Re: (Fwd) APC News Wire

["Amy VanHoover" <hine9441@uidaho.edu>]

I too like the Washington Times.  Yes, Briana, they do report!  I 
think it's quite a difference to see that each of their stories was 
written by a STAFF REPORTER.  Imagine that!

Sue, you cannot say that we shouldn't believe a story just because it 
came from the Washington Times.  To do so is short-sighted.

I didn't forward the APC News Wire story to be criticized.  I thought 
that perhaps someone else, like Ron, would comment on it.  I really 
appreciate his taking the time to research the story.  Thanks a lot 
for giving the Moscow list server subscribers (including myself) the 
information!

Amy VanHoover
> Not that they need me to come to their defense, but as a longtime
> subscriber to the Washington Times National Weekly Edition, the WA
> Times is biased, yes.  Liars, absolutely not.  They do this
> old-fashioned thing called reporting.  Instead of waiting for the news to
> come to them on a listserver, for example.
> 
> Briana
> 
> Sue Hovey <suehovey@moscow.com> wrote:
> >
> > When one reads a story such as this, particularly from the Washington
> > Times, one has good reason to have a healthy suspicion that it may
> not be
> > true.
> > 
> > Sue Hovey
> > 
> > ----------
> > > From: Amy VanHoover <hine9441@uidaho.edu>
> > > To: vision2020@moscow.com
> > > Subject: (Fwd) APC News Wire
> > > Date: Friday, November 06, 1998 6:56 PM
> > > 
> > > I thought this was interesting.  Hope nobody gets offended-
> > > Amy VanHoover
> > > *************************************************
> > > WHEN THE INMATES RUN THE ASYLUM
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Just when you think that examples of hysterical 
> > > levels of political correctness on college campuses 
> > > couldn’t get more ridiculous, along comes another.
> > > 
> > > The Washington Times reported Monday that Arizona 
> > > State University has fired Professor Jared Sakren, 
> > > the head of their acting program, for using a 
> > > "classical" approach to teaching Shakespeare.
> > > 
> > > The ASU Theatre Department wanted Sakren to either 
> > > change the ending of the plays or "reinterpret" the 
> > > texts if he insisted on including "offensive, sexist 
> > > and Eurocentric" selections such as Shakespeare, 
> > > Aeschylus, Chekhov and Ibsen.
> > > 
> > > Well, the feminists who were upset can rest easy now 
> > > because Sakren is gone (although the lawsuit he’s 
> > > filed against the school and some faculty members 
> > > may still loom). And no one will have to be 
> > > subjected to the offensive original versions of 
> > > William Shakespeare’s plays. Instead, the theater 
> > > department is enlightening the campus with "Betty 
> > > the Yeti: An Eco-Fable." According to the Times, 
> > > it’s a "story of a logger who has sex with a 
> > > sasquatch and is transformed into an 
> > > environmentalist." And what’s the relevance of this 
> > > play? Some suspect it may be the true life story of 
> > > Al Gore!
> > > 
> > > ACTION TO TAKE: (1) Call Bonnie Eckard, ASU Theatre 
> > > Department "Chair" (and quite possibly one of the 
> > > offended feminists): 602-965-5359. Tell her you’re 
> > > sick and tired of colleges indoctrinating our kids 
> > > with this type of radical revolutionary nonsense and 
> > > insist that common sense and classic literature be 
> > > returned to curriculums.
> > > 
> > > Amy VanHoover
> > > http://www.uidaho.edu/~hine9441
> > 
> > 
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Amy VanHoover
http://www.uidaho.edu/~hine9441