Monday, January 13, 1997 DIALOGUE: Policies that discriminate, not free speech, threaten libertiesBy Philip Hoskins While certainly empathetic to the pain, humiliation and anger that was a result of the boorish behavior described in "Incident of homophobia …" on Jan.9, Marlon Morales is wrong on one point ­ one’s right to free speech does not end "When your words and actions in a public place become blatantly mean spirited and even hateful." At least according to a long line of court decisions, that right includes rude and boorish behavior, even when mean-spirited and hateful. Read more...

Monday, January 13, 1997 OFFENSE: A free thinker unable to speak freely is nothing but a sycophantBy Jeff Lazarus The right to talk is the right to offend. Read more...

Monday, January 13, 1997 CHALLENGE: Passive passersby constitute source of frustration for targets of homophobic slogansBy Matt Pearson As you were passing along Bruin Walk on Thursday, I’m sure many of you noticed the man in the sweater who was standing on one of the low walls across from Kerckhoff shouting so-called "Christian" slogans and holding up a sign which read (and I’m paraphrasing) "Homos are an abomination," followed by the usual Biblical reference from Leviticus. Read more...

Friday, January 10, 1997 By Stephanie Salter San Francisco Examiner As the years accumulate, I sometimes forget why I turned out the way I did. I mean, for instance, why I became a Democrat instead of a Republican or why I moved to California or never got married or prefer scotch to bourbon. Read more...

Friday, January 10, 1997 STANDARDS: Machistas and Machos are put to the test; find out which one you should be I must preface this by saying that I love men ­ men in the definition that I will describe. Read more...

Friday, January 10, 1997 LANGUAGES: Communication with diverse tongues may result in exclusionBy Scott Sahlman In John Lemke’s article, "Limiting word choice stifles evolution of language," he claims that having a standardized English language, aside from being illogical and inane, is elitist and propagates racism and intolerance. Read more...

Friday, January 10, 1997 EDUCATION: Fickle youth cannot be force-fed works of The BardBy Elizabeth Schuett Cox News Service GIBSONBURG, Ohio — "Shakespeare? Oh, yeah. He’s the funny-looking dude who wrote a bunch of weird stories in a foreign language." So says one of my more voluble freshmen, whose ignorance of a topic (any topic) seldom puts his mouth on hold. Read more...