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Dead Week, no time
for examinations
Welcome to Dead week.
Dead Week is possibly the most appropriately named week
in the entire academic calendar.
Even though during Dead Week everything seems to crash
together all-at-once and make wakefulness seem terminal, there
is one ray of hope filtering through the darkness. Legislation
passed by the University Assembly in March 1982 states that in
the week preceding final examinations during Fall, Winter and
Spring terms:
1) No examination worth more than 20 percent of the final
grade, with the exception of make-up examinations, will be
given;
2) No final examinations will be given under any guise;
3) No projects will be due unless they have been clearly
specified on the syllabus within the first two weeks of the term;
4) Take-home final examinations will be due no earlier than
the day of the formally assigned final examination for the c lass.
See, things aren't all that bleak. Go get some sleep.
Is there life after Dead Week? Yes, there is. Why do you
think they call them finals?
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Cohen: resign or be recalled
I often wonder why students choose to get in
volved with student politics. I guess, like most peo
ple, they have a desire to do some good for the stu
dent body.
But even for the optimists, that is a hard line to
swallow. Some incidents may make it impossible to
believe.
editor's note
debbie howlett
Take the case of Dan Cohen. Here is an extreme
ly intelligent fellow who has always done the things
you might see included on a sample resume from the
Career Planning and Placement office. From those
brief descriptive paragraphs, one gets the idea the
guy is a real go-getter.
He is. Cohen is currently studying economics in
the Honors College. He received a $5,000 Bill Bower
man Scholarship. He's chair of the EMU Board. He
served on last year's scholarship committee.
From such a resume he looks like the perfect
kind of guy. But look a little closer.
While serving on the scholarship committee,
Cohen received a $5,000 Bill Bowerman scholarship.
It's not that the guy didn't deserve the scholar
ship. Cohen and 13 others were chosen to contend
for the scholarship. However, it seems suspicious
Cohen ended up with it.
Whether anything can be made of the selection,
or the process, is beside the point. Clearly, Cohen
should have done the honorable thing and stepped
down from the committee, or stayed on the commit
tee and refused the scholarship.
But beyond the farce of the scholarship, Cohen's
actions become even more questionable.
Cohen was elected to the chatr position on the
EMU Board last spring. It seems as though, with the
benefit of hindsight, his election was a mistake.
The fiasco of last month, when Cohen's room
mate, apparently at Cohen's behest, used a ploy in
volving flour, a mirror and others acting like police,
to shanghai two other student government types.
The intention was to keep the pair from a meeting of
several members of the EMU Board that directly in
volved them.
The excercise was above and beyond the normal
tag of college hijinx.
At least twice Cohen has acted in a manner that
may only be characterized as ethically wrong, moral
ly wrong, showing a lack of respect for his student
constituency and a selfish concern to achieve the
goals that primarily benefit himself.
Cohen should resign his position as EMU Board
chair and allow the student population, or its elected
representatives, to replace him with another student
who will conscientiously carry out the duties of stu
dent leader for the benefit of the majority of the
students.
But politicians are known for pride that is nearly
as consuming as ego.
Should Cohen decline to resign, the students of
this University should begin a petition drive to recall
Cohen from office.
Debbie Howlett is the editor of the the Emerald.
The recall process
To recall an elected student official, as
outlined in sections 11.8, 11.9 and 11.10 of the
ASUO consitution, an individual or a group
should:
— notify the ASUO Vice President (Kevin
Kouns) and the Elections Board in writing prior
to any action to bring about the recall of an
elected official. The petitioner will be provided
with an adequate number of petition forms by
the ASUO Vice President.
— obtain signatures of 10 percent of the
members of the ASUO within a period of one
month from the date of initiation of a petition.
— present the petitons to the ASUO Con
sitution Court for validation. Upon validation a
special election will be called by the ASUO
Vice President.
Kouns or any other person in the ASUO Ex
ecutive office may be reached at the EMU,
Suite 4, or by phoning 686-3724.
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Campus Ministry: I would like to
commend you for attempting to
tackle the difficult issue of
homosexuality and the church. I
do however, find it necessary to
question the basis for some of
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your presuppositions.
For example, you wrote that
“God does not expect us to be
perfect," suggesting that we have
no need to make any alterations in
the way we live our lives. While I
would agree that God does not ex
pect us to be perfect, Paul's plea
for the Corinthians to "aim for
perfection" clearly shows that
neither does he have any desire
for complacency and mediocrity.
To resign oneself to one's present
condition (whether that condition
be pride, avarice, bigotry, or "sex
ual orientation") is by no means
aiming for perfection.
I would also question whether
we would be aiming for perfection
should we follow your prescrip
tion for knowing God's will. Your
assertion that since there are so
many interpretations of the word
we should resign ourselves to ig
norance smacks of neo
Grsosticism, not a vigilance to
study more and maybe even take
heed of those who are wiser than
ourselves.
I would have to admit, however,
that your suggestions are temp
ting. It is much more facile to
chant "Judge not that ye be not
judged" than it is to seriously con
sider an issue. After all, it is easy to
forget that our Lord also re
quested that we love our neighbor
as ourself. If I was living in a man
ner that my neighbor knew was
displeasing to God, I would cer
tainly wish him to inform me of
such. Accordingly, if it is he that is
doing such misdeeds, am I not
obligated to inform him likewise?
Rick Moore
Sacrament
This letter is for Joe Hegarty,
Oregon Right To Life:
Joe, open your hymnal to the
red underlined passages and read
along with me..."If men could
get pregnant abortion would be a
sacrament."
Yea, verily. You probably had a
hen's abortion for your breakfast.
Gary Smhh