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Opinion Meter
A wrap-up of the week’s ups and downs
Tate Plaza Abortion Display
They just keep coming. On
Wednesday, the Center for Bio-Ethical
Reform, a national pro-life organiza
tion, posted their pictures of genocide
victims and aborted fetuses in Tate ggSk
Plaza. And the editorial board is not
happy. Whether you are pro-life or pro
choice, this is despicable. Comparing f
victims of the Holocaust to aborted
fetuses is simply insulting. This poor
excuse for an organization proves
shock value trumps compassion.
Some advice: scaring and alienating
students does not further the pro-life
cause.
Veteran’s Day
Veteran’s Day is the time for students
everywhere to sit down and remem
ber the sacrifices soldiers made for us. a
Soldiers set aside their college years . gffci
and families to serve this country in fgHHK
war and peace. There aren’t many
heroes in this day and age, but this
day celebrates the real ones.
WNEG: A bottomless pit?
E. Culpepper “Cully” Clark, the dean
of the Grady College of Journalism
and Mass Communication, said
Thursday there is no set date or dol
lar amount until the college will walk §||H|
away from the WNEG “investment.”
While we understand it can take years
for anew acquisition to turn a profit,
the students deserve to know just how
much money wifi be “invested” until
the college says “no more.”
Nice People
Some people are nice. The editorial
board is happy to see students help to J
make a sincere difference in Malawi.
We’re excited to see a Christian stu
dent group and an Atheist student
group team up to make the commu
nity a better place. Your efforts make
this University proud.
Daniel Burnett and Courtney
Holbrook for the editorial board
Quote of the week: “Once we got to Vietnam,
[the pilot] said, ‘Look out of the window,’... All
I could see were bomb craters. I knew I was in
the wrong place.”
—from James Home, Vietnam veteran, in
“Selfless sacrifice: University veterans reflect
on transition from school to military,” Nov. 11
Mailbox
E-mail and letters from our readers
Abortion display offensive
I don’t know what these
protesters were trying to
achieve this week. I don’t
know if they understand
that no side of the debate
wants abortions, but it
seemed that way to me
after discussing it with
one of them.
It boUed down to how
this country needs to pre
vent this from happening.
While I argued for better
sexual education in middle
schools and high schools
and better alternatives to
abortion (letting gays
adopt for one), the man I
spoke to preached absti
nence-oniy education.
Clearly this is a prob
lem. I know the pro-life
people are trying to
spread their cause, but
they have to realize that
things like this in Tate do
nothing but cause divide.
DAVID HUTTMAN
Sophomore, Atlanta
Business
If anyone has been by
Tate Plaza over the past
couple of days, then you
are sure to have seen it.
Radical pro-life groups
come to college campuses
and display their graphic
images fairly often, but
this year it seems to be a
bit different.
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This year the argument
was that abortion in
America is genocide, and
further according to mem
bers of the group sponsor
ing the event, thnt
“Planned Parenthood is an
attempt to eradicate black
people.”
This is probably the
most offensive display of
freedom of speech that I
have observed in my life,
not because of my views
on abortion, but because
their argument was
extremely disrespectful.
And my feelings were
not alone, as other stu
dents voiced their opposi
tions to the group, point
ing out that the group’s
definition of genocide
(which their argument
relied on) was nowhere to
be found in the academic
or scholarly sources.
Groups like this do no
good for anyone; ultimate
ly all they present are
shocking images, lies in
the form of manipulated
facts and an overall lack of
logic that angers and
hurts many and changes
few people’s minds on the
sensitive issue that they
approach.
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Winter season can hurt your libido
Bnr.
As the frost collects on
our windshields each morn
ing, the freezing temperatures also
reach our bedrooms.
It seems ironic that our sex
drives dwindle in the winter since
romantic pasta dinners and fluffy
quilts for cuddling come with the
icy weather.
Yet, these factors are the cause
for our libido loss.
Your metabolism slows in the
winter and you generally ingest
more carbohydrates, leaving you
lethargic and lazy.
Who wants to jog in the bitter
mornings? Not me, or the other 30
percent of people who don't work
out at all during the winter, accord
ing to “Hot Winter Workouts” on
www.sparkpeople.com.
Decreasing your workouts
reduces your desire for carnal calis
thenics as welL
If you retain your regular rou
tine, you probably move it into
Ramsey, escaping the vitamin D
obtained from the sun.
When your sunlight exposure
Freedom of speech prevails
Oh boy, here we go
again.
