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Letters Proposed tax Your article in the Emerald (Oct 4,| and its headline ("City income tax sought to expand library") was well-written and interesting. I feel, however, that both were misleading with regard to the purpose of the pro posed tax. Only some of the tax is to ire used for the library. Your article and the headline would lead readers to believe that all of the tax is to be dedicated to the library. Moat of the tax will ire used for expansion of the city’s air port. a far more controversial issue than expansion of the library. Why the airport is being expanded and why'only those who live or vyork in Eugene should pay for if., are but two of1 the many questions that sur round the. proposal. . While I personally, very much favor an impnwed library.’ l am very , much opposed to an .ex panded.airport— and l am left wondering why the.public can not vpte on eat:h itom separately. - Kobart l-offt • • .. Eugene Destruction Einstein’s statement that the discovery of nuclear fission had "changed everything save our inode of thinking, and thus we drift toward unparalleled catastrophe," was evinced by leromn Berryhill’s letter (ODE, Oct, 3) su pport ing classified weapons research in the propos ed riverfront park. Jerome ap pears unsatisfied with drifting. preferring to paddle purposeful ly toward the precipice. The argument that arms research is necessary in order to "prepare destruction for those who would destroy us" is not merely archaic; it is suicidal. The existence of instruments of mass destruction demands new thinking, not new weapons. Once-vital concepts such as na tional sovereignty are now dangerous delusions driving us to destruction. Nuclear holocaust is the most crucial, but by no means the sole threat which makes transcendence of nationalism the only alternative to annihila tion. As the biosphere is menac ed by nuclear devices. so are the political and economic worlds threatened- by the. rapidly ex- * pending power of multinational Corporatiohs,- .whose .scale of operation, is as out of, govern ment control as the arms race*. ■:*> Given these facts,. it is hardly ironic that miriy ..scientists op pose. further Weapons research as a matter- of planetary hygiene; just as they would .op pose the? concoction of new. potentially virulent bacteria. in a world as overpopulated with outmoded concepts and perilous paradigms as it is with undernourished and overfed people, a university should be a wellspring of new ideas to enhance —1 and perhaps ultimately preserve — the human condition. It must not become the.citadel for a sinister and suicidal psychosis of global proportions. Larry Taylor Linguistics/Political Science r\l\n_ Discrimination I hope that you can clear up a little confusion for mo concern ing the Et al. section of the Emerald. The guidelines set up for the use of this section state in part, “Events occurring nearest the publication date and campus-oriented events will be given priority.” What causes the confusion for me is when I submit two items to the paper (in advance of the deadline and even typed) that were taking place Oct. 3rd and 4th and neither of these items were printed; Instead there were items printed that are not happening for at least a week. Could you explain to me when and how this priority system works? One of these items was an announcement of .GALA’S Open Mouse. By not printing ,this announcement you -have done a disservice to the- gay a ltd; lesbian commu nity here, on campus and to all those °individual's• t-hat -are’ gay supportiye... . Is this a subtle way of telling the Gay and lesbian Alliance that if we . want any event publicized' in the Emerald we are going to have to pay for it? 1 don’t want to cry discrimina tion. and I. don't want to cry homophobia, but. Jim Shoemaker GALA Co-director Editor's note: The Emerald apologizes for having not in cluded a number of an nouncements last week in the regular Et als column. The an nouncements were discovered Friday at a drop site the new staff was unaware of. All future eligible Et al announcements will be run. Again, we apologize for the inconvenience this error causttd. Please see Et al column on Page 18 for Et al policies. Ticket sales 1 have to respond to the shallow and inaccurate impres sion given by your Oct. 2 editorial and cartoon regarding spousal equivalency and stu dent ticket sales. In the past, only married students were able to purchase student tickets for their part ners, and even then proof was required. Gay, homosexual and heterosexual students were pro hibited from buying student tickets for their partners, and thus were discriminated against on the basis of sexual, orientation. ' The current policy .standar dizes the procedure for all, .. allowing married, gay., ; homosexual. or heterosexual students to buy tickets for their partners. The impression given in the cartoon is totaly false, as each student yyith an “SE” (spousal equivalent) stamp,can buy only one additional student ticket for their partner. Even worse, the cartoon promotes the homophobic impression of pro miscuity among gay men. One final shortcoming in your editorial is the argument that the current policy will harm students by reducing the number of available student tickets. Last spring the athletic department tried to reduce the number of tickets reserved for students, claiming they are rare ly all sold. This week’s Washington game is an excep tion, but last year, for example, even when the Ducks were 4-0, tickets went unsold. Your concern about possible abuse of the policy may be war ranted. We are maintaining an ongoing review and evaluation. However, your editorial implies that „ the benefits may not outweigh the costs. In our minds; few things outweigh the elimination of discrimination. John Dreeszen ASUO Vice President Letters Policy •"'• V’ ~ . *t » 4. The Emerald will attempt to print all letters containing fair comment on topics of interest to the University Community, Letters tp the editor must be limited to 250 words, typed, signed and the identifica tion 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. ive your rgsunie a professional look avipg is typeset at th.e Oregon Daily irald;Giaphic Services'Departmeni EMU Open 9'a'm’ to 4 p m RESUMES i ,f by f ‘Emi "300 / heard it through the grapevine Advertise today! In the Emerald Classifieds Eugene’s Only. Rock ’N Roll Station
