Branding Iron Editorial
| Written by Emily Jelly |
| Tuesday, 28 October 2008 12:52 |
Dear Editor,
It is too bad that I have always considered the University of Wyoming to a place of higher academic institution. No outsider reading the Branding Iron would probably believe it was anything other than a poorly written high school publication. I read Miss Lopez column today and had to say that I was very upset. If she wants to give her friends advice about how to look frumpy while riding a bike to school fine. But I think when she comes out and says that a girl wearing a low cut shirt is a slut who only wants men to look at her severely disintegrates the little dignity that the Branding Iron has left! I am not trying to say that there are not girls out there who dress in a provocative fashion to get attention. But to imply that all girls who were clothing that may be revealing are sluts is ridiculous. Today when I put on my V-neck sweater I did not think “I wonder how many men I could get to look at me today?” I thought I feel good about myself when I wear this shirt and even without catching anyone taking a two-Mississippi stare I still feel good about myself. I will not let anyone make me feel dirty or guilty simply because I wanted to feel good about myself and look nice. While I agree that we all have the right to our own opinions and the freedom of the press and all that, this is supposed to be an institution of higher education, that should be reflected in our newspaper. We are all supposed to be grown-ups here. Coupled with Miss Lopez’s previous article about how women should feel indebted to a man because he buys her dinner, and that men instead of trying to get to know a women participate in a free activity “that everybody likes” I am surprised that you as the editor allowed her to publish a second article let alone a first. Please for the integrity, however little there is, of the Branding Iron stop publishing Dr. No’s trash.
Emily Jelly
Senior-History
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| Written by Noelle Lopez |
| Tuesday, 28 October 2008 09:28 |
Got a burning question? Send it to Dr. No at:
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. Feral ‘til age 8 and baptized by fire, Dr. No has been doling out advice and solving problems since 1999. Her areas of expertise include sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll, Wesley Snipes movies and outer space, but she can answer pretty much any question.
I want to wear nice clothes to school, but I ride my bike a mile onto campus everyday. How can I still dress nice and pedal to campus?
You can’t. It’s the price you have to pay for saving money and getting great parking. I bike to school everyday. That’s why Monday through Friday I can get them to feed me at the soup kitchen. Looking lousy is pretty much a pre-req for biking because you need to wear clothes that let you pedal fast and don’t leave you smelling like you’ve been in a Turkish bathhouse for five hours. For me, this rules out wearing anything made of polyester, rayon and most spandex, which is pretty much all that I own and I think is “nice.” This leaves me wearing jeans, cartoon socks and sweaters that other people throw away.
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| Written by Brandon Bishop |
| Tuesday, 28 October 2008 09:26 |
As the U.S. presidential campaign has continued over the last few weeks, the notion of what is and is not American has come up on several occasions. While talking about the definition of “America” is not something I wish to discuss here, this has made me consider similar questions of national identity that appear in China. Who is and who is not Chinese? Can understanding China’s national identity help explain some of the modern issues both within China and between China and other nations?
These questions are currently of great importance to China’s people and government, and the answers to them are still more uncertain than they are for many nations. The reasons for this relate to China’s unique history. Before we try to understand how these questions are being answered, it is worth exploring this history.
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| Written by Kelly Liggins |
| Friday, 24 October 2008 10:36 |
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Dear Editor,
Noelle Lopez's response to the question about dinner dates is simply appalling. She makes many gross stereotypes about women. She first makes it seem that women need to spend copious amounts of time and money to go on a date.
She also claims that women should be indebted to men for their payment on dates and that it is acceptable for men "to hold over her head." People should not be made to feel obligated to act against their will under any circumstances. This is especially unacceptable in terms of a relationship when the pressures of obligation could be to engage in unwanted sexual activity.
She further stresses an undertone of the possibility of unwanted sexual activity with her reference to getting girls drunk. Studies show that as many as 53% of women that experienced sexual assault were intoxicated at the time of the attack not just that being drunk makes girls "really good for business."
Publishing these statements in a student periodical perpetuates a rape culture. Women were portrayed as objects to buy off and give in to the will of men despite their wishes. It is disappointing to see someone that is trusted to give advice insinuate that men should perpetrate immoral and possibly illegal acts and that women should accept it.
Kelly Liggins
Freshman
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| Last Updated ( Friday, 24 October 2008 11:37 ) |
| Written by Matt Willford |
| Friday, 24 October 2008 10:32 |
Tuesday night as I was returning from Denver with a fellow aspiring comedian, I had some realizations about my pursuits in life. We were driving back from doing a comedy open-mic at a place called the Squire Lounge which happens to be right on Colfax. We made our way to Denver through a blizzard and both of our sets combined totaled about eight minutes.
There weren’t many laughs that night during our sets and for some it might have caused them to quit this little charade. I failed on Tuesday night and will have more failures to come. But I will embrace that failure with a nice warm hug, although usually I just get a good kick right in the testicles.
When pursuing something you love, and attempting to become good at it, failure becomes abundant. Although failure sucks when it happens, especially if you happen to be a passenger on a plane when a pilot may experience failure, sometimes better things can come out of failing miserably. That is how an individual can figure out if they love that particular thing or not.
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