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Debate was informal
I am happy to see your coverage of the
rising sentiment on campus toward the
Iran situation However, I would like to
set a small matter straight
In that my picture appeared on the
Emerald s front page. I feel that I was
associated with a proposition of which
I'd never heard
Doug Fick stated in his article (Emer
ald, 11-12), that Friday's protest at the
Iranian’s table in the EMU followed a
classified ad demanding that Iranian
students be thrown off campus This
leads the reader to believe that we who
were at the table were demonstrating' a
belief in that demand
I am not familiar with the sponsor(s) of
that ad. nor had I seen the ad prior to the
debate. From my standpoint, therefore, I
was not attending a "demonstration,”
but rather, a debate on the general si
tuation that exists
I believe it's probably true that many of
the people present were not there in
response to the ad and the demand that
Iranians be thrown off campus was cer
tainly not central to the discussion
If such sentiment exists to any great
extent, it will become obvious soon en
ough In the meantime, let s not throw
150 or more people into support of it
without their approval.
Whether or not I support that view was
never asked of me I was simply ex
pressing a general disapproval of the
situation
As to Jess Barton s blanket labeling us
as ' hypocritical,” I can only say that,
were it the goal of “more than 150 to
curtail the free speech of some six or
eight Iraniians. the discussion surely
would not have lasted five hours
Mark Cardwell
senior, economics
Big oil’ sells out
We are a coalition of local groups
representing various views We all agree
on one thing — the oil monopoly must
stop
Today the principal actors in energy
policy are in the following order
corporations, government officials and
university experts These actors make up
a small, closed circle of men who control
energy resources in this country Their
exclusion of the public from policymak
ing is an extension of the belief that
citizens cannot understand complex is
sues Their naive faith in technology has
led to oil spills, near nuclear melt-downs
and the potential for global climate
change Are they correct? We say no!
Last week we heard of the oil com
panys' illegal overcharges, $1 5 billion in
rip-offs of the public Mobil's overcharge
was the largest of all But this is only the
horn of the bull We are not solely con
cerned with energy We are concerned
about the growing control of the oil
companies Today, of the 10 largest
corporations in America, seven are oil
corporations The extent of their control
is worldwide Developing nations' natur
al resources are eyed greedily as new
sources of exploitation by the oil corpor
ations
We are concerned about employment
The oil companies are becoming more
capital-intensive and less labor-inten
sive, resulting in less employment Exxon
is first in sales (U S , $32 billion) and only
13th in employees Texaco is fourth in
sales (U S , $23 billion) and 33rd in em
ployees Mobil is fifth in sales ($19 billion)
and 37th in employees The list goes on
We are concerned about the foreign
oil tax credit given to U S oil corpora
tions The result of thie policy has been
to make us dependent on Middle Eastern
oil and to discourage domestic energy
development
We are concerned about big oil's
control of the world energy market Ac
cording to Business Week, "The oil
industry has the future of coal in its grip
Mobil Oil itself produced no coal last
year But the company owns 3 7 billion
tons of reserves and by 1985 it expects to
enter the ranks of the major coal
producers ...”
We are concerned that Mobil, Exxon,
Gulf and others are thoroughly inter
grated into all phases of the nuclear fuel
cycle The oil corporations are also
gaining control of alternatives Over half
of the photovoltaic industry in this
country is controlled by the major oil
companies, who also control 64 percent
of the copper on which this industry
depends Other sectors of the solar in
dustry are falling prey to the oil monopo
ly
We don't believe our nations's econ
omy is some running motor which
occasionally needs a ‘'tune-up" by the
' experts.” the technocrats An energy
die tatorship has no place in a democratic
society That is why we re here
Ray Levitt. Democratic Socialist
Organizing Committee
Karl Smith, Live Without Trident
Mike Rust. Students for a
Nuclear-Free Future
Bill Cllngman, Trojan
Decommlsisoning Alliance
Stop the 'monster'
I am appealing to the men of this
community I am tired of rape It is such a
vicious and contemptuous act Rape to
me. stands alone as the ultimate in
sadism
I never have to fear being raped Sure
there are times I am afraid of being
attacked by a man but, I stand a better
chance walking on a street alone at night
without being molested than any woman
does on the same street day or night
Women have to plan every move they
make watch for signs around them
constantly be alert, and travel in groups
at night Women are not even safe in the
confines of their own home (53 percent
of reported forcible rape m Oregon takes
places in a private dwelling ) Why?
