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Molly
Eichar
Editor
Editorial
by
Molly
Eichar
I
have
to
write
an
editorial
for
every
issue
of
the
Free
Press,
and
normally
I
enjoy
it.
On
occasion,
however,
writing
this
column
reminds
me
of
belcmng
after
a
meal
heavily
laced
with
raw
onions
it
may
be
necessary,
but
it
isn't
necessarily
pleasant.
I'm
pleased,
though,
that
we
have
an
issue
that
is
filled
with
articles
that
range
from
provocative
to
entertaining.
This
takes
the
neat
off
me.
I
sometimes
try
to
write
about
something
that
is
"an
issue,"
or
is
intimately
important
to
me.
Today
I'm
going
to
write
Dear
Editor:
The
student
life-style
survey
printed
in
the
October
19,
1990
edition
was
amusing.
The
questions
are
funny
in
a
sarcastic
way.
I
couldn't
believe
my
eyes
when
I
read
them.
In
most
cases
the
students
of
CNC
who
complete
the
survey
vill
treat
the
survey
as
a
practical
joke.
The
questions
cover
topics
that
aren't
eer
used
on
surveys
I
have
seen
because
they
are
very
personal
and
people
wi'l
refuse
to
answer
them
truthfully.
As
a
public
opinion
interviewer,
these
questions
are
distressing.
The
students
who
didn't
see
the
funny
side
of
this
survey
will
be
offended.
That
makes
my
job
of
conducting
market
research
in
Prince
George
more
difficult.
Offended
respondents
add
to
the
negative
attitude
about
surveys.
My
job
relies
on
the
co-operation
ot
strangers.
As
the
general
opinion
of
survey
is
slowly
tarnished
by
surveys
like
yours,
the
less
cooperation
I
find.
When
the
results
of
this
survey
are
reported
I
hope
all
your
readers
will
see
this
is
an
unscientific
survey
and
by
no
means
accurate.
Regards,
E.H.
Gordon
The
Editor
Replies:
You
are
absolutely
correct
in
your
statement
that
the
survey
is
not
a
scientific
one.
There
was
no
attempt
to
make
it
so.
You
are
wrong,
however,
in
assuming
it
is
not
a
serious
one.
The
survey
has
two
purposes.
One
is
that
we
are
genuinely
curious
about
the
lifestyle
of
the
students
at
CNC.
They
are
a
diverse
lot
of
people,
and
we
asked
questions
about
some
of
the
aspects
of
life
that
are
generally
associated
with
college
students.
If
you
believe
that
people
will
refuse
to
answer
the
questions
truthfully,
I
suggest
that
you
are
underestimating
your
audience.
The
responses
we
have
received
to
date
indicate
that
students
are
answering
honestly
and
welcomed
the
opportunity
to
participate.
The
other
purpose
is
to
give
the
sense
I
Editorial
CoM&ijt
11
about
things
that
I've
noticed,
and
simply
wonder
about.
When
I
was
in
the
line
at
Ovenvaitea
a
few
days
ago,
I
noticed
a
magazine
cover
that
had
photos
of
a
lot
of
famous
women.
Most
of
them
were
smiling,
but
some
were
not.
I
noticed
that
I
had
a
diff
e
nt
feeling
about
the
women
v
'ho
were
smiling.
They
seemed
to
be
non-threatening
and
open
,
although
I
personally
have
no
knowledge
of
any
of
them.
The
ones
who
weren'
t
smiling
seemed
to
me
to
be
more
mysterious,
somehow.
I
felt
that
I
would
take
them
seriously
if
they
offered
an
opinion
on
something.
Intrigued
by
this
emotional
response,
I
looked
at
a
bunch
of
magazines.
Men
in
photos,
whether
they
were
business
or
political
leaders
or
whether
they
were
musicians
or
film
stars,
tended
to
be
photographed
unsmiling.
1
wonder
why?
