In my early morning skimming of the Daily, I don’t usually pay much attention to the editorials of Robert Zeis. Reading Zeis is like picking up the morning paper and finding out that “Titanic” won the Academy Award for best picture.

However, when I glanced at his column in the Tuesday, Mar. 24 Daily and saw his mention of Anita Hill, I couldn’t resist the temptation to find out what kind of ridiculous comments that he might make regarding Hill and feminism. I wasn’t disappointed.

First of all, when Zeis says that “the feminist movement has completely distanced themselves from their constituents,” my reaction is to ask, “Who on earth does Zeis think he is to have the right to make that kind of statement?” But having just completed Hill’s “Speaking Truth to Power,” I was more interested in Zeis’ comments about her. In his editorial, he says, “Paula Jones’ story is not that believable. It’s about as believable as Anita Hill’s was.” Now let’s see — Zeis is probably about 22 year old, so that would have made him about 15 at the time of the Hill-Thomas hearing in 1991. Is he serious to think that anyone in their right mind would put a lot of stock in the opinion of a (at the time) 15-year-old blond haired, blue-eyed (or at least brown hair, brown-eyed) boy standing in front of his TV in Des Moines, Iowa, catching a glimpse of the hearing as he changes the channel from “Wheel of Fortune” to “The Simpsons?” Get a grip, Robert! Even many of the right-wing conservatives with whom you identify know that Hill told the truth and that, in fact, the liar is sitting on the Supreme Court.

But as painful as it was, I’m grateful for having read this particular editorial. It’s now clear to me that the best comparison of Zeis’ ignorance and arrogance is to that of the 14-member, 1991 Senate Judiciary Committee of the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearing!

Lynn Sandeman

Academic adviser

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences