Letters
Ultimate irony
It was the ultimate irony. Scores
of people milling around outside
the Waco Cinema waiting to see
Eugene Ionesco, French literary
giant of the 20th century, and
being told that building and fire
regulations would prevent any
more of them from entering. As a
friend of mine pointed out,
Ionesco, one of the ‘founders” of
the Theater of the Absurd, should
have been there with camera in
hand.
Here was a man possessing
one of the most enlightened and
important minds in the history of
literature, a man who had travel
led thousands of miles to Eugene,
and we are deprived, many
forever, of seeing him due to fire
hazard. If I could channel my
anger it would have to be towards
the sponsors of the "event”, for
improper anticipation (in arrang
ing a speaking place), and as a
result depriving me (and many
others) of a truly exciting experi
ence. Such action is anathema to
everything a university (with its in
herent opportunities) stands for.
Indeed, a grievous error was
committed.
Tom Goldman
Junior, undeclared
Irrational
The view of “Fascinating
Womanhood” is one more exam
ple of female-male manipulation.
Any view that espouses an “infal
lible Bible” for “rules of living” is
an abdication of personal respon
sibility, and is inconsistent with ra
tional mind.
Betty Luginbill
Dir. Wesley Center
Campus Minister
Rhodesian farce
The Rhodesian "settlement
recently agreed upon by Ian Smith
and his three hand-picked black
“leaders", which is supposedly
going to result in the formation of a
government representing the
black majority, is actually nothing
but an attempt by Smith to mis
direct the Black people’s desire for
liberation and keep a lid on the
revolutionary movement there
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The clauses in this settlement
expose its true nature. It provides
for many special priviliges for
whites, including the right to have
their own court system; it gives
whites virtual veto power in Parli
ament and, most important, keeps
control of the police and army in
their hands. Thus, the plan is de
signed to prevent any effective
rule by the blacks, instead of the
other way around. This is no
coincidence — Smith and the
white minority regime he repres
ents are only dressing up the
same old scheme of things in new
clothes. They want to ensure the
continued exploitation of the black
people, though they may not be
able to do so in so blatant a form
as before.
The three black “leaders" who
signed the agreement — Bishop
Muzorewa, Rev. Sithole, and
Chief Chirau — have been de
nounced as puppets by the Patriot
ic Front, the real representative of
the Zimbabwean (Rhodesian)
people. While taking advantage of
the fact that they are black, the
Smith regime has schooled these
three misleaders well in what is
good for the white minority and
imperialist s interests. A good ex
ample of how these leaders have
sold themselves is Sithole, who
was given a $40,000 house com
plete with servants in an exclu
sively white suburb.
The U.S. government, how
ever, is not satisfied with the set
tlement, not because it wants
genuine liberation for blacks, but
because it realizes that the plan is
so farcical that it is doomed to fail.
The imperialists know that the
vast majority of blacks support
the Patriotic Front, composed of
the two guerilla groups, ZANU and
ZAPU. These groups are fighting
for genuine liberation, not to pro
mote their own careers; they have
denounced the settlement as
being worthless.
The U.S. imperialists don’t want
to put their support behind pup
pets so exposed so as to be swept
away by the real liberation move
ment. Instead, seeking to split the
unity of the guerrilla groups and
establish control over the likely
winner through military and other
aid, the U.S. hopes to protect its
millions in investments in the
country.
—Letters—
The machinations of Smith, his
puppets and the U.S. government
will never succeed since the peo
ple of Zimbabwe will not be de
ceived by this bogus Settlement
and will fight until they have not
only brought down white minority
rule, but have also driven out the
U.S. imperialists.
Myra Delay of Southern Africa
Liberation Support Committee
Protect our dope
I am appalled to hear that the
U.S. government is endangering
our health by assisting the Mexi
cans in spraying marijuana and
poppy fields with herbicides.
When I am engaging in an il
legal act I expect full protection
from my government.
Mike Lee
Freshman, Pre-journalism
Spring battle
A sign of spring particularly wel
come to the prospective graduate
is the appearance of company re
cruiters, through one of whom
he(she) just might get a job. Their
presence also annually inspires
representatives of the one-time
Students for a Democratic Society
or, currently, Clergy and Laity
Concerned, to denounce this
capitalistic invasion of our Grove
of Academe.
