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Friday, October 4,1996 nRaff Serving USl Stephanie Sonnenfe Chris Dixon, Vi Edttorii Angie Campbell, Martha Hotop, Achi Adam Snyder, Jennifer Stanley, < I 0 P I N ? Student senat important pari Last week, Senator Bryan Mene?s Pay att, proposed a J .. senator perks t0 cancllc bill, one which, student sen as he said, spring ei would put student senators on a god like level. This is a flawed piece of legislation that, if passed, would be very questionable on the part of student senate. This week he has been elected a president pro tempore of the senate. He was the most qualified person running for the position, but these events in the past two weeks have posed some interesting questions. K What is Menees trying to do? One could say that, with the perks bill and his subsequent election to president pro tempore, it could be an obvious power grab. Menees is getting power from being pro temp, and his perks bill gives him and other senators more power. With his new position, he would have more power and influence to get it passed. But Menees is a senior who will be graduating in the spring, and this perks bill will, if it is passed, probably not take effect until next year. So maybe he does believe it will make the Student Senate more powerful, not just him. We are not Senator Menees, thus we can never really know 'Medical Mar does not dete On Nov. 5, Califomians will IHHhmb have the opportunity to "The ft voteon"The IVIarijuanc Medical needs pn Marijuana curtail Initiative, a proposition that would allow sick people, and their primary caregivers, to grow and possess marijuana for medical use, with a doctor's recommendation. Those in favor of the proposition say marijuana eases the pain in AIDS patients, reduces nausea in cancer patients going through chemotherapy and lowers eye pressure in people with glaucoma Opponents of the proposition say the Food and Drug Administration has not approvec marijuana for medical use, anc the proposition would protect drug growers and dealers fron prosecution. A poll in the Los Angeles Time* showed California voters were ii favor of the initiative 53 to 3! percent. I "XBatcock; Stephanie Angie Sonnenfeld Campbell Editor in Chief Lisa Chris Dixon Noworatzky Viewpoints Editor 0 ,, .. _z u . Sara Svedberg Martha Hotop Copy ^ Adam Snyder Robert Waltor News Editors Photo Editor Jennifer Stanley Brian Rish Features Editor Graphics Editor Achim Hunt Jason Jefrers Sports Editor n . . 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We p.ut all our attention on the PYpnitivp nnsif.inns hecause in the past they are the ones that have any real power. But this has shown us that senate can have power if they want. That is the question, whether they want to or not. And whether they want to make it legislation like tins perks bill, or something that really benefits the student body. So remember that these senators are representing you, their constituents. They have a duty to listen to you and your concerns because you are their voice. That is the point of student senate. Find out who your senators are and call them up. Tell them what you think. When next spring rolls around, you can vote them out of office. And when you are voting next spring, don't just vote for someone because they give out doughnuts or are in the Young Democrats. Look at who they are and what they believe. Put your faith in someone who will do a good job representing you. ijuana' bill ir drug abuse mm While "The Medical Marijuana Vlecticai initiative is gooa I Initiative" in theory, some ovisions to provisions have to misuse. be made to make sure the measure isn't easily abused 1 by people who aren't really sick. An outline needs to be created to indicate the effectiveness of marijuana in the treatment of i specific illnesses, and a written i prescription from a doctor should i be required before anyone can i grow or possess marijuana, to ? malfo euro nonnlo won't, lisp the . drug to treat a headache or upset t stomach. f "The Medical Marijuana I Initiative" is a good idea that could 1 help ease the pain of certain I illnesses, but there are too many 1 opportunities for abuse. Changes need to be made in 3 the initiative to curtail abuse l opportunities so sick people will 1 not be deprived of a drug that could ease their suffering. 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Names will be withheld under any circumstances. ^IEWPj [ i /Q~16 (&/T96 THt "I would rather have 25 s< Women use Lucy Arnold 1 Being a woman, I often find occasion to feel sorry for the "stronger sex." Aside from obvious physical limitations, it seems to me that men are often called upon by society to behave strangely with little or no return. When women act strangely we usually have a very good reason. I'll give you an example. Periods. Men think all women do is sit around and talk about periods and douches. Well, this is only partially true. Women sit around giving each other advice about how to use their periods to their greatest advantage. While menstrual cycles may not sound appealing to most men, you must at least grant that it gives us