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Spend student money on child care
To the editor, Scott Andrew Schulz objects to a university proposal to build a child-care facility for the 2,500 to 3,500 student-parents who attend the UA ("The Feasibility of Paying for Child Care," Oct. 28). Schulz means to impress us with a strange mix of political bravado and insensitivity, a fashionable rhetorical posture these days. Yet when the time comes for Schulz to call single parents (he really means mothers) irresponsible and lecherous to their face, he runs faster than George Castanza fleeing a smoking kitchen: "Single parents are stereotyped as irresponsible people who expect the public to support them during their pursuit of individual goals." Who is doing the stereotyping here? Uncertainty seeks refuge in the passive voice. I suspect that Schulz is scared to take responsibility for the insulting stereotypes his column irresponsibly delivers. It's bad enough that he bases the validity of his opinion on one single mother from Alaska. Is the case of one single parent equal to 3,500 others at the UA? I hope President Likins wasn't just being a Clintonian; I hope he builds that facility. Having taught at two universities, I've found that single parents add valuable experience and diversity to largely homogenous classrooms. Schulz is right about one thing: "The real issue at hand is choice." And I'd rather fund a child care facility for my fellow students than cable television for the dorms, the recreation center, or Schulz's column in the Daily Wildcat. His column is a poor imitation of the insensitive journalists and pundits he tries so hard to ape. Please note that I am not a single parent. But that is neither here nor there.
Andy Doolen
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