Usually there is much ado about nothing, but this is the case of no ado about much. What I’m talking abut here is the gay movement on campus , or should I say gay non-movement thanks to some. A couple of examples sprout in my mind that I would like to bring to attnention. The first small problem I had was feeling the excitement to read pro-gay messages on the graffiti rocks on Grand Ave. But after arriving I found uneducated remarks and threats painted over them by a certain fraternity. (I will not mention the name, for sake of your own embarrassment). Aren’t fraternities supposed to be an educational establishment representative? That does not seem very educational. Maybe things like this are what give fraternities a bad reputation. Second, most of us know about the chalking that took place last Sunday night, or maybe not too many know about it because there was a crew of sidewalk washers by about ten flips of an hour glass later. I gave not seen such a thing in the past three years of attending school here. One reason for this might be that there was too much chalking and that is why it was done away with. But then I thought about the bounteous amount of messages pertaining to bands, SPC announcements, or fraternity and sorority rush that covers the sidewalks and walls of the campus. It seems that both messages should hold the same weight. In a mirrored thought to Felencia Terrell’s article on Oct. 13th, does this mean that we are in fraternities or sororities if we walk on that path? I certainly think not. The point of the chalking was not to make people assume that you are a lesbian for walking on that particular path. The messages were put there to make people think. What if someone did assume you were gay that day? How do you think I feel being assumed straight, not just on a particular day, but in all situations? This also ties in with another point that was made about blue jeans day. Saying that we should not use blue jeans to express our freedom (because 85 percent of people wear them) completely misses the whole point. The point is that gay people are like everyone else. We wear jeans , just like everyone else. Anyone who does not feel comfortable wearing jeans that day, because someone might think you are homosexual, is put at an inconvenience, just like gay people are put at an inconvenience everyday to fit into this heterosexual society. When time brings about the understanding of why we express ourselves for the repayment of being accepted, is the day we will be able to stop.

Senior in Ind. Tech.