Letters
For Scott-Minnis
Writing in the names of Orbie Scott
and Jackie Minnis for ASUO President and
Vice-President is an important step for
every progressive student on this campus.
It means that you are aware of some basic
human problems that aren’t being ad
dressed in the slick campaigning that’s
going on.
It could also mean that you’re tired of
the same crap and drivel over the same old
questions that ASUO politics has been
centered around for years—at a time when
hundreds of students have their futures
jeopardized by the cut-back in work-study
and the decreasing support of disad
vantaged students on the state and federal
levels.
A write-in vote also means that you’re
not going to make another “lesser of two
evils” choice again, and plan to really turn
student government around.
Grattan Kerans
Senior, Pol. Sci.
Merrill for OSPIRG
Thursday and Friday will be critical
days for OSPIRG. There is no need to
recapt the system of priorities advanced
by the number of students running for the
Board of Directors. They seek the same
goals as the university community itself
seeks—an end to pollution; landlord and
tenant law revision; consumer protection;
research and academic credit. Any
member of the Board for the University of
Oregon will work just as hard as the next
member for each of these programs.
The critical decisions must now be
made concerning boarderline areas.
OSPIRG must be kept separate from
political alignment, and it must serve
those supporting it—students—while at the
same time providing an avenue of help for
the non-student, to insure continued
support by those not in the academic
community
OSPIRG’s future lies in a delicate
balance, as close as a 5-4 decision by the
State Board We must now carefully move
to increase that majority, while at the
same time attempting to expand the
powers of OSPIRG to increase its power of
litigation—which is not allowed under the
present system.
If money speaks, then it must speak in
the form of litigation, if necessary, to bring
the possibility of pressure to those
problems we hope to solve. This is not to
say that litigation powers are always to be
used or ever to be used, but it is to say that
OSPIRG must have the ability, if
necessary, to pursue its goals in a court of
law.
Make OSPIRG work Vote Thursday
or Friday.
Ben Merrill
School of Law
Vicious letter
The ASUO campaign reached a new
low when the Emerald printed the vicious
smear letter by Hon Eachus yesterday. 1
understand that Mr Eachus has had his
frustrations this past year with the C1C
disaster and with dissension from his own
former naming mate and staff
1 was uncommitted before the Eachus
letter, but I'm going to vote for the Alpert
Neal ticket which Mr Eachus obviously
fears will cause radical changes in the
ASUO
Hill Schuub
Sophomore, Political Science
Consciousness III
It seems very ironic that a political
party could so grossly misinterpret a
concept Consciousness 111, conceived
without a platform, running without the
support, but instead on the tails and ideals
of lain More and 1-arry Salmony, is
evedently waltzing its candidates into
office in the upcoming general election
Vet “Consciousness III" is supposed to
represent a break away from the political
trickery so characteristic of Con
sciousness 11 Consciousness III can
didates, for the most part, ill experienced
and uninformed freshman who one night
came up with an idea, have not yet said
anything as individuals. It seems un
believable that not one candidate would
vary in supported ideas. Is it possible that
a party conceived under something as
broad as “Consciousness III” could be so
narrow. Many Consciousness III can
didates, either too scared to say anything,
or else not well informed enough to make it
intelligent, are relying on the hard cam
paigning of a few hard working party
leaders. Vote Thursday or Friday, but
please vote for a senator, and not a
misused concept.
Steve Brown
Soph, Lib. arts
Bob Peirce
Grad, Soc. science
ASUO Justification
This year’s ASUO Senate has finally
waded through its 1971-72 budget and
although incidental fee assessment did go
up somewhat, all fronts seem to be
basically happy. Minority union please
were answered not at the cost of existing
ASUO programs. Yet new questions did
come up through the budget hearings,
which were left unanswered.