A
child
in
my
daughter's
school
was
rescued
from
a
fire
in
which
her
parents
and
siblings
perished.
The
girl
was
badly
burned,
of
the
Free
Press
as
an
interactive
newspaper.
With
this
simple
survey,
people
are
encouraged
to
contribute
to
the
Free
Press.
Perhaps
this
will
be
the
first
step
to
submitting
letters,
such
as
yours,
or
perhaps
articles
and
stories.
Devious,
aren't
we?
Sorry
if
we
are
making
your
research
harder,
but
I
think
that
maybe
we
have
different
goals,
and
that
both
are
legitimate.
To
the
Editor:
In
response
to
the
"Bi-weekly
Babe"
issue,
I'
m
appalled
that
the
newspaper
of
an
academic
institution
wuuld
support
something
so
debasing
to
the
human
character.
One
expects
an
institution
of
learning
to
encourage
progressive
thinking.
Most
of
us
don't
fit
the
category
of
the
"bathing
beauty"
or
"gorgeous
hunk".
Even
those
of
us
who
do
can't
hang
on
to
it
forever.
We
all
grow
old,
wrinkled,
and
out
of
shape.
Why
do
we
insist
on
clinging
to
the
antiquated
notion
that
we
must
be
young
and
beautiful
to
have
value?
There's
no
real
value
in
that
at
all.
We've
only
been
conditioned
to
believe
there
is.
Beauty
is
transitory.
The
harder
we
cling
to
it,
the
more
frantic
we'll
become
as
it
ultimately
slips
away.
Women
in
particular
have
suffered
from
the
"beauty
is
best"
syndrome.
I'd
like
to
point
out
that
it
is
not
only
sexist
men
who
encourage
this
idea.
Many
women
"take
great
pains
to
decorate
their
bodies
with
the
latest
hairstyle,
make-up
and
fashions,
as
though
it's
the
best
they
have
to
offer.
I
don't
mean
to
put
women
down
in
saying
this.
We've
been
subjected
to
a
tremendous
amount
of
pressure
to
play
this
role
and
it'
s
not
easy
to
resist.
B
ut
as
long
as
we
go
along
with
it,
nothing
will
change.
Who
we
are
is
not
what
we
look
like.
and
returned
to
school
with
horrible
scarring
and
facial
deformity.
I
wondered
what
it
must
be
like
to
be
normal
on
the
inside
and
a
freak
on
the
outside.
I
wondered
what
it
must
be
like
to
have
your
life
change
so
tragically
and
so
fast.
Have
you
answered
the
Mayor's
Task
Force
on
Recycling
Questionnaire?
I
have.
I
proudly
responded
that
I
am
already
composting
my
vegetable
wastes,
but
then
I
got
to
puzzling
over
this.
Granted
that
we
are
using
huge
areas
for
land
fill,
that
Vancouver
is
shipping
garbage
to
the
Interior
and
that
Edmonton
is
sending
theirs
to
Calgary,
but
vait,
what's
the
problem
with
sending
our
vegetable
wastes
to
the
land
fill?
The
microbial
action
that
leads
to
the
breakdown
of
yesterday's
salad
and
this
morning's
porridge
may
help
to
speed
the
process
of
breaking
down
the
diapers,
newspapers
and
other
junk
that
we
dump
there.
This
is
not
to
be
construed
as
an
..
Letters
to
t
Jt
e
JEct
I
ioW
..
We're
so
much
more.
We
cheat
ourselves
by
not
looking
past
the
pretty
wrapping
to
the
gift
inside.
W.F
Dear
Editor:
I
just
finished
reading
the
latest
issue
ofhe
Free
Press.
Although
the
CNC
Free
Press
has
been
notable
for
its
lack
of
artistic
style,
your
first
issue
(as
Editor)
was
funny,
interesting
and
informative.
This
second
issue,
however,
seemed
to
lack
integrity.
A
few
articles
were
well
written
and
challenged
the
reader
to
think
about
hisher
ambitions,
way
of
life,
and
effect
on
the
environment.
