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Overlook

Your editorial of Thursday,
Nov. 30, "Who Determines
Decency," regarding the
funding of the Gay Student
Union, while praiseworthy for
its libertarian emphasis on the
importance of individual
freedom, nevertheless
ultimately overlooks the
crucial point of the entire
issue, mandatory student fees.

You are quite proper in
implying that no one should
presume to legislate another's
moral values. (This is, indeed,
not to say that all values are
equal) And it is truly
unfortunate that the Gay
Student Union has to bear the
brunt of what properly
articulated is the general
student outrage over the
inequity of the mandatory fees
systems.

You castigate Bill Hurd for
his "anti-libertarian position"
but do not even attempt to