First, the old concept of allotment of
incidental fees to organiations propor
tional to student interest and participation
does and cannot always apply, especially
in the case of Chicano, Black, Native
American, and foreign student unions,
which are not served by existing ASUO
programs. Secondly, to what degree
should a University student sponsor a
minority state wide cultural diffusion
program. Certainly, the major university
of this state would logically be the center
of such programs, and if state and federal
funds are not available, ASUO incidental
fees would be a minority unions only hope.
And in the same light, although not so
directly, we, the university majority, are
responsible for the Black, Chicano, Native
American and foreign students plight.
From this comes a third question, which
is, considering that existing ASUO
programs, for what ever reason do not
serve minorities, can the ASUO justify
sponsoring these programs knowing that
they will not serve the majority of the
student body. In essence, should the
student body financially support
separatism. TTie one of two dollars a year
is the least that I, as a white majority
student, can offer. If elected, I will push
for the continuation of these now kindled
minority programs and push for the an
swers and clarification of these questions.
Jeff Law
Off Campus No. 19
McKenzie for OSPIRG
As a candidate for OSPIRG, I would
like to propose a change in its system of
funding. As currently set up, each
student’s incidental fee will be increased
$1 per quarter for OSPIRG. Any student
not wishing to contribute may demand a
refund three weeks after registration by
going to some point on campus where the
money will be distributed. I propose that,
in the second and third quarters of the
year, refunds be given at Mac Court
during registration. Students would thus
be largely spared the inconvenience of
waiting three weeks and then going to
some place on campus they might not
otherwise frequent.
I have limited my proposal to the
second and third quarters for the following
reasons: First, many incoming freshmen
and transfer students will not have heard
of OSPIRG and will be unwilling to read
much about it during the crush of
registration The cost of printing and
mailing information to these individuals
before registration would be considerable.
Secondly, at the start of OSPIRG's
existence, no one will have a clear idea of
how many refunds will be demanded It
might be unfeasible to arrange for the
payment of a wholly uncertain number of
refunds at registration. In succeeding
quarters, however, this difficulty should
be largely removed
The cost of administering an effective,
yet wholly voluntary funding system for
OSPIRG appears prohibitive (primarily
because of the labor expense in precoding
IBM cards). I can see no justification,
however, for inconveniencing students
uninterested in contributing to the extent
that the present system does.
Jim McKenzie, Law
Candidate for OSPIRG
For Kay Johnson
With the existence of a financially
supported OSPIRG, the people of Oregon
will have the opportunity to achieve
various environmental goals. Such a
viable program requires responsible
leadership, and that responsible leader
ship can be found in Kay Johnson. As a
candidate for OSPIRG’s local board, Kay
would like to see several changes in our
fight against pollution and consumer
protection. The prevention of high rents
for substandard housing and skyrocketing
food prices in the Eugene area as well as
the establishment of paths for non
polluting bicycles would be realized under
Kay’s leadership. Students should also
receive credit hours for research to be
done under OSPIRG. Kay’s major of
Public Health Protection demonstrates
that her concern over our ecological crisis
is more than a passing whim, and that her
election to the local board is more than a
political ego-trip. If you want genuine and
sincere leadership, action and not words,
then you will vote for Kay Johnson for
OSPIRG on May 20-21.
Tom Della-Rose
Jr. Political Science
Don Ross
Jr. Political Science
Jeff Johnson
Soph. Political Science
Won for won
Since the marked political activity of
last spring, the ASUO has come to play a
larger, more involved role on campus.
This active and concerned involvement in
University affairs must continue if the
ASUO is to effectively promote the
students’ welfare.
As a senator, I would work to make the
ASUO a more influential organization on
campus—more responsive to student
needs, and protective of their rights.
Specifically, I would work to (1) expand
such needed student services and
programs as: OSPIRG, ESCAPE, Day
Care centers, married students’ housing,
and the Outdoor Program, (2) attain
greater student representation in
University policy-making in areas such as
: the Faculty Senate, campus secrurity
(OCS), dormitories, the campus
development committee, and the
professors’ tenure system, and (3) re
finance the athletic department’s ac
tivities through other, more equitable
means. Of equal importance is the need to
hold down students’ incidental fees—by
working within the present budget to
maximize the benefits from student ser
vices and programs. This could be ac
complished through budget reform, re
allocating funds in accordance with
student priorities.
