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Saturday, February 23, 2002 I might be one of the few people who don't follow the Olympics. I find watching sports dull. I don't understand how other people find the vicarious thrill from watching television. But last night I overheard an extremely heated debate between some convenience store workers on the Olympics. The question: Are certain countries suddenly winning more gold medals the result of having more contestants entering the events or something more corrupt (like bribing/intimidating judges)? The latter seems more plausible given the circumstances. The Olympics itself is extremely self-centered. More emphasis is given to a particular country's team. There's immediate backlash when someone else gets the medal. I'm sincerely doubtful that the Olympics will ever go back to its original premise that it is the spirit of participating in athletic games that matters, not who wins or loses. For now, we'll just have to endure people's pathetic attempts at nationalistic one-upmanship. The nazi feminist res-life director is sending out surveys to women to determine if people would prefer to live in an all-female dorm. This is elitism and segregationist to the extreme. Granted, the director's motives are quite different from racist conservatives, but the end result is the same. If you want equality for women, you should treat them exactly the same as men--no better and no worse. A co-ed dorm is part of the leveling ground for both genders and helps both men and women learn how to interact socially with a variety of people. A single-sex dorm will only foster ignorance. I could hold up my roommate as an example. She went to an all girl's school and was incredibly naive about guys before going to college. Blur Building. So exactly how many people have mistaken this for a UFO? [posted by S. Y. Affolee on 1:38 PM : ]
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