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of 37 do’s and don’ts of
dating, a book entitled
The Rules gives women
advice on how to cap
ture the man of their
dreams.
With a picture of a
diamond engagement
ring on the cover and a
promise inside the
book to win the man of
every girl’s dream, The
Rules presents a list of
... well, rules on how to
look, behave and han-
meself around men.
nd the ultimate goal of following these
i? Let’s just say that those women current-
ithout a sweetheart will soon have a legiti-
reason for picking up a copy of Modern
eat the newsstand.
fcourse, there is no 30-day trial with a
ey-back guarantee. And for those girls
seaim in life is to remain single, this
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litter box.
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lationships, it is ironic that the popularity
lebook lies in its fresh message to
ten: let the man be the initiator.
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ing the first move, saying that they should
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popularity of the
book lies in its
fresh message to
women: let the man
be the initiator.
stick, even when jogging.”
But regardless of little kinks in the au
thors’ theories, one can’t help but see the
truth behind these old-fashioned tidbits of
romantic wisdom.
We live in a time when no one knows who
should make the first move or be the leader
in the relationship. Rather than providing a
woman with the freedom to
express herself in a relation
ship, the feminist-rooted ide
ology of “doing what you feel
like doing” has left her in a
state of confusion over
whether or not she should
make the first move.
It’s refreshing to hear
someone has finally been
brave enough to bring a cer
tain level of standards and
expectations back to dating.
Along with the advice to let men
make the first move, other rules are given
Media’s biased coverage
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to restore some of the mysteriousness and
excitement to a relationship. For example,
women are advised not to open up their
emotions too early to a man and to not see
him more than once or twice a week in the
early stages of the relationship.
To many women this view of romance may
seem frivolous, oppressive or even downright
stupid. Today’s modern women are used to
going after what they want, and getting it.
In the workplace, this attitude is fine. But
when it comes to relationships, we should
recognize that there are natural differences
between men and women that require dis
tinction in their romantic roles.
Although following these 37 commands
word for word may not result in marital bliss,
it would be wise for women and men to make
a return to a more traditional style of dating.
Letting a guy make the first move is not
an attack on the capabilities of each gen
der, but rather an appreciation of how their
differences make them more compatible
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GOD created
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Earth” (GENESIS 1:1).
Blasphemy, you say?
Ah, but the overstrikes
are nothing more than a
graphic representation
of a frightening trend in
our national — and lo
cal — media.
Those censors who
charade as producers,
publishers and editors are
systematically degrading
and erasing God from the evening
news and morning papers.
Unless, of course, it is an at
tack on religion. Then they can’t
stop rolling the film or get to
the press fast enough as religion
is taken hostage.
And the reporters and com
mentators who work for these me
dia moguls are expected to fall into
formation, goose-step and com
promise their principles — and
faith — time and time again.
Don’t believe me? When was the
last time anyone saw a clip or col
umn actually defending religion?
And I’m not talking about any
thing seen on Christian Broadcast
News or read in the Catholic Herald.
Other than this week’s unusual slant
on the Book of Genesis by Time
Magazine, it’s been a while, hasn’t it?
Oh, but the media are supposed
to be unbiased — or at least secu
lar. Well, my friends, I’m here to tell
you, “It ain’t neither!”
If the media were truly unbi
ased, there would be both criti
cism and defense of religion. If
they were secular, neither side
would be given a forum.
To say the least, those in power
have failed miserably at imple
menting and adhering to either
policy of fairness.
Instead, audiences are bom
barded with a blatantly one-sided,
biased attack. Be it Creation, the
Columnist
Michael Heinroth
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prophets, Christ or Mo
hammed, these media
Neros are quick to purge
but not to uphold.
Pope John Paul II de
clared in an Oct. 22 mes
sage that “there is a
temptation to place reli
gion and the Church on
the margins of society.”
And I must say many of
those in the media’s up
per echelons have been
quick to take the fruit
from the serpent.
Ironically, I’ve always found it
to be a much more noble en
deavor to uphold something
held dear than to ignorantly crit
icize and dismiss. And until our
media’s producers, publishers
and editors are convinced of
this, thej faithful must continue
to wait in vigilance.