Those crazy
pro-life folks are out there
on Tate Plaza, bothering
poor, innocent students
who just want to eat their
Chick-fil-A in peace and
not have to worry their
little heads about what a
group of dedicated people
considers to be abomina
ble genocide.
For as long as I’ve
attended the University,
I’ve been treated to the
sight of blown-up aborted
fetuses and dead babies
on the plaza.
Infallibly, The Red &
Black’s next day opinions
page is ftill of impas
sioned letters expressing
disgust and condemna
tion of the display.
In fact, as I write this
column, our poor opin
ions editor is probably
sifting through a thick
e-mail folder of such let
ters, trying to find the
most interesting and
coherent ones.
I’m not envious of the
task.
Instead, I’m going to
take the opportunity to
remind everyone how
great our country is.
The images displayed
are provocative and dis
turbing. In most other
countries in the world.
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Mark
Miller
there’s no way this thing
would fly.
Which, really, is too
bad.
Abortion is a legiti
mate cause for concern
for a large amount of peo
ple. You might not agree
with them, and that’s
your right.
But suspend your dis
belief and consider, just
for a second, that they’re
right.
What if abortion really
were today’s genocide?
I hope to God they’re
wrong, but in the mean
time, there’s no way we’ll
reach an agreement on
this topic.
This kind of talk might
be disturbing, but we’re
ter better off with it than
without it.
In places where free
speech, however offen
sive, is not protected,
social progress is slow
and tempers are much
more likely to Dare on
divisive issues like this.
The organization’s
extreme tactics may be
questionable, but in a
world where “out of sight,
Our Staff
JtJk Samantha
Shelton
drops, serotonin —a chemical In
the brain that fires your sex drive
also diminishes, leaving you
more interested in stationary hori
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Seasonal Affective Disorder;
SAD, is depression that accompa
nies seasonal changes and uses
light therapy for treatment,
according to the National Alliance
on Mental Alness’ website.
Hitting the tanning bed in
healthy doses while using protec
tion (lotion, not latex) once or
twice a week would fulfill your vita
min D deficiency during the sea
sonal chill while heating up your
sex drive. •
“Exposure to lamps that emit
UVB radiation 1s an excellent
source for producing vitamin D3 in
the skin,” said Michael Holick.
Ph.D., M.D., Professor of Medicine,
out of mind” is far too
often a hindrance to
progress on important
issues, it’s probably one
of the only effective meth
ods to get people think
ing about the issue.
Need proof? Read the
letters on the page.
Clearly, the demonstra
tion has gotten people
thinking about the cause
it champions. Even if
viewers don’t agree with
them, it makes our soci
ety stronger if we’re con
stantly talking about
important problems.
Yes, the display might
show extreme cases, and
yes, it probably won’t
change many people’s
minds one way or the
other But we’re all better
for being forced to formu-,
late an opinion and be
able to defend it.
If a few pictures are
enough to shake the way
of thinking you're com
fortable with, then per
haps you should recon
sider your mind-set.
What makes this possi
ble? A little thing called
the First Amendment of
the Constitution of the
United States. Man, I love
that thing.
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might not have noticed
while distracted by the
bloody pictures, but the
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For students against artificial
tanning or with sensitive skin, it’s
still possible to gain enough sun
exposure during the winter to
boost vitamin D levels.
“Exposing your arms and face to
sunshine for about 20 minutes per
day provides the enough UVB rays
and vitamin D,” according to “Are
tanning beds a safe source of vita
min D?” on womentowomen.com.
Removing your jacket during
your transition between classes on
a sunny day will boost your sero
tonin and save you money.
While biological and psychologi
cal factors during the winter may
decrease your drive for sexual sled
ding, these upcoming months pres
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setting the mood.
It’s mind over meteorology.
Samantha Shelton is a senior
from Auburn majoring
in newspapers
in Tate Plaza
display also included a
“Free Speech Board”
where viewers could leave
their comments, praise
and criticism for it.
I also noted that, while
the operators of the dis
play undoubtedly feel
passionately about their
cause, their passion
didn’t translate into a lot
of aggression or vicious
ness on their parts.
This is a refreshing
change from certain other
Tate Plaza regulars who
come with fire and brim
stone in their hearts and
produce little opportunity
for intelligent discussion.
Although I don’t nec
essarily support the anti
abortion agenda the orga
nization supports, I really
appreciate the amount of
dialogue and thought
provoked on both sides of
the issue, despite the
unsavory way they do it.
Instead of being
offended, use this as an
opportunity to get edu
cated, find what moti
vates proponents of both
sides of the problem and
make sure you’re on the
right side.
Mark Miller is a
senior from QriJJln
majoring In
publication
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