gals a certain degree of power. In school, a girl can hop up and rush to the bathroom at any time. If a teacher dares ask for her excuse, she can just look at the teacher meaningfully and say, in an urgent manner, "It's an EMERGENCY." I have yet to meet the teacher that hasn't worked on. And at least it gives us an excuse to be in a bad mood. I mean, and let's be honest ladies, how much of PMS is 'Hedgehog K Nikki La Rocque I think I learn the most during study breaks. It was early one night, merely past twelve o'clock, and I was fed up with that delightful novel my "Americans in Paris" professor had assigned. I tossed the book aside, and my ears caught this song line: "There's no such thing as an innocent kiss." Just on a whim, I lazily asked my roommate if she agreed. I had no idea I was getting into Battle of the Century. She said no, there is indeed such thing as an innocent kiss. "A kiss for a ? child," I prompted. Well no, not even that, she explained, but two adults can have an innocent kiss. "Oh yes, I kiss my friends good-bye. |X That's an innocent kiss," I concurred. Then my roommate dropped the a bombshell. She said that a kiss can be innocent even when it involves tongues. n ' Now that sent me loony. "Impossible!" I cried, "There is no way two people can s French kiss and it be completely innocent ds There's something behind that." Nope, she said, it can be innocent. With that, Friend #1 piped up. She agreed with my roomie. It is possible to shove one's tongue into another's mouth and it still be innocent. m My suitemate was now forced to join in the fray, so peeved was she. "It is not possible," she firmly averred. "Would cnt you want me to kiss your fiancee like 10 that? You'd kill him if he said, *but honey, it was all innocent."' The screeches of indignation began, PINTS rALt fflSH/ff Mere's a tooka-r two &utuf*r\ looVc? 'forfat 6uy a feoom" fflml&ht from tm? . H/wxs of uco^re cones 1 tkis saevce \ ensenete. rue eeooM, f\ tiiZS> favo*lf? 51wcf the ?"arlt (thanks / "?aiper5 of -mc lo^r a*k (j mas not gee* eve* to* ftkshio?a*ie eon oven yfars* COfAS/nt rr ^ith motif t- 5hiat a/sj! laftop &<9W&L anp * f?a py to 6ft 0*'UhB r <r/*/*fC0CtC enators here who represei representing them Jamel Franklin, SG vice presidenl : menstruat actually due to hormonal changes, and how much has to do with you not feeling like studying or cleaning or whatever? Men don't have such a helpful catchall If a guy starts snapping at people and complaining, people just think he's a general jerk. If a woman engages in the same behavior, Ssshh! It's her time of the month! But the thing I feel most sorry for men about is cars. Men are expected to know everything about cars. They are expected to talk about cars. They are expected to lay down on the ground, stick their heads inside a big greasy piece of metal, and like it. I don't know how many pleasant Thanksgivings 1 have spent indoors witn the womenfolk chatting about the family by the nice cozy heater while the menfolk gather outside around somebody's 1967 "fixer-upper," shivering and making comments like, "Did you have any trouble with the combustion chamber's proximity field? I heard those things are testy. Right testy." A friend of mine suffers from a serious stupidity complex because of this societal male thing. Basically, he thinks he's supposed to know everything about cars, but knows zilch. Once, I had a flat tire while he was iss of Love' c as usually happens when disagreeing females get together, so I stormed out of the room to bring in a male. I found my friend from down the hall and pulled him in. "They," dramatically pointing to my roommate and Friend #1, "say a French kiss is innocent. We," righteous look bestowed upon my suitemate, "say tongue and tongue is not innocent They are dumb," I lamely added "Don't get me involved, I've sworn off women," quoth he, Mr. Impartiality, and lay down on the bed to watch the proceedings. Big help. So I went to find his roommate, and dragged in Womanizer of the World. He agreed with moi and my suitemate, that tongues in mouths are not innocent. From there the conversation led tc other matters concerning sexual relations and I will conveniently close the curtair over the scene. But the conversation still haunts me Not just whether or not a French kiss i: innocent, but what other types of kisse: are out there? Are they all innocent, oi a step towards other matters? When you are little, your mothe: i 11 .1 c leacnes au tnose lumiy uiuc ivjooco ma are so silly: Butterfly Kiss (batting one' eyelashes furiously against someone' cheek), Eskimo Kiss (rubbing noses, am a difficult one for all those suffering fror a ski jump nose), and Bunny Kis (scrunching one's nose rapidly and rubbin it with another doing the same. Cros between the Butterfly and Eskimo.) A these were used during pre-school as way to elicit an "Aw, isn't that cute?" 01 of some grown-up. 1 Mat USC/ of -fr\e r\e+J f -f? . A c # r VU??T H "iw T^^bU / ^a> I \ 1 know To \ 61*:K ?7?tf nI^^^V' look ^B^B -T?e ?0r foote it the students than 50 ser selves." at Wednesday's senate meeting ion to theii Men think ail women do is sit