Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1976)
f-editorial Door opened According to figures recently released by the Ameri can Bar Association (ABA) on law school enrollments of women and minorities, some progress has been made in bringing these groups into the law profession. Even though progress has been made, much remains to be done both nationally and at the University Law School. The number of women attending the University Law School compares favorably to the national average. Minor ity enrollment in the school, however, is below the national figures. At the University Law School for the past seven years women have comprised approximately 26 per cent of the entering classes. Nationally the figure for women is 22 per cent. The percentage of minorities at the University Law School, however, is five per cent, half of the national aver age. Despite the low enrollment figures for minorities, the over-all picture for both women and minorities has im proved dramatically in the last five years. In 1970 the University Law School received only 40 applications from women. In 1971 the number jumped to 168. For minorities the number of applicants was 20 in 1970. In fall 1975 the number was 90. Traditionally in this country, membership in the legal profession reflects an elitjst composition. The members, in general, echo status quo sentiments, make more money and enjoy greater social status. The fact that more women and minorities are entering the field is encouraging. Their membership in the profes sion, hopefully, reflects a larger acceptance of them by society as a whole. The door, however, has been opened only a crack, especially for minorities. The door needs to be opened more if women and minorities are to be allowed the greater voice they deserve in our society. Charge too much Even though fifty cents doesn’t buy much these days, it is still too much for a student to spend for an unofficial University transcript. The Registrar’s office may argue that the fee is de signed to cover the administrative cost of reproducing the transcript. Add the five minutes it takes an employe to pull the transcript from a student’s folder to the four cent cost of photocopying it and the total cost is well below the 50 cent charge. Throw in a 13 cent stamp to mail it and the cost is still below 50 cents. Even if the Registrar's office could demonstrate that the 50 cent fee accurately reflects the cost of reproducing the transcript, the point remians that students should not be charged. The transcripts should be supplied free as a matter of course to aid students in satisfying their degree requirements. MAR&UJK cPS Letters— Attack vicious A particularly vicious attack on the state of New Jersey appeared in your organ last Thursday (4-1-76) Glen Gibbons, under the guise of a record review, wrote unspeakable things about my home state His efforts to explain Patti Smith s music as a product of her warped and gritty Jersey roots amounted to libel of a state. Here's Smith, just a Garden State gal with a yen to make a buck in rock; but to Gibbons she's a "poetess raised out of the per verse social forge of industrial THE 10U6ER THE RKeSSIOJ 6ce5 OM THE 10U6SR eone people STW O^PLCHtV AMI? The/ EW OUT or UJeMflUMcur eeuenrs aw Thev 60 01U OoeiFARE aw They uvecm FOOP STAMPS amp They sex PISC0URA66O 0KT. Ft CLP PtsjacirfC, \*71, AMP peopue WHO ave up ^ twr vore. uwa\ [5 m £ inflation ' «s am \asue ifo THIS CAHPAIOtO - AMP UN- ^ BMPLWMBNT & /5MT! eecAuse if you pour me v votes U)hATCO„ l CARE? New Jersey ' Many of us (Hugh Addinezzio, Rubin Carter, Ar thony Imperiale, the Rutgers Scar let Knights, and the Head family of pastoral Perth Amboy, to name a few) think this "perverse social forge" has done alright by us Who is this Gibbons man any way? Anyone calling New Jersey a "street-wise, urban-industrial, subcultural vortex is obviously on drugs What New Jersey is is a very special — now, how would Gibbons put it? — time-space nexus. Richard Head 557 Water St. Springfield, Oregon Rapping by mail Letters Abroad has requests from students in more than 100 nations for correspondents at American colleges and univer sities. The majority are Asian and African students who are avid to exchange ideas and views with their Amencan contemporaries We hope your readers will want to rap by mail with these keen young men and women who will be Third World leaders in the next few years. We can also supply pen friends on European, South American and Down Under cam puses Correspondence is gener ally in English, but applicants wishing to write in a foreign lan guage will be appropriately matched For further information write di rectly to: Letters Abroad 209 East 56 Street New York, N Y. 10022 giving name, address, age, col lege class and special interests and enclosing a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Letters Ab road is a volunteer, non-profit or ganization which has matched nearly one million correspondents since 1952. There is no fee for this service but contributions are wel come. Frederick M. Winship President Laments relative That article on Kesey last week was a maudlin piece of home town sentiment Let s refold our initialed hankies and briskly dry our moist nostrils by mhalmq three times First, the Oscars are not literary awards: the lack of recognition given Mr Kesey at this dubious event should not be cause for dolour Second, the financial la ments of the writer are relative Students and lower income families may share my wonder at how anyone can be broke after receiving $10,000 during the last ten years and having this lump sum supplemented annually by as much as $14,000 Also, if one is presented with an unfair contract, it is imprudent to sign it If the de ceit of those movie guys puts them right up there with Nixon. Kesey is right down there with that majority of fools who voted him in Once I came out of the library and found my bicycle gone I was mad, and still am Like Mr Kesey I haven t paid to see the movie, nor do I watch Academy Awards, but I do lock my bike Ron Ackerman 1386 "E” St. Springfield, Oregon - ^ Letters policy The Emerald will accept and try to print all letters containing fair comment on ideas and to pics of concern or interest to the University community Be cause of space limitations, let ters must be no more than 250 words, typed, triple-spaced, dated and signed with the person s major, No unsigned letters will be published Longer opinion columns will be published whenever pos sible after being submitted to the editorial page editor The limit on opinion columns is 800 words, using the same format as letters. ^ _j
