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Co-ops Need Two Votes All Living Areas Should Have Equal Senate Representation ASUO Senate made important headway in formulating a new ASUO constitution Thursday night. It voted to increase the number of senators-at-large from nine to fifteen to provide greater representation from the total student body. It voted to re move class presidents from voting positions on the Senate. It voted to hold three elec tions a year to elect five senators-at-large for one-year terms so that students would have greater opportunity throughout the year to hold Senate positions. It voted to provide two seats for off-campus stu dents’ representatives, one for men and one for women, in keeping with housing rep resentation of dormitories and Greek houses. But the Senate voted down a pro posal to provide this same representation for co-operative housing students. This de cision is indefensible. The Senate could have made representa tion consistent according to housing group. In this way, it also could have had similarity to separate state representation in the U.S. Senate. If students vote to follow the Sen ate decision when the constitutional amend ments are put to vote May 21, one housing group will be given one-half the voice of fered others. Some students and senators have argued that there are not enough people involved in the co-operative housing program to jus tify two representatives from that group. It should be pointed out that representa tion from the other living areas was not decided upon the basis of numbers. If this were the case, upper-class women living in dormitories would have more representa tives than upper-class men in dormitories. Similarly, off-campus and fraternity men would have more representation than off campus and sorority women. The reason given for electing two sen ators from each of the other living areas is that the separate rules under which wom en live makes their living situations dif ferent from that of men. This same condi tion could be applied to students living in co-ops and would further justify two sen ators from that area. The Senate's action indicates that some of those voting were not projecting the results of a new constitution into the fu ture. With greater numbers of students coming to the University and with educa tional costs rising every year, the co-oper ative housing program is a likely spot for expansion. In fact, Co-Ed Housing Incorpor ated is already making plans to increase co-operative housing areas. The added num bers of students who will eventually be come a part of co-op living may be unfairly represented in future years if the Senate’s Thursday night decision is allowed to stand. ASUO members who will be voting in the May 21 election should seriously con sider the implications of the disproportion ate housing representation that would be come a part of the new constitution if the Senate action is allowed to stand. We rec ommend that the co-operative housing stu dents have two senators, like every other living area. Combined Weekends Bringing Mom and Dad Together Despite uncooperative weather that forced re-scheduling of the luncheon to Mac Court, a successful Mother’s Weekend is behind us and the end of the year is drawing close. It is always appropriate at this time to evaluate our extra-curricular activities—budgets are being made, the calendar of events is being set up and there fore it is now that transitions from the traditional are easiest. Frequently, students have suggested that Dads’ and Mothers’ Weekends be joined into a single parent or family weekend. We strongly support this proposal. There are a wide assortment of argu ments in favor of continuing the present system. It is felt that the community would not be able to accommodate both mothers and dads and that the University does not have adequate facilities for holding both Mothers and Dads club meetings. Others point out that it is good public relations for the University to have parents visit the campus, but it is just as enjoyable to spend time with mom and dad. None of these arguments meet the real objection—that students and the activity calendar are heavily pressed for free time. For instance, last winter term Dads’ Week end was scheduled at the same time as the Winter Carnival. Also, for the nine posi tions on the Dads’ Weekend committee, only six students filed petitions. Students simply do not have the time and interest to devote. This term we have already had two campus fund drives, an all-campus con cert-dance, plus the normal quota of house dances, athletic events, and “extra-aca demic” lectures. We think the two weekends should be combined. As it is, in a large portion of families, both parents come together any way. It is true that there may be sched uling problems that must be worked out. These problems are well worth the trouble if we can cut down on the number of “big weekends.” With Homecoming to satisfy the Univer sity’s public relations obligation in the fall, it seems reasonable that Dads’ Weekend be eliminated from the crowded winter term calendar and be combined with Moth ers’ Weekend. Letters to the Editor i Trivial Evidence Emerald Editor: I feel that the basic argu ment in Saturday’s editorial on “Higher Education Revenue” was sound: namely, that in dealing with the Higher Educa tion budget, the legislature