UPD portrays disrespect
Who gives the right to the UPD to be excessive, rude and unprofessional? Most of us at this college are training to be respectful professionals and shouldn’t the realm of professionalism and respect also fall on the members of the SDSU parking enforcement?
I have a great respect for those who answer the call to protect and serve. I’ll even admit that even through my stack of parking tickets I even have respect for the parking patrol who brave the wind, cold, insults and whatever else to find our cars and issue excessive tickets to broke college students. Yes, I have respect for the brave men and women who dare to put $10, $20, $30 and $50 parking tickets on our cars when if they were in our position they would have done the same thing. I even have an ounce of respect for them when I watch cars get towed away that end up costing a flat broke student money they didn’t have. I myself will always stand up and take the blame and pay the (excessive) fine when I am in the wrong.
Now let me tell you what I do not have respect for.
I do not have respect for a person who hides behind a badge and believes that they do not have to treat a student with the same amount of professionalism and respect as they would ask of me.
A few nights ago that happened to me when I was dropping my girlfriend off at her campus apartment. I was dropping her off at the door, and I admit my car was sitting in the yellow, but I was in the driver’s seat and the car was running. My girlfriend was gathering her stuff and we were only there but a few seconds, when my car was approached my THREE passing parking patrolmen and that’s when the rudeness and unprofessionalism started.
The officer was very rude in telling me that just because he was a nice guy, he was not going to give me the $30 ticket that he wanted to give me. A few more words and insults were thrown at me and I proceeded to tell my girlfriend that I loved her and left. I was probably in the yellow 2 minutes longer than the 10 seconds that I had planned on being there if I had not been confronted by the “super-troopers.”
On my way home I asked myself a few questions.
-Were they being rude or macho? Is it possible that they were being macho to embarrass a man in front of his girlfriend?
-Was I really parked? Well, with me in the driver’s seat, my foot on the brake and my car in reverse, that is debatable.
-Why do they think they have the right to be so rude when a simple comment would have saved me the anger and him the breath?
-And last, was this officer training new recruits? I sure hope not, or this campus will still be stuck in the rut of rude and unprofessional officers.
Keith Holt
Nursing Major
Other reasons to worry
Dear Alec Strenge
Don’t fear, I have four children and two of them are girls.
It’s okay for girls to have shiny panties and play dress-up. It’s okay for little girls to wear make-up because what you didn’t see was in two weeks mom wiping the kiddy make-up off of the floor, the dog, and the Barbies.
You don’t need to worry too much about the two Ken dolls. The boy Barbies just get thrown under the bed after the Barbie wedding because girls in our society are not accustomed to men playing a big role in family life as they are absent most of the time, and being late on child support is nothing new. It’s okay for girls to grow up and be sexually aware human beings who are not ashamed or unaware of their sexuality.
What you should be concerned about is misleading news stories about how women have power in South Dakota, and in the same paper there are stories about religious groups trying to deny women insurance coverage for birth control. So women who are told they can grow up to be anything as a child, grow up to realize that anything doesn’t include being well -informed, sexually-aware citizens with the right to have sex without the intention of making an unwanted baby or the right to plan a family.
What you should worry about is raising your future sons to be responsible boyfriends, husbands and fathers who are not absent or man-whores and respect a woman’s right to birth control and her innate equality. Then little girls won’t have to grow up so fast.
Ivy Shwartz
Political Science Major
Long live Napolean
Last week’s issue of the Collegian featured a picture of a very real, very good Napolean Dynomite impersonator. The caption read, “The Napolean craze is getting old. Time to give it up folks.” We, the girls of the softball house, and many others tend to disagree. Napolean is not dead, nor is he in anyway getting old.
The movie Napolean Dynomite, or N.D. as we will call it, is probably the best that we know of, (like anyone could ever know that). We even started to drink 1% milk, not because we think we are fat, because we could drink whole milk if we wanted to. We drink it because we like it when cows get into onion patches.
N.D. is a movie all about having skills, like numb-chuck skills, bow-hunting skills, computer hacking skills. Hey, girls like guys with skills. We also like guys that can take their bikes off sweet jumps. We even like boys that can pull us into town. N.D. even has ideas on how to impress the opposite sex. You could build them a cake or something, or how about catching them a delicious bass. If you really wanted to impress them you could make them a dang quesa-”dill”-a.
Sure, we watched N.D. every night for like a week straight, but we had to have something to do while we were training to be cage fighters. Would you want a roundhouse to the face with us wearing these bad boys?
So to all of you N.D. haters out there – quit being freakin’ idiots and decroaded pieces of crap. Grandma just called and says go home because you are ruining all of our lives and eating all of our steaks. Napolean Dynomite will rule forever, don’t forget there’s more where that came from. Your mom goes to college. Vote for Pedro.
The Softball House
Amy Wittgensteis, Jordan Bottorff, Lindsay Reiter and Ali Adair
Article states steorotypes of fraternities
I am writing on behalf of the Panhellenic Council in regard to the February 2 article entitled “Local fraternity is ‘professional’.” There were a few misconceptions that I would like to clarify.
The national charter of Sigma Alpha states that the sorority “was founded by five women who were seeking for an alternative to the social Greek sorority system.” This statement indicates that the Omega chapter of Sigma Alpha cannot become part of the Greek Community. As for Ms. Kopriva’s statement “there is ‘no alcohol at our events’” implies that the Greek chapters are allowed to have alcohol. This is a misconception. All of our women’s, and some men’s, chapters are dry. This law is made by the national by-laws and is overseen by the national governing board.
The Greek Community “promotes community service, scholastic excellence, and philanthropic endeavors, as well as opportunities for leadership development.” Just because we are labeled a ‘social fraternity’ does not mean all we do is get together and have wild parties. The chapters spend a great deal of time on philanthropic events that include: CMN Dance Marathon, highway clean-up, Make-a-Wish Foundation, and wearing red pins to support the fight against women’s heart disease.
Samantha Pauley
Panhellenic President/Greek Council Vice President
Rice qualified for secretary position
I am a steady reader of the Collegian newspaper and find it interesting and informative. Although I am not affiliated with the university but support their programs and their prestigious contribution to the Brookings community.
The editorial section is always of interest to me and the recent comments from the From the Left to Right column concerning the appointment of Condoleezza Rice by President Bush to the position of Secretary of State caught my eye.
Both writers have good opinions. However, the statement by Tony Venhuizen seemed very much in line with my own thinking. She is a highly intelligent individual, well qualified in foreign policy affairs and will be a strong voice for the freedom-loving people, not only in the United States but for the all nations of the world.
I also watched her composure and demeanor at the marathon 10-hour confirmation hearing by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, with repeated questions by certain members. Her forthright answers to questions that were obviously intended to confuse her and inject a strong partisan bias were remarkable. I was truly proud of her, proud of her that day.
I might add that I can readily see why Mr. Venhuizen is a student representative with the South Dakota Board of Regents.
Elmer (Bud) Weisser
Brookings
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