Anti-abortion protesters brought their crusade to campus last Tuesday. Armed with misinformative pamphlets and grotesquely displayed posters, the anti-choice people showed each and every one of us just how far our rights to free speech go.

Everyone has a right to voice their opinions ? and just like last Tuesday?s protesters ? everyone has a right to lie.

Yes, this may be shocking, but people lie, especially in such a heated topic as abortion rights. As one protester was quoted, “It is legal to get an abortion at any time, for any reason.” This, my friends, is a lie. In California, abortions are not performed during the third trimester unless the life or health of the mother is at risk ? hardly any time for any reason.

Aside from lying, another thing that disturbed me about the protest was the ages of the participants. Nothing like sending a child to do a man?s (or woman?s) job. Some of these kids couldn?t have been a day past 16, which means they must have been missing school to be shouted at by angry college students.

I assume by having children present the material it would be better received than if it was handed out by adults. I think it?s cowardly and downright despicable that someone would put their child in that situation. Pro-life, Pro-Child? I?m sure.

?In lighter news, there are currently 986 students enrolled in web-based courses at our university. Presumably these students will need access to the Internet some time during the semester, and what?s the cheapest way for Sac State students to access the web? Saclink, of course.

The problem with this is that there are only 239 lines for students trying to reach Saclink from home. Some nights it can take over 25 minutes to get connected, if you can even get connected at all.

That leaves 747 web-students unable to get online for their classes. Nevermind the other 24,000 Sac State students who may need to get on the web at some point. The math is so simple even a Government major can do it, but apparently our administration has a hard time with elementary mathematic procedures.

Was it really too hard for UCCS to figure out how many phone lines would be needed by students? And it doesn?t look like the situation will fix itself anytime soon. According to the UCCS website, to keep people from overusing the system, accounts can only be connected to Saclink for 21 hours a week.

I guess that the rest of us are left to hear the aft-repeated and much maligned “All circuits are busy now” notice, or find alternatives to Saclink.

? Lost and Found: Last Tuesday night someone left their container of urine behind in the Library Reserve Book Room. Apparently the restrooms are too much of a walk from the Reserve Book Room for some students. But, I guess if you have to go?you have to go.

Brendan D. Wonnacott is a Government and History major. He can be reached by e-mail at [email protected] or by mail c/o The State Hornet at 6000 J St, Sacramento, CA 95819.