has placed “political considerations above social responsibility.” However, in attacking the leg islature for being parochial, it seems to me that the writer overstepped the bounds of legi timate argument, revealing a parochialness no less blameless than that of the legislature. It seems to me quite egotis tical to expect the legislature to spend all its time on “our” prob lems, and the height of conceit to sit in judgment on how the legislature spends its time, es pecially when the examples cited were of a rather trivial nature. After all, the legislature rep resents all the people of this state. A more cogent approach would be to concentrate on how the legislature handled the is sue of the higher education budget, and not to quibble about other issues raised which to some might seem insignificant. Gregory F. Bachelis Graduate Assistant Mathematics o.. v«» » SUW PICKINGS American Nazi Chief Defines Social Goals for World Order Since 1958 when George Lin coln Rockwell founded the American Nazi Party, he has attracted considerable interest in the mass media. Rockwell’s protest demonstrations and other activities have been em phasized, but rarely is his fright ening “Program of the World Union of Free Enterprise Na tional Socialists" discussed. The following column is Rockwell’s message to college students which outlines bis objectives. Although we did not solicit the column, we publish it as an in formative service. It does not reflect the view of Emerald’s editors or staff. • • • “In less than 100 years, Marx ism has grown from a Machia vellian scheme in the twisted minds of Marx, Engles and others—until today it is a scien tific, terroristic monster astride the backs of half the earth's population, with powerful slimy tenacles reaching secretly into the lives of all the rest of the people. dt iHfc use ot incredibly clever lies diabolically calcu lated to appeal to the noblest emotions of humanity and by the enshrinement of its devil ish doctrines as a religion which is supplanting by the failing of the failing powers of the older genuine religions, Marxism has raced to the point where only a major miracle can halt its rapid and inevitable triumph over the entire planet.” Much of Rockwell’s program is concerned with his anti Sem etic attitudes. He sees his pri mary purpose “to be nothing less than a world wide effort to free humanity from Jewish dom ination and subversion of all forms and the creation of the idealistic, racially realistic, soc ially progressive, international world order which we must have if we are to remain the masters of our own planet. To this world wide goal, we solemnly pledge our lives.” ROCKWELL OUTLINES sev eral major national problems and proposes solutions: # On the Negro, he says, “we shall appropriate ten bil lion dollars a year for five years from the money now being wasted fighting over integration, poured into foreign aid, and lost on Negro crime to build a mod ern industrial nation in Africa, complete with shopping centers, airlines, superhighways, cities and handsome suburbs and everything else to make (it) finest in the world and then grant $10,000 to every Negro family of five or more migrating to the new land to help them build a home and establish a business. "WE BELIEVE that if this is done with absolute sincerity we can make up our sorely op pressed second class citizens some of the injury and degra dation we have heaped upon them, and help them to regain their self respect and dignity as first class citizens . . . however Negroes remaining in America will be rigidly segregated non citizens.’’ • Rockwell proposes a Na tional Eugenics Commission to "discourage the unlimited breeding of the least desirable elements of our society." lie would also institute marriage subsidies and bonuses for child ren. • Citizenship would be an “earned privilege . not just a right carelessly awarded simply by birth in a certain geographi cal area To be a citizen an indi vidual must have passed his eighteenth birthday, passed cer tain minimum tests or knowl edge and ability to understand (Continued on page 3) OREGON DAILY EMERALD The Oregon Daily Emerald i* published seven times in September and five days 4 week during the school year, except dur* ing examination and vacation periods by the Student Publications Hoard of the University of Oregon. Entered as second class matter at the post office, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rates: $5 per year; $2 per term. Opinions expressed on the editorial page are those of The Emerald and do not pre tend to represent the opinion* of the ASUO or the University. KVEKETTE DENNIS, Editor LARRY WILLIAMS Business Manager JANET GOETZE, Managing Editor RON COWAN. News Editor DOUG RAGEN. Editorial Page Editor JIM SPEER. Advertising Manager DICK RICHARDSON. Associate Editor JIM BRAKE. Assistant Managing Editor RAY MAST, Sports Editor CANDY HEMMING, CATHY NEVILLE. Assistant News Editors GEORGE HICHAM, Photo Editor CHUCK BEGGS, JOE BERGER, PHYLLIS ELVINC, SHERRY LUCAS Associate News Editors ALENK SHARFF Entertainment Editor JO GRISWOLD, Women's Editor NOM I HORKXSTEJ M, Exchange Editor EDITORIAL BOARD: Everette Dennis, Ron Cowan. Jane1 Goetze, Doug Kagen, Dick Richardson Jim Brake, Jerry Utti, Kay Mast, Larry Williams, Pam Pashkowski, Doug Combs, Linda Brown, Cathy Neville, Candy Hem ming, Pat Holt, Simeon Crowther.
