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Bring in ad for 20% off on above styles Offer expires 12/31/83 941 Pearl • 342-4608 ★ Silkscreened shirts* letters Denizens It is appropriate that the denizens of Oregon Hall celebrate (i.e., "Oregon Hall makes 10th bir thday," Emerald, Nov. 28). Those of us who predate Oregon Hall remember, without fondness, the general environmental squalor of the Emerald Hall days. It is impor tant to realize, however, that Emerald is still fully occupied. The entire first floor is occupied by ar chitecture design studios. These studios are a step up from the "South Bronx" studios on Colum bia Street which we were able to vacate with the occupation of Condon School. All is not really very well with Emerald. It leaks — both water and air. It is also something of a biological time bomb. Those clever imitation shingles and the pipe insulation are asbestos and require very precise demolition — if the time ever comes. Each shingle will have to be approach ed gingerly by a "Star Wars" suited demolition worker (to avoid contamination) and placed in a plastic bag. The bag will then be sealed and removed to a special land fill for environmental ly hazardous material. Meanwhile, students average 30 hours a week at their desks — perhaps ingesting more than air with each lung full. That the former occupants of Emerald Hall now have a level of environmental accommodation I that is appropriate, perhaps even amenable, is a cause for celebra tion. That the current occupants of Emerald Hall have a level of ac commodation that is benign, at best, is a cause for concern. Michael Utsey assoc, prof, architecture Slave bus This is regarding the article in the Emerald Nov. 29 on the Green Tortoise. I feel that your readers should know what to expect if they choose to ride the Tortoise. When I returned from San Fran cisco on the Tortoise this September, they crammed in many more passengers than the bus could hold. This was in spite of knowing that they had even more people to pick up in Berkeley. The trip to Eugene was a hell-ride. There wasn't room to sit or lay, it was like being in some kind of medieval torture device. When I asked the driver to give up some space in her oversized berth to allow the passengers some relief from the slaveship-like con ditions, she explained that the drivers didn't want to catch body lice from one of the passengers as had happened in the past. If you want to sacrifice comfort and personal hygiene for monetary savings I guess the Green Tortoise is the ride for you. Bruce Alter senior, biology Equalizer Like many others I watched The Day After, the nationally televised discussion following the film, and the local panel discussion in which Paul Olum, Aaron Novick and others participated. Television, that great equalizer of all things great and small, great ly diminished the value and im pact of the film through the first half, but, to their credit, not dur ing the second, by periodic inter ruptions for non-reiated advertis ing. The constant year in, year out juxtaposition of highly significant or emotional material with trivial, often tasteless or even revolting advertising, announced with even more volume and enthusiasm, leaves us all jaded and unlikely to react appropriately to anything. This is why our local public sta tions are so much better and should be well supported at the grassroots level — both radio and TV. Of the two panel discussions, the local one was clearly superior to the nationally televised one. Food Service Now there are TWO Food Vans to serve you v* Freshly Baked Croissants Sandwiches ** Fresh Fruit Yogurt is Hot and Cold Drinks Look for our new food van at Chapman Hall. 8 am - 2pm We're still at our regular location at the Library turnaround 9:30 am - 2 pm L E Oregon daily emerald The Oregon Daily f Airraid it published Monday through In day ruegI (hiring nun week and vacation*, by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co., at the University at Oregon, Eugene, O*. 97461 The Emerald operate* independently at I he University with ottice* on the third Moor at the (rb Memorial Union and it a member ot the Associated Pres* Mb-mi Mb)7l] MMM1 MMHI WhMIl fdttor Managing tditor Nnm fdilor Atmlanl Nnn tditor Iditonal Page tditor Photo tditor Sport* tditor Srtrliw* tditor f ntertamment tditoi Aimlanl fnteriainment tditor Night tditor Higher (duration Departments and Schools Student Government (eaturn Pohtm Community General daft Advert long Manager tlMutedMertnmit Production Manager t onirober Debbie Howlett Sandy lohnslone Frank Shaw Brenda thornlon Con Fernatd Dave Kao Doug levy John Heaiy Angela Allen Morgan Him Carlson Coft ternatd Doug Nash Mebssa Martin |tm Moore loan Herman Brooks Oaretl Michele Matassa Darlene Gore Salty Ottar Virlorta Koch lean Ownbey though both were well worth listening to. One further thought: There is no point in military buildup if one's military are clearly going to lose in any engagement in which they are likely to be involved. Thus any countries depending upon this will always try to match or exceed the build up of their perceived opponents. In a highly technological world this will in evitably lead to the production of weapons of wholly unacceptable destructive power as we see today. Humanity will always be the loser if we focus our attention on ly on limiting and controlling arms, or specific categories of weapons. Our technology has rendered the military approach to dealing with human problems ob solete and dangerous to all life. If we are to survive we must aban don all hope of achieving security through a military approach. We must, rather, concentrate on try ing to understand and correct the gross injustices and inequities of present arrangements for concen tration, use and distribution of the world's resources — ar rangements which have resulted in the impoverishment and degradation of more than half of humanity, and total insecurity for all. Bayard McConnaughey biology Stage for war Although the possibility of a nuclear war starting in Europe is a real one, the tense situation in the Middle East today makes it a more likely candidate as a first stage "theatre" for such a catastrophic confrontation. There are four main factors operating together that may produce such an unspeakable calamity: The U.S. Naval armada stationed in the Eastern Mediteranean pos ed to attack any local threat to the strategic and economic interests of the U.S and western-based multinationals; Israel, a close ally of the U.S. government, continues to occupy more Arab land in South Lebanon, build settlements and depopulate the West Bank and Gaza in Palestine; The increasing threat to Syrian security and its growing alliance with the Soviet Union. The ongoing intra-Palestinian conflict between what is characterized in the West as "moderate” and "radical" elements of the PLO and the im pact of this conflict on the nature and future of the Palestinian revolution and consequently other Arab Liberation movements. The possibility of open U.S. in tervention in that area increases as local political movements become more militant and organized and as more Arab governments for reasons either of security or ideology ally themselves with the Eastern block. This main conflict between the interests of western big business, which does not usually coincide with the interests of the average American person, and the in terests of Arab people is the main destabilizing and dangerous feature of the tension of the area. Ignoring the rights of the Palestinian people for so many years has produced as a conse quence, an increasing militancy of the Palestinian political move ment. This in turn, is matched by an interventionist and militaristic U.S. policy in the area. With the presence of the Soviet Union in the area as an ally to the Palesti nian and other Arab nationalist movements, the possibility of a military confrontation between the two giants is much more real. Unless the American people distinguish between what is good for America and what is good for Exxon and mobilize to restrain an adventurous and dangerous U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, this place which is called in the history books the cradle of human civilization may become the grave of all human civilization. Saddeh Khalil organization of Arab Students / Hair Loft for Men and Wowien, 1wo Locations Just Off-Campus/ GMRR& ‘WmM&r • (Acrow from Sacred Hear (CVie bkxK. from Campos)^®^’^^ GOING TO GRADUATE SCHOOL? GRE REVIEW COURSE Offered by PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY CONTINUING EDUCATION All sections of the Graduate Record Exam Reviewed Quantitive • Logic • Verbal Fee of $140 includes classroom instruction with practice testing and home study materials with practice tests. Section 1 • Nov. 12, 19 Dec. 3, in room 7 DCE Bldg. Section 2 • Jan. 14, 21, 28, In room 258 Cramer Hali All classes 9 am to 5 pm For registration, mail fee to PSU/DCE, P. O. 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