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Qualified support
for quality control
Chancellor Bud Davis should retain the increased grade
point average and continue promoting the proposed admis
sion prerequisites regardless of pressure from high school
boards
Reconsidering the raising of grading standards from 2.5
to 2 75 is not in the best interest of the students in the long
run
The increased GPA might help ease the attrition rate of
the freshman at the University It might increase the level of
learning that goes on here, weeding out those who are not
serious about their education. It might discipline college
bound students
It might not
Universities weren’t established to prepare students for
the university life
The state board is stressing the “university” as the
highest place of education in the state — state colleges and
community colleges are to be the places of preparatory,
trade and technical education
The board campaigns to improve the image of the
universities — ours, Oregon State, and Portland State One
way to improve the image is to show how tough the requir
ements to enter these institutions are
But, and this is a large doubt, these new requirements
might be slitting our throats in the short run
Any decrease in students means less funding A new
base of funding, dependent on function not enrollment,
needs to be proposed, before we limit any more students —
lifeblood — from the universities.
Unless, of course, the state raises tuition to compensate
for the loss of full-time equivalency hours — a horrible,
unviable proposition.
The state board needs to consider those "frozen out” by
the new proposals. Community colleges and state colleges
must be able to "meet the needs” of these students with the
necessary university preparatory classes They require time
to do this
School districts, as voiced by Joyce Benjamin of the
state department of education, need more time to implement
the new college-prep requirements Serious consideration
should be given to Benjamin's reconsideration of a 1986
requirement deadline versus Davis' 1985
There exists a limit to the amount of "quality control” the
board can consider without ironically hurting the universities
in the interim
opinion
letters
Sports fans
Being an avid sports tan I am
appalled at the lack of coverage
and disregard the Emerald has
for sports
The Emerald did give some
space to the National Football
League strike, however,
anxiously tearing through Mon
day’s paper I found no scores
after being "football-less'’ for
eight weeks The season is
laughable, so I can live with that
slight, but GEEZ the Blazers
(Remember them? They are the
National Basketball Association
team up in Portland ) set a fran
chise record for margin of vic
tory (50 points) and the Emerald
doesn’t even carry a paragraph
Hell I’d settle for a boxscore!
Since the Emerald is a
member of the Associated Press
that’s not too terribly much to
ask, is it? Imagine my horror the
next morning upon hearing the
Blazers won in Philadelphia for
the first time since 1977 and
again the Emerald's only re
sponse seems to be, "Sorry
sports fans ”
If national sports stories are
too tough to handle how about
just a blurb on the intramural
championships being played
this week on campus? I need a
sports fix and the Emerald just
doesn't do it C'mon Emerald
writers — shape up!
Tim McCloskey
Upsurge
Many are outraged (we must
be many) by the recent upsurge
of right-wing “Christian''
speakers at the EMU I am
frightened by their view of me as
their enemy I don't want to be
anyone’s enemy
I am not a Christian That is my
right I don't buy into their hell
and damnation theory — on a
rational level, on a spiritual
level, on a human level
As these speakers draw the
lines, who are their victims? Are
they women. blacks,
homosexuals, Jews, or
everyone? As I respect their
right to preach, I also respect
our right to live in freedom, in
equality, in peace with our
selves and our peers
I am frightened by the hints of
fascism in their messages
Where is the root of their evil? Is
it me? or does it lie in the denial
of their humanity in the service
of "their God?"
I am frightened by their tac
tics Their lack of reason, their
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your turn
civil defense won’t work
On Nov. 15 the Emerald print
ed an article by David Steinmetz
entitled "Civil Defense: Basic
relocation plan is in the works
but poor planning and facilities
could force most people to beat
a hasty retreat ” Implied in the
title and in the article is the idea
that the United States should
spend more money on civil
defense in order to provide pro
tection in the event of a nuclear
war
I contend that to do so is not
only a waste of money, but it
also threatens the security of
the United States
In the event of all out nuclear
war there is no survival any
where Civil defense will not
work Even if you escape the
initial blasts, firestorms, and
fallout; the ozone won't.
It is estimated that 70 percent
to 80 percent of the ozone in the
northern hemisphere and 30
percent to 40 percent of the
ozone in the southern hemis
phere will be destroyed These
lack of compassion, the stench
of hate surrounding them Their
quick readiness to deny us our
individuality, our equality, our
rights as Americans
But mostly I am frightened by
our reaction Of silence, of
apathy, of smiles and nods, of
laughter
Fascism is not funny Denial
of human rights and human
dignity is not funny It is tragic It
is not in the interests of the
America I know and love, and of
our people, whom I love as well
David Funk
asst. director
Gay and Lesbian Alliance
r
figures assume that all of the
nuclear blasts will take place in
the northern hemisphere.
With this level of ozone de
pletion enough ultraviolet
radiation would penetrate the
earth's atmosphere to blind any
unprotected eyes. We can all
wear glasses, but the animals
can't. Our eco-system would be
destroyed and any survival
would be temporary at best.
Developing plans for civil
defense thus indicates a belief
in fighting and surviving a limit
ed nuclear war. Such a belief
implies that a limited nuclear
war of any kind is winnable. It is
not
There is no way any country
can win a nuclear war. In fact,
the only hope for limiting a nu
clear war is that at the sight of
the horrible death and destruc
tion, both countries agree to
stop and to disarm
There is no precedent to such
an end to war The short time
span of a nuclear war makes
this scenario very unlikely. In
any event, a civil defense plan
must not be in effect or the
death, destruction and suffering
would not be witnessed and the
war would simply escalate
A limited nuclear war is a
contradiction in terms as any
nuclear war will eventually es
calate to holocaust proportions
As Admiral Noel Gayler ex
plained in an interview with
Common Cause, "The reason I
don't think there could be a
limited nuclear war is because
any nuclear initiative will have a
reply And the reply will be big
ger than the initiative
"That's the way doctrine is on
both sides, and that's the way
people are And so it's only a
question of how many steps up
the ladder of escalation before
you have the total holocaust "
Any belief in or talk about a
limited nuclear war is extremely
dangerous as it creates an illu
sion that could lead to a nuclear
strike and ultimately to the
death of humanity. It is time to
dispel the illusion that we can
have and can win a limited nu
clear war.
Civil defense plans contribute
to that illusion. The only defense
is prevention.
H. Jack Geiger, M D. says,
“There is no defense; civil
defense is at best an illusion, at
worst a fraud."
Steinmetz's article accurately
reports that the Soviets are out
spending us in the area of civil
defense. The article implies that
we should foM'W theii example
so that we do not fall too far
behind in civil defense
capabilities. The Soviets are
wasting their money and we
don't need to waste ours too.
Admiral Gayler contends, "If
you go to competent, intelligent
Soviet sources, you find out that
while they spend a lot of money
on civil defense, it's pretty much
a sham, just like it is here They,
too, have been the victims of
wishful thinking It's a turkey,
and there's no reason why we
should copy it."
In this age of economic
recession and tight government
spending it is ridiculous to
spend $154 million a year on
civil defense
There are many programs
that are in desperate geed of
money — student loans, for ex
ample Let s spend our time and
energy on solution to the nu
clear arms race; not on solu
tlons to what you would do in
the event of a nuclear war,
because, in that event, it is all
over
Bill Hallmark
sophomore, psychology
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