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Letters Better if fewer I do not resent the people who want to serve their country in the armed forces. 1 do resent those who believe that only jy joining the military can citizens serve their country, There are many “helping pro fessions" and many vital in dustries in which a citizen can participate to serve his/her country. Soldiers are not the on ly ones who serve their country. I would say that far fewer soldiers would serve the United States much better. I object to the size, influence and expense of the armed forces. How can a military force that is scattered across 117 nations be called “defensive?'’ Why are tests developed by the military used for high school vocational counseling? How come we can afford “Star Wars,” but can't af ford to repair the nation's bridges, roads and railroads? As for the issue of deceptive recruitment, perhaps it is unfair U of O History Dept. Professors DR. THOMAS BRADY, DR. JACK MADDEX AND DR. GEORGE SHERIDAN present “HANS KUNG: AN INTRODUCTION TO HIS THOUGHTS AND THEOLOGY” Monday, October 21 • 4-5pm Koinonia Center • 1414 Kincaid Call 484-1707, or x3597 for more info. aoooQOOooooooooooooQoexwo000^ to demand that the military be more honest than other employers. On the other hand, few other employers claim the right to send their employees into life threatening situations. Those that do — police and fire departments — make this work ing condition explicit. The military does not belong in the lobby of the student union. Shasta Hatter Psychology See other films Consider the Cultural Forum’s choice of films this term. Rambo will soon be serv ed up to student audiences, justified as a fundraiser for the impoverished Cultural Forum. Never mind that the remainder of their schedule consists large ly of white men killing Asian people, white men kilting Native American people and white men killing other white men, There might he some excuse for all this carnage (and the values it teaches us all) If the Cultural Forum was indeed underfunded, but hey folks, the Cultural Forum received ap proximately $72,(KK) of your student fees for their operations this year. Is this an underfund ed program? Also, consider your alter natives. There are other groups showing films on campus, and you won’t see anything like kambo at their showings. At other groups, your money goes to support different things: Catalyst Films and the ASUO co-sponsor, as well as groups like Studont Campaign for Disarmament and the Survival Center, show films on social issues with the revenue generated from their presenta tion going to support their ongoing projects, They teach different values than Kambo and similar exercises in racist macho violence. . „ Further^ . I question what “1 Get down to business faster. With the BA-35. If there’s one thing business students have always needed, this is it: an affordable, busi ness-oriented calculator. The Texas Instruments BA-35, the Student Business Analyst. Its built-in business formulas let you perform complicated finance, accounting and statistical functions - the ones that usually require a lot of rime and a stack of reference lxx>k' like present and future value © 1985 T1 calculations, amortizations i and balloon payments. The BA-3 5 means you t spend less time calculating, F and more time learning. One keystroke takes the place of many. i The calculator is just part I of the package. You also get a book that follows most business courses: the Business Analyst Guidebook. Business professors helped us write it, ;, to help you get the most out of calculator and classroom. V powerful combination. Think business. With he BA-35 Student usiness Analyst. Texas INSTRUMENTS Creating useful products and services for you. "rennalsuance" of American film is demonstrated by cowboy movies. President Keegan has had a hard time differentiating between reality and "B" movies. Feeding us more trash like this doesn’t help students get accurate information on "how the West was won" (i.e. stolen from the people who were already living there) or the history of our lust defeat in Vietnam. David Herman Catalyst Films Commentator Was it discrimination or fust plain ignorance? Whan Lynn Pinckney was elected ASl tO President last year, she told us that her ad ministration would .be a "politically active one.!” Hut did any of us truly understand the meaning of those words? . Pinckney > was forcer! to res cind one of her orders this weet. When faced with a possi ble investigation by the Con stitutional Court. Pinckney hacked-down from an. earlier decision to freeze IfCfunds for the Oregon Commentator. The ASUQConstitution states in' section 6.7 “...Once -allocated, there-shall be no at tempt to attach any further con ditions or policies concerning the use -of such accounts " When Pinckney tried to attach a .set "of affirmative action guidelines to the pith negotiated .contract-with the Commentator, she violated- the ASUO Con stitution. not to mention local .civil law,concerning contracts So why did Pinckney do it? ■ Was- she ignorant' of the law? Pinckney-.isn't'stupid: She has legal0advisers within her ad mlnistration.'She knew that her actions were wrong. She knows the'law. and'she should have no problem Identifying the legal rights of separate- parties of a contract. Could the true reason be that Pinckney, who last year actively campaigned against funding for the Commentator, has never ac cepted the fact that the Com mentator has a legal right to IFC funding? Based on her actions, her idea of a ''politically active" student government must by a govern ment that will do anything to advance its narrow ideology. Even if that means stifling op position or breaking formal legal agreements Yes. Pinckney represents all of us. Makes one proud to be a U of O student. Right? Ron Munion Political Science/History Qr What's better than a shot in the dark? A: A Resume from ODE Graphic Services! Looking for work?
