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      To
      the
      Editor...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Well
      to
      be
      sure
      I
      am
      appalled
      but
      no
      less
      surprised
     
     
      that
      this
      newspaper
      is
      going
      down
      the
      toilet
      again.
     
    

    
     
      As
      someone
      said
      to
      me
      in
      the
      PIT
      the
      other
      day,
      “‘IfI
     
     
      write
      a
      white
      supremecist
      column,
      will
      they
      print
      it?’’
     
     
      To
      think
      we
      have
      sunk
      so
      low
      that
      instead
      of
      printing
     
     
      bad
      taste
      comics
      as
      in
      year’s
      past
      we
      continue
      with
     
     
      ‘*intellectual’’
      diatribe
      that
      is
      alarming.
      The
      under-
     
     
      current
      that
      is
      on
      this
      campus
      leaves
      a
      potential
      for
     
     
      violence
      and
      that
      is
      scary!
      Columns
      such
      as
      Backlash
     
     
      promote
      negative
      attitudes
      and
      since
      we
      have
      assas-
     
     
      sins
      such
      as
      happened
      in
      Montreal,
      these
      columns
     
     
      also
      serve
      to
      support
      people
      like
      these
      who
      think
      they
     
     
      should
      go
      out
      and
      act
      to
      solve
      the
      problems
      of
     
     
      scolety.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Now
      many
      of
      you
      out
      there
      know
      me
      and
      it
      takes
      a
     
     
      fair
      bit
      to
      frighten
      me
      or
      even
      make
      me
      stand
      back
     
     
      and
      think
      twice.
      I
      just
      boldly
      go
      where
      no
      ‘“‘person’”’
     
     
      has
      gone
      before
      and
      ask
      questions
      later.
      Lately
     
     
      though
      Iam
      worried
      as
      I
      sense
      a
      systematic
      move
      to
     
     
      instill
      a
      nasty
      environment
      on
      this
      campus
      for
      future
     
     
      generations
      of
      people
      taking
      classes.
      Now
      I
      do
      not
     
     
      mean
      just
      ordinary
      classes,
      Iamreferring
      to
      the:
     
     
      classes
      in
      the
      new
      Women’s
      Studies
      Minor.
      Should
     
     
      this
      campaign
      continue,
      will
      students
      be
      too
      fright-
     
     
      ened
      to
      register
      in
      these
      classes?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Okay,
      some
      of
      you
      are
      now
      thinking,
      well
      this
      womyn
     
     
      has
      gone
      totally
      off
      the
      edge
      and
      to
      the
      extreme.
      No,
     
     
      I
      think
      not
      for
      what
      this
      newspaper
      is
      promoting,
      by
     
     
      printing
      this
      stuff,
      is
      homophobia
      and
      racism,
      plain
     
     
      and
      simple.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      is
      okay
      to
      have
      a
      difference
      of
      opinion,
      and
      it
      is
     
     
      definitely
      okay
      to
      voice
      it.
      What
      Iam
      angry
      about
      is
     
     
      the
      low,
      under-handed
      way
      you
      jab
      and
      poke
      with
     
     
      your
      so-called
      well-documented
      essays
      in
      Backlash.
     
     
      The
      title
      alone
      on
      these
      pages
      immediately
      lets
      the
     
     
      reader
      know
      just
      what
      you
      are
      up
      to.
      Unfortunately,
     
     
      or
      fortunately
      as
      the
      the
      case
      may
      be,
      men
      on
      this
     
     
      campus
      are
      embarassed
      about
      what
      appears
      in
      this
     
     
      column.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      [am
      not
      against
      well-researched
      and
      well-documented
     
     
      articles.
      lamalso
      not
      against
      a
      good
      controversy.
     
     
      What
      I
      do
      resent
      and
      vehemently
      protest
      is
      the
      sys-
     
     
      tematic
      bashing
      ofwomyn.
      Nevermindspecific
      —
     
     
      policies
      or
      feminists.
      The
      plain
      and
      simple
      truth
      of
     
     
      the
      matter
      fellas,
      is
      you
      are
      deliberately
      choosing
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      X-P
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      February
      20,
      1992
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ;
      ;
      ee
      4
     
     
      hit
      where
      hitting
      is
      not
      part
      of
      the
      rules.
      ENOUGH!
     
