Wednesday, September 2G, 1984
Dally Ncbraskan
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Letters
Vverweightfemale ' actually ice cream cone
In reference to a letter to the
Daily Ncbraskan (Pgo 5, Sept.
25, "Student says insensitivity,
ignorance pervade campus life"),
we would like to add the following
rebuttal.
We would like to inform the
public that the picture in our
window of Schramm Hall, which
was deemed insensitive, is in fact
not so.
The image consists of a "Ghost
busters" sign with a large ice
cream cone in the center, not a
"crude rendering of an overweight
female." The caption under the
sign is a semi-popular song by the
California-based band the Sex
Punks, titled "No Fat Chicks."The
sign is meant to be humorous,
because many of our women
friends will get an ice cream cone
after dinner, then later complain
that they need to lose weight.
We did not appreciate getting
slammed in public and I'm sure
the person in Harper that has a
sign up in his window didn't
appreciate it either. His sign says
"Where's the Pork?" and it i3 part
In response to Gina Gror.e's
letter (Page 5, Sept. 25) about
insensitivity and ignorance, I
wonder how much she weighs. It
appears that she is confused
about insensitivity. The article
about insensitivity to Indians
dealt with people's various cul
tures and lifestyles.
Does she consider being obese
an ethnic culture? Obesity af fects
all races, sexes and different
nationalities. In some countries it
is considered healthy to have
excess weight. The latter proves
that a person comes from a fam
ily that can afford good food.
However, in the United States
obesity is a gross eyesore that
affects at least 50 percent (if not
more) of our population! Being
fat is not just unhealthy, but it
represents weak character, no
will power and little self esteem.
The people who exercise, diet
and limit their indulgences do so
because they care about their
bodies. These same people realize
that they are damned lucky for
having a well-functioning body. It
is the people who are obese and
who indulge that take for granted
not being handicapped in any
manner.
Only when it is too late will
these same people wish, "Oh, if I
hadn't been so lazy!" Granted, the
style in which some students ex
press their prejudices toward un
attractiveness is crass, but these
same students have the right to
live in a healthy environment.
Without the use of such blatant
signs, the message of truth doesn't
penetrate those who should heed
good advice.
Grone may protest, "Beauty is
in the eye of the beholder."That is
true, for we cannot help the way
we were born. However, if Grone
were to reread the last sentence
of her letter, "The only way things
can change is if people change,"
she might realize that the ignor
ance lies in the obese people.
They have the capability to re
ward themselves by changing un
healthy habits and for once en
joying and new and better life
style. Juliette Miles
junior
history
Blindfederation criticized by former student
Lets "get-acquainted" over the
problems of being a BLIND STU
DENT." This seems to be the mes
sage in the announcement enti
tled "Get acquainted session set
for blind students" appearing on
Page 7 of the Sept. 17, 1934, Daily
NebrasKan, -
I may be somewhat of an opti
mist by experience, having com
pleted both my undergraduate
and graduate degr ees visually im
paired with relative normality and
little or no maladjustment, but I
have a difficult time seeing an
organization such as the National
Federation of the Blind supplying
a service to "blind students" by
gathering and pessimistically dis
cussing past problems and calling
it a "get-acquainted session."
Then again it is difficult to
recognize NFB as an organization
"formed to help secure equal op-
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portunity for blind and visually
impaired" individuals when it stig
matizes and overemphasizes the
"blind" in blindness with practices
such as the overuse of the white
cane, while opposing textured
strips at the edge of BART (Bay
Area Rapid Transit) platforms
where 13 visually impaired individ
uals fell off platforms between
January. 1980 and September
1983. NFB says the strips would
single out the blind as a "subclass
of less capable Americans," the
edge protection "signifies the in
competence of the blind."
If these edge strips are so stig
matizing, what does the overuse
of the white cane by those who
could possibly do without cane
travel, or the sleep shade during
the mobility training process, do
for the image and status of the
visually impaired.
Mark A. Demuth
Lincoln
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Continued from Pstge 4
IS: She can't. She's in a camp
for marrying and consorting with
a homosexual. Guilty. NEXT.
(Suspect 3 steps forward.)
IS: Occupation?
3: Cosmetologist
IS: Guilty. NEXT...
(Suspect 4 steps forward.)
IS: Occupation?
f4: Lumberjack.
IS: Hmmm. Have you even known
a homosexual?
4: Nope.
IS: Hmmm. Have you ever known
anyone who has, or did have,
AIDS?
4: Nope.
IS: Hmmm. What's your favorite
food?
4: Beer and raw hamburger.
IS: Kmmmm. (confers with fel
low Inquisitors, then hands 4 a
piece of paper) Read this.
4: (reading) She sells thcathelli..
Shethells...
IS: (triumphantly) Guilty! NEXT
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. Midwestia. Convicted homosex
uals are transported in railroad
cars to a camp, formerly a drive
In movie theatre. Convicts sit
chained to poles with speakers
blasting the King's New Order of
Midwestia History:
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the Scots who were a bunch of
homos who wore skirts..."
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WEEKLY SPECIALS
of an on-going battle with some
girls In Schramm.
Yes, we ere teasing a little, but
it was not meant to offend any
one, especially someone we don't
even know. If anybody was of
fended, please accept our apol
ogy. Dan Divingnzzo
junior
engineering
Rob Poggenpohl
sophomore
business administration
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