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How would you feel if your parents offered you a car for
Christmas, with the provision that they stipulate when and
where you drive?
Some argue that former track coach Bill Bowerman has
done just that with his offer of nearly $400,000 for a new track
facility on Hayward Field At least University athletic director
Rick Bay seems to see it that way
Bay didn't like some of the stipulations Bowerman
attached to his offer and hasn't fully agreed to them So
Bowerman "shelved” his offer, and doesn't want to talk
about it for another month
And as the two trade barbs and insults, plans for the
facility gather dust — or perhaps moss
The plans have been in the works for more than a year
On the assurance of financial support from Bowerman and
the Nike Corporation, the University has laid the groundwork
for the facility that would house the men's and women ’s track
\eams
Included in the plans is the assumption that the Nike
sponsored track club. Athletics West, also would be head
quartered in the building
That's the first questionable stipulation Should a private
organization such as Athletics West be housed in a Univer
sity facility, regardless of where the funds to build it come
from?
Secondly, Bowerman also has made it clear that he
wants a long arm in the administration- of the facility. He
doesn't want Bay to run it.
This puts the University in a very sticky position..
Bowerman and Nike have offered an extremely generous gift
The building would be a fine addition to Hayward Field. It
would add to Hayward's already platinum reputation as an
unparalleled stadium to compete in.
But it would be the University's building — and the
University must administer it.
Bay and Bowerman need to work out their differences in
a responsible way Their arguments with each other produce
nothing more than colorful quotes for the local media
Finally, the University must be applauded for taking a
firm stance against selling "itself to high bidders. A gift isn't a
gift when this many strings are attached
Ballot Measure 5: yes
Tuesday’s editorial on Ballot Measure 5 contained a
gross typographical error Ballot Measure 5 was wrongly
referred to as Ballot Measure 3 midway through the editorial
The Emerald supports the proposal for an immediate
bilateral nuclear freeze between the United States and the
Soviet Union.
The Emerald does not support Ballot Measure 3, which
proposes to limit property taxes to injurious 1979 rates Vote
no on this measure
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No such desire
While the Dos Equis beer
poster you gave out with each
and every Emerald last Friday
may have brought you in some
needed revenue, the sexist atti
tudes you expressed in the
process makes those revenues
seem harldy worth the trouble
If people want to buy Playboy
and see women portrayed as
sexual objects, that's their
choice They expect that bias in
Playboy, and in fact desire it
Many of us who read the Emer
ald, on the other hand, have no
such desire Moreover, we feel
enraged at being confronted
with such attitudes in a news
paper that for many of us is our
only source of daily news
You need to pay your rent just
like the rest of us Don’t let that
need blind your respect for
people
Drew Wlnaor
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Darkness
Where were you Monday, Oct
4 at 2:30 pm? If you were
among the many hundreds who
sat in Room 150 Geology and
watched "The Day After Trini
ty," then it is to you that I speak
I also experienced the movie
which centered around the life
of Robert J Oppenheimer and
the building, testing, and drop
ping of the world's first atomic
bomb I was and still am very
affected by the movie; from the
dramatic changes in most of
your faces that afternoon, I
gather you were also
Take a moment and recreate
those frighting pangs of awe.
unsettling urgency, and numer
ous other indescribable emo
tions that you may have exper
ienced Hang on to them Store
them in a permanent capsule for
future use Keep them close at
hand to remind you of what did
happen and what could so easi
ly happen again
Don’t allow yourself to sink
into the apathetic darkness
Join the many national, state,
and local organizations that are
working for the elimination of
the nuclear threat Support
Proposition 5 and those can
didates who are responsibility
aware of the nuclear freeze is
sue Remain aware Cling to the
fear or anxiety you may have
experienced Monday afternoon
as a source of motivating en
ergy
Time is a luxury we have ta
ken for granted We as a race
are vulnerable, and growing
more so every day Apathy will
bring our mutual end
Barbara Hart McCarthy
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Compelled
In view of the recent barrage
of tasteless advertising from the
Ross Anthony for Congress
Campaign, I felt compelled to
write. I find it appalling that Mr.
Anthony finds it necessary to
misrepresent the facts
Case in point: Mr Anthony
claims that Congressman
Weaver voted for $75 per day
tax deduction for members of
Congress The fact is Con
gressman Weaver voted against
that bill and a bill to make the tax
deduction retroactive to 1981
However, both bills were passed
in spite of his opposition Furth
ermore, he then co-sponsored a
bill to repeal that tax deduction
which was later passed and
signed into law
Point Two: Mr Anthony
claims that the Sustained Yield
Harvest Amendment to the Na
tional Forest Management Act,
which Jim Weaver sponsored,
was meaningless legislation
The fact is Weaver's amend
ment guarantees that we will
have trees to harvest next year
and the year after and for our
future generations Anyone who
believes such legislation is
meaningless, is woefully ignor
ant of our need to wisely man
age our valuable timber re
source How a challenger for
Oregon's 4th District Congres
sional seat can claim such non
sense is beyond me
These are but two of the many
outrageous distortions with
which Mr Anthony is attempting
to mislead the voting public I for
one am not swayed by this
smear campaign Jim Weaver
gets my vote!
John Steffanton
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Obscurity
In the Sixteenth century, a
puritan pamphleteer named
Stephen Gosson published a
pamphlet called “School of
Abuse," in which he vehemently
attacked what he regarded as
the morally corrosive and
diabolic influences of what was
then the dominant popular art
form: theatre
Few, if any, today have read
or heard of Stephen Gosson
But everyone has heard of
Shakespeare and most have al
so heard of that "arch-satanist"
Christopher Marlowe. They are
still read, while Gosson is for
gotten
Likewise, may years hence,
people will still listen to the
Beatles and the Rolling Stones
long after they have forgotten
Nick Pappis, who will be
relegated to the same dustbin of
obscurity as Stephen Gosson
And the world will be none the
worse
There has always been and
must be, a conflict between
moral crusaders and artists
Crusaders charge artists with
moral corruption every genera
tion, and artists respond by
making crusaders the guff of
their jokes (e g Shakespeare s
Sir Toby Belch: “Dost thou
think, because thou art virtuous,
there shall be no more cakes
and ale?")
The artists will always win. as
long as the moral crusaders do
not get into political power and
censor them (e g Cromwell,
Stalin, and the Moral Majority)
But, even then, after the cru
saders deserved demise, the
artists will resurface
Let us pay Nick Pappis the
tribute he deserves: ignore him
until he goes away
Thomas Ellis
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