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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
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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.
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lections. really don't pay
attention to the
senate races. 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.
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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
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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.
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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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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."'
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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
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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?
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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