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We haven’t even had primary
elections, party conventions or
debates between candidates. This
early and constant campaigning
cannot be good for our country.
Most of the candidates for
major offices are currently serving
the terms that they were elected
to in previous elections.
Vice President Al Gore, Ttexas
Gov. George W. Bush, Sen. Orrin
Hatch, R-Utah, and New York
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all guys have to do and girls
should not do. I happen to love
sports, but I know a lot of guys
who do not care at all about
sports. They have always felt
pressured to take part in sports
in order to earn recognition.
The success of the women’s
World Cup will hopefully start
erasing all the gender stereo-
types in sports and make us rec-
ognize athletic success based on
skills and power and without
consideration for gender.
It’s much too early
to think about 2000
presidential election
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who are willing to sacrifice a lot
to achieve their own goals with-
out falling into the traditional
roles that girls are expected to
fit into.
Girls will now grow up with
athletic heroes just like guys
always have. This World Cup
has also shown that women
could become just as enthusias-
tic as guys about sports, and
there is no reason why it should
not be that way. Who will ever
forget Brandi Chastain’s expres-
sion of happiness after scoring
on the last penalty kick? It was
have been waiting for for not a traditional and puritan
gesture, but it was one of the
most powerful expressions I
have seen in a sports event.
The recognition of powerful
and enthusiastic female athletes
also helps erase the attitude
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I woke up extra late this morn-
ing and was startled to remember
that I needed to write this column
today.
I haven't been keeping up with
the news much this week, so I
had absolutely no idea what to
__ write
about.
I asked
a friend if
she had
any sugges-
tions, and
she said to
write about
what I
know.
Let's see — I know that giving
the South Park soundtrack to my
6-year-old cousin is probably a
bad idea. And I know that it is
possible for the wait staff at
Denny’s to misplace your order
even if there are only three other
tables of people in the restaurant.
But I doubt you would like to read else, no matter how qualified,
a whole column about either of
those.
So I turned to my best friend,
the television, for more counsel.
Maybe if I watched some political
round-table discussion, I would
get some ideas, I thought.
Every show that I flipped to,
though, had the same topic — the
November 2000 elections.
The elections that they speak
of are 16 months away, and I am
already sick of hearing about
them. I'm tired of political ana-
lysts projecting winners and the
opinion polls.
It is way too early for all of this
stuff.
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The impact of the World Cup
for women has been debated on
several news programs in the
last week. The fabulous ending
with the
Johan U.S. victory
Wanstrom on Saturday
■ • ■ ■ brought
even more
hysteria to an event that very
few people knew about three or
four weeks ago.
Some people argue that this
is a major breakthrough for
female athletics — that this is
the athletic recognition that
women
a long time. This is, however,
not the first recognition for
women as athletes. Tiny girls in
gymnastics and ice skating have
received attention and recogni-
tion for a long time.
The most important impact of that athletics is something that
the World Cup is the change in
beauty standards that has been
affirmed with the success of Mia
Hamm and the other women on
the team. The U.S. women’s soc-
cer team is a group of very ath-
letic women.
I have heard many comments
the last week about how attrac-
tive the women on the team are.
The U.S. women’s soccer team
has proven that athletic women
can be considered attractive.
These women are strong ath-
letes with athletic bodies, and
they all express power. They are
also terrific examples of women
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