Because men. as a culture hurt women
But, imagine for a moment that the table
was turned
Have you seen the movie Alien? Then,
imagine that creature they concocted
lives on eart In fact, women are that
creature, except that most of the time
women look like women and carry out
their everyday business as they see fit
There are unpredictable instances, how
ever, in which a women will turn into that
sleazy creature, attack a man, and slink
off to return to her former self The as
saults are always unprovoked but
nonetheless, very real and they occur
every day — often while the man is at
home, asleep
Now. we men know it is women exclu
sively that attack us, but it seems that not
neirs
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all women carry "the rage " Yet, we can
seldom tell who does and who does not,
so we must be cautious of all women
To make things worse, imagine there is
a subtle cultural acceptance of women
letting out the rage" on men And “the
rage" is hemous When the "thing" at
tacks. it knows no mercy Its forte is
torture and it delivers it well And when it
is through it is water in the wind whether
or not the man Is still alive
Some men live to tell of the atrocity
which usually involves sexual perver
sions and castration Sometimes, the
man can identify the assailant, but it is of
little consequence, for women hold the
power, privilege and control of the
courts
My story may sound a little bizarre and
yet. the paradox is true It is we men. as a
culture, that carry "the rage ” We are the
attacker the feared, the ones who sex
ually assault women And for what
reason9 What is the rage9"
We men, as a culture, have this til
conceived notion that we possess power
and privilege over women One of its
more Drutai manifestations is rape
Broadly speaking, rape is a male
privilege a power trip
The time is overdue for we men. as a
culture, to relinquish our dominating
attitudes Power and privilege should be
distributed equally between the two
sexes Men do not live in fear, worpen
shouidn t have to either Again, I appeal
to the men of this community Let s stop
power tripping' Let s stop rape now'
Jim Dandy
Tea room’ atypical
I can identify with Jeff Williams' out
rage at being propositioned in the bath
rooms of the University library I, too,
have had the same experience and I. too.
felt nothing but disgust and anger at this
invasion of my privacy
I do take issue with Mr Williams' in
sinuation that this is a practice represen
tative of the homosexual lifestyle A vast
majority of gay people have no interest in
this type of sexual activity and I'm sure
that most share his revulsion with this
kind of behavior
Mr Williams insults the whole gay
community when he equates the actions
of these few people with all gay people
and this he did with his statement
"When they (homosexuals) begin to in
fringe on my privacy, or the general
privacy of other heterosexuals, the "fight
is on "
This is not a case of concerted homo
sexual plots to invade the privacy of
heterosexuals It is the case of a very
limited number of individuals invading
the privacy of another individual I would
suggest before Mr Williams commences
his "fight," that he think long and hard
about just who this fight is to be against
Neil McAuliffe
sophomore, undeclared
Goals projected
The article covering the arrival of the
1979 Oregana Yearbook was very infor
mative, but I believe a few corrections
and additions need to be made
The 1979 Oregana is in our M-111 EMU
Office available to be picked up by those
who placed an order A few extras were
ordered Those sell for $12
To meet our budget, we need to place
between 1300 and 1500 orders (depend
ing on advertising) — not 2,000 as
reported Orders for 2,000 is our goal,
and if early sales are a good indication,
we should be able to meet our budget
and use the profits to improve the book
Neil Gruenfelder
Oregana editor
Wednesday, November 21, 1979