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letters Become aware The ASUO elections are upon us. We urge everyone to become aware of the real issues and look beyond the rhetoric of some candidates who simply want to pad their resumes. We are candidates running on the Students for a Progressive Agenda (SPA) ticket. We are a coalition of student activists, foreign students, students of various ethnic and cultural origins and “non traditional” students who have firsthand experience fighting social, economic, and political injustice, which directly affects students as it does all people in society. A few facts: Student money is invested in businesses that sup port the repressive, racist system of apartheid in South Afica. In 1983, SPA reopened a 1978 suit to divest education funds from South Africa, We are committed to continuing this suit. In the USA, there are poor and hungry people. Yet, huge quantities of agricultural “surplus” are systematically destroyed because of “dis economies” of their sale or distribution. SPA negotiated with authorites and began on campus distribution of surplus butter and cheese to needy students. We have continued this food distribution several years already. The list goes on. SPA are already in action. We are committed as a team to pur suing equality. Several groups have endorsed either some or all of SPA’s can didates. Among them are the Native American Student Union. Asian American Student Union. MEChA, Student Bar Association, Inter Fraternity/Pan-Hellenic Coun cil, Student Opposing Registra tion and the Draft, Amazon Community Tenants, Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, and Catalyst Films. Signed by SPA candidates Ka-Yin Siew Anibal Delgado Cindi Kim Armando Morales Anne Wyatt Cheryl Pellegrini James Randall Has the talent Being of the liberal persua sion, I am very leery to support someone at the other end of the political spectrum. But concerning the election for SUAB position 4, an excep tion must be made. Ron Munion’s ability to han dle the responsibilities of this office are so overwhelming that this exception is more than warranted. Ron’s outstanding work within the political science department, the goals he has set for this office, and his innate political talent, make him the most versatile candidate for this position. I urge all students to vote for Ron Munion for SUAB position 4. Kenneth Goans Political Science Impressed I urge all students to vote for Ryne Jackson for ASUO Vice President. We have worked together this year as officers of Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity, and I am very impressed with Ryne’s hard work, dedication,, responsibility, commitment, reliability, intelligence, capability, energy and enthusiasm. She will do an excellent job for all members of the student body. Gloria Gardiner Law Student The earth Each spring, our earth is new again — as nature generously grants us another reprieve. But what is coursing through Mother Earth’s veins — her streams, rivers, and oceans so like our own capillaries, veins, and arteries? That coursing cir culation carries essential nutrients to all Earth’s parts and beings, much as our bloodstream nourishes all our cells. In either case, the quanti ty is finite but is infinitely recycled. And in either case, 1 Letters Policy The Emerald will attempt to print all letters containing fair comment on topics of interest to the University community. Letters to the editor must be limited to 250 words, typed, signed and the identification of the writer must be verified when the letter is turned in. The Emerald reserves the right to edit any letter for length or style. Letters to the editor should be turned into the Emerald office, Suite 300, EMU. STOREWIDE SALE Everything in store 50% TO 70% OFF! iV l/M I3lh G Lawrence Street ALEX DeGRASSI in concert SATURDAY; APRIL 20, 8:30 p.m. LaSELLS STEWART CENTER 26th & Western - Corvallis Tickets at Crass Roots Bookstore and Everybody 's Records in Corvallis $7.00 Advance $7.50 at the door To Benefit the Corvallis Montesson School purity is of paramount impor tance to the well being of all. Shooting poisons into our veins would sooner or later bring us down. So it is with Mother Earth. If you celebrate the advent of spring by buying weed killers (including the “weed ’n feeds”), bug sprays, and syn thetic fertilizers, consider this: 1) Every emptied container makes more toxic waste that may destroy our groundwater for thousands of years. 2) Run off and leaching from these pollutants is reaching our waterways, contaminating fish, wildlife, domestic animals, our bodies, and even breastmilk. Is it really worth it? Gardens flourished before the chemical age. Wild flowers in your lawn can be enjoyed, not killed. Let children play safely with the dandelions. Many of us have a spiritual basis to our environmental endeavors. I do. 1 believe that God is the essence and body of the Universe rather than its ar chitect; that virtue is to love and defend all God’s splendors; that evil is to destroy them; and that ignorance is not to know the difference. Barbara Kelly Eugene Bad argument Scott Elliott's “Dark Ages’ letter (ODE, April 10) is a fail example of the phonj “biblical” arguments some peo pie use todefenc homosexuality. These people, including renegade clergymen, call fo complete acceptance o homosexuality in the name o “Christian love,” and they usi the handy verse “judge not les ye be judged” as a shield t( ward off objections to thei bastard theology. Elliott, for example, says tha Jesus “never spoke a wore against homosexuality”. True Jesus never spoke a wore against beastiality either (Perhaps he approved of it?) If Elliott wants a good argu ment from silence, here’s one No where in the Bible is homosexuality spoken of approvingly. On the contrary, whenever homosexual behavior is dealt with it is condemned. In the r Old Testament it was a serious ; crime (Lev. 20:13). In the New i Testament it is called “vile af fections” and “unnatural lust” (Rom. 1:26-27 KJV), and it is listed as one of nine sins guaranteed to keep a person out of heaven (1 Cor. 6:9). Elliott also notes that Jesus i said “Love thy neighbor...” True again. However, loving thy neighbor does not mean justifying his sin. The Bible warns us about “ungodly persons who pervert the grace of God into licen tiousness” - that is who turn the love of God into a license to sin (Jude 1:4). God’s love does not excuse sin; it leads men to repentance (Rom. 2:4). If we obey God’s command to repent (Acts 17:30) he will cleanse us from all sins - including homosexuality (1 Cor. 6:11). 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The students who have taken the Speed Reading course offered | through the Learning Resource Center since September entered with an average reading rate of 195 wpm, and completed the six week sessions with an average reading rate of 445 wpm. Many students TRIPLE their rate while profiting from an IN CREASE IN COMPREHENSION. In practical terms, this means that after the course many students are in a position to read three times as much as before on any given hour...week...term. How? By incorporating rapid reading techniques with sound STUDY SKILLS. There’s still room in the Saturday morning and Thursday evening sessions for you. Inquire this week at the Learning Resource Center, 5 Friendly Hall, 686-3226. Page 3
