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For more complete information, including charges and expenses, call 1-800-842-2733. ext. 5509 for a prosiiectus Read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money EmTOR-IN-CHIEF editorial Gary R. Peters education, but I cannot see this as justi• MANA6IN6 EDITOR fication for discrimination on campus. Christine Koenig Silent Service Last week's Gannet Lecture was EXECUTIVE EDITOR The .March 18 issue of REPORTER exam• delivered by Colonel .Margarethe Kcrstin (junter ined the conflict over the US military's 'Don't Cammermeyer. I strongly suggest that those ART DIRECTOR Ask, Don't Tell' policy. Student Government who may have missed it, view the tape avail• Josh Klenert and the RIT Faculty Council proposed that able in the library media center. Until hearing RIT notify the US Department of Defense her lecture 'Serving In Silence,' I saw the dis• DIRECTOR OF PNOTOORAPHY Erik Mdthy that the ROTC's exclusion of homosexuals pute based solely on the hypocrisy it created directly violates RITs hiring and admissions within the RIT policies and practices. ASSOCIATE EDITORS Aimee Zakrewski, SPORTS policies. It was also proposed that the However, after listening to Colonel Brian Howell, CULTURE Department of Defense and all ROTC pro• Cammermeyer describe her 23 years of Alfred Penn, NEWS grams at RIT should change their policies exemplary military service and her eventual COPY EDITOR within five years or face suspension. The discharge based on her admitted sexual ori• Sean Aryai ROTC and the College of Applied entation/preference, I do not see how the mil• ASSISTANT COPY EDITOR Technology opposed the suspension. itary can continue to adhere to this policy. Cara Allen In this year's September 30 issue, we .Money is not the issue. The issue is the lives PNOTO EDITOR received a letter from an RIT student whose of men and women who want to serve their Victoria Arocho main concern was the money the ROTC pro• country; a country that discriminates. WRITERS gram brings to campus. I certainly sympa• Gary Peters Sean Aryai, Alan David Dias, thize with the problems of affording an Editor—In—Chief Patrick J. Gavnard, Chip Goher, Jason Jonikas, Don Lecker. Christopher McCarthy, Aileen Pagan, Eve Saturn Jlosh Slates, Willis White, Rahul Mervvah mail box DESIGNERS Nate Amone, Keith Hensel PHOTOGRAPHERS TictedlyTabAds another inaccurate presentation of facts. Scth Callen, Dave Carson, Tony DiPietro, Seth Gitner, I am writing in response to the two tab The "multi-thousand dollar Mac Julie Henderson, Carla Hernandez, ads which ran in the Sept. 23 REPORTER. Powerbook " was $ 1200, and was an actu• Heidi Murrin, Alyssa Scheinson, Max Scnulte Both were filled with misdirection. They al savings from the desktop Mac that was appeared to he an attack as a direct result being considered. The desktop model PRODUCTION MANAQER would have run around $3000. The capa• Maria Rosini of p>ersonal antipathy for a member of Student Government. bilities of the Powerbook are comparable PRODUCTION STAFF The first asks the reader what they to those of the desktop model, if not Natacha Van Gelder, Trisha Kagey think of "Student Government spending greater. At the same time, another DARKROOM TECHNICIAN $2000 on a private party.'" This "private Powerbook was also purchased for the Carla Hernandez party" that they are referring to was the Club Coordinator, instead of a desktop DISTRIBUTION Student Government Retreat. The mem• model, also saving money there. Jeff Jakobowski, Matt Sievcnpipcr bers of the Student Government Senate It disgusts me that I feel I must answer ADYERTISINQ and Cabinet gave up their weekends to such a cowardly, anonymous attack on Stacy Speidel, Krissy Bush work on and plan out our goals for the continued on page 29 PRE-PRESS year. Only sixteen members were able to Kristine Greenizen attend, but a great deal of work was PUIUSHINQ SYSTEMS CONSULTANT accomplished. A well-written article in Write Us Mark J. Kociscin that same issue was devoted to the results RiTOR II R ti'i'U tmu's mail from its readers. Please send letters to: OFFICE MANAOER of that retreat. Yes, we enjoyed ourselves, Rl I'ORii R, Rochester Institute of Sarah Turnbull but the Lion's share of that weekend was Technolo}iy, One l.omh Memorial ADVISOR devoted to working on student issues. Drive, Rochester, Kew York, I4h23. Dr. Elaine Spaull And, it was a $2100 affair, $900 under Letters must he typed and double budget. spaced. 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