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The Wichitan
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~; dt ~d~';ocracy Moffett Library to display banned books !!;!.1u~e ro~~y . - - - - - - -- -Timbcrly Eysscn lA,ssodalt Edllor 10 milu::iry leaders h::ive Starr 01Jor Reporter go· not just step down ()espilc the presence of US A di.\.play uf currently (but) lc::ive Haiti uoops and the mp parent : rimO
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"I d president Jc:in - Bcnr.i nd on·~th!nk those people Aristide. the road to democr:icy wi ll not be an can rcm:un m H:iiti. I don't QSY one for Haili. two MSU se~ how tht.Y c an co-exist t wnh professors agn:cd. th0Mr. AriS ide. It sounds ugh he (Mr. Aristide) ~s •ll takr.:..'i more than just rc- a~ bc~n set up, albi:i1 niming Aristide to power," unintenuonally.~ he said. Dr. Ernes t Dover Jr J:lcndrickson said he usoci::ite prok ssor ~f bc li_cvcs that li11lc will be palitical science. s.:tid. hicvc~ in the shon tenn. •fl won't be c:isy for Hai1i. . Very httlc wil I be done 10 Jt wasn't easy for Amcric::a· i1 imp~ovc the I ivcs of the is certainly not goinc 10 'be Ha1uan pea.sant.s," he said. easy for :inyonc else.~ he This, however. is not Hcnsaid. ~ric k~on's only doubt. But as Ken tkndrickson. Luckil y, we hlvl.! avoided history program coordinator- bloodshed so far," he said. ordin11.1or, po inte d out, "' It remains to be sccn what democracy never exis ted in Haili. "'There is no guaran1cc 1he n:suhs will be. At 1his we do not know if point. (now) tha1 de mocracy will (Gen. R:ioul) Ccdras will eris! under Aristide." leave. We do n01 know what Dover said 1h:11 Aristide, the resistance 10 the pn:scnct Lhe rightfully clcc1cd leader of thl.! American troops will of Haiti. should be restored 10 be." he said. power. but he 1hinks that Ncvcrthl!les..~. hoth profesAris1idi:'s rc111rn is no1 a of sors voiced th~ same reasons p ro mise dcfinilc as cause for American democracy intervention.
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· oi.:mocracy doc!. not involve one individual but ins1i1utions., he said. A parliament must be cs1ablished and •Ari~tide must work wilh parli ame nt a od a l low parliam~nt to fu nct io n M
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To further C()mplil:atc th!! si1uation. the leaders of Haiti's mili1ary junta huve lhi.: op1ion of remaining in the country once they have given
up office. For Dover. this fJ1.' t presents a tlirect confli ct to Aristidc's government. "The
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"Unlike people who think that it is none of our affair and we should not become involved in other countries' polilical affairs, I certainly dis::agrcc." Dover said of the Haitian issue.
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will be on display in the Moffen Library. Thi: Banni:d Books Weck .. Cckhratini; the Free· dom to Read .. is i::aking place Sept 24 . Oct. 1. Most of thesi: hook" arc well known. bu1 arc argued by others who think ,if tlu:m as dangi.:rou~ or ohJCl'llonabk. The Bannt·d Books Weck ,s co-~runsorcd hy the American L1hr::ary Associa• tion. the Amcncan Book• sellers Associauon and 1hc American Booksdlcrs Founda1ion for Fn.:e Expression. and others. The orp1111at1ons spon· soring the Book Weck believe that most would-he book banners consider 1hi.:mscl\'CS as ac ting for For higher purposi.:~. pro tecti ng examp le. them.selves, their fam ilies and communities from certain evils. They consider them-
den High School in Lynden. Wash., because " it had no lit crary v:iluc.~ She ;oms ::authors such as M::ark Tw::arn. Katherine Paterson and Laur:t Ingalls Wilder whose books have been banned or ch.ii• lcngcd in the past year. The c hildre n's book Whtrt's Waldo was h:rnncd in East H:1mp1on. NY. 00· cause of a 1iny. semi-nude drawing of a female. Paterson's book. Bridgt to Ttr· abithia, was challenged for its alleged sacrilegious language. The book won the Newbery Awa rd (for children's literature). Th, Advt ntllftS of ll11ckl,bnry Finn, Song of Solomon, and Little Hous, on the Prain , have all hcen banned for lan guage offensi vc 10 different c1h nic gro ups. Books like these:. chalkngctl or banned on similar ground'i will be displayed.
Obituary Wesley Wilson, :1n MSU student, died Sept 13. Wilson was born on Dec. 26, 1971 in Nevada. Calif.
·"' Paula K. Faust, student assistant at lhe Morr~u Library, holds up a copy of Bridgt to Ttrabillrilz, a children's book by Katherine Paterson, which will be on d.Jsplay Sept. 24-0ct. 1 in the Moffett Library. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ■ sdves as simply preserving 1h:ll Americans support our 1hcir values and personal be:· basic righ1 to read guaranteed liefs. In wanti ng our socie1y in the Firs1 Amendment to the to conform 10 1hcir beliefs. Constitution of the Uni1ed they arc di.:nymi; others the Stales. .. Andrea Willi.1ms. Moffc11 Library curricul marigh1 to read. ~Moffett Library believes tcrial lihrarian. said.
