opinion
Revenue relief
finally arrives
The governor is finally doing a little something about the
plight of higher education
Vic Atiyeh, in the face of recent national revelations that
the Oregon State System of Higher Education is one of the
poorest funded in the country, has added $80 million to
higher education's base budget
Divided between the eight institutions of higher educa
tion, the governor's budget proposal is a modest partial
restoration of the damage that has already been done to
higher education.
If comments from Rep Grattan Kerans and Sen Edward
Fadeley are any indication, the Legislature will consider the
impact that a poor university system has had on attracting
industry, improving technology and providing an intellectual
and cultural populace in the state
In a tacit acknowledgement of the restrictions to access
imposed by raising tuition 62 percent in the last two years,
Atiyeh's budget proposes a tuition freeze
The budget proposal includes money for the delayed
pay increase for faculty The pay increase of 2 percent may
help stop the flight of quality Oregon faculty We seriously
doubt it will aid the ability of the University to attract quality
people
$4 million is earmarked for high technology, $2.7 million
of which would remain in the state system. Someone has
been informing the governor of the possiblities of higher ed
and business working together
The governor's higher education items include $3
million for sorely needed maintenance "catch-up,” and $1
million for library acquisitions — a little notice that he has
seen ratings of the state system's libraries
Not cutting higher education further is a good beginning
and the Emerald implores the Legislature to consider the
governor's budget However, it is going to take a lot more to
repair our reputation and national standing.
letters
Dunse pack
Rumor has it that a new plan
for civil defense is being dis
cussed in our nation's capital
Purported to insure at least 99
percent survival, the plan calls
for all citizens of the United
States to migrate to Utah's
Great Salt Lake and group
themselves in a lonq narrow
line
Theory has it that after the
first hydrogen bomb explodes
(killing only those unfortunate
enough to be at ground zero)
the blast will cause any other
bombs to malfunction or to self
destruct Thus insuring survival
for the majority of the popula
tion
I letters
Distressed
I am distressed by the mista
ken, yet common perception of
the the political situation in
Poland that Joan Nyland s
column of Nov 15 embodies
It is erroneous to assume that
the Polish Government simply
"doesn't have a sense of jus
tice '
The government of Poland is.
like Walesa, a prisoner It is
subject to the heavy influence of
a totalitarian regime, which
Nyland herself maintains It also
is influenced by precisely that
society of people it was set up to
govern which has tasted a bit of
freedom, and now wants to
gorge itself, completely un
prepared for the severe internal
disturbances which have and
will continue to result
Were the editor suddenly
transformed into Justice her
r
self, she would surely realize,
despite her would-be attempts
to tilt the scales and attain a
balance, that the Polish
Government would still be in a
precarious position at best,
caught between a rock and a
hard place
The very fact that the govern
ment waited for the national
spirit to weaken and for Brezh
nev s death to be announced to
let Walesa out” confirms the
precarious nature of its situa
tion
Ultimately, every government
tries to legitimize itself. In the
face of religious, economic, and
political forces beyond its
grasp, this is what the Polish
Government must attempt to do
In light of this, justice can only
be what is right, or "just,'' for
the regime caught in that situa
tion
Ironically, it is our own in
ability to see this that keeps us.
like or unlike Walesa, "on our
knees "
Lorlanne Shaft
senior, Russian and English
Rather resist
In regard to Lori Parkman s
letter of Nov 30, although I
strongly agree with her intent,
perhaps the "cream of the
crop”, the genetically superior,
are those who are intelligent
enough to resist the draft rather
than die
Paul Trombley
Baremeter
Your recent parody of the
Barometer was critically accur
ate, succinct, subtle, and above
all, entertaining
Thomas Young
Oregon '71
graduate. OSU
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By utilizing this amazingly
simple (minded) concept of fra
tricide, or is that genocide, the
so-called "DUNSE PACK” is
heralded as this administra
tion’s first positive step towards
solving the chronic problem of
unemployment
Quoting the infamous T. K.
Jones, ".. with enough shovels
we could have the place
cleaned up in a week."
Bradley Passenger
Eugene
Interjection
After reading Theresa Bot
tomly's letter regarding the si
tuation surrounding the
women s soccer club in the Nov.
22 edition. I feel it's important to
interject a little reality into her
outlook upon our student paper.
First of all. Theresa, most of
the Emerald's reporters are full
time students, not "profession
als'' as you mislabeled the
reporter involved Most
students are relatively new to
journalism, spend much of their
time trying to gain experience,
and possess the sense neces
sary to realize that through hard
work they may someday,
become "professionals "
Secondly, a reporter should
not necessarily attribute opin
ions to a named source In a
story such as the one involving
the soccer club, it's possible a
source many not want to be
named, and perhaps shouldn't
be identified A reporter is no
less accountable for what he
prints and anyone old enough to
read can discern opinion from
fact
Most importantly, the story
involved wasn t written to ignite
controversy within the soccer
club, that had happened before
the writer ever came to the
University The writer was mer
ely conveying the club's status
to the Emerald's readers That
didn’t necessitate "your side of
the story" being told — tell it to
the current players on the team
Perhaps a follow-up story
about the club’s dissension
would be more appropriate, but
frankly, I don't think the Emer
ald’s readers would be interest
ed
John Lashway
asst, sports
information director
No sales tax
It is odd how government
seems to get more and more
expensive for Oregonians de
spite the fact that more and
more people are paying taxes
each year Now some members
of our “wonderful" Legislature
have decided that Oregon state
government has gotten so cost
ly that we need a sales tax
Although Oregon already has
the most "regressive" income
tax in the West (10 percent of
income over $5,000), they still
want more money After all, they
have important things to do with
our money, and besides, they
know what is best for us Or do
they?
Oregon has prided herself on
being among the four states that
don't have a sales tax and we
don’t need one either We are
better off keeping what money
we have left rather than being
forced to give more to the
dreaming, socialistic big
spenders up in Salem who have
such "fabulous" things to do for
you if you only give them a
chance
Come on, Oregon Don't let
them pull the wool over your
eyes A sales tax won t help
anyone but the bureaucrats We
can make it just fine without
more of their "help",
Brandon Shapard
tophomora, bualnaaa admin.
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