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 German AUTO SERVICE VW’S MERCEDES BMW’S DATSUN TOYOTA Reliable lemce 'or your OAO OQ10 *089 Franklin Blvd foreign c»r mnce ’963 OHt'tO I £. F.urjene Ore 97403 ^Coi II I I Coupon Agate Video Presents... Monday - Thursday Special jj| 2 Movies $/I95 & VCR O 1495 E. i«th Coupon 344-2691 •xplros 11/30/85 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." 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