around Well, this is only partially tnie. Wome about how to use their periods to th in the car with me. The car began bumping on one side, sort of like a flat tire does, and my friend said, with the utmost seriousness, "It must be the transmission." I'm proud to say that at least my knowledge of cars is slightly more expansive. My dad has insisted that I know how to check the oil and change a flat, both very important and practical skills. But don't anyone try to tell me changing a car's oil is good for the soul. I figure the. fifteen bucks I pay someone else to do it would just be going toward the new clothes I would need if I ruined mine changing the oil. But in a public, male-dominated discussion, I am outclassed. I assume that fathers must spend years endowing their sons with all that nomenclature, because to me it sounds more like Star Trek technobabble. The forward deflectors on my Ford Escort were acting up, so I jenyrigged a wire into the neutron field. Fixed her right up." Now when I start describing the internal workings of my car, the discussion in innocent \a In order to not sound like a prude, li a not-so-innocent kiss, if it comes great, all-round. So, pick a kiss, any eyelashes or tongue, and perfect il But then comes along kindergarten, and kissftlg suddenly means terror. It means running around the playground as fast as your legs will move, heart bursting, desperately trying to put as much distance as possible between yourself and Frog-boy, who wants tc smack one on your cheek. 1 Or ifs swinging and having Frog-boj ! threaten vou with "If vou don't let me ' swing, I'll kiss you!" and you jumping off so fast it makes heads spin. > By second grade, however, you lean , the power of kissing, and suddenly it'.' i the boys running for dear life, screaming that they'll get cooties from icky girls. From there on out, kissing is j 3 struggle for power, until puberty hits 3 I'm not even going to touch that one r I must say that my absolute, all tim favorite kiss is the infamous "Hedgehoj r Kiss of Love." t It's related to all those "cutesy-kisses s of the pre-school-show-Mommy-you-wuv s her era, but I only learned about it m 1 senior year in high school. That sets i i apart. What also sets it apart is wher s I learned it, from the cultures of a 1. n g cultures: rtussia. s When I went to St. Petersburg thi 11 past year, hedgehogs were all the rag< a Before you start laughing, pleas it remember that our school mascot is chicken. 2 l Black IT /VmwE" S\WLB, l/fftSATlL ?*19 To THf WOfcUp Afcr /narofc anp I ' \*JtSt*T loo to rTf APP some T?T KAlt AN? A IWtfTOLlo. VDU'lt : fuST M*e Ate ofxee AN^snrP *~Cor*foQJ**tT?! lators who are 'advantage and talk about periods and douches, n sit around giving each other advice A eir greatest advantage. usually goes something like this: "It was sort of going clump, clump, clump, EEEEERCH! Well, maybe it was more of a click, click, click, BANG! I don't know, but there was noise involved." It's very important that I say that my father did not contribute to my attitude toward cars. In fact, he tried his darndest to get me interested. He would always talk about torques and lugs, horsepower and 20w-something oil. Meanwhile, I would drift off into oblivion. And when I felt inspired, I would pay attention. Don't use leaded gas! Stop when you have a flat tire! Important stuff. Lucy, you're saying, you sound a little sexist today! Many women know lots about cars! You're right, of course, I am being quite sexist, but my version of sexism runs something like this: women are cooler than men because women know better than to stick their heads inside of big metal dirt-congealers. We women have better things to do with our time! And anyway, why do something when you can get a man to do it for you? fay of kissing et me state there's nothing wrong with from the right person. Kisses are just kiss, he it innocent or lustful, involving t. Anyway, instead of the usual Frenchstyle Idss-kiss" on both cheeks for greeting or adieu, the girls would give us "Hedgehog Kisses of Love." i In effect, it was an imitation of how i a hedgehog would kiss, if it could. Not 1 that I've ever experienced a hedgehog kissing, but the effect seems pretty r reasonable to me. I only do a very poor imitation of it > (Natasha could do it beautifully), but it is basically making a little snuffling 1 sound with your mouth and getting quite 3 close to a person's ear and giving them ' a little smack, right at the base of the i ear, towards the back. You know, that little indescribable place where new mothers like to nuzzle their babies. B So, in lame conclusion, the j aforementioned kisses are all innocent. 3 In order to not sound like a prude, let p me state there's nothing wrong with a r. not-so-innocent kiss, if it comes from the y right person. t Kisses are just great, all-round. So, e pick a kiss, any kiss, be it innocent or [1 lustful, involving eyelashes or tongue, and perfect it. is Kiss as much as you want, and have fun, but I hereby put a ban on all e discussion pertaining to kissing a forevermore. My roomie and I do not desire to host Battle o' the Century again. ft