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This is a letter to both the Bat
talion and John T. Baker con
cerning his letter directed at
Patrick Smiley. According to The
American Heritage Dictionary of
the English language, blasphemy
is defined as “any contemptuous
or profane act, utterance, or
writing concerning God.” And
“to blaspheme” is defined as “to
speak of (God or something sa
cred) in an irreverent or impious
manner.” Baker speaks of Smiley
blaspheming bonfire by saying,
“blaspheming various aspects of
tradition that promote Aggie
Spirit.” The Bonfire has nothing
to do with God since the last
time I checked, and the only
things sacred in this world have
something to do with God. So
Smiley did not “blaspheme” any
thing, and Baker reflects on his
lack of intelligence by overusing
the Microsoft Word thesaurus.
want to pursue studies in diverse
fields other than the traditional
curricula of engineering, sci
ences and business.
Science is indeed necessary
and useful to the world’s
progress and development, but
art should not be cast aside as a
second priority. After all, can
you imagine a world without
music, without movies or with
out books?
Texas A&M should not only seek
to produce and chum out clones of
engineers and scientists but should
also aim to nurture and develop the
creative spirit to those who want to
do so at A&M.
our duty to provide for the wel
fare and benefit of illegal immi
grants. I have a hard enough
time trying to support myself
without being taxed into obliv
ion so illegal aliens can get
handouts.
I also seriously question Hen
derson’s attack on the American
farmer. She seems to think all
farmers have a hundred "wet
backs” working their fields. She
thinks there are not an abun
dance of farmers. Well, she
might want to check with the
government to find out the
quantity of land in GRP pro
grams. Even with all this land
not in use we still manage to re
main the world leaders in agri
cultural production.
She must not know about
these facts, or maybe she simply
chooses to ignore them. I sin
cerely hope the general public
has a better grasp of the facts
and sees that actions must be
taken against illegal immigrants.
they will continue thatwayfoi
years to come.
So, I have to ask myself,wt]
does Henderson insist on cell
brating a relatively unimpoi
landmark? To answer this qiiB
tion, one must look at Ht
son’s previous columns.
Thus far, Henderson's
columns have all hadacoi
thread linking them:
Why was Tupac Shakur
dered? White people, sheclaii
were afraid of him.
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nil ^ f§
Joshua Shields
Class of‘00
Julian Macauley
Graduate student
Immigration bill
comes down hard
Henderson depicts
nonexistant issue
Randall Smith
Class of’96
Students demand
improved fine arts
Regarding Jon Apgar’s October
8 column, "Sounding off for art":
It is amazing to me that a uni
versity of such high reputation
as Texas A&M still does not have
a liberal arts program that is
comparable to other major state
universities such as the Univer
sity of Texas, Ohio State and
UNC-Chapel Hill.
The absence of a film school
and other diverse liberal arts
curricula here is lamentable.
This University should strive to
be inclusive of students who
Regarding Aja Henderson’s Oct.
2 column, "Never deny education":
I am appalled by the recent
column on education for illegal
immigrants by a so-called “jour
nalist” for The Battalion. lam
truly insulted by her opinion
that I, an American, an Aggie,
am an ignoramus.
Henderson calls me an igno
ramus because I believe in a
government that is tough on il
legal immigration. The recently
passed bill in the House of Rep
resentatives is one of many
steps that must be taken against
illegal immigrants.
For programs like these to
work to their potential, America
must also actively deport
known illegal immigrants.
Without actions like this, no
amount of bills and laws will
prove beneficial.
As America prepares to head
into the 21st century, it is not
Regarding Aja Henderson's
Oct. 9 column, "Females Win Bat
tle of Sexes at A&M":
To a person who lives in com
plete ignorance of the things
that go on at Texas A&M, Hen
derson’s column would suggest
that males rule this campus with
an iron fist.
Either someone is trying to
initiate an on-campus gender
war, or someone isn’t in touch
with reality. To suggest that men
have any problem whatsoever
with being outnumbered is
ridiculous.
Ask any male freshman if he
minds being in the minority.
Most of them will respond with
something along the lines of, “Of
course not! Hell, it improves my
odds of finding a date to Yell
Practice!"
There is no such thing as the
“Battle of the Sexes.” Men and
women have happily coexisted
on this campus (and the rest of
the world, as well) for years, and
Why is it so importantlhail Bonfire leade
male freshmen outnumbermi ^ against Texs
freshmen? She tells us that mi l0 arrive at cut s
don’t want to be inclusive tom |up trucks,
women at this university. Although anyc
Whether it’s white people, jy legally ride
males, corporate CEOsorlk iy 0 ne arriving
Corps of Cadets, everythinji e bed of a true
is wrong with the worldcanlr | e ave.
blamed on someone or some jq-. Hopkins ,
organization. senior agricu’l
Not her. 1 hem. En t major, sa i c
You will never see Hendeist on jtor the veh
stand up in the middleofSbis (Heaving cut si
and shout at the topsofhet ‘ifyou show u
lungs: “1 am guilty ofstereopii e b a ck of a vel
ing all males as ignorant,in- g to ask yoit
sensitive, brutish swine,anii ipkinssaid.
that 1 am wrong!” ‘We’re educatin
She creates the imagethat ,to them the in
women are actually taking on iyriding in the
the school (which they're::
and that it is a great tliingfoi
everyone involved (whichit
wouldn’t be).
In actuality, no singlegei
dominates Texas A&M.
Males and females are t
equally here, in an environ!
of mutual respect.
By Eric
The Bat
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