I would appreciate your vote and a
chance to bring about these needed
changes. Benny Won,
Soph., Pre-Law
Double taxation
I can't afford to pay $17.50 next year
for a season ticket to attend athletic
events The double taxation becomes in
creasingly bitter when you learn that we
will be paying almost three dollars more
per term for incidental fees, and yet
having to pay to attend athletic events
which we've always attended for no
charge. Spence Alpert and Dan Neal would
stop this rip-off of student funds. Only the
.Alpert-Neal ticket has promised to keep
athletic events free for all students Their
opponents would prevent students from
lower income brackets from attending
athletic contests. To protect your pocke
book, vote for Alpert and Neal.
Susan Neal
Senior. Education
OSPIRG: Clear directives
OSPIRG has tremendous potential for
building a powerful student movement in
Oregon ... if taken in stride. I cannot
realistically see how our long-range goals
and community support can be achieved
with propositions for “hard pressure
grouping’’ and “Sue the Bastards.”
However appealing these emotional
tactics may be, I believe it better to
solidify OSPIRG’s framework in our effort
to build a productive organization to
combat the social and industrial pollution
of our state. Perhaps with less “teeth” and
more prodigious prowling the long range
policies noted below might be developed to
aid our cause:
—to prevent further ecological
deterioration of estuaries, wetlands, and
wilderness areas;
—to investigate and expose pesticide
use, deficient health and safety standards,
migrant labor conditions, and city pricing;
—focusing on Eugene university com
munity problems as well as state wide
issues for reform and solving them in
alliance with ASUO and state lobbies;
—directing OSPIRG organizational
network into a mold for a statewide
student party capable of capturing local
electoral positions, as well as influencing
state campaigns.
mcnara reincn
OSPIRG candidate
For Boy lan
Of the members of the current senate
John Boylan stands out as one of the most
progressive and enlightened. He is a hard
worker who represents one of the most
intelligent and articulate spots in the
senate. I encourage all students to give
John the strong support that he deserves
so that his hard work and concerns can
continue to be felt.
Jack Foreman
ASUO Senator
John Petersen
We must reject the old models.
Choosing our representatives and our
leadership we choose an image by which to
see ourselves. It is time to reject big
business models for leadership. Third floor
gets its models from big business and
professional politics. Those that don’t
confirm them are not taken seriously.
Your help-vote is needed to reject third
floor professionalism. Third floor serves
those on the road to success that have
chosen old world models. Confirm them no
longer and reject their ways. We must find
those to represent us who will not be in
timidated by them. JOHN PETERSEN is
a very special person. John is not like any
that sit in the Senate now, neither does he
strive to be like them. He speaks quietly
and carefully and you know it is you that
he addresses. He is capable of dialogue
rarely witnessed in the Senate. He can
bring concerns into ASUO without
destroying their integrity by fitting them
into the old models. Revolutionary com
munity requires new forms. Please help
me reject the ways of big business and
professional politics by electing JOHN
PETERSEN to the ASUO Senate. John
points to a different and better way. Vote
JOHN PETERSEN Off campus No. 23.
David Lichtman
ASUO Senator
Lack of leadership
There is a lack of leadership in the
ASUO Senate. TTiere is little action. Pat
Mackin is running for ASUO senate
position No. 27, off-campus. I have had the
opportunity to observe his participation as
a member of the Junior Class Council,
ASUO Social Division, and ASUO Cultural
Division. Pat is a dedicated individual and
isn’t afraid to speak out on vital issues As
a teaching assistant in Non-Violence
classes, he has worked to make his course
relevant to our troubled society. The
breadth of his service, his depth of
thought, and his independence of action
would make him a leader in the ASUO
Senate
. Steve Neal
Senior Class President