[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Fwd: [ExComm] Fwd: News-Gazette coverage

[Karen Medina]

(oops. I failed to get to the point in my previous post)

Robert N., I don't see an inconsistency nor a gross hypocrisy.

-karen medina  

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu,  1 May 2008 16:37:16 -0500 (CDT)
>From: Karen Medina <kmedina at uiuc.edu>  
>Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Fwd: [ExComm] Fwd: News-Gazette coverage  
>To: peace-discuss at anti-war.net
>
>Robert Naiman and others,
>
>I speak for myself and my opinions are not those of AWARE's.
>
>I support each student's right to wear whatever tee-shirts they want. I am saddened by each choice to wear a chief shirt. Education is our tool in this case. I support the University's attempts to include courses that talk about the issues. I think more can be done that might educate the sports fans.
>
>I am deeply saddened by the fact that there are videos like the anti-semitic videos that one person has decided to share with UPTV. 
>
>As a student at the University, I am greatly relieved by the Trustees' decision to drop the "Chief" as the school's mascot.  The mascot was institutionalized racism. 
>
>Freedom of speech is a vital freedom to all and a vital freedom for minority voices especially. We should defend this freedom for each person, otherwise it will be taken away from all.
>
>-karen medina
>
>---- Original message ----
>>Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 17:52:16 +0200
>>From: "Robert Naiman" <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com>  
>>Subject: [Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Fwd: [ExComm] Fwd: News-Gazette coverage  
>>To: peace-discuss at anti-war.net
>>
>>   I suppose we may soon see letters in the
>>   News-Gazette charging the peace community in
>>   Champaign-Urbana with gross hypocrisy.
>>
>>   One the one hand, we are insisting that the Urbana
>>   City Council defend the right to air Holocaust
>>   denial videos on UPTV.
>>
>>   On the other hand, we are demanding that the
>>   Chancellor stop students from wearing pro-Chief
>>   shirts in University-sponsored events.
>>
>>   What's the consistent principle that unites these
>>   two demands?
>>
>>   On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Belden Fields
>>   <a-fields at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>>
>>     Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>       From: Belden Fields <a-fields at uiuc.edu>
>>       Date: April 30, 2008 8:57:52 AM CDT
>>       To: UPEexcom <EXCOMM at prairienet.org>
>>       Subject: [ExComm] Fwd: News-Gazette coverage
>>       Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>         From: Belden Fields <a-fields at uiuc.edu>
>>         Date: April 30, 2008 8:55:01 AM CDT
>>         To: Constance H Shapiro <chshapir at uiuc.edu>,
>>         Eleanor Tewksbury <etewksbu at uiuc.edu>, Joyce
>>         Tolliver <joycet at uiuc.edu>, Adriana Cuervo
>>         acuervo at uiuc.edu, Belden Fields
>>         a-fields at uiuc.edu, Kevin Fritz
>>         kfritz2 at uiuc.edu, Franci Miller
>>         familler at uiuc.edu, Adriana Cuervo
>>         <acuervo at uiuc.edu>
>>         Subject: News-Gazette coverage
>>         Dear Excom members,
>>         I hope that you all had a chance to see Julie
>>         Wurth's excellent story about the Senate's
>>         Equal Opportunity and Inclusion Committee's
>>         resolution and policy statement in yesterday's
>>         (Thursday, the 29th) News-Gazette.
>>         Belden