Oregon dail
emera
Friday, October 5, 1984
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 86, Number 26
Marines enlist chaos
on campus Thursday
By Bill Homans
Of IImi Emerald
The Marines established a
"beachhead” of sorts Thursday in the
main lobby of the EMU.
Local recruiters Capt. B.J. Toynbee
and Staff Sgt. P,R. Acree set up shop
around 11:30 a.m. in the lobby in hopes
of attracting the curious and patriotic.
It wasn't long, however, before their
presence attracted a trio who set up an
unusual recruiting display of their own.
Dressed in a castoff military uniform
with an artificial bloodstain on the back,
a man lay face down with his toy
machine gun beside him and “died” in
front of the Marines’ booth.
Two women stood silently before the
inert "corpse" until a representative of
Maranatha Ministries left his adjacent
booth and engaged the women in a
discussion. A crowd gathered quickly,
as the fundamentalist traded barbs with
the antiwar activists, who in turn ques
tioned the two Marines.
As more people joined the crowd, the
discussion turned into a free-spirited ral
ly. and then a verbal free-for-all. Michael
Cross, a prominent campus conser
vative, defended both the Marines and
U.S. foreign policy.
Cross Insisted it was "difficult for
most Americans to imagine present-day
conflicts from the viewpoint of the Cen
tral American peoples involved.”
He described many of the most vocal
Marine opponents as being idealists who
had read Lenin and Mao.
"While I oppose military intervention
in Central America and believe we never
should have committed troops to
Lebanon, an ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure,” Cross said. “We
should continue to send money to the
developing democratic government of El
Salvador so that they can fight Cuban
backed internal insurrections
themselves.”
Mark Danis, an unemployed Vietnam
War veteran, claimed he was one of the
instigators of the recruiting-booth pro
test. Danis pointed to a particular Marine
advertisement picturing missiles and
fighter planes.
"The primary focus of these (ads) is
male-dominant and subliminaliy
psychosexual,” he said.
An unidentified elderly man moved
among the throng from the scene of one
heated debate to another. “I imagine
they know all about it,” he said of the
students and the issues involved.
Then he quietly left the lobby.
The Marines themselves seemed both
amused and perplexed by their recep
tion. Acree, who had served at Khartoum
in the Sudan, echoed Cross’ statements
that the protesters and most Americans
were naive, and that they would think
very differently “if they ever actually
saw children in the Third World
starving.”
Both Marines agreed that Americans
could not handle a decline in their
creature comforts. Although they admit
ted they had certain disagreements with
American foreign policies, the recruiters
insisted that the jobs “had to be done.”
Ninety minutes later, the "corpse”
revived, the crowd began to disperse.
The Marines said that they plan to return
next Wednesday and Thursday.
Photo by Ross Marlin
An outspoken Maranatha representative and senior Margie Boyd were just two of
many to join in a battle of the tongues Thursday that covered such subjects as the
military, the Reagan administration, foreign policy and Christian philosophies.
Senate candidate blasts incumbent
By Paul Ertelt
Of the Emerald
State Sen. Margie Hendriksen
continued her attack on Sen.
Mark Hatfield Thursday night tt
a Democratic fundraiser in
Eugene.
“Sen. Hatfield is one of the
leaders to deny women the right
to have an abortion,” Hen
driksen, D-Eugene, said at the
"Ferraro Celebration” held at
the Wesley Center.
“He introduced a bill to have
a fertilized egg declared a per
son, but we can’t get an Equal
Rights Amendment that
declares us people,” she said.
Hendriksen exuded con
fidence in her ability to unseat
the Republican incumbent, who
she said was “not a moderate,
not a liberal, he’s just a plain
old Reagan Republican.
“I feel like a warrior in a good
fight,” she said. “It’s a tough
race, but it is one that needs to
be won.”
Hendriksen blasted Hatfield
for his role in the Reagan re
election campaign, for his
Senate votes against the En
vironmental Protection
Agency’s “Superfund” to clean
Photo by Rosa Martin
Frantic Fran, A.K.A. Janet McIntyre, comments on the local
media in a skit at a “Ferraro Celebration” held in Eugene
Thursday.
up toxic waste, and for his vote
to give aid to El Salvador.
“He comes here and talks
about peace for El Salvador,
then he votes for money to sup
port death squads," she said.
Hendriksen also chided the
Oregon media for not bringing
Hatfield to task on the Tsakos
affair. Last month, the Senate
Ethics Committee said it had in
sufficient evidence to start an
investigation into Hatfield’s
dealings with Greek
businessman Basil Tsakos, but
the Senator is being in
vestigated by the FBI, Hen
driksen said.
Hendriksen also focused on
the presidential race and the
probability that the president
for the next four years will
choose several members of the
Supreme Court. The “litmus
test” for Reagan appointees to
the court will be their opposi
tion to the abortion, she said.
Hendriksen’s speech was
followed by a fund raising auc
tion of memorabilia from
Democratic Vice Presidential
candidate Geraldine Ferraro.
Ferraro’s candidacy “signaled a
new era for women,” said
Deborah Romerein, chair of the
Lane Women’s Political
Caucus.
Eugene actresses Jane Van
Boskirk and Janet McIntyre per
formed a series of comedy sket
ches about the trauma of being a
woman. The pair also did a ren
dition of Randy Newman’s
“Political Science,” a song
which encourages America to
“drop the big one now.”
The event raised money for
candidates endorsed by the
caucus, including Hendriksen,
Rep. Barbara Roberts, D
Portland, the Democratic can
didate for Secretary of State,
and Sen. Ruth McFarland, D
Woodburn, who is opposing.
Republican Rep. Denny Smith
in Oregon’s 4th district.
l,aw proiessor
speaks Monday
at Convocation
By Michael Doke
Of the Emerald
Property rights belonging to
the public at large will be the
topic of the keynote address at
the University Convocation, the
annual ceremony observing the
opening of the University’s
academic year, being held in
McArthur Court Monday.
Joseph L. Sax, law professor
at the University of Michigan,
will deliver a speech called
“Reviving the Law of the Good
Old Days.” He will discuss a
passage from English statutory
law of the 13th century, which
states that "all things which
relate peculiarly to the public
good cannot be given over or
transferred.”
The convocation, which
begins at 1:30 p.m., is open to
the public. The legal theme is in
keeping with the centennial of
the law school, celebrated dur
ing 1984. The theme of this
year’s convocation is “Humani
ty and the Physical
Environment.”
All Monday classes after 1
p.m. will be dismissed for the
ceremony.
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