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Discriminate this


If you are familiar with the Pacer, you're probably aware that discrimination is not an issue that just happened to pop in out of nowhere.

Remember reading the paper last year?

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

This is an issue that just peeks in and says “Look at me! Look at me!”

Discrimination is something that has been and always will be a part of life. There isn’t just a particular group that gets discriminated against – everyone does.

For instance, I believe the University has something against short people.

As I watch my vertically challenged teachers struggle to reach the top of the chalkboard to write, I wonder why none of them have complained to the university about it.

It’s obviously affecting their teaching when they have to pull out chairs to stand upon, not to mention distracting when you're trying to take notes.

Is the University trying to say that they are only interested in accommodating tall professors?

Is this their way of “weeding” out the short ones?

Did anyone else realize that the fitness center was designed to discriminate against the non-fit?

The mirrors surrounding the place are like a 360 degree reminder of everything you fear and hate about your body.

There is no separate room for weight training or the cardio equipment.

Prepare to be stared at through the glass windows as you and your friends jazzercise to the newest “Buns of Steel” video. Best of all, you can stare at others while they are staring at you.

Guys – I don’t know if you have noticed this, but I have yet to see a “Men in Communications” group around campus yet.

Women are the majority of Communication majors, so don’t men deserve their own group where they can network with other men?

Sure you can join the women’s group, but shouldn’t you have your own to be “fair”? (Also, on another note, the men have no soccer team.)

Are we getting too politically correct for our own good? I think so. We are having problems with discrimination on this campus because everyone is looking for something to cry foul about.

Make one comment, such as “That girl is being loud” and it can be misconstrued into “Are you trying to tell me that all girls are loud? Or just the ones not in a sorority? Or are you speaking of just girls not in a sorority that live in McCord?”

The point (and I’m sure I have one buried in the beginning of this mess), is that discrimination is everywhere, so don’t cry foul over everything.

If that is the case, I guess the part in the First Amendment about us having free speech should be thrown out.