opinion_
Furor over editorial requires clarification
Surrounded by the furor caused by Monday s
editora about toe Pacific Northwest Resources
Center and University Pres Pau< Otum me d ike
to ciarfy cur oosst'or
We did not «ntend to attack Oum lor a decssjoo
he has not yet made about whether toe PNRC —
mfmch •s funded by the Nabonai Wstothe Founda
tion — should be moved oh campus what we
•anted! to stress — and sfefi maintain — s that we
*e© oressure to>— sever® ember-oriented ousj
“essr-er has and s influencing that deossor
- a etter to toe State Board of fkgrer Educa
tor June 26 0-~ sad fas o «*~ *ee> "g s to a*
toe disadvantages of ar oh-camous PNRC a'®
ess significant to a" toe nsks nnerent - a
• Oescreac out>»c benef that toe presence of toe_
Center n toe a'* s<tooo* bmidsng does "deed
compromise our ■rst't-.tora ne-utoa. 1y and in
dependence
He then sac "l am prepared to propose that
after Dec 31 me Center move to such an off
campus ocator Okjrr aocec that he would not
mane a firs at orv-or-off decision about the PNRC
without giving aw school faculty students and me
admunatratcrs ar opportunity to ' present me*r
own views He sad noting about what weight
those views wil t be given
Otum said Wednesday mat he «s st» personally
in favor of oustmg the PNRC Vothmg has
changed since i wrote mat tetter
Oum s stance we tee places loo much of a*>
emphasis on how the PNRC appears and not on
what it does And we fee- th-s <s an over-sensitive
reaction to the cnes of businessmen that the
PNRC « antHsmtoer
Tne ma n ssue C1--- says rs whether me
Umversrty — by housing the PNRC — -s notating
me stnct neumaAty pc c y he peaces at the top of
his priority ist But a Unversrty by nature cannot
a ways be strctry ^eutra iVsat it teaches « not
a ways str ct*y neutra Does me University
teach scientific creahon*sm atong with evolution
so it can be "strictly neutral7 No
The PNRC pays its own rent ft is officially
separate from the law school The law school has
said it is not picking and choosing according to an
environmental bias — it would welcome a business
taw clinic Law students use the program and
consider ft valuable An on-campus location is
convenient
And from what Otum has said, moving it off
campus would be for looks only although he
claims he is not bowing to timber interests
Universities when they re properly going
about thee business are apt to took subversive, ’
former Umvensty Pees WNi-am Boyd once said
Openness and tolerance of a broad range of
enhetsm and deviance goes with being a Univer
sity “
This is such a case Rather than buckle m to
outstoe pressure we urge Otum to decide that it's
better for timber businessmen to stay mad — and
for the PNRC to stay on campus
That s what we were saying in Monday s editor
ial
Now coffee is
linked to cancer
Add to the ever-expand -5 st of canoe*
causing suDstances the cue of ccwe«
=er-acs fere s a space for coffee somewhere
rce-nee" ceer and the ai-Amencar hot deg
"""-e Ne** England Journal of Medicine "as
recenty published a *eccrr «ch ~«s a greaser
"s* of pancreatic career *0 cc**ee consu — pcon
t> r* a£>out that *"en you *e or* your second cup
'""a cutpr-t — rather — professor *"0 started
r s s Kar - Pege- of the Lr-.ers.ty of Nata. -
South Af^ca
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hjgtoy
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cc“ee dean oa eo af act/'-ge" - Try *e "9 a
•atress to *c< “he ztracty gen " when sne asks
-f you *ar* cream a"d suga'
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tor Of the Venn as h .g- tor e * a Str/Ch" ~e
«e actor and resent n coffee Deans A^er
you tame fat c"st s*c the tc*c —cec-es are
aesereed nstartty nto your system deruporg ~e
—etaoc- -sh of your milochoodina
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atcr — arc ah achy gen r s rc the —cst con
ge" a of 'oec.es Acco'O "g to prc4esscr
=ege —e pancreas a"o ts "s-- " productor <
frown *or a oop Oy fe "fod-ct or o*
afiracty-ger r
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adrr - s*e' ng "o* a tcge*"e* etha f oug"
chron c coses of pc-scr to the*r pancreas -e
t>e> e»es pancreahc canoe's f e «ey res-- * The
good professor s so certain of - s find "cs fa* -e
"as tee" ,*g rg ~e Pood a"d Drug Adn- r stra
to" and 4*cr*d»’de *eg - a*c"y agerc es to cease
f e — ccfatcn of cc**ee cea."s
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tears nere ca""ec'
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to aocc —cca*e f e cecp>e *"o -st-car t-seem
*c—ce*o-*-c4-ced ""he an* *a tn* so'e^e of f e
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#'*'2' -c"ea.e "a*" ^'c'esso* -'age
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Bu* 'est easy —e controversy 'as on . -s*
Begun T-e professor's 'eccr s ce "g c"a e'ged
c. a gro-c a* vae jn-.ers-'"/ ~"cse professors
contend the research * as poooy cone
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pa-se —a* steaf rg cup "cnes ‘*c- /C/
—c-f. and patenty «^a* #•" e the researchers
*>g"* t Ou*
Pag* 4 Section A
yours
Principle of fair play
support "re 'efertcr of re aacfc Sorriest
a€50urces Center as ar —portart per" per-er* of f«
_a» Schoc* s Er* 'or *rt enra _a» ar©g'a— But.
supper* e#er —ere strong** re jrncspw of fair o»a>
arc: jTOur Secte-cer 2S ect-or crfjctrr^ »^es«3«r:
=at- O-— s oesrer- or re =NaC •c a'ec ra* psrna
c*e
* s sry. "of true Shat a*1 ertse sr of re succor
our errwrorntertaf prograr* 'ece*«es fror- re Safer a
* .c *® Federaacr erar-ates ‘n>~ ousress g»-ouc«
Sor-e of our ar.-- rciucrrg se-.era staunch sup
porters of Te .» Scfoc* **“c are -er-oers of our
Board of V ertofs are a-erg rose •ho oe *«* our
ar*arger"er* <*#r ar outside er-cromer-taf group -s
urwwse
Ae a* —e _?» Scree* are (Jc*r«g everyth <"g *e car
te ec*-ca*e o»-r p.-ccs as «> re educator a • a ,e of our
errwo'—er*a pr-eg'a- are re appropriateness of
—airtar rg ’ r s prese*" • ‘c*— That vas< s not —aoe
easier ps ,r‘ar prres— of s~*n.Ce-~' 0<-~ *nc — j*t
—are r rese Sfftcud es decisions rat * oe*e'
->oe the future of this Urwversity
Derrick Ml
Dean. Law School
Don the Everlasts
Paul CHym s setter m the Wednesday edhon of The
Emerald »as weft over the emphahcafty stated limit of
250 words How does he "ate"’ Who does he know'’ Any
specsa? interest groups out there"’
I don ? know how nghteous Mr Oium ts but hes
erter <-ead suspoousfy Nke a diary entry of someone
who knows the«r smtchy k»d sister sneaks a peak His
setter was great — rt sad all the nght things But. again I
don t know how pure his heart ts
Pace rt Head administrators top people big busi
ness Jots of money and power — a<i are active in
gredients *1 thmgs done behind closed doors Echelons
where many of us do not frequent That s the way the
word works And I don't see anything wrong wth rt as
*oog as it's acknowledged by the players So hang up
the goody two-shoes don the Evertasts and come out
bo* mg
That s rt all in 154 words
Barry Northrop
Thursday, October 1, 19*1