"Smart Sex" on MTV By Charles Cage Staff Writer
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"I had pl anned 10 if there's a woman a1 the wait: my very first time was counter/ Johnston sa.id. Lyons agrccd and said 20-year-old college s1udcn1. she dreads the gynecolog1cal exam nece~sary 10 receive said. Lyons said she still binh control pills. Linda Elkrhcc, probelieve~ in abstini:nce bcfor.: ducer of "Smart Sex ." s::iid, marriage. 'I don't l'lclicve I'm · Many young peor lc know eternally damned. bu1 I 1he facL'i about HIV and other STDs. What the}' <lon't know messed 110," she said Lyons and HL1:11er is how to use that information both acrcc. however. that to pro1ect ilil•msclves." once young adults havc made Durmi; 1hi: rrogram, 1hc decision 10 have sex the viewers arc encourJgcd to responsibility of safe sex is con1a1.·1 the Ccnti:r of Di!.<:ase shared. Control :ind Prc\'cntion\ NaLyons said she had tionnl AIDS Hotline at 1-N()(). liule trouble discussing safe 342-2437 and ask questions sex with Eric Johnston. her and receive infurmati,)n about 23-year-old boyfriend. MI V preven tion. CDC "' If it's someone I Hotl in e info rmat ion is know well enough to have Spanish is availahlc ::it 1-800sex with. I'm not uncomforl• 344-7432. able lalking," Lyons said. "" Smart Sex' pr0\'1dcs Johns1on said. "ll's important to 1alk." I-le said al - a personal look at the Sl'XU:tl though he dQCsn't alway~ choices young pcoplc ari.: prac1kc safe sex he feels making :ind how somc I)( knowing one's partner's sex- 1hcm arc now living whal they've le.irned ah\mt saler u:tl his1ory h importanl. "' I know about my sex. und some arc. not," Elkrsexual history, sn t11e ri~k is bec said. "Th,s is a ~tory rif truth and cl111~4ucnccs." low/ Johnston said. Johnston :ilso said he OOlievcs many young adulL'i Editor's note: Pseudom·ms are embarrassed 10 buy con- have been ll5signcd 10 rviSU tr:iccpth'CS. s tudents int er viewed fo r "I won'I buy condoms this story.
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Sex," a one-hour special of. Wi lson and Tamika fcring a look a1 how younc people an; handling sexual on married were Whitaker Nov. 5. 1992 in Wichi1a Falls. choices, at 11 p.m.• Scpl. 27. Hosted hy Christian lie was an ac,ount executive of KQXC/QI 02 rodio in Slater, "Safe Sex~ will foatun.: Hi.:ndrick'i0n said tha1 the Wichita Falls. Wilson served a diverse group of young present occupation must be in the United States Air Force. adulcs discussing their relationships and sexual pracunderstood in the historical contC'< I of U.S.-l-la11ian rdaMcmori:il._ may he tices. ~,n prcscn1ing '.SmJ.n made 10 the Wesley Wilson 1ions. Fund at First Nazarene S~x• on MTV. we hope 10 "Given the fact 1ha1 our Church. I 667 Southern. raise awareness among y<1ung cou111ry has a loni;. hist(lric \Vichila Fall,;, TX 76301. or adults ahout m:ikm!:! safrr rcl.:11ionship wi1h }-faiti . I feel the Wesley Wilson Fund at scxu:11 rhoircs," Judy l\·k·• thal we have a moral du1y to .Sheppard Air Force B:i.o;c, P.O. Gra1h, MTV prc,.idc111. sai,L help in I i.:smrin,g democracy Uox 6006, Building 200 , "By .,haring som..: of 1hi:si.: in Haiti," said Dover. Sher pard Air f-on:c Ba.,.e. TX young :idull.s' stories with our viewer.~. we hope lO cncour76]1I. :igc them to iah· stcp~ 10 protc,:t 1hcmsclvc~." "There i" no .such 1hing as safe St.''<, nnly safer sex." M1ch:1d lluntcr. a B ycar-old Wiclut:i Falls rcsident. said. "Nothing wi ll comrlctely elm1in:11c risk other th:in ahslml.'ncc. .. l·lun1er :iho snid. however, that the "thrill of the nw nit·nt" or the effcc1S of m:ikc oft en akohol abstinence' :1difficult choice. short• the "Somc1imcs /, term sa11sfac1ion outweighs thc long•tcrm risk." he said.
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Homecoming elections set l·lom..:coming nominauons will takl! place from 9 a.m. 10 I p.m. September 21-23 . A1num. Coun positions include Freshman and Sophomore pnnccsscs. Junior and Senior duche,;scs and Homc.:coming King and Queen. Voting will he held :it:
m _the Clark St~dcnt Ccnte~
l\tunday Oct. 3
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Killing,worth Mall Clark Studi.:nt Cenlcr A1rium Pierce Hall Clark Studcn1 Ci.:n1cr Atrium ri.foffcu Library Clark Rlu<.· Lounge Muffcn L1hrary Cl.irk Blue Lounge