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Editorial: For Shame

The beauty of the university experience is the open forum for ideas it affords its students. But as the CSUS community discovered yesterday upon finding the Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Sacramento (BGLAS) pro-gay rights messages defaced by an anonymous homophobe, it can double as a forum for prejudice and hatred.

While we support the individual(s)' First Amendment rights to air their opinions in a public forum such as CSUS, their refusal to claim responsibility for their beliefs is an act of cowardice and fear. Why must they hide behind the black curtain of their hatred when they obviously felt strongly enough to make it public?

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Campus Quotes
Who discovered the Americas?

Editorial: Please, Mr. President
An open letter to Dr. Donald R. Gerth, President, California State University, Sacramento.

The Soapbox: Big Brother really is watching us
So there I was, sitting in my seat next to a window, watching the world go by as my Amtrak Capitol train was speeding down the rails on its way back to Sacramento from Monterey. Imagine my surprise when one of the conductors, one Bill Preeze, leaned in from the aisle, and asked me to put my magazine away, because "I don't think it is appropriate." The magazine in question? The latest issue of Playboy.

CSUS gets a B for access
Just how accessible is Sac State to wheelchair students? Over the past several years, there have been a number of construction projects on campus from the Union expansion to Placer Hall to the new entrance to the Guy West Bridge.

Letters to the Editor
The proper place for Mickey

 

 
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