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September 8, 2011
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You look like a hoe Jasmine Tidwell viewpoints editor J.Tidwell@eagle.usu.edu
At the end of the Spring 2011 semester, I was having a conversation with an associate of mine. Toward the end of the conversation, she asked why people were shocked to hear she was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I told her the truth, she looked like a hoe. This was not meant to offend her, this was meant to educate her.
I have a voice, do you? Benoni Sowah
staff writer B. Sowah@eagle.usu.edu I am Benoni Sowah. I am from Ghana and from a family of six: four children and my parents. This is my third semester writing for The Eagle newspaper. I grew up in a family that was liberal, and at the same time, strict. My dad always allowed us to do what we wanted. At home we could talk about our feelings to any member of our family. Due to this, I grew up with a strong voice. Not the singing voice, but the voice to say my views when called upon or when the time comes. I realized that not only can I talk, but I can write my thoughts, and so I joined the Eagle newspaper staff.
Over 300 studies on this topic have been completed, looking at a variety of media such as television, movies, song lyrics, and advertisements. In a study done specifically done on advertising, there were pictures of tweens posing in suggestive ways in magazines and the sexual antics of young celebrity role models on display for their young fans to see. Researches found such images made girls think of and treat their own bodies as sexual objects. The report cites Bratz dolls, in particular, for “sexualized clothing such as miniskirts, fishnet stockings and feather boas. In a Time magazines article, “ The Truth About Teen Girls,” the author Belinda Luscombe asked the question are teen girls getting too sexy? She thinks yes, her evidence shows Miley Cyrus, 15, was semi-naked on the cover of a magazine, and Jamie Lynn Spears, 16, pregnant. And we all remember the 17 Massachusetts’s high school girls all making a pack to have babies together. Sex is a growing epidemic among young teenage girls.
The negative message from the media that sexualizes females and glorifies sex, plagues our campus as well. Walking through USU-Eastern’s student center you may see a number of questionable style of clothing, female breasts hanging out their shirts and female butts hanging out their shorts. This has got to stop, ladies you look like hoes. Have some respect for yourself and understand that if you don’t respect yourself, a guy will not respect you either. If you are dressing this way to express yourself, fine, but don’t be offended when males look at you like a piece of meat, something just to be had and then thrown to the side. You will not be seen as a prude for being modest, by modest I mean not having your breasts hanging out or wearing bottom halves that are to short or showing off your butt crack. When you show men that you respect yourself and are not another sexual object. Guys will start to respect you as well.
I decided to write more opinions. Those who know me, know I can be brutally honest and will say what is on my mind anytime. Although I write news article and profiles, opinions have been my favorite to write. This semester, watch out for my sensational topics. I like to write on issues like politics, patriotism, fashion, social media and other issues. Because of my background, I have a different view of issues. I am an open minded person. I believe that youth need to have a voice. It is sometimes sad that we don’t even know what is going on around us. If you do not take a stand on an issue, someone will give you a place to stand and that will be in the ignorant corner. We do not need to fight or scream our opinions on the rooftops, but know it is okay to know where you stand on an issue. Please do not take the stand of “whatever”. If you also choose not to voice your opinions when you need to, allow those who want to, do so. Do not expect everyone to be like you. My grandpa said, “some people are cats; they will just lie and watch. Others like dogs, they bark at everything they think is not right”.
Being able to write for the Eagle newspaper is a privilege to share my knowledge with the school. I am glad our publications are online where people who are not in our school can read the articles. I do not say this to boast, but I have been able to touch a few lives with my writing. To all readers, I hope that we take a keen interest in what goes on at USU-Eastern to lift where we stand. If you sing well, form or join a singing club. Do something. Leave your mark somewhere in the school. Your achievements may not be big, may not be noticed or even appreciated. But walk out of this campus someday with your head high, knowing you tried. Don’t think you are a freshman and cannot do anything. I put it to you that if this is your thought, it is wrong. Get out of your shell and do something. Find your niche and have fun in whatever you do. You can make a difference.
Roommate rights How far do they really go? Shala Pitchforth
ask for these things to be taken out. When I was a freshman in college at SUU, I walked in on my roommate and her girlfriend participating in “extra curricular activities”. As a sophomore at USU- Eastern my roommate had her girlfriend practically living in our room. Nothing was ever done with either situation because only females were involved and it was an all female floor. Same sex couples have the abilities and opportunity to be roommates; however, heterosexual couples have to say their good byes at midnight. I am all for LGTB rights, I believe that all people should have the same rights. These rights should spill over into college dorms. I pay for my room, I am an adult, I have the ability to make my own decisions wrong or right, and therefore should be able to choice who I have in my own room.
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Today I read in article in The Salt Lake Tribune about Salt Lake City’s LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community. Salt Lake City has the 3rd largest LGTB homes in the United States. I feel Salt Lake provides a comfortable community where LGTB members can feel welcomed and excepted whereas the rest of Utah is predominantly conservative. There is one other place that I believe they can feel accepted and that is the college dorm room. I have lived in very similar places at both USUEastern and Southern Utah University Housing: a small room to sleep and a shared bathroom with all girls on my floor. I honestly loved living in this kind of environment except for one thing; all men had to be out of the hall by midnight. I honestly don’t understand this rule whatsoever. If housing directors wanted an entire dorm of “morally outstanding” students they shouldn’t be working on a college campus. Every single student comes with their own individual moral beliefs and trying to make all students follow one code of conduct is impossible. Plus, where is it said that all things shared between a female student and male student are done after midnight? If the rule was made because other girls might feel uncomfortable, that is an unreasonable rule. There are many things that make me feel uncomfortable, but I think it would be inappropriate to
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