U of O Foundation
Annual Fund
TELEFUND
STATISTICS
100.000
90.000
80.000
70.000
60.000
SO 000
40.000
30.000
20.000
10.000
On 11/21/83 16 Pi Beta Phi
& 10 Phi Delta Theta
volunteers received 160
pledges for a total of
$2,519.
First, second and third
place for most pledges
received are held by:
1st Kappa Sigma - 508
2nd ROTC - 371
3rd Chi Psi - 299
That brings the total for the
telefund to $84,699
Tonight Delta Delta Delta
will attempt to set a new
record for total pledges
received.
letters
Questions
Here are some of the questions I
wanted to ask Bernadette Devlin
MrAlisky when she spoke recent
ly after hearing her hold suc
cessive British governments
responsible for the troubles in
Northern Ireland.
"As a supporter of the IRA, how
do you justify the common IRA
tactic of bombing Protestant bars,
shops, etc., thereby killing and
maiming the neighbors you say
you have no quarrel with?
"Does this not promote fear and
hostility between the two com
munities and did it not give birth
to the equally violent Protestant
Ulster Volunteer Force?
"How can this be seen as strik
ing a blow against British
Tyranny?"
While much of what McAlisky
said is doubtless true, I believe
that she left out a number of im
portant elements crucial to an
understanding of the tragic situa
tion in N. Ireland.
Nobel Peace Prize winner
Mairead Maguire's interview in
the Register Guard Parade of Oct.
25 touches on some of these
elements. I re-read it when I came
home and her commitment to
understanding, dialogue, the
breaking down of barriers and the
rejection of violence from all sides
renewed my faith that the gun and
the bomb need not prevail in
Ulster or anywhere else.
Willie Johnston
Generous
Life is rarely easy nowadays, but
I suspect it's always been a strug
gle for the little guy. You come to
expect less than a fair share in
return for your efforts, whether it
be school, work, whatever. Un
consciously cautious, we often
miss the beauty and music of
nature.
Much of that beauty is human,
and last Wednesday, even the
most unaware among us surely
observed the generosity of two
organizations. Through the
cheese and butter giveaway, a
large measure of faith in
bureaucracies has been restored.
Oh, it’s a little thing, but it's the
best of things, this gift of giving.
Can't we give in return? Surely a
warmer spot can be arranged
somewhere in the EMU. These
folks deserve better than our un
protected site in the breezeway.
Also, couldn't parking fees be
suspended for the workers? In
convenience is hardly suitable
gratitude.
All of us (un)fortunate to be
poor, thank everyone concerned
for a heartwarming and belly
filling experience.
Michael Sheehan
Slight Col.
The article on the front page of
the Nov. 21 Emerald slights Col.
Tracy (from the panel on Central
America) by glossing over what
was really a key point of his ad
dress. What does he fear more
than the presence of Marxists and
Cuban advisors in Central
America? Now that I have your at
tention — it's the growing gap bet
ween population and food.
This is a subject that North
Americans seem pathologically
unable to deal with. So what if
Central Americans are hungry —
hasn’t this always been the case?
No. While the population south of
the border increases, domestic
food production has actually
declined. Col. Tracy warns that by
the year 2000 there will be millions
more to feed in a region where
children are even now dying of
malnutrition. He stated at the
Nov. 18 panel that “the sins of the
past must be atoned for," and
warned that the present moment
is "our last chance" to defuse the
starvation time bomb. To do this,
"massive economic aid" will be
required.
I beseech everyone (and
especially the College
Republicans) to shake off the
habit of determined neglect with
which this issue has been faced.
Col. Tracy wants you to take
seriously the first and most basic
human right — the right to eat.
Don't let him down.
Mark Davis
biology graduate
Commending
The ASUO Executive staff would
like to commend John Farley and
all of the Faculty Against Interven
tion in Central America for their
efforts to educate the campus
community about recent events in
Grenada and Central America.
It is high time that faculty joined
the effort to provide such educa
tion. At a university, of all places,
we need to go beyond militaristic
rhetoric and slogan-chanting
toward a more cogent look at the
facts.
We realize that the decision to
speak about political issues and,
further, to take public stands is
often a difficult one for pro
fessors. But we feel it is wholly
proper — indeed, in a democracy,
necessary — for scholars to share
fheir knowledge with society and
to draw conclusions from that
knowledge. If the most educated
members of our society are
apathetic, or even merely silent,
this only leaves a vacuum which
will readily be filled by those with
little or no knowledge.
In addition, professors' political
involvement and activism may
serve as an example and an im
petus for students to educate
themselves and become involved,
and this we wholeheartedly
applaud.
Responsible participation in a
democracy requires an active in
terest and involvement in the
political process and political
issues. Down in Suite Four we're
doing all we can to encourage that
interest and involvement among
the campus community. Were
happy to see faculty doing the
same.
Mary Hotchkiss
ASUO president
Sherri Schultz
executive assistant
Not his own
There was an article in this
month's issue of Off the Record,
the ASUO executive newsletter,
with my name on the byline.
While I agree wholeheartedly with
the sentiments expressed in it, I
did not write this article. It was
written by members of OSPIRG's
staff. I have an uneasy feeling
about being responsible for word
choice or syntax usage that is not
my own. I don't want to give the
impression I am hopping mad,
but I think Off the Record should
try not to let this happen to
anyone else in the future. I just
want to get that burr out from
under my saddle.
Tedrick Housh
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