Other
articles
just
seemed
depressing,
whining
and
crass.
I
wondered
what
happened.
Then
somebody
pointed
out
the
article
under
the
heading
"TFP,"
page
2,
which
I
can
only
conclude
must
stand
for
'Total
Filth
and
Perversion."
This
degenerative
article
goes
too
far
when
it
suggests
that
this
represents
the
"Voice
of
the
Student
Body."
The
writers
accuse
you
of
wanting
to
publish
a
"conservative,
boring
paper."
All
I
saw
in
your
first
issue
was
a
lot
more
style
and
finesse
than
previous
papers.
Personally,
I
find
the
need
to
use
vulgarity
to
express
one's
opinions
very
"boring."
I
applaud
your
skills
as
an
editor
and
writer,
and
can
only
assume
you
were
not
consulted
about
this
particular
article.
I
am
encouraging
everyone
who
has
been
turned
off
by
the
CNC
Free
Press
in
the
past
to
give
it
another
try.
There's
a
fresh
wind
blowing
and
it's
a
welcome
The
Free
Press
would
like
you
to
know
that
we
do
NOT
correct
spelling
or
grammatical
'errors
in
Letters
to
the
Editor,
as
this
may
distort
the
intended
meaning
of
the
letter.
We
also
reserve
the
right
not
to
print
any
letter
submitted
for
any
reason
whatsoever.
The
Free
Press
welcomes
reader's
letters.
Please
send
them
to
3330
22nd
Avenue,
Prince
George,
B.C.
V2N
1P8
excuse
for
not
reducing,
reusing,
or
recycling.
If
this
sounds
like
mid-night
insomniac
wandering,
it
is.
When
I
can't
sleep,
odd
things
wander
through
my
mind.
Like
the
hysteria
over
Iraq's
Invasion
of
Kuwait.
Do
I
we
really
care
that
on,
Middle
Eastern
country
took
over
a
tiny
neighbour?
Or
are
we
in
the
Developed
World
simply
anxious
to
keep
the
flow
of
oil
uninterrupted?
We
utilize
80
of
the
world's
resources
in
order
to
maintain
a
luxurious
standard
of
living,
and
I
suspect
that
we
want
to
follow
George
Bush's
White
Horse
into
the
Gulf
for
the
sole
and
only
purpose
of
protecting
the
status
quo.
Would
we
care
if
Australia
annexed
Papua
New
Guinea?
I
doubt
it.
I
also
wonder
about
Brian
Mulroney's
unconscionable
act
of
stuffing
the
Senate
with
his
friends
and
political
allies
in
order
to
control
that
body.
Many
people
are
getting
lost
in
the
arguments
that
he
was
simply
trying
to
return
to
democracy
in
the
face
of
a
recalcitrant
Senate.
This
argument
was
put
forward
bynoneotherthanFrankOberle,MP
for
Prince
George-Peace
River,
our
own
elected
representative.
He
says,
"The
non-
pprtpi
I
ihrnl
Sp.nnfnrs
nrp.
simnlv
milV.
ing
the
GST
for
nothing
more
than
personal
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on
P.
5
change.
P.D.
To
the
Editor:
T
nm
smnstlprt
at
thp
nmnnnt
rf
rtic,
I
respect
you,
as
the
editor,
were
shown
b
your
staff
in
the
last
issue
of
the
Free
Presi
Lasttimelchecked.thelayoutcrewworke
under
the
editor.
They
didn't
wait
for
her
tc
leave
and
then
print
a
backstabbing,
slan
derous
piece.
Does
your
staff
think
that
bj
printing
their
article
in
fine
print,
on
an
oil
.
of
the
way
corner,
it
would
go
unnoticed;
I
was
under
the
impression
that
student!
who
worked
for
the
Free
Press
were
ma
iure
aauiis.
uoviousty,
tney
are
not.
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on
page
11
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