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From: seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy)
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Subject: Re: The Horrible thing nobody's had the guts to say about AA
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Date: Sun, 23-Jun-85 15:17:55 EDT
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Summary: really about college foolishness

In article <686@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Beth Christy writes:

>>The "Lady Godiva Day" sounds like standard college foolishness.
>>If you don't want to be around college foolishness, don't go
>>to college.
>
>I trust you forgot the ":-)" Snoopy.  Not only does this sound amazingly
>close to "if you don't want to be hassled, don't go where men might hassle
>you", it also is extremely unhelpful advice to someone who is explaining
>"why there are more qualified men than women in engineering", and who wishes
>to rectify that.  I'd say a ":-)" was definitely in order here.

-sigh-  try again:  The "Lady Godiva Day" event, judging only by the
description given in the original article (since I wasn't there to
observe it myself), does sound like standard college foolishness.
A bunch of college kids having one last fling at childishness before
entering the sober adult world, causing a certain amount of disturbance
and disruption, but usually nothing major.  It is not clear how this
event is "hassling women", perhaps you could explain.  Perhaps you'd
prefer for them to steal a hamburger figurehead?  As far as the
disruption goes, I'm not defending it, I'm saying that's the way it is,
and there's not a whole lot that can be done to prevent it.  If you
have any good ideas here, we're all ears.

Obviously it is possible to overdo it.  The primary purpose of going to
college is supposed to be learning, not to recreate the movie "Animal
House".  On the other hand, one cannot expect to live a totally
sheltered life, devoid of any stress or hassle.

Snoopy
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