     
      If
      you
      can
      not
      use
      the
      education
      you
      have
      acquired
      to
     
     
      this
      pointin
      your
      lives
      in
      a
      decent
      way
      that
      benefits
     
     
      the
      whole
      of
      society
      then
      get
      off
      the
      soap
      box.
      As
      my
     
     
      mother
      used
      to
      say,
      ‘“If
      youcan
      not
      say
      something
     
     
      nice,
      then
      don’t
      say
      anything
      atall.’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      As
      to
      the
      rest
      of
      this
      campus
      that
      reads
      this
      stuff,
      if
     
     
      you
      dislike
      what
      is
      happening
      get
      off
      your
      ass
      and
      say
     
     
      something!
      This
      is
      your
      newspaper
      and
      it
      is
      only
      as
     
     
      good
      as
      those
      who
      contribute
      to
      it.
      There
      are
      some
     
     
      great
      articles
      about,
      for
      and
      by
      men
      that
      are
      out
      there
     
     
      waiting
      to
      be
      written.
      I
      know,
      you’re
      too
      busy.
     
     
      Garbage,
      if
      I
      have
      time
      to
      write
      you
      sure
      do!
      I
      con-
     
     
      gratulate
      those
      of
      you
      have
      taken
      the
      time
      to
      comment
     
     
      and
      I
      encourage
      you
      to
      continue.
      This
      is
      yourcam-
     
     
      pus,
      your
      education,
      do
      something
      about
      it!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Very
      sincerely
      and
      with
      a
      great
      deal
      of
      thought,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dawn
      Ambler
      ‘‘Kate’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      P.S.
      Since
      the
      Guardian
      has
      instated
      a
      policy
      of
      not
     
     
      using
      pen
      names
      in
      their
      editorial
      letters
      I
      think
      the
     
     
      X-Press
      should
      do
      likewise.
      If
      you
      have
      something
      to
     
     
      say
      and
      you
      believe
      in
      it
      -SIGN
      IT!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Editor:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      was
      in
      attendance
      last
      Friday
      for
      the
      speeches
      and
     
     
      question
      periods
      for
      prospective
      deans
      for
      the
      faculty
     
     
      of
      arts.
      The
      last
      speaker,
      Andy
      Robb,
      seemed
      to
      be
     
     
      quite
      high
      ona
      programme
      referred
      to
      as
      “‘Employ-
     
     
      ment
      Equity.’’
      Forreasons
      that
      won’t
      be
      addressed
     
     
      here,
      the
      question
      period
      came
      to
      an
      unceremonious
     
     
      end.
      Thus
      I
      would
      like
      to
      present
      some
      questions
      that
     
     
      Professor
      Andy
      Robb
      never
      got
      the
      pleasure
      of
      ad-
     
     
      dressing:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      a
      hypothetical
      situation
      where
      the
      next
      few
      years
     
     
      has
      hiring
      pools
      of,
      say,
      30%
      women
      and
      70%
      men,
     
     
      does
      this
      mean
      that
      under
      what
      you
      consider
      *‘Em-
     
     
      ployment
      Equity’’
      (and
      working
      on
      the
      widely
      accept-
     
     
      able
      assumption
      that
      men
      and
      women
      are
      equal)
      that
     
     
      30%
      of
      the
      positions
      that
      are
      going
      to
      be
      filled
      will
      be
     
     
      by
      women?
      And
      if
      itis
      more
      than
      30%
      women,
      how
      ~
     
     
      do
      you
      justify
      this
      as
      not
      providing
      an
      ‘‘institutional-—
     
     
      ised’’
      barrier
      for
      individual
      males?
      What
      exactly
      is
     
     
      meant
      by
      ‘‘equity’’
      within
      the
      context
      of
      ‘**Employ-
     
     
      ment
      Equity’’?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Peter
      Hanus