editorial
AG’s decision is a
loss for Oregonians
Oregon voters lost a fine gubernatorial candidate Satur
day when state Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer an
nounced he would not run for governor in 1986.
Frohnmayer, a Rhodes scholar and former University law
school professor, unexpectedly withdrew his name from
speculation because his 12-year-old daughter Kirsten is suf
fering from a rare bone-marrow disease.
Frohnmayer, who has served as attorney general since
1980, represented south Eugene’s District 40 as a
Republican state representative between 1975 and 1980.
During his five-year stint as the state’s highest law enforce
ment official, he often has demonstrated a unique ability to
set aside partisan politics and judge state legal matters
within the context of the Oregon Constitution.
Although his withdrawal from the race shocked many of
the state’s political leaders, there still remains a number of
fine potential candidates for next year’s gubernatorial race.
Former Secretary of State Norma Paulus is considered
now to be the front runner for the Republican Party nomina
tion. Paulus, who served in the Legislature from 1971
through 1977, developed a reputation as a solid ad
ministrator who was dedicated to election law reform.
Former Portland Mayor Neil Goldschmidt, a former
ASUO president, is often mentioned as the leading
Democratic candidate for governor. Goldschmidt, who has
been working for Nike since 1981, was secretary of transpor
tation during ex-President Jimmy Carter’s last two years in
office. He received rave reviews from both Democrats and
Republicans, as a solid department asministrator, who push
ed for creative transportation programs. During recent
weeks Goldschmidt has been touring the state in order to
determine whether he should run in 1986.
Frohnmayer’s withdrawal is a loss for all Oregonians.
But during such a narcissistic era as the Reagan years, it is
refreshing to know there are people such as Frohnmayer
who place the needs of their family above individual career
goals.
We wish Kirsten and the rest of the Frohnamyer family
the best of luck as they battle to defeat her illness.
SURC deserves applause
for new graduation plan
The director of community services for the Student
University Relations Council should be congratulated for
her plan to bring students closer to their graduation
ceremony. Mary Hudzikiewicz has developed a plan
whereby students, who graduate in June, will attend a
ceremony at their individual department following the ma
jor graduation ceremony at Hayward Field.
In the past, students have sat through the ceremony “en
masse,” as a variety of University officials and well-wishers
honored the degree recipients. But rather than being
recognized individually, these graduates could only stand
up as a group as their department’s name was called from
the speakers’ platform.
Hudzikiewicz’s plan will informalize the ceremony, as
well as give the graduates and their guests a greater oppor
tunity to enjoy the occasion. Our only fear is that University
departments will not develop a plan that will adequately
deal with the massive amounts of traffic that will be created
by graduates and their guests. If not managed properly, the
new graduation plan could become both tiresome and ex
pensive. But for now, we approve of the new plan and see it
as an example of improved student-University relations.
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Wake up
The rally against apartheid
was a great event for the Univer
sity. Me and many others learn
ed a lot.
The inhumane activities of
the South African government
cannot be tolerated any longer.
I strongly believe that divest
ment of American companies is
a key to stopping apartheid.
As University President Paul
Olum said ‘‘so what” if the
companies will be hurt and will
have to struggle. We should be
on the side of the injured.
Life is a struggle, and the
blacks of South Africa have
struggled long and hard.
When they struggle they risk
their lives; shot dead for raising
a fist.
The fact that there is one doc
tor for every 100 whites, while
there is only one doctor for
every 93,000 blacks is insane!
Furthermore, blacks make 22
cents for every dollar earned by
a white. How the hell can this
be justified?
We can no longer turn our
backs and say we don’t know
about it. It is happening and we
know it. We must do something
to stop it. It won’t end over
night; it will be a long and hard
battle, but it starts here, with us
the students.
We are being heard and
others will joing us, and we
must keep going until the peo
ple of America and our nerd
president are all in the fight for
freedom of South Africa!
P.S. I got a $40 ticket for ‘‘im
proper horn use” after I drove
by the Federal Building, honk
ed my horn and shouted ‘‘Free
South Africa!”
r
Julie Nye
Eugene
Ouch
A time is coming when
women will not be made to feel
as objects, when a woman’s self
perception will not be based
upon man induced expectations
as to her subservience to the
“strong gender.”
Imminent is the condition
when women will not be driven
by the expectations of others to
camouflage their faces with
oils, to think, speak, act and
dress in roles prescribed by
men.
Instead, there will be a condi
tion where women and men free
themselves of the fetters of
societal expectations, to walk as
free individuals living in
mutual respect and admiration.
Enough of women feeling as
though their worth is always in
terms of men.
A few weeks ago Heaven’s
Gate tavern in Springfield
began sponsorship of wet T
shirt events in which women
stand on stage before an au
dience of men and are doused
with water until their metamor
phosis into objects is complete,
as men are exposed as the
animals they unknowingly are.
Are we so normalized to this
event that we cannot see it for
what it promotes?
Can we not understand that
once again by our inaction we
stand as mute participants to an
act that states plainly that
women are to be judged accor
ding to their form, not their
person?
And who judges?
Women are coerced every day
into being other than what they
truly are. The message is the
same, and so is the reward.
Please come to Heavens Gate
tonight at 9 p.m. to help us pro
test against the degradation of
human beings.
Mark Lakeman
Architecture
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