editorial
It’s your right —
go out and vote
Election Day 1984 is here. Will it be like election day in
1980, when approximately 16 million eligible student voters
did not cast votes? In 1980, presidential candidate Ronald
Reagan declared a landslide victory, even though only 49
percent of the eligible voters in the United States went to the
polls. We hope 1984 will be different.
Young people, many of them students, are the group
that least frequently votes in America. According to the
United States Student Association, the decline in voting
among young people which has developed over the past
eight years is accelerating. At the same time, many polls in
dicate that students’ concern about pressing issues such as
the arms race, civil rights, environmental protection, and
education remains well above that of the general population.
We urge students to translate their concerns into votes
today. In Oregon, you can register to vote on election day.
This means that there is still time to register and make your
vote count in the 1984 elections. For too long, students have
ignored the voting process. As a result, politicians have ig
nored the concerns of students.
The 1984 elections are critical for students in many
ways. With the increase in military spending during'the past
four years, federal funding for higher education has been
decreased. With the United States taking a more dominant
military role in Central America, speculation has grown
about the possibility of a Vietnam-like war in the region and
how it might affect students.
In 1980, there were 47 million unregistered voters in the
United States. One third of them were between the ages of 18
and 24. It’s time to let the leaders of this country know that
student apathy is a thing of the past. Remember to vote
' today.
Reagan advertisement
unethical and offensive
As various political campaigns have heated up during
the last few weeks, voters have been bombarded with media
advertisements ranging from simple statements of support to
vehement attacks on candidates. These ads may irritate
some people, but the campaigns usually are in good taste.
This is not the case, however, with the eight-page ad
that was inserted into Monday’s Oregon Daily Emerald. We
object to the ad, which supported President Ronald Reagan,
not because of its content but because it was made to look
like news coverage. It was not a product of the Emerald staff.
In fact, the ad was inserted into 65 to 70 college newspapers
in 21 different states.
We admit we are at fault for running the insert without
first checking its design and making sure it was prominently
marked as an advertisement. We apologize for any confusion
this may have caused our readers and we hope this situation
won’t arise again.
We also want to clarify the status of The Prouder-Stronger
Times. It is a paid political advertisement and not news
coverage of Reagan’s campaign or his term in office. In no
way does it represent Emerald support of Reagan. In fact, we
wholeheartedly endorsed Walter Mondale and Geraldine
Ferraro on Friday’s editorial page.
The Prouder-Stronger Times also ran in Oregon State
University’s Barometer and Portland State University’s
Vanguard recently, causing confusion and anger among the
readers of those newspapers, the editors say. Together with
the staffs at OSU and PSU, we denounce the insert as
unethical and in poor taste.
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letters
Voters9 advice
How to say it all at once
means that I’ll have to deal with
several candidates and issues in
the same letter. I urge your sup
port for the following:
First and foremost, a vote for
Mondale-Ferraro is a must. The
reasons are obvious from the TV
debates. The survival of the
U.S. and the world are at stake.
Next: Elect Barbara Roberts
Secretary of State. The endorse
ment editorials written in sup
port of. her candidacy (the
Oregonian and Register Guard,
among others) are correct. The
same is true for Grattan Kerans
for State Treasurer. Roberts and
Kerans have won their spurs on
the job.
As to state issues, I urge a
YES vote on Ballot Measure 3.
As your long-time, at-large
EWEB board member, I can at
test that the consumer will be
well served by a Citizen’s Utili
ty Board. In Eugene, for in
stance, EWEB may be fighting
for survival. A Citizen’s Utility
Board could be vital in a fight to
preserve our independently
operated and elected EWEB
board against encroachment or
take-over.
As for Ballot Measure 2, vote
against it. Its approval would
wreck local schools and local
government. Vote NO on ballot
issue 2.
At the county level, elect
veteran Commissioner Jerry
Rust and Eugene Councilman
John Ball. County government
has too much to lose to do
otherwise.
Finally, re-elect Carl
Hosticka, State Representative,
District 40. He deserves our
support, as does Margie Hen
dricksen for the U.S. Senate.
lack Craig
Eugene
Vote for Kerans
Many people often complain
about our state government not
having enough leadership or
commitment to address the pro
blems of Oregon’s economy.
Within our legislature there has
been at least one shining exam
ple of a person who is con
cerned about the needs of the
state of Oregon. That person is
Grattan Kerans — Democratic
candidate for State Treasurer.
In carrying out his previous
duties as a legislator, Kerans
was always concerned about
balancing the budget, while
still responding to the people’s
needs. On Nov. 6, it would be a
shame for the state of Oregon to
lose a man of his character.
Based on my own experience
in working with Kerans, a good
example of his concern for peo
ple is the fact that he has sup
ported legislation to remove ar
chitectural barriers, long before
most people knew what an ar
chitectural barrier was. By do
ing this, he has helped make
public buildings accessable to
the handicapped citizens of
Oregon. In addition, he has
fought consistently to preserve
the budget for higher education,
especially in areas which
benefit students directly.
I am excited to think about
what having Kerans in the state
treasurer’s office will mean for
both the state’s economy and for
state employees’ pensions. Let's
keep the leadership we have in
Oregon by supporting Kerans
for the State Treasurer and vote
for him on Nov. 6.
Loren Simonds
Eugene
Repulsive
I find it particularly repulsive
to find the State of Oregon pay
ing $900,000 of our tax money
to a Philadelphia law firm “to
help defend a sex discrimina
tion lawsuit against the State’s
College System’’ (Register
Guard Oct.27).
It’s a shame that certain prac
tices are used against the
women of our state by the male
dominated hierarchy of Our
public school system to keep
them from attaining a “com
parable worth" for their chosen
professions.
It’s even more of a shame
when the same people who con
trol the purse strings of our state
force “We the People" to have
to go to court while they're
wasting our tax dollars airing
out Oregon’s dirty laundry chiar
across the U.S. in Philadelphia.
How many different times have
our officials gone outside our
state for different jobs which
Oregonians could have done?
How much has it cost us?
Isn’t it time we started
treating all people with the
same respect and courtesy we
ourselves would expect? Isn’t it
about time “We the People”
started asking our Oregon of
ficials to show us how they are
spending our tax money wisely
before they come to us asking
for more, once again?
Well.. .I’m sure glad Oregon
still has an open records law. I
wonder how much money is
needlessly wasted in Oregon
every year? Do you think it
would put the state at a disad
vantage if “We the People” on
ly knew? I’m still for open
government, Mr. Frohnmayer.
aren’t you?
Richard Gold
Eugene
Editors note:
During the past few
weeks the Emerald has
been swamped in “letters
to the editor." Most of the
letters have contained
political endorsements of
candidates and opinions
on local ballot measures.
We have done our best
to run as many of these
letters as possible. Unfor
tuanately, we could not
run all of them due to
space limitations. The let
ters we chose to run,
however, were represen
tative of the amount we
recieved on a specific
topic. We would like to
thank everyone who took
the time and effort to
write a letter.