deal," Leung says. “It wasn’t forced upon (cadets). There were ways of getting out of it. “It seems like that photographer was gathering information for a story that was going to be anti- Corps.” But The Battalion editors say they challenged the matter only after dig ging deeper into the details of the Bloody Cross, notifying the Corps’ public relations official of the pho tographer’s treatment and inform ing the official that the newspaper expected corrective action to be taken. “We waited for them to respond,” Powe says. “After waiting a week, they hadn’t taken any action.” So, she says, the editors let the of ficial know in advance that an edito rial would be written. Powe says, “We do call people and ‘ 5. I don’t thi talk to both sides. I don’t think there’s anything where we just reac ted without doing research.” The limited space given each edi torial hinders her from writing the supporting facts behind the rea soning of every printed statement, she says. When an editorial is perceived to carry a stigma of anti-Corps or anti- Student Government, many stu dents say they consequently suspect the editorial board of having an anti- everything attitude. “There’s usually resentment within the Corps,” Chuck Rollins, Corps Commander, says. He says many cadets believe that when they accomplish a noteworthy act, it garners brief recognition in the back of the newspaper, but when the Corps step out of line The Bat talion will emblazon the derogatory news on Page 1. But former editor Brigid Brock man says the very nature of news steers away from the norm, and that continually worthwhile deeds are “something that should be expected of society.” Natural gas explosion kills five in Kentucky Associated Press BEAUMONT, Ky. — A natural gas line explosion killed at least five people, gouged a 20-foot-deep crater and flattened six buildings in a tiny community, igniting fires that were visible 20 miles away, authori ties said Sunday. 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