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Like the chain reaction it is meant to prevent, the
movement to put nuclear war into suspended animation has
been set in motion
Voters in eight states voiced their approval of a bilateral
freeze on nuclear weapons production Tuesday Oregon
voters were among the most adamant.
The movement won’t stop with a simple vote. More and
more people — among them physicians, scientists, loggers,
homemakers and college presidents — are realizing the
necessity of speaking out in public.
The movement, started by college students and leftover
radicals, is becoming a new American dream, a dream of
peace.
University Pres. Paul Olum is part of the movement. In
his "State of the University" speech Wednesday, Olum took
time to talk about a matter that made his woeful reports of
budgetary destitution seem "trivial and insignificant” in
camparison
"Everything we believe in for the University and its
people and for the whole world about us could be destroyed
in the most utterly literal sense of that word. And yet the
nuclear arms race goes on . . ”
It took at least some courage to interrupt his official
duties as head of a beleaguered institution and make his
personal appeal for world peace. In addition to the hand
Olum received from his faculty, the Emeraia wouia like to
offer its own applause.
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your turn
fulfilling Greek life
It is time that the University
and community hear the other
side of the Greek life For every
woman who disaffiliates from a
sorority, for whatever reason
there are 60 or more who are
happy and satisfied with their
fraternity membership
The first Greek fraternal
organization for women was
founded in 1870 by a woman
who realized that the fulfillment
of education went beyond the
attainment of academic
sucess
She founded the first Greek
fraternity for women whose aim
was to support its members in
their pursuit of personal,
intellectual, and moral growth
There have been numerous
changes in the Greek lifestyle
over the last 100 years, keeping
in tune with the era and the
personalities of the members
We no longer have 10 o’clock
curfews on weeknights and the
number and types of
“mandatory" activities vary
from campus to campus, from
house to house
But the ideals which were
layed out in 1870 are as relevant
for our generation as for the
past and are still alive and in
spiring to our members today.
Fraternity parties have the
same focus as most college
parties — dancing and drinking
However, they are one of the
smallest parts of sorority life
The sorority provides incen
tives for personal growth —
when living with 60 other girls
you have to learn to be flexible,
and to understand and
appreciate various personali
ties There are numerous
leadership opportunities where
you are forced to examine your
strengths and weaknesses and
learn to work with these
Sororities offer the chance to
provide service to your com
munity and University
The sorority offers intellectual
incentives with guest speakers,
in-house tutor programs,
awards, and yes, mandatory
study tables, but only to help
those members whose GPA has
slipped dangerously low So
rorities promote moral growth
by encouraging belief in certain
standards of behavoir, obe
dience to rules established for
group living, following through
with commitments, living up to
responsiblities, respecting and
supporting the people you live
with
Through these programs,
through belief and dedication to
fundamental ideals, sororities
continue to encourage and
develop leaders and pioneers in
society and on this campus
There are restrictions involved
in fraternity living, certain
responsiblities which come with
the privilege of membership
But to have 65 people living
harmoniously under one roof
demands the adoption of some
type of house rules, and to keep
the system alive and developing
requires the work of the
members
Granted this lifestyle is not for
everyone, and. unfortunately,
not everyone involved in the
Greek system reflects the ideals
upon which the system is based
A sorority can only provide the
incentive for social, intellectual,
and moral growth; whether the
incentive becomes a reality
depends on the member. As
with the association in any
organization, you get out of it
what you put into it If you are
only looking for a maid and cook
service, a future husband, or a
wild social life and a few friends,
that is all you will find
But for those of us who have
looked beyond, have seen the
potential the system carries for
ourselves and our sisters, and
have taken the opportunity to
work to achieve this potential,
we have found the incentives
and encouragement to set high
personal goals, and have been
offered care and support as we
struggle to attain these goals
Allison Snow
Allison Is president ot Kappe
Alpha Theta sorority end a
member ot the varsity track end
cross country teams. She Is
also on mortar board.
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choice of words Unfortunately,
such is not the case with the
Emerald
I would like to cite several
examples from the Oct. 19 is
sue The first is from the recy
cling article In it the nonex
istent word "chairer" is used,
instead of the correct term,
"chair " Also, the picture
caption on the front page refers
to tickets prices at "$4 50 a
pop” and "$15.50 a shot " This
slang usage is inappropriate;
"each” or "apiece” would be
far more suitable
Most offensive, however, is
the needless use of profanity in
"Sidelong Glances ” While
many students exchange vulga
rities as a matter of course, that
is no reason to discard all
professionalism and respect for
more tasteful readers by putting
it in print Any journalist who
cannot express an idea or opin
ion without resorting to
meaningless gutter language
has chosen the wrong field
The School of Journalism at
the University has a fine reputa
tion It is time that the Emerald
examines its procedures and
begins to live up to this reputa
tion
Gene Buckley
Ireahman
Insincere
To imply that the United States
and the Soviet Union are equally
uncompromising, arrogant and
insincere in their positions
toward negotiating limits on
strategic arms (as did the
Emerald 10/12) Is a distortion
Immediately after the in
auguration of Pres Reagan, the
Soviets proposed that arms
talks begin immediately For
months the United States
refused The Soviets proposed
that negotiations Include all
nuclear weapon systems
Again, the United States
refused, agreeing to discuss
land-based systems only. (While
over 70 percent of the Soviet
arsenal relies on land-based
systems, the United States
arsenal relies primarily on sea
based and air-carried missiles)
Prior to current arms talks in
Geneva, the Soviets proposed
that the talks also begin to halt
the development of chemical
weapons and further
militarization of outer space
The United States refused
Counter to what the Emerald
would lead us to believe, the
Soviets have already agreed to
an immediate ban on nuclear
testing as well as a no-first-use
pledge provided that the United
States follow suit In both cases
our government refused
No amount of rhetoric can
gloss over the fact that the
United States started the
nuclear arms race and has
always taken the lead in
perpetuating it. Pretending that
the Soviets are equally to blame
for its perils not only distorts
history, but ignores the fact that
it is our government which must
be held accountable
Christian Gunther
senior, sociology
Artless
Darren Berg's insipid retalia
tion to Cort Fernald's editorial is
another perfect example of the
Emerald s acute competency in
its letters policy
Never, in any professional
publication, have I read such
offensive material as what
occasionally appears in the
Emerald Allowing this type of
artiessness to be printed takes
me one step beyond taking the
Emerald seriously
Kevin Lamb
senior, journalism
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