Bridge building
If it is the responsibility of the faculty to bridge the
sciences and culture, to paraphrase Convocation speaker,
Stanford Pres. Donald Kennedy, then the University Con
vocation and seminars yesterday can be deemed a success.
The afternoon of speeches and seminars, however
esoteric or boring or thought-provoking, were a welcome
relief from the ‘ departmentalizing” and separation of the
arts from the sciences — a trend which began in the 19th
century and continues at the University today
Kennedy told an Emerald reporter that the responsibilty
to integrate the two (science and humanities/arts) ultimately
lies with the students.
The faculty can suggest annually that there are some ties
that bind all the disciplines, but the students must take up the
thought and make their curriculum fit their needs to integrate
sciences, social sciences and arts and letters.
"Clusters” and "Group-satisfying courses" remove
enrollment decisions from students. Seeking courses that
will integrate what knowledge they have becomes lost in a
program to make themselves “marketable” or graduate with
the least effort
It is the Monday morning graduate who says, “I wish I
had taken a physical science so that I understood this
Scientific American” or “I can’t think of any literary work that
portrays this struggle going on here under my microscope.”
Kennedy’s speech, "On Science and ’Culture,’ ” at
tempted to point out how artificially the sciences are separ
ated from other disciplines. He pointed to the dependency of
modern thought on scientific theory (evolution, socio
biology etc.) and the dependency of scientific practices on
social policy (as in setting arbitrary scientific "working”
rules)
It is not particularly new information — that we are
biologically determined and rational beings who have trouble
integrating the two aspects of our personality. College
curriculums have the same integration problem.
What’s new is the success of the University in bringing it
to our attention for one afternoon and the savvy of a large
portion of students in hearing the message.
Free Sasway!
A cry to “Free Benjamin Sasway!” should arise over a
federal judge’s ruling yesterday to prosecute draft resisters.
Sasway is the 21-year-old Californian who was sent to
jail for refusing to register his name and address with the
United States. Without that, Pres. Reagan wouldn’t know
where to send the invitation when — excuse me — //the war
begins.
Recently, U S. District Judge Terry Hatter ruled that the
government will have to prove it is not discriminating in its
prosecution of David Wayte, another 21-year-old Californian
draft resister.
If upheld, the ruling should also set a precedent for the
government to prove it is not selectively prosecuting That
may prove to be a little tough considering an estimated
674,000 men between 18 and 21 years old have refused or
forgotten to sign themselves up on the government’s waiting
list.
All 674,000 are potentially violating the same law as
Sasway and Wayte, and most are probably as easy to locate
and indict
The hearing on Wayte’s case is set for Thursday. Should
the government fail to prove it is not discriminating (excuse
the double negatives) then charges against Wayte must be
dropped
Beyond that, the United States must realize that it pro
secuted and convicted Sasway illegally, and it must let him
go.
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This letter is regarding the
Oct 1 ad insert to the Emerald
from the Dos Equis Co
I found this ad particularly
repulsive because of it’s sexist
nature. Nobody else I men
tioned it to liked it either and out
of curiousity I asked a half
dozen random men on campus
and they each said the ad was of
little interest to them or that it
was ineffective advertising
I began to wonder who this ad
appealed to and how it got into
the Emerald in the first place
I decided to find out what the
advertising policies of the
Emerald were and made a few
calls I would like to share this
information with other students
• They try and accept as many
’’different" types of ads as pos
sible
• The ads cannot be fraudulent
• The ads cannot be libelous
• The ads cannot be discrimina
tory against sex, race or
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• The display advertising man
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whether or not the ad is in
"good taste "
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question is that the display ad
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manager considered this ad to
meet the above standards I do
not
I am not for censoring the
press in any way, however, I
resent things like this falling
onto my lap while I'm trying to
read my college newspaper. I
didn't request the poster and
don't feel it should be included
with my expectations of a col
lege paper
I became even more disgust
ed when I found the decision to
run the ad was made by a
woman It appears decisions are
being made that may not be in
the best interest of the general
student population Let's see
some more appropriate ads
from the same companies that
appeal to more than a minority
of students
Terri Steinberg
Constitutional
Senator Jesse "Helms had no
choice but to address these is
sues" (of Supreme Court deci
sions concerning prayer In
public schools and abortion)
"through the federal legisla
ture" claims a letter (by Mr
Kater. Oct 1) about the filibus
ter that defeated the Helms
legislation The quoted state
ment is wrong! To tell you why, I
need to review the issues in
volved
The Supreme Court had ruled
that permitting prayer In public
schools Is unconstitutional
Senator Helms attempted to in
troduce legislation to strip the
Supreme Court of its power to
rule on future cases in this area
Such legislation poses a dan
gerous threat to the Constitu
tion Simply put. it Is like a team
member trying to rob the umpire
of the right to call a foul
Sen Helms has a clear alter
native If he dislikes the Consti
tution he can attempt to alter it
in the legitimate way by offering
a constitutional amendment. In
keeping with the team analogy,
if a player doesn't like the rules,
he or she should try to get them
changed
The abortion legislation of
fered by Sen. Helms poses a
threat to the separation of the
powers of the judiciary: It tries to
influence the Court's future
rulings by offering a legislative
opinion concerning the time
after conception that life "of
ficially" begins, a matter the
Court had considered in its
abortion decision The legi
timate choice, as before, is to
offer a constitutional amend
ment
It is important that we all
understand the threats posed
by these "end runs" around the
rights guaranteed by the Con
stitution.
Qeorge Strelslnger
biology
Sidetracked
I am told that Ross Anthony
claims he is running a grass
roots campaigning: if so. it is
because he is trying to buy
some of the turf I do not think
that by paying his workers min
imum wage, $3 35 per hour, Mr
Anthony is going to deceive the
voters of our district
Jim Weaver has consistently
talked with us about real issues,
and we are not going to be
sidetracked by attempts to fal
sify his record Mr Anthony's
financial backing is indeed im
pressive. but it seems to be go
ing for advertising; I for one do
not need to see Mr Weaver s
face to know that he's working
for the citizens in our district
Sorry, Mr Anthony — the
grass is greener on the other
side, and I'm voting for Jim
Weaver
Stephen Schuber
Eugene