ASUO opts to publish its own paper
By Michael Dolce
Of the Emerald
EXTRA! EXTRA! Oregon Daily
Emerald move over. The Universi
ty is becoming a two-newspaper
campus.
Not the Emerald, a bi-weekly
publication produced by the
ASUO, will hit University
newspaper stands in early Oc
tober, according to Mary Hope,
ASUO publication coordinator.
Designed to enhance Emerald
coverage and not compete with it,
Not the Emerald will focus on the
82 ASUO programs and give them
more media access, Hope says.
“As a daily newspaper, the
Emerald can only cover the every
day stuff," she says. "Not the
Emerald will give more long-range
coverage and provide more con
cept reporting concerning our
programs and yearly events."
Hope says that members of
ASUO-sponsored programs have
complained they were not given
the attention by local media they
needed to attract University
students. Because of inadequate
coverage, organizations and
special events were overlooked by
students, she says.
Not the Emerald will solve this
problem by providing in-depth in
formation on the programs and
how students can participate, she
says.
Coverage by the new paper will
be two-fold, according to Hope.
Special events such as Earth Week
and Black History Week will be
reported in special editions of the
ASUO paper.
The second function of Not the
Emerald will be to report on issues
of long-term interest to students,
Hope says.
For the upcoming Central
America conference, it will
enlighten students on issues con
cerning that region, she says.
All ASUO programs have access
to the publication, Hope says, and
she encourages all students to
make submissions. Larger pro
grams and events will receive
more attention from the paper,
she says.
Every issue will have a calendar
of upcoming events and an
nouncements of program open
ings, Hope says.
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"I'm excited about the
newspaper," says ASUO Pres.
Mary Hotchkiss. "We recognize
that the Emerald is busy and can't
provide coverage to all our
programs."
One person who is not so ex
cited about the publication is
Oregon Daily Emerald editor,
Debbie Howlett. Howlett says her
main concern is the name.
"My immediate reaction is to
dislike it," states Howlett, who
thinks the ASUO may be “playing
off the Emerald's history and
reputation."
Although Howlett says she
agrees the ASUO needs a way to
publicize its programs, she
doesn't feel Not the Emerald
should properly be labled a "cam
pus newspaper."
"From what little I've heard it
doesn't sound like an objective
newspaper," she says. "It sounds
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The last time an issue of Not the Emerald hit the stands it was published by the Emerald staff as an
April 7 parody.
like an advocacy publication for
ASUO programs."
Hope says the name was decid
ed upon during a staff meeting,
and was meant "as a light-hearted
acknowledgement that there's a
more important newspaper on
campus."
The name "was not meant as an
insult to the Emerald," Hope says.
"It was done mostly in a spirit of
fun."
Students won't confuse the two
publications because they repre
sent entirely different interests,
she says.
The name. Not the Emerald was
used two years ago by the Emerald
as the name of its April 1 parody
edition. In years previous and
since the parody edition has been
called The Immorald.
The name was changed two
years ago "because of the con
notations of bad taste that are
linked to the previous name,"
wrote then-editor Sally Hodgkin
son in a column appearing the day
of the parody edition.
"I don't think the ASUO wants
to poke fun at us," Howlett says.
"The biggest difference bet
ween us and the Emerald is that
we won't cover events that have
already happened," Hope says.
"Our focus will be on what will
happen, what is coming for our
programs."
With an IFC budget of less than
$10,000 and only two paid posi
tions, Not the Emerald will rej^
mainly on volunteer help, Hof^i
says. If an organization wants to
be covered in the ASUO paper,
they will have to provide their
own news.
Because of the relatively small
budget, only a limited number of
papers will be printed and
distributed around campus, Hope
says.
I Learn To Be A Questioner I
When you feel alone and lonely -
When you feel totally overwhelmed by a decision you need
to make and find yourself wishing that someone would just
tell you what to do - When you feel like the world used to
make sense and now everything’s falling apart around you -
YOU’RE VULNERABLE
When you’re hurting (or even when
you’re not):
Beware of people who are excessive
ly or inappropriately friendly.
THERE ARE NOT INSTANT
FRIENDSHIPS
Beware of groups that pressure you
because “everyone else is doing it’’.
NO ONE KNOWS WHAT’S
RIGHT FOR YOU EXCEPT YOU
Beware of groups that recruit you
through guilt.
GUILT INDUCED BY OTHERS
IS RARELY A PRODUCTIVE
EMOTION
Beware of invitations to isolated
weekend workshops having nebulous goals
THERE IS NO REASON TO BE VAGUE UNLESS
THERE IS SOMETHING TO HIDE
You should know that the two basic principles of mind con
trol (“BRAINWASHING”) are:
1) If you can get a person to behave the way you want, you
can get that person to believe the way you want.
2) Sudden, drastic changes in environment lead to heighten
ed suggestibility and to drastic changes in attitudes and
beliefs.
Please re-read these two principles. They’re well substain
ed THEY’RE FOR REAL.
AOVfRTJStMtNT
Don’t Be Foolish! Protect Yourself! Don’t Go Away for a
Weekend or Longer with a Stranger or a Strange Group
Unless:
You know the name of the sponsoring group.
** You know its ideas, beliefs, and affiliations.
*■"' You know what’s going to happen
at the workshop.
You know what will be expected
of you.
You know that you will be free
and able to leave and get home at any
time.
ts You believe the answers you’re
getting.
Don’t Be Foolish. Don’t Accept
Vague Answers. Make Them be
Specific. Now that you’ve read this
far, take a second, maybe close your
eyes and think back. Can you
remember a time when you felt...
alone?
overwhelmed by decision to be
made?
like the world was falling apart around you?
If there is a next time when you feel like that, it will help to
reach out to
SOMEONE YOU TRUST.
a friend ... a teacher ... a parent ... a counselor ... a crisis
hotline.
Or, it you know ol someone who feels alone, who feels
overwhelmed by decisions, or like his or her world is falling
apart, take the responsibility to help that person. Help them
reach out to somebody they can trust. When people are
hurting (or even when they’re not) people need people
MAKE SURE IT’S A PERSON YOU CAN TRUST