“It’s time to question,” pro
claims the CALC spokesman
(March 1), “why the University of
fers legitimacy (sic) to recruiters
from corporations like (sic) Del
Monte,” But for the answer one
hardly needs to read further than
that Del Monte is "the largest fruit
and vegetable canner in the world
... has annual sales of $1.5 billion
and ,.. operations in 21 countries
and 17 states ..Furthermore, it
makes “huge profits.” Are Univer
sity job-seekers at this point sup
posed to turn away, retching and
holding their noses?
Del Monte’s most nefarious con
duct, it seems, is "its involvement
in cash cropping,” i.e., raising
crops not for local consumption
but, horrible to say, for export —
yes, actually to sell for cash! Pre
sumably should Del Monte and
other “multinational corporations”
suspend these export operations
and cease meeting their payrolls
the local prosperity and protein
consumption would immediately
achieve high levels.
If CALC had its way, I suspect,
the only recruiters allowed on
campus would be those seeking
volunteer laborers on kindly Ole
Marse Fidel’s sugar plantations.
But can one be absolutely sure
that all that sugar is consumed
locally?
Kenneth Porter
Professor Emeritus of History
Wastefullness
As a man striving to save
energy where he can, I write this
letter in a fit of frustration. I feel
frustrated when I return to the
dorm at 3:00 a m., when not a soul
is awake, and find every light in
the downstairs lounge on, and the
door wide open with the heat pour
ing into the cool night. I remedy
the situation and proceed upstairs
to find the hall lights on, the heater
in the bathroom turned up full, and
the bathroom and hall windows
wide open. From talking to people
in other dorms, I understand that
their situation is similar.
This energy wastefulness is
also practiced by the adminis
trators of this college. Any one
who has a class in Deady Hall can
corroborate that statement. Many
times I have arrived at my calculus
class to be greeted with blasting
heat from the heaters and cold
wind from the gaping windows,
even on days when the sun is
streaming in. I would like to find
the people responsible for the
heating in Deady so that they
could be drawn and quartered and
left to shrivel hanging above the
heating vents.
Both cases are unnecessary. If
the people in the dorms, the ad
ministrators of the college, and
everyone would only turn off all
unnecessary lights, try not to
waste their heat, drive less and
car-pool when possible, and do
anything else they can to save this
planet’s energy supple, perhaps it
won’t run out so quickly. Perhaps
we may make it to the next cen
tury.
Scott Cressler
Freshman, Math
-Letters
Forget the machine
"Lie” detector tests are not only
unreliable and invalid, but are
generally used in a flagrant dis
criminatory manner against job
applicants or workers that a boss
wants an excuse to get rid of. The
tests are conducted in a totally
non-objective and unscientific
manner. Rigorous double-blind
studies of their ability to detect lies
have not been in any reputable
physiological laboratory to my
knowledge. In an investigation of
local employers such as banks
and department stores done by
some students of mine in 1973,
the polygraphers stated that they
often made up their minds about
an interviewee during the pre
interview before the actual poly
graph test, which was then done
pro forma just to support their con
clusions.
People forced to take such tests
to get jobs should feel no fear
about the machine itself determin
ing anything. Direct all your an
swers to the interviewer, and if he
can be observed watch his reac
tions closely and gear your ans
wers accordingly. Forget about
the machine; the interviewer is the
one who will determine things, not
the machine.
Richard Young, Ph.D.
Physiological Psychology
Laboratories
Psychology Dept.
Vote for Scott
As a private citizen I would like
to add a few good words for a cer
tain candidate for the Lane Com
munity College Board of Educa
tion. The candidate is Alan Scott.
Even though he is not the only
good candidate for his seat, I think
he has some outstanding qualifi
cations that are worth consider
ing. His willingness to do commun
ity public service is evidenced by
his involvement with Grower's
Market, the Community Center for
the Performing Arts, and Legal
Aid. As a lawyer, he would be an
effective member of the Board,
representing both the students
and the community.
Tom Ruckman
1450 Orchard Street
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