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The Emerald Editorial Board Endorses Freshmen Candidates Each year records in the Admissions Office indicate that freshmen are getting better. Admission standards have increased and the percentage taking remedial cours es has decreased. Optimistic members of the Editorial Board who had this in mind when they interviewed freshman candi dates Thursday night were soon disillu sioned. The Board faced a long train of dull, unimaginative candidates, few with substantive proposals and most with no conception of what student government is or should be. In spite of the apparent lack of quality candidates we managed to find some criteria for comparison. Frosh President No Endorsement Candidate Mike Dye appeared somewhat unaware of fundamental campaign issues. He has no particular program to offer freshmen and has only the most superficial knowledge of the Senate’s work. He favors constitutional revisions, but not at this time. The freshman class president, he be lieves, should be a coordinator. Dye feels the student referendum drive was poorly handled and done without the consent of the ASUO Senate. He has an ambivilent at titude toward the new conduct code and the student court. On one hand he ques tions the student court and on the other be lieves that it may make students more re sponsible. Candidate Mike Lutz appears to focus his campaign on the fact that he is a Eugene student and has been an erstwhile observer of University affairs for quite some time. Lutz seems sincere, but is not particularly informed. He dislikes the idea of class pres idents being removed from the Senate fa provision of the proposed constitution) and thinks that the National Student Associa tion is weak in the west and without any particular benefits to students. He is not sure wiiat Senate committee he would pre fer. Lutz expressed interest in fraternity discrimination and would like to probe this area. Both candidates are personable and apparently interested in the office they are seeking even though they aren’t quite sure what the Senate is all about. Frosh Representative It would be extremely difficult to differ entiate between Rick Bonniksen and Steph en Londahl, frosh representative candi dates. Again both are willing to serve in the position if elected, but neither has much to offer his would-be constituents or the Senate. Rick Bonniksen thinks the new conduct code is basically what we need, but difficult to institute or enforce. He felt that it would be difficult to take a stand on the National Student Association. He thinks he can help his class by establishing a class council. He is not sure which Senate committee he would seek a place on and isn’t quite sure what area of Senate activity interests him. Stephen Londahl is reserving his judg ment on the National Student Association until he sees it in action. He did say that he will join the NSA international commit tee and do his part to make the organiza tion work. He said he didn’t have much opinion on the discipline code or student court. He too opposes constitutional revi sion because he believes the frosh president should retain his seat on the senate. Joan Traphagen Women’s Dorm Rep We endorse Joan Traphagen for fresh man womens’ dormitory representative be cause there appeared to be a clear distinc tion between the two candidates for this position. Miss Traphagen seems more aware. She seemed more imaginative and knowledgable than her opponent. Miss Tra phagen feels that the problem of the new conduct code is clearly a lack of informa tion among freshmen. Most are not aware of the old system and have no standards for comparison. On the tax referral campaign she said the effort was worth it, but be lieves a more imaginative campaign might have been conducted although the time was short. Miss Traphagen is interested in serv ing on the Academic and Cultural Commit tee in the Senate. Kathie Neilson. seeking the same posi tion, is interested in seeing unity in the dormitories. She is not sure which commit tee would interest her in the Senate. The discipline code is very good, she maintains, but on the other hand questions such free dom. She joins several other frosh candi dates in opposing constitutional revision. Men’s Dorm Rep Of the three candidates for freshman men’s dormitory representative only Wil liam Luvaas appeared for an interview. For this reason we cannot make an en dorsement. We were, however, impressed with Luvaas. He is not only well grounded in the mechanics of student government, but has perceptive questions about the new conduct code. He is interested in the com pulsory fee issue. Although Luvaas has a brother in student government his answers to question revealed that he has reflected on the work of the Senate. Letters To the Editor On Yell Squad Emerald Editor: A new yell for the rally squad to work on: “H2 S04, Play us again, we’ll give you more.” Maybe it was meant to be satiric Greg, but it’s just what our rally squad needs. Athletics ought to serve some academic function. (See Greg’s Gossip, Oct 22 Oregonian.) Irvine Smith Psychology ' * * * Pledge Support Emerald Editor: As primary candidates for the office of freshman class vice pres ident, we would like to express our appreciation