In response to a letter printed on April 2, I was in absolute disgust by the closed-minded remarks made by Jacob Richardson. According to this expert on homosexuality, being gay is a "psychological disease." Where did you conduct all of your extensive psychological research? You suggest that homosexuality is unnatural, wrong and immoral - as if it were actually a choice of lifestyle.
Furthermore, you say you "don't think bashing anyone is funny." What about homosexuals? You state clearly that there is something mentally wrong with them. Is that not a form of bashing? You are correct in saying that "being black and being gay are two totally different things." They are, however, comparable. People who belong to the ethnic minorities and homosexuals both suffer from the same societal oppressions. You relate to the "gay community" more that you may imagine. But, at least you are able to go home to your family who also suffers from the same oppressions, comments, prejudices and jokes that you do, unlike many homosexual men and women.
Do you not believe in equal rights for all people? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is rolling in his grave at this moment. He believed in equal rights that are not to be denied to anyone. Not even those who, in your professional opinion, wish to "satisfy the id of their conscious." In other words, homosexuals should be denied their rights because they desire them solely for sexual fulfillment.
Holly Guynes, Vice President of the
College Democrats at UH
When I first wandered into the Central Campus Computing Site last semester, I didn't know what to expect. Were the students employed there to fill space, or could they be useful? A semester and a half later, I have found that they were not hired to just fill space. Instead, they actually had, and still have, a full working knowledge of the site. If you need help or have a question, they either know the answer or will find somebody who does.
In the disillusioned state of mind that this discovery created, I wandered over to the O'Quinn Law Library on Sunday, April 5 with some classmates to do research for a political science project. We met a friend who, after spending several hours there himself, was leaving with no information and a lot of frustration. By 6 p.m. (four hours later) we knew his frustration.
After explaining in great detail to the "help" what we needed (journal articles referencing Supreme Court cases), we were shown bound volumes of journals and told to start searching. We took him at his word and for hours met with dusty, useless volumes.
I don't expect the computer techs to do my papers, but I do expect the library staff to take a hint from the Computer Site staff. Get a clue.
Deborah Gary, freshman kinesiology/psychology major
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