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Please note that at this year'sgraduation ceremony, any student caught singingalternative (particularly explicit and/or suggestive) words to the AEHSSchool Song will be removed from the premises. Complaints that the AEHSSchool Song
is too militaristic must be submitted in writing to theAEHS administrative office, not scrawled on toilet doors or discussed
on any student's public access television programme.
Lettersto the Editor:
To Whom it May Concern:
MelanieGreenbaum's article in last week's issue of The Atom on thestrides the women's movement has made in the past
three decadeswas laughably facile. Sexism is still alive and well, not only aroundthe world, but in our own country. In Utah,
for instance, polygamousmarriages involving brides as young as eleven years of age arethriving, practised by fundamentalist Mormons who continue to live bytraditions their ancestors brought west in the mid-1800s. The number ofpeople in polygamous families in Utah is estimated by human rightsgroups at perhaps as many as 50,000, despite the fact that polygamy isnot tolerated by the mainstream Mormon church, and also that theenforcement of tough penalties in thecase of underage brides can sentence a polygamous husband or churchleader arranging such a marriage to up to fifteen years in prison.
I am not telling other cultureshow to live, or anything. I am just saying take off the rose-colouredspectacles, Ms Greenbaum, and write an article about some of the realproblems that affect half the population of this planet. The staff of TheAtom might well consider giving some of their other writers achance to report on these issues, instead of relegating them to the