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A f t e r r e a d i n g t h i s w e e k ' s l e t t e r s to t h e E d i t o r , 1 h a v e of t h o u g h t s that o c c u r r e d to m e a f t e r w a r d s . F i r s t , J o h a n n a S w a n s o n , in r e s p o n s e t o A n d r e w K l e c z e k ' s l e t t e r ( A n c h o r 9 / 2 4 ) s t a t e s , " C a t h o l i c i s m is n o different than Christianity." W h i l e I understand where she h a s m a d e t h i s c o n n e c t i o n t o K l e c z e k ' s letter, I a m a f r a i d that she misunderstood what he meant by saying that p e o p l e of other religions and C a t h o l i c s w o u l d not be a f r a i d t o t e a c h at H o p e if t h e e n v i r o n m e n t w e r e m o r e understanding. In the past. Catholics h a v e not b e e n treated in the s a m e f a s h i o n as Christians f r o m o t h e r denominations, especially those f r o m the reformed tradition. Also, Kleczek does not m o c k the idea of C r e a t i o n i s m . H e i n s t e a d is u p s e t t h a t , at o n e p o i n t , p e o p l e at H o p e d i d n o t w a n t e v o l u t i o n t a u g h t a s a s c i e n t i f i c
K l e c z e k does not expect H o p e to be perfect; h e only wishes that the college could collectively m o v e closer to the ideals of a " p e r f e c t " liberal arts college. Second, Jen T r o k e ' s claims that last w e e k ' s article o n p r e m a r i t a l s e x at H o p e e n d e d o n a b i a s e d n o t e , w h i l e n o t completely unfounded, do not ring true with me. The
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I disagree with Andrew Kleczek w h o may have had a bad experience here. M a y b e getting out and meeting the broad range of people on this c a m p u s would h a v e helped improve his perception of our religious m a k e u p . We do have other religions here. Catholicism is no different than Christianity; I for one happen to be Catholic, I love Hope, and I k n o w others here w h o are Catholic. If f r i e n d s expel a person f r o m
their ''social-religious circle" just because that person belongs to a specific group, what sort of friends are they? T h e point of being a liberal arts college is that there are many choices, and people are free to do what they please. Besides, H o p e s t u d e n t s are a d u l t s ; being your o w n person should not be so hard a n y m o r e . I think the writer needs to e x a m ine his prejudices; Hope is in fact a Christian school, h e n c e the enorm o u s population of Christians. If that isn't comfortable f o r him, w h y
did he c o m e here? He mocks the thought of creationism, yet I wonder — has he ever really listened to it? Just as we m a y learn f r o m other ideas, so too, he m a y learn f r o m us. Hope, like anyplace else, never promises to be perfect. Neither do any of the p e o p l e that attend or teach here — so w h y does he expect it to be that w a y ?
—Johanna Swanson (*06)
Anchor article supports opinion, not fact To the Editor:
t h e o r y b e c a u s e t h e y b e l i e v e d t h a t it c o n f l i c t e d w i t h Christian ideals involving the creation of the world.
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Hope doesn't claim to be perfect, don't expect it to be To the Editor:
decided to use m y space this w e e k to respond to a c o u p l e
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Having worked for the A n c h o r f o r the past two or three years, I know the emphasis placed on journalistic integrity. T h a t ' s w h y the last p a r a g r a p h of the Infocus article (Anchor 9/24) was a bit surprising to me. T h e paragraph states, ' T h e important lesson to be learned f r o m examining our sexuality at H o p e is this: T h o s e w h o have taken v o w s of abstinence should find
this to be a place where they can stay committed to this and be supported, and those w h o choose to h a v e sex should be educated and encouraged to do it safely." I d o n ' t want to pick out this reporter specifically, as I am aware that it's difficult to stick to journalism when writing a story. However, since this "lesson" is not an objective truth but an opinion (and a rather controversial one), I don't think it belongs in an Anchor article.
—Jen Troke ('04)
p u r p o s e of this series, as stated b o t h in the E d i t o r ' s Voice c o l u m n and the I n f o c u s story in the 9/17 edition of the
Letters to the Editor Guidelines
Anchor, w a s to foster dialogue and a healthy atmosphere to discuss the sexuality of H o p e students. T h e last
O p e n t o a n y o n e w i t h i n t h e college a n d r e l a t e d c o m m u n i t i e s
paragraph of the article e n c o u r a g e d safe-sex education for
T h e A n c h o r r e s e r v e s t h e right t o e d i t d u e to s p a c e c o n s t r a i n t s
students w h o c h o o s e to b e sexually active. Although I
N o p e r s o n a l a t t a c k s , p o o r t a s t e o r a n y t h i n g p o t e n t i a l l y libelous
u n d e r s t a n d t h a t J e n s e e s t h i s a s a c o n t r o v e r s i a l v i e w , it
L e t t e r s c h o s e n o n a f i r s t c o m e first s e r v e b a s i s , o r a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e is t a k e n
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healthy e n v i r o n m e n t in w h i c h to share o u r f e e l i n g s w i t h each other.
E d i t o r - i n - C h i e f m a y v e r i f y i d e n t i t y of w r i t e r T h e A n c h o r r e s e r v e s t h e r i g h t t o r e f u s e p u b l i c a t i o n of a n y l e t t e r s u b m i t t e d
Thank you Johanna and Jen for sharing your thoughts w i t h t h e A n c h o r a n d t h e rest o f t h e c o m m u n i t y . K e e p t h e l e t t e r s c o m i n g ; t h i s k i n d o f d i a l o g u e is w h a t t h e A n c h o r m e a n s to develop on campus.
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