The wait will be long, though, as
these Pulitzers fear their mediums
will be transformed into a muta
tion of the Catholic Herald by
some religious zealot on their staff.
But I must argue that few, if any,
responsible reporters and colum
nists deviously await the chance to
preach from their allotted space as
if it were a pulpit of conversion.
My friends, the truth is in
escapable. Religion — namely
Christianity — is under attack in
this country. Yesterday, school
prayer was at issue and Protestant
fundamentalists were painted as
dangerous radicals.
Today, the Roman Catholic
Church is depicted as a dinosaur
stumbling into the Paleolithic Era
while modem, secular society bliss
fully evolves to perfection. And to
morrow ... well, God only knows.
But until then, I implore this
newspaper’s readership to sit pas
sively no longer.
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greatest accomplishment was con
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Austin American-States on
lawsuit reform overkill
jexans for Lawsuit Reform, an
ition representing major
orate interests in Texas, has
a firm to discredit public-in-
[stand consumer groups that
lose legislation limiting lawsuits,
ich groups are being target-
lyit’s the powers at Citizen
Ion, Public Citizen, Greenpeace,
[Sierra Club and the Audubon
iety. That isn’t a list likely to
iten the chemical, oil, insurance
other big-business interests
lobby so forcefully in the Texas
iitol. In fact, it is a bit like the
iborhood bully seeking out the
test kids on the block to whip
m just for the heck of it.
iwsuit reform is a legitimate
of interest for both businesses
consumers. But attempting to
the public interest out of the
iussion appears so ruthless it
id backfire.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram on
Social Security
[twas almost overlooked in the
Stement, but there really was a
ible and important issue ad-
sed — sort of — in last week’s
sidential debate,
loth major-party candidates
been using a sort of “Get Out
til Free” card on the subject of
Social Security. They had passed
on it. No one had even claimed
that the other fellow was against
Social Security, because it would
have opened the subject to debate
in an election year.
But a member of the audience
asked a question, and it turned
out that President Clinton and
Republican candidate Bob Dole
are pretty much on the same
page. Clinton pointed out that
Social Security and Medicare are
very different subjects, requiring
different solutions. Then he said
an “adjustment” for Social Securi
ty might best be done by a bipar
tisan commission, as it was in
1983. He even gave Dole credit for
his role on that commission. Dole
appeared to agree, fully support
ing a commission.
It was the only answer either
man could give, because it is obvi
ous real changes are needed to pre
serve Social Security for future gen
erations. After the election, maybe
some ofWashington’s cooler heads
can actually sit down and start talk
ing about giving it longer life.
The Dallas Morn ing News on
U.N. Tribunals:
To a nation of channel surfers,
the atrocities in Rwanda or Bosnia
are unpleasant scenes to be blinked
away with the flick of a remote con
trol. But civilized nations have a
duty to fight war crimes. And so
workers from more than 40 coun
tries are documenting mass graves
and interviewing survivors of sys
tematic rape. These investigators re
port to the United Nations interna
tional crimes tribunals on Rwanda
and the former Yugoslavia.
The tribunals’ most passionate
defender may be Richard Gold-
stone, chief prosecutor for the Bosn
ian tribunal and now leads the
Rwandan panel. Goldstone is a
nondescript man whose careful
sentences belie his intensity.
At a recent speech, he focused
on how international humanitari
an law is meant to protect inno
cent noncombatants during con
flicts. The United Nations tribunals
are meant to enforce the rules of
war. These first-ever U.N. tribunals
have raised hopes for impartial
justice among survivors, he said.
That expectation of justice can
forestall an endless cycle of retri
bution. He argued that U.N. peace
keepers should help locate and ar
rest suspected war criminals.
“Imagine the effect of police
chiefs... saying they weren’t going
to arrest a serial rapist or a mass
murderer. The public wouldn’t
stand for it,” Goldstone said.
He pleaded for Americans to
support the tribunals. The interna
tional community must establish
justice or “the 21st century will be
even bloodier than the one we are
closing now,” he concluded.
The tribunals cannot be
abandoned. They are an imper
fect but noble attempt to con
front incomprehensible evil.
