Magazine got it right about sunglasses
I am writing in response to the "Bravo" in last Friday's State Press editorial regarding oversized sunglasses.
Oversized sunglasses are just as "lame" as popped collars and Ugg boots, but are even more noticeable.
Of course, when I mention this to people they argue - much like The State Press editorial board - that oversized glasses are timeless and will be fashionable for years to come.
Obviously, this is just plain wrong. Years from now, oversized sunglasses will be as dead as disco.
Adding insult to injury, your kids will look at the pictures of you in those ridiculously enormous bug-eyed shades and laugh just as many of us find old pictures of our parents equally humorous.
All I can say is, the classy writers at SPM tried to warn you.
Ben Starsky
SENIOR
Defenses of CAMASU miss the mark
Over the last couple of weeks, I have heard many people defend the formation of the Caucasion American Men of ASU, or CAMASU, on the grounds that to bar its formation is racist, and that this particular group of people deserves representation, too.
This kind of thinking completely misses the point.
How exactly did these young, white men feel that they were underrepresented before?
White men who claim that they are victims of reverse racism or racial favoritism don't seem to realize that their voice still dominates in nearly every aspect of American politics and society.
You need only to take a look at the gender and coloring of most senators, governors and U.S. presidents to see that white men still run this country.
Minority groups at ASU have formed themselves because the dominant power structures in place do not otherwise hear their views.
As far as victimization and marginalization go, white men do not qualify.
CAMASU says that it simply wants representation for a certain group of people. I say, that group of people seems to be represented quite well everywhere else.
Holly Demuth
JUNIOR
