104 10 1258 https://omeka.ursinus.edu/files/original/6aca51277b81a2be8e2e8926d41fa7a6.jpg 803ae069f2cffb702ff936a37d9bdcca Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource History of the GSA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Dear Editors: In response to John Ronning's letter describing, quite graphically, his aversion to GALA, we offer the following response: 1)Sexual preference is not a matter of choice. With the exception of fundamentalist right-wing kooks, everyone pretty much accepts this principle as a fact. Numerous scientific studies have shown that "curing" homosexuals is only successful when the patients are carefully screened beforehand and have had a great deal of hetersexual experience (Davidson 1976). Other "follow-up" research shows that very few "cured" homosexuals remain wholly hetersexual. Past "cures" have included hypnosis, intensive psychoanlysis, prefrontal lobotomy, electroconsulsive shock treatment, chemical castration, aversion therapy, and many other barbaric methods (McGonaghy, Procter, & Barr, 1972). 2) At no time has GALA ever referred to the homophobic tendendies of closed-minded bigots as a "mental illness." Is racism a "mental illness?" How about sexism? Is intolerance and hate-mongering a "Mental illness?" If GALA considered your homophobia to be a mental illness, we would gladly put you in touch with a group of "ex-homophobes" that could help you avoid that short, miserable lifestyle. Of course, this offer is based on the conviction that homophobia is an unfamiliar perversion. Sound familiar? 3) Ronning's rather foolish belief that homosexuals "live with one disease after another, and die young," is yet another example of ludicrous self-delusion. Unhealthy sexual practices and sexually-transmitted diseases are not limited to homosexuals. Last week's announcement by Magic Johnson proves that point. Most gay men and lesbians today are hyper-aware of safe sexual practices. 4) Attempting to link homosexuality to all of Ronning's graphic sexual acts is nothing more than old-fashioned ignorance. Not all gay people engage in the activities he listed. Nor are these activities engaged in exclusively by homosexuals. Heterosexuals outnumber homosexuals ten to one. Statistically it is ridiculous to say that all sexual perversity is practiced within ten percent of the population, while the other ninety percent have uniform sexual practices. GALA is the GAY AND LESBIAN ALLIANCE, not the "whatever-sexual-leanings alliance." So don't ask us to open up to necrophiliacs, pedophiles, and those who practice bestiality. GALA wouldn't want that many heterosexuals in our group anyway. 5) If normal sexual behavior is not to be defined as "non-mastrubating, non-pre-marital, non-pornographic, non-oral, non-anal, non-fantasy, non-anything-but-you-and-your-spouse-under-the-covers-lights-out-missionary-position-for-producing-children-sex," then Ronning has quite a task ahead of himself. If two consenting adults engage in sexual activity in the privacy of their own home, who cares if they want to urinate on each other? Couldn't Ronning spend his excess energy feeding the poor or sheltering the homeless, or doing something more important than standardizing the sexual habits of a nation? Homosexuals are not the only group that is threatened. After we are "cured," who is next? Will these fundamentalist right-wingers stop there? Don't count on it. I ask Ronning: What are your views on divorce, birth control, pre-marital sex, inter-racial marriage, or working women? To end this letter with a question, I ask: "How tolerant should we be of intolerance?" In a time where "political correctness" is becoming a dirty word, what is the "proper resposne" to mis-informed bigots? How many will not contest this lunatic under the meager excuse, "everyone's entitled to his opinion." Everyone is entitled: So voice your disagreement. Send a message to close-minded, bigoted, extremist, fanatical, narrow, prejudiced, intolerant zealots on this campus and beyond. Respectuflly submitted, Michael Cyr, Jeffrey Bell, Elisabeth Hauser GALA Executive Committee Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Gala Replies to Letter," November 19, 1991 Subject The topic of the resource John Ronning's letter to the editor. Description An account of the resource The Executive Committee members offer a strong rebuke of John Ronning's letter and sentiments. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michael Cyr, Jeffrey Bell, and Elisabeth Hauser. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Grizzly Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ursinus College Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 19, 1991 Bell Cyr extremist GALA Hauser homosexual Ronning https://omeka.ursinus.edu/files/original/87418f02b2cc8400abfb9d3cdf8dc8c2.jpg 803ae069f2cffb702ff936a37d9bdcca Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource History of the GSA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document To: The Grizzly From: Ronald E. Hess, Professor of Chemistry Date: 12 November 1991 Topic: Letter to the Editor On Saturday, November 9, I watched proTheatre's marvelous production of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," a play which deals with the injustice perpetrated by intolerance, the absence of compassion, and the holier-than-thou attitude of overzealous Christians. On Tuesday, November 12, I read John Ronning's vile diatribe directed at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance. Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692 and Collegeville, Pennsylvania in 1991! It is sad to see that some things never change, even in the ivory tower. Mr. Ronning,"Judge not, that you be not judged" [Matthew 7:1]. ____________________________________________ Dear Editor and Ursinus Community, In John Ronning's letter regarding GALA, printed in the November 12th issue of the Grizzly, he presented some of his emphatic opinions as fact, and strongly implied a number of erroneous points. I would like to offer an alternative perspective on some of these points and indicate the non-factual status of others. First, Mr. Ronning considers it "cruel" to allow peers to help one another sort out conflicting ideas about their sexuality; but many other people do not regard this as cruel. Rather, some consider the possibility of having a venue within which it is SAFE to discuss sexuality a real service to young adults. Whether hetero- or homosexual, many individuals struggle while coming to terms with their sexual identities. Certainly the hostility toward homosexuality evinced in Mr. Ronning's letter indicates that, at least in some areas, the climate remains particularly unsafe for homosexual and bisexual students. Second, Mr. Ronning equated "normal, healthy" people with those who find "homosexual acts" a source of "disgust and revulsion." Since many, many "normal, healthy" people do not share this attitude, Mr. Ronning's correlation is a troubling logical lapse--one made especially troubling given that the letter is from one trained in a rigorously logical intellectual field. Third, despite Mr. Ronning's implications to the contrary, gay culture is exciting as is straight culture. However, both certainly do include sub-cultures which are neither representative of the whole, nor necessarily appealing to all people. To equate the part with the whole is both inaccurate and a disservice to readers who are unfamiliar with the culture--and who therefore may assume Mr. Ronning's representation as accurate. Mr. Ronning's "counter-offer" is considerate, in that some people do wish to deny their sexuality--and now the ones who do on this campus know one place to turn for assistance. But Mr. Ronning's frightening logical leaps in the same paragraph in which he made this offer make it all too evident that his own strong feelings have temporarily overridden his training in logic and reason. This stance makes me wonder if he can even-handedly assist students dealing with a matter as delicately and potentially fraught with turmoil as is this one. While I do disagree with Mr. Ronning's assessments, I am writing laregly to indicate the holes in the logical fabric of his argument. For were one to read his letter without care and attention, one might be wayed by the vehemence of his words. Siince we live in a culture in which both science and teachers are accorded authority, his appending "Physics Department" after his name might serve not only to identitify him but also implicitly to promise an apparently undeserved credibility to him as an author. As members of an intellectual community, we must demand that people address serious issues with all of the critical skills they have at their disposal; we must insist that those who can contribute to the community as teachers do not indicate--by example or otherwise--that an argument based solely on "revulsion" is a viable argument. Sincerely, Dr. Margot A. Kelley Dear Editor: The opinion written by John Ronning in last week's Grizzly was the saddest piece of work that I have read in many years. Though he pretended to offer advice to homosexuals, the venom in his letter made clear that its purpose was to hurt, not to help. What would possess anyone to publicly vent such feelings of hatred and loathing for other human beings? What could be the motive behind such deliberate cruelty? It certainly could not be a Christian motive. Though I am by no means an authority on Christ's teachings, even I know that hatred and cruelty have no place in His religion. Mr. Ronning should search in his heart to learn the source of his anger, for it seems terrible indeed, and could harm him as deeply as it does others. Robert Dawley Biology Department Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Faculty Members Speak Out," November 19, 1991 Subject The topic of the resource Ronning's Letter on GALA Description An account of the resource Ronald Hess, Margot Kelley, and Robert Dawley speak out again John Ronning's letter. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ronald Hess, Margot Kelley, and Robert Dawley. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Grizzly Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ursinus College Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 19, 1991 Crucible Dawley faculty GALA Hess homosexual Kelley Ronning https://omeka.ursinus.edu/files/original/e012728ffc36cf23c047a44d7f66ed3d.pdf d067f0bffde38e98889b1aac0a62fd64 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ursinus Remembers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource V-12 Unit 1945 Subject The topic of the resource Photo of the V-12 Unit at Ursinus from 1945 Description An account of the resource A photo of the full V-12 unit in its last year at Ursinus College in 1945. