Commentary
SPA-controlled government
is addressing student needs
I havB been concerned for some tim« that the
Oregon Daily Emerald lacked information about
the ASUO. The recent editorial endorsing Kevin
Lewis for ASUO president is evidence of the pro
blem. ASUO relations with the ODE deteriorated
when we criticized its ad policies last fall and got
worse from there, l am writing now to tell what
we have done and why the editorial was in error.
Student involvement Is not down; it is up.
: Our anti-apartheid rallies were among jhe largest
in the nation. Many ASUO programs received
budget increases because;of high activity levels.
More students are becoming involved through the
Creek, system and haye worked this year on- the
SafeRide van. fo«»d distribution and the suc
cessful OXFAM drive to end world hunger.
If the ODE\s candidate.believes student in
volvement .is down, perhaps it is because
students are not involved in his projects When
I<ewis worked in the ASUO. even a directive that
program budgets wouldbe frozen if they attended
a Program Council meeting failed to produce full
” attendance., ” ' ‘ .
The next ASUO adniinistration will have five,
. years of SPA lobbying efforts to build on. We
have worked with USSA. are close to achieving a
western regional office and completed a direct
lobbying effort in Washington. D C. Through the
Oregon Student Izihby we have established
childcare, tuition levels, student debt burden,
financial aid and accessibility as priority issues
for-the next legislative session.
We have wide support from legislators and
officials on such issues as divestiture and the
Riverfront Park project. To believe that one who
has had no part in this effort can improve upon it
7 is naive.
All HI positions on University Committees
are filled for the first time in years; tardiness is
hardly appropriate criticism. SPA does not op
pose the right of any group to publish on this
campus; We have asked for sensitivity and
responsibility.
The ASIJO is a busy hub of activity. Students
from different backgrounds and cultures arc •
working on.the van. a food store, a film series, a ■
newspaper, the dome. Riverfront, parking and
the Women's Symposium. We have advocated for
divestiture, brought Angela Davis, opposed apar
theid and oppression in Central America.
We fought for student control of incidental
fees. We doubled the Street Faire and the Course
Cuide. prepared course evaluations and expand
ed legal services. We worked for wheelchair ac
cess in planning and nondiscrimination in
policy . We improved ASIJO insurance and
developed a student corporation'
We have had little time to court the favor of .
those who were not with us in our tasks. But SPA
means student government at its best. Don’t let a
lack of information influence your vote.
by I.ynn Pinckney, ASIJO President
Letters
Narrow view
Darr«l Rothauge; „ •
Arn you serious? If so, I pray
for your immortal soul. If not,
what a cruet joke.
On the serious side. I pity
your narrow view. I have
homosexual friends (both gay
and lesbian). All I can say is the
road they've had to climb to be
proud of their sexuality is a
tough one. much tougher than
heterosexuals can imagine. I
have a friend who was excom
municated from her family once
they learned the "horrible
truth."
As far as lesbians, "half of
which think they’re a man trap
ped in a woman's body.” I have
witnessed no such entrapment
among my homosexual friends.
I have purposely left my own
sexual preference ambiguous.
Think what you will. I don't
r
tare, I just know we're all
brothers and sisters on this
planet. I .prefer to look beyond
the artificial barrier of "sexual
preference" to find my friends.
Kristi Svendxen
Undeclared
Does not apply
last summer the Kmerald
published an advertisement at
which the student government
and others took offense. The
reasoning was that even in
humor one could not make a
racist or sexist statement.
1 thought they were being a
little aggressive, but the theory
was fair in its application.
However, the student govern
ment has changed its view on
the matter.
I was walking near the glass
cased office of Suite 4 when 1
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noticed several signs. Being a
good student, i wondered what
the people who worked in there
thought about the world, so I
started to read the posters. One
had in bold letters. “MBA'S
AKK PUSSIES."
I thought the poster was in
bad taste and perhaps sexist and
racist. I also wonder how many
people will hold meetings or
write letters about this injustice.
The poster is three times as
large as the mentioned Emerald
advertisement and has been in
the public eye since winter
term.
I guess the human rights our
student body president spoke
about at the Iteginning of winter
term do not apply to us in the
school of business.
Timothy F. Chase
Junior Pre-Business
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