Double standard
applied to Corps
Regarding Brandon Hausen-
fluck’s Oct. 25 article, “Kappa Alpha,
Corps under investigation":
The double-standard held to
ward hazing involving the Corps of
Cadets and Fraternities was shown
again in The Battalion. Kappa Alpha
and the Corps are under investiga
tion for possible hazing incidents.
Instead of looking at the article
which discusses this subject, one
has only to look at two of the other
articles in the Oct. 25 Battalion.
“Chow Down in Duncan” and
“Corps spurs shoes for spirit.”
These articles explain two different
“traditions” that the Corps of
Cadets participate in. One involves
the eating practices at Duncan Din
ing Center. It explains how fresh
man and sophomore cadets are not
allowed to eat until the last ten min
utes of chow time. The other article
explains the tradition of wearing
“fish spurs.” One freshman cadet
explained these traditions, which
might be construed as hazing, by
saying, “...it teaches us respect for
the upperclassmen. They went
through it and now it is our turn.”
Open your eyes. This has been
the argument for hazing practices
for years. It is about time that the
Department of Student Affairs
quit spending all of its time
watching fraternities with a mi
croscope, and begin watching the
Corps of Cadets openly haze on
campus through “good bull tradi
tions” like fish spurs, pulling out,
and running on the Quad.
Jason Husselman
Class of’99
Jury makes correct
decision for Cuellar
Regarding Heather Pace’s Oct.
24 column, “Decision's ramifica
tions go beyond right & wrong”:
There are two issues here.
First, how do we punish drunk
drivers? And second, how do we
use Cuellar’s case to further the
abortion debate?
Regardless of where you stand
on the fetus/human debate,
Cuellar committed a serious
crime. At the least, he inflicted
enough bodily harm on his victim
that she required major surgery, a
Caesarean section. Whether the
prosecutor nailed him with
manslaughter, assault, negligent
injury or whatever, Cuellar de
serves several years in prison.
He should not just be pun
ished by a fine, loss of drivers li
cense and community service.
If anyone doesn’t think a fetus is
human until it is born, fine. Zuniga
was born by C-section and lived
for 43 hours before she died.
Therefore, this child was “hu
man” by whatever standards. The
jury did the right thing.
Pace needs to give it a rest —
this is not the issue that ends the
abortion debate. Cuellar is guilty
of a very serious crime,whatever
it may be. The jury did the right
thing, and in the process cut
through the rhetoric of the great
abortion debate.
Jeff Stewart
Class of’84
Drunk drivers know
the consequences
Regarding Heather Pace’s Oct.
24 column, “Decision’s ramifica
tions go beyond right and wrong”:
Cuellar was not wrongly con
victed according to the Texas Pe
nal Code. Any person who gets
behind the wheel of a car drunk
knows the possible consequences
of this action. If he or she kills
anyone, it is manslaughter.
Whether this is voluntary or
involuntary is arguable, but it is
murder none the less. Pace argues
in her column that according to
Texas law Krystal Zuniga was not
a person (born and alive) and
therefore Cuellar did not commit
the crime of manslaughter.
I was not in the courtroom to hear
what was said,but from what I have
heard, an emergency Caesarean
section was performed and then 43
hours later a nearly two day old
baby girl died of injuries that a
drunk driver inflicted.
This is not the first case of a
drunk driver using a car as his or
her weapon to kill someone. The
point here is that the man was
drunk. Had he been sober and in an
auto accident it would have been
just that, an accident. In this sce
nario, manslaughter would not
have been an issue, but in reality
Cuellar’s negligence makes him a
murderer. The line for when a fetus
becomes a “person” has been
drawn, and in this case, the integrity
of that line has been sustained.
Tim Hofer
Class of’97
Immature column
loses readership
Regarding Aja Henderson’s Oct.
23 column, “Hormonal students
should hide away”:
I’m sure all of the sexually active ’
students aren’t trying to get caught
by their roommates. And then to
jump on the University, saying it’s
their fault because the beds are not
big and fluffy enough? Saying cou
ples are merely napping together,
when all of a sudden they are on top
of each other because the bed is too
small and they can’t stay still be
cause the bed is uncomfortable, is
just her way of trying to be humor
ous. Her views are too juvenile for
me to read her columns anymore.
Chris Green
Class of ’00
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