-editorial
A valuable instrument
ft is gratifying to team that some students are stHI
concerned enough about student government to run tor
office. Last week ASUO officials were worrying that some
of the positions up for grabs this fall might not attract a
candidate.
Whatever people say, we need a student government.
What little power students have at this university had to be
fought for. It would be a terrible mistake to allow that power
to evaporate through default.
The ASUO is widely considered to be corrupt waste
ful end bureaucratic. If the University administration were
to assume the responsibilities of student government
there is no reason to think student programs would be
administered with any less corruption and wastefulness.
Few students feel personally represented by the
ASUO. Since so few of them vote in ASUO elections, this
feeling is easy to understand. People can't be blamed for
not caring about ASUO politics, but if they care enough to
complain they should care enough to vote.
The motives of students who seek office in the student
government are often questioned. The few who take the
trouble to stroll by Suite 4 and put their names on the list
usually act from a variety of motives.
Some of them may be motivated by a genuine desire
to serve the students. If there are any of these in office now
or running this fall, they deserve our gratitude for their
thankless task.
Others, probably the majority, want to type an extra
line on job applications, represent some special interest or
otherwise serve themselves. But if these are the only ones
on the ballot, we deserve no better.
-Letters
Signs trashed
I looked out my window this
morning to find that once again a
gaggle of lurching post-teenies
(recent initiates, no doubt to the
wonders and mysteries of spiritus
frumenti) had tipped off our lawn
signs. This makes the sixth time to
only a week and a half.
I realize that only a small
number of people are into this kind
of obkvious trashing — otherwise,
the entire city of Eugene would
look like Dresden after the
firebombs by now — but it is a
Teat drain of energy and money
on political campaigns.
Could you all please go back to
swaftcwing goldfish and stuffing
yourselves into phonebooths,
while the rest of us get on with the
business of trying to fix up the
world a bit?
Susan Delay
Jerk Delay Camoakm Comm.
1708 Alder St
Fraud and failure
What the hell is wrong with the
bureaucrats at this university? I
Iiave been to five different col
leges and I have never met a more
specious, rude, inefficient group
of administrators anywhere. Of
fices open late and dose early on
the pretext of the need for paper
work time.
At 4:25 p.m. you people be
come downright ugly, but at 10:05
a.m. you’re not bothered at all by
the sight of several students wait
ing around your doors whih you
dawdle.
More fundamentally your ex
cuse for your hours is a fraud at
worst and a miserable failure at
best. You lose and misplace ap
plications explaining to the stu
dent “at this time we simply have
no way of checking the location of
any application.” You inconveni
ence the students almost regu
larly with your poor computer
programs. (I didn't know what my
financial aid award was until tie
day before registration and I was
in tie first priority group.)
You send people on jobs that
haven't existed for days or to peo
ple who don’t know anything
about iL I’ve never seen a registra
tion procedure more traumatic
than U of 0’s.
You say you're drowning in
paper work and students. I’ve had
to go through every procedure
twice or three times since I got
here. Generally you wouldn't have
to handto students over and over
again if your systems were imeMg
ibte and consistent You have a
reputation throughout the state
system of higher education as the
most inefficient university in the
state. And you stiR have toe au
dacity to become offensive when
you are asked to do your jobs
when and in toe manner you your
selves have announced they are
to be done.
Patrick ML Anderson
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Retain Borrows
This November students will
have an opportunity to re-elect
one of the brightest, strongest,
most effective people in the
Oegon legislature: Representa
tive Mary Burrows.
Mary Burrows in two terms at
the legislature has established
herself as a loyal and courageous
friend of toe University. In 1973
Mary led the fight to increase
higher education funding, lower
tuition levels and provide tax rebef
to fraternities, sororities and co
ops at a time when campus hous
ing was critical.
Upon being re-elected in 1974
Mary has continued to compile an
excellent record on student
oriented issues The Oregon Stu
dent Lobby Voting Guide rates
her among the top State Rep
resentatives in the 1975 legisla
ture.
Mary Burrows deserves to be
re-elected.
She’s earned our trust.
Bruce Moore
Mark Kirchmetor
Co-chairers
Students to
re elect Mary Burrows
Quiet campaign
This wifl be short and simple,
yet in its brevity, we hope mem
bers of the freshman class wM not
underestimate its importance.
We, the three undersigned
below, have filed and wish to rep
resent toe freshman class by hold
ing its three elected offices.
We intend to run as unpolitical a
campaign as is humanly possible.
We plan to run no obstrusive.
star-spangled advertisements in
the Emerald. We do not intend to
splatter the University with signs,
posters, etc. emphasizing how
brilliant we are.
In fact, the sole reason for even
writing this letter is merely to show
the voters that we are indeed in
terested. Not in a popularity con
test, or a name familiarity contest,
but in honestly trying our best to
help make Oregon a better uni
versity.
We urge the voters to read the
statements that will appear m the
Emerakf s Voter Guide before the
primary election, and cast his or
her ballot on a basis of interest
and intention, not splashiness.
Don Loving
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Kurt Wiliams
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Lee Errand
Candidate for Froeh Sec.
Check Pressman
Chuck Pressman has shoul
dered the burdens of leadership in
this community for 30 years. In
each community support group
undertaken, his peers have
pushed him quiddy into a position
of leadership. In his church he was
a board member for nine years
and chairman for two. He was a
YMCA board member for 12 years
and chairman for two. He has
been a board member of the Un
ited Way for 12 years, general
campaign chairman last year, and
is vice chairman this year.
He is a dedicated environmen
talist seeking practical safeguards
and control on industrial hazards
both actual and potential. And his
broad knowledge of the complex
problems of large organizations
which he works with every day of
his life, assures mature judg
merrt and progressive action in the
management of EWEB's affairs.
Chuck is a candidate for the
EWEB position representing east
and southeast Eugene. The resi
dents of Wards 2 and 3 are fortu
nate in having such a mature and
well-balanced candidate. I urge
you to vote for Chuck Pressman
as your representative for EWEB.
Paul Beietef
Co-chairman
Pressman for
EWEB Committee
For Tim Orth
In the upcoming ASUO elec
tion, Tim Orth wiR be running for
OSP1RG local board member. He
has already demonstrated a keen
awareness for the need for con
sumer advocacy this past year, by
volunteering his services and
being an active participant in OS
PI RG related affairs. Also, he has
helped in the development of the
Fnendty Area Neighbors, a west
side neighborhood advocacy
group devoted to the people and
ther interests
I can think of no other person
with his background and personal
convictions who could do a better
job as OSPIRG local board
member.
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Senior-Psychofogy
Correction
Apologies are due to Professor
Louis A. Oliver of the Department
of Romance Languages.
Several words were omitted
from his letter to the editor printed
Oct. 7, causing a sentence in the
letter to lose its meaning.
The sentence should have read
“Although the average 1975-76
salary was $18,067 the worth of
those dollars in 1971-72 terms
was $12,905 "
The Emerald regrets the error.
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