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ursinus College Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ursinus College Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photo Language A language of the resource English https://omeka.ursinus.edu/files/original/199b1d09ae8c838534791309452b0026.pdf 6edc8f7e2de3a2c41cb65dad9294c91d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ursinus Remembers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource V-12 First Company Photo 1943 Subject The topic of the resource A photo of the First Company from the V-12 program. Description An account of the resource A photo showing the First Company from the new V-12 program at Ursinus College from 1943. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ursinus College Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ursinus College Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October, 1943 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photo Photo Unit Ursinus College V-12 V-12 Program https://omeka.ursinus.edu/files/original/7e83f556f6f46d0901cf9eda542cc1f6.pdf e8707941a533ec71077b590747584202 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ursinus Remembers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Data For Termination Negotiation Subject The topic of the resource Termination document at the end of the V-12 program. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Naval Reserve Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Naval Reserve Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 30, 1945 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Contract Language A language of the resource English Contract Government Pearl Harbor Termination Ursinus College War effort World War II https://omeka.ursinus.edu/files/original/b53b9cd337fe4a529813715cc1280f7d.pdf 750e3da5d5691e5acc87f31654824f84 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ursinus Remembers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource V-12 Contract Map of Campus Subject The topic of the resource Map in the V-12 Contract Description An account of the resource A hand drawn map detailing the lay out of Ursinus's campus found in the V-12 contract between Ursinus and the Naval Reserve. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived V-12 Government Contract Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 15, 1943 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Hand drawn map Language A language of the resource English Contract Government Map Pearl Harbor Ursinus College V-12 V-12 Program World War II https://omeka.ursinus.edu/files/original/ce123fc8d5ea79ebae320a3d82dd2681.pdf 7a8bef58c368f8664b5aee805570e80e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ursinus Remembers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Navy College Contract No. 105 Subject The topic of the resource The contract between the Navy and Ursinus College. Description An account of the resource The government contract explaining the specifics of the deal which allows Ursinus to host the V-12 units. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Naval Reserve Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Naval Reserve Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Naval Reserve Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 15, 1943 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Government Contract Language A language of the resource English Contract Government Pearl Harbor Ursinus College V-12 V-12 Program War time World War II https://omeka.ursinus.edu/files/original/208f55acc21f38bb59abaf802b172ff7.pdf a3b242d4e9bc1d4597f1625a5f7f18eb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ursinus Remembers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource V-12 College Selection Subject The topic of the resource A letter sent to the Department of the Navy petitioning for Ursinus to be part of the V-12 program. Description An account of the resource A letter sent to the Department of the Navy petitioning for Ursinus to be part of the V-12 program. This letter contains multiple photos displaying different areas of campus. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ursinus College Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Ursinus College Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ursinus College Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Letter Language A language of the resource English Pearl Harbor President Selection Ursinus College V-12 V-12 Program World War II https://omeka.ursinus.edu/files/original/a5643430a4c9cd9a3555fa63c1c308e2.pdf 481592502533cd4c8a242e44b63d58bf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ursinus Remembers Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Memorial Dedication and War Year Memories Description An account of the resource Brief written pieces presented at the dedication of the Promise/Anthem memorial, many of which contain memories from alumni of the "War Years" classes. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 7, 1998 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Richard Schellhase Betty Musser Pete Scattergood Anne Harting Jack Norman Evan Snyder Bill Heefner J. 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Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Excerpt from the Grizzly Oct. 3rd, 2002 Front Page Subject The topic of the resource Campus response to September 11th Description An account of the resource An excerpt from the front page of the campus newspaper, The Grizzly, on October 3rd, 2002. Article is titled "Students Voice Opinions in Campus Terrorism Talk". 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