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Student’s experience in Nigeria not Nigerian life I’m writing in response to the letter that appeared in Tuesday’s Skiff regarding perceived stereotyping of African nations. I believe the original story was taken much too seriously. The story was a feature piece on a TCU student’s experience in Nigeria. The story made no claim to represent all facets of Nigerian life, only what this student experienced. To say that her experiences were somehow inaccurate is to call her a liar. The subject of this story is a personal friend of mine, and she does not make a habit of misrepresenting her background. The focus of the feature article was her, not an objective representation of Nigeria. If TCU is truly about diversity, the article should be accepted for what it is, an opportunity to learn about a TCU student’s background that is different from our own. —Justin
Seabourn, Campus AIDS testing removes shame of disease Although the Skiff did a wonderful job pointing out how stigmatized AIDS and HIV is in our nation, you failed to see the point of the entire fair. You acknowledged that testing for HIV was important and thought it was good that it was provided on campus, but you thought that it should still be kept private. AIDS is not a private disease. There are many people in the United States, in Texas and, believe it or not, at TCU that either have AIDS or have tested HIV positive. AIDS is not a “gay disease” anymore, and I feel that many times it is still viewed as one. AIDS spans over generations, races, education levels and cultures and will affect all of us in some way during our lifetime. The AIDS/HIV testing fair was a brilliant idea and a good way for people to not feel ashamed of being tested. As a society we should never become comfortable with AIDS but continually support AIDS testing and other precautionary methods that raise awareness. The Skiff illustrated perfectly how the world acts toward people with AIDS and should be ashamed of themselves for trying to once again make this a private disease that no one talks about or acknowledges. Good job with blatantly pointing out your closed-mindedness and adding to the stigma of being tested. —Lauren
Morton, Cloning debate not forum for anti-Christian sentiment I realize that TCU prides itself in tolerance; however, I think the editorial by (Colorado State columnist) Jon Watkins in Wednesday’s Skiff was unnecessarily hateful toward Christians. It’s hard to tell if he was ‘ragging’ on the scientists who are attempting to clone humans or the Christians who believe that cloning is wrong for moral and spiritual reasons. Frankly, I don’t think his snide attitude contributed much to the discussion, and I wonder if he really cares about the cloning issue at all. This editorial appears to be an unsuccessful attempt to couch Mr. Watkins’ dislike of Christians in the context of a serious debate. If he were genuine in his concern over the recent human cloning activities, it seems he might like to have others who feel the same way as his allies. Instead, he appears to want to ridicule and alienate Christians, and I’m sorry that our campus newspaper was used for that forum. —Andie Piehl, assistant to the dean, College of Fine Arts |
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