to those of you who gave us your support in last week’s election. During the campaign, we grew to feel a very deep concern for the class of ’67. We feel that our class deserves the best pos sible leadership. For this reason we would like to urge you to cast your vote for John Chirgwin for the office of freshman class vice president. Susan Kennedy, George Mead, Freshman, Liberal Arts * * * Supports Bachelis Emerald Editor: I am supporting the candi dacy of Greg Bachelis for Grad uate Student Representative on the ASUO Senate. I feel he has the interest and experience to competently rep resent the graduate students. He served in student govern ment as an undergraduate, and, since coming here in 1962 as a graduate in mathematics, he has maintained an active interest in campus issues. I believe he has an awareness of the graduate students’ point of view, as well as being sensi tive to the needs of the Univer sity as a whole. I also feel he will effectively support causes of interest to graduate students outside the Senate, for example, the new graduate student cen ter. Joan Acker Graduate Student in Sociology Each year the Emerald Editorial Board endorses candi dates for ASUO elections. We do this as a public service since the Editorial Board is the only campus group which has an opportunity to interview all candidates. We famil iarize ourselves with their individual platforms and ask them questions. We attempt to make our questions con sistent in order to objectively evaluate candidates. We hope that our experience with the candidates provides members of the student body with substantive judgments so that name familiary is not the only standard for evalua tion on election day. Herblock ■" “Dear Gen. DeGaulle: Adenauer Has Retired. Mac millan Has Retried. Just Thought I’d Drop A Line To Ask How Are Things With You?” Jitters To the Editor Supports Editorial Emerald Editor: Congratulations on your edi torial in the October 21 issue on “Our Political Efforts.” You have stated very effectively the thesis that I have supported for more than 25 years in my curri culum classes. High school teachers can do a rather effective job with ado lescent youth in developing in terest and competency in exercis ing the privilege of voting, in spite of the handicap created by the fact that you realize that they will not be able to exercise their franchise for three or four, or even five years. Any adult only needs to sit in the classroom of a capable social science teacher for sev eral periods to realize that most youth of age 17 and 18 have more knowledge of candidates, issues and procedures pertain ing to voting than the average adult. Furthermore they usually have more competency to recog nize and deal with propaganda than the average adult. No doubt high school teach ers could do an even better job of developing voting competen cy if both teacher and students knew that the competency was to be used in the very near fu ture rather than being put “on ice” for three or four years. Is it any wonder that many young persons find it difficult to regain interest in civic and political matters when they fin ally become “of age”? Hugh B. Wood Professor of Education * * * Gross Tax Wanted Emerald Editor: The Townsend Organization is deeply disturbed over the possi bility of cuts in the welfare pro gram and high taxes already in effect and' the continued in crease in taxes; and the state of Oregon’s difficulty in meeting the necessary state expenses. We of the Townsend Area Convention in session in Port land Oct. 19. 19G3 a.sk that our .state legislature investigate the gross income tax as used suc cessfully in Hawaii and Indiana. Therefore lx- it resolved that the Oregon State Legislature adopt a gross income tax as the Oregon State Tax Base. This resolution to be sent to the House, Senate, governor, and the press. I>r. Irene Waldo 3036 N.E. Everett St., Portland, Oregon * * * Scholars or Gentlemen Emerald Editor: In a small effort to dissipate the confusion over the role of counselors,” may I add a foot note to the front page article appearing Wednesday, 23 Octo ber? If we use Webster’s Third New International Dictionary to describe a scholar as “one who has the attitudes (as curiosity, perseverance, initiative, origin ality, integrity) considered es sential for learning,” we go, es pecially with the word “integ rity,” into the very heart of what it means to be a gentle man. Every scholar, K he de serves that name, is a gentle man. Frederick Caridelaria Assistant Professor of English OREGON DAILY EMERALD The; Oregon Daily Emerald i# pubHahed twice in September and five day* a week during the academic year, except during at* animation and vacation period* by the Stu dent Publication. Board of the llniveraity of Oregon. Entered an oerond cUaa matter at the poat office, Eugene, Oregon. Subscrip tion vatca 95 per year; 12 per term. Opinion* expreaurd on the editorial page are thoae of the Emerald end do not pre tend to reprearnt the opinion of the ASUO or the Univeraity. EVERETTE DENNIS, Editor LARKY WILLIAMS, Buaineaa Manager JANET COETZE. Managing Editor JIM SHEER, Ad vet lining Manager HON COWAN. New. Editor DOUG HAGEN, Editorial Huge Editor CATHY NEVILLE, Academic Affair# Editor DICK KICHARDSON, Aaaociate Editor
